Old Ways - The Credentials

The thundering sea is calling me home, home to you The pounding sea is calling me, home, home to you On a dark new year's night On the west coast of Clare I heard your voice singing Your eyes danced the song Your hands played the tune 'Twas a vision before me We left the music behind and the dance carried on As we stole away to the seashore We smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair And with sadness you paused Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so Yet, it was there I felt the crossroads of time And I wondered why As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea A vision came o'er me Of thundering hooves and beating wings In clouds above Turning to go as you call out my name Like a bird in a cage spreading its wings to fly "The old ways are lost," you sang as you flew And I wondered why The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you

Some things never change Or go away I wait around And now it's yesterday Like some little kid Who's overgrown The lonely one Who's never been alone But I don't want to ever go back To my old ways Cheatin' and creepin' around I don't ever want to go back To the old days Leaving the dead underground But I don't ever want to go No, I don't ever want to go back To my old ways again Always waiting for The rain to stop And praying for The other shoe to drop Let your worries go We're all in love A tidal wave That comes from up above But I don't want to ever go back To my old ways Cheatin' and creepin' around I don't ever want to go back To the old days Leaving the dead underground I don't ever want to go No, I don't ever want to go back To my old ways again I don't want to go back To my old ways again

I'll tell your mom, I'll tell your dad Hey take a look around look at what you've had Before they go and hit the road You better make sure just that they know Because it didn't mean anything to me It didn't mean anything at all It didn't mean anything to me Didn't mean anything at all! Sometimes I wonder if you lied to Keep me hanging on this way And if you tried to Take the time to Listen to what I've had to say We could have it planned out now We could leave tomorrow or today Yeah If you like it that way!

I know you've had a lot to beleive in The message that you thought you'd recieve in The mail today Was just another way for me to say I can't run and look the other way Cause there's something that I got to face Yeah There'll be no more of this Keeping of my mind in place And all these thoughts up inside my head So many of them will go unsaid All these thoughts up inside my head So many of them will go unsaid I love you But I could leave you without a trace I love you But I could leave you without a So maybe I should Get away Yeah maybe I should Find some place To call my home To call my own This ultimatum I have to take Even though my mind is about to break Get your shit together Make sure it's straight And you don't even know what's at stake It's unsaid It's unsaid It's unsaid It's unsaid It's unsaid It's unsaid, unsaid, It's unsaid, unsaid, It's unsaid, unsaid, Unsaid