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There Is Only Right Now Deluxe Digital

by Billy the Kid

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1.
Losing You 03:48
It’s impossible to pinpoint the minute When everything fell apart There’s a timeline and somewhere within it We were a work of art Just like when a building’s abandoned You laid out your best plans Then drove me back to the airport I was holding your hand And now I don’t know What I’m supposed to do Am I letting go Or am I losing you Sometimes the days feel like weather And I’m still trying to get home Sometimes it’s all like a movie That I don’t wanna watch alone And now I don’t know What I’m supposed to do Am I letting go Or am I losing you And now I don’t know What I was trying to do Am I letting go Or am I losing you Letting go Losing you Letting go Losing you
2.
Ashes 03:08
Most of my life I’ve been chasing something Now I’m chasing a reason to stay All through the night I hold on to what I have It doesn’t feel the same It’s an impossible situation and I don’t blame them for leaving When everybody’s a world on fire there’s nothing to admire or breath in But the ashes Just the ashes Most of the time I hear echos calling me Of all that you used to say But no one talks like you and no one listens Nobody knows my name It’s a forgivable offense just meant to impress and affect one’s ego But I don’t want to burn up on the lips or in these eyes of all of these people Just watch the ashes The ashes Watch em as they fall and and fall Watch em as they fall and and fall You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes You don't have to say it's over now You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes You don't have to say it's over now Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes Watch em as they fall and and fall You don't have to say it's over You don't have to say it's over You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes
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Elijah 03:37
I walk all night Under the pines Search for the light Look for a sign Forever fumbling through the night The everglades shrouding me despite All of my sins for they Know for whom they should pray They won’t come looking for me The seasons have turned and the breeze It calls out my name Elijah It should have been you All of my faults beseech A clearing just out of reach Destined to walk these woods As if repentance could Obligate looking for me The dirt on my hands Won’t come clean But I know the truth Elijah It should have been you Elijah It was always you Elijah I know the truth They won’t know where to find me The dust in the halls The mist in the creek For I know the truth Elijah I’m coming for you Elijah And I’m waiting for you Elijah It should have been you Elijah I know the truth
4.
Days Go By 03:21
Does the time go by like it does for me The weather and the parting seas Do do you think about how we used to be Or does it just go by Does the sound of rain keep you up at night Do you wish upon that old street light Does your mother say just give it some time Or does she just go by Me, I’m just doing calculations You know how I love a problem I can fix But you can’t do nothing about this weather Just like I cannot do nothing about this Do the days fold up in a great big mess Do you try to start just to second guess Tell me what was it that you meant Cause I just forget I was doing calculations You always said I love a problem I can fix But I can’t do nothing about this weather Just like we can’t stay together for the kids
5.
Some People 03:18
When you were a young kid Trying to make your way They knew where they could find you By the interstate Under an overpass You’d sit and wait But the world moved on Didn’t they Your only possessions In a garbage bag Something new disappeared With every new day One shirt on your back They wouldn’t dare take Somebody tried to once But you were still awake That’s why they say Some people You just can’t save When you turned 18 They asked: “Where will you stay?” You’d been kicked out before But never that way Already in college Cause you’d skipped a grade To the welfare lineup It’s all the same That’s why they say Some people You just can’t save Some people Just take and take Now this is your corner It’s where you stay No one knows where to find you They can’t take that away Cops come and tell you to move About once a day Underneath their breath You can hear them say Some people
6.
Let Me Go 03:52
There’s a distant horizon Through the mist in the trees And it whispers my name Each night and each day And I carry that burden with me In the fields I remember When these hands were clean Then I lower my gaze and just get through the day For I know it should have been me Let me go Back to the river I know Let me go Do you still remember That it wasn’t me Who was charged with the task Of all you had asked And who dragged you and our child to sea On a day in December I knew you were gone But I’ve felt you my dear with each look in the mirror And you leave me in peace with each dawn Let me go Back to the river I know Let me go Let me go It should have been me I know Let me go Mary, I still remember Mary, I still remember Let me go Back to the river I know Let me go Oh let me go It should have been me I know Let me go
7.
Some Time 03:31
Tears in your eyes Told me that you’d be ok Girl I know a liar I wasn’t born yesterday You can take all night Staring into the black I won’t ask you why I’ll just keep coming back It’s gonna take some time To heal We don’t have to speak You don’t even have to say If you need a friend Cause I’ll be here either way And if you need a change If you say it’s time to go I’ll be right behind you I just wanted you to know Even if it takes some time Even if it takes some time Even if it takes some time To heal Even if it takes some time It’s gonna take some time It’s gonna take some time And that is alright It's gonna be okay Don't ask me how I know I'm telling you right now I'm never gonna let you go We don't have to talk Or you know we can talk all night It's whatever you want Cause I'm not gonna leave your side Even if it takes some time It's gonna take some time It's gonna take some time And that's alright It's gonna take some time It's gonna take some time Take some time And that's alright
8.
I wake up, I look outside Nothing’s going to change my mind I’m going to be happy for my whole life I make a list of things to do And then I just don’t follow through I want to be happy I guess I’m alright Then the phone rings and it’s more bad news I try to think of something I could do Fold my clothes, walk around Yell at my guitar: “Would you just make some sound?” Yeah I’m happy But I might be out of my mind. Put on my shoes, and grab my coat But there’s nowhere left that I can go Now it’s happening and I’m not alright Then the phone rings and it’s more bad news Try to think of something that I could do Is it my frame of mind, is it my point of view I can’t feel anything, there’s nothing I can do I sit back down, I stand back By now, you’ve probably heard enough I want to be happy I swear I tried I want to be happy For the rest of life Maybe I’ll never be happy Even if I try
9.
A Quiet Year 02:45
I'm always running out of time But that's all any of us got What did I do with mine Nothing that I really want It feels like nobody listens They just want to talk talk talk over me I see a change in the distance Something left still to perceive Let's have a quiet year Spend a lot of time indoors Let's have a quiet year Don't act like you did before Hunker down, ante up Finally go through all your old stuff And let's have a quiet year I'm always cutting people off But that's not who I want to be I don't know to stop And so I sit here silently You learn way more when you listen You don't have to talk talk talk to agree Embark upon a new mission Notice all the forests made out of trees And have a quiet year Spend a lot of time outside Let's have a quiet year Start with sorting out your mind Throw it down, step it up A lifetime sometimes isn't enough Write it down, set it off Time may be all any of us got Let's have a quiet year Ok?
10.
2am on the boulevard Maybe you could catch a cab if you didn’t try so hard End up walking Starts to rain I am never coming back to Brooklyn again You make it up the stairs Without your keys But not without the management giving you the third degree The phone is ringing before you get inside I might never make it out of Brooklyn alive Sounded like a gunshot from behind the wall Grab a single suitcase and you’re back down the hall Thinking Brooklyn Brooklyn Where did we go wrong The driver doesn’t ask you where you wanna go With everybody watching he’s on a need to know Heading for the airport With the only things you own Thinking Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn I should have known Sounded like a gunshot from the car behind Forget about the suitcase and the other guy Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Goodbye
11.
Stay 03:13
If you don’t hear me did I speak Am I alive without if you’re not listening For all the noise out on the street It gets so quiet here when I can’t sleep Even in darkness I am not afraid Because you stay It feels like I could disappear I keep making sure that you’re still here Even as I’m breaking down I send you all the pieces that I found I don’t feel like a relic At the end of the day Because you stay I’m still a little bit jaded You said it’s ok You even like me better that way Because you stay I might be ok Because you stay It might be okay If you ever feel this way I want you to know I will stay
12.
In my mind I can do anything But I never really do The more things change The more I’d trade everything Just to see you I can’t think about it I can barely breathe And I wait up for a sign That you forgive me Am I just wasting time Another day I try to keep on moving But everything’s breaking down I can’t think about it I can barely breathe And I’m waiting for a sign Can you forgive me Or am I just wasting time Waste my time Come on and waste my time Come back and waste my time Waste my time Come back and waste my time I can’t think about it I can barely breathe And I’m waiting for a sign Say you’ll forgive me Or am I wasting time
13.
Someday 03:02
Someday I’ll have a big old garden I’ll grow whatever I want to grow One day I’ll go wherever I want to go Don’t ask me where now Cause I don’t know If we make it out alive I won’t waste any more time Someday Can I have one more Sunday With you Someday Can I have one more Sunday With you And something to do Somewhere There’s a world we were meant to know I swear I’ll get it right this time One day It won’t feel so out of control We’ll take a deep breath and walk outside If we make it out alive I won’t waste any more time Someday Can I have one more Sunday With you Someday Cause I have one more Sunday With you And something to do
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Timelines 04:02
All the medicine I don't take All the choices I'm scared to make Every moment I walked away Going over everything I didn't say There will always be a great big world Full of possibilities yet to unfurl So many options So many paths There's a future where you left who you were in the past And it's just another timeline So afraid you won't get it right It wears you down until you're paralyzed It's just another timeline There's a brave new world outside Everytime that you close your eyes And it's just another timeline What if it's never been too late For you to let it go For you to start again Nothing's ever been built to last Right now is where you leave who you were in the past And it's just another timelines Just another timeline All the medicine you don't take All the choices we never made It was just another timeline Every moment I walked away Going over everything I didn't say It was just another timeline What if it's never been too late For me to let it go For me to start again Nothing's ever been built to last Right now is where I leave who I was in the past And it's just another timeline Just another timeline
15.
I just keep getting older, watch the time go by I don’t want to remember what I used to be like And I wouldn’t go back, rather run and hide Just melt me down and cast me aside There was nothing else to do But sit around and think of you Went looking for answers unsure what I’d find Nothing lasts forever, just moments framed in time Save my hands from failing, you can keep my mind When they come to get me, I’ll be screaming the whole time That there was nothing else to do But sit around and think of you There was nothing else to do But sit around and drink to you Bought a beautiful garden won’t go outside I just stare out the window at the people passing by Pour over the pieces of my broken life I glue it back together and it looks the same each time Cause there was nothing else to do But sit on the floor and drink to you And there is nothing left to do But sit around and get over you
16.
I wake up, I look outside Nothing’s going to change my mind I’m going to be happy for my whole life I make a list of things to do And then I just don’t follow through I want to be happy I guess I’m alright… Then the phone rings and it’s more bad news I try to think of something I could do Fold my clothes, I walk around Yell at my guitar: “would you just make some sound?” Ya I’m happy. I might be out of my mind. Put on my shoes, and grab my coat. But there’s nowhere left that I can go Now it’s happening and I’m not alright And the phone rings and it’s more bad news Try to think of something that I could do Is it my frame of mind, is it my point of view I can’t feel anything, there’s nothing I can do I sit back down, I stand back By now, you’ve probably heard enough… I want to be happy…I swear I tried I want to be happy, even if I tried Maybe I wouldn’t be happy, even if I tried
17.
I'm always running out of time, but that's all any of us got What did I do with mine Nothing that I really want It feels like nobody listens They just talk talk talk over me I see a change in the distance Something left still to perceive Let's have a quiet year Spend a lot of time indoors Let's have a quiet year Don't act like you did before Hunker down, ante up Finally go through all your old stuff And let's have let's have a quiet year I'm always cutting people off But that's not who I want to be I don't know to stop And so I sit here silently You learn way more when you listen You don't have to talk talk talk to agree Embark upon a new mission Notice all the forests made out of trees And have a quiet year Spend a lot of time outside Let's have a quiet year Start with sorting out your mind Throw it down, step it up A lifetime sometimes isn't enough Write it down, set it off Time may be all any of us got So let's have a quiet year Ok?
18.
All the time it takes I stare at the sky It's no wonder I Can't seem to escape It's my alibi My one reason why I put the couch in the kitchen It makes me laugh out loud Is there something I'm missing Something to talk about All of my mistakes All of my mistakes I hear a car in the distance It makes me laugh each time As if the future is written I'm here waiting for a sign with All of my mistakes All of my mistakes Just tell me all if forgiven You know, I go back in time With ruthless precision To relive this fall divine and All of my mistakes
19.
Ashes Demo 03:08
Most of my life I’ve been chasing something Now I’m chasing a reason to stay All through the night I hold on to what I have It doesn’t feel the same It’s an impossible situation and I don’t blame them for leaving When everybody’s a world on fire there’s nothing to admire or breath in But the ashes Just the ashes Most of the time I hear echos calling me Of all that you used to say No one talks like you and no one listens Nobody knows my name It’s a forgivable offense just meant to impress and affect one’s ego But I don’t want to burn up on the lips or in these eyes of all of these people Just watch my ashes Watch em as they fall and and fall Watch em as they fall and and fall You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes You don't have to say it's over now You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes Ashes to ashes You don't have to say it's over now Just watch the ashes The ashes You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes Watch em as they fall and fall Just watch the ashes Jus watch the ashes fall You don't have to say it's over Ashes to ashes
20.
I read the news today, oh boy A cloud of smoke hung in the air As they rolled you down the stairs What were you even doing there I’ll never forget your face As they carried you away Nobody won the day you died They stormed the capitol today It went nothing like you thought it would There was nothing brave, there was nothing good All the things you think you’re fighting for Well they’re dying just outside that door There aren’t enough votes you could find Just when you think it can’t get worse They make a move that could reverse Everything you thought you knew About how free you are Just when you think it can’t get worse
21.
I get a feeling when the rain falls It’s an emptiness like when they breached the walls Of the capitol Gets me thinking how’d we get this far From who we think we are Maybe we were just the lucky ones The last to know the way the world was Maybe we were just the fortunate sons Waiting to see what the world becomes Everyday something else seems to break Everything that you thought you knew starts to fade Like tattered flag Are we really better than this Or is this just how the world really is And we were just the lucky ones The last to see the way the world was Maybe we are just the fortunate sons Are we are ready to decide what the world will become We have always been the lucky ones The first to see a world that was overcome By the poor huddled masses, the old and the young You can still change what this world becomes Are you ready to change what this world becomes Get ready to change what this world
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There’s a little town at the end of a dead end road Thinks that it’s the biggest city anybody ever knowed All the tiny townsfolk talk about how big it growed Once there was an old stop sign Now a great big flashing light And if you can time it right You’ll drive right by No one’s ever left so no one’s ever yet to be told It’s just a tiny town at the end of a dead end road Marvel at it’s one gas station, a true sight to behold You’d think it was all swarmed with trees Isolated and discreet That big old tiny town that no one leaves Everybody says there’s “nowhere like it!” And then they never have to look around But the greatest place that ever was or will be Was really just a medium size town Think it’s any wonder there’s no up and coming star Before or after all the cover bands at that one bar Maybe if the talent pool in this place was so great Somebody might use that as their one chance to escape But no one’s ever left so no one’s ever yet to be told It’s just a tiny town at the end of a dead end road Marvel at the hometown heroes, a true sight to behold You’d think it was deserted island The way the tourists drive right by them The big old tiny town I'll never leave
23.
Can you just tell her it’s over Or you know whatever that you want I want you to come over Either that or cut me off and walk I just want to know if any of it was real Did you think I wouldn’t notice Something’s changed in the way that you feel Just let me walk away Walk away Oh just me walk out under a streetlight Ask some random car why I didn’t see right From the very start it could never be like it is on TV Walk away from me Can you just tell me you love me And you always knew right from the start You just couldn’t believe me Cause you know I’d break anybody’s heart I don’t want to know What is the deal? Are you some kind of Republican? Do you own a copy of the art of the deal? Then you better walk away Walk away Or just drop out underneath a streetlight Asking people what they did to see right through all the smoking mirrors So they get to be right where they belong Tell me I'm wrong Walk away Walk away
24.
Does the time go by like it does for me The weather and the parting seas Do do you think about how we used to be Or does it just go by Does the sound of rain keep you up at night Do you wish upon an old street light Does your mother say just give it some time Or does she just go by Me, I’m just doing calculations You know how I love a problem I can fix But you can’t do nothing about the weather Just like I cannot do nothing about this Do the days fold up in a great big mess Do you try to start just to second guess Tell me what was it that you meant Cause I just forget I was doing calculations You always said, I love a problem I can fix But I can’t do nothing about this weather Just like we can’t stay together for the kids
25.
I just keep getting older, watch the time go by I don’t want to remember what I used to be like And I wouldn’t go back, rather run and hide Just melt me down and cast me aside There was nothing else to do But sit around and think of you Went looking for answers unsure what I’d find Nothing lasts forever, just moments framed in time Save my hands from failing, you can keep my mind When they come to get me, I’ll be screaming the whole time That there was nothing else to do But sit around and think of you There was nothing else to do But sit around and drink to you Bought a beautiful garden won’t go outside I just stare out the window at the people passing by Pour over the pieces of my broken life I glue it back together and it looks the same each time Cause there was nothing else to do But sit on the floor and drink to you And there is nothing left to do But sit around and get over you
26.
I’m sick of trying to figure out What everyone is talking about I can’t hear it when they move their mouths Everything stops and then the noise gets loud I want you to be happy And I wanted you to know That I will always love you More than you could ever know Don’t want to wake up every night Thinking about all of the pain outside We are all falling apart despite Everyone who is so convinced they’re right I don’t know how this could happen But I wanted you to know That I will always love you more than you could ever know There’s a world that is changing so fast Right before our eyes If we don't get it together I’m sick of trying to figure out What every one is going on about I can't stand it when they move their mouths Everything stops I wanted to be happy And I wanted you to know That I will always love you More than you could ever know
27.
Are you ready? Counting down Back from twenty Til you’re off the ground Where you're heading There's no one else around Watch the ending So far from the clouds I can go back in time Check the readout Look for signs Signs of life Can you hear me I’m reaching out I was dreaming Could swear you wrote it down You were screaming screaming But I’m here right now As you’re leaving You stopped to turn around Cause I can go back in time Check the readout Look for signs Of life I can go anywhere Doin spinouts In the air I can tell you how to get there Folding space and time I rewind all day and all night Just to see if you’re alright Folding space and time I rewind all day and all night Just to see if you’re alright I can go back in time Check the readout Look for signs Of life I can go anywhere Doin spinouts In the air I can tell you how to get there I can tell you how to get there I can tell you how to get there
28.
You make me feel like I’m stupid And I don’t know what I’m doing You make me feel like a disaster Go ahead and ask her If she minds you running around tonight Aren’t we all just trying to get it right And you can always trade up cause you look good enough Ya you look so good tonight Tell me I was worth your time And you take back everything I waited up for you every night I shoulda known when you didn’t write Back til she woulda been gone that you knew it was wrong But I just let it go on and on I guess I always knew all along You knew you could always trade up cause you look good enough Ya you looked so good that night Tell me it was worth your time Didn't even say goodbye You make me feel like I’m stupid And I don’t know what I’m doing You make me feel like a disaster Go ahead and ask her If she minds you running around tonight Aren’t we all just trying to get it right You can always trade up cause you look that good You look that good tonight Tell me I was worth your time And you take back everything I waited up for you night and day I'm running out of things I can say And you know you can always trade up cause you look good enough Ya you look so good tonight
29.
What if we are not soldiers What if there are no gods To keep it together And get you what you want What if there are no reasons For all of this hate If there is no heaven When you get carried away I look for the answers For somewhere to go Can you still remember How to get back home Or are you so far gone That you don’t wanna say If it will be worth it or not When you get carried away If there is no destination It’s never too late When they come to carry you away In all of the weight we are facing You can start again When they come to carry you away It can’t be for nothing There’s gotta be something more Otherwise why are we running I can’t fight anymore Can somebody tell me It was all a mistake And you’ll be there waiting When they get carried away If there is no destination It’s never too late When they come to carry you away In all of the hate we are facing You can start again When they come to carry you away
30.
I stay up Watching all the stars that are in the sky I used up All of my luck but I’ll be alright Cause if I can catch one star as it's shooting through the sky I just need to make one wish that will bring you back tonight Out in space Comets could be satellites Wishes can be erased If you’re not sure that you get it right All it takes is one wrong move and there’s nothing I can do Nothing else will bring you back and there’s no way to get through I miss you And I’m sorry I’m be right here Until morning I wait up Counting all the stars that are in the sky If I've used up all of my I'll be here all night Cause I can catch one star as it's shooting through the sky I just need to make one wish that will bring you back tonight I miss you And I’m sorry I’m be right here Until morning
31.
Hands up Get down Fall back Breathe out One single minute One single minute Push back Turn left Shots fired You’re next One single minute One single minute Gotta buy a little time Gotta buy some time Fall back Breathe out Hands up Get down One single minute One single minute
32.
Get up Get out of bed Figure out What you’re doing The hourglass Is running out All it ever does It let you down What if everything that you thought was wrong Would you feel the same or be better off You’re the only one who doesn’t see What you mean to me It doesn’t change Anything If what you say Ain’t what you mean Get your act Together now There’s no one left To bail you out Tell me who it is that you feel like calling When everything’s a wreck and the sky is falling You’re the only one who doesn’t see What you mean to me You’re the only one who will ever be This mean to me
33.
Tears in your eyes Told me that you’d be ok Girl I know a liar I wasn’t born yesterday You can take all night Staring in to the black I won’t ask you why I’ll just keep coming back It’s gonna take some time To heal We don’t have to speak You don’t even have to say If you need a friend Cause I’ll be here either way And if you need a change If you say it’s time to go I’ll be right behind you I just wanted you to know Even if it takes some time Even if it takes some time Even if it takes some time To heal Even if it takes some time It’s gonna take some time It’s gonna take some time And that is alright It's gonna be okay Don't ask me how I know I'm telling you right now I'm never gonna let you go We don't have to talk Or you know we can talk all night It's whatever you want Cause I'm not gonna leave your side Even if it takes some time It's gonna take some time It's gonna take some time And that's alright It's gonna take some time It's gonna take some time Take some time And that's alright
34.
When you were a young kid Trying to make your way They knew where they could find you By the interstate Under an overpass You’d sit and wait But the world moved on Didn’t they Your only possessions In a garbage bag Something new disappeared with Every new day One shirt on your back They wouldn’t dare take Somebody tried to once But you were still awake That’s why they say Some people You just can’t save When you turned 18 They asked “where will you stay?” You’d been kicked out before But never that way Already in college Cause you’d skipped a grade To the welfare office/lineup It’s all the same That’s why they say Some people You just can’t save Some people Just take and take Now this is your corner It’s where you stay No one knows where to find you They can’t take that away Cops tell you to move About once a day Underneath their breath You can hear them say Some people You just can’t save Some people You just can’t save
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Elijah Demo 03:39
I walk all night Under the pines Search for the light Look for a sign Forever fumbling through the night The everglades shrouding me despite All of my sins for they Know for whom they should pray But they won’t come looking for me The seasons have turned and the breeze It calls out my name Elijah It should have been you All of my faults beseech A clearing just out of reach Destined to walk these woods As if repentance could Obligate looking for me The dirt on my hands Won’t come clean But I know the truth Elijah It should have been you Elijah It was always you Elijah I know the truth They won’t know where to find me The dust in the halls The mist in the creek For I know the truth Elijah I’m coming for you Elijah And I’m waiting for you Elijah It should have been you Elijah I know the truth
36.
It’s impossible to pinpoint the minute When everything fell apart There’s a timeline and somewhere within it We were a work of art Just like when a building’s abandoned You laid out your best plans Then drove me back to the airport I was holding your hand And now I don’t know What I’m supposed to do Am I letting go Or am I losing you Sometimes the days feel like weather I’m still trying to get home Sometimes it’s all like a movie I don’t wanna watch alone And now I don’t know What I’m supposed to do Am I letting go Or am I losing you And now I don’t know What I was trying to do Am I letting go Or am I losing you
37.
I remember thinking: “It’ll all be fine!” ...And then nazis breached the security line At the Capitol and somehow, they all got inside Cops stood back, they just walked right by We can all agree it was the year from hell But 2021, from what I can tell Isn’t looking like it will be better yet And we could all be infected... so don’t hold your breathe Things can’t get worse Oh yes, they can Things can always get worse Don’t tempt me, Baggins 2020 was the worst... or so you’d think Until this year stood up and said “Hold my drink” There’s a vaccination but no one can get it yet And who really wants to mingle now that we got a domestic terrorist threat So put away your toxic positivity This liberal snowflake is trying to get you to see Nothing’s going back to the way it was And we can’t have nice things because Things can’t get worse Oh yeah... they can Things can always get worse Don’t tempt me Baggins Things can’t get worse Oh yeah they can! Things will always get worse
38.
There is a distant horizon Through the mist in the trees And it whispers my name Each night and each day And I carry that burden with me In the fields I remember When these hands were clean Then I lower my gaze and just get through the day For I know it should have been me Oh let me go Back to the river I know Let me go Do you still remember That it wasn’t me Who was charged with the task Of all you had asked And who dragged you and our child to sea On a day in December I knew you were gone But I’ve felt you my dear with each look in the mirror And you leave me in peace with each dawn Oh let me go Back to the river I know Let me go Oh let me go It should have been me I know Let me go Mary, I still remember Mary, I still remember Oh let me go Back to the river I know Let me go Oh let me go It should have been me I know Let me go
39.
In my mind I can do anything But I never really do The more things change The more I’d trade everything Just to see you I can’t think about it I can barely breathe And I wait up for a sign That you forgive me Am I just wasting time Another day I try to keep on moving But everything’s breaking down I can’t think about it I can barely breathe And I’m waiting for a sign Can you forgive me Or am I just wasting time Waste my time Come on and waste my time Come back and waste my time Waste my time Come back and waste my time I can’t think about it I can barely breathe And I’m waiting for a sign Say you’ll forgive me Or am I wasting time
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Leaves of grass Creeds on crowded shelves Folded maps Letters and wishing wells This is a call to arms Batten down the hatches Sound the alarm Waking up Sirens and lead shot shells All your luck Pooled in a holding cell On a scale you never felt before Out on the frontlines Did you keep the door Make no mistake We are at war What are you fighting for Make no mistake We are at war A caveat A warning to lesser men That time forget Raise up your arms again This is a call to arms Batten down the hatches Sound the alarms Make no mistake We are at war What are you fighting for Make no mistake We are at war What are you fighting for Make no mistake We are at war What are you fighting for
41.
There is nothing left to say The cut and run of real estate Every time I carve out space Folding verse for you to take When you’re looking for answers Tell me what does it matter If you got there on your own With a pile of sticks and stones Look what we built It’s a house on a hill Of cheap refrain Rented a room Now it’s going up in flames Look what you did I got nothing left to give You know what they say It’s the American Way Nothing is as nothing seems If you find the grace between How it sounds and what you mean Write and tell me how it reads When you’re looking for answers Tell me what does it matter If you did it all alone Ripping off a pile of bones Look what we built It’s a house on a hill Of cheap refrain Rented a room Now it’s going up in flames Look what you did I got nothing left to give You know what they say It’s the American Way It’s the American Way It’s the American Way
42.
2am on the boulevard Maybe you could catch a cab if you didn’t try so hard End up walking Starts to rain “I’m never coming back to Brooklyn again” You make it up the stairs Without your keys But not without the management giving you the third degree The phone is ringing before you get inside "I might never make it out of Brooklyn alive" Sounded like a gunshot from behind the wall Grab a single suitcase and you’re back down the hall Thinking:“Brooklyn… Brooklyn, where did we go wrong?” The driver doesn’t ask you where you wanna go With everybody watching he’s on a need to know Heading for the airport With the only things you own Thinking: "Brooklyn... Brooklyn... Brooklyn... I should have known" Sounded like a gunshot from the car behind Forget about the suitcase and the other guy Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Goodbye
43.
I don’t wanna give up I don’t want to talk about how I failed All these starts and stops Can somebody iron out the details It’s not like I’m going nowhere It’s like I’m already there I don’t wanna go through All the trouble of asking how you feel If you got something to say it’s your responsibility to reveal If you wanna talk about it It’s like I already said Tell me what I’m doing wrong This is not ok Gotta make a break I don’t care if I die alone Rather waste away than try to explain It’s not worth the turmoil It’s not worth the pain To go from geothermal to standing in the rain Again and again and again and again and again I don’t wanna stay over Just so I can wakeup on the floor Cause you’re living in a dream where you confuse me with that girl from before Would you even act like that In front of any of your friends Tell me what I’m doing wrong This is not ok Gotta make a break I don’t care if I die alone Rather waste away than try to explain It’s not worth the turmoil It’s not worth the pain To go from geothermal to standing in the rain Again and again and again and again and again
44.
So Far Demo 02:18
How did we get so far I heard them say How did we fall so far so far away Why we gotta hurt each other Fighting in the streets for nothing You don’t know problems Like you don’t know mercy Why we gotta hurt each other How did we get so far I heard them say How did we fall this far this far away Stranded at the airport What were you even there for How the tables have turned How did we get so far I heard them say How did we get so far so far away How did we fall get so far I heard them say Eugene Goodman walked on by Those very doors that saved their lives How did they get there? How did they get inside? I don’t wanna know but I heard some cops resigned How did we get so far so far away How did we fall so far I heard them say How did we get so far so far away How did we fall so far I heard them say How did we get so far?
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Stay Demo 02:44
If you don’t hear me did I speak Am I alive without if you’re not listening For all the noise out on the street It gets so quiet here when I can’t sleep Even in darkness I am not afraid Because you stay It feels like I could disappear I keep making sure that you’re still here Even as I’m breaking down I send you all the pieces that I found I don’t feel like a relic At the end of the day Because you stay I’m still a little bit jaded You said it’s ok You even like me better that way Because you stay I might be ok Because you stay It might be okay If you ever feel this way I want you to know I will stay

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In January I wrote 31 songs in 31 days. Here are all 31 demos, plus the 14 songs that were voted on and recorded for There Is Only Right Now.

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released September 4, 2021

All Songs by Billy Pettinger (BMI)
Written, Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Billy Pettinger
Mastered by Jamie Sitar at Outta Town Sound
Bass by James Menefee
Drums by Nigel Powell
Design by Rich Jones

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Billy the Kid played her first show at 14 years old and released her first album at 20. She has gone on to release more than 12 albums and has worked with music greats like Garth Hudson (the Band/Bob Dylan), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and Atom Willard (Alkaline Trio). Her songs have appeared in A&E’s Biography, America’s Got Talent and American Idol. ... more

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