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Stop Living Like it's the End of the World

by Mitch Gettman

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Winter 02:12
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I'm calling so I can see you once again I know that we're just friends but that's all I'm asking for- us to be together while we still can Let's make the best out of this dying evening I'll take you to where ever you wish just as long as I can know that I am with you once again- you've cast a line and reeled me in closer to the shore just to throw me back in Stay a little longer give me time to heal this loneliness And so it seems you're to busy for the kid who only wants to love but keeps his feelings hidden from all the stones that you might throw and turned them on their back sides hoping that you'll come again Stay a little longer give me time to heal this loneliness
3.
Ow! Judy was a rebel and Johnny was a stoner in school Each one liked the other but they both thought that their friends were uncool Then Judy started smoking and Johnny started breaking the rules Harry studied business cause his father thought it'd bring in the gold but Harry was unsatisfied with his classes so he un-enrolled and man, you should've seen his daddy's face when he went and bought a guitar And so it goes when your life's not gold you stand behind your brothers and you pick another person to blame and so it seems life's not like on TV where people love each other even though they know they're not the same Now listen up you preachers cause I've got my own sermon to sing you know, I think I understand you but even Jesus had to question some things and if you think you're having fun then you should look at all the fear that you bring oh, cause it's not alright And so it goes when your life's not gold you stand behind your brothers and you pick another person to blame And so I think I'll live my life in peace and if you try and stop me well at least I can say that I tried and that's alright!
4.
He's standing alone at the top of the stairs who's to care if he moves Cause nobody knows and nobody cares what does he have to lose It's nothing I can not see it's just whether or not I want to believe it's something I can not bare And hey man, she wants to break your heart and maybe I want to break your heart too He's eating alone, the last dollar he had went to a cab and some food and it all circles back to his last affair a sparkling spot on the sun It's nothing I can not see it's just useless like all history it's something I can't forget And hey man, she wants to break your heart and maybe I want to break your heart too
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Interlude 00:38
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I've got pictures from a time when worrying was just a part of life but now it's such a shame, I'm noticing you never really looked that happy anyway You don't have to hide anything it's all the same, I'll be okay it's just a big adjustment You don't have to say anything I'll be okay, this little change is just a big adjustment When I was gone you were upset we talked all night on telephones of broken truths and fixed regrets and of all the letters that you sent there was always one that seemed to stand above the rest and it read, "Honey please come home! I'm tired and I need someone to hold." And so I said okay and now I realize that I'm just a fucking fool for you to have around to play You don't have to hide anything it's all the same, I'll be okay it's just a big adjustment You don't have to say anything I'll be okay, this little change is just a big adjustment It's over now, that's silly to assume look at our past One day when you come back to me you'll see a change but it won't last I try to keep the hate away it comes some mornings but it never seems to stay and there's just one more thing that I'll say I'm moving on but not too far you always had a way to make me pay You don't have to hide anything it's all the same, I'll be okay it's just a big adjustment You don't have to say anything I'll be okay, this little change is just a big adjustment
7.
I take my time standing in the shower I liked them better when I took them with her but now she's gone, I've moved on now I stand alone I like to sing songs standing in the shower songs of love and hate and thorn-stemmed flowers It makes me wonder if I'll ever see my baby again See her again, see her again see her again, see her again It makes me wonder if I'll ever see my baby again I've grown accustomed to my constant wonder of how a good world could create such blunders but I'm not sad anymore it seemed for the best So if you see her at the super market don't say hello for me, she would not want it I wish her all the best but I hope I never see her again See her again, see her again, see her again, see her again, It makes me wonder if I'll ever see my baby again Sometimes the end is simply for the best
8.
You've got a brand new sports car, black shoes like a 60s rock star, you've got it all just like you had planned New suit and your slicked back, black hair, a fine job but your mother doesn't care, she never knew what was on your mind Pass on a little luck to me Share a little of your wealth and luxury We were born to live and then we die Your friend's hard from his heart attack 15 years that he'll never get back All the money in the world could never buy and your girl left you for a heart throb Better hair, better car and a better job Some plans just never were meant to survive If distance makes the heart grow fonder then why does love get so much harder to find? You roll up in your 97' Porsche, black shoes like a 60s rock star wore You had it all just like you had planned and your mom's long gone and dead now Can't complain of what you let go and your job never even thought to cry Pass on a little luck to me Share a little of your wealth and luxury We were born to live and then we die If distance makes the heart grow fonder then why does love get so much harder to find? If distance makes the heart grow fonder then why does love get so much harder to find? If distance makes the heart grow fonder then why does love get so much harder to find? I guess I'll have to survive I guess I'll have to make it I guess I'll have to make it up I guess I'll have to make by myself I guess I'll have to make it I guess I'll have to make it up I guess I'll have to make by myself
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Tryin' 02:35
Sitting in this room asking questions like what and when and how to do sitting in this room asking questions like where in heaven and hell are you? Tryin' not to think of what's going on! Let time fly! Sometimes that's all you can do but baby, I'm tryin' but you know I gotta save my own ass too Tryin' not to hold on too tight! But you know I might just lose my grip
10.
Ant Farm 02:34
No one wants to hear about what you want All they want to know is what you can do for them And it's a crying shame but nobody acts this way You'd better start trying before you convert to them No one wants to hear about what you need All they want to hear is that you need them And it's a crying shame but nobody acts this way You'd better start trying before you convert to them So listen to your elders and you'll find a lot of questions Listen to your neighbors and you might understand That it's a crying shame but nobody acts this way You'd better start trying before they do you in
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Meditative 03:11
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Hello once again How have you been I'm a long ways from my friend but there's nothing we can't mend So how are your friends? And how's your family been? You say your dad's been drinking again and your mom has lost her meds Well I've been doing my time and I'll say I'm doing fine but your always on my mind yeah, you never leave my mind And I wish I could come home to the one I wanna hold I don't wanna be alone When you're away I'm alone
13.
Fallen Leaf 04:24
Go out and see what you want to see Don't bother me All the things will fall from the trees and your eyes open up like wings hearts dance, minds sing for better things There is just one thing: be careful of what the watching eyes will think They don't mean anything They're just still falling from the trees Souvenirs like medals and rings cling so tightly when you're stuck to high school memories, high school memories, love meant so much to me and it shines and stings like all of your enemies ghosts of happy memories become your worst enemies but you will go down through the seams like a leaf that just keeps falling
14.
When I was two there was nothing more to do then crawl around and smile all the time and when teething caused my biggest fits my mom would hold me close and sing that everything was gonna be alright And in my elementary school years I knew the names of all my peers and all the shows they watched when they went home and an enemy was someone who had a better pair of shoes than you but you always saved a spot for them in line And it never seemed like getting old would be as hard as getting A's or telling girls their dresses were nice And a rock thrown through the window made you think you were in Stand By Me Those bastard years were the best years of my life Now I'm smoking cigarettes and doing things that I regret like asking girls for numbers too soon and the only soft spot's in my heart, I'm not immune to Cupid's poison darts and I'm watching movies love sick all the time and death has never felt so near I can smell him in my 13th beer and he's killing all the love left in my life but it soothes the agony for now and it spins me and the room around spin me back to when I wouldn't hurt a fly And it never seemed like getting old would be as hard as getting A's or punching in the hours at the grind I've had enough of this old shit I just wanna watch my spit fall in the years that were the best years of my life Send me back to the best years of my life Take me back to the best years of my life
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One Wish 02:12
When the clouds come in to spit upon my summertime and the moon's been getting drunk all night with all the guys and the robins fly on by singing of better lives Please will you come save me from my fate again Please will you come save me from my fate again What's in store, who's for sure when life is nothing more then a game where love is simply just to lose a turn and a friend is just a flower bearing helping hand Please will you come save me from my fate again Please will you come save me from my fate again Give me just one wish, my friend
16.
Hold on honey, hold on to me We can make it through this cold night just you and me Don't leave me, stay beside me and I'll take you where you please Who's to care about the mothers and the trees? When you're with me Just lay down with me Go to sleep In the morning I'll be waiting be your side With all the dreams in your head and the tears still in your eyes stay with me
17.
I take my time standing in the shower I liked them better when I took them with her but now she's gone, I've moved on now I stand alone I like to sing songs standing in the shower songs of love and hate and thorn-stemmed flowers It makes me wonder if I'll ever see my baby again See her again, see her again see her again, see her again It makes me wonder if I'll ever see my baby again I've grown accustomed to my constant wonder of how a good world could create such blunders but I'm not sad anymore it seemed for the best So if you see her at the super market don't say hello for me, she would not want it I wish her all the best but I hope I never see her again See her again, see her again, see her again, see her again, It makes me wonder if I'll ever see my baby again Sometimes the end is simply for the best
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Recorded by Jeremy Garrett & Mitch Gettman from spring 2013 - spring 2014 except for track 12 recorded by Neal Davis in fall 2012

Produced by Jeremy Garrett & Mitch Gettman

Mixed & Mastered by Jeremy Garrett

All songs written by Mitch Gettman (ASCAP)

Copyright 2014

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released May 2, 2014

Mitch Gettman - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, drums, percussion, organ, piano, electric piano, synths, radio

Andrew Malashock - Bass on tracks 8, 10 and 13

Eddie Spencer - Harmonica on track 3

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