Lyrics

I’m thinking about the days when you were right by my side
I never thought a girl could fuck up my head, take me for a ride
she took me for a ride

a trail of tears followed me for what seemed like years
I’m not the same man that I was before but I’m getting there
I said I’m getting there, yeah

It felt so good with her here
now that she's gone, momma, I can’t think clear
cause her smile well it don’t fade fast
What's it gonna take momma to put her in my past

now I know there's a lot of fruit on the tree but now none of it tastes right
maybe I got to be patient and wait until, till the fruit gets ripe
Until the fruit gets ripe yeah

It felt so good with her here
now that she's gone momma I can’t think clear
cause her smile well it don’t fade fast
what's it gonna take momma to put her in my past

It felt so good with her here
now that she's gone, momma, I can’t think clear
cause her smile well it don’t fade fast
what's it gonna take momma to put her in my past

hey girl I saw your face
made me slow my pace
right on down, I turned around
yeah i’m wondering, you gonna wake up next me?
Oh right next to me

the kind of girl I want to wake up to on a Sunday morning ooh
cook some pancakes and eggs, yeah
and if it don’t happen soon, gonna keep on trying
cause I don’t plan on dying without feeling your love

hey girl I saw your face
made me slow my pace
right on down, I turned around
yeah i’m wondering, you gonna wake up next me?
Oh right next to me

the kind of girl I want to wake up to on a Sunday morning oh
cook some pancakes and eggs, yeah
and if it don’t happen soon, gonna keep on trying
cause I don’t plan on dying without feeling your love

Hey girl, mmmm
Hey girl, mmmm

hey morena, aquela gostosa
poderosa, me faz bem
é ela que manda, é eu que faço
qualquer coisa que ela quiser
qualquer coisa que ela quer

o café dela me vicia o suco dela delícia
eu volto para ela sempre p pegar mais
o café dela me vicia o suco dela delícia
eu volto para ela sempre p pegar mais

hey morena, aquela gostosa
poderosa, me faz bem
é ela que manda, é eu que faço
qualquer coisa que ela quiser
qualquer coisa que ela quer

o café dela me vicia o suco dela delícia
eu volto para ela sempre p pegar mais
o café dela me vicia o suco dela delícia
eu volto para ela sempre p pegar mais

uai mineirinha, comprei um pão de queijo
acordei antes de você e fiz teu café
pega aguinha, pra subir aquela trilha
até a cachoeira onde te beijei, te beijei

eai carioca, tomando uma na calçada
ela diz que tem um samba no bar do Zé
pé na areia, de boa em Ipanema
até o último raio de sol brilhar no Arpoador, Arpoador

ela tão dourada saindo do mar
lembrando das marquinhas, enquanto tô no bar
não aguentei mais, soltei o copo ao chão
e fui ao aeroporto e peguei o avião para te ver

oi paulistana, Ibirapuera na garoa,
é boa e na madrugada, pernil no Estadão
vamos embora, fugir desse cinza
pra praia e aquela brisa, voltar jamais, jamais

oxe baiana, lençóis todo branco
e a cor da tua pele, o contraste é arte
cochilo na rede, moqueca na panela
é bela essa vida, na ilha todo dia, eu

ela tão dourada saindo do mar
lembrando das marquinhas, enquanto tô no bar
não aguentei mais, soltei o copo ao chão
e fui ao aeroporto e peguei o avião para te ver

hey baby why you gotta be so far away
make me want wanna get up on a plane today
if I don’t get to hold you might go crazy
I’m coming back soon, yeah, coming back soon

I stoned sitting here for hours
wondering why they keep building these towers
something in the wind is smelling sour
I hope its not me that they’re after

oh man the more that I stay
more it all just seems like a machery
under the bright city lights

everybody always wanting more
never really understood what the fuck for
I’m good with only what I need

and I stoned sitting here for hours
wondering why they keep building these towers
something in the wind is smelling sour
I hope it’s not me that they’re after

got to escape the powers that be
can't sit in traffic, rather sit in the sea
the palms rustling in the breeze

I watch the sun set and the moon rise daily
that's how I’m gonna live my way
the tide comes in and goes out baby
oh it really makes my day

big hopes and big dreams, seems like there's always something in between
that's alright cause I see, it's not the destination it's the journey

Cause I stoned sitting here for hours
wondering why they keep building these towers
something in the wind is smelling sour
I hope its not me that they’re after

I stoned sitting here for hours
wondering why they keep building these towers
something in the wind is smelling sour
I hope its not me that they’re after

the sea is rough and I know the waves
they’re crashing down on us for days
when times get tough, I feel your pain
it’s deep in your chest, it won’t stop the rain, yeah

I got some warm bread and I got a warm bed
under this roof to shelter us from the storm
I got some warm bread and I got a warm bed
under this roof to shelter us from the storm

It seems your sinking and ain’t no one in sight
boat’s filled with water still can’t give up the fight
and I know you’ll ask “what's all of this for?”
the answer comes when you reach the shore, yeah

I got some warm bread and I got a warm bed
under this roof to shelter us from the storm
I got some warm bread and I got a warm bed
under this roof to shelter us from the storm

Oh with time it's gonna be fine it's gonna get better
Just keep your head up, wait for the sun
It can’t rain forever, yeah

I got some warm bread, I got a warm bed
to shelter us from the storm
I got some warm bread, I got a warm bed
yeah yeah to shelter us from the storm

I want to stay in the shade of this tree long enough to fall in love with you
cause i been weeping beneath the willow I’m trying to feel it like I know you do
I want to stay in the shade of this tree long enough to fall in love with you
cause i been weeping beneath the willow I’m trying to feel it like I know you do

yesterday is what makes me who I am today
and tomorrow’s what turns me into who I will be
I’m always looking in my past and too far in front of me
the present is a gift now, so I’m just trying to be, yeah

I want to stay in the shade of this tree long enough to fall in love with you
cause i been weeping beneath the willow I’m trying to feel it like I know you do
I want to stay in the shade of this tree long enough to fall in love with you
cause i been weeping beneath the willow I’m trying to feel it like I know you do

oh I like her but I don’t love
and I’m so high but not above
that walk on the 15th bridge and the ravine below
it sticks with me no matter where I go

oh I been roaming too long, I don’t got a place to call my home
but if I stay for a while, I’ll find the queen of my throne

I want to stay in the shade of this tree long enough to fall in love with you
cause i been weeping beneath the willow I’m trying to feel it like I know you do
I want to stay in the shade of this tree long enough to fall in love with you
cause i been weeping beneath the willow I’m trying to feel it like I know you do

she cooks me beans and rice
makes me feel so nice
does me well at night
and in the morning

she said I’m a good man, cause I don’t cheat, lie, or steal
she said I got a good plan, make songs about how I feel
her skin is coffee with cream, a little sugar in the scheme
I get lost in her dark hair, only thing I’m pierced by is her stare yeah yeah yeah

she cooks me beans and rice
makes me feel so nice
does me well at night
and in the morning

growing up wasn’t easy but it still didn’t wreck that smile
lights the room when she sees me, I ain’t felt like this in a while
she’s thick like two loaves of bread, it aint her body its her head
takes pride in all she does, makes me a better man than I was

she cooks me beans and rice
makes me feel so nice
does me well at night
and in the morning

she cooks me beans and rice
makes me feel so nice
does me well at night
and in the morning

she cooks me beans and rice
makes me feel so nice
does me well at night
and in the morning

she cooks me bean and rice

I realized we’re just rats in a race
everybody’s driving Benzes, frown on their face
that's why I choose to live peacefully by the sea
I may not got a lot, at least I’m happy

fuck yeah, smile on my face
fuck yeah, me and her, the smile on my face

the soft breeze my skin’s dark from the sun
I’ve finally slowed it down I’m not always on the run
and now I got the time to take a look at my girl and tell her
you’re the only thing I need in this world

fuck yeah, smile on my face
fuck yeah, me and her, the smile on my face

come to learn most the time less is more
I’m feeling the rich the sun’s rising outside my door
I got a hot breakfast, coffee in my cup
It's such a simple dream, I’m not giving up

fuck yeah, smile on my face
fuck yeah, me and her, the smile on my face

I refuse to participate in a system that's fake
I don’t care what they tell me, what they try to sell me
I won’t live half blind, where I can’t see the sky
cause I need open spaces where there's smiles on people’s faces
now let’s go

let’s go somewhere
let’s go somewhere

now days its loans and leases, for me tropical breezes
I don’t got nice cars but I feel the sea and stars
while dollar signs dancing in your head, I got a brunet in my bed
and the juice is good, I think I’ll stay, I got time for two cups today baby
now let’s go

let’s go somewhere
let’s go somewhere

somehow I turned 31 but its like life just begun
cause I ain’t got no kids, the girl I had up and split
I sold my Lac and most things all I gots a guitar and my dreams baby
now let’s go

let’s go somewhere
let’s go somewhere

a simple man, a simple goal
to keep my life under my control
ain’t want nobody telling me where to be
when to get up and when I can leave, yeah

I had to go to make the dream real
and I met the devil man and i made a deal
to keep a promise to myself
to always put happiness over my wealth, yeah
and now I’m so alone

I can’t be myself here
so it's just me and Bucky
oh man i love it there, yeah yeah yeah
so it's just me and Bucky

I crossed the sea yeah, and it slowed my pace
met my people uh huh, no one’s a rat in a race
peanut butter and chocolate, it's so sweet these days
sun on my back, wind in my hair, I think I just might stay, yeah
Uh huh

I can’t be myself here
so it's just me and Bucky
oh man i love it there, yeah yeah yeah
so it's just me and Bucky

this city’s changed or maybe it's just me
either way it’s just me and Bucky

well I don’t know baby what you’re about, it’s always so unclear
and by the time that you figure it out, ain’t gonna be around here

we were just walking together
a feeling like this might last forever, yeah
and when I look at you
all I think about is what I’ll do
if I make you mine sun’s shining down
it feels better with you around, feels better, cause

I’m always waiting on you
but you never come around
this is what I’ve found
and I’m always singing a new song
that’s the way I play
you can go your way

that’s it it’s been too long
I treat you right but you be doing me wrong
and I’ve always had these eyes for you girl, these eyes for you
again I’m facing the same situation
how many times have I had this conversation
I think I’m losing my patience

well I don’t know baby what you’re about it’s always so unclear
and by the time that you figure it out ain’t gonna be around here

and now I’m gone
I said it’s been too long
and then I’m gone gone gone, cause

I’m always waiting on you
but you never come around
this is what I’ve found
and I’m always singing a new song
that’s the way I play
you can go your way

well it’s been some time since I’ve seen your face
and I knew was close to being replaced
while I was away a lot of girls I ran through
but I didn’t care for none of them cause I had you
I didn’t care for none of them cause I had you
six months every morning
I woke up, it was you I was longing
sometimes another bitch in my bed
it don’t matter it was you in my head
and yeah they’d want to get breakfast, and I’d say no
I think it’d be better if I just got my shit and go
I think it’d be better if I just got my shit and go

now I realize you’re all I need
it’s cold outside and girl you’re warming me
now I’m I’m finally back and all I want to do
is make you oh so happy show you my love is true
I’ll make you oh so happy show you my love is true
and if we give our loving
they can’t stop us, they can’t touch us
even if I don’t got a nice ride
it don’t matter as long as you by my side
and if you want to get breakfast I’ll tell you sim
there ain’t no girl in this world I’d rather have eating with me
there ain’t no girl in this world I’d rather have eating with me

well once again I want to call you and I don’t know what’s brought this back, oh yeah
and if I dial I want you to tell me I’m coming your way
but I don’t want to take a walk or talk on the phone
I want you waiting up for me when I get home and baby

I want what I can’t have
even if it does me bad
although it seems things are out of reach
it’s what keeps me on my feet

finally I’m just going to slow it down and leave the madness behind, oh yeah
and as I do it there’s going to be trouble
I’ll probably want to rewind
while I’m living in the town I dream of spaces so vast
but I know I’ll miss the scrapers and the shadows they cast and baby

I want what I can’t have
even if it does me bad
although it seems things are out of reach
it’s what keeps me on my feet

a couple years from now I want it all
waves crashing no incoming calls
a bad girl and a home cooked meal
I can’t help it it’s the way I feel, cause

I want what I can’t have
even if it does me bad
although it seems things are out of reach
it’s what keeps me on my feet

I hear a lot of folks they’re saying every day
that they got problems and there’s no way
but if we’d step back and unfocus our stare
we’d see our struggles just don’t compare
to the Lostboys walking with no hope
to all them treading water who don’t get thrown no rope

so what your wage is low and your car won’t start
the rent’s too high, a girl broke your heart

hey c’mon get real
you’re coming home to a hot meal
so quit your moaning with a roof over your head
be grateful instead

I hear a lot of folks they’re saying every night
at the end of the road they just can’t see the light
but if we’d break from the daily grind
new paths appear they come to free our mind
we’d conquer our fear by learning something new
and we could see our troubles just ain’t true

so what your wage is low and your car won’t start
the rent’s too high a girl, broke your heart

hey c’mon get real
you’re coming home to a hot meal
so quit your moaning with a roof over your head
be grateful instead, yeah

cause I seen how they live in Bolivia
they work all day, a dollars what they’re giving ya
I’m blessed and I’m cursed to be from this country
but after seeing that shit I feel lucky
in the City of God where I bought cocaine
I saw war, I saw pain
now when problems come and show their faces
I only kneel down to tighten my laces

hey c’mon get real
you’re coming home to a hot meal
so quit your moaning with a roof over your head
be grateful instead, yeah

latley these days feel so short and the nights so long
and thats ok man I’m young, I got to enjoy it while I can
so don’t you tell me to arise before noon
cause when I get home I hear birds blown in my own zone
and every 10 pm I leave the house only trying to come back home
with something to bone and I know man, enjoy it while I can
so I’m not trying to hear Jay, hey why you never have a steady girl?
cause I got my whole life to find a wife but until that day

enjoy myself with this bad girl right here
enjoy myself while I’m sipping on this beer
enjoy myself and I’m going to live life like I should

sitting here with my boys, a fat 1/8, a few girls, and that grey goose
well what can I do but get loose and and see what I can pull?
well hopefully when I get in my Lac she’s sitting to my right
but if not I got calls to make at the end of the night
cause not too much worse than coming home all faded with nothing to hit
it’s why I keep one on call son, to see what I can pull
well 3am comes around and she’s a knock knocking on my door
she says whats up Jay? I came to stayand i’m like hell yeah

enjoy myself with this bad girl right here
enjoy myself while I’m sipping on this beer
enjoy myself and I’m going to live life like I should

I look at the stars outside, they don’t look the same
but I done chose this path when I got on that plane
I just arrived, realized I don’t know a soul in this town
and I’m ok being alone right now but tonight I’m going to make my rounds

so hey girl what you say
you show me around your city
I ain’t never been here before
and later I’ll walk you to your front door
your front door

don’t know how the dice gonna roll or how long I’ll be here
cause I been blowing in the wind for more than a year
but surely there’s time to show me some things and for me to show you how I do
and since you opened your door to me my door is always open to you

so hey girl what you say
you show me around your city
I ain’t never been here before
and later I’ll walk you to your front door
your front door

so hey girl what you say
you show me around your city
I ain’t never been here before
and later I’ll walk you to your front door
your front door

all of a sudden the day has come
I feel it’s time to go home
Caribbean nights filled with rum
countless days I’ve roamed
it’s time to start a life
whatever that means
I can’t go back to the clouds right now, no
I need the sun and sea

cause I set out on the road to get away from
all the monotony
I found the answers to a lot of questions
won’t pretend I don’t see

and now that I’ve lived my dreams
it’s time to dream up some more
let’s see what my two hands can do
work them until their sore
you can live your life
just working for pay
money don’t make the man I swear, no
I don’t care what they say

cause I set out on the road to get away from
all the monotony
I found the answers to a lot of questions
won’t pretend I don’t see

it feels so good up in here
it feels so good seeing clear
it feels so good on the rise
it feels so good on the other side

spent a lot of time on college
but didn’t gain too much knowledge
other than how to turn an ounce to a pound
then they gave me this piece of paper
that tells the world I’m much safer
to interview me and give me a job

open your eyes
open your eyes

everybody brainwashed by dollars
rich people dwelling on their problems
poor folk, they got a smile on their face
insight came from roads traveled
the rope on my wrists unraveled
now I look up, I see no ceiling, just sky

open your eyes
open your eyes

so I think I might pack my bags
find a new place to land
where all the people ain’t so confused
there I’ll have a brand new start
to try to do my small part
to make this world a better place

open your eyes
open your eyes

oh whoa oh whoa, oh whoa hell yeah
pretty little darling come and soothe my soul again
oh whoa oh whoa, oh whoa hell yeah
pretty little darling come and soothe my soul agian

crashing waves and falling stars
all may pass but nothing can tear us apart
through times unseen, through the end of days
while others may tremble baby, I’m going to tell you it’s going to be ok
it’s going to be ok, it’s going to be ok
I want to see you smile, it’s going to be ok
it’s going to be alright, cause baby tonight
ohhhh, ha, i’m loving you right

oh whoa oh whoa, oh whoa hell yeah
pretty little darling come and soothe my soul again
oh whoa oh whoa, oh whoa hell yeah
pretty little darling come and soothe my soul agian

jump up in my mind my baby
I’m gonna take you on a trip, a trip around the stars
don’t worry about being late my baby
you’ll want to spend forever, where we, where are

he was red with horns and he cast me down
he said it’d never work but look what I’ve found
and you set me free with your sweet spell
please hold my heart cause you do it so well
you do me so well, you do me so well
I’m going to do you the best baby, cause you do me so well
you do me so well, you do me so well
ha hoooo, you do me so well

oh whoa oh whoa, oh whoa hell yeah
pretty little darling come and soothe my soul again
oh whoa oh whoa, oh whoa hell yeah
pretty little darling come and soothe my soul agian
pretty little darling come and soothe my soul again

I know what you want
I feel it in the air
to you this is real life
to me it’s just truth or dare
but that don’t mean you can go away
just because I’m not ready
there’s some shit I got to do
before I give my soul to you

so let’s just work things out
let’s just work things out
so i can take my journey south
I know you got to stay here
but in December I’ll be waiting down there

now me and you in Brazil
at your new house we can chill
until I find my spot on the beach
the hostel’s not out of reach
and we could have us a couple children
still keeping a joint to burn
living a beautiful simple life
away from the struggle and the strife

so let’s just work things out
let’s just work things out
so I can take my journey south
I know you got to stay here
but in December I’ll be waiting down there

I’m thinking about rolling southbound I-5
rain’s hitting my window it’s going to be a long ride
the sky’s so grey, today it never got light
man I love this city, I want it out of my sight, oh yeah, cause

I’m sorry Seattle
you’ve been good to me
and now you set me free
it’s time for me to leave here
before I’m brainwashed too
just like you and you and you

a camera on the corner is catching my plates
nobody looks you in the eyes now, too busy texting away
we’re moving backwards and we don’t even know
our ways they’re getting, out of control, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

well I know of a place where the people care
about the seeing the sunset not the clothes you wear
when I arrive and I build my place
a smile, going to stay on my face, cause

I’m sorry Seattle
you’ve been good to me
and now you set me free
it’s time for me to leave here
before I’m brainwashed too
just like you and you and you

now I’m down south smoking but I’m staying on track
morena with me, she got a lot of back
the sky’s so blue, seem like it’s never going to rain
and I’m living the good life, the sun’s killing my pain, oh yeah, cause

I’m sorry Seattle
you’ve been good to me
and now you set me free
it’s time for me to leave here
before I’m brainwashed too
just like you and you and you