SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND

Bought her a Mocha and an Oreo, I just had the strong Americano
Then I rocked her to the heart of her soul, I told her all the things I felt about her

Don't you call in the morning to say you're not around
Don't you say that you're heading out of town
Don't you stall don't you falter, don't you go underground
Don't you dare say you're letting me down

Won't you stay just for the weekend
Long enough for you to fall for me
Girl I pray we'll do something for the weekend
Just until you fall in love with me

Found her astounding from the very first time that she first floated onto my horizon
And my insides were shaking and the feeling sublime, that she still makes me tremble is surprising

Don't you call in the morning to say you're not around
Don't you say that you're heading out of town
Don't you stall don't you falter, don't you go underground
Don't you dare say you're letting me down

Won't you stay just for the weekend
Long enough for you to fall for me
Girl I pray we'll do something for the weekend
Just until you fall in love with me

You have the chance to knock me off my feet, make life so sweet
Besides, you'd look so neat on my passenger seat

I can envisage me a time and a place where we live in the city by our own rules
I'll wake up every morning to your beautiful face, I'll write songs while you're out at dancing school

Don't you call in the morning to say you're not around
Don't you say that you're heading out of town
Don't you stall don't you falter, don't you go underground
Don't you dare say you're letting me down

Won't you stay just for the weekend
Long enough for you to fall for me
Girl I pray we'll do something for the weekend
Just until you fall in love with me

Won't you stay just for the weekend
Long enough for you to fall for me
Girl I pray we'll do something for the weekend
Just until you fall in love with me

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

CURVEBALL

Curveball in the face with a burning tail
Shipwrecked, exposed in a hungry gale
Chest pains, short breath, this is tearing me apart

Oddball on the street with a loaded gun
Spacecraft, lost power heading for the sun
Bad moon, sharp knife, this is tearing me apart

I don't wanna lose you no more
I don't wanna lose you I'm sure that I never wanna
Lose you before I've even made you mine

Fireball in the sky she's about to hit
Five hundred snakes in a fiery pit
Cold flush, hot head, this is tearing me apart

Fly ball in the air with a blinded crowd
Barefoot forced to run on a burning ground
Rogue cards, bum deal, this is tearing me apart

I don't wanna lose you no more
I don't wanna lose you I'm sure that I never wanna
Lose you before I've even made you mine

Eyeball, sharp point on collision course
Unarmed, alone with an evil force
Heartache, bad times, this is tearing me apart

I don't wanna lose you no more
I don't wanna lose you I'm sure that I never wanna
Lose you before I've even made you mine

I don't wanna lose you no more
I don't wanna lose you I'm sure that I never wanna
Lose you before I've even made you mine

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

NORTHTOWN

Nineteen and she shines like a million diamonds on the edge of the night
I been so occupied by trying to keep her in my scope and sight
But nothing ever works like it's supposed to, can't help thinking she don't wanna know
Nothing's gonna change while I'm sitting here I've made my mind I've got to go…

Northtown, that's where she starts her day
That's where she starts her long slow journey across the city to me
Northtown, that's where I want to be
That's where you'll find the only girl who can make me feel this way, Northtown

My life is a rollercoaster without all the thrills and the queue
My life is a rainbow it's just constructed from shades of grey and blue
I never seem to get me the weekend I just get me the Mondays instead
Nothing will improve while I'm waiting here, I've made my mind I've got to head…

Northtown, that's where she starts her day
That's where she starts her long slow journey across the city to me
Northtown, that's where I want to be
That's where you'll find the only girl who can make me feel this way, Northtown

Got to be with her, if it's the last thing I do
It's my resolution, a promise for myself

Nineteen and she moves like a million dances on the edge of a dream
She carries a sacred beauty like nothing I've ever known or seen
But justice never falls like it's supposed to, there is so much that I've got to prove
I'll never catch her eye just standing here, I know deep down I've got to move…

Northtown, that's where she starts her day
That's where she starts her long slow journey across the city to me
Northtown, that's where I want to be
That's where you'll find the only girl who can make me feel this way, Northtown

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

LAY MY DREAMS TO REST

If I asked you nicely would you spend some years with me
'Cos something tells me that it's right
More precisely, there's something I can't see
Like a haunting voice or a light
That leads me by the hand to where you are
No matter what I do
I would lay my dreams to rest girl for the chance to be with you

If I misread something be sure to let me know
'Cos I'm having trouble with the signs
I came with nothing, that's probably how I'll go
But I can't help wishing you were mine
So lead me by the hand to where you are
No matter what I do
I would lay my dreams to rest girl for the chance to be with you

Here I am the man with a thousand scars
You can soothe them with your trust
Look at me, I've forgotten how to sleep
I only eat because I know I must

So lead me by the hand to where you are
No matter what I do
I would lay my dreams to rest girl for the chance to be with you
I would lay my dreams to rest girl for the chance to be with you

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

I NEVER REALLY TOLD YOU WHY

So the morning falls across your pretty face
You're the first thing that I saw, there's no better place
I know these words are new
But there's so much you never knew

'Cos I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why

When you would touch my arm though you were on the ground
You would offer me calm though your soul had drowned
My chance is gone I'll bet
But I'm allowed this one regret

'Cos I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why, but I managed goodbye

Here in my mind you were too good for me
So I take out my eyes the man should be blind
When he gives away what he should really keep

When you gave me a song with your pretty voice
When the road seemed to stop you gave me a choice
I know I'm quite insane, but girl I gave you so much pain

'Cos I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why

'Cos I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why
Guess I never really told you why

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

SHE DON'T KNOW

She can control me with her eyes
She can make my sun rise
But she don't know

She can reduce me with her gaze
And delight me with her ways
But she don't know

I'll tremble when I hear her name
And things will never be the same
But she don't know

She don't know what she does to me
She can't hear and she can't see
She don't know 'cos she's always so far away from me

She can seduce me with her smile
Leave me helpless for a while
But she don't know

She takes the sunshine when she goes
And my loneliness grows
And she don't know

She don't know what she does to me
She can't hear and she can't see
She don't know 'cos she's always so far away from me

She can control me with her eyes
She can make my sun rise
But she don't know

She don't know
She don't know
She don't know

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

FAITHFUL

It's happened before I know all the signs
I see so much more between the lines
You've been trying for so long
To make me think there's nothing wrong

Your smile isn't real it cuts like a blade
You've melted the seal on the choice you've made
I've been trying to make you see
You should stick with you and me

All I ask is for you to be faithful to me
I know what I feel, I say what I see
But you just let me down
You throw me around again and again

I ask for the truth you don't know that word
I ask for disproof of what I've heard
You have lied so long I'm sure
You don't know what's true anymore

All I ask is for you to be faithful to me
I know what I feel, I say what I see
But you just let me down
You throw me around again and again

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

POCKETBOOK

I'm gonna write me a pocketbook
Every word I've said and every look
My every smile and loving glance that you mistook
And every chance to be with me that you never took

So when I find you sat there crying some day
'Cos your man has upped and gone away
Just like I knew he would
I'll show you my book, I'll show you my book

I'm gonna write you your very own song
Because it's clear to me that we belong
How every bit I think that it's right you think that it's wrong
And how my fingers are burned from this torch I've held so long

So when you're lonely some way down the line
'Cos you couldn't read the simple signs I plastered ten foot high
I'll sing you my song, I'll sing you my song

I don't know why I let myself go through this pain for you
I hate not being in control but there's nothing I can do

I'm gonna make you a paper heart
A simple reminder of my weakest part
Of how it loses life with each and every bitter dart
Though you must know that you've had the real thing right from the start

So when you find yourself against the wall
And you think that you'll try me after all
Just like I hoped you would
I'll give you my heart, I'll give you my heart

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

WAITING IN LINE

Woke up singing 'Lady Marmalade'
Ain't it funny how a strong man sings when life gets hard
But I've got strong hopes for these things that I do
I'm just waiting in line
I'm just waiting in line
I'm just waiting in line for something new

Got another cold check, and I've lost my soul
I could write all my fortunes and luck on a Tootsie roll
But I've got strong hopes for me and you
I'm just waiting in line
I'm just waiting in line
I'm just waiting in line for something new

Well my tears run away like your dawn express
And I just can't help wondering when I'm going to see you next

But I've got strong hopes for me and you
I'm just waiting in line
Yeah I'm just waiting in line
Still I'm just waiting in line for something new

Well my tears run away like your morning train
And I just can't stop telling myself that I'll never see you again

Still I've got strong hopes for me and you
Still I'm here waiting in line
I'm just waiting in line
I'm just waiting in line for something new

I'm just here (waiting in line)
No more waiting in line (waiting in line)
Can't you see me now girl (waiting in line)
Sick of standing here (waiting in line)
Don't you know that I'm just here (waiting in line)
Tired of standing round here (waiting in line)
Can't you see me I'm here (waiting in line)
Oh, I'm waiting in line (waiting in line)

I'm just here (waiting in line)
Girl I'm just lost (waiting in line)
Oh, I'm waiting in line (waiting in line)
For something new, something new

Repeat and fade

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

STAY AS YOU ARE

Tell me when you get into the city
Houlihan's is king of happy hour
Got a little room on Seventh Avenue
New York baby, just stay as you are

Gonna take a little road adventure
Fillmore East to West in just a year
Gonna find my paradise with Kerouac
Baby driver just stay as you are

Well some porcelain Lolita's riding on my mind
But if you ask I'll have to take the fifth
In my over all contrivance it's the missing piece
The only absent item on my list

They don't like us playing this Satan's music
But the Devil always had the coolest tunes
Gonna get a ticket for the Mardi Gras
Music baby, just stay as you are

The sweetest thing is heading to the city
She's packing just her future and her dreams
She's got to carry all her books to Birmingham
Pretty baby, just stay as you are
Just stay as you are
Just stay as you are

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

ALL I WANT NOW IS YOU

Well I lost my mind
Now I'm losing my sleep
Nothing's mine
Well, not to keep

I'm sick and tired of sitting here
Another day could feel like a year
Got to get to you my dear

All I want now is you
All I want now is you
All I want is the touch of your hand
Smell of your skin, it's true
All I want now is you

Well I've lost my days
Now I'm counting sheep
You're the only way
And I'm in too deep

I've had enough of bathing in fire
Another day would drive me wild
Got to get to you my child

All I want now is you
All I want now is you
All I want is the touch of your hand
Smell of your skin, it's true
All I want now is you

I've had my fill with here and now
I've taken more than I'll allow
Got to get to you some how

All I want now is you
All I want now is you
All I want is the touch of your hand
Smell of your skin, it's true
All I want now is you
All I want now is you
All I want is the touch of your hand
Smell of your skin, it's true
All I want now is you

Jules Benjamin (copyright 2002)

STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO

Quit my job in October at the five and dime
Left my room in the boarder on the west edge of town
Put my thumb down at the crossroads where the Freightliners roll
And I still got a long way to go
I still got a long way to go

Had a dream they'd release me from this put me down
But the girls all wanna take you on the mean side of town
And their eyes give the lie on the sweet talk they throw
And I still got a long way to go
I still got a long way to go

Turning my heel in the face of their crimes
I ran me on down through the last border line
Breaking the chains on the caste I can't wear anymore
Just a victim of all of….

Those years they put on me with nowhere to grow
Handing down all their reasons that I couldn't own
I got my bag on my shoulder where the Freightliners roll
And I still got a long way to go
I still got a long way to go
I still got a long, long way to go

Jules Benjamin & Duke Ashton (copyright 1990)