THE ARENA
All songs written by Renny Field.
Copyright Renny Field 2009.
THE ARENA All songs written by Renny Field. Copyright Renny Field 2009. |
IRON WILL Iron will, you think that’ll get you through Drink your fill, there’s no more that you can do Rest your frame on me. Make the most of someone else’s company. No-one’s gonna judge you. Will of steel, staring at the ocean in front of you How does it feel when you’re camped out on the rocks Watching the tide come in to get you If you don’t articulate what you’re thinking How you gonna stop yourself from sinking Let it all go. No-one’s gonna judge you. Let it all go. No-one’s gonna judge you. Why would you settle for this, like it was meant to happen You should be shaking your fists, not pretending it doesn’t matter I know it feels safer inside, but what’s the use in living with something to hide How can you keep that same face, like you have no emotion I want you to feel my embrace, but you’re numb from your magic potion You don’t need to hurt any more Do yourself a favour, let someone in the door No-one’s gonna judge you. Iron will, you think that’ll make things better Quiet still, not happy with discussing the state of the weather But this cloud will rain like any other And an iron will won’t give you any better cover Let it all go, no-one’s gonna judge you Let it all go, no one’s gonna judge you SARAH Sarah, shine your little light on me I’m waiting in the garden, I’m wandering through the trees so aimlessly Can we lay down just you and me so I never have to leave Sarah, come speak your sweet language to me Come and whisper in my ear so the words you say are clearer than my dictionary Can we lay down just you and me underneath the willow tree If I found you here with me, you know I’d never have to leave. If you sing by yourself I won’t hear you I can live by myself, but it’s better to be near you. Oh Sarah can we walk, through the fields, by the stream Sarah can we walk, just the two of us The way it was meant to be Sarah, shine your little light on me Come find me in the garden, you’d fit here in the trees so perfectly Can we lay down just you and me so I never have to leave. If you sing by yourself, I won’t hear you… You know I’d never have to leave. MOLLY MAE Oh Molly Mae, you look like a simple girl I like the way you talk and the way you move But I hate what you’ve done to my world I gotta tell you, oh listen babe, You got me licking all my wounds Oh what I’d give, if I could put the same spell on you Baby I could use you around, but man I’m such a hopeless clown If you build me a bridge I’ll probably burn it down Oh Molly Mae, you know I’m just a simple man Yeah I ain’t that rich and I ain’t that flash, But I promise that I’d love you just the best that I can Believe me, I only need a fighting chance, But please forgive me sweet, I got two left feet So don’t you try making me dance Baby I could use you around, Oh Molly I could use you know So build me a bridge and I’ll try not to burn it down Oh Molly Mae I will not do you wrong Cause girl you know your sweetness wrote this song I’ll stand in line forever if that’ll take me to the head of the queue. It’s a damn small price to pay to get to you. Oh Molly Mae, maybe I’m headed for a fall Yeah but I’m fine with that, I’ll just keep on coming My heads never been shy of that big brick wall, oh baby I’m gonna keep banging away Till that wall starts breaking, the earth starts shaking And maybe you’ll stop and hear what I’m saying Baby I’ve figured it out, just as soon as that wall comes down, I’ll build us a bridge we can follow it right out of town Baby I could use you around, oh Molly I could use you now So let’s build us a bridge, we can follow it right out of town I’ll build us a bridge, we can follow it right out of town Yeah I’ll build us a bridge we can follow Right out of town. LOVE POTION I’m not a soldier, I’m not a saint And just some combination of these things I’d like to think I ain’t I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get to know myself Now I’ve gone and put that person on the shelf Cause you make me wanna drink that love potion Like it was going out of style I’d come for you across the greatest ocean Just to hold you one more time I’m not a loser, I’m not a star I guess I’m somewhere in between those two but I ain’t ever sure how far I’ve spent a lifetime trying to work these damn things out But I could learn to love the middle ground with you about Cause you make me wanna drink that love potion…. One more time. One more time. Now nothing can hold me down, cause this feeling just hangs around And I’ve had this dream before, but I don’t wanna sleep no more. Cause you make me wanna drink that love potion… One more time. One more time. CROSSFIRE I left my heart in the open again Now I’m running out of breath in the land of no man Will I be caught in the crossfire, caught in the rainstorm I got myself in a bad place again, Now I’m running in the dark, down a street with no end Don’t wanna be caught in the crossfire, caught in the rainstorm C’mon courage, tell me your name, come and make friends with me C’mon courage, come and feed me again, cause this could be the end of me The end of me I left my soul in the spotlight again Now I’m lit up in a field where I can no longer pretend Will I be caught in the crossfire, caught in the rainstorm Show me a way I can make this all a dream, Show me a way I can live here, show me a way I can breathe Don’t wanna be caught in the Crossfire, caught in the rain storm C’mon courage, tell me your name… My body breathes, but my mind cuts off the air Honey I wish I didn’t love you, I wish I didn’t care Looks like I’m caught in the Crossfire, caught in the rainstorm Looks like I’m caught in the Crossfire, caught in the rain Looks like I’m caught in the Crossfire, caught in the rain Don’t wanna be killed by the Crossfire, killed by the rainstorm. Don’t wanna be killed. SET IN STONE I’m not in love for the first time, and it won’t be the last. I used to think we’d be just fine Now those days they have well and truly passed. It’s not the end of the road yet, but we’re damn fucking close. We’ll never outrun the sunset And I’m tired of crossing my fingers and toes. Cause what we set in stone were borrowed thoughts we did not own Oh How were we ever meant to see, or ever meant to know. Cause what we set in stone, we never thought we’d be alone Oh How were we ever meant to see or ever meant to know. And I’ve looks to the heavens, and I’ve called out your name I could walk to till the day’s end, but what’s the point when the night is just the same. Never wanted to judge you, but you gave me no choice I got nowhere to run to, I got nowhere to fall. Cause what we set in stone were borrowed thoughts we did not own Oh How were we ever meant to see, or ever meant to know Cause what we set in stone, it took us miles away from home Oh how were we ever meant to see, or ever meant to know Oh how were we ever meant to see what we never could have known. All I ever wanted was to take this world and make it yours. All we ever needed was a ship to take us through that storm. All those things we set in stone, those borrowed thoughts we did not own. All those thoughts you take them home But it never makes it, never makes it easier to go. No it never, never makes it easier to go. WHEEL OF FORTUNE Yeah I’ve done some crying, been shaken to the core I’ve cried myself a river and been swept right off the shore It’s a question of survival, you always gotta swim For the drowning to stop and the breathing to begin Yeah I’ve done some bleeding, been stripped right to the bone Been battered bruised and beaten from my head down to my toes But the wounds are superficial, the scars they lie within You gotta search your soul for the healing to begin I had it coming, way back when The things that I know now, I wish I knew them then The wheel of fortune always spins You just gotta take your chance when the luck rolls in You know I’ve done my share of digging for the gold But I looked so god damn hard I only dug myself a hole Yeah the ending isn’t pretty when you live your life in sin Trouble takes hold just like tonic in the gin I had it coming, way back when… This here ain’t the gospel, it’s just some things that I know From feeling the highest highs and living the lowest lows And I won’t be finished till I’ve taken all the blood from all the stones. Oh no. And I ain’t no preacher but I’ll tell you what I’ve learned Is that time will heal you, it’ll fix up all your burns And the thing about hope is that it lives in every corner of this earth. Yeah I’ve done some crying, burst open at the seams Been thrown out on the railroad with the engine at full steam These are just the hazards of a journey unfulfilled Slowly but surely, I’m curing all my ills. I had coming way back when… When the luck rolls in. JIGSAW Threw my jigsaw on the kitchen floor, Now I’m staring at the pieces cause I don’t want them any more Cause in these puzzling times we’re living in, Oh I can’t begin to understand what everything is for. But you walk in the room and that all goes away Nothing matters when you say my name. I’ll give you all that I can offer and I’ll give it up cause that’s the only way. I can sit and read a book or two, Or sit and watch the television just shivering at the news Everybody seems to run around, And I’m just confounded every day by the silly things they do. But I can lie with you and dream the world away. Forget about the fucking ozone rays. I’ll give you all that I can offer and I’ll give it up cause that’s the only way. I’ll give you all that I can offer and I hope it is enough to make you stay. Oh I’ll give you everything I can, I wanna be a giving man. Won’t you take my outstretched hand, and hold it tight, cause girl I’ll make you glad. I wanna walk until the sun goes down, I wanna dance under the moon. I wanna take you to the edge of town, sit on a hilltop eating shitty Chinese food. And as that breeze blows, we’ll giggle as we chew. Knowing that the stars are there to stay. I’ll give you all that I can offer, and I’ll give it up cause that’s the only way. I’ll give you all that I can offer, please don’t throw it away. I’ll give you everything I’ve got, be it love or lemonade. I’ll give you all that I can offer and I’ll give it to you every single day. Every single day. Every single day. EXPLORING No-one ever told me things could be this way No-one ever told me what to do or what to say Oh I woke up cold this morning, thinking of your smile And thinking of you yawning, made me cry inside No-one ever told me, things could be like this No-one ever let me know about the things that I would miss Oh I woke up cold this morning, thinking of your smile Do you think that we can go exploring for a while For a while. For a while. Oh don’t let this be the end of you and me, can we try No-one ever told me I could feel these things No-one ever told me ‘bout the songs my heart could sing Oh I woke up cold this morning, thinking of your smile And thinking of you yawning made me cry inside Oh I woke up cold this morning thinking of your smile Do you think that we can go exploring for a while For a while. For a while. Oh don’t let this be the end of you and me, can we try. Can we try. Can we try. Can we try. Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Ukelele, Glock – Renny Drums, Percussion – Matt Field Bass – Pat Savina Backing Vocals – Sarah Humphreys, Sam Buckingham. Lap Steel – Bill Chambers LONELY MAN Take me in your arms now, cause I’m dying to accept this fate Spin me while I’m hanging by this thread of yours Cause there’s always one more twist that I can take. And though we stand together now, we’re never on the level ground you see. When it’s all said and done, when this two becomes one, will you remember me. Will you remember me. In your heart I’ll be a lonely man. But I’ll come running every chance I can. Every chance I can. So the time has come again for you, I can just about predict the hour. The days and nights escape me, another page is torn. I guess I’ll make them up somehow. Oh I never went to Paris with you girl, we never got to cruise the Nile But over all the rapids, we held each other’s hands, And it was good there for a while. In your heart I’ll be a lonely man. But I’ll come running every chance I can. In your heart I’ll be a lonely man, But I’m gonna stick it out here for as long as I can. For as long as I can. So come into my arms now, cause this could be our final squeeze. So can we soak it up, can we take a minute Please THE BIRDS Look at all the birds, sitting in their favourite tree Peering down at strangers, clinging to the branches in the ever-changing breeze And everyone that’s come and gone Has heard them sing the same old song year after year. I could climb the highest branch, learn their little nesting dance. But I still won’t belong here. So don’t shed a tear for me, Cause I’ll drift with the falling leaves. And I’ll float down till I touch the ground, find a place to settle down Till whenever the wind sets me free. Look at all the birds, sitting in their favourite tree. Oh tell me please. Do you think they’d care if I made them all aware Of the beauty they never will see. Everyone that’s come and gone Has heard them sing the same old song year after year. I could learn the same lines, chirp away in the confines But I wanna say no, I wanna let go, I wanna keep breaking the rules. So don’t shed a tear for me, cause I’ll drift with the falling leaves. And I’ll float down till I touch the ground, find a place to settle down Till whenever the wind sets me free. Till whenever the wind sets me free. Oh I know it’s never always easy, oh I know it’s never always fair. But I’ll take my chances on fleeting romances. Oh I know it’s never always easy, oh I know it’s never always fair But the top of the tree, is never what it seems to be. So don’t shed a tear for me, cause I’ll drift with the falling leaves. And I’ll float down till I touch the ground, find a place to settle down soon Please don’t shed a tear for me, cause I’ll drift with the falling leaves And I’ll float down through the canopies with the butterflies and the centipedes Till whenever the wind takes me. Even if it breaks me. What ever the wind makes me I’ll be. I’ll be. Oh so don’t shed a tear for me. THE EDGE I’ve seen the edge, but I’ve never been this close before. I’ve hedged my bets just to make it through this crooked war. It’s tried to hold me down. But I won’t be chained to the ground any more. I’ve seen the edge, but I’ve never been this close. Jump with me from this ledge, we’ll go further than we’ve been before. Listen can you hear now, the old school bells Ringing through the hallway, It’s the end of the lesson, the start of the hard sell Lay down what you know here, and take in what you see Cause when the clock ticks down to zero, you won’t be needing me any more. Any more. The promise of this beginning could all turn to shit in the end, But I’ll do it again, and again, and again. Hope will take you, hope will break your fall. So come with me, I’m leaving for us all. Don’t try to keep me safe. Run like the wind my child, we’ll leap from this mountainside. Into a place without concern. Where the sun will rise and continue to burn. Away from this angry world that wants you to turn, turn, turn. It’s tried to hold me down. But I’ve been here before and I won’t surrender buried neath the ground. I just need a song to sing as I’m flying through the air Cause when the clock ticks down to zero, I won’t be standing there any more. Any more. I’ve seen the edge, but I’ve never been this close before. OUR TIME Sitting around this old table, faces washed in from the storm Spinning your folk tales and fables, You’ve been perfecting each day since you were born Some people may judge this here setting, Some folk may cast their condescending eye I’ll let them have their opinion, Cause from where I’m sitting, something just feels right. For every year I remember, we’ve gathered at this symbol of some previous life And I know it don’t give you an answer To why the currency changed when you were still in your prime. But closure is not why you come here, That sort of thing couldn’t be further from your mind We seldom get to spend a night together But right here and now, this is our time Our very own moment in time She’s a cruel old town that held you down And threw you away, far away from here. But you held your neve, you made the changes That have kept you running, kept you in the clear. Still we return to the scene of the crime. But everything is different now, you’ve left this world behind So spare me your explaining, cause I’ll never be complaining. Sitting around this old table with the chandeliers and the million dollar views It’s a silver-plated land that you’re no longer made for But you still live the life you choose. No this memory won’t fade, I’ll keep it with me for the rest of my days. No this memory won’t die, I can see it so clearly This is our time. FLYING We’re all waiting for something else, but the best of what we need’s already here. We’re all standing beneath the shelter, but that don’t make the rain disappear. Oh my Lord I’m flying, so high up above the sea. Oh the sun is shining, shining down over me. We’re all waiting for something else, but we got all the bells and whistles that we need here. We can hide out underneath the shelter, but it sure won’t make the rain ease. No it won’t make the rain disappear. Oh my lord I’m flying, so high up above the sea. Oh the sun is shining, shining down over me. Oh my lord I’m flying, so far up above the sea. Oh the sun is watching, watching down over me.  |