Jim James & The Damn Shames: words & music

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I've made love on the edge of potential
Stood at the verge and looked around, down, down, down
Now here I am again
Looking 'round again
Lookin down the barrel of that two-ton shotgun
We'd better leave the safety on

She's waving in my face Trying to displace
The fears we can't erase or hold on to
Now I'm going down and she's looking 'round
Cant' hear the sirens Outside, or inside my own mind

So, what will we do with this me and you
These days of our lives have got no guiding light
We're young and we're restless
Setting up defenses
Cutting chains and jumping fences
Trying not to get tied up too tight

We're cutting circulation
Misinterpretation
These rays of radiation can communicate
We're generating energy
Like a substation called you and me
Fighting off the fury of our dreams
That only come out at night

So there we go
On down the road
See how long we can make this "To have and to hold" last
We've got bountiful arrays of beautiful bouquets
And I dream of you for days and days and days and days and days .....dream away

Then I stumble in confusion
Are we winning or are we losing
And has this game got any rules anyway?
Well some are fast and some are slow
And you never really really know
When your time is up, so, Let's stop wasting time
Say I'll be yours and you'll be mine
To the very very end of time
We'll share each and every dime
We're rolling...

James Travis Spartz
Winter '02/'03