MATTER OF TIME (written by Jim Bruno) Keep your hat on your head Keep your eyes on the road Always follow your heart Or your heart will explode Well it’s never easy And never that clear When you howl at the moon And the moon doesn’t hear Chorus: We weren’t meant to discover and never will know Why the ones that we love disappear like the snow But I know in the end It’s only a matter of time Always cover your tracks And lean into the wind There’s no turning back And there’s no giving in Oh the anger comes easy It cuts like a whip But don’t let it in Or it might get a grip Chorus: It can shake you and break you and take you a way From the ones that you need for the rest of your days And I know in the end It’s only a matter of time Bridge: Till we sing this song together Till the storm we share is weathered If your vision is keen And your senses are sharp You can keep it together And not fall apart Don’t stop for a second Don’t think of the cost See what you’ve got Don’t see what you’ve lost Chorus: One day they were here And the next they were gone But they’re still in our hearts And they’re still in this song And I know in the end It’s only a matter of time WE WERE BLIND (written by Jim Bruno) I should never got this blue tattoo It’s like a scar that was left by you Maybe half of what you said was true But in the end it didn’t matter You should have never called me from Molene Late at night on that Halloween A fading voice from a faded dream And one that’s torn and tattered You were shaken I was shattered We were blind I should have never met your family drunk I came across like stone cold punk They treated me like a piece of junk I apologized for the bender You should have told me what was going on It hit my heart like a cherry bomb Our own emotional Viet Nam And in the end we both surrendered You were young I was tender We were blind Bridge: I heard you moved back to San Antone With a drummer who goes by Ramone Does he thrill you like I thrilled you back then I should have never tried to call your bluff I should have seen that you’d had enough And even then when the times got tough I thought you’d come back crawling You should have never screamed at me like that As serious as a heart attack I tried to tell you, I don’t need the flak But you knew that I was stalling You were slipping I was falling We were blind RAY TOOK A SLUG IN THE LEG (written by Jim Bruno) Ray took a slug in the leg But they say he’s going to be o.k. and I hear He just tried To do what’s right This world’s such a funny place You never know what the day might bring, your turn May come To put up a fight Bridge: Is it me or does it seem Nothing stays the same There’s no knowing why we’re going Right down the drain Yesterday lying in bed I tried to shake the cobwebs out of my head As I read The morning news The bomb blew the roof off the bus Government says it comes down to them or us Who can you trust? We’re so confused Bridge: Explosions rip through the Gaza Strip There’re riots in Bombay Desperate times breed desperate minds So someone’s got to pay It seems like it all hit the fan I may live to 100 and never understand How some can Sleep at night Ray took a slug in the leg But they say he’s going to be o.k. and I hear He just tried To do what’s right BLUE LOVE (written by Jim Bruno and Jeff Hanson) We had a simple breakfast Coffee and some toast Jumped into the car Headed down the coast We listened to the Nevilles And slipped into a trance Something wasn’t right In your sidelong glance Blue Love I remember when I met you Outside the music store Hanging with your sister Claiming you were bored I said that’s all behind you But only if you dare I knew you didn’t buy it You knew I didn’t care Blue Love Just south of Pescadero We stopped to have a drink Waitress took our order Sun began to sink I knew that we were fading I saw it in your eyes Singer on the jukebox sang Love never dies Blue Love Bridge: No awkward moments No clichéd scenes were made No words were spoken We just left and drove away Some say love’s forever And burns just like a flame For others it’s a drug Or play it like a game The one thing that I know I didn’t know before I wish that we were back Outside the music store Blue Love CLOSED (written by Jim Bruno) Every night I sit here in my lonely room Staring at a picture tube of doom and gloom All my friends without a doubt Say I got to get up and out CHORUS: But I It’s like his mind is closed But why It’s like his heart is closed I’ll try It’s like his eyes are closed And he can’t see Every day I go to work and earn my pay Like the song, I come back home with nothing to say It turns my blood as cold as ice When I hear their sad advice Bridge: Deep inside my heart I know they’re right But every day I put it off for one more night I can shut the door and keep the world outside at bay I hit the couch and watch the years just slip away But friends of mine keep saying that I shouldn’t fall into the trap CHORUS I NEVER WAS THE ONE (written by Jim Bruno) Got nothing left to say I’ve said it all and the words won’t come No card left I can play Guess I’m just stunned Spirits slip by my door I can almost see them when the moon is full They whisper, “Are you sure?” Isn’t that cruel I never was the one I never was the one I never was the one You thought I was Just like a wreck in the road People stare as they pass us by Some say that love can erode That’s no lie Now I can’t break through this wall Now I can’t speak in your secret language We’re down to nothing at all Broken and damaged STEADY RHYTHM OF TIME (written by Jim Bruno) Morning come streaming Through Venetian blinds Comes to rest on the bedspread In zebra lines She’s lying beside me I can hear the church bells starting to chime Dresser clock is ticking Ticking out the steady rhythm of time I can’t believe what year this is Moving way too fast Almost miss my exit Stop and get some gas I go to pay at the counter There’re a couple of strangers waiting in line Car stereo’s blaring Pumping out the steady rhythm of time Bridge: There’s a beat on this street that is measured In lives like a melody never heard Not sure where I’m headed Barely know where I’ve been I wonder what this is all about Is that a sin? I’m not afraid of the questions I’m afraid of the answers I might find Everyday keeps slipping Slipping at the steady rhythm of time Shadows grow longer I grow weary Put my head on my pillow She lies there near me Moonlight is flowing Like a river through Venetian blinds I can feel her heart beating Beating out the steady rhythm of time SACRED HEART (written by Jim Bruno) Parochial stance with a smokestack look Subtle glance and he was hooked A vague refrain from a song he’d heard Was on his mind as his vision blurred Oh he wish he had As he fell apart Her Sacred Heart Her Sacred Heart Jukebox flickers and then goes out A junkie snickers and passes out Sits alone ‘neath the ceiling fan Without a chance that he’ll understand But he thought he heard Beating in the dark Her Sacred Heart Her Sacred Heart Chorus: Her Sacred Heart will never be won Never be given to a single one Will always be a mystery And maybe someday he will see That the answer’s not in the pale moonlight Not about wrong or right He looks at the sky, he looks at the ground Guess it’s time to leave this town But what holds him back And what has from the start Her Sacred Heart Her Sacred Heart WE’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER TONIGHT (written by Jim Bruno) There’re stars in the sky, ships on the bay There’re bats in the trees and they all fly away Past a luminous moon that wears a beret And we’ll always remember tonight Darling I love you I have to confess So put on your heels and that burgundy dress And we’ll laugh till we cry and your makeup gets messed And we’ll always remember tonight Bridge: No hesitating It’s getting quite late And there’s only so much we can do Throughout our history Some nights are mysteries I don’t know why but it’s true We’ll call up our friends to come sing a song And we’ll sing about love that went right or went wrong Tell stories ‘bout places and people long gone And we’ll always remember tonight RAYS OF SUN (written by Jim Bruno) Can’t get to sleep it’s four am The minutes creep I’m round the bend I guess I’ll turn the TV on I watch a dead man sing another song And as he sings upon my screen I start to know just what he means When he sings of hope and doubt What we can or cannot live without Bridge: But it’s ok It’s fine It’s life and life is often less than kind I know the rays of sun won’t always shine In my heart I finally drifted off to sleep And when I slept I slept so deep I dreamt I saw you at the fair The scent of lilacs in your hair And for a moment it felt real And in that moment I could feel There’s been a terrible mistake A sense of dread that I found hard to shake Bridge RUB IT IN (written by Jim Bruno) Neon reflection in pools Rain continues to pour To this procession of fools I’m adding one more Go home and shake the rain off Watch a little TV Can’t as easily shake the pain of What’s happened to me? Bridge: Maybe someday I’ll laugh about this And in the end you’ll barely be missed Calling you up will be hard to resist Just to rub it in I’d love to rub it in Your face Some things can last forever Some things cannot Some people accept whatever Happy with what they’ve got I’m not one to simply sit there Let the world pass me by I’m determined some way I’ll get there I can feel it inside Bridge: Maybe someday I’ll be walking on air I’ll look in my heart and I won’t see you there Calling you up will only be fair Just to rub it in I’d love to rub it in your face ECHO LAKE (written by Jim Bruno) Why can’t summer last forever Why do strong hearts have to break? Why’s it always now or never It was never that way at Echo Lake Every day now comes unraveled How much more can a person take? If I could turn off this road I travel I would travel back home to Echo Lake Bridge: There would be music We’d be up all night Singing songs Staring at stars We’d sing melodies Made out of moonlight To the sound of old guitars Oh it feels now less than real But I don’t mean that it’s fake In those moments that I steal I still steal my way back to Echo Lake