1. |
Do and Die
04:26
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Rust Away, fade away
Until I can't feel anything at all
Turn to stone, be alone
Some things you can't change
Though one day they'll understand
Yes they'll understand why
But until then I'll leave them behind
Yes I'll leave them behind
I am I, you are you
There's no reason why
Just do and die
Just do and die
To take it all or leave it all
I ask that myself every night
Will I be missed, or just forgotten
I'm not quite sure
Will I be forgiven or cast away
Into the darkness, never to see the light
To keep on running away from the things
That call me back to another time
I am I, you are you
There's no reason why
Just do and die
Just do and die
As I look down from the hill top
I see those not seeing me
But they don't matter they never have
They never will, to me
Though one day they'll understand
Yes they'll understand why
But until then I'll leave them behind
Yes I'll leave them behind
I am I, you are you
There's no reason why
Just do and die
Just do and die
I am I, you are you
There's no reason why
Just do and die
Just do and die
I am I, you are you
There's no reason why
Just do and die
Just do and die
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2. |
The Price We Pay
04:21
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The price we pay
What does it mean today
It's part of our lives
Until we pass away
For every time we make forward motion
We realize it will never go away
Until our dying day
The price we pay
We pay it every day
Losing friends and family
Maybe one day we'll all be free
I just hope it's you and it's not me
Maybe one day we'll all be free
I just want to get some relief
Something to blind my eyes from what I see
I just want to get some relief
Something to set me free
The price we pay
Is when you throw your dreams away
They tell you to grow up and face the world
They tell you how to live and tie you to the ground
I don't want them people around
I don't want them people around
The price we pay
The price we pay
The price we pay
The price we pay
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3. |
Down The Line
05:15
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If I were dead and gone tomorrow
Would you still remember me
What would you do or say
Would you grieve in my absence
Or forget that I am gone
And never coming back
Would you look back at the time
That we spent together
Or would you start a new chapter
And even though some day
You'll have to move on anyway
What would you do or say
In my twenty years of living
I hadn't thought of my end
When I am dead and gone in time
For the clock is always ticking
The drain is always draining
Don't give it thought
And move on down the line
I was snowed in at home
Not much else to do
Except watch it come down
Well my lamp grew dim
Fading out slow
Coming to an end
Well that fire then died
My room it got cold
Night turned into day
And I woke up
On some sunny day
Though I still feel cold
Before I knew it
My life had passed me by
I'm old and nearing the end
In my lifetime I tried
Not to live with regret
For all the things I did not do
But it's hard to see
My own mortality
Pass me by with the sun
And with my life draining down
Slowly turning grey
There's not much else I can say
In my twenty years of living
I hadn't thought of my end
When I am dead and gone in time
For the clock is always ticking
The drain is always draining
Don't give it thought
And move on down the line
And move on down the line
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4. |
Ghost Town
06:27
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Worked all day bled into night
When I closed for the evening no sunlight
As I stepped outside not a soul in sight
There's an emptiness in the air
But I just wonder where everyone can be
It's a night to remember and see
And all I want is to bring someone home
Someone home with me
This place is a ghost town so it seems
It's lonely like in my dreams
This place is a ghost town so it would appear
There's no-one near
The moon is out lighting up the sky
Showing me the way home
I'm the only one out on the road
Though I've never felt so free
From the fine line of reality
That I'm living
And all I want is to bring someone home
Someone home with me
This place is a ghost town so it seems
It's lonely like in my dreams
This place is a ghost town so it would appear
There's no-one near
The weather is strange so is the night
There's a fog rolling in making it hard to see
Though I keep moving into the thickness
Into the mistakes I have made and have yet to make
As the sun starts to rise I'm weary
Weary of being lonely
But things never change and I'm getting tired
Tired of living while I'm dying
As I drift off to sleep the sun hits my window
Reminding me of a new beginning
But all I want is to bring someone home
Someone home with me
This place is a ghost town so it seems
It's lonely like in my dreams
This place is a ghost town so it would appear
There's no-one near
This place is a ghost town so it seems
It's lonely like in my dreams
This place is a ghost town so it would appear
There's no-one near
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5. |
Don't Waste My Time
03:19
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Don't waste my time
And I won't waste yours
Don't lead me on
And I won't do you the same
Don't tell me things that you don't really mean
Life is short
So why would you waste my time
Life is no fun
Without the low points
You can only be happy
For a while
But having someone to run to is nice
Someone who will talk you off the ledge
One or twice
So help me
See what's wrong with my own design
I would do anything
Just to make you mine
But no matter what I say or do
You just have to trust me when I'm lying
Right next to you
So now I am sorry
I opened up to you
I thought that it would be different
But you shut me down
On a cold December day
It made me look back at it all
As wasted time
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6. |
Morphine
04:21
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Strange dreams on morphine
The world is moving so much slower than it seems
Pulse begins to slow I feel it set in
Drift away light begins to fade
Oh sweet morphine
Oh sweet dreams
Wish I could stay this way forever
Where nothing else matters to me
Conscience feels lost at sea
Riding the waves on and one
On and on on and on
On and on on and on
As the feeling begins to leave my body
I don't want to be awake anymore
Open the door walk into the sunlight
Walk out and face my day
I just want it to all go away
I just want it to all go away
I just want it to all go away
I just want it to all go away
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7. |
Sleepwalking Blues
04:38
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I've been walking in my sleep
Waking up some place new
I wonder if there is anything going on that I don't know
That I can do
I've got liquor on my breath smoke in my clothes
Haven't been well hope nobody knows
But something is eating me up inside
Losing all my control
Yes I've been walking in my sleep
Saying things that have no meaning
When I wake up standing I have no recollection
Sleepwalking in every direction
In the morning they say I was up all night
Walked out the door into the moonlight
My eyes were like a dead man walking
That's because I was sleepwalking
Yes I've been walking in my sleep
Saying things that have no meaning
When I wake up standing I have no recollection
Sleepwalking in every direction
Well I can't do anything to stop
Just have to let it happen
But maybe someday I'll rest peacefully
I've got them sleepwalking blues
Yes I've been walking in my sleep
Saying things that have no meaning
When I wake up standing I have no recollection
Sleepwalking in every direction
Yes I've been walking in my sleep
Saying things that have no meaning
When I wake up standing I have no recollection
Sleepwalking in every direction
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8. |
Dopamine
04:27
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Lately this house has been getting colder
It feels so empty as summer begins to fade
As the sun goes down
I see a father and a son
The old man smiles at the younger one
He knows his time will come
One day
One day
But for now
I will let them have their moment of dopamine
Just for now
I will walk away and let everyone else dream
To get high
Or to face my day sober and clean
As I walk alone in the park
I see two lovers holding hands
But they don't know
That one day all they have will go dark
But for now
I will let them have their moment of dopamine
Just for now
I will walk away and let everyone else dream
To get high
Or to face my day sober and clean
Lying awake in bed
All alone with these thoughts running through my head
There's a feeling of dread
Of not wanting to belong
But I need to carry on
But for now
I will let them have their moment of dopamine
Just for now
I will walk away and let everyone else dream
To get high
Or to face my day sober and clean
But for now
I will let them have their moment of dopamine
Just for now
I will walk away and let everyone else dream
To get high
Or to face my day sober and clean
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9. |
Take Time
03:15
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Take time to appreciate what you have
For others have less than you do
For one day all that you have may be lost in some fire
Or blow away with the wind leaving you nothing in the end
Take time to see all you'll see
For some people might never live their dreams
Go places in your life and go places in your mind
Seeing is believing they tell me and it's true
Take your time
Take your time
Enjoy it while you can
Because one day you won't again
Take your time
Just take your time
Now once I was a man with goals in life
But as the years went on many things I would not do
To live a long life full of joy and happiness
But every moment I look in the mirror I look into the abyss
Take your time
Take your time
Enjoy it while you can
Because one day you won't again
Take your time
Just take your time
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10. |
Under The Moonlight
03:51
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Standing still all alone at the edge of town
I made some promises I could not keep
A winding road in the sketches of my mind
Leads me somewhere I will not find
The town is bright so is the night
Everyone is out so are the stars
The county fair I know that you'll be there
But you are somewhere I will not find
Standing still it makes no difference
When there is no-one to see me standing all alone
Wasting away wasting today
Standing all alone under the moonlight
But maybe someday I'll drop everything
All the leftover thoughts of things undone
But each day goes by it gets much easier to run
Run to somewhere I will not find
Standing still it makes no difference
When there is no-one to see me standing all alone
Wasting away wasting today
Standing all alone under the moonlight
Standing still it makes no difference
When there is no-one to see me standing all alone
Wasting away wasting today
Standing all alone under the moonlight
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Samuel J DuBois Minneapolis, Minnesota
Samuel J DuBois presents his first
full-length eponymous record. Encompassing Folk, Rock, and Americana, the songs
deal with life and death, relationships gone wrong, and the start of
a new beginning.
Working with
some of Minneapolis’
most respected musicians, the album is full
of outstanding musicianship with lyrics that resonate with
the everyday listener, invoking James Taylor, and Amos Lee.
... more
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