Don’t Let Me Down
Written by A.J. Croce and Steve Poltz
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Polioboy Music (BMI)
Verse
I’ve been looking for a girl
Who wanted something more than make-up and dresses
She wouldn’t care about hair styles nail files
It just might take a while
I’ve got all the time to wait
I’m not afraid of being alone for awhile
Cause I don’t need no alibis pretty lies
No need for compromise
Chorus
I want you / believe me
I need you / deceive me
I’m fading /don’t leave me
I’m begging / don’t let me down
Verse
Then I saw you in the street
And I just knew I had to make your aquaintance
Something like an old friend start to end
I could feel my heart start to mend
Last night I dreamt that I had drowned
Beneath the water on the floor of the ocean
As I Lay among the shells and sand
Your hand pulled me up to dry land
Chorus
Bridge
It’s almost funny when you’re all alone for too long
You start to feeling that there’s something that you’ve done wrong
When you find the one all the worlds corrected
You never plan it out it’s when you least expect it
Now you’re protected even respected
Baby Tonight
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Verse
I want to see the pages turn
I want to let the bridges burn
I don’t want more than what I earn
I’m only in from out of town
I’m only up from upside down
I always try to play it cool
I end up feeling like a fool
Chorus
Maybe you’re right
Maybe I’m wrong
Baby tonight
Maybe so long
Verse
I’m starting over once again
I seem to quit before the end
I have to break before I bend
I’m only looking inside out
I never question what I doubt
I always judge before the trial
I’m in a rush to wait a while
Chorus
Bridge
I would never say forever
I can’t wait that long
But whenever we’re together
Everything goes wrong
Call Me Dear
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
When you call me dear
I don’t know if you know what it means to me
I’m here for you
When you call me sweet
I’m not sure if that is what you mean to be
To me you are
Chorus
Now you’re laughing
Now you’re bawling
Now you’re dancing
Now you’re falling
When you call me
You know that I’m yours
When you call me near
Then I know that there is something on your mind
I read your eyes
When you call me please
Remember you can tell me everything
You say I hear
Bridge
Sometimes you want for nothing
Sometimes you need it all
And when you need somebody
You know who to call
Lying On The Ground
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Verse 1
Such a strange world
That we walk in
Everyone alone
Trying to find their way
Though we try to fly
We never really get away
Chorus
As hard as you might try
You can not let me down
Cause I’m already
Lying on the ground
Verse 2
It’s only human that we question
All the world around
We are so much the same
Needing others love and confirmation
The only game
Chorus
Bridge
No need for pomp
Bring on the circumstance
I can take the tension
Not to mention lack of your romance
Chourus
Verse 3
So we dig a little deeper
Searching for a treasure
That we’ll never hold
Though maybe just a little wiser
Twice as old
Chorus
Too Soon
Written by A.J. Croce, Laurie Barth and Dave Howard
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Cherimoya
Music (ASCAP) Hidden Agenda Music (ASCAP)
Verse
Here we go again tonight
We both know it ain’t right
Maybe we just fell in love too soon
You like to dance I like to sing
You want romance you think it’s everything
Maybe we just fell in love too soon
Bridge
Was it just infatuation
Did we get caught in the rush
One little miscalculation
We both expected too much
Verse
There’s what you want and what you get
There’s satisfaction and there’s regret
Maybe we just fell in love too soon
Here we are in this great big room
You want the stars I want the moon
Maybe we just fell in love too soon
I Believe
Written by A.J. Croce and Steve Poltz
© 2006 Croce Publishung (ASCAP)
Polioboy Music (BMI)
Verse
I met a girl on a Friday night
She ran her mouth and she caused a fight
I started heading for the exit door
I never made it off the floor
I’m more a lover than the fighting type
I never claimed to be the great white hype
I’d rather have a broken heart
Than have my body torn apart
Chorus
I believe I believe I believe in something
I believe I believe I believe in running
Verse
I remember back in school
I always had to play the fool
Whenever there was choosing sides
I would always be denied
When I was waiting for the bus
There always seemed to be a fuss
I could never walk alone
Cause I was in a danger zone
Chorus
Bridge
Daddy always said believe in something
I believe in staying alive
When it comes to blows I ain’t worth nothing
I believe in love
Verse
Fast forward almost twenty years
I found a girl that was so sincere
She wouldn’t trade me for another guy
I’ll never leave and I’ll tell you why
You see it happened on a Friday night
She ran her mouth and she caused a fight
She started swinging and she cleared the floor
I ran away with her forever more
Chorus
I believe I believe I believe in something
I believe I believe I believe in loving
(You know I’ll never let you go away)
Love love love love love
Upside Down
Written by A.J. Croce & Dave Howard
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Hidden Agenda Music (ASCAP)
Verse
You say You found the road to heaven
But you don’t fly
You say it’s inner peace that get’s you high
You say that you don’t need emotion
I wonder why
Is it just too hard for you to cry
Chorus
What you need to do
Is change your point of view
Turn it upside down / and hold on tight
Turn it upside down/ wrong or right
Turn it upside down / I think you’ll find
On the other side it’s upside down
Verse
See the storm around us raging
You stay dry
As if the laws of nature don’t apply
We know that nothing lasts forever
And good things die
Still it seems to come as a surprise
Cold
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Well it’s cold, cold, cold…
Cold as a winter sea
I hope I’ll never be
Cold as the night she left
And it’s cold, cold, cold…
Cold as a graveyard
I’m taking it hard
Cold as the night she left
Bridge
Here I am
Wishing there was more
Cause where I stand
Is where she stood before
So it’s cold, cold, cold…
Cold as the morning frost
Without her I am lost
Cold as the night she left
You’re Not There
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Take my hand
Walk with me
I want you by my side
I’m lonely
Hold me now
I won’t bite you
If you love me
I won’t fight you
Chorus
Everywhere I look I see you
Everything I touch I feel you
Every time I want you
You’re not there
Take a chance
With your heart
It’s just romance
It isn’t art
I could be
A better man
If you could help me
Understand
Bridge
You’re not there it’s in your eyes
You’re not there I realize that you need time
You’re not here I know
And yet you’re everywhere I go
That makes you mine
Alone And Together
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Verse
Casting lines that have no meaning
Wasting time and only dreaming
Fasting is just part of preening
Lasting can be so demeaning
Fishing for a compliment
Wishing it was really meant
Dishing out the sentiment
When only Flowers pay the rent
Chorus
All alone and all together now
Verse
The carousel is going round
The band is playing without a sound
The music box has been unwound
The Brooklyn bridge is falling down
Hung Up On You
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing
Verse
How come the worlds off track
How come do governments attack
How come you won’t call me back
How come the dollars king
How come it’s everything
How come the phone won’t ring
How come the uphill climb
How come there’s so much crime
How come the bell won’t chime
Chorus
You’ve got my number
You know just what to do
You’ve got the answers too
I tried and tried but I never could get through
I’m just hung up on you
Verse
How come God lost control
How come the human soul
How come the line won’t toll
How come the funeral pyre
How come the forest fire
How come you never wire
How come is man so vile
How can he reconcile
How come you just won’t dial
Chorus
Bridge
Oh honey let your fingers do the walking
I’ll listen close to what you say
I’ve got a mind to speak but you can do the talking
I know you want to anyway
What You Want
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Verse
I walked away
Cause I fell out of like
Not love
I’m thinking of you now
Where I stand
Waiting for the perfect plan
To spark a flame
Chorus
So fragile are the lives we lead
So simple are the words we need
So few and yet so far between
What you want and really need
Verse
I sleep alone
Better that than lie in bed
I’m only lonely now
For in time
I will find the one I seek
When I’m done searching
Chorus
Bridge
If you think that it’s been easy
You don’t know how much it grieves me
Verse
Though time can heal
I don’t need an hourglass
To feel I’m mending
I see the signs
Soon I will be on my knees
Starting over
Almost Angeline
Written by A.J. Croce and Dave Howard
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Hidden Agenda Music (ASCAP)
Verse
You remind me of someone that I used to know
Who reminds me of places that I used to go
Which reminds me there’s something that I want to say
Oh never mind it doesn’t matter anyway
Chorus
Underneath that girlish smile
Underneath that Paris style
Even though it’s been a while
She’s almost Angeline
Verse
On the other hand she wasn’t like the other girls
On the other hand she never wore her hair in curls
On the other hand she didn’t have a wedding ring
On the other hand I guess that don’t mean anything
Bridge
Then she said you don’t remember me
Though you’re not the girl you used to be
Either way the girl I see is almost Angeline
Verse
You remind me of someone that I used to know
Who reminds me of places that I used to go
Which reminds me there’s somewhere that I have to be
I remember now how she slipped away from me
How Long
Written by A.J. Croce
© 2006 Croce Publishing (ASCAP)
Verse
I find it hard to clear my mind
Pacing back and forth
The time is wasting
Needing less but wanting more
I see the me that was before
Erasing
Chorus
How long will this go on
Verse
Standing still or spinning round
Looking up or feeling down
I’m aging
Time waits for no mortal man
The clock ticks on and only stands
For changing
Chorus
Bridge
Walking a line that’s hard to walk straight
Looking for answers I guess they’ll have to wait
I try to find ways to clear my head
I wish I was high but I’ve been low instead
Chorus
Verse
Nothing ever stays the same
Seasons turn like props that frame the stageing
Frozen memories start to thaw
Losing track of what was so engaging
Chorus
