Air and Water - Johnnie Bailey

(Hugh Prestwood) Not that long ago I was on the run People telling me I should be someone And the things I'd learned were forgotten in my haste Till I reached the end of the rainbow I had chased. It was only water shining in thin air I put out my hand and there was nothing there After all the promise, after all the prayer It was only water shining in the air. Now I've got a wife and she sees my through And I've got a friend I can talk straight to And I've got some dreams just a bit more down to earth And I don't forget what a rainbow's really worth. 'Cause it's only water shining in thin air I put out my hand and there was nothing there After all the promise, after all the prayer It was only water shining in the air. If you want fame and fortune, then you just be my guest If you want to pay those dues, I wish you all the best. But it's only water shining in the air I put out my hand and there was nothing there After all the promise, after all the care It was only water shining in the air. It was only water shining in the air...

When love is new and the world is out reaching for you We try hard to hold it all in our hands But it slips through like soft drifting sands But drying the tears can build it all like new Now and forever Remember the words from my heart will always be true Now and forever Together and all that I feel is my love for you Learning each day that the right time was so far away To tell you the things I knew Now it's clear that the moment we searched for is here And counting the years is all I want to do Now and forever Remember the words from my heart will always be true Now and forever Together and all that I feel is my love for you Hold me as close as love will allow Until all your fears are gone What has all passed is over now I'm here with you I'm here with you I'm holding on I'm holding on Now and forever Remember the words from my heart will always be true Now and forever Together and all that I feel is my love for you Now and forever Remember the words from my heart will always be true Now and forever Together and all that I feel is my love for you Now and forever, remember the words

There is a river that runs through the country My lover's on the other side But gold and gunpowder, grease and the governing Brought the bridge down in blood and fire I hear the Niger is bound to another Where they see eye to eye So if you find I got lost in Lokoja I'm learning to make them mine Yinka I'll cross the line We love Love is the cousin of war We're dust Caught in our halves of the sun Maybe we'll mix if we bleed In the water and salt and fire In the water and salt and fire

Left your tracks, runnin' through my front door, oh-oh-oh When you rolled by every night at nine And you're tellin' me, you wanna fix what's broken, oh-oh-oh Yet, you're gone before the morning light You sure know how to shake this house And leave a man restless I love you shouldn't leave your mouth 'Cause that's when things get reckless 'Cause when you're on my mind I drink a little more, yeah, smoke a little more, yeah It's always one last time My engine's on fire, burnin' these tires Yeah, I'm already headed off of these two rails Flyin' straight back to where we fell I wanted the fast track, but now I want you back Since you left, I'm just a trainwreck And all these problems, should've hit 'em head on, girl, oh-oh-oh Instead, we let all the crazy drive And all these memories are hittin' home harder, oh-oh-oh Can't keep my eyes between the yellow lines 'Cause when you're on my mind I drink a little more, yeah, smoke a little more, yeah It's always one last time My engine's on fire, burnin' these tires Yeah, I'm already headed off of these two rails Flyin' straight back to where we fell I wanted the fast track, but now I want you back Since you left, I'm a trainwreck You sure know how to shake this house Leavin' me restless (restless) I love you keeps runnin' its mouth Keepin' us reckless 'Cause when you're on my mind I drink a little more, yeah, smoke a little more, yeah It's always one last time My engine's on fire, burnin' these tires Up and down them County lines Dodgin' every caution light on my way back to you Should've hit the brakes, should've used my mind It's too late, I'm pullin' in your driveway Ain't no getting 'round it tonight, we're a trainwreck

She works the nights, by the water She's gone astray so far away From her father's daughter She just wants a life all for her baby All on her own, no one will come She's got to save him She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life You're gonna grow up, have a good life I'm gonna do what I've got to do" So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye, rockabye Rockabye-bye-bye-bye... Now she got a six-year-old Trying to keep him warm Trying to keep out the cold When he looks in her eyes He don't know he is safe When she says, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Oh, rockabye Oh, rocka-bye-bye-bye Oh, rockabye Oh, rockabye bye-bye-bye Oh, so, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry 'Cause somebody's got you

Before this battlefield We were on our way to better days Rolling like a freight train with no brakes into the future like we had it made I can see the smoke rolling off your gun And them lips tellin' me we're done Sometimes some of them shots you just can't outrun When you're living in a warzone With a heart full of bullet holes and boarded up windows We've been riding out this storm for way too long How we gonna call this house a home Living in a warzone Before this battlefield We were fighting on the front lines Now all that I can feel (I can feel, I can feel) Is this heart breaking on the other side And I can see the smoke rolling off your tongue And then lips tellin' me we're falling out of love Sometimes some of them shots you just can't outrun When you're living in a warzone With a heart full of bullet holes and boarded up windows We've been riding out this storm for way too long How we gonna call this house a home Living in a warzone Living in a Warzone With a heart full of bullet holes and boarded up windows We've been riding out this storm for way too long And are we gonna let this love run cold? Living in a Warzone

Spent a week at sunset tower Made a mess upon the kitchen counter Our intentions were simple Now our intentions are simple You only love me under pressure You're only half of me in colder weather Only tell me it's over just to get back together I can't stop coming back for closure No, I can't stop I try to break all your spells Put my hands on someone else But you keep sinking my ship I keep on losing my grip Can't put you back on a shelf Can't keep my hands to myself Once you start moving your hips I keep on losing my grip, every time (Every time) I can hold you like a matchstick Watch the flame until it's burning my skin Maybe I should know better But you're my guilty pleasure I can't stop coming back for closure No, I can't stop I try to break all your spells Put my hands on someone else But you keep sinking my ship I keep on losing my grip Can't put you back on a shelf Can't keep my hands to myself Once you start moving your hips I keep on losing my grip, every time (Towers, every time, I can't stop thinking 'bout you Towers, every time, I can't stop thinking 'bout you) I try to break all your spells Put my hands on someone else But you keep sinking my ship I keep on losing my grip Can't put you back on a shelf Can't keep my hands to myself Once you start moving your hips I keep on losing my grip, every time (Every time)