Category: Fathers - LINDSAY WHITE

LYRICS

People often ask where they can find lyrics, so I compiled 10+ years worth of songs into one location! I even included some of the tunes I consider to be hot garbage clunkers, just for the fun of documenting the journey. If you'd like to support my songwriting, please download my music on iTunes, add songs to your Spotify Playlists, subscribe to my Youtube channel, and/or purchase physical copies of CDs wherever possible. These contributions help me sustain my career as an independent artist.

Battle Lines

2/4/2019

(Capo 2 Shapes)
Verse: E A
Chorus: B A

1. she eats her dinner hovered over the sink
bends down to the faucet when she wants a drink
she don't sit at the table, pour herself some wine
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

she grew up faster than most kids
now all the boys treat her like her daddy did
as far as she's concerned she's just rotting on the vine
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

she don't love herself
she won't give herself the time
she don't need nobody else
telling her she ain't worth a dime
the only hand she's been dealt
is the hurting kind
the battle scars are hard inside her heart so
she keeps drawing deeper battle lines

2. she makes her money taking off her clothes
it ain't what she likes it's just what she knows
she ain't smiled for real since '89
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

she don't love herself
she won't give herself the time
she don't need nobody else
telling her she ain't worth a dime
the only hand she's been dealt
is the hurting kind
the battle scars are hard inside her heart so
she keeps drawing deeper battle lines

3. no one's coming to save the day
they would've come by now if it worked that way
she's just flickering out like a neon sign
she don't love herself enough, she won't give herself the time

You Would Think

1/19/2019

(second verse written by Becca Jay)

1. you would think
you could change
for yourself
i wouldn’t even have to ask you to
you would think
that the pain
in my eyes
would be reason enough
for you

you’re in my head
you’re out of my hands
and it breaks my heart
to watch you sink
you could change
for yourself
you would think

2. you would think
over time
you could let
a gentle current pull you
somewhere new
you would think
you could climb
to the top of this mountain
instead of waiting for it
to move

you’re in my head
you’re out of my hands
and it breaks my heart
to watch you sink
you could change
for yourself
you would think

br.
you would think i could turn away
you would think i would learn some day
but instead, instead, instead, instead...

you’re in my head
you’re out of my hands
and it breaks my heart
to watch you sink
you could change
for yourself
you would think

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Not a Boy

6/4/2016

here comes the bride all dressed in white
and the biggest grin anyone's ever seen her wearing,
it's a million miles wide
a couple empty chairs cause you're not there
but she's brave enough to pass them up
because she knows love's waiting for her on the other side

you won't see her smile on her wedding day
walk her down the aisle, give her away
you won't know her joy, hear her vow
i am not a boy
that changes things somehow

here comes the bride, still quite surprised
that the woman waiting for me just so happens to adore me
and she wants to be my wife
those empty chairs, they're hard to bear
but there's love in the air and I'm still going to swear
to love her for the rest of her life

love is louder than any silencing
i am not a boy, and that don't change a thing

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Good of a God

8/19/2015

Capo 4 shapes:
Verse: Em C Em (end on D)
Chorus: Em D A
Bridge: C G C G // (but I'm a) Em C D // (heads and birds) C D A Em (end on D)

father hear my pleas, don’t make me scrape my knees
even diogenes, he agrees with me
a syndrome of self neglect is the sin of intellect
holding lanterns to the light is no necessity

what good is a god with the head of a falcon
that lives on the body of man?
what sense is the strength of a thoroughbred stallion
running like a scared mare every chance that it can?
what comfort lies in millions of lives
if they’re over before they began?
sometimes it shapes me, sometimes it escapes me
the good of a god in the body of man

father hear my cries, i’m not buying alibis
your books so wise disguise the valleys for the peaks
if all your world’s a page you’ll never take the stage
baby steps assuage the magnitude of quantum leaps

heaven knows i’m also froze and apples don’t fall far
trust me, any day’s a good day in the shade of where you are
but i’m a prudent teacher’s student and I'm just trying to understand
heads and birds, actions and words
and the good of a god in the body of man

Words Against the Wall

8/23/2012

*co-written with Veronica May

the synapse fails to connect
i thought i was being direct
hope is slowly dying
but confusion's ever-growing
the neurons fire away
receptors aren't willing to play
what's the use in trying
always feels as though i'm throwing

words against the wall
you're not hearing them at all
now there's something that
you are missing
words against the wall
you're not hearing them at all
all i need was for you to listen

the brain and the heart won't shake hands
i never know where my arrow lands
days into years, you're reaping what you're sowing
i look in the mirror and i see you
genetic's pathetic attempt to show proof
am i ringing in your ears
always feels as though i'm throwing

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Forever For Now

4/19/2011

*co-written with Veronica May
Verse: root G F#m F Em
Chorus: C D Em // (even if forever... F pass through E to G)
Bridge: same as verse

i daydream of the day when you say dear, i'm sorry
cause i remember more than you could know
nightmares turn to tangible truths and i remember
that no one feels safe around you

i never wanted to say the word never (never)
but sometimes something's got to change somehow (ooh)
it hurts me but i have to say forever (it's better)
even if forever is for now

i daydream of the day when i can say mom, i'm pregnant
cause i remember fondly you're fond of children
but dreams turn into nightmares when i remember
no child will you love more than (your child is a piece of) God

forgiveness, come find me soon
protection do the same
traveling through the brain and heart
but it arrives in the same vein

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I Am What I Am

5/9/2010

i picture the scene between me and you
sitting motionless in this living room
it’s a terrible thing to test the strength of blood-glue
but i don’t wanna lie, guess it’s best to tell the truth

i ain’t sorry for being what i am
i am sorry if it’s not what you had planned
we learn to hate the things that we don’t understand
i am what i am

i picture the pain in your eyes as i confess
but the fact remains i gotta get this off my chest
hope it won’t stain when we start to clean the mess
i fear the worst but i am hoping for the best

Shitstorm 2009

12/19/2009

when my grandpa died, i think he might
have taken happiness with him
everything turned gray, colors washed away
god refused to listen
when my mom and dad finally got so sad
they had to end their union
it opened up my eyes, made me realize
they are only human

people say that love is the only answer
but i know they’ve got to be wrong
because this love’s my only question
where is my love, why is it gone?

when i left my home, i felt so alone
fair weather friends turned their backs
such a scary thought to go from having a lot
to living out of plastic bags
now i feel so strange and i know it will change
who i am forever
knocks the wind from me, brings me to my knees
turns me into a beggar

Even Roots Change

10/9/2009

Capo 1, chord shapes:
Verse: Em Am B7 Em
Chorus: Am Em Am B7

you say your house fell down, you say your foundation cracked
you say you stumbled to the ground, can't get your footing back
you say you're all alone and nothing's set in stone
you say you lost your head, you say you lost your way
you say your moral compass has led you astray
you say you miss the days when you were set in your ways

even roots change, even roots grow
even skyscrapers sway when the wind blows
if nothing ever changed how would we ever know which way to go?
even the earth moves even the river flows
the story's going to end but we don't know how it goes
the greatest part of life is it keeps you on your toes

i say i'm not so sure certainty is everything it's cracked up to be
you say it hurts to change
i say, well, certainly
one day we all will fall like leaves
don't hide behind walls falsely called beliefs
it's not your destiny to drown in flux, achilles

What If?

8/20/2009

no one wants to be a captain
of a sorry sinking ship
cause when it starts to sink, you think
do i gotta go down with it?

no one wants to be the bearer
of incredibly bad news
cause when you’re the one dropping the bomb
you’ve got everything to lose

what if three years turns into thirty-something?
what if all you got was a whole lot of nothing?
what if thirty-something turns into three kids?
and you screw ‘em up just like your parents did?

no one wants to be the writer
of a book that’s never read
all those words once full of life
may as well be dead

no one wants to be the bad guy, baby
wouldn’t you agree?
honey you’re so good, i guess
the bad guy’s gotta be me