Lyrics for
Release Date: Dec. 27, 2007


LET ME GO copyright 2007 by Bud Buckley
It took too long to find you,
I did me over and you found me
The price so high I was blind to
The cost of letting you astound me
But now it's time and it's been time for a long time
Oh it's time and it's been time for a long time Oh oo oo oo

CHORUS:
If I could, I'd take you with me
Feel your smile deep in my soul
We both know they can't reach me
So I beg you let me go Oh Oh oo oo oo oo
Don’t make me beg, Don’t make me beg, Don’t make me beg, Just let me go

We both left home behind
To find a brand new place
And life was kind
In our searching embrace
But now it's time and it's been time for a long time
Oh it's time and it's been time for a Long time Oh oo oo oo
REPEAT CHORUS

Before you, life was more hard
Than the face I showed you
But together we starred
In a love story overdue
But now it's time and it's been time for a long time
Oh it's time and it's been time for a long time Oh oo oo oo
REPEAT CHORUS


YOU CAN'T LEAVE MY MIND Copyright 2007 By Bud Buckley

I feel you in all the places that you've been
I hear you in the silence, I hear you in the wind
In the dust I read the traces you left behind
You can leave anyplace but you can't leave my mind
You can leave anyplace but you can't leave my mind

I see you in the things you've left out of place
I see your creases in the chair and in the mirror I see your face
Every place you've been is every place you've left your sign
You can leave anyplace but you can't leave my mind
You can leave anyplace but you can't leave my mind

You blow through my hair even when it's still
I feel you in every thing you've touched
You seep into me against my will

I can try to fill these spaces with things that aren't you
Decorate in colors of a different hue
I could try to erase you from this place and time
You can leave anyplace and you'll never leave my mind
You can leave anyplace but you'll never leave my mind.
You can leave anyplace but you can't leave my mind


UNDERGROUND Copyright 2007 Bud Buckley
Parrots on a stop sign still daring to talk trash
On a honeysuckle wall built to camouflage burning ash
Sun glares from the east, clouds gang up in the west
Riding down the middle, dreading what comes next

When the American dream is no more to be found
Grab who and what you love
And go for the underground, go for the underground
Underground Underground

The air is getting filthy, so we'll call it nice and clean
The rivers run with mercury and the fish are turning mean
There's killing done for freedom, we just call it democracy
If it's in the name of God you can't call it hypocrisy

When those endless soundbytes make your head pound
Grab who and what you love
And go for the underground, go for the underground
Underground Underground

It's fine to get rich un less you're working with your hands
Ask for a living wage, watch your work go to other lands
You buy that line and put in the time, do just what you’re told
'til one day your job is downsized and you wake up sick and old

When you're down so far you just can't rebound
When your life's no better than a homeless hound
When you get to the point you just want to keep your profile down
When you can't sit and watch an other one get crowned
Grab who and what you love
And go for the underground, go for the underground
Underground Underground



KEEPING SECRETS Copyright 2007 Bud Buckley, Kathy Feeney

Remember that day we were skipping stones, lakeside outside our selves
The dark mirror lake hiding deep unknowns, old church window reflects pastels
I didn’t mean to sink my stones, I didn’t mean what you thought I said
I didn’t know what secrets the lake owned, I didn’t know what was inside your head

CHORUS:
Keeping secrets, it hurt to smile
Keeping secrets, like a willful child
Keeping secrets, like we had no clue
I loved you too much to admit we’re through


We sat as still as the lake, as still as that old church where the faithful no longer come
Stained glass windows, blood ringing in my ears, silence leaving me numb
Your silence is causing this ache that my heart’s trying to deny
Your stillness as cold as the lake, Just make a ripple so I know you’re alive

Repeat chorus

While the water held its breath, the old church heaved a sigh
Listening for hello but hearing goodbye

We cut each other deep until the secrets were released
Fading scars, slow healing wounds we fight to find peace
No more skipping stones now the lake is a frozen field
Can we make it across this thin ice over what is still concealed?
Repeat chorus



ELEVATOR Copyright 2007 Bud Buckley, Kathy Feeney

Elevator, oo you Elevator, Elevator, oo you Elevator

I feel you before I even hear you
Frantic, I push your buttons to get near you
Romantic , how you finally appear to
Tease me, seize me, retrieve and please me

CHORUS:
Elevate, I’ll wait
Elevate, I’ll Wait
Elevator, oo you Elevator, Elevator, oo you Elevator

I know I’m not the only one to ride you
I ask for it so it’s not like I’ was lied to
I’ll make you one stop only if I decide to
No crime , this time, I’m fine, yeah right I’m fine
Repeat Chorus

Inside I have to trust you
It scares me to be at your whim
Much Too late to hesitate
Don’t wanna go back to where I’ve been

Don’t leave me on the ground floor
Not used to going so low any more I’ll
I give in, now let me in, open t up your door
Just take me, don’t mistake me, you Shake me, awake me
Chorus and out


THE SILENCE THE Copyright 2007 by Bud Buckley

Sometimes I think I'm living in the wrong place
Sometimes I think I left too much behind
Sometimes leaving the rat race
Doesn't always treat you kind
Sometimes nothing seems to be fair
I need the silence there
I need the silence there

I remember what I did
I can't go back and rearange it
Have no idea where I'm going
It's only now that I can change it
To revise the past would certainly be rare
I need the silence there
I need the silence there

I need to keep my head here on my own neck
I need to keep my eyes inside my face
I need to keep from steering toward that train wreck
I need to make this a quiet place
It's a challenge not to flip backwards in this chair
I need the silence there
I need the silence there
I need the silence there
I need the silence there


I STILL REMEMBER (HOW THAT FEELS) Copyright 2007 Bud Buckley

Working harder than I did she’s making the grade
Makes me feel so proud to see the life she has made
She gives much more than it’s polite to take
She says to give is no mistake

CHORUS:
I still feel her on my lap, my little sack of sugar powder
Gives me that gap-toothed smile and squeals,
We’d roll around the floor, couldn’t get much louder
I still remember, I still remember
I still remember how that feels,
Oh oh oh


What lay beneath her smile, I tried to guess
I choked on my words, asking for forgiveness
To be her hero, I’d need to understand
How to reach through this emotional quicksand
Repeat Chorus

I think my only mistake was to give her what she thought she wanted
When she said to let her go
I waited for her to come back, she waited for me to reach her
All that waiting, all that wanting,
All that wondering, what did we know?

I just want to be the rock she can stand on
If I should go sooner than I planned on
I’ll still be as close as lightning to thunder
About my love, she’ll never have to wonder

Repeat Chorus
I still remember, I still remember
I still remember how that feels,
Oh oh oh


MELTDOWN Copyright 2007 Bud Buckley, James Braha

Let Down, another Goddamn letdown
Old friends I loved and trusted,
Drive me mad, I’m so damned disgusted
Shakedown, I’m in the middle of a shakedown
Just wanna run and hide
Traitors coming’ at me from all sides

CHORUS:
Meltdown , You put me in a meltdown oh yeah
Meltdown, You put me in a melt down

Ripdown, here comes a classic ripdown
Leave me bare assed in the street,
Burned again, more goddamned heat
Takedown, you got me in a takedown
You jerked me all around
Turned me upside down
Repeat Chorus

Putdown, this is the ultimate putdown
You wiped me out just like a flash flood
Dragged my reputation through the mud
Repeat Chorus twice


TATTOO Copyright 2007 Bud Buckley

Bad ideas seem so perfect when they first inflame your mind
Possibly they'll show no mercy going from cool to lame in time
The taste of now, sweet gone sour, that you can't wash away
I Need something to last something thicker than what's so phat today


My tattoo shows you where I was at that place in time
My tattoo advertises my one time state of mind
That's why I wrote this song, I wrote it all for you
It'll haunt me years from now an audio tattoo

Bad idea, what was I thinking when I made no move that day
I just watched, did not touch, too scared to steal you away
How was I to know how fast the years would go, how long we'd be apart?
How your voice your smile your every move would stay engraved upon my heart

My tattoo shows you where I was at that place in time
My tattoo advertises my one time state of mind
Don't need a dragon, a bleeding heart or creature from the zoo
I wear you in my voice and smile, you're my indelible tattoo


CROWDED MEMORY Copyright 2007 Bud Buckley, Kathy Feeney

In my crowded memory, I see your faces looking
Out at me like now was yesterday
Smiling your stories at me,
You were this sergeant's Lovely Hearts Club Band
Back in the day

CHORUS:
Miles and years mean nothing against our friendship
New styles, careers, nothing can transcend it
Look at us then, look at us now,
Look at us then, look at us now,
Look at us then, look at us now,

In my crowded memory, you acted bored when I
Warned you which rules not to bend
In your crowded memory,
Hope I’m more than just some
Guy who you knew way back when
Repeat chorus

If we passed on the street now
We might not know for sure but we’d
Turn and look to see if it was true
'Cause in our crowded memories
Wind stirs the images of
Age and youth blending old and new
Repeat chorus