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I don't wanna be the one
originally from the
album "Commotion"
recorded in 2000
LYRICS
written, preformed and recorded by
chris canterbury on a 4-track tape machine, a Yamaha mini disc recorder and a G3 Mac.
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album "Run From The Sun"
chris canterbury on a G3 mac
cover art by Jennifer Urso
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album "Run From The Sun""
recorded in 2003
Skelitons
chris canterbury a G3 mac
Run From The Sun
chris canterbury
No Funk On Sunday
album "The Musicianist"
recorded in 2005
chris canterbury on a Mac G3
Intro by Wayne Butane.
This Fire
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I Don't Wanna Be The One
Click a song title above to listen. Use the blue © button to read lyrics. Read stupid facts and blatant copouts below that.
I don't wann be the one
what does it mean to me, that everywhere all that I see people let sensitivities keep them from thinkin'?
and what does it mean to me, that certain friends supposedly display no real integrity, protect the liars?
it's all...I don't wanna be the one to be blamed
I don't wanna be the one to be ashamed
and I don't wanna be the one to admit it now
I don't wanna be the one to decide
I don't wanna be the one left outside
and I don't wanna be the one to make you cry
it's too much trouble when you get involved you'd rather wait through the mess let someone else resolve, I understand, don't say anything it's not worth it...
you don't wanna have to symothize you don't wanna be the one to realize you don't want to be the one who has to stand up for me
I don't wanna be the one deny it
I don't wanna be the one to have to try it
I don't wanna be the one who gets left behind
I don't wanna be the one to complain
I don't wanna be the one to cause pain
I don't wanna be the one to pick a side
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she's a girl who wakes up everyday and she goes about her life and she tries not to complain but she's unhappy as his wife
though he's good to her and she feels ashamed she still leaves the ring on the shelf
when she goes out tonight she'll make it clear that she needs something else
(she's going through changes - and there is nothing she can do - she's going through changes)
with a broken heart, he's known so long he just chooses not see
he's afraid of life without her but if it goes too long he'll bleed
in a quiet moment he can let it go because there's just no use this time
he can see another future as the sun comes out to shine
(he's going through changes and there is nothing he can do he's going through changes)
so what's the moral of the story? I guess it's fair to ask
when eveyone is honest it's a monumental task
niether should claim a fault there's no one here to blame
it's just a natural thing to happen - we should not fear change
we're going through changes
you talk too much
let me stop you where you are, I beg you hush and listen sincerely, please don't think me rude
day after day I sit and listen and today is the last
how you take this will be up to you
I just can't stand another word about your dog named Pete
don't need to know your mama's middle name
it doesn't interest me to know you were an Eagle Scout
or the score of your nephew's last little league game
you talk too much and not another word is gonna make any difference to me
you talk too much, can't you tell from my expression?
that you talk too much - you talk too much for me!
I know your birthday, where you bank
your fourth grade teacher's name was Hank
I know your high school history
I know that I don't give a damn and yes that may seem cold
but what good can any of this information do me?
I don't need to know the details of your tax return
I could care less about your tooth decay
in fact, to suffer any longer is insanity
that's why I have to put an end to this today
and not another word is gonna make any difference to me
I know it's really blunt, but I can't see any reason to prolong what I know I must do
perhaps it would be different another day, but today I'm afraid
I still can't stand you
I accept the coming anger I may diserve to be as bold as I have now just been
but I've decided that it's worth it just to free the time
that you enjoy and often freely spend
so today is my last visit, conversation
I leave, my concience free
it didn't have to be this way
but you just couldn't recognize
that you just talk way too much for me
you talk to much for me
skeletons
excuse me for this interference in your life
I just need to give you back some things you left behind
so if you give me just a minute of your precious time
we can resolve this little matter it will all be fine
believe me when I say I've dealt with the past
I don't mean to bring it up to you
hope all is well don't need to take up your time
just tell me where do I send them to?
Get your skeletons out of my closet and take the ghost from underneath my bed
I've just run out of room and need the space for the bones that I've collected since our thing's been dead
I'm sure you'll agree it's really no big deal
just take the things that still belong to you
I can ship it out tonight and we can both go back to what it is that we like to do
it's all really very simple you see
just tell me where you want your stuff sent to
if you give me an address or maybe just a call
I can send it all back to you
just get your skeletons out of my closet and take the ghost from underneath my bed
I don't mean to sound desperate but there's someone else and I know she won't understand
I'm glad that we can talk and keep it somewhat civil
just two friends who have a past
but if you don't return my call this time my baby my civil tone isn't going to last
get your skeletons out of my cget your skeletons closet
get your skeletons out of my closet
run from the sun
it's morning in the desert
nothing's changed since yesterday
I'm still moving headed straight for the border
the sun begins to shine and she knows how to blur the line
it won't be long before I doubt moving forward
but I'll stand up to the heat, let the Earth move my feet
my fate has spun as I run from the sun
in the sand fear the light
please let me make it to the night
it's all or none when you run from the sun
standing, maybe moving, I'm not sure just once again
I see my final destination calling
it's just beyond a reach, if I could just get off this beach
I would dive in and swim straight to the bottom
but I'm burning out the day try not to lose my way
I come undone as I run from the sun
and now it's all up to me, it's getting harder to see
it's just no fun when you run from the sun
sing me a song about the sweet spring rain
show me the way to the river
waterfalls begin to cloud my brain
the thirst is high, the sand it burns my eyes I'm...
begging for a cloud today
please give me just a drop to wash my fears away
...sound the thunder and I'll know I've won
but the silence means that...
I could not out run the sun
no funk on Sunday
I can use it to relax
I can use it to be angry
use it to be free
but there is just one day a week I feel that I should take a break and
live reality
get your funk on Monday
get a little on Tuesday
you can have it on Wednesday and Thursday
and then it's funky Friday
get a little on Saturday
and you can use it up any way
but then remember the next day
put it away
there is No Funk On Sunday
when I was a baby I was funkin' up a crib when mama said to me,
"be as funky as you want to be, but make sure that just once a week, you can let it be!"
On Monday and Tuesday
and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday and Saturday
and January and February and March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November and December...
and you can use it up any waybut then remember the next day
this fire
there are only just a few words I can manage from my lips when I'm standing in front of you
I just need to say a few things and I'll keep it to the point and you will do what you will do
if you let me build you this fire (it will always burn to keep you warm)
if you let me build you this fire (I can guide you and protect you from the storm)
I can see that you are going through some of the same hell that I have already been through
I can offer you advise about the things that make you cry then we'll drink and find something to celebrate to
if you let me build you this fire (it can guide you and protect you from the storm)
if you let me build you this fire it will always burn to keep you warm
if you let me build you this fire I promise I will always keep you warm
I'll always keep you warm
