ELI YOUNG BAND - JET BLACK & JEALOUS

When It Rains

Written by James Young

Give me skies of black and blue

The way you make me feel

Give me skies of green and red

Cold winds that make it real

Storms are brewing deep within

Of hurt and loss of pride

It’s good to see the world in pain

When I take a walk outside

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When it rains I don’t mind being lonely

I cry right along with the sky

When it rains I don’t pretend to be happy

I don’t even have to try

When it rains some people get down

They’re sporting a frown, so I fit right in

Yeah the sun may brighten your day

But if I had my way I’d take the rain

I don’t care about politics or the hypocrites on my TV

And I’m not mad at the girl who left ‘cause she couldn’t be with me

So make up your theories about the scandals and the lies

You start out depressed everything comes as a pleasant surprise

Repeat chorus

When it rains I don’t mind being lonely

I cry right along with the sky

When it rains I don’t pretend to be happy

I don’t even have to try

Repeat chorus

Always the Love Songs

Written by David Lee Murphy and George Ducas

We used to pull off Highway 249

Had a cool little place where we’d go hide on Friday night

And get away from the city lights

We’d find a little wood and build a fire

Somebody’d always bring a couple guitars

And we’d take turns singin’ songs and watching it burn

We’d do ‘Ramblin’ Man”, “Proud Mary” and “American Band”

We’d be singin’ at the top of our lungs

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It was always the love songs every time

Made everybody feel something inside

With the fire down low held your girl reach close

Made you wanna love the one you were with

Gave you the courage for that first kiss

It was the love songs always the love songs

There was always a line that stuck in your head

That was said in a way you wished you could’ve said

But you both knew they were singin’ it right to you

It felt so good those times you had

That feelin’ of wanting somebody so bad

Made you wak in the heart you couldn’t take being apart

Honky tonk drinkin’ songs we could do ‘em all night long

But the ones I remember most

Repeat Chorus

We’d be singin’ at the top of our lungs

Repeat chorus

Always the love songs

Radio Waves

Written by Blu Sanders and Mike Eli

Well baby since I met you, I’ve never been the same

There’s never been a woman made me feel this way

And I know days are harder, and I know things have changed

But baby goodbye you know I just can’t say

Where’d all the love go

I need you to know

I’m singing out to you

Tell me there’s something I can do

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Radio waves, can you hear me singing out

I’ve got something to say

Can’t you hear I need you now

I’m calling on the two of us so we can be saved

Listen to my radio waves

Clear across the city, you’re lying in your bred

Here I am regretting every word unsaid

The only way I know to help you understand

Is say what’s going on the only way I can

Broadcast over FM

Here we are again

I’m singing out to you

Tell me there’s something we can do

Repeat chorus twice

Listen to my radio waves

Love on the radio, love on the radio

Enough Is Enough

Written by Mike Eli and James Young

Another empty promise

A good intention from the start

You failed to mention

Our love would be this hard

I’m tired of talking

Don’t have nothing left to say

Well maybe something

We’ll sift through the ashes one day

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I can’t lean on you ‘cause I fall right over

Can’t count on you it doesn’t add up

I see we’re through and the truth is pretty sober

This is going nowhere enough is enough

The hardest part in my choice to leave

Was not quite knowing what I’d achieve

But now I know I can be stronger on my own

That’s what sleepless nights and only God have shown

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Well I made up my mind I won’t have a change of heart

And I’ve removed myself from every single part of you

I can’t lean on you

I can’t count on you

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I lean on you I fall right over

I count on you it doesn’t add up

I see we’re through the truth is pretty sober

This is going nowhere enough is enough

I can’t lean on you

I can’t count on you

Yeah, I see we’re through

Yeah enough is enough

Famous

Written by Keith Gattis

I wish I was famous

Yeah I wish I was famous

‘Cause if I was famous

You’d know my name

I’ve seen you downtown

I’ve walked up to you

But the words wouldn’t come out

And you never knew

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‘Cause I’m just a guy just down the street

I’m just a face you’ve never seen

I’m just a heart you don’t know is beating

But if I was famous

Yeah if I was famous

Hey if I was famous

You’d know my name

Wish I was a big star

Up on the screen

And driving a fast car

Like Stevie McQueen

Yeah I wish I was someone

Instead of a no one

‘Cause if I was someone

Baby you’d know my name

Maybe someday I’ll understand

What it feels like to hold your hand

Maybe someday

But until then

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If I was famous

Yeah if I was famous

Hey if I was famous

You’d know my name

Baby you’d know my name

But if I was famous

Yeah if I was famous

Hey if I was famous

Baby you’d know my name

Throw and Go

Written by Mike Eli and James Young

Throw the laundry in the backseat

Accelerate with your bare feet

Take this corner carefully

It’s hard to corner when you can’t see

That we’re kicking up a cloud of dust

On a bird’s eye view of us

I’ll be danged if we’re gonna rust

In a town I never thought of much

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Gotta throw and go

Gotta make new ground

Leave in a hush

Take what ain’t nailed down

Don’t trip the wire don’t let the neighbors know

By the time the light hits we’ll be so far gone

Throw and go

Alarm flashing twelve o’clock

Been that way since it powered off

Gotta make up for the time I lost

Turn up the volume take it up a notch

Maybe take a new approach

Adjust to a lighter load

We’re in the clear the mirror shows

By staying off the paved road

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Rumor says they’re heading down

I guess we’ve been ratted out

They think they got us made

We’ve already got away

If we throw and go

Make new ground

Leave in a hush

Take what ain’t nailed down

Don’t trip the wire don’t let the neighbors know

By the time the light hits we’ll be so far gone

Throw and go

Guinevere

Written by Scooter Carusoe, Mike Eli and James Young

She’s got a bumper like a billboard

Covered in stickers of her favorite bands

She’s got a handful of records that she turns to

When she needs to land

She’s a Saturday night parade through the streets

That all eyes come to see including me

She carries memories around like souvenirs down in her pockets

She should have let some go by now but can’t seem to drop it

Says forgiveness ain’t nothing but a lifeless tire on the shoulder of her soul

That never rolls

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For as much as she stumbled she’s runnin’

For as much as she runs she’s still here

Always hoping to find something quicker than heaven

To make the damage of her days disappear

Just like Guinevere

She don’t hold onto nothin’ new for very long

Yeah she writes you in as just one more tale

And then you’re gone

‘Cause she once fell hard ‘cause she dropped her guard

And no one gets to stay it’s just too late

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For as much as she stumbled she’s runnin’

For as much as she runs she’s still here

For as much as she stumbled she’s runnin’

For as much as she runs she’s still here

Always hoping to find something quicker than heaven

To make the damage of her days disappear

Just like Guinevere

Lean into me Guinevere

Be mine tonight Guinevere

Get In The Car and Drive

Written by Blu Sanders

In the picture you’re right beside me

Arms around my neck and eyes like you’ll never leave

A love lover, a sweet thing

I know we agreed but I think I’ll call you anyway

Well hello it’s just me

A little distance and I lost something in between

I’ve waited forever

For this to get better

She said how can I believe in something

I can’t see or feel with my fingers

Yeah how can I believe

And I said

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Anytime you think you wanna be my love

That’s a reason do what you’re thinking of

Anytime you think you wanna come on over

Stop asking, get in the car and drive

Well hold on take it slowly

Breathing deep and meaning every word for just you only

Keep this inside of you no matter what you do

These are the simple things in loving, yeah

The simple things in loving, yeah

She said how can I believe in something

When you’re never here I’m not even sure I need this

How can I believe

And I said

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She said how can I believe in something

I can’t see or feel with my fingers

Yeah how can I believe

And I said

Repeat chorus

Stop asking, get in the car and drive

Get in the car and drive

Jet Black and Jealous

Written by Scooter Carusoe and Paul Sanchez

No you never were one for resting easy were ya

So much that when they told me how you left us here behind

That I didn’t even bat an eye believing

In words I should have said to make you stay but couldn’t find

In just hoped that road would one day watch you walk right back to me

‘till then I’ll be

Jet black and jealous

And I’ll dare not let ‘em know that now you’re gone

How I’ll still be a fool for the way we used to be

I just keep laughin’ out loud and play along

As if I traded you for one the way you traded me

‘Cause with your beat up bag and your laced up shoes

You walked right out the door

And I hit the floor

Jet black and jealous

Chorus:

Tell me how was I to know

Tell me how can I let go

Well I know wherever you are tonight

You look just like a queen

Stealing the scene

Jet black and jealous

And I bet by now you’re rolling through Pittsburgh

Watching the rain in passing headlights

From some roadside corner booth

Still smiling ‘bout the choices that you made

Hoping the clouds are breaking up ahead

Skies blue instead of grey

But if you get out there and you find

That it’s not what you thought it’d be, remember me

Jet black and jealous

Repeat chorus

Yeah if you get out there and you find

That it’s not what you thought it’d be, come back to me

Tell me how

Tell me how was I to know

Mystery In The Making

Written by Natalie Hemby, Mike Eli and James Young

The night time air’s like a baptism

And the way I’m feeling right now is strange

I think it’s time to make some changes

‘Cause right now my outlook has changed

I feel like a dance that’s lost it’s rhythm

A compass that can’t find it’s way

But there’s a headlight shinning clearly

Down a gravel road just off the interstate

Chorus:

Take away the mundane

Calling on a new campaign

Starting over now has got a real good ring

And under this circumstance

It’s giving me a second chance

Gonna trade a little peace for the suspense

I’ll let it fall wherever it’ll take me

I love a mystery in the making

If I knew how long I’d be living

I’d rearrange a few habits of mine

But tonight there’s a full moon above me

A set of rules that tonight I can’t abide

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Oh I don’t need a revelation

Oh I don’t even need a sign

Repeat chorus

I love a mystery in the making

How Should I Know

Written by Mike Eli and James Young

If it feels so right

Feels safe and sound

How can the sky be falling down

If it’s all good love

Two good hearts

How can we fall so far apart

How can hearts be breaking in the middle of the night

How can strings come unwound when they’ve held so tight

On the ride down this road if it’s time, time to let go

Tell me, how should I know

If we’re still on fire

The burn’s still there

Why can’t we find flames anywhere

If the sun still shines

No sign of rain

How come nothing’s quite the same

How can hearts be breaking in the middle of the night

How can string come unwound when they’ve held so tight

On the ride down this road if it’s time, time to let go

Tell me, how should I know

Can’t help but think

I’ll find the answer

Is lying right there next to her

How can hearts be breaking in the middle of the night

How can string come unwound when they’ve held so tight

Hearts break, that’s how it goes

Tie the strings, no and don’t let go

‘Cause love tells me

How can hearts be breaking in the middle of the night

How can strings come unwound when they’ve held so tight

Hearts break, that’s how it goes

Tie the strings, no and don’t let go

‘Cause love tells me

That’s how I know

Love tells me

Home

Written by Mike Eli, Kelly Archer and Justin Weaver

I shed a lot of years and tears

In this broke down used up town

Bled my heart on these city streets

As strangers lay their money down

I’m home

I’ve never known a love

My soul was searching for

Now I look into that great big blue

Feel nothing I felt before

I’m alone

Chorus:

So I’ll shake some hands

Chase that calling start

I’m gonna drive so fast

I can only drive so far

Gonna lay my bricks

And park my car

Gonna sow my seeds somewhere

But home is where you are

See your washed out faded smiles

When I look back on this place

All that held me as a child

Is begging me to stay

But I’m gone

Repeat chorus

I’ll follow that blinding sun

What I can’t see past

Knowing I can always go back home

Repeat chorus

It’s where you are

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