Thursday, November 11, 2010

Empty Pages

Empty Pages
© 2010 Rick Cheadle

On the bookshelf in your bedroom
There’s a book called “Memories”
It’s still wrapped up in plastic
You try so hard to conceal
You feel all alone
And you want my love

Don’t you worry pretty baby - I’ve been here all along
It’s time for you and I to make some memories of our own
Let’s just stop pretending - that we’re nothing more than friends
Unwrap that book - Let’s fill those pages till the end

Now we’re sharing the same bedroom
Where every night our hearts collide
With these rings on our fingers
We show the world our love with pride
Our bond is strong
Together we belong

See I told you pretty baby - I’ve been here all along
It’s time for you and I to make some memories of our own
Never stop believing - You’ll have me until the end
Let’s fill those Empty Pages and never look back again

Never know what life will bring us
Let’s chase our dreams together
Didn’t know what love would bring us
Until we said forever and aver
Love of a lifetime is the union that we share
My heart is just like that book
You want to feel love it’s always there

I love you pretty baby - I will forever
Living memories all along while we’re together
Never stop believing - You’ll have me until the end
Let’s fill those Empty Pages and never look back again

From this day there’s - No more Empty Pages
From this day there’s - No more Empty Pages
From this day there’s - No more Empty Pages
From this day there’s - No more Empty Pages

Let Her Lay In The Bed She Made


Let Her Lay In The Bed She Made
©2010 Rick Cheadle


So she's back to her same 'ol tricks
Wonder what her sob story’s gonna be this time
Don’t bother asking me what to do
You didn’t take my good advice the last time
She's just barfly who likes to play with your head
You're like a housefly trapped up in her spiteful web

She kicked you to the curb now she wants you back
This girl has really lost her mind
Remember the words she said when she left
Living with you is just a waste of her time

Let her lay in the bed she made
Let her sleep in it all day
Let her live in the mess she made
She’s looking tired anyway

Chalk this all up as a lesson learned
You’ve been played by that girl for the last time
Let her find some other fool
No more living off of your dime
Everything to say’s already been said
Gotta stop thinking with your heart, and with your head

She kicked you to the curb now she wants you back
This girl has really lost her mind
Remember the words she said when she left
Living with you is a waste of her time

Let her lay in the bed she made
Let her sleep in it all day
Let her lay in the bed she made
She’s looking tired anyway
Let her lay in the bed she made
Cover her with a blanket of shame
She’s looking pretty tired anyway
Let her lay in the bed she made

You’ll Always Have Me


You’ll Always Have Me
©2010 Rick Cheadle

I really hate to see the way your feeling
Never should’ve let things go this far
Won’t you come see me this evening
Just kick back and relax for a while
I know I may not be the best thing for you
atleast you leave here with a smile

Turn me up and let it flow
You’ve got nowhere else to go
Close your eyes and sing with me
Drift away and feel so free
Late at night when you can’t sleep
Turn me up and start to dream
Fear not what you cannot see
You’ll Always Have Me

I can put a brave face on your pain
Help you feel worry free for a while
When you feel the world is falling down on you
Just remember that your never alone
No more pity parties for yourself
I’m just a few steps away sitting on the shelf

Turn me up and let it flow
You’ve got nowhere else to go
Close your eyes and sing with me
Drift away and feel so free
Late at night when you can’t sleep
Turn me up and start to dream
Fear not what you cannot see
You’ll Always Have Me

your friends don't need to even know about me
just keep me hidden in a secret place
Just let me get you through tonight
we'll worry about regrets when you awake

Turn me up and let it flow
You’ve got nowhere else to go
Close your eyes and sing with me
Drift away and feel so free
Late at night when you can’t sleep
Turn me up and start to dream
Fear not what you cannot see
You’ll Always Have Me

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

You Were Never There


You Were Never There
©2010 Rick Cheadle

Father and son night at my grade school gym
All my friends were there, with their fathers next to them
I knew you probably wouldn’t make it
So I walked there by myself
I snuck right past the teachers
And hid underneath the bleachers

Watched my best friend
Johnny sharing laughs with his dad
That’s my neighbor Bobby
See him hugging his dad
Living through my friends
Pretending that you cared
I wish I had the real thing
But You Never Was There
No Daddy
You Were Never There

Graduation Day was finally here
I looked out to the crowd and see your empty chair
I thought if I made you proud
you might just come around
To you it’s just another day
Another reason to stay away

Watched my best friend
Johnny sharing laughs with his dad
That’s my neighbor Bobby
See him hugging his dad
Living through my friends
Pretending that you cared
I wish I had the real thing
But You Never Was There
No Daddy
You Were Never There

All I ever wanted was to be loved dad
Spending all these days thinking what we could’ve had
All I ever wanted was to be loved dad
The way I feel inside is much deeper than sad

Someday


Someday
Copyright 2010 by Rick Cheadle

My heart bleeds selfishly
It’s shameless for what it does to me
You see my heart speaks for my brain
No thinking man would ever act this way

Can’t seem to break away from her chains
Her love in my lungs I need to blow away
You’d think after all this time I’d be on my way
And find a new place for my head to lay

(Some days) -
Some days are better than others
(Some days)-
Some days I just stay under the covers
(Someday)-
They say I’ll find a new love
(Someday)-
I say that won’t be soon enough

Menstruating heart lying curbside
Gasping for air and fighting to survive
The warmth I used to feel is oh so cold
Think happy thoughts and watch my world unfold

(Some days) -
Some days are better than others
(Some days)-
Some days I just stay under the covers
(Someday)-
They say I’ll find a new love
(Someday)-
I say that won’t be soon enough

The Best is Yet To Come


The Best is Yet To Come
Copyright 2010 by Rick Cheadle

Lucky is a man in love
Another chance to walk
That road again

Once was cold and all alone
But then behold
You came my friend

The warmth you bring
It thaws my frozen soul
The more I’m with you
And the more I see I know, oh I know

From you - The Best is Yet To Come

Stumbled on your pot of gold
You filled with love
I feel like a child

Rekindled life in me again
I now have hope
And I even smile

The warmth you bring
Can thaw a thousand souls
The more I’m with you
And the more I see I know, oh I know

From you - The Best is Yet To Come

Monday, November 8, 2010

Tis Good To Be King


Tis Good To Be King
Copyright 2010 by Rick Cheadle

Tis good to be king
The king of nothing
A smokey haze fills my home
This barstool is my throne

Tis good to be king
It’s what I’ve longed to be
Ever since I lost my queen
She left without saying a thing

Tis good to be king

I tried to keep it all together
But my castles made of sand
I’m pulled in all directions
Just like clay in her hands
I don’t wear the crown lightly
Just pour a drink and set me free
And you’ll see -

Tis good to be king
Tis good to be king
Tis good to be king

KEY D Tempo=55

Intro:
D G A G A D

chorus:
D. G. A. G. X2
D D7

verse:
G-D-G-D-G-A-D-A
D-A-B-A-A7
D-G-A fade out