DRIVE-THRU RODEO
Songs by Andrea Reising
released 2000, Drunken Buffalo Records
I WOULD GO
I would go any distance for you
I would take on any troubles that I had to
There’s no end to the little things I’d gladly do
If I could let you know
If I could let you know
You are the one
You are the one for me
And I don’t think forever is a lucky bet
I think the game just gets cut short the more you count on it
And there are cards I haven’t learned to play right yet
But someday when I’m better with my strategy
Maybe I’ll win
Maybe I’ll win
And I could wear my poker face and get away
From anybody trying to get my heart to stay
And even though I act like I don’t want to play
I think I’m really waiting for someone to just deal me in
Deal me in
And I would go any distance for you
I would take on any troubles that I had to
There’s no end to the little things I’d gladly do
If I could let you know
If I could let you know
You are the one
You are the one for me
Yeah, you are the one
THERE ARE TIMES
There are times I need you and you are not there
There are places that know with cleaner air than here
And there are feelings that I have that I don’t want to share
Even though I know you’d understand
’Cause sometimes it is like that, yes it is
Sometimes it is like that, yes it is
Sometimes it is like that, yes it is
Sometimes it is like that, yes it is
There are hearts to which I know I never will belong
And there are sorrows that I try to bury but they hang on
There are meanings in this life I’ve yet to stumble on
But I suppose that’s just the way it goes
’Cause sometimes it is like that, yes it is
Sometimes it is like that, yes it is
Sometimes it is like that, yes it is
Oh, sometimes it is like that, yes it is
CAN’T HELP WANTING YOU
Well I can’t help wanting you
Couldn’t stop it if I wanted to
I haven’t figured out hat the hell I’m gonna do
If you don’t want me too
And it ‘aint quite right
But it should do for tonight
Let’s not waste the time it takes for us to fight
When we could get that good love goin’ till the dawn
And I’m drifting when I should be on the ground
I can’t settle even though I live this town
I keep getting lost just so I can be found
Just so my life can go from worse to better
And it ‘aint half bad
This weariness I have had
I wish you wouldn’t look so sad
You know that I will always be around
And maybe indecision lasts forever
Maybe I will always swear that I will never find a man
Who I can fall for like the leaves fall for September
Who will love me even in imperfectness
And I don’t need much
Just a little bit of your touch
It don’t take fancy dinners and such
Just lay your body here with me tonight
And it ‘aint quite right
But it should do for tonight
Let’s not waste the time it takes for us to fight
When we could get that good love goin’ till the dawn
HOLY LAND
My daddy he was not a religious man
And my mamma ‘aint religious
Though she does the best she can
We don’t go to church on Sunday
We hang out with old Satan
I was born and raised far from any holy land
I went to the East Coast and the Midwest and the West
Drove on up to Canada and loved the boys there best
I came back to New York City just so I could rest
And the Devil he did follow everywhere
I gave up on being good when I was very small
’Cause the Devil came and told me that I had no hope at all
He said “Girl, you’ll come a’runnin’ every time temptation calls
So give on in to sinnin’ and you’ll never have to fall.”
And my daddy he was not a religious man
My mamma ‘aint religious
Lord, she does the best she can
We would sleep through church on Sundays
And hang out with old Satan
I was born and raised far from any holy land
So I never tried to keep myself from drinking until dawn
Never had remorse for making love the whole night long
Never tried to be too good, never tried to be too strong
’Cause the Devil told me all my right intentions would go wrong
So now I’m looking up and wondering why the fancy fuss
Why’d that dirty hippie go and die for all of us
Seems like he was paying dues that we did not ring up
And saving sins for we who were not sinning
And my daddy he was not a religious man
My mamma ‘aint religious
Lord, she does the best she can
We would sleep through church on Sundays
And hang out with old Satan
I was born and raised far from any holy land
Yeah, I was born and raised far from any holy land
SONG FOR YOU
This is my song for
you
These are the words that I will use
This is my heart and I’m giving it all to you
These are the things
I’ve said
These are the thoughts inside my head
This is me in my empty bed
Wishing I had something better
And this is the pride in me
That watches over just to make sure I am free
A lonely woman’s better than the poor thing I would be
If I waited for your love
This is my song for love
For all the good things that they told us would come from above
And I know that I will find a way to get enough
Of what it takes to keep on living
Yeah this is my song for you
For all the times that I thought we might even see it through
Guess I’ll go out and find me something new
And hope it treats me better
And hope it treats me better
HIDING FROM THE DEVIL
I’ve been keeping myself to myself for so long
I must have forgotten how to share at all
And I’m trying to stay long enough to find love
I don’t know if I’m going to make it
‘Cause I’m hiding from the devil
And missing out on all the angels
Hiding from the devil
And missing out on all the angels
And I know that I could be happy alone
It’s not that I’m in need of a savior
I know how to pick myself up from the floor
And keep dancing and playing my banjo
And who do you think will hold out on her own
When our thread house begins to unravel
And how will you try to explain to yourself
When you’re face down in dirt, grass and gravel
That you’re hiding from the devil
And missing out on all the angels
You keep hiding from the devil
And missing out on all the angels
‘Cause I know what you’re trying to do
You think I’m just someone you can play with
But you don’t realize that I don’t really care
I got too much of my own life to live
To cry over you
To hurt over you
To waste time on you
And even though I might not open the door
It don’t mean I got something to hide
And don’t be surprised if you’re left wanting more
I can’t give ‘till I’m empty inside
I’m still hiding from the devil
And missing out on all the angels
Can’t help hiding from the devil
And missing out on all the angels
Guess I’ll go hiding from the devil
And missing out on all the angels
I’LL RUN AWAY
I’ll run away from you
I’ll run away from you
I don’t know where I am going to
But I’ll run away from you
You should be sick of me too
You should be sick of me too
I ‘aint surprised that you ‘aint looking blue
Darling you should be sick of me too
We said that we’d always be true
Said that we’d always be true
But you and I both know that this love affair is through
Let’s forget we said that we’d always be true
We said that we’d always be true
Said that we’d always be true
But you and I both know that this love affair is through
Let’s forget we said that we’d always be true
Let’s forget we said that we’d always be true
NO SONG
No song I know has quite
said it right
The way I feel for you
The sorrow I have had without you by my side
Is worse than any words could tap into
No I haven’t found the
word
Whose meaning is quite right
For how I feel when I’m without you
So I guess I won’t be using words tonight
And I keep trying to find shelter
In someone else’s charms
But I can’t help wishing I had you
To hold me in you arms
No I can’t stop thinking ‘bout you
Can’t help myself from wishing it weren’t true
’Cause I thought I had finally found a man
I wouldn’t have to work too hard to hold onto
And you’re off with your own life
The one you’ve always had in spite of me
And I’m back to this habit I got
Of locking myself up inside in order to be free
But don’t stop what you’re doing, no
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I’ve got what I need, just wish that what I want
Would one day just decide to up and stay
No I can’t stop thinking ‘bout you
Can’t help myself from wishing it weren’t true
’Cause I thought I had finally found a man
I wouldn’t have to work too hard to hold onto
And I keep trying to find shelter
In someone else’s charms
But I can’t help wishing I had you
To hold me in you arms
No I can't help wishing I had you
To hold me
Hold me in your arms
DIDN’T WE KNOW
Didn’t we know that this would mean less than we’d want it to
Couldn’t we see through all the thick of what we’d fell into
Wasn’t there something we could say that would have got us through
But we were trying to prove we could take it all and more
And didn’t it seem like everything was so damn beautiful
And doesn’t it make this emptiness seem so impossible
No I don’t know if life will ever be so quite as full
But I don’t think I’d trade these sorrows I’ve got in me anyway
So where are you going now? I thought we might just stick it out
You said you need some space and I sure know what you’re talking about
But you don’t have to go so far away that we all have to shout
Or maybe I am wrong as usual, maybe you do
So don’t be gone too long, you’ve got some people missing you
We’ll hang around until we’re taken up with something new
And if you some back don’t waste wondering where I’m off to
I guess I found I couldn’t stand the sadly waiting around