After The Rain

Oh, if I had my way I would never go back
With my back to the wall, I just let myself fall
Watch the daytimes turn black
But now and again I find you cross my mind

Oh, if I was a train I would never slow down
My head in the sky and world goin' by every nowhere town
As I write one more letter to you
No, I can't change the things I do, ohhhh

One day when you discover just why I ran
Ran away from you, lover
Well I know i'm to blame
I feel so ashamed
Called out your name
Ohhhh, after the rain

Well, what do you want me to do?
I've thrown away everything for you
Well, I've wasted my dreams
Each day it seems
Losing my way back to you

It's time for a change
What else could i do?
With the clock ticking time
Better make up my mind
Is it me or is it you?
Yeah tonight as i'm losing control
I will drink to the queen of my soul

One day when it is discovered just why i ran, ran away
Ran away from you, lover
I know i'm to blame
I feel so ashamed
Called out your name
Ohhhh, after the rain...

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Bad Timing

Hey, it’s me what a big surprise,

callin’ you up from a restaurant ‘round the bend

Just got in from way up north, I’m achin’, tired

and I could use a friend

Might be a fool to think that you do, wanna’ see me again

It’s been awhile since I talked to you,

nothin’ wrong just nothin’ ever goes as planned

Many times I thought I’d call,

didn’t have your number in my hand

I know it’s true, you’d never do the same thing to me

Chorus:

I never meant to make you cry,

And I know I shouldn’t call

It just reminds us of the cost, of everything we lost

Bad Timing that’s all

And maybe soon there’ll come a day,

when no more tears will fall

We’ll each forgive a little bit,

we’ll both look back on it

Just bad timing that’s all

Used to have so many plans,

somethin’ always seemed to turn out wrong

Never could catch up to you,

movin’ on and doin’ all you’ve done

I don’t know why, the harder I try, the harder it comes

Chorus

Verse: C, G, C, G, Bm, C, D

Chorus: D (quiet), G, C, D, G, G, C, D, G

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Beautiful Blue

How many times have you opened up this skull
With your delicate stone
And laughed while my blood splashes
Down to the ground

She drinks me up like a parched old bone
I curse you for the pain
And thank you for making me whole again

I am hopelessly
Shamelessly
Anointed with you
There's no escaping
Your beautiful blue

The wind blows hot on my flesh
Scented with jasmine and roses
Ringing with bells
And the flutter of a hummingbird

You go to speak
But the wind blows away your words
And from your sweet mouth
So many beautiful colours swirl

I am hopelessly
Shamelessly
Anointed with you
There's no escaping
Your beautiful blue

Into your blood stained hands
A white eagle feather descends
And all creation sings
And I am remembering

I am hopelessly
Shamelessly
Anointed with you
There's no escaping
Your beautiful blue

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

BulletProof

Tell me one more time again Just like I didn't hear you

Like I don't know what's going through your mind, I do

I play the same game too

You know it's hard to stop Even when you want to

Now the moon lights up your face And I can see you're crying

You never liked me to see you cry, it's true

I've done some crying too

You know the hardest part about it Is trying to hide it from you

It would be great to be so strong

Never needing anybody else to get along

But we're so scared of the silence and the tricks that we use

Oh We're careful and we're cunning, but we're easily bruised

I don't want to lie about it I'm not bulletproof

Well I finally found a way To hide from all your glances

Til the waiting game we play is through

I can, but what's the use

When all I really want to do is hide out with you

It would be great to be so strong

Never needed anybody's help to get along

We're so scared of the silence and the language that we use

Oh we're careful and we're cunning, but we're easily bruised

I don't want to kid about it I'm not bulletproof

Tell me one more time again

Well I guess I didn't hear you

And I don't know all the secrets that you keep inside

I tried the same thing too

But they all come pouring out of me when I'm talking to you

Well it would be great to be so strong

Never needing anybody else's help to carry on

But I'm not waking up each morning with forgiveness I can use

Oh I'm careless, and I'm cruel, but I'm still easily bruised

I'm so tired of lying about it I'm not bulletproof

Oh and I'm not going to lie about it I’m not bulletproof

Intro: G, G/F# Bass, G, G/F# Bass

Verse: G, G/F# Bass, Am, Cm, G step Em, C, D (x2)

Chorus: Em, Bm, G, Em, C, D, G, Em, C, D, G

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Cynthia

So you saw that fire in the sky

Well I think that's so cool
And I know that nothing'll change you

You are nobody's fool

CHORUS

Cynthia won't you take me to

Pyramid Lake with you

We could watch the space ships,

maybe they'll take us on a trip

To that never ending sky,

to that wild and endless night.

And you stood in their beam of light

And they showed you the bones on the moon
Well I hope I get to go there With you real soon

CHORUS

And we get there before the sun sets

And we put up your tent

Watch the stars dance all night

And watch the sun come up

(watch that sun coming up)

CHORUS

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Dark Angel

I met this girl She was walking through one of my dreams

She kissed my eyes And everything that she said

Made so much sense to me That I still feel like I'm half asleep

My dark angel She gave me diamonds for eyes

She walked by Now I'm hypnotized

By this dream That just won't stop

And I feel Like I've always been lost in this dream

The rumours of heaven Only speak the truth on earth

My dark angel Shine your light on my curse

You are the other that I have to find Until I do

I guess I'll see you 'round my mind

So Colorado Is a place I have to go

I heard a rumour She loves the mountains and the snow

My dark angel She gave me diamonds for eyes

My dark angel I offer you my heart

My dark angel I think I loved you from the start

'Cause there's this face that I know That I've never seen

Sometimes I feel I'm livin' in Someone else's dream

Still I thank you For stopping to talk And I wonder

Just into who's dream did who walk

Oh my dark angel Shine your light on me

Shine your light Shine your light on me

On me On me Oooh oooh

Capo 2 for singing - G, C, G, C, G . . . Bm, C, Bm, C, G, D

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Disappear

You always said that I get it too late

or not at all, So why should it seem so strange

that I would sing you a love song

Now that I feel like, I’m gonna fa – all (D)

CHORUS:

You close your eyes and made a wish

then you laughed and looked at me and said,

“What are you still doin’ here?”

That was before I learned how, to disappear, ear, ear.

Disappeeeee – ear

It was a strange day, we went down to the sea

to watch the waves And, of course, it had to rain,

but still you danced in and out along the waves,

and in your hand, you held a Sand Dollar

CHORUS

There is a place, within my heart

that is yours And I’ll always respect,

‘cause sometimes I . . . Lose sight of the miracles

and find myself, goin’ round and round in circles

CHORUS

Verse: Em, D, C, G (step down to Em)

Chorus: G, D, Em, C (4 times)

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Falling Down Blue

Everyone tells me I'm lucky
Got my whole life to live yet
I can't say they're wrong
But the days seem so long
Living inside of my head

Maybe I'll get some relief now
Now that your things are all gone
I won't sit here staring
At nothing all night
Bleary-eyed greeting the dawn

CHORUS
All right I miss you tonight
And I'm not really sure what to say
It keeps rolling in like a slow moving train
It gets harder and harder each day

Each time I think that the worst of it's through
I am stopped in my tracks by some vision of you
All right I miss you tonight
I admit that I'm falling down blue

She lived outside of the city
On days when I'd visit her there
I'd watch her out dancing
All lit by the moon
The cold winds of time in her hair

Then we'd go driving for hours
Turn off the lights and just glide
Moving like spirits
Along through the night
The light through the trees as our guide

CHORUS

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Hasn't Hit Me Yet

You say that you're leaving Well that comes as no surprise

Still, I kind of like this feeling Of being left behind

This ain't nothing new to me Well it's just like going home

It's kind of like those sunsets That leave you feeling so stoned

Hey, hey, I guess it hasn't hit me yet

I fell through this crack and I kind of lost my head

I stand transfixed before this streetlight

Watching the snow fall on this cold December night

Never thought this could happen But somehow the feeling is gone

You got sick of the patterns And I got lost in this song

Hey, hey, I guess it hasn't hit me yet

I fell through this crack and I kind of lost my head

I stand transfixed before this streetlight

Watching the snow fall on this cold December night

And out in the middle of Lake Ontario

The same snow is falling

On the deep silent water

The great dark wonder

Into the waves of my heart Into the waves of my heart …

Of my heart

Opening: D, Em, C (x2)

Verse: G, D, Em, C . . . G, D, Em, C, G, A

Chorus: Em, G, D, A (x4)

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Lost Together

Strange and beautiful are the stars tonight

That dance around your head

In your eyes I see that perfect world

I hope that doesn't sound too weird

And I want all the world to know

That your love's all I need all that I need

and if we're lost, then we are lost together

yea if we're lost, then we are lost together

I stand before this faceless crowd

and wonder why i bother

so much controlled by so few,

stumbling from one disaster to another

I've heard it all so many times before

it's all a dream to me now, a dream to me now

and if we're lost, then we are lost together

yea if we're lost, then we are lost together

In the silence of this whispered night

I listen only to your breath

and in that second of a shooting star

somehow it all makes sense

And I want all the world to know

That your love's all I need all that I need

and if we're lost, then we are lost together

yea if we're lost, then we are lost together

(Big Finish) yea if we’re lost, then we are lost together,

Together, togetheeer . . .

Verse: G, D, Em, D, G, D, Em (x2)

Pre-Chorus: C, D, G, C (ring), D, Em, D

Chorus: G, D, Em, C, D

The Party Guitarist

Christmas

Montreal

We met in Montreal far from the crime
moving in circles running with so little time.
Sat and we talked about rumours and lies,
stayed till the sun hit the floor.

You wore the dress from the old market stall

People and places you said

you were forgetting them all

I don’t know if I believe you or not

As I stared at you outside your door

CHORUS:
Those were the times that was our life,
I probably wouldn't change one little thing if I tried.
Moments together mapped out like the stars in the sky.
Now you're into things that I do,

still I miss talking to you.

Late in your bed you said don't you be sad
think of how lucky we are

for the things that we've had.
Life that's around me I'm letting it go
but you stay up here in my head

CHORUS

Verse: G/D C/D A/D C/D G/D C/D A/D

Chorus: C/D G/D C/D A/D C/D A/D G/D C/D A/D G/D

The Party Guitarist

Christmas