Duo show w/ Steve Butler, Suzanne Lavine opens!
So Much To Tell You
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
In a little while I cannot pretend
To be little more than a good friend
It takes the best of me trying to fool myself
When I never want to be anywhere else
Chorus
I can't hide behind this charade
I've got so much to tell you
Even if I'm still so afraid
I've got so much to tell you
Verse 2
There's a time & place for most everything
But you can't prepare for what might've been
It never hurts as much as when you're looking back
On the chances that you'll never get again
Chorus
I can't hide behind this charade
I've got so much to tell you
even if I'm still so afraid
I've got so much to tell you
Bridge
Waiting for the right time
I could say the wrong thing
Would you still remember me...
Verse 3
in a little while I cannot pretend
to be little more than a good friend
Chorus
I can't hide behind this charade
I've got so much to tell you
even if I'm still so afraid
I've got so much to tell you
Used To Be The Man
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
A quiet souvenir
Takes you back to days of old
Friends that gathered here
All the stories to be told
It's like another life, like a daydream
Chorus
Falling through the cracks
Like water in your hands
Always looking back
You used to be the man
Verse 2
Striking up the band
Play the notes so loud and clear
All that's left today
Is just a ringing in your ear
It's like another life, like a daydream
Chorus
Falling through the cracks
Like water in your hands
Always looking back
You used to be the man
Bridge
And if you find your way back home
Twenty years have left you all alone
Chorus
Falling through the cracks
Like water in your hands
Always looking back
You used to be the man
Two Of The Same
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
Where do all the hours go
I’m so sadly unaware
Even now I long to know
Am I getting anywhere?
Chorus
But you came along, and what could I say
Now I know for sure we’re two of the same
The same
Verse 2
Back & forth we dream out loud
Of the future perfect day
Take a number settle down
There mus be another way
Chorus
But you came along, and what could I say
Now I know for sure we’re two of the same
The same
Bridge
Even when it seems like all the world is falling on me
I just realize there’s one good thing that’s always meant to be
Verse 3
Where do all the hours go
I’m so sadly unaware
Chorus
But you came along, and what could I say
Now I know for sure we’re two of the same
The same
Home
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
Falling further than I want to
When will I touch down?
Cars and people rushing by
I'm puzzled by the sound
Chorus
But it feels like home
To be on my own
Verse 2
What's this picture we've discovered
When our eyes are closed
Theres a secret we can't find
That everybody knows
Chorus
But it feels like home
To be on our own
Bridge
When I find myself on the outside
Will you help me get to the inside
Help me find my way back
Verse 3
Crooked windows hand me down clothes
Treasures yet to find
Life has never been much better
No need to rewind
Chorus
Cause it feels like home
To be on our own
Madeline
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
Madeline talk to me again
And say the words so I can be your friend
Take the chance and give me back my world
I understand you’re really just a girl
Chorus
Madeline- take me by surprise
Madeline- look into my eyes
Madeline- isn’t it a shame
Madeline- nothing stays the same
Verse 2
Madeline talk to me again
And say the words so I can understand
It’s hard to find some meaning in this life
But every now and then we pay the price
Chorus
Madeline- take me by surprise
Madeline- look into my eyes
Madeline- isn’t it a shame
Madeline- nothing stays the same
Verse 3
Madeline talk to me again
And say the words so I can be your friend
It’s funny how sometimes the more you try
The more some things in life just pass you by
Chorus
Madeline- take me by surprise
Madeline- look into my eyes
Madeline- isn’t it a shame
Madeline- nothing stays the same
Madeline, Madeline
Go Go Go
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
Poor you, everything you couldn't see
You thought that it wouldn't last
Bad dreams come and take a piece of me
Waiting as the hours pass
Chorus
It's alright if you wanna stay I've been waiting for you everyday
There's one thing you gotta know I will never let you go go go
Verse 2
Strange words whispering inside of me
Will we make it to the end ?
I've been reading my philosophy
Feeling like a superman
Chorus
It's alright if you wanna stay I've been waiting for you everyday
There's one thing you gotta know I will never let you go go go
Bridge
Save it for another Save it for another life
Save it for another Save it for another life
China Heart
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
In the last days of the fall
Could you be my china doll
Sit inside an open box, whisper slowly
Look to the periphery
Ask the stars to blink for me
Smiling from your china heart, lay beside me
CH
I'll follow you into tomorrow
I'll follow you into tomorrow
Verse 2
Pour the last tear from your eye
In a cup that's running dry
Walk through walls as if we could, speaking slowly
Shivering w/ nervousness
Half awake from sleeplessness
All alone but not for long, rest inside me
CH
I'll follow you into tomorrow
I'll follow you into tomorrow
Six Feet Under
Written by Cliff Hillis
Verse
Now that I’m six feet under, filled with wonder
How could I see what was to be
All in a silken moment my heart’s broken
Dark is the sky, I close my eyes
Chorus
I’ll be everything you ever want me to
Until we fade into black
Can’t sleep, the rain is always pouring down on me
Take me back
Verse 2
It’s such a funny feeling, head is reeling
What in the world, what in the world
Bridge
Angles look down from the sky
Only to sigh, to sigh
Waving a lonely goodbye
This is goodbye, goodbye
Verse 3
Now that I’m six feet under, filled with wonder
How could I see what was to be
All These Memories
Written by Cliff Hillis & Ritchie Rubini
Verse
Everything returns again
Coming back like a long lost friend
Hard to let go
Hang around for the show
Plain for all the world to see
Picture perfect in my memory
Can't look away
Yesterday becomes today
Chorus
All theses memories lay beside me as I got to sleep
Stirring slowly miles below me coming back to keep
Verse 2
Hanging on every word you say
Waking up as it fades away
Haunting me still, do what you will
Bridge
And when I die it will go on
So many things left undone
Chorus
All theses memories lay beside me as I got to sleep
Stirring slowly miles below me coming back to keep
Better Than Myself
Written by Cliff Hillis & Dennis Schocket
Verse
Across the miles, there's a waterfall
Getting closer every night
Silver ladder, here's your curtain call
Always putting up a fight
Chorus
I would like to know you
Better than anyone else,
I would like to know you better than myself
Verse 2
Talk to strangers, get a strange reply
It's so obvious to me
Like the weather, making up your mind
Never easy or complete
Chorus
I would like to know you
Better than anyone else,
I would like to know you better than myself
Bridge
All the little things you said you'd put away
Gonna bring them back someday
While my universe is spinning on a dime
Will the ways and means make up your mind
Verse 3
Into battle, with your armor on
It's a war you'll never win
Hold your fire, throw your guns away
Will you ever let me in
Ribbons and Rain
Written by Cliff Hillis & Pete Wiedmann
Verse
I am surviving but barely trying
To win one more war
It's overrated, upon reflection you hated
The middlemen who walked through your door
Pre Chorus
This passion cannot be replaced
When I stand in the same familiar place
Chorus
Tied up w/ ribbons and rain
Again, tied up w/ ribbons and rain
Verse 2
Has it awoken what once was broken
I'll follow though you walk so far behind
I've been contradicted, my voice constricted
Can't trust you though your words are kind
Pre Chorus
theres no point in leading me when
it's the same circle we follow again
Chorus
Tied up w/ ribbons and rain
Again, tied up w/ ribbons and rain
Duo show w/ Steve Butler, Suzanne Lavine opens!
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Steel City Coffee & Brews, 203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville PA
First full band show of 2024! CH & Fwd Thinkers return to Steel City in Phoenixville with very special guest John Faye.