Adaline Ave

There’s a man in the window
His face lost in lines
Unwanted wisdom
A reflection in time

The station is silent
The crowd knows where to go
All he can hear
Is the sound of tomorrow

CHORUS
There’s no one home
Not even in my heart
I looked for you today
Because I’m falling
Minutes and years
They’re all the same
Without your voice
I don’t even have a name

The sunset is blinding
In color and change
His eyes keep reliving
The youth of his age

There’s no one home
Not even in my heart
I looked for you today
Because I’m falling

MAN IN THE WINDOW: Ian Charles, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, drums/percussion, harmonica; Peter Loss, piano/keyboards; John Burdick, lead electric and acoustic guitar; Jason Sarubbi, fretless bass; Mark Haskins, acoustic guitar

Time and time again
You went against the grain
A rebel with a cause

Whenever you were around
They always put you down
You were just a kid

CHORUS
Life knocks you down
You come right back around
You are my black sheep girl
My black sheep girl

One more time
My sweet pearl
Shine…….

I love the girl
Who made this world her own
Found your dream, fooled the fools, yeah, yeah

CHORUS
Life knocks you down
You come right back around
You are my black sheep girl

Love my black sheep girl
Always be my world
Forever, my black sheep girl

BLACK SHEEP GIRL: Ian Charles, lead and backup vocals, drums; Peter Loss, piano, organ; John Burdick, lead guitar; Jason Sarubbi, electric bass; Rebecca Coupe Franks, trumpet; Mark Haskins, acoustic guitar; Jessie Casella, backing vocals

I was wondering, would you mind?
If I loved you all the time?
Not just a little like now
You’ll give me a reason somehow

Could it be the way you walk?
I’m all yours when you talk
The warmth of your touch
The way you look at me is too much

CHORUS
Can I wait for you to tell me?
Will I make it through the day?
I’m wishing, hoping, just a little
That you feel the same way

I don’t want to miss the chance
Maybe this is a real romance
Can’t imagine a minute
Without you

I don’t want to impose
If you only love me just a little
You might have other plans
But I’ll be stuck here in the middle

CHORUS
Can I wait for you to tell me?
Will I make it through the day?
I’m wishing, hoping, just a little
That you feel the same way

JUST A LITTLE: Ian Charles, lead vocals; Peter Loss, piano, keyboards; Jason Sarubbi, upright bass

Bagpipes sing across the river
The 9:15 thunders past
The stillness of the water
A mirror

The girl can hardly smile
Fearing things to come
A lone balloon rises in the sky
Escaping where she’s from

CHORUS
Quiet bridges that bring no one
A voice is whispering, but you’re gone

My knee’s in the sand
I fumble for the ring
There was a time in my life when what I had
Was everything

For a storm to embrace me
The calm darkened sky
The uncaring clouds raining down
Good bye

QUIET BRIDGES: Ian Charles, lead and backup vocals, drums; Peter Loss, piano, Mellotron, keyboards, 12-string acoustic guitar; John Burdick, lead guitar; Jason Sarubbi, bass; Mark Haskins, acoustic guitar

Shadows move with the sunrise
Tell me that time doesn’t care
Memories wash my eyes
Is there peace somewhere?

Parkway lights dance on my hood
Sabers in a fight to the end
The hands of time
Have turned on me for good

CHORUS
So much gained
So much lost
So much love at
Such a cost

A song takes me back
This load is so dear
Despair never asks to take
What is yours

CHORUS
So much gained
So much lost
So much love at
Such a cost

So much gained
So much lost
So much love at
Such a cost

SUCH A COST: Ian Charles, lead and backing vocals; Peter Loss, piano, keyboards

The houses are all empty
Lonesome is my home
My senses are ‘a slipping
I’m on nowhere road

Faceless people moving fast
She sits alone looking down
I can’t find that elusive peace
Here on nowhere road

CHORUS
Nowhere road, yeah, yeah
I’m on nowhere road, can’t carry the load

No one talks, no one hears
Maybe they’re lost like me
It’s all just noise and fears
I’ll never be free

How long will it last?
The days are cruel and slow
One day they will know
This walk on nowhere road

CHORUS
Nowhere road, yeah, yeah
I’m on nowhere road, can’t carry the load

NOWHERE ROAD: Ian Charles, lead vocals, drums/percussion; Peter Loss, piano, keyboards; Jason Sarubbi, electric bass; Rebecca Coupe Franks, trumpet;

One day to the next
Filled with sorrow and doubt
Cry myself to sleep, I can’t
Find my way out

Every place I go
Every child I hold
My soul is cold, to the touch
A heart can’t bear it

CHORUS
The clock is ticking, ticking
To measure a life
Only seconds, seconds
Ticking

The music plays loudly
For Maria to dance
I can hardly believe
We took the chance

Sad days and bad days
Forever between
If only she could have stayed
Life has been…..

CHORUS
The clock is ticking, ticking
To measure a life
Only seconds, seconds
Ticking

TICKING: Ian Charles, lead and backing vocals; Peter Loss, piano, Mellotron, keyboards

I’ve been watching you
It’s become so clear
You’re always walking
Ahead of me
When I need a friend
When I need a friend
Right here

CHORUS
I have so much on my mind
Nowhere to turn
It’s getting harder to chase
Leaves in the wind
Leaves in the wind

Once we held the horizons
Ahead of us
Now it feels like we’re drifting through
Opposite scenes

Love is for those
Strong enough to give
I’m afraid that yours
Is unwilling

CHORUS
I have so much on my mind
Nowhere to turn
It’s getting harder to chase

Leaves in the wind
Leaves in the wind
Leaves in the wind
Leaves in the wind

LEAVES IN THE WIND: Ian Charles, lead vocals, drums, electric guitar; Peter Loss, Fender Rhodes organ, keyboards; John Burdick, lead guitar; Jason Sarubbi, electric bass

Her eyes could stop the falling rain
No words to be found
With hair like the winds of summer
She walked by without a sound

You couldn’t wait to touch me
I wouldn’t let you in
The spring of love came to be
Never alone again

CHORUS
In a second world
Miracles burn
The songbird flies…….from the twists and turns
When will this end, I can’t go on
This road I’m taking
I can’t go on

We chased the moon and stars
Lost and found souls
Just you and me and the universe
You said you had to go

CHORUS
In a second world
In a second world
The songbird flies……

SECOND WORLD: Ian Charles, lead vocals, drums; Peter Loss, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards

See the ride
It’s right around the corner
See the ride
We’re almost there

SEE THE RIDE; Ian Charles, lead vocals, drums; Peter Loss, piano; Jason Sarubbi, electric bass; Spring Rock Singers, backup vocals

So many times I was a fool
I thought you’d leave, but you stayed
Remember when I quit school?
I lost your pride, but you made me see

For a while, it looked like the end
Didn’t think you’d come, you came anyway
Sadness was my only friend
You turned darkness into day

CHORUS
When I’m at my worst
You’re there
You take me away
Somewhere

I pushed, and you pushed back
All I did was run
What ever could you see?
All the other girls, and you loved only me

How could I ever believe
That you were waiting here for me
That two could learn to live
A love that was meant to be

CHORUS
When I’m at my worst
You’re there
You take me away
Somewhere

Remember…………..

REMEMBRANCES: Ian Charles, lead vocals; Peter Loss, piano, keyboards, 12-string guitar, electric guitar; Jason Sarubbi, electric bass, Mark Haskins, acoustic guitar; Jessie Casella, backup vocals