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THE SAME OLS STRUGGLES MATT ALLISON - THE SAME OLD STRUGGLES

Track Listing
1. Enraptured {Lyrics}
2. I'm okay {Lyrics}
3. Unrealistic {Lyrics}
4. All you have left me {Lyrics}
5. Pour {Lyrics}
6. My lover, my friend {Lyrics}
7. A better place {Lyrics}
8. I don't understand {Lyrics}
9. Ballad {Lyrics}
10. Every mistake {Lyrics}

ENRAPTURED
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

Some days when I wake up I don't know where to start
They say the beginning is always the hardest part
The chapter of this book remains unfinished
But as the day unfolds those words will be written

Chorus
You've enraptured, captured, stolen my heart
You've enraptured, captured, stolen my soul
Every minute of the day, you hold

These dark and cloudy skies hover over me
The gusty winds blows the leaves of the trees
This mountain that stands before me seems so very steep
I want to turn my heels and head towards the sea

Chorus

Bridge
Father there is nothing to keep me from your love
Your arms of grace surround me for I am your son

Chorus

I'M OKAY
Words and Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

I'm feeling a bit neglected
I'm always the one who gets rejected by the opposite sex
Hey that's me I've tried flowers and chocolates
But I always end up right where I started
What am I doing wrong?

Chorus
Well I'm okay I'm just fine
Tomorrow's another day And I'm going to be alright

Heartbreak hotel for me is like waking up to the same old movie
scene My heart keeps getting trampled on Like a heard of elephants marching on their daily parade

Chorus

My love my letters and poetry always contain hints of Irony
Like a Shakespearean tragedy

Chorus

UNREALISTIC
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

They say you can tell if you love someone by looking in their eyes
They say that love can blind you at first sight
Or am I being unrealistic

They say that passion never fades it only grows old
But when I look into your eyes I feel young and I feel bold
Or am I being unrealistic

Bridge
How would they know they've never stood in my shoes
What unreal to them is real to me and you, its real to me and you

ALL YOU HAVE LEFT ME
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

I've heard the same old stories day after day
I find it hard to believe in anything that you have to say
These bruised and battered ears have had their share of fairytales

Chorus
All they have left me is a bucket full of tears
A broken heart and an empty chest

Who is left to put me back together again?
The kings horses well they have already tried
The pieces of my life scattered on this cold floor
As you walk out the door for the last time

Chorus

Bridge
It seems it is the same old struggles
That keep pulling me down
I'm grappling with these issues of my faith

End Chorus
What you have left me is a pail of hope
And a heart that is filled with grace

POUR
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

You say you know what I'm going through
I say you wouldn't even have a clue
You say you know the words I need to hear
I say please go away

Chorus
Cause how can you say what I need to hear
When you have not taken the time to ask me how I feel

When it rains it usually pours on my face
I can feel the water dripping down
And I wait for your warm embrace
But it, it never comes

Chorus

You've let me down
Time and again the memories linger on in my head
My thoughts and my dreams all I've had is now lost
You've taken everything at such a great cost

Chorus x 2

MY LOVER, MY FRIEND
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

Do you ever stop to wonder? Ever stop to ponder? Ever stop at all?
It seems we all are moving so fast watching time past as we wave goodbye

I hear the birds in the blue skies singing their songs of love to me
It's a pity I can't find the time to hear what they trying to say

Chorus
But it's a sin to forget about you
My lover and my friend

I sit and watch the trains go bye
But everyone seems so blind
I wish you would take the veil off of their eyes

Chorus

Bridge
I can't take my eyes off of you
For fear I'd lose my view
Off the one who loves me for all that I am

Chorus

A BETTER PLACE
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

Every Sunday night she plays at Pete's Old Bar
She strums away on her beaten guitar
She sings her heart out for the crowd
But I don't think they know what she is singing about

Chorus
Oh if only we could change and treat life like she treat the stage
Smile on through all the ups and downs, then the world would be
A better place

Her sweet voice cuts through the autumn air
Mesmerising the crowds who look on and stare
At this pretty little girl with the voice of and angel
Her tattered dark hair and smile that shows that she cares

Chorus

The bar stool she sits on is like a rocking horse
She sways side to side back and forth
She is absolved in every word that she sings
She tells us stories of what it was like to grow up and what it is like to serve a King.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

A young man sits in his room
Clutching his broken heart in his hands
He does not embrace the love I had found to be true
An old women looks in the mirror
Behind the scars of time
She sees the lies and her pride
That kept her believing all this time that in her mind
She is just fine

Chorus
There is one thing I don't understand
How can you deny a love that is so grand
When all you have to do is reach out your hands
And take hold of a love that is so grand

A teenage girl sits on her phone talking to her friend all alone
The tears fall down here broken cheeks
As she shares of her pregnancy

Chorus

BALLAD
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

I admire the beautiful things like pine trees in winter and roses
in spring but all of these things will fade away in the coming days

Chorus
All these things are beautiful but none of them are like you
Silver and gold can bring no joy because I've seen your light

You have changed my every thought my selfishness is stripped
away You hold the key to my heart and I will love you always

Chorus

The sand falls through the hourglass though not a second is lost
in time I didn't know life until you found me and now I lie in your arms tonight

Chorus

EVERY MISTAKE
Words & Music © Matt Allison
Unrealistic Music 2001 /admin Here We Are Music

As I turn the pages of this book I read between the lines
And all of my thoughts flow back and forth as I look back on my life

Chorus
And every mistake that I have ever made
Is written on the pages of yesterday, yesterday

If I had a second chance would I try to change my past
Well I know we can't do that

Chorus

Bridge
We can't change the past because time will outlast all of our mistakes.

Chorus X2