Midnight Touches

MIDNIGHT TOUCHES - Written by Carroll Bryant

You know that if you can dream it

You can lose yourself in love

A penny for your thoughts

Don't you think that I could lure you away from him?

Roll the dice and play the game

Don't you think that maybe I am insane?

No, I would never try to put all the pressure 

On top of such fragile shoulders

I will carry it all of what you got

Because baby, I'm older

So let me smother you up

Like a fire in a forest with my midnight touches

So let me give you some love

I'm the best you will ever have when it comes 

To those midnight touches

You know that if you can dream it

You can lose yourself in love

A nickel for your sexy mind

Don't you think you would find a little happiness with me?

 Play by the rules or get left behind

Don't you think that you could learn this fairly easily?

No, I would never try to neglect your precious feelings

I would only give you attention

I will take the heat if you want me to

Because baby, I need redemption 

So let me smother you up

Like a fire in a forest with my midnight touches

So let me give you some love

I'm the best you will ever have when it comes 

To those midnight touches

Let me lay out my master plan

You leave your old man 

I will take all of the blame 

Because you know I'm the one who doesn't carry any shame

A penny for your thoughts

Don't you think that I could lure you away from him?

Roll the dice and play the game

Don't you think that maybe I am insane?

So let me smother you up

Like a fire in a forest with my midnight touches

So let me give you some love

I'm the best you will ever have when it comes 

To those midnight touches

You know that if you can dream it

You can lose yourself in love

Sad Days

SAD DAYS - Written by Carroll Bryant

It's bad enough

To deal with what

You've got to deal with

In daily life

Things can get you down

Family is only who you

Say it is

What comes around

Goes around

But when the one you love

Isn't in love with you

There's nothing in this world

That can take away those blues

Sad days are really bad days

In disguise of a purple haze

Sad days never die

It reaches in and pulls out 

Your heart and soul

Sad days never go

Away

Sad days are really mad days

To the wise

And the sunrise

Sad days live in your eyes

It reaches in and

Pulls out your living spirit

Sad days

And I'm living in it

You're living in them

They never go away

Sad days

Forever they stay

Sad days

They never wanna play

Sad days

All Of Me

ALL OF ME - Written by Carroll Bryant

I don't want to sound too crazy

I don't want to get too sentimental

Talking about love with you tonight

There is something between us

Something we both should discuss

Talking about love with you tonight

I know it may sound partly like I'm a fool

But you've been treating me bad girl, and I'm telling you

Take all of me

Not just my heart

Can't you see

You're tearing me apart

Take all of me

Not just my time

Let me be

If you're only gonna play with my mind

I don't want to be left out in life

Let's get serious and become my wife

Talking about love with you tonight

Don't be using me like a tool

And put me away somewhere when you're through

Talking about love with you tonight

I know you may be thinking that I'm such a fool

But I really need to know girl if you're love is true

So take all of me

Not just my heart

Can't you see

You're tearing me apart

Take all of me

Not just my time

Let me be

If you're only gonna play with my mind

I know you think it's crazy, but I got to be sure

If you don't really love me then baby

Let me show you the door

You know that you can leave me any day

Or take all of me

Not just my heart

Can't you see

You're tearing me apart

Take all of me

Not just my time

Let me be

If you're only gonna play with my mind

Take all of me

Not just my heart

Can't you see

You're tearing me apart

Take all of me

Not just my time

Let me be

If you're only gonna play with my mind

Just let me know if I'm wasting my time

In Search Of

IN SEARCH OF - Written by Carroll Bryant

I was so confused 

Stressing myself out to the point of

Self abuse

I was living on the edge of a breakdown 

I was running away from everyone

And everything that I thought I believed

When you get to the point of nothing

It's not too hard or very easy 

I was so adroit

Talking to myself to elucidate some

Useless point

I was walking a fine line to a heartbreak 

I was swimming away from the life boat

That was willing to take me back to shore

When you can't taste the salt of the water 

Things don't matter that much anymore

All I ever wanted to be

Was friends with peace and harmony

But it takes a little faith to believe

And a heart that's willing to live

And a heart that's willing to love

And a heart that's willing to give

I was so convinced

That tomorrow would last me forever

It made no sense

And I was living on the brink of a shakedown 

I was turning my back to the common ground 

That everyone was willing to stand

Crying my tears without the whining sound

A boy waiting for the man 

You can't give it away for free

There's no peace or harmony

Because it takes a little faith to believe

And a soul that's willing to live

Deep in the abyss of life

Lives the chance of a Judas kiss

And deep within a sacrifice 

Lives a star that's falling

I was falling

Catch me I'm falling

I was running away from everyone

And everything that I thought I believed

When you get to the point of nothing

It's not too hard or very easy

All I ever wanted to be

Was friends with peace and harmony

But it takes a little faith to believe

And a heart that's willing to live

All I ever wanted to be

Was friends with peace and harmony

But it takes a little faith to believe

And a heart that's willing to live

And a heart that's willing to love

And a heart that's willing to give

It takes a heart that's willing

It takes a heart that's willing

It takes a heart that's willing

Hawk

HAWK - Written by Carroll Bryant

She moves her body to the sound of the camera 

Thinking dirty thoughts, but doing worse than that

She doesn't care how you feel about her

She knows you're a hawk that wants a taste of her cat 

So what the hell are you doing

Flipping through the pages of a magazine

When opportunity stands right before you

And you have a chance to lick the girl clean

She's a nasty girl

You're a naughty boy

Both of you are crazy 

To each become a toy

There is no escaping 

All the fun and all the joy

Nasty girl

Naughty boy

You can come as often as you want to

Just as long as she can come too

She's a nasty girl

You're a naughty boy

Both of you are crazy

To each become a toy

There is no confession

That either can enjoy

Nasty girl

Naughty boy

She moves her body to the sound of the camera 

Thinking dirty thoughts, but doing worse than that

She doesn't care how you feel about her

She knows you're a hawk that wants a taste of her cat 

Black Devil Woman

BLACK DEVIL WOMAN - Written by Carroll Bryant

Black devil woman 

Who you trying to fool with that look in your eyes?

Black devil woman 

You lived your lies now you pay the price

Black devil woman

Isn't it strange?

The way the laws of nature starts working against you

You have caused way too much pain

You broke so many hearts

Hurt so many guys

Took them for what they're worth 

A monster wearing a disguise  

Now you're sitting there trying to flash some kind of style

All the while

I know what's going on in that mind 

Behind that smile

Black devil woman 

Who you trying to fool with that look in your eyes?

Black devil woman 

You lived your lies now you pay the price

Black devil woman

I can't believe 

That you would try to take me for a fool

But can't you see?

I don't play the game by your rules

So just keep sitting there

I don't really care

Your bloodshot eyes and twisted mind

A rotting heart that's left behind

Black devil woman 

Who you trying to fool with that look in your eyes?

Black devil woman 

You lived your lies now you pay the price

Black devil woman

And I know now that all the talk in the world

Isn't gonna change you

So I won't waste my words

You're just the type that is always gonna be deceitful 

Facing the facts that you're never gonna learn a lesson

So keep on sitting there trying to flash some kind of style

All the while

I know what's going on in that mind 

Behind that smile

Black devil woman 

Who you trying to fool with that look in your eyes?

Black devil woman 

You lived your lies now you pay the price

Black devil woman

Who you trying to fool with that look in your eyes?

Black devil woman 

You lived your lies now you pay the price

Black devil woman

Hot as hell but cold as ice 

Black devil woman

Matinee Idol

MATINEE IDOL - Written by Carroll Bryant 

I can see that you're waiting for your prince charming

To come and take you to your happy ever after

Standing in line

You're dreaming of that faraway star

You believe you're gonna get him someday

You say you are

So much excitement running through your bones

Feeling so delighted in living all alone

But I say, baby

I want to be your matinee idol

I want you to go everywhere that I go

I want to be your matinee idol 

I want to be the star in your imaginary picture show

I think you're crazy yeah, but you look so cute

I think it's adorable how you go nuts for Hollywood

I know you're gonna do whatever you want to do

Without a second thought 

To your deprived sanity 

Sitting in your chair and looking at the silver screen

It's the greatest thing you claim, that you have ever seen

But I say, baby

I want to be your matinee idol

I want you to go everywhere that I go

I want to be your matinee idol 

I want to be the star in your imaginary picture show

And when the movie runs down

You race back sliding across the floor

You run across town

Back home and you close the door

It's your little hideaway

I wonder what you're doing?

Are you thinking my way?

Baby, I think you're crazy

But still you seem to be my kind of lady

It's your little hideaway 

A place where you can always play

I wonder what you're playing?

I want to be your matinee idol

I want you to go everywhere that I go

I want to be your matinee idol 

I want to be the star in your imaginary picture show

No Mans Land

NO MANS LAND - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Everyday it seems to get a little more bitter

Sunshine love is fading away

If you want to own all of the buried treasure

It seems you have to dig a little deeper your grave 

Help me out of this hole in which I have fallen 

Can't seem to get a grip on anything 

Don't look away when you think you hear me calling

I want to show you all that I have to bring 

Don't leave me walking through no mans land

An isolated love is so hard to understand

Don't think that you can't help me

I know you can

Just don't leave me stranded in no mans land

Everyday it seems like you work a little bit harder 

Perseverance is the key I heard them say

Twenty four hours seems to last a little longer

I feel my heart and soul trying to slip away 

Don't leave me walking through no mans land

An isolated love is so hard to understand

Don't think that you can't help me

I know you can

Just don't leave me stranded in no mans land

Take that!

I'll give you some lovin

Take that! 

You need me

I need you

Take that!

I'll rock you and rollin

Take that!

You want me

I want you too

Help me through this mess in which I am living

Can't seem to get a good grip anymore

Don't break a heart that's more than willing

To give you everything that you're wishing for

Don't leave me walking through no mans land

An isolated love is so hard to understand

Don't think that you can't help me

I know you can

Just don't leave me stranded in no mans land

(She's) A New Woman

(SHE'S) A NEW WOMAN Written by Carroll Bryant 

When you see her walking down the street

Take a look at that ear to ear smile

She looks so beautiful

So different

Gorgeous from her head to her feet

Classy, oh yes, she's got style

She looks so confident

So in control 

And the more I think about it as I watch her pass on by

This can't be the same girl that I knew once to be shy 

But

She's a new woman 

She's a changed girl

She's a new woman

She's a changed girl

She's a new woman

A new woman

She could liven up any mans world 

A new woman

A changed girl

And if you ask her I know that she would say

She used to feel so lost and so broken hearted 

She's got some kind of power now

Some kind of strength 

I know it never used to be this way

She says she had to try and get something started 

She's got some kind of magic 

She's mystical  

And the more I think about it as I watch her pass on by

If she would go out with me then I would be such a lucky guy

Because

She's a new woman 

She's a changed girl

She's a new woman

She's a changed girl

She's a new woman

A new woman

She could liven up any mans world 

A new woman

A changed girl

So strange it is to see someone change right before your eyes 

Sometimes it's the quiet ones that we're weary of

That pulls off the big surprise

And the more I think about it as I watch her pass on by

This can't be the same girl that I knew once to be shy 

But

She's a new woman 

She's a changed girl

She's a new woman

She's a changed girl

She's a new woman

A new woman

She could liven up any mans world 

A new woman

A changed girl

Crossroads

CROSSROADS - Written by Carroll Bryant 

It used to be

You were all I'd think about

I still do

But you just don't think of me

Chasing the dream that is you

Is beginning to take its toll

For what I'm trying to do

Is to get a little bit soul to soul

And my dawn is still forbidden

And my life is not forgiven 

Standing at the crossroads watching everything go by

Holding hands with another

Only to discover the tears that I cry

My lover doesn't love me at all

Watching you go by

Now I'm put to prove

That I'm a man of my word

Show my heart is true

And hope you haven't heard

Waiting for the right time

Just to touch your lips

Losing my mind in a feeling that feels like this

Chasing the dream that is you

Is beginning to take its toll

For what I'm trying to do

Is to get a little bit soul to soul

Now and forever

I only sit and wonder

What I did that I claim I didn't do wrong

Few precious are the moments

When you came along

And my dawn is still forbidden

And my life is not forgiven

Standing at the crossroads watching everything go by

Holding hands with another

Only to discover the tears that I cry

My lover doesn't love me at all

Watching you go by

Take a look around

Can't you see that I am waiting?

Body Heat (Lonely Night)

BODY HEAT (LONELY NIGHT) - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Winter wind is blowing

It chills me to the bone 

And it's sad in knowing 

I'm gonna spend the night alone

All alone

I don't need to think about you now

I'll get through the night tonight somehow

So I'm gonna take a shower

Put on my fancy clothes

Gonna go out to a bar tonight

And stay until they close

Meet a sweet little lady with lips like strawberry wine

And share some body heat

With some strange little lady tonight

No, I don't care who she is

I just want to taste her precious kiss

Those lovely strawberry lips that taste oh, so fine

And share a little body heat

With some strange little lady tonight

No, I don't care who she is

I just want to taste her precious kiss

Those lovely strawberry lips that taste oh, so fine

And share a little body heat

With some strange little lady tonight

Winter wind is still blowing

I finally made it back home

I didn't have much luck tonight

I'm so drunk

And I'll sleep it off alone

Going Cold Turkey

GOING COLD TURKEY - Written by Carroll Bryant 

I've been sitting here watching TV

Crying in my blues

Ever since you left me

There's been nothing else to do

Girl, you know you hurt me

Yeah, you know it's true

But nothing seems to work so I'm going cold turkey over you

Going cold turkey

Lord knows I'm no jerky

Even after all the pain I've been through

When nothing seems to work out

Now I know what it's all about

It's time to find me a new

I took it hard on your leaving 

After always believing

Your promises that never came true

But nothing seems to work so I'm going cold turkey over you

Pour me another glass of whiskey

Pour my friend another one too

We're gonna go talk to some ladies

Their names are Sally and Sue

I'm gonna go out on the dance floor

I got on my dancing boots

Nothing seems to work so I'm going cold turkey over you

Going cold turkey

Lord knows I'm no jerky

Even after all the pain I've been through

When nothing seems to work out

Now I know what it's all about

It's time to find me a new

I took it hard on your leaving 

After always believing

Your promises that never came true

But nothing seems to work so I'm going cold turkey over you

Going cold turkey

Lord knows I'm no jerky

Even after all the pain I've been through

When nothing seems to work out

Now I know what it's all about

It's time to find me a new

I took it hard on your leaving 

After always believing

Your promises that never came true

But nothing seems to work so I'm going cold turkey over you

I've been sitting here watching TV

Crying in my blues

Ever since you left me

There's been nothing else to do

Girl, you know you hurt me

Yeah, you know it's true

But nothing seems to work no more

So I'm going cold turkey over you

Nothing seems to work no more

So I'm going cold turkey ....

Nothing seems to work no more so I'm going cold turkey over you

Not Forced To Lie

NOT FORCED TO LIE - Written by Carroll Bryant

The burdens that we carry can make us very weary 

And sometimes love is just not enough

To see us through

Even though you're only strong enough to be lonely

You're still growing and I know sometimes

You can't help to feel the way that you do

When I see your face I have to catch my breath

And on the wings of love I want to fly

Fly with you tonight

But you're telling me stories 

You tell them with such fury 

Let me tell you something, baby

You're getting me high

But your missing your calling

I know you're not falling (for me)

Let me say it more clearly, girl

You're not forced to lie

(Not forced to lie)

Every evening, every morning 

We pretend to play this game and sometimes

It's hard to tell if you win or lose

Even though you're so contrary 

I find it necessary sometimes to spank you

When you get the notion that you got something to prove

When I see your face I have to catch my breath

And on the wings of love I want to fly

Fly with you tonight

But you're telling me stories 

You tell them with such fury 

Let me tell you something, baby

You're getting me high

But your missing your calling

I know you're not falling (for me)

Let me say it more clearly, girl

You're not forced to lie

(Not forced to lie)

You bury your feelings 

Hide them away

You hide them from me

My love you keep stealing

Even when I am willing

To give it to you for free

I can't stand this time that we share

I keep on thinking that you really don't care 

I can't stand this time away from you

The burdens that we carry can make us very weary 

And sometimes love is just not enough

To see us through

Even though you're only strong enough to be lonely

You're still growing and I know sometimes

You can't help to feel the way that you do

But you're telling me stories 

You tell them with such fury 

Let me tell you something, baby

You're getting me high

But your missing your calling

I know you're not falling (for me)

Let me say it more clearly, girl

You're not forced to lie

(Not forced to lie)

Decay

DECAY - Written by Carroll Bryant

Sit back and hear a story

About a girl just fifteen years old

Taking off her clothes for the glory

And dancing for some boys who are looking on

Her best friend starts a collection

Of hickeys hiding on her breasts

Is this our teaching of the children?

Are they passing or failing all of the tests?

So, how do you like it so far?

Does it blow your mind away?

Kids being kids but so far

Society rots in its decay 

Mary Jane sits on the table

Cocaine and a glass of wine

Another teenage party on a Saturday night

You know that it happens all the time

So, how do you like it so far?

Do you like the way that we play?

Kids being kids but so far

Society rots in its decay

It's the coming of the age

The gutter of our own decay

We're raising them this way

Welcome to the new decay

It's the mess that we made

It's the truth of our own decay

It's the things that we throw away

Turning our heads to the real decay

So, how do you like it so far?

Are you listening to what I say?

Kids being kids but so far

Society rots in its decay

So, how do you like it so far?

Lead by example all the way

Kids being kids but so far

Society rots in its decay