WHATCHA GONNA DO TO ME

 

Maybe it could've worked some other way tonight

And maybe we could've pushed until it felt alright

Can't you see I'm looking for another way out

That I don't think I'll ever find

Can't you see there'll never be a shadow of doubt

Can't you see

 

Baby, baby what you gonna do to me

There isn't any help in sight

Baby, baby what you gonna do to me

I need you to do it tonight

 

Something is missing but to look I need to stay

Believe me, I'll never feel the things you never say

Can't you see it's just no fun anymore

Can't you tell by the beat of my heart

Can't you see what I am by the look in my eyes

Can't you see

 

Baby, baby what you gonna do to me

You know I'm not treating you right

Baby, baby what you gonna do to me

Please can't you do it tonight

 

Can't you see in the end I'm not what you want

And I don't think I'll ever be

Can't you see I'm only gonna hurt you again

Can't you see

 

Baby, baby what you gonna do to me

You know I'm not treating you right

Baby, baby what you gonna do to me

Please can't you do it tonight

 

 

© 1989 Shane Faubert

 


SORRY

 

 

I got away from everything I used to like to try

I'm losing track of everybody and I wonder why

I got a feeling all the fingers I can point are at you

 

You had a sparkle in your eye that could electrify

A life in hell is still a life that can be simplified

I can remember thast I once had a life without you

 

Sorry, I did'nt get away

Sorry, I wasn't that afraid

Sorry, sorry

Wish I understood but I didn't know enough to try

 

It wasn't that I didn't think I was a lucky guy

Didn't think a girl like you was easy coming by

I wish to God I was all that was easy for you

 

Sorry, I looked the other way

Sorry, thought I had it made

Sorry, sorry

Wish I understood but I didn't care enough to try

 

You got me caught in a web and I don't know why

You got me staring in a mouth that's open wide

Can't get far enough away to identify you

 

Sorry, I didn't get away

Sorryshould've been afraid

Sorry, sorry

Gotta get away but I feel too good to try

 

 

© 1990 Shane Faubert

 


GUARANTEE

 

 

I sent you a letter

Said what it is you mean to me

And if you want to wait a long long time

I can't give you any guarantee

 

It made me feel better

But that is how I chose to be

I think I wanna give you all I have

But I can't give you any guarantees

 

Guarantee

 

I can't be something

If nothing's what I want to be

And if you want to make me what I'm not

I can't give you any guarantees

 

I've tried to be someone

To make you want to be with me

But if you think you know just what I am

I can't give you any guarantee

 

Guarantee

 

© 1990 Shane Faubert


BEAR DOWN

 

 

Black tie, white coat, very continental

It's a whole other world tonight

I'm all dressed up but I can't get loose

I gotta bear down to make it alright

 

I'm in a cheap hotel in a cheap location

I'm a small town boy with a strange occupation

But the best is when I choose to bear down

 

Learn a couple dance steps, light cigarettes

And you'll never be lonely at night

You gotta work your way up and you can't ever stop

Just as long as you're not feeling tight

 

I don't need to be smart to make the right conversation

I just show a little heart and understand titilation

And the best is when i choose to bear down

 

Bear down, bear down, bear down everybody

Bear down, bear down, bear down everybody

 

I gotta go with the ups and the downs of the business

Gotta hope that they're always gonna hold my interest

Then all I have to do is bear down

 

Bear down, bear down, bear down everybody

Bear down, bear down, bear down everybody

 

 

© 1988 Shane Faubert


ALRIGHT WITH ME

 

 

I'll admit to the words but I won't admit to letting it die

Say what I want but I won't admit to telling a lie

 

I can't just wait to see

What you done and what you're doing to me

Never been alright with you you see

But it's alright with me

 

If I see it and I want it it won't work and so I leave it alone

Guess a little, give a little 'til your head is overgrown

 

Some say you'd be easy for me

But I won't hold my breath you see

Can't help it if it's not alright with you

'cause it's alright with me

 

So I give it all back when I find that it's never enough

Get away with it all when you know that you gotta be tough

 

You've always meant the world to me

But I can only find trouble you see

I want to make it all alright with you

'Cause it's alright with me

 

© 1989 Shane Faubert


SOMEONE WITHOUT YOU

 

 

I could be someone without you

I could be making my way through

I could be going somewhere, instead of being nowhere

I could be someone without you

 

'Cause when I see your coal black eyes they

Burn me head to toe

I know that where I'm gonna be is

Where I shouldn't go

 

I could be someone without you

I could be doing something new

I could be seeing someone intead of needing someone

I could be someone without you

 

'Cause when I see you look at me a

Chill runs down my spine

I know just what you're looking for but there's

Nothing left that's mine

 

I hear you when you talk to me I

Feel you drag me down

The only way that I survive I

Dream you're not around

 

I could be someone without you

 

 

© 1990 Shane Faubert


COME CLOSE TO ME

 

 

I've found a way, if you wanna hear, listen

Come close to me, come close to me

It's not the end, it's a secret admission

Come close to me, come close to me

 

We can walk around all the stones that we've thrown

And then we can run

Nothing in the way just as long as you say

It won't come undone

 

We gotta try because nothing else matters

Come close to me, come close to me

I've gone away and I've seen how life tatters

Come close to me, come close to me

 

If there's anymore lessons to be learned

Then I'll learn them from you

I've seen all I want of the way the world works

Now I'm with you

 

So if you care, if you see any reason

Come close to me, come close to me

I'll try to make every minute seem special

Come close to me, come close to me

 

I only see when I look through your eyes

Come close to me, come close to me

I only feel when it's you that I'm touching

Come close to me, come close to me

 

 

© 1989 Shane Faubert


NOTHING YOU CAN DO

 

 

You aren't afraid to spend a long long time

You aren't afraid to go home

I know fever instead of cooling down at night

I know nothing that you can do

 

You see them and love them 'til the end of time

I'd love to expect it of you

Now I've seen the believers run away in fright

And there's nothing that I can do

 

You leave us to twist until our blood runs cold

You make us afraid to come home

All cry and wish there was something to compare to you

All cry, nothing that you can do

 

© 1989 Shane Faubert


HOW LONG CAN IT RAIN

 

 

How long can it rain

How much can we go through

How long can it rain

 

How far can we run

When there's no place to run to

No calm in the storm

 

How long can it rain

Something's lost its hold over me

Shelter is gone, won't be long

Let it rain

 

How long will it pour

Now we witness the meltdown

No breaks in the clouds

And it rains

 

How long can it rain

Something's got a hold over me

Making me numb, feelings all gone

Let it rain

 

How long can it rain

With no place to run to

How long can it rain

 

© 1990 Shane Faubert


PROMISE

 

 

Love I need to see you, love I need to touch you

Love, without you I feel wrong

 

Girl I just remember when we were together

How could you have been so strong

 

I see so many people and think they must be you

But it's always no... it's always no

 

Friend I need to see you, girl, need to hear your voice

Won't get in your way

 

I promise not to fall in love, not to ask you why,

Not to hope and pray

 

I know it's not so easy, but you must understand

I'm no threat to you...I won't hurt you

 

I don't intend to hold you, just look into your eyes

Let them say so... let them say no

 

Love i need to see you, love I need to touch you

 

© 1988 Shane Faubert


WATCH HER GO

 

 

Well I don't know if I can take it but I know I gotta try

It isn't easy to recover when you gotta say goodbye

And watch her go

Yeah, watch her go

Just a little bit of trouble now I gotta gotta gotta

Watch her go

 

It means the end of Jesus Christ it means the end of sipping tea

It means the end of hearing more of her bent philosophy

I watch her go

Yeah, watch her go

One sticky situation now I gotta gotta gotta

Watch her go

 

I haven't been mislead I haven't wasted any time

I hope that she's somebody's 'cause I know she isn't mine

I guess she got fed up with my useless points of view

Now she thinks she's got the world

But the world has got her, too

 

Well I know it wasn't chummy, but it wasn't all that bed

Now I'm sitting here thinking and feeling kinda sad

To watch her go

Yeah, watch her go

It might've been the wrong decision, but I gotta gotta gotta

Watch her go