The Man

THE MAN - Written by Carroll Bryant 

As the sun goes slowly down

He tries to understand

Living in memories

With a bottle in his hand

Did he just grow up too fast?

Was the price too much to pay?

He keeps on living in his past 

As he lives from day to day

Has he lost all control?

Does his heart now call his hand?

Now that he has let her know

Will she ever love the man

Doesn't anybody even try to even understand?

What do people really say when they talk about the man?

As he thinks about the girls

He once knew at one time

With lots of thought behind it

He is sure in his mind

That he really fell in love

With the girl of all girls

But she just don't believe it

But the man is really sure

The man isn't crazy

The man ain't insane 

The man is just tired 

Of playing the same old games

So as the sun goes slowly down

He takes another drink

Trying to recollect 

What he's made himself believe

That she really cares

For him as he does for her

Knowing he's just dreaming

Knowing it's absurd 

The man isn't crazy

The man ain't insane 

The man is just tired 

Of playing the same old games

Doesn't anybody even try to even understand?

What do people really see when they think about the man?

Doesn't anybody even try to even understand?

What do people really say when they talk about the man?

And Now

AND NOW - Written by Carroll Bryant

And now

We can go our separate ways

Live from day to day

Both dwelling in decay

And now

We can heal from all the fights

Stop skanking with our knives

Run for our very lives

We can’t placate our memories

Love is a monkey shock disease

Anger lives atop the trees

This isn’t how it had to be

And now

We can rest our hateful words

Lay down our bloodied swords

Baptize the pain and hurt

And now

We can breathe in better air

Pretend like we never cared

Spread ourselves almost everywhere

We can’t mandate chivalry

Love is a door without a key

Anger mates with misery

This isn’t how it had to be

I can write a thousand ways of everything I hallucinate

And you were never the poster girl of malevolent

I can sing a thousand songs of everything that we did wrong

And that would never erase the benevolence

I can write a thousand ways of everything I instigate

And you were the clever one for entitlement

I can sing a thousand songs of everything that carries on

And you would never compromise your consonance

And now

We can make for a better path

Find something that will last

Survivors of the aftermath

And now

We can hold our heads in shame

Know that we’re both to blame

Winners of a losing game

We can’t fancicate felicity

Love is a bowl without a bean

Anger rules us like a king

This isn’t how it had to be

Love is a yard sale in the spring

And I would give up everything

If it could be how it ought to be

Just Like A Movie

JUST LIKE A MOVIE - Written by Carroll Bryant

It's just another night 

Things aren't going right 

I don't mind you see

I've been this way before

Another gentle touch

Doesn't really mean all that much 

I don't mind you see

Because when it rains it pours 

Oh, girl

I know that I'm doing all of this wrong

And I know

Yes, I know

This is just another poetry song

But let me say, while I have the chance

This is not the same old song and dance

Like it used to be 

And while I find I'm not the hero kind

One day too you will see that it's true

Upon my sight I fell for you

I felt it clearly the moment you touched my hand

Something started happening

This is just like a movie

I was beginning to think that I missed my cue

This is just like a movie

Dancing in slow motion with you

I might have forgotten my lines

Forgot my part

But in my defense girl, you stole my heart

And so far this is true 

This is just like a movie

I know you may have heard this all before

And swept it out the door 

But you're doing strange things to me

I'm not sure

If this is the way to go

But I want you to know 

That you mean something to me

So take me for a fool

You know you got that choice

There's nothing I can do

I don't have the voice

I got no promises in the heat of the night

I got no weapons 

I got no fight

All I own is a crazy notion

That you and me baby, plus eternity

Would equal true love as far as the eye could see

So let's skip all the commercials

Because all I really want to do is snuggle with you

This is just like a movie

I was beginning to think that I missed my cue

This is just like a movie

Dancing in slow motion with you

I might have forgotten my lines

Forgot my part

But in my defense girl, you stole my heart

And so far this is true 

This is just like a movie

It's just another night 

Things aren't going right 

I don't mind you see

I've been this way before

Another gentle touch

Doesn't really mean all that much 

I don't mind you see

Because when it rains it pours

I felt it clearly the moment you touched my hand

Something started happening

This is just like a movie

I was beginning to think that I missed my cue

This is just like a movie

Dancing in slow motion with you

I might have forgotten my lines

Forgot my part

But in my defense girl, you stole my heart

And so far this is true 

This is just like a movie

Your Love (You're Leaving)

YOUR LOVE (YOUR LEAVING) - Written by Carroll Bryant

We started out as friends

Then we took it to the bed

I can’t get it through my head that it’s over

You say you want to stay

It’s killing you to leave

Stop patronizing me if it’s over

What did you want me to do?

What did you want me to say?

You know I can’t lie to you

Some hearts are just easy to break

And your love won’t save me

From everything we’re standing to lose

It has nothing to do with you know who

And your love can’t make me

Change everything you can see

Or wish for the hope you can’t believe in

We settled in for the ride

Then we got the shock of our life

Forgot about our seat belts and closed our eyes

It’s true

You say you want to leave

It’s killing you to stay

Stop confusing me like you do

And you do

What did you want me to feel?

What did you want me to take?

You know it gets so unreal

Some hearts are just hard to break

And your love won’t save me

From everything we’re standing to lose

It has nothing to do with you know who

And your love can’t make me

Change everything you can see

Or wish for the hope you can’t believe in

Don’t look down if you’re scared of heights

Because we’re too high to compromise this time

Don’t get up if you’re sitting down

There’s no way we can get around it this time

You’re never gonna change your ways

You’re never gonna change your day or night

I’m never gonna change my ways

I’m never gonna stop how much I write

You say you want to stay

It’s killing you to leave

Do you really expect me to believe that?

What do you want me to believe?

Some hearts just can’t be broken

And your love won’t save me

From everything we’re standing to lose

It has nothing to do with you know who

And your love can’t make me

Change everything you can see

Or wish for the hope you can’t believe in

Or give us the hope we keep on stealing

Forget about it all because you’re leaving

Love And The Stranger

LOVE AND THE STRANGER - Written by Carroll Bryant

I can't help myself

But I'm falling in love 

Just watching you

Has got me falling in love

Here I am

Acting like a fool

For falling in love

With a stranger like you

Girl, there is no reason 

You just look so good to me

But I'm alone

Are you alone?

Do you think I could be falling in love

With a stranger like you

Girl, there is no reason 

You just look so good to me

But I'm alone

Are you alone?

Do you think I could be falling in love

With a stranger like you

Mission To Mars

MISSION TO MARS - Written by Carroll Bryant

A super nova in my arms

I hold you tight

I love tonight

Then you left and took your charms

You said goodbye

No reason why at all

I just can't breathe

I watched you leave 

You told me to eat something nasty then die

I just can't speak

I feel so unique 

You told me to make like a pilot and fly

Would a mission to Mars be far enough?

I'll fade in the stars if it's not true love

I will never come down

I will never be found

Just another lonely man from the planet Earth

A solar flare that's so au contraire 

I feel your fire

I love desire

Then you leapt amid midair

It's adios 

And so it goes they say

I just can't move

I lost that groove

You told me to take a long walk, a short pier 

I just can't escape

I feel so ashamed

You told me to make like a ghost, disappear 

Would a mission to Mars be far enough?

I'll fade in the stars if it's not true love

I will never come down

I will never be found

Just another lonely man from the planet Earth

I've got no reason to stay here anymore

Not since that moment when you walked out the door

I haven't been seen since and my poor heart is missing 

You told me for sure what it is I should be kissing

One last chance in all my life

You said hello

I didn't know

Then you stole the keys to ride

You took to flight

And left it all behind

I just can't think

I need a stiff drink

You told me to make like a tree and leave

I just can't moan

I'm completely alone

You told me to go and find my own kind of relief 

Would a mission to Mars be far enough?

I'll fade in the stars if it's not true love

I will never come down

I will never be found

Just another lonely man from the planet Earth

Would a mission to Mars be breaking your heart?

I'll make a new start if it's not your stuff

I will never return

I will never be sure

I'm just another lonely man from another universe 

Just another lonely man who cannot seem to make it worse

Just another lonely man from the planet Earth

Would a mission to Mars be far enough?

I'll fade in the stars if it's not true love

Dream Star

DREAM STAR - Written by Carroll Bryant 

There must have been a hundred excuses

Believe me, I used them all

Some of them were becoming a nuisance 

The rest of them I simply refused to call

Then I turned around and there you were

Just looking like you did so many years ago

Then I turned around and honey, here you are

I'm told not to move so fast but I don't want to move too slow

Dream star

I never really knew just what to believe

Dream star

I never really knew just what to achieve 

Then I turned around and there you were

Looking so unlike the rest of the world

Then I turned around and here you are

Standing oh, so close to me and still standing way too far 

Away

Living in the fast lane sometimes gets me down

Hiding in that famous paper chase 

Always saying how I'm gonna leave this town

While I'm waiting for more than just a pretty face 

Then I turned around and there you were

Still looking like that early modern girl

And then I turned around and here you are

Taking my breath away and tempting my heart 

Dream star

I never really knew just what to believe

Dream star

I never really knew just what to achieve 

Then I turned around and there you were

Looking so unlike the rest of the world

Then I turned around and here you are

Standing oh, so close to me and still standing way too far

Away

They said I was a man without emotion

Stranded in a combat zone and breaking their hearts 

They didn't know that what I need was your inspiration 

You can be the only one to lead me from out of the dark 

There must have been a hundred excuses

Believe me, I used them all

Some of them were becoming a nuisance 

The rest of them I simply refused to call

Dream star

I never really knew just what to believe

Dream star

I never really knew just what to achieve 

Then I turned around and there you were

Looking so unlike the rest of the world

Then I turned around and here you are

Standing oh, so close to me and still standing way too far
Away

You can be my dream star 

Rocket Ship Of Love

ROCKET SHIP OF LOVE - Written by Carroll Bryant

I listen to your whispers

In your sleep you’re dreaming

I know that you won’t tell me anything about it

When the morning comes and you awake

All the breaths that you will take

Will send me

Girl they will send me right out into space

I’m on a rocket ship of love

I’m on a rocket ship and everything I touch

Is sensitive to my emotion

Your sighs stir me like an ocean

And in your eyes I will look for something that I need so much

And you will send me girl

Girl you will send me on a rocket ship of love

I will fix you breakfast

While you take your morning shower

I know that you won’t think too much about it

When you emerge to dress yourself

I will watch you, standing there

You will send me

Girl you will send me to corners of the world

I’m on a rocket ship of love

I’m on a rocket ship and everything I touch

Is sensitive to my emotion

Your sighs stir me like an ocean

And in your eyes I will look for something that I need so much

And you will send me girl

Girl you will send me on a rocket ship of love

When the morning comes and you awake

All the breaths that you will take

Will send me

Girl they will send me right out into space

I’m on a rocket ship of love

I’m on a rocket ship and everything I touch

Is sensitive to my emotion

Your sighs stir me like an ocean

And in your eyes I will look for something that I need so much

And you will send me girl

Girl you will send me on a rocket ship of love

On a rocket ship of love

On a rocket ship of love

On a rocket ship of love

My Pretty Sagittarius

MY PRETTY SAGITTARIUS - Written by Carroll Bryant

She's a diamond in the rough

Looking hot

Looking tough

Handing out glances like whiskey in a shot glass

She's getting me drunk

I know what her eyes are saying

She's got me on my knees and praying

Sexy little lady and she's exactly what I'm craving

Man, I am saying that I really don't need

Another god damn heart attack

Man, she's got some nails on them fingers

Can't wait until she gives me some scratches on my fucking back

I know she's gonna do it too

She looks a little bit too obscene 

If you know what I mean 

I'm just about to lose it

She is a little bit of what I need 

Originality 

My pretty Sagittarius 

She's a vampire hunter 

In the winter

In the summer

Handing out hickeys like Disney on vacation

She's a fine hummer

I know what her lips are a planning

That body needs slamming

Sexy little lady knows exactly how I'm jamming

Man, I am saying that I really don't need

Another god damn dizzy girl

Man, she's got a real revved up engine

Can't wait until she takes me all around the fucking world

I know I'm gonna love it too

She is a little bit of a mystery

I must concede 

I'm about to lose it

She is a little bit of what I dream

In reality 

My pretty Sagittarius 

She's a diamond in the rough

Looking hot

Looking tough

Handing out glances like whiskey in a shot glass

She's getting me drunk

And then I'm gonna tap that ass

She looks a little bit too obscene 

If you know what I mean 

I'm just about to lose it

She is a little bit of what I need 

Originality 

My pretty Sagittarius 

She is a little bit of a mystery

I must concede 

I'm about to lose it

She is a little bit of what I dream

In reality 

My pretty Sagittarius 

My sexy little nasty girl

Homeless Street

HOMELESS STREET - Written by Carroll Bryant

When does this feeling ever stop?

Blood drips from a broken heart

Can’t see beyond what we got

And everything we lost we threw away

Love walks aimlessly down on homeless street

No shoes on our feet

We step on the broken glass of life

Love sleeps chillingly alone on homeless street

Nothing for our souls to eat

We choke on everything that steals away a homeless night

Where does this feeling ever go?

Cats whine in alley ways

Should we forget what we think we know

That everything we threw away we lost

Love walks aimlessly down on homeless street

No shoes on our feet

We step on the broken glass of life

Love sleeps chillingly alone on homeless street

Nothing for our souls to eat

We choke on everything that steals away a homeless night

Why do these feelings go astray?

Knowing that we couldn’t win

Can’t speak what we just can’t say

And everything we lost we stood to lose

Love walks aimlessly down on homeless street

No shoes on our feet

We step on the broken glass of life

Love sleeps chillingly alone on homeless street

Nothing for our souls to eat

We choke on everything that steals away a homeless night

Star (In Memory Of)

STAR (IN MEMORY OF) - Written by Carroll Bryant

This wasn't the way that this was supposed to go

You were a joy to us all

And somehow I think you did know

What is the meaning of a life

If love is not a part of your heart

Forget about what is wrong or right

Love is where it all starts 

And I believe 

That heaven is surely your new home

And I will grieve 

But you know that I won't grieve alone

So maybe it was just your time

And time will soon come to us all

We are the ones who got left behind 

There's no way to prepare for the fall

When we look up to the sky at night

I am sure we will find your star

And I know it will guide our lives 

To know that we know where you always are 

And I believe 

That heaven is surely your new home

And I will grieve 

But you know that I won't grieve alone

And maybe we don't want to search for answers

Reasons or meaning for the dark 

Just as long as we make it through the fire

You know you will always have a place in our hearts 

And I believe 

That heaven is surely your new home

And I will grieve 

But you know that I won't grieve alone

And I believe 

That heaven is surely your new home

And I will grieve 

But you know that I won't grieve alone

What Would Jesus Say?

WHAT WOULD JESUS SAY? - Written by Carroll Bryant 

The passing of time slips through our hands

We pay it no mind until we near the end

Looking back in fear at all of our days

Being judged by who we are and every thought we did not cage

And when the mind is shaking

The body is breaking

Nothing much remains

And the breath we’re taking

Hesitates

Until we fall down to our knees and pray

What would Jesus say?

If in the guilty grip you hold the gun

Would he walk away?

If in your eyes you lost the love

For someone

There never seems to be a reason  for emergency

When everything’s okay

But when you break a heart and walk away

What would Jesus say?

Liquidated hate runs through our blood

We take for granted things to the point we’ve had enough

Looking far ahead at the life I cannot see

Be aware of what I take when giving back is what we need

And when the mind is shaking

The body is breaking

Nothing much remains

And the breath we’re taking

Hesitates

Until we fall down to our knees and pray

What would Jesus say?

If in the guilty grip you hold the gun

Would he walk away?

If in your eyes you lost the love

For someone

There never seems to be a reason  for emergency

When everything’s okay

But when you break a heart and walk away

What would Jesus say?

I’m not talking about the side of Christianity

I’m just speaking man to man

On a face to face reality

Looking eye to eye with the Divine entity

I’m just thinking maybe, maybe

He would have something to say to you and me

What flows through your veins?

Carry what you have inside your heart

Because in the end you judge yourself

And the wars you won, you lost, you fought

Becomes your fate

The passing of time slips through our hands

We pay it no mind until we near the end

Looking back in fear at all of our days

Being judged by who we are and every thought we filled with rage

And when the mind is shaking

The body is breaking

Nothing much remains

And the breath we’re taking

Hesitates

Until we fall down to our knees and pray

What would Jesus say?

If in the guilty grip you hold the gun

Would he walk away?

If in your eyes you lost the love

For someone

There never seems to be a reason  for emergency

When everything’s okay

But when you break a heart and walk away

What would Jesus say?

And if you can’t forgive inside his name

Then tell me … what would Jesus say?

You With Me

YOU WITH ME - Written by Carroll Bryant

What am I to say?

How can I deal with feelings that I can't explain?

It's just something that lives in my heart

As I fight the urge to kiss you again

And the more that I know how I feel

The less I'm inclined to think about the consequence 

Holding your hand

Could be my only sure eloquence

And maybe forever is a weak state of mind

A reality check is gonna keep it all in line

Tomorrow isn't what I care about

Today is the only place I can be

Just as long as I have you here with me

Who am I to think?

That emotions are poison-less

In the blood that the soul could drink

It's just something about the life that just is

Like the smell of your skin and you know I can't resist

I feel less prepared to accept or to dismiss 

Holding your hand

Could be my only sure bliss

And maybe forever is just a lost state of mind

My heart is a clock and it keeps imperfect time

And my dreams are all that I care about

Because my dreams are the only place that I can be

It's okay anyway because I always know that you're with me

I got you with me

Is this the life that I wanted for so long?

Suddenly it's beautiful again

I was in tears before you came along

Losers now can sometimes win

What am I to say?

That this is not the work of god and then he won't have his day?

It's just an act of faith

Love hangs in the balance of each and every day

And the more that I know that this is how I feel

The less that I'm inclined to think that nothing is real

Holding your hand

Could be my only sure touch

And maybe forever could mean just as much 

My life has a meaning and it's there that I can see

But life has a way sometimes to be so cruel and mean

And life is the only place that I know I can be

Just as long as I have you here with me

Just as long as it's special baby

I got you with me

I want you with me

I got you with me

Tears On The Moon

TEARS ON THE MOON - Written by Carroll Bryant

There’s an eclipse in your eyes

And it’s there I set the mood

There’s no way that you can see

What is happening to me

Tears on the moon

The stars refuse to shine

That seems to be their attitude

There’s no way that you can change

What you easily did break

Tears on the moon

The winds can blow just like silk

The empty air refined

Flowers on my window sill

Playing with rainbows that never die

The flimsy trees cannot be climbed

Wishing wells run out

Leprechauns and their pot of gold

Are fairy-tales that scream and shout

There’s a heartbreak in the sky

Nobody cares, not even you

There’s no way you can believe

That clouds have feelings too

Tears on the moon

Waters flow like buttermilk

From enchanting streams

Unicorns play with tiny elves

With magnificent dreams

Witches smile with envy winks

Goblins like to grin

Anything is possible

When you let your wishes become your friends

There’s a sunset at sunrise

And there’s no time left to be true

What you think is what you know

It’s in the way I watched you go

Tears on the moon

The winds can blow just like silk

The empty air refined

Flowers on my window sill

Playing with rainbows that never die

There’s an eclipse in your eyes

And it’s there I set the mood

There’s no way that you can see

What is happening to me

Tears on the moon

There’s no way you can believe

What is happening to me

Tears on the moon

Comatose

COMATOSE - Written by Carroll Bryant

This is the end of my sanity

Let me be

This is the end of your sanctuary 

Let it be

I am transparent to the pain

Never breathe again

This is the most okay

God wants it to be this way

I am reflective to the rain

No need to worry about me

Separate 

Don't wonder where I am

I'm in zombie land 

Comatose 

Lying here in comatose

Drowning here in comatose

Living here in comatose

I leave myself alone

Comatose 

Deal with the devil

Don't shake his hand 

Satan's wrath is without promise

Punish me my god I am

The light of love is without premise 

To the people of the faith

Only all of the true believers 

Get to run out of the gate

Murder 

Sex

Drugs and encouragement 

The wrath of love is without ingredients 

Dwelling in the cellar 

Dealing with the devil

Meeting with the teller

Living in abandonment 

Comatose

Lying here in comatose

Drowning here in comatose

Living here in comatose

I leave myself alone

Comatose 

This is the end of my vanity

You can see

This is the end of your hypocrisy 

I can't breathe

I am translucent in your mind

You are a douche inside of mine

This is the most obscene 

God likes it when you play

I am receptive to most things

No need to worry about me

Separate

Don't wonder where I am

I'm in zombie land 

Comatose 

Lying here in comatose

Drowning here in comatose

Living here in comatose

I leave myself alone

Comatose

Don't do this to yourself
Unless you are from hell
Don't do this for yourself
All alone
To myself I am

Comatose