Playlist Eric Hutchinson

eric hutchinson - all over now

Call me crazy if you've got it in you
but these people don't seem to mind
sweet vermouth
now you're telling me the truth
a little stubbornness will work out fine
a bottom feeder at the end of my rope
but i'm wondering where this rope began
gonna circle around
what i couldn't help bring down
it's just supply with demand
nothing looks the same
even when there's been no change
say that something's gonna give
and it's all giving out on you

CHORUS
when it's all over now
it's all over now
it's no longer fun
and it's all been overdone
so it's all over now

a large pickup truck
with a little cargo towed
gets from baker's
to the laundromat
these daily fights
all start to sound alike
i guess i'm gonna have
to live with that
short changed
now it's getting even harder
to identify the repetition
All Over Now
short changed
now it's getting even harder
to identify the repetition
will i simply peel away
feels more likely everyday
say that something's gonna give
and it's all giving out on you

CHORUS

and if you came here
to tell me that you're sorry
for the pain you couldn't cause
then save your breath and use it
just to regain what you have lost
and look at the cost

eric hutchinson - all used up

Maybe we're both really to blame
But I know that's simply my way
Of over-justifying
I should've lied to your face
Maybe we could have kept trusting
And always relying
But instead we ended up
Right where we started
Minus the promises
We left behind
I guess I thought I could
Leave you broken-hearted
Step back re-configure
And you wouldn't mind
Till we're going down swinging

I could've warned you
I should've told you
But I guess I expected you'd know
I wasn't lying now I'm done trying
To convince you that I'll never go
Cause we're all used up

I had a card up my sleeve
Question is whether I knew
It was a crime
Who are we supposed to believe
Both of us left wondering
If I'm bluffing the whole time
And now we appear here
In this house of mirrors
Distorting re-living
Till there's nothing at all
What made us think
It would get any clearer
It looks like we set ourselves
Up for the fall
Till we're going down swinging

Please don't talk to me
Let's pretend that'll do the trick
Please pass me by on the street
It makes me sick
Cause we're all used up

eric hutchinson - back to where i was

New life decides to come through the front door
and makes us wish we'd shown respect before
though i don't have much of a choice
i resolve to regain my voice

chorus
if i only just begin to understand it that's because
everytime i time i start to change my mind again
it gets me back to where i was

new life we never had a clue
the two of us deciding what to do
though my hands are all but tied
i rebound so i can say at least i tried

chorus

and long as i'm allowed i'll change my mind that's what it's for
i'm getting older but i'm still the same i'm just thinking anymore

chorus

eric hutchinson - best days

I give myself up every day
To fight this woe is me demeanor
If things had gone another way
Now would my grass be any greener
And as I'm struggling on my own
I have to think I'm not alone

Give and take, we catch our breaks
We all learn to survive
Oh, but don't look now
I said don't look now
Cause here we are
Living the best days of our lives
These are the best days of our lives

I fly around the world to spend
My nights with strangers and their lovers
I notice happiness depends
On if we share it with each other
So when this craziness is through
I'll spend my happiness with you

Give and take, we catch our breaks
We all learn to survive
Oh, but don't look now
I said don't look now
Cause here we are
Living the best days of our lives
These are the best days of our lives

As we're walking through the fire
Isn't it great to be alive

Give and take, we catch our breaks
We all learn to survive
Oh, but don't look now
I said don't look now
Cause here we are,
Living the best days of our lives
These are the best days of our lives

Everybody, let me hear you sing
It goes
Give and take, we catch our breaks
We all learn to survive
Oh, but don't look now
I said don't look now
Cause here we are,
Living the best days of our lives
These are the best days of our lives

eric hutchinson - building you

Accidental meeting, winter's evening

We both try to get warm

I welcome your glance, that I caught just by chance

As you silently stand by the door

Your clothing never matches, you have a style all your
own

And your bag is laced with patches you sewed on at
home

You reach for your book as a man reads o?r your
shoulder

The words are so inviting now but will they still have
meaning when you?re older

Prechorus

?So you like reading?, I think to myself

As I lock eyes with you once again

You seem to get lost in the black on the page

Each word brings you closer to the end

Chorus

I have no idea who you are

No way of knowing where you?ve been

But I?ve been building you in my head

And you?re perfect

A pen appears, from your pocket

To highlight some words that caught your eye

And in the margin you write
?contradictory?

And then go on to explain why

I glance down at the bottom of the page

And see the word ?Sabbath? in the corner

?So you like religion?, I think to myself

And discretely move my way towards you

Your glasses reflect the words on the page

Or possibly just translate the thoughts in your head

The letters are backwards and hard to understand

That?s why thoughts are unspoken, we think them
instead

Prechorus

I hear you mutter under your breath

Possibly changed by the words you have seen

Although we will sleep in different beds

I?ll wake with the thought of you next to me

Chorus

Bridge

You have me mesmerized

Buried deep within your eyes

I can?t get my mind off you

I want to see into your soul

eric hutchinson - dance around

You?re just as you should be
On the phone, on my mind
You know nothing about me
But you don?t care, That?s just fine
We could talk for hours
And still be, just as interested to know
And when I know it?s time to leave you
I just hate, just hate to let you go

You don?t dance around the way you feel
You don?t wait for me to feel the same
And you could care less about a broken heart
Or the chance you might end up in pain
You know if you don?t use it
Your heart will just wither and die
Although your soul is a mystery
I?ll always love what?s on your mind

It seems like I just met you
And it seems like I?ve known you for years
It seems like I?ve yet to help you through
And it seems like I?ve dried all your tears
It may happen tomorrow
Or it may have happened today
Although you may not always understand

You don?t let your head get in the wa

You don?t dance around the way you feel

You don?t wait for me to feel the same

And you could care less about a broken heart

Or the chance you might end up in pain

You know if you don?t use it

Your heart will just wither and die

Although your soul is a mystery

I?ll always love what?s on your mind

Nothing around me is different

And yet nothing will every be the same

Who knew the cloud that looked the purest

Could be the one to yield the most rain

So when you?re feeling weary

And it seems there is nowhere to hide

Always remember the beauty

Your heart cradles inside

You don?t dance around the way you feel

You don?t wait for me to feel the same

And you could care less about a broken heart

Or the chance you might end up in pain

You know if you don?t use it

Your heart will just wither and die

Although your soul is a mystery

I?ll always love what?s on your mind

eric hutchinson - five minutes on the train

Turnstile rotates once again
Is it the end of the day or just the beginning
Climb on to the crowded train
Going home again, the night is dark and still

Peer across the way
And as if by fate I see a girl
A girl who looks so sweet and pure
I swear I've seen her before, on the first day of the world

And start to imagine, a love with such passion
It takes my breath away, it takes my breath away
And I know I'd never leave her but it's the last time I'll see her
So even though she'll never be my wife, she will never know
Fie minutes on the train was all it took to change my life

I can see a home
And a love that's grown, beyond my wildest dreams
Children running in the yard
Getting in the car, listening to their playful screams

I stare into her eyes
Still get butterflies every time she looks at me
Colors fading in our hair
But we don't care, all we need are our dreams

CHORUS

Bridge

Oh I can see my life go by through the window of the train
But I don't recognize it cuz I'm looking straight ahead
So much time is over and yet so much still remains
So what if I went home with her instead?

CHORUS

eric hutchinson - food chain

don't let this affect the game
every five months we act the same
but I never get used
to putting you off
and no one could've scripted
this who knows what'll come of it
i refuse to believe
it was all just a waste

CHORUS
cause look around
everybody's on the food chain
funny but from day to day
we get bottom to top
and if you get lost you
start over again
but we don't ever get
to no we don't ever get to stop

i wake up in the oblivious state
go to sleep trying to save some face
cause i've never been one for acting naïve
and so what we've got nothing to prove
why on earth would we soften the mood
do we think that this wire
is better left live

i would've known better
if i was on the outside
i would've known better
if i was on the outside
looking in looking in
but this chain just eats away
at the people who use it
no ones gonna say
that it's easier losing
touch with who we need
when it's lonlier on the outside

CHORUS

eric hutchinson - how long

How long should I have waited
Before I fell in love with you
How long till my heart breaks again
How long my friend
How many nights could I have wasted
Dreaming of a girl who's not like you
When will it be over again
How long till the end

CHORUS
Well I'm not the kind of guy who
Who will stand idlely by and
Watch while what he wants most in life gets swept away and
I'm not the kind of man who
Who will pretend he can do anything for love I mean I will
But for how long

How far, girl, does your love go
Is it the kind to last all time
Or will it soon come to an end
And leave my heart to mend

Now I have to be honest
I see me growing old with you
I'd get lost in your love for all time
If you would be mine

CHORUS
Bridge
I want to get lost in your sparkling eyes
I want to laugh with you forever
Pull on my heart strings even tighter now
Just make sure we can be together
How true, girl, is this feeling
The one my heart dreams of at night
If I can only see you in my dreams
I'd sleep for all my life

eric hutchinson - i ll remember april

I remember I was driving the first time the phone rang
I was on the turnpike, past the toll booth in the rain
A smile passed my lips as I picked up the phone
And I knew for the first time that I wouldn't be alone

Hello, I sure did miss you, was all that I could say
Your voice is just the only thing that gets me through the day
That was back in spring and now in fall you're hard to find
But every time I see you, I've got April on my mind

Now I know that you've been missing me
And you're still the one who sets me free
And even though we're far apart, we're closer than ever somehow
But I'll remember April, for now

The phone calls all have ended, and the conversation's passed
I knew that only what I felt inside could ever last
And I see it in your eyes, but there's no need for the fear
When we're finally together, I'll kiss away your tears

Now five months have passed, since I was free to speak your name
And it will be nine more before I'm allowed to feel again
But I will be here waiting, upon my heart's return
For the one who took it from me and kept it close to her

Now I know that you've been missing me
And you're still the one who sets me free
And even though were far apart, we're closer than ever somehow

But I'll remember April, for now

eric hutchinson - i m not cool

I'm not cool
And nobody would want me that way
I'm just a regular guy
In an insane world
Don't worry bout me
I'll be ok

It was a picture perfect day
I hit the freeway in LA
Driving a car you'd only see in a movie

Became my once and future self
With all the style and the wealth
Surrounded by the people who wanna use me

And then it came an epiphany
From somewhere out of the car
I never saw him crash into me
But I know how I got home
In a tow truck all alone
Now I know

I went out drinking in New York
With bottle service just for sport
Pretending I was living life like a hero

Flashing the labels on my clothes
Trying to keep up with the bros
Talking bout bank accounts and leaving off zeros

And when that bill came I could not breathe
Never saw numbers that high
So much for living in infamy
Acting flush was not that hard
Till I maxed out all my cards
Now I know

Cool people maybe they're just born with it
They know the trends before they're here
And I'm sick of trying cuz they're no denying
That's there's nothing cool about my atmosphere

eric hutchinson - if a boy

If ever a boy could stand on the moon
What would that boy do
Would he swing from the stars
Skip stones past Jupiter and Mars
If he could stand on the moon

If he could tell the world his dreams
No matter how far out they seem
Think of the people he could change
And the minds he'd rearrange
If he could tell the world his dreams

If a boy could make is father proud
He'd live his life upon a cloud
It would be easier then
If he could please the man of man
If he could make his father proud

But for now he's grounded, waiting for some inspiration
Thinking of a way to make his dreams come true
Ever changing ever lasting world is spinning ever faster
But he knows to hold on tight

If he could live forever more
Think of the places he'd explore
No fear of death or life of fate
Mindless of prejudice and hate
If he could live forever more

If he could win her with a smile
If life was easy like a child's
He'd smile at every girl he'd see
Until he finds what's meant to be
If he could win her with a smile

And one day he will wake up to find
The life he once lived left behind
But will he like the brand new place he's in
Sitting wanting waiting wishing
Useless time with no ambition
But he knows that this is not the way for him

If he had known it was the end
What would he have done different then
Would he make sure to say goodbye
Or would he just lay down and cry
If he had known it was the end

eric hutchinson - in late august

Things seem to get less tense
Things seem to make more sense
The stuff that bothers me well it's still there
But suddenly I don't really seem to care
And people don't seem to be all that bad
Situations don't get me quite so mad
And I know that absolutely nothing has changed but suddenly it feels like everything's been rearranged

And even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
I'm going to chill out and keep my cool in late august

Pride and ego start winding down
Hate and mistrust are buried underground
And I'm not so hard-pressed to be everybody's friend
Cause I know that everything will work out in the end
And times getting more valuable everyday
And it all seems way too important not to say
And everything will be so different in a year
As the world keeps turning and our lives are just a gift

Cause even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
I'm going to chill out and keep my cool in late august

Back to school sales and reruns on TV
Temporary loss of long-term memory
Downtown traffic and the technicalities
And I feel too good to let it all get to me

Cause even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
I'm going to chill out and keep my cool in late august

Cause even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
Even though it's hot outside
I'm going to chill out and keep my cool in late august

eric hutchinson - in the first place

If you had any idea what it was gonna take
Would you have gotten started in the first place
All these commitments you?ve made
They keep on adding up
Because you got addicted from the first taste

Ooooh, nobody wonders
Nobody really cares
Ooooh, about your intentions
Until you gotten there

Oooo, when you started out, you were just a blank space
You started out, you were just an ordinary face
You started out, now you?ve got to finish what you?ve done
Isn?t that why you started in the first place
Started in the first place

If you had ever believed
That you were gonna break
Would you have gotten going in the first place
All these decisions it takes
To get you through the day
With no one even noticing your heart break

Ooooh, are you alone yes
Are you in trouble no
Ooooh, people?s opinions
They tend to come and go

Oooo, when you started out, you were just a blank space
You started out, you were just an ordinary face
You started out, now you?ve got to finish what you?ve done
Isn?t that why you started in the first place
Started in the first place

How do you know
When you?re finally done
If you?ve got nothing to show
How do you know
When all the people you might trust
All forget to let you know

Oooo, when you started out, you were just a blank space
You started out, you were just an ordinary face
You started out, now you?ve got to finish what you?ve done
Isn?t the why you started in the first place
Started in the first place

Can you remember at the start
Can you remember trying your first shot
Can you remember wanting to be there
Can you remember wanting to be there
Do you know why you started in the first place
Do you know why you started in the first place
In the first place
Started in the first place

Started in the first place

eric hutchinson - in your dreams

How long do I have to wait
To pass the tests of time and fate
So my heart can then anticipate
The love it soon will know

Warmer looks and brighter skies
Have wiped the tears from crying eyes
Still somewhere in the darkness lies
A place I long to go

Come with me
Fly away
Let my heart
Steal your pain

However far away it seems
However lost you seem to be
When you want to think of me
I?ll be waiting in your dreams
Outstretched arms and sparkling eyes
Remind me it?s ok to cry
When listening to the lullaby
That soon puts me to sleep
So I can see you in your dreams
See you in your dreams

Sometimes I wish that time could fly
So I wouldn?t force my heart to lie
When lying under April skies
Wishing June would come

We?ll realize it?s been awhile
When we first see a baby smile
And we know it?s not the only child
This love has ever known

Come with me
Fly away
Let my heart
Steal your pain

eric hutchinson