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One of These Days
04:16
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One of These Days
Feel the burn and take the pain
Count every single drop of rain
Paint a picture, floss your teeth
Examine all that lies beneath
Cross your heart and hope to die
You’ll never know the reason why
Make a sculpture, write a sonnet
It will always eat at you won’t it?
One of These Days, One of These Days
I’m gonna let you know that
One of These Days
I’m gonna let you go
Wash the car and change the oil
Stop obsessing about that girl
Do the laundry make the bed
Move along or wind up dead
One of These Days, One of These Days
I’m gonna let you know that
One of These Days
I’m gonna let you go
Then I picked up the phone to call you
So I could let you have it
‘Cause that’s my favorite, familiar dysfunctional habit
And you told me, “baby, I love you
But let’s admit we’re through
‘Cause you’re lost out on the ocean
And I never could get through to you”
Skip a stone on a placid lake
Fall down drunk at an irish wake
Try to lose those memories
Get yourself off of your knees
Jump for joy and hit the roof
Crack a smile, appear aloof
Climb a mountain, scale the peak
Act invincible when you feel weak
One of These Days, One of These Days
I’m gonna let you know that
One of These Days
I’m gonna let you go
Music and Lyrics by Zak Schaffer
©℗Glen Ross Music
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2. |
Save Myself
02:35
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I’ll Save You
When the sky is gray and there’s just no way
I will hold your hand, it’ll be okay
I’ll save you just as soon as I save myself
I will make you laugh when he makes you cry
I can tell you what but don’t aske me why
Cruel is kind. Moral deprivation
Ties that bind cut off circulation
Mom and Dad’s constant confrontation
These events require explanation
I will be there, bro, that’s all you need to know
Just take it slow, don’t bottle up and blow
I will save you just as soon as I save myself
Music and Lyrics by Zak Schaffer
©℗Glen Ross Music
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3. |
Walk Away
04:01
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Walk Away
Dreaming of a future we were never gonna see
Turing into something we didn’t want to be
A blown out knee that kept us out of the game
An injury and we’ll never be the same
And it just keeps getting harder
It just keeps getting harder every day
But I can’t walk away
From you
Packing up the souvenirs and setting them up fire
I don’t want to know, so I’m not gonna inquire
You look so sad that I can’t feel good
And I miss walking in our neighborhood
And it just keeps getting harder
It just keeps getting harder every day
But I can’t walk away
From you
I look into the rearview and see the damage that I’ve done
I can do an inventory of the bad times and the fun
The tears we shed, perfecting the art
Finding new inventive ways of tearing you apart
And it just keeps getting harder
It just keeps getting harder every day
But I can’t walk away
From you
Music and Lyrics by Zak Schaffer and Bonnie Whitmore
©℗Glen Ross Music (ASCAP)/Boplicity Music SESAC
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4. |
Both Sides
03:21
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Both Sides
I’ve been a bully, and I’ve been beaten down
I’ve lived up in the clouds, and been deep underground
I’ve hung out in heaven, and spend time in hell
Was an angel sometimes, and the devil as well.
I’ve been the Joker, and I’ve been the Ace
Was the life of the party, got punched in the face
I’ve yelled and I’ve hollered, and I’ve spoken with love
Been down on my knees, and cursed God above
I’ve been on both sides
Every day of my life
I’ve cost us the series, and hit game winning threes
I’ve tasted the honey and been stung by the bees
Been warm and attentive, obnoxious and mean,
Sometimes a whisper and sometimes a scream
I’ve been on both sides
Every day of my life
I’ve been a thief and a liar, and a saint sometimes, too.
I was loving to her, and awful to you
I’ve had bright sunny mornings, and a long nights of doubt
Had no faith when I started, but I think things’ll work out
I’ve been on both sides
Every day of my life
Music and Lyrics by Zak Schaffer
©℗Glen Ross Music
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5. |
Elephant
03:02
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Hey Dad,
Look at my elephant
And my Bicentennial Quarter.
Music and Lyrics by Zak Schaffer
©℗Glen Ross Music
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6. |
Desperately
03:11
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I hide in the kitchen
Can't find what I'm missing
People are dead
Dead to me
I'm holding a shotgun
Glad that I got one
Nobody's gonna get to me
Dreams that I'm holding
Dreams that are golden
Thinking of you and me
Peacefully sleeping here
Lost on the landing
Missing you
Missing you Desperately
Missing you Desperately
Talk to me will you
Silences kill you
We will emerge eventually
Out of the darkness
Feeling your sweetness
Give me a chance
I'll repent
You'll see
I didn't want this
Buddy, I promise
This was the only way
Wait for me won't you
I won't disappoint you
Maybe someday you'll see
I'm missing you Desperately
Missing you Desperately
Music and Lyrics by Zak Schaffer
©℗Glen Ross Music
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7. |
Deep Black Water
03:01
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Looking down at Deep Black Water
Closer than you've ever been
Thinking hard about your daughter
Wondering if you can swim
Sinking now just like a stone
You feel it down inside your bones
Light is nowhere in the darkness
Fright the only thing you feel
Joy inhabiting your heart less
Pain you know is something real
Pulls you under from below
You want to but you can't let go
Deep Black Water
Music and Lyrics by Zak Schaffer
©℗Glen Ross Music
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Zak Schaffer Los Angeles, California
UPDATE:
Zak has moved to Austin!
Zak Schaffer
has been a fixture on the Austin music scene for six months. He's been a side guy (Pete Yorn) and Engineer/Producer a singer songwriter. If it has something to do with music, he's probably done it. Zak's currently working on a new release that should drop in the spring.
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