Category: G - 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.

Guilt Get Gone

5/27/2017

Capo 1 shapes:
Verse: Bm C G
Chorus: D C G (guilt get gone Bm C G)

you really got a hold on me
ooh, you sink your teeth
are you ever gonna give me relief?
or do i gotta pry myself free?

you're wearing out your welcome
i don't pretend to know where you really belong
i'm sorry for giving you the wrong impression
but guilt get gone

you really set a still steel trap
you and i go way way way back
are you ever gonna lift that latch?
don't you know i got a life to catch?

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

Goldmine

8/24/2012

*co-written with Veronica May
Verse: G Em C D
Chorus: Em Am C D
Bridge: Em C Am D

think we're safe now, the coast is clear
no more landmines to dance on dear
finally dry after it rained all year
rainbow sky smiles from ear to ear

at the end is where we will begin again
passing the test of time
riches without a dime
that's a real goldmine

think we're still now, the sea is calm
my heart is resting in your palm
slow and steady wins the race
cross the line, hand in hand, face to face

triumph's not a trophy
or a pot of gold
it's waiting patiently
and watching life unfold

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Good Fight

2/22/2012

*co-written with Veronica May

she was born with big eyes, she was born with wild dreams
she was born with big love, bursting at the seams
she was born with hope, she was born with light
she was born to lose, she learned how to fight

but when you fall down
200 pairs of hands will tell you don’t give up tonight
so in the next round, you’ll be back in the ring
and we’ll be screamin fight baby fight

she’s a constellation, vast just like orion
grace just like a sparrow, courage like a lion

it’s not a fight to the end, it’s a fight to the start
it’s not a fight to the death, it’s a fight to the heart
and we’ll be screamin fight baby fight

Go Out Singing

5/20/2011

Verse: G C
Chorus: D C G // C G

if it is true that the world ends
are you ready, are you ready?
if it is true that we all die
are you ready, are you ready?

we all share this space
that’s all that matters friends
so let’s all go out singing
i’ll sing with you til the end

if it is true that we all pass
are you ready, are you ready?
if it is true that our souls last
will you meet me, will you meet me?

Gift

2/13/2010

Verse: E A B7 E
Chorus: B7 A E

i offered myself like some carnival thing
you could win with your strength
and make a bell ring, bell ring
but i’ve been a trophy, they don’t stay shiny
they’re dusty and rusty, they’re shelf life’s tiny

i am delicate ribbons and colorful bows
the more you unwrap me the more i expose
i’m a gift given with purpose, heart, and thought
i’m a gift whether you want me or not

i offered myself like some heavyweight belt
a reward for the number of punches you dealt
but i’m not some hunk of junk raffled off at the door
that winds up at a yard sale when you want me no more

let me tell you being a little lesson i’ve learned
about being a prize, i’m no longer concerned
i’m much more than something someone wins or earns
i’m a gift that keeps on giving, i don’t need nothing in return

Good Game

1/31/2010

Verse: A G F
Chorus: E D A // A G F

i guess it was a pretty good game
i guess it was a pretty good game

we played on the same team, we both had the same dream
of finding our way out of trouble
the ball was in your court, i was not a good sport
suddenly, down by double

but i was never built much for a rebound
the position you were in was just the same
but we couldn’t resist the perfect assist, now could we babe?
so i guess it was a pretty good game
guess it was a pretty good game

you used up all your time outs right before i fouled out
i was reaching in
you got a couple free throws, but you always miss those
we didn’t get the win

God Forbid

1/10/2010

Verse: Am G
Chorus: F G

when the storm came and tried to drown you
i swam out and found you
gave all my time and all my strength
keeping you afloat until i sank
and i admit you would have been fine probably
but god forbid you throw out a line for me

when i met you i could barely touch my toes
you stretched me out i suppose
all my time spent bent until
i broke my back bending to your will
and i admit it was my fault probably
but god forbid you do one somersault for me

and i admit you were my drug, my drug
but god forbid you take one tiny puff of me

Get Me Through This

9/8/2009

Capo 1 shapes:
Verse: E A
Chorus: E A // G D G D G D B7

go ahead and tell me all my flaws
i know what you are gonna say
keep beating my head into the walls
letting my pride get in the way
go ahead and tell me act my age
it's something that i'm used to
but being young and being brave-
the only things that get me through...

this life, this day, this hour, this minute
i'm so sick of my life and everything in it
i'm holding my breath, i'm making a wish
trying to find why i exist
i'm stomping my feet, i'm clenching my fists
trying to get me through this

go ahead and tell me let it go
you must think i'm so stupid
a planted seed takes time to grow
i won't give up my dreams like you did
go ahead get up and walk away
i'm fine on my own, i don't need you
but you'll regret every single day
you weren't there to get me through...

this life, this wall, this mountain i'm climbing
if i'm not busy being born, i'm busy dying
say what you're gonna say about me
i'll make my way eventually
i'll be standing at the top blowing you a kiss
knowing i got me through this

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Give Up Give In

8/1/2009

you're crazy, you're lazy
that's not a good match
there are holes the size of lies
you're trying to patch
by try, i mean deny (never do it, never do it, do you)
and by try, i mean ignore
and by try, i mean get by
and by try, i mean you stopped fighting for

you should just give up
you should just give in
you should just cut the cord if you can't find the end
if you're playing a game that you're not trying to win
you should just give up and give in

you're hollow, you wallow
in pits of despair
there's pools filled with sorrow
you're trying to repair
by try, i mean deny (never do it, never do it, do you)
and by try, i mean ignore
and by try, i mean get by
and by try, i mean you stopped fighting for

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