NEAL MORSE LYRICS

1. Living Out Loud

You can't always see when you're right
And some people think you're a waste of life
And the feeling is bad at home
And you just can't go back where you came from
And you can't always see through your mind
And sometimes you feel like your flying blind

But it's your life you're living
Don't let 'em put you down
It's alright to be living out loud

You give some real good advice
That you don't ever take in your own life
But it really is no big deal
What you do is what counts, not what you feel
And you ain't exactly quiet and shy
And some people think you get way too high

But it's your life you're living
It's all clear to me now
It's alright to be living, living out loud

When you're small nothing can hurt you at all
They can't criticize what you say
If you don't move they can't block your way
Hey, hey

And you can't always see through your mind
And sometimes you feel like your flying blind

But it's your life you're living
Don't let 'em put you down
It's alright to be living out loud

But it's your life you're living
It's all clear to me now
It's alright to be living, living out loud

2. Lost Cause

I used to be a poor man
but now I'm really broke
Used to be a lemon
now I'm an artichoke
I used to be resourceful
Used to really care
I used to be on the fast track
now I'm goin' nowhere

'Cause I'm a loser, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
I'm a dark cloud passing over
I guess you just don't care about breakin' laws
when you're a lost cause

I used to be a stranger
but now I'm really strange
They won't get me now or later
'cause I'm outta their range
I'm sick, I got a fever
or maybe I'm just sick
Go ahead and cut me
but just make it quick

'Cause I'm a loser, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
If you got one passing over
Then I don't ever hear too much applause
'Cause I'm a lost cause

Mirror mirror inside my mind
Blow these bad thoughts away
I sure would like to feel mostly blind today
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey

I used to be a poor man
but now I'm really broke
I used to be the punchline
now I'm everyone's joke
The truth is I've outcasted myself all along
But that's all right at least I get to sing this song

I'm a loser, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
I'm a dark cloud passing over
I'm a lost cause, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
I'm a dark cloud passing over
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause

3. Landslide

A bridge that can span a hundred miles
can break without warning
You can put on your face, you can put on your smiles
The strain is still showing
You worked yourself sane right to the bone
and came up with nothing
But the thing you need most is about to be
Hold on it's coming now
Yeah

All of your life you've been waiting
for someone to touch you inside
With life passing by you were one rock shy of a landslide
You're on the brink of becoming
Strap in, get ready to ride
You don't have to try, you're just one rock shy of a landslide

If there is a word you've always said
it would have to be never
You thought you were through, you thought you were dead
The movie was over
There was nothing to do but wait 'til the end
Man bring on the credits
But a wild wind blew you right on the screen
or it will if you'd let it
Yeah

All of your life you've been waiting
for someone to touch you inside
With your life passing by you're just one rock shy of a landslide
You're on the brink of becoming
Strap in, get ready to ride
You're like blue to the sky
You're one rock shy of a landslide

All of your life you've been waiting
for someone to touch you inside
With your life passing by you were one rock shy of a landslide
You're on the brink of becoming
Strap in, get ready to ride
You're like blue to the sky
You're one rock shy of a landslide
Shy of a landslide
One rock shy of a landslide

4. That Which Doesn't Kill Me

I once had the luck of a four-leaf clover
I once was a king with a golden crown
But you couldn't climb up without tryin' to kick me down
For the longest time I had no idea
For three long years I had no clue
But I can trace all my misery back to you

Everytime I felt like Steve Segal
you made me feel three feet small

That which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
That which doesn't kill me, man it makes you feel so good
When I'm down and hurting you only wish it would last longer
'Cause that which doesn't kill me makes you stronger

You wanted to fly but the sky was crowded
You wanted to swim but you needed a wave
You wanted to dance so you danced on my ego's grave
There's room in this world for a billion people
There's room in this house for a mom and dad
But there ain't room in your heart for no one to feel bad

'Cause when I go up, you go down
And when I go down, you look so very proud of yourself

That which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
That which doesn't kill me, Lord it makes you feel so good
When I'm down and hurting you only wish it would last longer
'Cause that which doesn't kill me makes you stronger

I think that I just figured out
you're a downer

That which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
That which doesn't kill me, man it makes you feel so good
When I'm down and hurting you only wish it would last longer
'Cause that which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
It makes you stronger
Oh yeah

5. Everything Is Wrong

All the world's a stage
and all can play their part
Words to live by, that's what she said
Things were good then
She was like money in the bank
That's exactly the words that she used

And she was talented
Dying for her art
She was a number two
who never got the part
And now everything
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong

He painted for years
and then he painted her
World alive, colors living
And when she left
he snuck over and painted her apartment
The morning light is so unforgiving

And he was the next Van Gogh
cutting of his ear
He wanted to show up
but could only disappear
And now everything
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong

And he was the next Van Gogh
cutting of his ear
He wanted to show up
but could only disappear
And now everything
Everything is wrong
Oh yeah, everything
Everything is wrong
Oh yes, everything
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong

6. Nowhere Fast

There is this girl I know
She hates my guts I love her so
But I've got a simple mind
It thinks just this: she will be mine
I tell her "I like your dress"
She says I'm sick, disturbed, obsessed
Well I don't know what that's about
She won't say why she won't go out with me

She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need a reason
And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed
But I just got to be her first or at least her last
And I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast

I had a shirt designed, it has her face pressed into mine
I never wear it, I keep it new
She says she'll kill me if I do
I'm puzzled and perplexed, I'm overwhelmed and under-sexed
And I still can't figure why she says she'd rather die than be with me

She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need reasons
And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed
But I just got to be her first or at least her last
And I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast

She'd like to see me drown in my own tears
Well that's all right
Even if it takes a hundred years
Well that's all right
Yeah that's all right

She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need reasons
And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed
But I just got to be her first or at least her last
And I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
Getting nowhere
I'm getting nowhere fast
Getting nowhere
I'm getting nowhere fast

7. Emma

Emma was the lawman and I was the brave
We got in trouble, we'd never behave
And we'd run around all morning and rest in the shade
I remember where I stood telling Emma
we were best friends for good

We started school the inseparable pair
And I'd chase the boys who were pulling her hair
And she climbed up the tower accepting my dare
At the early age of eight I told Emma if she fell I'd be there

In time I would carry her books, that's when it began
I started to notice her looks and the sweat in my hand

Then there was a totally new game to play
We both gave our promise to never betray
And I was so sure we'd be married one day
At the early age of ten I loved Emma and I would 'til the end

One day she climbed up the tower, she kept looking down
The split-second lasted for hours 'til she lay on the ground

And right then I grew up in every way
I buried the child in me that day
But I guess not completely or I wouldn't say
that part of me believes that sweet Emma will come back someday
Yeah a part of me believes that sweet Emma will come back someday

8. A Whole Nother Trip

[a) "Bomb That Can't Explode"]

This used to be mine you know
Plenty of time and kindness overflowed
It was all right, then overnight
I was grown out of my happy home
Oh yeah
Transferred from school to school
Special enrollment, gifted programs suck
I was the one, the prodigal son who got stuck
My parents were out of luck

Give the human mind some extra time
Get a dark cloud down the road
Give a genius son nowhere to run
Get a bomb that can't explode
A bomb that can't explode

Out of the blue to black
One day my dad had a massive heart attack
It wasn't my fault
He ate too much salt all his life
He's survived by his charming wife
and son

Give the human mind some extra time
Get a dark cloud down the road
Give a genius son nowhere to run
Get a bomb that can't explode
A bomb that can't explode

Give the human mind some extra time
Get a dark cloud down the road
Give a genius son nowhere to run
Get a bomb that can't explode
A bomb that can't explode

Now that you're out on your own
Will you make it your own way home
Now you can stand on two feet
Will you give up the dreams you've known
But will you wake up one day to find that you're alone

[b) Mr. Upside Down ]

I got freedom, I got everything
I got ten telephones that will not ring
but there mine now
Yeah, their mine
You can serve me but you better be quick
Serve me well and I'll do my trick
And I'm on now
Yeah, I'm on

I'm hot or cold, I'm sky or ground
Call me Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down

I am funky, I'm a funky man
Got the world by the second hand
and I'm down now
Yeah, I'm down

Bring it on in sense of round
Call me Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down

Say goodbye to Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down

[c) The Man Who Would Be King]

I am a stranger in a desert land
Wound up with nothing and I need a hand tonight
Can't you see where I'm going
A puppet on a string
Can't you see who I am
The man who would be king

I've got the talent, got the people skills
I'm in the moment but the thing that kills me now
No one sees were I'm going
No one sees a thing
No one knows who I am
The man who would be king
The man who would be king

I am a stranger in a desert land
A paraplegic looking for a hand tonight
No one knows were I'm goin'
No one knows a thing
No one sees who I am
The man who would be king
The man who would be king

[d) It's Alright]

Come on summer, you're wasting your time
Don't be gone
Come on winter get back in the line
and bring the sun

Keep it comin'
It's all right to be warm
It's all right to be strange
It's okay just to be here
It's all right
It's all right to be sad
It's all right to be wrong
It's okay to feel small
It's all right

Come on maybe you should change your mind
and be seen
Falling forward or lagging behind
or in between

Be yourself, man
It's all right to be strong
It's all right to be loved
It's okay to belong here
It's all right
It's all right to let go
It's all right to hold on
It's okay just to be here
It's all right

(What was all the madness about
We live from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out in the end)

It's all right to be great
It's all right to fall down
It's okay to be living
It's all right

(What was all the struggle about
We end from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out in the end)

It's all right to be warm
It's all right to be cold
It's okay just to be here
It's all right

What was all the madness about
We end from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out in the end

What was all the struggle about
We end from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out

What was all the suffering about
We live from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out in the end





NEAL MORSE LYRICS