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    "(Reasonably) Honest" - 2008, BMI
  1. 1) Let's Get Alone
    We might never go if noone else is watching us
    we might never act if everything is left up to trust
    we might never try if noone else is judging us
    
    (we'll just) wait for tomorrow to break
    Sometimes someones tell you they know what is best for you and,
    somehow everything they say is wasted, wasted on you
    something everybody thinks of when they're tired, lonely
    
    (they'll just) wait for tomorrow to break
    
    living long enough to know you never learned your lesson/
    everyday stressing / forever second guessing /
    thinking that the time passed by with no reply/
    another day another grown old/
    always on your own but never been alone/
    life got ya locked in a choke hold/
    oh no the ova flow sold yo an old folk poem/
    ask Bo he don't know /
    so ya keep a low pro until tomorrow /
    and ya live life like ya got the answer /
    moving faster / as the day flies by / and the sun don't shine/
    now ya drinking fine wine/ just to keep your mind blind  /
    and ya third eye got ya tell a lie / my my mm ya a hell of a guy ya that's rightu /
    ya wana fly like a bird but your wings didn't buy /
    making everyday first for the rest of your life /
    now you look to the sky, but you can't see the light /
    you gotta let go to let the love in your life, on your own, let's get alone /
    
    
    There are many many ways to try and fight it baby
    there are many ways to it up and still be ok
    there are many things I hoped to tell you, not today
    
    (i'll just) wait for tomorrow to break
    wait for tomorrow to break
    

  2. 2) Worst Kind of Perfect
    Give me reasons, reasons why I should leave
    the hardest thing's forgetting, what you don't wanna believe
    seem's like a someone's always crying
    crying out to a somebody
    you know I'd be lying
    if I told you, it wasn't what i need
    
    you're the worst kind of perfect
    perfect for someone like me
    you're the worst kind of perfect
    (you) fit perfectly, but not with me not quite yet
    
    even when I'm dreaming,
    I'm lucid but your signal comes through
    when I could choose anything
    don't you know, I still choose you
    Go ahead and call me crazy
    crazy cause im crazy 'bout you
    crazy cause i'm leaving
    crazy cause, i'm staying with you
    
    you're the worst kind of perfect
    perfect for someone like me
    you're the worst kind of perfect
    (you) fit perfectly, but not with me not quite
    not quite yet
    
    chorus
    not with me not quite yet
    

  3. 3) It's OK
    It's ok to be in love, it's ok
    it's ok to be in love, it's ok
    this is someplace I can be
    this is somewhere I can see
    this is something I can believe in
    don't you ever go and leave me
    
    it's ok to be alone, it's ok
    it's ok to be alone, it's ok
    you tell me you need to feel needed
    and I know I can be conceited
    but go ahead and make me feel
    something I don't know how to feel
    
    don't you ever go and drop me
    now (that) I've got no way of stopping
    don't you ever try and change things
    it's ok, just rearranging,
    rearranging
    
    it's ok to be in love, it's ok
    it's ok to be in love, it's ok
    gimme a light, gimme tonight, gimme something warm
    gimme a light, gimme tonight, gimme something warm
    

  4. 4) Lemme Know
    if you want me to go, baby lemme lemme know
    before i say something stupid
    if you want me to stay, baby tell me tell me so
    i'll save you some of your precious time
    
    we could take forever baby
    and just say nothing at all
    we could take a long time
    
    if you think we should leave, baby tell me tell me so
    i am good at forgetting, you know I'm good at forgetting you
    
    we could take forever baby
    and just say nothing at all
    we could take a long long time
    
    just you... and me.
    baby it's just you... and me.
    baby it's just you... and me.
    
    i don't want you right now
    i don't need you around
    i'm in love with the sound of your tears from far away
    
    i don't want you right now [i don't want you]
    i don't need you around [i don't need you]
    i'm in love with the sound of your tears from far away
    
    i don't want you right now
    i don't need you around
    i'm in love with the sound of your tears from far away
    

  5. 5) [interlude]
    "oops i broke it"
    

  6. 6) Touch
    Baby touch, baby hold my hand
    baby touch me, make me feel like I'm happy
    baby touch, give it away
    I can't recall where this left off
    
    Baby hold, hold me down
    baby hold me, make me sing
    baby hold, give it away
    I can't recall where this left off
    
    If i touch your lips with these fingertips, maybe
    somehow i'll get you to stay
    if I brush your face, maybe take his place, but then those
    Drums got in the way, when I was trying to say...
    
    baby tell, tell me off
    baby tell me, tell me just about anything
    baby tell, give it away
    I can't recall where this left off
    
    If I touch your lips with these fingertips maybe
    somehow i'll get you to stay
    if I brush your face, maybe take his place, but then those
    Drums got in the way, when I was trying to say...
    
    
    that all that I need
    is your hands on my face
    all that i need...
    
    baby touch, baby touch me
    all that i need is your hands,
    all that  i need is your hands,
    all that i need is you.
    

  7. 7) Start Breathing
    
    if you had just told me
    i think it'd be different now
    i think it'd be different now but it'll all work out somehow you say
    if you had just told me
    
    but i never gave you a chance
    
    if i could just hold you
    i think it'd feel different now
    i think it'd feel different now but it'll all work out somehow you say
    if i could just hold you
    
    but you never gave me a chance
    gimme a chance
    
    oh don't get dragged down
    don't get dragged down with me
    
    sometimes i wonder what i'm thinking with you
    sometimes i'm thinking about what you're doing with me
    sometimes i notice, you're not breathing,
    you stopped breathing
    you stopped
    
    if you had just told me
    i think it'd be different now
    i think it'd be different now but it'll all work out somehow you say
    but i never gave you a chance
    gimme a chance
    
    don't get dragged down
    don't get dragged down with me
    don't get dragged down with me
    
    just start breathing
    

  8. 8) When I'm Supposed To
    all this rock 'n roll
    supposed to soothe my soul
    all it does is confuse me
    
    all these games we play
    supposed to make you feel ok
    all they do is abuse me
    
    all those things you said
    what you did instead
    baby it's not working
    
    guess it's up to me
    to help you see
    but honey i'm way too good at flirting
    
    I only think of you
    when I'm supposed to
    only feel for you
    when I feel like I have to
    But I only (ever) think of you.
    When will you think of me too?
    
    da da da da da...
    
    this game is tired and i don't want to play anymore
    the game is tired and I dont want to play anymore
    if I come over don't you know I'm bound to sleep on your floor
    Don't wanna cry anymore
    

  9. 9) Even Though
    
    even though, even though it's cold outside
    i can't see your breath
    even though, even though you paint your eyes
    i can tell when you've been crying
    
    even though, even though
    
    even though, even though i never heard you sing
    i know what you're thinking
    even though, even though i never heard you sing
    I'm still listening, i'm still listening
    
    even though, even though
    
    i didn't lie, i didn't lie, i didn't lie
    no i didn't lie to you
    
    even though, even though i tried
    even though, even though you cried, every night
    even though, even though i cried too
    you know i never lied to you
    no i never lied to you
    

  10. 10) Another Friend
    
    looking up at green stone queen
    you turned, we cried and left
    crying never feels as good when you're alone
    if there's something you've been hiding
    something you've been hiding
    
    you were probably talking at me
    you used to act so happy
    and then those gray clouds came up under your eyes
    is there something you've been hiding
    something you've been hiding
    
    chorus
    
    if these walls could talk
    if we had ears to listen
    they'd probably tell you why you feel alone
    cause there's something you've been hiding
    something you've been hiding
    
    chorus
    
    why didn't i go?
    why didn't i go?
    why'd we have to cry alone?
    
    it's just another friend
    


    No History Sessions:

  1. Something New
    i gotta feel i gotta work to hold you
    i gotta feel i wait to let you know
    i gotta feel i gotta work to own you
    i gotta feel like, we're waiting for
    something new, boy
    something new
    i hate to say it but you drive me crazy
    the kinda thing i think i'd like to let you know
    i hate to say it but i need you baby
    i gotta feel like, (i'm) waiting for 
    something new, boy
    something new
    -
    gotta feel it, gotta want it
    gotta hold it, gotta flaunt it
    gotta taste it, gotta give it
    gotta love it gotta leave it
    gotta hold it, gotta want it
    gotta feel it, gotta flaunt it
    gotta feel like, something new
    -
    i really really wanna make you happy
    really really wanna wind up next to you
    i really really wanna make it someday
    i really feel like we can make this feel brand new
    i really really wanna make this happen
    really really wanna wind up next to you
    i really really wanna feel you want me
    i really feel like we can make this feel brand new
    
  2. Except For You
    know what i was thinking? thinking how nice it'd be
    to wake up every morning with your eyes on me
    you know what i was thinking? it could be a while
    
    you know what i was hoping? hoping that right now
    could last a little bit longer maybe stay just a little while
    you know what i just noticed? how much i miss your smile
    
    i wanna run with you down to the water
    take our (clothes) shoes off and race across the sand
    i wanna kiss you underwater
    come up for air but there's nothing there except for you
    
    you know what, i don't care. i don't care what people say
    why should it matter what they say that we should be
    but you know it'd be nice, if we knew ourselves
    
    baby i don't know any better way, to tell you that i love you
    except for maybe to tell you that i'm sorry for all the times i've hurt you
    it's crazy, this feeling that i get inside, when i'm not around you
    baby you're always in my heart, always in my thoughts, always in my mind.
    
    know what i was thinking? thinking how nice it'd be
    to wake up every morning with you eyes on me
    you know what i was thinking? it could be forever baby.
    
  3. No History
    a little advice for you, just between friends, that's what you want us to be now, isn't it?
    next time you decide that you made a mistake, 6 months might be a little long to wait
    to say you still got some feelings for me, you're not sure if its love
    oooh i've got some feelings for you too, just not the same one's you're thinking of
    
    call me up again last night, ask what's been up, like you didn't already know
    tell you about this new girl i met, after my show, (baby uh-oh)
    you get angry and you asked me, what she's got over you, couple things, don't wanna get into it right now
    but you insist just like you always do, so here goes
    
    1st of all, she there for me, which is more than i can say for you
    2nd of all she's telling me the truth
    3rd thing on this list, that you're asking me to give you
    
    she ain't got no history, (of making me cry)
    she ain't got no history, (of going off with some other guy)
    and every time i'm gonna see you standing all along
    i'll just look away and say, "you got what you wanted"
    
    
  4. Doctor Girl
    dating (hiding) a doctor girl, and it feels so good, to know
    whenever i'm hurting whenever i'm broken that baby you'll come back and fix me
    dating (hiding) a doctor girl, baby don't you know it feels so good, feels good to me
    
    something that was sweet might now turn sour
    if you let it wait to long
    something that was bitter and forgotten, 
    might be what you were looking for all along
    
    baby you make me feel, so much better than brand new, and you, 
    you know whenever you want me whenever you need me that baby you can come and catch me
    baby you give me chills, like an old song on the radio
    something i haven't heard for years
    
    (dating) hiding a doctor girl
    
    
    
  5. Constellations (A Song A Song)
    a song a song play me a song tonight
    a love song like the kind you used to write
    
    you know its not that bad, 
    when the worst thing that i can say
    it that it's better when you're here, every day
    
    a song a song play them a song tonight
    a sad song, make them think about what they've done, what could have been
    
    you know its not that bad, 
    when the worst thing that i can say
    it that it's better when you're here, every day
    
    if i could reach way up high, to where you are
    you know i would hold you
    and baby if you held on long enough,
    we'd become start
    
    i wish that i was a constellation
    and you'd be right there by my head
    and then you'd chase me around when the sun went down
    
    and when the sun comes up
    and there's people way below
    we could sneak out of our spots
    and for a couple of hours, let go
    
    
    
  6. Lemme Know
    if you want me to go, baby lemme lemme know
    before i say something stupid
    if you want me to stay, baby tell me tell me so
    i'll say you some of your precious time
    
    we could take a long time baby
    and just say nothing at all
    we could take forever baby
    
    if you think we should leave, baby lemme lemme know
    i am good at forgetting, baby i'm good at forgetting
    
    we could take forever baby
    and just say nothing at all
    we could take a long long time
    
    just you... and me.
    
    i don't want you right now
    i don't need you around
    i'm in love with the sound of your tears from far away
    
     
  7. Perspective
    they say the moon is the same size whether it's up or down
    if it takes up half your outstretched finger
    it'll be the same 6 hours later, when you're still there, measuring
    
    but i, i, need perspective on this
    
    lying here, where we used to lay
    it sure doesn't look the same, up there all alone
    when you don't have nothing left to compare it to
    it's just me and you
    
    but i, i, need perspective on you
    i, i... you know i do.
    
    i need to be alone, i need to be without you
    there's all kinds of alone, i need to be without you
    i need to be without you
    
    the moon doesn't grow, i'll tell you how i know
    i stayed up all night, with me eyes held tight
    didn't go inside until it got light
    and i watched it die
    
    but i, i, need perspective on us
    i, i... you know i do.
    
    i need to be alone, i need to be without you
    there's all kinds of alone, i need to be without you
    i need to be without you