POPULAR SONGS THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER: VOLUME ONE: LULLABIES

You Can’t Stop

Leave all your things out in the hall
Pull all the pictures off the wall
Take what you can get
Out on the street
But you will find
That it won’t change anything

You can’t stop the rain from falling
You can’t stop the angels calling
You can’t stop the car from stalling
Every time you try to slow down
Drive until you hit the state line
Tell yourself there’s always time
But all the same the world
Keeps spinning round

Down by the river yesterday
Rain washed the footprints
Off the banks
I heard something up there
In the trees
But I’ll admit
That my mind plays tricks on me

You can’t stop the stars from falling
Even with the angels calling
I can’t seem to help recalling
All the ways to get to your place
Leave your things out on the lawn
So everyone can see you’re gone
But nothing’s ever really
Gonna change

You can’t stop the rain from falling
Every night the angels call and
I could go on standing here for days
You can’t stop the sky from falling
Can’t you hear the angels calling?
I walk down the hall into the rain

I Can’t Hear Them Anymore

And I can’t hear them anymore
However high the planes are flying
However low I turn it down
I never catch the angels sighing

I got a ticket today for someplace
We always said we’d go someday

And I can’t hear them anymore
However loud your neighbors fight
However long I’m at your door
I never catch you stir inside

And I can’t hear them anymore
However hard my friends are trying
However long I’m on your porch
You never want to come outside

I bought a ticket today for someplace
Angels always used to point the way

I’m Wondering Which Lie
(You’ve Chosen To Get By)

I’m wondering which lie
You’ve chosen to get by
Your friends they come and go
You’re talking like Pinocchio

The angels all can see
The way your heart still beats
It echoes through the walls
And down the streets

Don’t think that I forgot
Don’t think that you ever will, Darling

Your father’s lights are out
When I drive by your house
Your angel heaves a sigh
And hunkers down for one more try

I’m wondering which lie
You’ve chosen to get by
Don’t think that I’ve forgotten you

(Suddenly) It’s Happened Again

Suddenly it’s happened again
And I’m not gonna see you anymore
Suddenly it’s happened again
And you’re knocking on my door
And I’m not gonna see you
And it’s raining again

I Can’t See You Anymore

I can’t see you darling
I can’t see you anymore
Ask the angels
If you don’t know why
I can’t see you darling
I can’t see you anymore
But you said that it was worth a try

The night that you carried me
The mile or so back home
I would have given anything
For something of my own

The girls out on the avenue
They told you to come home
The angels who take care of you
They told you I’d be gone

I can’t see you darling
I can’t see you anymore
All the stars come loose
Up in the sky
I can’t see you darling
I can’t see you anymore
But I love you darling don’t you cry


For the First Time

What sweet excuse can I offer?
What fine gift can I bring?
How many times have I wandered
This same path in the spring?

Lord for the first time
Lord for the last
Lord for your child
Down by the river

How many times have I followed
These same lights in the sky?
What was it you gave me
As we were saying goodbye?

Lord for the first time
Lord for the last
Lord for your child
Lost by the river

I Could See Things Like You

Even at dawn
You just couldn’t come home
All the angels roamed
Above the payphones
Out on the rooftop
I waited for you
And I saw them all too

And I guess it’s true
I could see things like you
But as it is
You know how it’s been

Even at daybreak
The stars wouldn’t fade
So you hid your face
Under the freeway
When you came home
Later that afternoon
I could barely see you

Darling one fine day
You could see things my way
But until then
You know how you’ve been

Lullaby

Lullaby
Don’t you cry
Night can’t stop the morning

Violins
Safety pins
Day comes without warning

While you sleep
Angels keep
All the tapes recording

Darling please
Stay with me
No one has to know it

Time ticks by
Angels sigh
You don’t have to show it

Ask the moon
For the truth
He’ll tell you a story

One fine night
Two kids tried
To stay awake till morning

Lullaby
Don’t you cry
Don’t you cry

Don’t you cry

all songs: words by Wallace and music by Wallace, except (Suddenly) It’s Happened Again, words & music by Wallace

recorded March-April 2003