Ship Of Fools (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Famous disappearing act Kills 'em every time The willing subject sneaks out back And leaves her space behind Life is not a parlor trick There's no slight of hand Just tryin' to save the sinking ship And

While You're Waiting (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

your lips as they turn to sighs while you're waiting for the love to return to her eyes and what once shines so brightly makes the present seem so pale once held in arms so tightly now you're just a ship

Average Joe (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Tour bus rolling down Broadway Says "nobody you would know" In all the store front windows I see my face And the lame expression of this average Joe Lord, a fool and his money parted ways To a con artist

Strawberry Blonde (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

She was not the girl next door But the girl from 'round the corner It was at the tail end of grade four When she came to school one morning And all eyes were upon her as she took her seat Her name was

So Young (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

So young So young at the start So strong that it left its mark Upon our hearts So young So strong So strong we had no choice We're pulled along by the ancient voice Of girls and boys So young So young

Nothing Good (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

He sees it coming from a mile away He knows all the rules by heart and so the game is played He's trading love for this sordid night of bliss Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this

Child Star (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Child star, child star You've reached the end of the road They only wanted you When you were good as gold Child star, child star You've had a pretty long run Go back to the real world While you're still

Snow Angel (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Strange how their love bloomed in the winter Only to vanish in the spring It never fails to make him shiver To see the outline of her wings Where she made her last snow angel Little did they know That

Thinly Veiled Disguise (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Under every sky of baby blue Is an undercurrent of rain Under every trial life puts you through Is an undercurrent of change Though the sun now is shrouded in grey It's pulling the wool over my eyes When

Hands Of Time (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Like a fool I'm reaching out, Lord To the hands of time For if he knew how you were drowning He'd never toss you a line If all we have is here and now Honey, I won't change a thing If all I know

Cold Hearted Wind (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

"Some morning you may find yourself alone And there'll be no warning Should the wind of change start blowin' Cold hearted wind Is blowin' in the face of love But I'll take you to a place I know Where the

At Different Times (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

In the midst of all this welcome change I can hardly wait Oh, to welcome all that was estranged To my life again I thought I was on my own At different times Just a voice on a cold pay phone At different

Some Dusty Things (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

The world is a very small place And before we know We're back in our own space Some dusty things to remind us All of our time on earth How sweet and precious it was And how we will never be the same For

Never Give Up (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Of foolish dreams I'm done with these Of childish things I've set them free Filed them away in the past Gave up on all that don't last Save for just one thing There's something that I'd never do

Thinking Out Loud (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

My love I can tell There's a load on your mind If we poured ourselves Like this bottle of wine And let it flow, We'll figure it out Thinking out loud But it's hard to think with all the racket Going on

Honest Mistake (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Sometimes in anger we seem to forgetAll the wrongs that have been done to usWe've done to others and regretPull back You'll see the picture that much clearerAnyoneAnyone can make an honest mistakeA...

Grim Trucker (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

When the moon is only a shadowWhen the world is wiping her eyesThe grim trucker darkens the meadowTo the market he never drivesAll the pigs go down the hillPast the police station, across the track...

Reason For Our Love (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Caught in the middle Of a daydream of you We're lost in this riddle Where they keep the answers up above There's a reason for our love There's a reason for our love Thought life held nothing Now I'm holding

Clown In Broad Daylight (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Standing on the side of the road near the overpass With a sign around his neck that says "Car wash, free balloons", he's a clown in broad daylight He's waving at the people in cars who do a double-take

I Think We're Lost (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Hate to be the bearer of bad news But lately even the sun seems confused then now Think we're lost, think we're lost Then sun don't shine the way it used to And the rain falls harder then it's supposed

Jazz At The Bookstore (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Leadbelly's in the background Being drowned out by the grind He's singing about "Rock Island Line" Nobody seems to pay him any mind Bestsellers and bookshelves Full of self-help printed word Some faint

Pretty Little Cemetery (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Pretty little cemetery on a summer's dayWalking with my family, stopping on the wayTo read the epitaphs and wonder at the gravesPretty little cemetery on a summer's day Pretty little monument benea...

It Never Fails (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

Oh it never fails, anytime I startTo speak my mind I break her heartOh it never failsEvery time I feel my faith is strongThis doubt appears and steers me wrongOh it never failsThis world is not the...

April After All (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

It's really coming downRaining cats and houndsIt's falling on paradesAnd on the plans we madeBut there'll be other daysAnd things will turn our wayThe rain has got to fallIt's April after allEven t...

All In Good Time (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

All In Good Time - Ron Sexsmith It`s all seems so obvious now When I look back over my life There were times that I really felt down To think it passed me by But in these hours of serious doubt Through

And Now The Day Is Done (Album Version) Ron Sexsmith

rude awakening Guess, it's time we all woke up And admit that something's very wrong The sun has gone It arose but never shone And now the day is done Before it'd ever begun Now I guess we'll never know Of

Heart With No Companion Ron Sexsmith

And I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair With that love so vast and shattered It will reach you everywhere And I sing this for the captain Whose ship has not been built For the mother

In Place Of You Ron Sexsmith

In place of a brick wall you made a window In place of a dark hall you painted a mural Where there was only weeds you raised a garden And if I've failed to notice I'm sorry darling If you were gone what

There's A Rhythm Ron Sexsmith

There's a rhythm under the song And it beats for the old and the young And it pounds in the back of the sun It's the sound of one drummer, one drum There's a rhythm, it's subtle yet strong And it moves

This Is How I Know Ron Sexsmith

from the darkness to a seed of light from a garden to a sheet of ice i feel you move in every sunrise in the trembling of the leaves this is how i know you're near me from the ashes of a broken home i

Disappearing Act Ron Sexsmith

stumble in And claim us at the lost and found and help us all Get our feet back on the ground Disappearing act, I want my money back Disappearing act, I wish life had warned us long ago We're only one half of

Ghost Of A Chance Ron Sexsmith

With the graceful and grotesque the morning rings Hear the garbage truck roll by Hear the birds begin to sing Their song of love and praise And may their happy sound Be strong enough to raise Our spirits

One Grey Morning Ron Sexsmith

Not the ones that went And left you on a doorstep one grey morning But there's a rumour and everybody's so convinced But you don't believe Your eyes have seen no evidence Of any good left in this town

From A Few Streets Over Ron Sexsmith

"From a few streets over Before the sun goes down You can hear it coming closer To this dislocated shoulder of an old and crooked town That's when the ice cream van rolls around But in the land of plenty

Beautiful View Ron Sexsmith

all this time on my hands Well I would love to share it with you And though our days have made other plans But there is nothing I'd rather do Than sit and talk with you My beautiful view The squinting of

Heart's Desire Ron Sexsmith

Though you dont believe your eyes As your minds taken by surprise But theres a reason to the rhyming of Your heart’s desire Though it seems too good to last Dont write it off too fast For theres

Traveling Alone Ron Sexsmith

With my free hand I'll flag it down This oncoming day I'll hitch a ride far from this town And be on my way In this world of beginners Singled out their faces unknown These saints and these sinners Agendas

God Loves Everyone Ron Sexsmith

loves her son No strings at all Unconditional Never one to judge Would never hold a grudge 'Bout what's been done God loves everyone There are no gates in Heaven Everyone gets in Queer or straight Souls of

One Last Round Ron Sexsmith

wonder of wonders our eyes behold this scaffold of stars but look under for truth be told we're leaving a scar on everything we've found and we're going into town for one last round one last round if all

Secret Heart Ron Sexsmith

secret heart what are you made of what are you, so afraid of could it be, three simple words or the fear of being overheard whats wrong?

Dragonfly On Bay Street Ron Sexsmith

Used to work as a messenger Spent my days riding elevators In the heart of the business world Till one day there came a sign In the form of a Dragonfly on Bay Street Buzzing round from tower to tower At

The Idiot Boy Ron Sexsmith

God so loved the idiot boy He gave him a pair of eyes to explore Gave him a pair of hands to destroy Any good thing that he found Put this kid in a candy store Let him run around until he drops Then just

Chased By Love Ron Sexsmith

From way back when I'm the same boy that you knew then I just want to be chased by love Embraced by love Just like you Just like you I feel these chains of freedom Chains of trust Chains of mystery surrounding

Speaking With The Angel Ron Sexsmith

Would you poison him with prejudice from the moment of his birth?

Words We Never Use Ron Sexsmith

unclear But I know there's a reason for all these blues So I'm off to find the words we never use Yes I know you've been hurt by words I've said But more by the times I turned my head For the willow of

Lebanon, Tennessee Ron Sexsmith

Nobody knows me There'll be a job in Lebanon, Tennessee I'll work on a farm I'll work in some factory And I'll buy myself a home down there You can get one pretty cheap Get off the bus on the border of

Wastin' Time Ron Sexsmith

People love to talk about Big things they're gonna do Or they've been through it all We can just remove ourselves We don't have to prove ourselves Worthy of their approval "You're only young once" Well

The Impossible World Ron Sexsmith

I'll never understand Could someone explain to me How many lives How many tears must fall Before we learn we're going nowhere Not unless we learn to share This impossible world Is that a tear in the eye of

Galbraith Street Ron Sexsmith

closed I can find a way to get back in For in daydreams my mind returns Like a ghost upon the hill As I knock upon old doors again And find my friends all live there still So many good times to speak of

Music To My Ears Ron Sexsmith

golden summer days how they seem to fly yet somehow leave a trace of a sad goodbye as sweet as sorrow salty as a tear we'll greet tomorrow and we'll face our fears your love is music to my ears and when