Peter Kingsbery

it’s better you know
better you know
it’s better you know right now.

i can’t lie and i won’t listen
for my persistence won’t wait
by tomorrow i will get restless
i fear this message too late

it’s better you know
better you know
it’s better you know right now

i can’t move what’s still in motion
as my impulsions can be
for whatever for some is wistful
is irresistible to me

it’s better you know
better you know
it’s better you know right now

© Edwin Ellis Music.

maybe i’m lost maybe i’ve learned
once shy twice burned
so i keep my head up, up in the clouds
where only a child can find me now

how can i be neither shocked nor stunned
i try not to ask too much of someone

maybe i’m lost, maybe i’ve learned
once shy twice burned
so i keep my head up, up in the clouds
where only a child can find me now

how do i feel after all’s said and done
try and i try but the tears will not come

© edwin ellis music.

you got me feeling sorry for myself
never thought that i’d be such a drag
though i’d give up my heart and soul
to people i don’t even know
just to get a laugh

what did you say that stopped all time
and started me back down this road again
there’s a world out there
women of the night
and i still sit here dreaming

got me feeling sorry for myself
had me eating right out of your hand
and you probably feel some pain
and i’m no longer bound and chained
we do the best we can

what did you say that stopped all time
and started me back down this road again
there’s a world out there
women of the night

you got me feeling sorry for myself
now you know that’s not where it’s at
i know perfectly well i’m free
to be who i wanna be
and there’s no turning back

what did you say trying to wish me well
did you ever stop just once to ask yourself
should i be so bold to speak free at will
or should i try not to change the unforeseeable
and the voice i hear of humility
is it really you or was it meant for me
well i still don’t know, is it your plan
or is it something that mortals could understand
for there’s a limit to these human beings
all these tortured selfish living things
that you fall in love with and then set free
and then ask, whatever have you done to me
what have you done to me?

© edwin ellis music.

there’s no magic to it
there’s nothing that ten years can’t erase
there’s no magic to it
the memory just fades away

i’ve never been arrested though i’ve been self-abused
i’ve found my nose and walked a straight line
so where are my loved ones where is my truth
how can i go and leave it all behind

there’s no magic to it
there’s nothing that ten years can’t erase
there’s no magic to it
the memory just fades away

oh how i used to crumble down to just remains

there’s no magic to it
there’s nothing that ten years can’t erase
there’s no magic to it
the memory just fades away

© edwin ellis music.

don’t think about tomorrow
beg barter steal or borrow
you’re gonna cause a lot of sorrow
when you’re gone
there’s miracles for the dying
black magic no denying
you can’t blame me for trying
right or wrong

pray pray who will take this evil from us
silence as the bells of freedom ring
as freedom rings

love really doesn’t matter
all beaten up and battered
the picture’s all but shattered
in my mind
in a world full of sadness
my heart filled with gladness
a method to your madness
i will find

all rise blessed is the change that’s coming
stand clear as the bells of freedom ring
farewell yesterday i hear you drumming
onward as the bells of freedom ring
as the bells of freedom ring
as freedom rings

how long can this last of loving you only
losing so much has made me hard
no questions asked remember you told me
we’re like the nearest shooting star

every once in a million years

maybe i tell the saddest story ever told
one of passion and of will too weak to mention
a children’s playground that was later bought and sold
for a jerk upon my chain of good intentions

please take me back i’m ever so lonely
and love’s getting much harder to find

every once in a million years

and every minute of every hour of every day
i’ve been dreaming of those words i’ve heard you say:
“nous deux c’est bien plus que ça
ce qui nous arrive est unique
tu verras tu verras”

please take me back i’m ever so lonely
and love’s getting much harder to find
my head in your lap the hours pass so slowly
like traveling souls through space and time

every once in a million years

© edwin ellis music.

‘it’s no secret we are family
take your problems straight out of here
count your blessings it’s only money
go all the way we’ll celebrate
and bring in the brand new year’

just last winter, together every day
a small vacation, company paid
hotel on the harbour, a luxury room
dinner by the water
dance by the moon

‘it’s no secret we are family
take your problems straight out of here
count your blessings it’s only money
go all the way we’ll celebrate
and bring in the brand new year

a brand new dream
a brand new year

back home in the suburbs all is quiet as before
when death by violence comes knocking at the door
it jumps from the hedges, it springs from real life,
it creeps through the bedroom
of husband and wife

it’s no secret we are family
take your problems straight out of here
count your blessings it’s only money
go all the way we’ll celebrate
and bring in the brand new year

© edwin ellis music.

who can stop this madness

what’s the use in useless misery
when your every wish is my command
you give yourself away needlessly
it’s the only way you understand
a little booze and a sharp edge
and i’m stuck in the middle between life and death
you make a right and then you make a left now
who can stop this madness

love me desperate or love me not
body and soul collide
straight ahead give it all that you’ve got

you can’t lose and you won’t be denied
it’s another kick and a blow to my pride
it’s head back arms open wide
but you don’t care what i feel inside

who can stop this madness

© edwin ellis music.

he ain’t nothing but a stranger
nothing more than a flirt
but he’ll always be a part of me,
a mystery

how can i prove what i once never was
and now you’ve got this vision
of some vulnerable macho love
i’m not the drifter who just jumped off the train
though it’s true that we all talk
and laugh and cry and fuck the same

he ain’t nothing but a stranger
nothing more than a flirt
but he’ll always be a part of me
a mystery

a mysterious work of man-made truths and lies
the perfect angel, the devil’s curse
that cannot rule nor rise above
who believes that love’s a woman
when she cries

he ain’t nothing but a stranger
nothing more than a flirt
but he’ll always be a part of me,
a mystery

© edwin ellis music.

i have been blinded blinded
i have been blinded
and nothing looks right

everlasting, yeah that would be something
whatever fate you bring, i welcome it
i see the passing of the years that i have missed

i have been blinded blinded
i have been blinded
and nothing looks right

as the sun comes up before my eyes
i see so many things so precious to my life

i have been blinded blinded
i have been blinded
and nothing looks right

© edwin ellis music.

it’s oh so precious
true love that never dies
and oh so defenseless
right here before your eyes
the future’s been long overdue
the gown’s starting to fray
what is this cruel world coming to
tomorrow is your wedding day

and you don’t want to know how i feel

i listen as you speak your mind
as if i had a say
you’ve finally pulled the perfect crime
tomorrow is your wedding day
tomorrow is your wedding day
tomorrow is your wedding day

© edwin ellis music.

i took our freedom
stirred it in water
and laid our vows out across the bed
take no possessions on this journey
just understanding what is best

i canceled all deliveries
i’ve done all that you asked
i told every repairman
don’t bother coming back

i took our freedom
stirred it in water
and laid our vows out across the bed
take no possessions on this journey
just understanding what is best
what is best

sleep well my love, sleep well

© edwin ellis music.