All lyrics copyright 2013, Buddy Wilby

Turn Away

words and music by Bret Carter

Don’t know why I never even told you
Don’t know why I even came this way
Somehow all the emptiness around you
Had taken all my promises away

And I had to face the final mystery
That the only answer that was left inside of me
Turn away (Turn away)
Turn away
Turn away

The shadow of a million miles behind you
You never seem to find where you belong
And though I never ever said I loved you
I think we both knew it all along

And the time will come when it is very clear
When the world has gone away and left you standing here
Turn away (Turn away)
Turn away
Turn away

And I had to face the final mystery
That the only answer that was left inside of me
Turn away (Turn away)
Turn away
Turn away

And the time will come when it is very clear
When the world has gone away and left you standing here

Turn away (Turn away)
Turn away
Turn away

Turn away

Queen of Danger

words and music by Bret Carter

She was out at recess every day
She was debating, she was waiting
Me and all the boys went out to play
Never knowing what she was going to say

Chorus
She’s the Queen of Danger
And I don’t know how to run
She might just be the one
Who understands me
She’s the Queen of Danger
And there’s nowhere left to go
And I don’t even know
Why she is after me

I was hiding on the monkey bars
She was calling, and I was falling
She was smiling at the way I didn’t seem to understand
That I was under her command

Chorus

I see the way she smiles
And every time she looks at me
I seem to fall into
A place where everything is music
(Repeat)

Chorus

She’s the Queen of Danger
She’s the Queen…

Forever

words and music by Bret Carter

Just when the silence fell
You stood beside the well
You didn’t belong under an angry hand
You stood inside alone
And your heart was still unknown
And I couldn’t believe that you could come my way

Chorus
I’m holding a promise now and I won’t let go
I’m banishing all your broken goodbyes
It took an eternity, but now I finally know
I can see Forever in your eyes

You saw the future fade
But your words were not afraid
You would never believe that you were on your own
Just tell me where you’ll be
And I’ll find a way to see
Just over the darker day I’ll find you there

Chorus

Doo doot doo doo doo doo
Doo doot doo doo doo doo doot doo
Doo doot doo doo doo doo doot doot doo
(2 times)

Chorus

It took an eternity, but now I finally now
I can see Forever in your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
Forever!

You Cry

words and music by Bret Carter

Midnight has you out and running
Now the blindfold’s in your hand
Stars are heavy, almost falling
Feel them on your shoulders and
You cry
You cry

Out of breath and out of wishes
Lost your way home after all
Muddy feet so cold and tired
Lean against a broken wall
You cry
You cry

Chorus
Standing at the open window
Hanging on to false bravado
And the dream above your pillow
No one ever came to follow
Talking to an empty shadow
Learning how to just say goodbye, goodbye
And so you cry

This is not the way you saw it
Melancholy castle wall
You can see the leaves around you
But you never see them fall
You cry
You cry

Chorus

It’s too soon to say
It’s too soon to say

I was dreaming of a story
Where I said that I was sorry
We lived in a house forever
Sitting by the fire together

Repeat with Chorus

And so you cry
You cry

letting go

words and music by Bret Carter

You had a hold, I got away, I didn’t need the confusion
I coulda hid, I kinda did, when the words fell away
I might’ve known, you played a game, you put a smile on illusion
I’m not a fool you put away for a possible toy

This is not some kinda movie baby
This is not your little show
This is how I get when I am letting go.

This is the voice of someone far away
Don’t even try to understand

I didn’t wait, I went ahead, I couldn’t sleep for the future
I thought I know, I sent a clue, but you just couldn’t stay
It’s your turn to play (I’m letting go)
So long ago (I’m letting go)
I’ve had my say (I’m letting go)
And I think you know that

This is not some kinda movie baby
This is not your little show
This is how I get when I am letting go.

This is the voice of someone far away
Don’t even try to take my hand
You think that everyone will fall in place for you
But maybe, there are secrets that you never knew

This is not some kinda movie
This is not your little show
This is not some kinda movie baby
This is not your little show
I’m letting go

This is not some kinda movie
This is not some kinda
Movie
This is not some kinda….

Departure

words by Stephen Gist, music by Bret Carter

Set your sail son
For the night is black and the moon is
Small
And your life gathers dust
As you walk through the hall
And your sunlight fades as the snowflakes
Fall
From the sky

Talking to the setting sun
Blue skies are on the run
The wind sat up and said to me
He said, “Son, what do you want to be?”

I, I, I…

So I set a course for the fiery sun
I had just begun to see my dreams
‘Cross the burning waves on the open say
I was soon to be on my way

Repeat, with:
You don’t know your way at all (4 times)

I, I, I…

Chain

words and music by Bret Carter

I’ve got a chain around my neck
Something tells me I should look the other way
A quiet step and I am loose upon the turning world
A blundering ballet

I find myself outside her door
And I am frightened of the way she says my name

I think that this is how you fall
I don’t need any help at all
I’ve got a thorn inside my head
And I am waiting

But you don’t understand, there’s a shadow over me
I heard you whispering to the tiny flame between
Me and you

I’ve got a chain around my neck
Something innocent is stumbling inside (stumbling in – side)
I can make my heart into a fist
A kind of patient, peaceful suicide

The sky is pulling at the sea
An undertow is over me
I’ve got the moon inside my head
And I am waiting

But you don’t understand, there’s a shadow over me
I heard you whispering to the tiny flame between
Me and you

I can feel the chain that reaches (I)
Under shadows, over pieces (I can feel the chain, when you call my name)
Of the night when I was swept away (Pulling me away)
Yeah

I’ve got a chain around my neck

Hypnotize

words by Bret Carter, music by Mark Phillips and Bret Carter

This is all about the way I can’t get through to you
Maybe I should try to find a clever trick or two
I think about you
I think about you

I’ve been reading up a little on psychology
And I think I know a way to make you fall for me
I think about you
I think about you

Just listen to your heart
I can make it all come true
Look into my eyes and I will
Hypnotize you

This is when you should be feeling the serenity
But this feels like this is maybe just affecting me
I think about you
I think about you

Every time I try to put you under my control
I can hear you whisper to my very soul
I think about you
I think about you

Just listen to your heart
I can make it all come true
Look into my eyes and I will
Hypnotize you

Just listen to your heart
I can make it all come true
Look into my eyes and I will
Hypnotize you

I hear my heartbeat
You’re the only one that I can see
I look into your eyes and you will
Hypnotize me

Look deep into my eyes
And you will fall into a deep sleep
On the count of three
One… two… three!

I Don’t Know What to Do

words and music by Bret Carter

Sometimes I begin to think
That everything goes wrong
That nothing can belong
Or go together

I hear the distant sirens crying
Angry in the night
Can you hear them?
Can you hear them?

I worry that your happiness
Is slipping through my clumsy fingers
And I fear we’re almost out of time.

Chorus
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know what to do
But I love you
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know what to do
But I care

We’re standing in a house of ashes
The world is cold outside
And the dark won’t be denied
Forever

Someone broke out all the windows
(And let the wind blow through)
But I stand in front of you
Yeah, I stand in front of you

I wish that I could tell you that
The sun is nearly on the rise (almost here)
But even if it’s far away
You need to know that I’ll be here

Chorus (2 times)

And here’s a garden dry and empty
A shadow falls across this barren land
But darlin’, here’s a single seed
I place it in your hand (I place it in your hand)

Chorus (2 times)

Purse

words and music by Bret Carter

I hope you know what you are asking me to do
There’s not that many men who’d prove their love is true
By taking chances with his reputation as a rugged man
I hope that you can understand

This is the turning point where love is coming true
My life is empty unless I can be with you
And when I stood up there and said, “I do”, my love was in those rings
I guess that this is what it means:

Chorus
I’ll carry your purse, I’ll bake a pie
I’ll watch those movies that you watch that make you cry
And when it’s time to change the baby, I won’t run and hide
Don’t you know my love for you is deeper than my pride?
So come on, darlin’, I can take the worst
I’ll carry your purse

There’s so many things that make a man feel tall
But I’d give them up for you, I’d sacrifice it all
To be the man that you alone can give your promises to
There’s nothing else I’d rather do

I didn’t write a poem, I didn’t by a rose
But here I am like every day, and yes, I do suppose
That even though today I didn’t put a diamond in your hand
I guess I should do what I can

Chorus

Everything is fine by me, my dreams are in your eyes
Just one small favor is all I ask
Please…
Don’t tell the guys
(Sigh)

Chorus

Last chorus
I’ll carry your purse, I’ll bake a pie
I’ll watch those movies that you watch that make you cry
And when it’s time to change that baby, I won’t run and hide
Don’t you know my love for you is deeper than my pride?
‘Cause everything I do for you just fills me up inside
I’ll carry your purse