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Little of a Romeo

by Eric Devries

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Some Unlucky Star I’m getting nothing done, I’m getting nothing done I get up just to find I’m getting nothing done Don’t know why I bother I don’t bother anyone Ain’t got no one to love, I ain’t got no one to love I thought I did but it turns out I ain’t got no one to love Guess I’m not the kind of man she’d been dreaming of I guess it’s in my blood, I guess it’s in my blood My mamma tells me so I guess it’s in my blood Nothing that I do is ever done the way it should I just want to leave, I just want to leave There’s nothing that I’d like to take away with me Some might call it freedom, hell I just want to leave Don’t think I’ll get too far, don’t think I’ll get too far I’ll end up getting nowhere with the luck I’ve had so far I’m getting nothing done Ain’t got no one to love I guess it’s in my blood I just want to leave I guess that I was born under some unlucky star I’ll never get a break with the way things are
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Ballad of Johnny & Ginny Johnny came looking for a good time, met Ginny behind the bar He said: “set ‘em up honey I ain’t going nowhere and I love you just the way you are.” “Who knows baby later tonight by the time that you get off if you keep setting ‘em up like that well, we might be in love.” Ginny said “boy you may be as handsome as they come but I ain’t falling for no fancy lines ‘cause that has all been done. I ain’t looking for a man I just need a ticket out. if you’ve got a set of wheels maybe we can work things out.” So the two of them drove off into the sunset that same day Without having a clue of where to go but they went anyway Ginny’d always talked about leaving town for good Though we all said that we would too, she knew we never would Days went rolling by and I guess we were kinda slow In admitting just the very thing we didn’t want to know But summer came to pass and Ginny left the very month of May Now Ginny ain’t tending bar no more, Ginny’s gone away Then word came down to my hometown about Johnny doing time And Ginny’s coming back today and we’re back to feeling fine “Now isn’t that the greatest news”, I heard somebody say “I never liked the whole idea to begin with anyway.” Dreams are very nice and all but they’re not what life’s about When tending bar is all you know there ain’t no ticket out.
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Walk Back in the Rain You never know when luck runs out until the cards are in your hands You think you know what love’s about until you’re cheated on again So walk me to the station and put me on a train Wait until I’m gone before you walk back in the rain The saddest songs I love to sing when deep into the night Let’s play the blues and I’ll confuse this bottle with a mic. So walk me to the station and put me on a train Wait until I’m gone before you walk back in the rain Wherever I may travel to I know I will return With every scar to prove that I was not afraid to learn So walk me to the station and put me on a train Wait until I’m gone before you walk back in the rain Take me to the station or put me on a plane Wave goodbye but don’t you cry when walking in the rain
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Driving Down the Black Top There ain’t nothing like driving down the highway Making up for lost time, I’m gonna be fine feel the road is all mine going down the white line There ain’t nothing like driving down the freeway Just a going nowhere ain’t nothing like it anywhere feeling like an outlaw, I’m a nothing good for Baby can’t you picture me getting high on liberty? Talking to myself because there’s nobody to talk to me Got no time for kiss and tell just to love and leave ‘em well driving down the black top...I ain’t gonna ever stop There ain’t nothing like driving in the sunset Looking at the red sun, only thing I ever done nothing to look back upon I don’t know what I’m running from Shifting gears, burning miles, places I ain’t been a while Filling up the ashtray shows I’ve come a long way I got to keep behind the wheel the devil licking at my heels driving down the black top...I ain’t gonna ever stop There ain’t nothing like driving like a madman Can’t afford to break the spell nothing that I do so well Got a little tale to tell I’m going down the road to hell
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Sweet little girl blue have you ever had a dream come true, someone waiting just for you, Sweet little girl blue Sweet little girl cry did you dream of walking down the aisle, has anybody ever seen your smile sweet little girl cry Don't you know there's no such thing as once upon a time? So put on your dancing shoes and make it worth your while How much longer will you wait on what tomorrow brings waiting for prince charming who can change your everything Sweet little girl blue did you ever tell a joke or two or do you feel the joke's on you? Sweet little girl blue
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My dear, there’s only little of a Romeo left in me And I just can’t seem to find what I need to make myself to play that part again If my feet could take me back in time If I could only grow wings it would take us next to nothing to fall in love again My dear, this ain’t the best ever written letter by my hand For nothing I mean to say to you can inspire me like it used to do This ain’t no fire burning in the night there ain’t no bells that ring and it would take all of those things to fall in love again And it’s these wasted days How can we ever make it through these wasted days My dear, these ain’t the most loving words I ever said before But can’t you see it’s all I can do to make us face what we don’t want to come true If my feet could take us back in time if we could only grow wings it would take us next to nothing to fall in love again And it’s these wasted days How can we ever make it through these wasted days
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But For the Grace of God Here goes nothing but for the grace of God Some have purpose I fear that I have not Here’s to those who are safe and sound asleep Good luck to you and whatever dreams you keep I’ve got my own There were times much more than I can count I was looking where there’s nothing to be found There were days I was weighed down by sin I’ve been low but I came back up again Time and again So don’t point your finger at me I’m not ashamed I’ve nothing to my name So won’t you let me be on my way Men have gone where others fear to tread Some have tried and others haven’t yet Who is to judge and who will sympathize Some are true and some will be telling lies All of the time Some have gained more than worldly things Some let go and others choose to cling Some will steal to fulfill their every need Some die rich some die by their own greed So don’t point your finger at me I’m not ashamed I’ve nothing to my name So won’t you let me be on my way Here’s to those and the ones that I forgot And every one of those who know not we all go But for the grace God
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Got You Where I Want You I’ve got you where I want you I can write a song about you I’ve got you right where you belong I’ll dress you up the way I want to I’ll make up everything about you I’ll cut you down to size in just a song And I could make you do anything I please I could have you begging on your knees I’ll make you kiss the ground I walk on You’ll do me every night and so on Girl you could never ever love me more And I could make you love me every night I’d come home drunk and that would be all right I’ll never break my back to please you I’ll lock you up so no one ’ll see you Better not bite the hand that feeds you, dear I’ve got you where I want you Now I wrote this song about you I’ve got you right where you belong I’ll cut you down to size in just a song
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Me and My Love I came in last week at the outskirts of this town I picked up my back as my ride pulled out And I must have looked like I needed a break For he sure did take me a long, long way But I still don’t know how many miles will ever be enough So I’m putting down the miles between me and my love I’ve found a job and I’ve found a place to stay The room ain’t much to look at and I’m on my feet all day I never needed much and I always travel light It sure feels like a long, long way from where I came all right But I still don’t know how many miles will ever be enough I’m putting down the miles between me and my love I wonder if we’ll ever be together someday But I guess she never ever even thought of me that way And leaving town was all that I could do to make a start Still trying to forget is gonna be the hardest part And I still don’t know how many miles will ever be enough I’m putting down the miles between me and my love
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Remains of the Day Words that were spoken still float through the air some of them needless to say a touch of a promise and butterfly kisses get lost in remains of the day Dreams can be broken when acted upon some just whither away I’m left with the smell of yesterday’s flowers and lost in remains of the day I didn't mean to drink as much as I did I didn’t mean to say those things but I did Bitter excuses so rightly refused tears can not make one regain respect and the shell of the man I’ve become gets lost in remains of the day I didn't mean to drink as much as I did I didn’t mean to say those things but I did The stains on the table have made you unable to stay I drink to forget but get lost in remains of the day
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Go Easy on Me Now Why is it so hard to tell me what you want from me Why go silent on me when I need to hear you speak Why don’t you sit yourself down? Don’t make me do all the talking It won’t do us no good if you started walking I was never one with words I never knew exactly how But if you’re gonna let me down please go easy on me now I just want to do what’s right but I haven’t got a clue Of whatever’s on your mind and eating you I was never one with words I never knew exactly how But if you’re gonna let me down please go easy on me now
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Ballad of a Jilted Man I have cried before but never like this I have experienced heartache and bliss But it all seems like nothing compared to what now I have to get over and live with somehow You’ve made me feel bitter and I don’t want to be I don’t want to feel life is bigger than me And that love will always out of my reach And you’d be just another one of my defeats I’ve no intention to hold it against you But I need a release from all this tension You say it’s my fault, it’s all within me but I can make it your burden if I want it to be I’m just gonna have to find a way to get back at you I love you like crazy but I just can’t let you leave without doing anything about it It takes a much bigger man than me to allow it So I’m gonna leave you with a scar on your heart and where ever you go it’ll set you apart If anyone should ask you what’s your pain you will have to live it over again and again I’ll get me some rope and find a big old tree And I’ll make sure you won’t forget about me If our love wasn’t anything worth living for Than me dying would surely mean a whole lot more Oh maybe it’s all just as well I never really loved you like I love myself I ain’t crying and I sure as hell Am not going to, so fare thee well
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That Was All She Wrote That was all she wrote my friends No I won’t stand in your way All that’s begun must come to end I’ll be fine but I won’t ever be the same You’ve got to leave the place you’re born and raised Away from the blood and all loving praise From the ties that bind you to everyday life That never changes and you slowly die That was all she wrote my friends… See for yourself see your own way In the darkest night and by the cruel light of day By the burning bridges and shimmering flames Out of the ashes you’ll rise up again Laughter and tears and all your losses and gains will be measured in years and in the lines of your face We’re born again with each new day And when we die is by the way That was all she wrote my friends…

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