SOFTEN ME UP
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Perry Robertson- Guitar
Matt McFadden - Bass
Scotty Lund - Drums
Love has been cruel to me in the past
Oh but I survived because I fought back
I might be tough won't you soften me up
I've built these walls this I will admit
Oh but they keep me safe from all of this
I might be tough won't you soften me up
I tried to be sweet and nice
And do everything, everything that’s right
But I’m so afraid to give
That ain't no way for someone to live
My heart aches for someone just like you
I pray it's time for me to see this through
I might be tough won't you soften me up
So hold my hand won't you hold it tight
Please don't let me go even if I fight (you)
I might be tough won't you soften me up
RESTLESS
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Perry Robertson - Guitar
Scotty Lund - Percussion
Aubrey Richmond - Violin
Nate Light - Stand Up Bass (Fingered and Bowed)
I'm getting restless
It's all getting old
This lying and cheating
Is keeping me cold
I'm getting restless
Time to get out
From under this madness
From under this cloud
I finally looked inside myself
It was the only way I could tell
That you had put me under your spell
As you dragged me to hell
I'm getting restless
Freedom is near
With my eyes wide open
I'm crushing this fear
I'm getting restless
Time to get out
From under this madness
From under this cloud
oh.oh,oh.......
I finally gave myself
A way out of this hell
I'm no longer under your spell
Can't you tell
I'm getting restless
Freedom is near
And with my eyes wide open
I'm crushing this fear
I'm getting restless.
I'm getting restless
I'm getting restless
oh,oh,oh......
(Inspired by the uprisings in the middle east)
THIS TOWN
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Perry Robertson - Guitar/Background Vocals
Matt McFadden - Bass
Scotty Lund - Cajon/Percussion
Rob Zucca - Background Vocals
Living in this town it takes so much
Everybody’s looking for a touch
But there’s no time to belong
Oh just hang on
Living in the town takes so much
She flew into the city with a dream
Lost it all before she could see
Nothing here makes much sense
Forget your innocence
Living in this town you lose so much
You can survive in this town
If you chose to stick around
But don't you slip don't you fall down
He got his fame, he made his gold
For his youth everything he sold
But that soon slipped away
No more younger days
Living in this town you need so much
You can survive in this town
If you chose to stick around
But don't you slip don't you fall down
Or it might swallow you
I walk these streets I made my bed
To stay here nobody put a gun to my head
I’ve learned to take what’s mine
And got myself a better line
Living in this town takes so much
You can survive in this town
If you chose to stick around
But don't you slip don't you fall down
Or it might swallow you
Might swallow down
Like a pill swallow you down
Down, Down. Down
In this town, down down down
PLAIN SIMPLE ME
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Aubrey Richmond - Violin
Are you the traveler of my dreams
Taking me to places that I’ve dreamed of but I never seen
And I long to take your hand and go with you to that distant land
Because I long to get away
Oh you know that I, I long to be set free from
Plain Simple Me
Are you the knight in shining armour
Who has come to slay the dragons that I keep inside
But I always had to hide
Will you come to my rescue
Oh and take me away with you
Because I am trapped inside my soul
Oh you know I'm needing to show much more than
Plain Simple Me
I'm trapped inside my skin
And all the walls are caving in
Trapped behind my broken dreams
Where nothing is what it seems
Because I’m slowly dying
Oh you know but no one can hear me crying
All they see is
Plain Simple Me.
LET’S GO TO LOVE
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Perry Robertson - Guitar
Matt McFadden - Bass
Scotty Lund - Percussion
Aubrey Richmond - Fiddle
Galen Shostac - Keys
Well you look at me like you don’t know where this thing is going to go
You’re so afraid of loving me, but all I want to do is set you free
So come with me to a place I know, I call it heaven let’s go
Let’s go to love
I know that you cry when I’m not around
But baby love shouldn’t bring you down
So hold my hand, hold it tight and everything will be all right
Hold me now and I’ll take you home and you will never be alone
Let’s go to love
So trust me with your heart, show me your soul, just give me it all
Let’s go to love
Cause I would go to the end of the world
Just to prove that I’m your girl
You’re the one that I’m dreaming of
Oh baby this must be love
Come with me to a place I know, I call it heaven let’s go
Let’s go to love
28
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Perry Robertson - Guitar
Scotty Lund - Cajon/Percussion
Aubrey Richmond - Violin
He would be 28
If it wasn’t for that dark July day
He would be a full grown son
So many things he would have done
I can feel him in the air
I see him everywhere
He would be standing tall as I
And still have that twinkle in his eye
I can feel him in the air
I can see him everywhere
Cause he’s here in all the others
He’s been here all the while
He’s here when we save another
And he smiles
I can feel him smile
She would be seventeen
The prettiest girl you ever seen
She would be on her way to prom
But something on that dark day went wrong
I can feel her in the air
I can see her everywhere
Cause she’s here in all the others
She’s been here all the while
She’s here when we save another
And she smiles
I can feel her smile
He would be just turning 10
Hanging around with his best friend
She would be 39
They would all be right here again
They're here in all the others
They've been here all the while
They're here when we save another
And they smiles
I can feel them smile
He would be 28
She would be 17
He would be just turning 10
They would all be here again
(a song inspired by Adam Walsh and all those we have lost too young.)
LOST AND FOUND
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Aubrey Richmond - Violin
Scotty Lund - Percussion
Lost and Found, lost again in this life
Up and down just trying to survive
Without the angel once beside me, they say is an angel up above
The only reason I survived this world was my little girl
So I look for love, I look for love, I look for love from up above
Lost and Found, I'm lost again along the way
Up and down I'm searching everyday
For the angel once beside me and for an angel up above
I need a reason to survive this world without my little girl
So she sends me love, she sends me love, she sends me love from up above
Lost and Found, lost again in my sleep
Up and down, I close my eyes I softly weep
To the angel once beside me, she's now my angel up above
The only grace in my world, my little girl
I feel love, I feel love, I feel love from above
I feel love from my angel up above
Cause she sends me love, she sends me love, she sends me love from up above
And I'm feeling love, I'm feeling love, I'm feeling love from up above
I feel the love, I feel the love from my angel up above
Lost and found but finding reasons to live
Up and down, I'm letting go to forgive
I’LL GO
Written by Kelly Zirbes
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Perry Robertson - Guitar
Rob Zucca - Guitar
Matt McFadden - Bass
Scotty Lund - Drums
Got word this morning I’m headed off to war
Nothing ever felt so hard in all my years before
But two years and counting I gave my word
You are now a soldier is what I heard
So I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go
This I know
The difference of opinion in this country is good
You say what you feel is right and I’ll do what I should
I’m just like you a living, breathing, loving man
Standing up for freedom the best way I can
Let the rain fall down on me
This is who I am can't you see
I fight for the right to be free
Let the rain fall down on me
As I stand here I believe
We all have the right to be free
Not sure what will happen, I'm not sure that I will live
But it would be so much better if you would just give me a little smile
Maybe shake my hand while I leave this town
I hope next year we’ll all be just hanging around
Cause I’m just like you a living, breathing, freedom loving man
BETTER WAY
Written By Kelly Zirbes and Perry Robertson
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Matt McFadden - Bass
Went down to the store today
Bought me some bricks and a better way
To deal with a man who don't treat me right
I'm gonna bulid me a wall, build it tall tonight
Yeah, gotta get out to the yard today
Get me a shovel and a better way
To deal with a man who likes to stray
I'm gonna bury my love deep today
Nobody gonna hurt me
Nobody gonna ever hurt me
Nobody gonna hurt me again
Gotta get down to the locksmith today
I need a safe and a better way
To deal with a man, he's a three timing man
I'm gonna lock up that love as tight as I can
Gotta get down to the river today
I need a vacation it's the only way
To put this man put him in the past
Gonna close my eyes and I'll never look back.
RUNNIN
Written by Kelly Zirbes and Perry Robertson
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals
Perry Robertson - Guitar
Matt McFadden - Bass
Scotty Lund - Drums/Percussion
Elizabeth Hangan - Background Vocals
Runnin' down a long and dusty road
I'm runnin' down a long and dusty road
Don't matter where I been, it don't matter where I go
I'm flyin' through these hard and lonely streets
I'm flyin' through these hard and lonely streets
Don't care if I belong, it don't matter who meet
When I'm runnin', I'm runnin, I'm runnin', I'm runnin', so high
When I'm runnin' I can fly
And if you don't catch me comin' there's no need to say goodbye
Keep movin' through this world I call my home
I gotta keep movin' through this world I call my home
I don't care what I'm missin', it don't matter what I own
When I'm runnin', I'm runnin, I'm runnin', I'm runnin', so high
When I'm runnin' I can fly
And if you don't catch me comin' there's no need to say goodbye
I got no reason to give these bones a rest
I got no reason to give these bones a rest
I don't care how long it takes me I just got to do my best.
Cause I'm runnin', I'm runnin', I'm runnin', Gotta keep runnin', so high
When I'm runnin' I can fly
And if you don't catch me comin' there's no need to say goodbye
Cause I'm runnin', I'm runnin', I'm runnin', I'm runnin', so high
When I'm runnin' I can fly
And if you don't catch me comin' there's no need to say goodbye
