Time
Green
© Greg Smith
She hears the ringing of the phone
She knows tonight she won’t be alone
A moment now is just enough
She knows it’s just the way of love
She feels it as she’s lying there
And now she’s got a reason to care
and now it’s
She knows it’s just the way of love
Outside, the world, they don’t see us
She makes a sound inside, it’s just
the way she feels, she can’t explain
She knows it’s just the way of pain
And if she’ll never lose the faith
She’ll see that it is worth the wait
and now it’s
She knows it’s just the way of love
The wind inside, the pounding rain
The passion there, it feels insane
A moment now is just enough
She knows it’s just the way of love
She knows it’s just the way of love
Of love, of love
Little Girl Lost
© Greg Smith
Wake up with you, in my head
There’s no refuge here inside my bed
Maybe I’m cursed, this way
Think of all the things you had to say
Little girl lost
Playing at love, never thinking of the cost
Foolishly proud
All that a child’s understanding will allow
Blessed and pure, assured
In intentions, meaning, thought and word
Victim du jour, a tear
Lashing out to overcome your fears
Little girl lost
Playing at love, never thinking of the cost
Stridently proud
All that a child’s understanding will allow
I fall asleep, see myself
As I roam around inside my head
I face the truth, who I am
In the light of all the things she said
Little girl lost
Playing at love, never thinking of the cost
Stridently proud
All that a child’s understanding will allow
God’s Cruel Joke on Me
© Greg Smith
Seduced by sultry lies, I was too blind to see
We come from different worlds, you’re God’s cruel joke on me
Is it the air you breathe, in circles that you soar?
What color is the sky, inside that world of yours?
Tender love and true romances
Just another of your dances
Bedecked in silk and chains, a sting in every touch
But when it comes to love, always a bit too much
You’re God’s cruel joke on me
You’re God’s cruel joke on me
The Last Great Love Affair
© Greg Smith
I hear your step echo in the hall
See your face staring from the wall
Lay me down, tracing the line of your brow
And wait, feeling you hold me now
In the light, picturing the moon
Feel your touch, breathing love’s perfume
All the while, pictures inside my head
I lay, searching my empty bed
The last great love affair
The last great love affair
The last great love affair
For me
Make a wish, pin it to a star
Through the night, wonder where you are
Feel the void, a hole in my aching heart
I smile, always the hardest part
of the day, go about my life
At the least, living to survive
Still I wait, hoping you’ll hear my prayer
And then, look for you everywhere
The last great love affair
The last great love affair
The last great love affair
For me
The Time that I’m Alone
© Greg Smith
You must, you must
You must hate me from your heart
Justify your fears, now that we’re apart
Doesn’t matter if it’s true
Now that I’m alone and not with you
Feel your hand when you’re not there
Touch of tender lips, the softness of your hair
Seems there’s nothing I can do
The time that I’m alone and not with you
Think about your deepest sin
It comes from someone else
Never from within
Doesn’t matter if it’s true
Now that I’m alone and not with you
Reinvent your point of view
Every lover’s kiss, revenge on what we knew
But what if passion isn’t true?
Now that I’m alone and not with you
Now that I’m alone and not with you
Just Look Away
© Greg Smith
Crystal blue I’m caught there in your eyes
Start to speak, my heart inside just dies
Our lips, they touch, it’s just too much
Now you know why I just look away
Spend a week deciding what to say
Clever words just seem to go away
Cause when I hear you call me “dear”
Now you know why I just look away
When we’re out together
Trying to impress
Smiling at me sweetly
While I make an awful mess of
Everything I do, I do for you
Every time I see your face
Seeing something new
I can’t, believe, it’s you, with me
Now you know why I just look away
Living on a Margin
© Cece Whittaker, Greg Smith, Rich Krents
When they buy and sell, you can never tell
When they wheel and deal, do they ever feel?
When they take apart, component art
Separate one thing
Still just wishing
And you know, right then
It’s not right, oh no
They’re living on a margin, Oh
And it gets you again, Uh huh
And it’s living on a margin
It’s gonna break them down, oh yeah
If you wonder how they just live for now
Think of how you were, or what you’d prefer
Just to catch in time, if they never find
You know they never grew, they just do what they do
Then you know, right then
It’s not right, oh no
They’re living on a margin, Oh
It gets you again, Uh huh
And it’s living on a margin
It’s gonna break them down, oh yeah
Calls come through, you gotta run to the phone
Always you got somewhere to be
No time left to be thinking about
“What you gonna do when it ends?”
Home
© Rich Krents, Greg Smith, Cece Whittaker
Take a walk on the sunny side of Greystone Street
See the faces of the people that I once used to meet
The sun was shining every single day
I know it wasn’t really quite that way
You can always try but never go back home
Take a drive round the circle down on Arden Road
See the faces of the neighbors that you once used to know
Never had a problem in your life
You know it wasn’t really quite that nice
You can always try but never go back home
Once upon a time there was a neighborhood
Now there is a road
Once upon a time there was a family
Now you’re on your own
You can always try but never go back home
It’s not the same
Return to Dust
© Greg Smith
I listen and you understand, the balance
Each of us in our lives
Holding on ‘til we return to dust
Uncertain, creating the world around us
Faith in the things we don’t see
Each of us, ‘til we return to dust
And the world goes round and round
And the stars and sun they shine upon the universe within
That’ll stand the test of time
And forever’s just a word, ‘til we brand it with our honor and
‘til we return to dust
I listen and you understand the meaning
Of two on the road as one
Holding on, ‘til we return to dust
And the world goes round and round
And the stars and sun they shine upon the universe within
That’ll stand the test of time
And forever’s just a word, ‘til we brand it with our honor and
‘til we return to dust
Time
© Greg Smith
And she never keeps mementos or pictures from the past
For fear she might remember
A love that wouldn’t last
And I waited for a lifetime, for you to come along
To find a sense of being
A place where I belong
And I made a present of my heart, and opened every door
I believed in all the plans we made
the past, the present, more
Time will heal all
That’s wrong with me
Time will heal all
Just wait and see
Time will heal all that’s wrong with me
Time will heal all
It passes true
Time will heal all
It’s there for you
Time will heal all that’s wrong with me
Did you really love me, did you know my heart
Or was it who you thought I was
Obsession from the start
Each passing hour of the day, who can I count upon?
Time will be my only friend and carry me along
Produced and engineered by Greg Smith and Rich Krents
These are the musicians:
Greg: vocals, guitar, keys
Rich: drums, keys, vocals
Cece Whittaker: vocals
Ben Smith: percussion
Jeremy Smith: percussion
The Sunrise strings are:
Ozmak Kivrak on viola (and arranger)
Teri Lazar on violin
Nancy Snider on cello
The Far Cry horns are:
Mike Hackett on trumpet
Greg Boyle on Trombone
Peter Fraize on Sax