Roddy Frame I Can't Start Now
Too many late nights,
Gone too deeply
Into her reasons for leavin' me here,
Like I don't know why.
Thought those blue eyes
Would complete me,
But I filled them instead with the ghosts in my head.
I'm never satisfied
'Til the first tear falls.
Spend my days now
Dodgin' memories,
Shufflin' my dreams of what we could have been,
In another time.
In places we've known,
I sit by the payphone.
Then I warm to my theme with the burn of the beam,
And build my tower of dimes.
But I still can't call.
I hid it all of pride,
While time was on my side.
From the echoing alley to the sun-kissed valley,
I made it through somehow.
I kept it all inside,
Never let it slide.
And I can't start now.
Well I was stand-up,
Loved a showdown
Kept my eyes on the road, never saw what I owed,
'Til the price was high.
I heard her sweet lips
Whisper, "Slow down".
Then my heart hid inside while my old foolish pride
Made those blue eyes cry.
And the rain came down...
I played it wise too long
To say that I was wrong.
From the kisses in the alley to the sun-kissed valley,
I've broken every vow.
I never used sweet words
Where two would be enough.
And I can't start now.
And every new day dawns to beat me
On the ropes, but I'm hangin' in.
But for us to survive,
I feel I'll be taking a dive.
And I cannot win.
I hid it all of pride,
While time was on my side.
From the echoing alley to the sun-kissed valley,
I made it through somehow.
But she had made me start
To open up my heart.
And I can't stop now.
