Echo Son

Never Say Never Again

I am not the man you’d think
Would tell you stories
I would never be that fake
Even if all of you left me

I am not the one
To trample again – all your saving grace
And I’d never be that fine

Would you say never
Or wait forever

(Chorus)
Lie awake – and pray yourself to sleep
Drinking all your lies
Don’t let me break – all those games you play
Don’t wanna hear you say never again
Never say never again

And all the days go by you’re waiting on
Someone to call your name
And begging for a sign
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you
That I could end this game
Don’t you dare make up your mind

(Chorus)

Tramp Stamp Runaway

One time runaway
A two time holiday
One stop right away
A two time runaway

One time neglected
Makes a real cool hand out of nothing- man- respect it
She’s the one that says aint nothing coming free
She got a hold on the worst damn part of me

(Chorus)
I’m a stranger
She’s in danger
Aint gonna stop a little Tramp Stamp Runaway
I’m a stranger
She’s in danger
Aint gonna stop a little Tramp Stamp Runaway

She fell in love with a different kind of simple man
Painted twice with a special blend of slow hand
Turned down by a sentimental cheap skate
She’s gonna run boy, run from the mission gate

I’m in danger runnin to the night train
She’s a stranger a dirty little runaway
I’m gonna say - the favor aint comin free
Ain’t gonna pay - the flavor in front of me

(Prechorus)
Lord above will you help me understand this
How she do what she do with just a little kiss
I’m on a mission from the places where you never go
I’m in search of your fire down below, say

(Chorus)
I’m a stranger
She’s in danger
Aint gonna stop a little Tramp Stamp Runaway
I’m a stranger
She’s in danger
Aint gonna stop a little Tramp Stamp Runaway
One time runaway
A two time holiday
One stop right away
A two time runaway

This one’ll put away the messenger
And when it’s dark man, aint no second guessing her
There’s a fire burning bright down deep ways
It’s gonna burn baby, burn this night away

Lord above will you help me understand this
How she do what she do with just a little kiss
I’m on a mission from the places where you never go
I’m in search of your fire down below

I’m a stranger
She’s in danger
Aint gonna stop a little Tramp Stamp Runaway
I’m a stranger
She’s in danger
Aint gonna stop a little Tramp Stamp Runaway

Man on Fire

Trust… is the word that won’t match you
Enough… I can’t tell you what to do - anymore
Love… you’ll never love another more
More… than you’ve ever loved your self(HOLD)

(Chorus)
This lovely liar
A soul survivor
I walk the wire
A man on fire

Bring… me your words
Leave… all your promises behind
Ask… me the only favor
That…. I can never show you

(Chorus)
This lovely liar
A soul survivor
I walk the wire
A man on fire

Break… every promise that you’ve given
Leave… empty handed with your heart wide open
Give… endlessly of your emotions
Just… enough to open up the others
Just like always

Black for Gold

My, my, we roll
Look how well we set the tone
Don’t, look, we say
Fix this fall another day
Burn, bay, be burn
Work too hard to live and learn
Hey, Jack, don’t play
Live to work another day
This, fire, will run
But look how mobile we’ve become
Too, late, they say
Get so good at runnin away
Step, on, those lines
Don’t look up to see the signs
Rise, Fall, get up
Just don’t spill your coffee cup

(Prechorus)
No one will ever say I told you so
No one will ever say they didn’t know

(Chorus)
More in than out now
We break the levee down
Less bold more faded old
Bathing in the black for gold

The takers run this town
We barely make a sound
More fold a stronger hold
Bathing in the black for gold

(don’t stop to watch the children play
just give their dreams and hopes away
it doesn’t make us lose much sleep
we play to win we play for keeps
in fashion now to mock the fall
we turn to God, say bless us all
we ask the heavens for a sign
then close our eyes pretend we’re blind)

(Chorus)

My, my, we roll
Look how well we set the tone
Don’t, look, we say
Fix this fall another day

Burn, bay-be burn
Work too hard to live and learn
Hey, Jack, don’t play
Live to work another day

Washes You Away

If we take our chances
Let our lives still age
Will we find the answers falling through the spaces
If our lives are over
With the time still flowing
Can we get from here to there and not know where we’re going

My river dries to dust
While all the water runs away to you
And washes you away
It breaks the both of us
When all the water runs away to you
And washes you away
My river dries to dust
While all the water runs away to you
And washes you away
It breaks the both of us
When all the water runs away to you
And washes you away

I’m a true believer
In what you’ll say
But what you do won’t ever make it true- no way
If the people pray
With their eyes still open
Then they’d find another person standing in your place

You burn the others
You burn the others
You burn the others and save yourself
You burn the others
You burn the others
You burn the others and save yourself

Cold runs over
Head and shoulders
A deed to one side or a
Death-defying play

Strange love in the night,
To hell with wrong and right
The mess that I survived, it
Washes you away
Aim perfected
Time neglected
Avert your eyesight and your
Suicidal gaze
Jackknifed just to fill you
Blow kisses to kill you
Rain down fire
That washes you away
Trust in fallacy
Win your wish with me
I’ll let your love of life
It washes you away
And washes you away
And washes you away
And washes you away

Suicidal Flame

Creep up the road
Just to lay me down
There’s a feeling going round the way
Turn on the cold
Hear the seething sound
As the death defying demons play
Don’t change a note
For the feeble aged
You’re the only one that’s gonna play
Go it on your own
With your wager played
You know how much you’ll pay just to stay

I’m maybe not the righteous sculptor
But I’ll turn the endings over
And I’ll dig the ditches that will wash away the blame
I’m maybe not the righteous soldier
But I’ll fight the war’s not over
And I’ll burn the bridges with your suicidal flame

Run down the line
When she lays it down
All the people say it’s not the way
Obey the signs
In this one-horse town
And be careful not to go astray
Can you provoke
All of those who hate
Or will you let yourself just walk away
Blind to the bone
1st class and 2nd rate
Scream at the rain until your dying day

I’m maybe not the righteous soldier
But I’ll fight the war’s not over
And I’ll burn the bridges with your suicidal flame