Shades of Grey Lyrics

Shades of Grey

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GRAVITY
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

I might as well admit to what the mirror sees
That every part of me
Is falling
A thousand little lines have found their resting place
Upon my face
Like scrawling

But they are drawn by smiles and not by tears
Like a map of my good life
I have all I need and not much to bear
And I have you to keep me light

CHORUS:
When gravity gets me down
You still keep me dancing
When gravity gets me down
You still hold me up and love me anyway
When gravity gets me down
You see me as always
Cause it gets me down

I’m like a dying star and disappearing fast
And some eyes look past
To one that’s brighter
And I could use what’s left of my with and charm them
To disarm them
But why bother?

In the end I’d rather dazzle you
Cause I know that I still can
And when the fire’s down to a flame or two
I have one undying fan

[repeat CHORUS]

BRIDGE:
Oh gravity
Is winning
But all I see
Are the stars that surround us

LAST CHORUS:
When it gets me down
You still keep me dancing
When gravity gets me down
You still hold me up and love me anyway
When gravity gets me down
You see me as always
Cause it gets me down

49 PLUS 1
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

She’s got a PhD in life and luck
Her skin is smoother than a baby’s butt
Well she’s quick off the block
And much smarter than some
She’s 49 plus 1

She’s downright fussy about food and wine
No one works harder just to make her dime
But she’ll kick up her feet
When the day is done
She’s 49 plus 1

In her 20’s she was kind of wild
Just finding her place in the sun
In her 30’s she thought she’d settle down
But then the 40’s came
And she got wild again...

You might mistake her for sweet gazelle
Until the moment she says “Go to hell!”
But she’s more than a friend
When you really need one
She’s 49 plus 1

In her 20’s she had no pennies
But all of her life lay ahead
In her 30’s she had no worries
Now the candles can’t make it on her birthday cake...awww…

You might mistake her for sweet gazelle
Until the moment she says “Go to hell!”
But she’s more than a friend
When you really need one
She’s 49 plus 1
And next year she’ll be
49 plus SOME

MEANT 2 B
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

I like to rise with the light of day
Get a good jump start on the world that way
But he can hardly find the strength
To tumble out of bed

And when we talk I’m a lightening mouth
I never think it all through before it slips out
But I watch in agony
While he ponders what to say

I’m a little left, he’s a little right
And when we’re in between, we hold on tight

CHORUS:
Cause it’s meant to be
Well he knows the worst and he loves the best of me
The verdict’s in and the stars agree
Love was meant to be this way, hey

The money comes and the money goes
He holds it too tight and I just let it flow!
And while he works and he plans ahead
I live to play today

Yeah, and if I were a TV set
He’d have a lot more time for me, I just bet
And if he were a romance novel
I’d never put him down

He’s a microwave to my slow cook
I could almost write a whole damn book!

[repeat CHORUS]

Late at night he’s always up for more
Of what I can’t keep my eyes open for…

But it’s meant to be
Well he knows the worst and he loves the best of me
The verdict’s in and the stars agree, yeah
That it’s meant to be
Well he knows the worst and he loves the best of me
The verdict’s in and the stars agree
Love was meant to be this way
Love was meant to be this way

MILES AWAY
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

You’re miles away
Lyin’ right here beside me
With the lights on
What do I say
To get a little attention
When you’re this gone

I still need your reply
To my fool complaining
Some of your calm and cool
To my wild insaning
I think it takes you awhile
To know that I’ve left the room
Cause you’re just miles away

We’re like old shoes
A little rough around the edges
But we fit right
But I feel those holes
Especially when the storm blows
And the cold bites

And you don’t notice a thing
Till we’re near disaster
When I’m climbing up on the walls
You’re saying “what’s the matter?”
Is it me, is it you?
Or is a hard wind to blame
Cause you’re just miles away

BRIDGE:
There was a time
We couldn’t get enough, I swear
I just want to feel that again
I’m ready right here
But you’re somewhere out there

You’re miles away
But I’ve got my sense of humour
And a good book
Maybe someday
You’ll give me consideration
And a long look

And I’ll still need your reply
To my fool complaining
Some of your calm and cool
To my wild insaning
So when the wind hits hard
Don’t let it blow you miles away....

STUPID
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

Well I almost said it when we stared like kids
In the park in the dark at the moon's eclipse
But I'm stupid
I'm just stupid

And I just about spilled my little heart out
When you asked me what were my dreams about
But I'm stupid, I'm just stupid

Let the light shine down on me
Cause I've been too blind to see
That it's my stupidity
That's driving you away

I had my chance that foggy day walk
You teased me how I didn’t like to talk
It's cause I'm stupid

And I came real close over tea and buns
But you looked too good you had me absolutely dumb
Mmmm

Let the light shine down on me
Cause I've been too blind to see
That it's my stupidity
That's driving you away

Well, my minds' made up, I've planned my speech
I'm fired and wired and smelling real sweet
But that's the back of your car I see
Stirring up dust and leaving me…

And the light shines down
And I've come around
But you're driving away
I see you driving away
Honey you're driving far away…and I’m just stupid…

Way Back Home
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

I had to find my way back home
From the park across the field
Where I lost myself in hours of make believe
The first day I went off to school
I turned my nervous head
To watch my house grow smaller each and every step

When you’re six years old
Here to there is far
And time can’t go nearly fast enough
Everything you know
Is in your own backyard
And simple are the days you’re dreaming of

I had to find my way back home
From my bachelor suite downtown
But when I bought a car, my plans were elsewhere bound
So the little house was left behind
My days there all but done
I was into love and full of yet to come

Life at twenty-two
Means cutting all your strings
And travelling the road to who you’ll be
Life at thirty-four
Is mortgages and kids who ask you
“Mommy, were you ever six like me?”

I used to find my way back home
But the house is gone today
There’s another one now standing in its place
I’ve come to walk across this field
I’m six years old again
Spending hours in the park where I’d pretend

Time accelerates
Trees grow thirty feet
Sidewalks crack and neighbours move away
Little houses fall
The world becomes so small
But it’s funny I’m still looking for my way
Back home

ANGELINE
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

Angeline on a cold park bench
In her lime green socks with a fresh-baked muffin
It’s a good day
Not like all the rest
With a little bit of sleep and a whole lotta nothing

And most people do not stare
As if she wasn’t there
With a mournful sigh, she’s up and on her way

Angeline on her eight block rounds
Humming a song, finds another beer bottle
And when she’s done
She goes round again
“Well you never know what you missed,” she mutters

With her bright white plastic bag
A rainbow-knitted hat
And a heart that lives with everyday in grey

Well you don’t tell her the sun is always shining
And you don’t insist that life gets better
No you don’t hand her some silver lining
There’s no fooling Angeline

She doesn’t look her name
And that sweet little song is her one companion
So what you see, you’ll never know
The eyes cast down to the old boots draggin

But she’ll read you like a book
With one sideways look
She’s a mystery behind that leather face

And you don’t tell her the sun is always shining
You don’t insist that life gets better
No you don’t hand her some silver lining
There’s no fooling Angeline
On a cold park bench…
In her lime green socks…
With a fresh-baked muffin…

OKAY HERE
©2011 I. Woloshen SOCAN

Well, I’m good at what I do, but I’m not great
I guess I’m what you’d call a middle-weight
With my everyday looks and an average IQ
I’m somewhere in between and nothing new

CHORUS:
But it’s okay here
Ordinary’s where I feel at home
With just about everyone else that I know
I’m okay here

I’ve been there, done that, more than I care to count
And when I’m in I’m always dying to get out
Will I reach my full potential, well I can’t say
Ah, it’s the fun of trying to get there anyway

[repeat CHORUS]

BRIDGE:
I’m cozy in my own skin
Happy with where I’ve been
And I don’t miss what I don’t know
What is all the fuss for?
The “do, die, them or us” for?
We’re all adrift in the same damn boat

When you spend too much time wanting something more
You might miss what you were put on the good earth for
And if you spend a lifetime thinking you’ve come far
No matter where you’re going, here you are

CHORUS:
But you’re okay here
Ordinary’s where you’ll feel at home
With just about everyone else that you know
We’re okay here
Ordinary’s where we feel at home
With just about everyone else that we know
We’re okay here

There’s only one black
Only one white
But the shades of grey between, that’s real life
They’re the definite maybes
The I don’t knows
Throw a wrench in your works
And a stumble in your big show

CHORUS:

But don’t you worry darling
Don’t show those deep lines
You’re taking it all too hard
Mistakes give way to magic
Self doubt to clear signs
And there’s beauty waiting in those grey shades

Do you listen to your heart strings
When the voice says no
Do you race to the wire or take it real slow
Rant and rail with your neighbours
Cry with your friends
But they don’t know any more than you do in the bitter end

[repeat CHORUS]

It’s waiting in those grey shades
There’s beauty in those grey shades

You might lean a little this way
And then change your mind
Let it go, let it flow, it’ll settle in its own time

[repeat CHORUS]

Waiting in those grey shades
There’s beauty in those grey shades
Beauty in those grey shades
In those grey shades

I used to turn a head, maybe two
Burly men in trucks
With big horns blasting
I never knew just what I should do
Should I smile back?
Just what were they asking?

So I stammered and I blushed
As they rolled along
What a head swell, what a rush
What a crude come on

Now the only head that I turn
Is someone who’s lost
Looking for the highway
And the guy who leans on his horn
Doesn’t think I’m cute
It’s only road rage

Well it isn’t that I miss it
That testosterone
It’s more like a case of
Now I have my own!

CHORUS:
I’m a little more smart
And a whole lot wilder
I’m your old sweetheart
With the devil inside her

I used to measure what I was worth
By stares and smiles
In my direction
Now I must rely on my wit
And worldly wiles
To get attention

So you’ll find me at the bus stop
With a great big grin
I’ll have fire in these bad eyes
And a double chin