Jason mark yates

Am I askin' too much?

Little lost kid in your second hand clothes shirt buttoned up in all the wrong holes your life doesn’t know any better days please don’t say its just a phase don’t you dare maybe someday you will find someone to ease your mind in the arms of endless love Little lost kid who’s wrist is raw from being dragged across the floor your eyes are hollow filled with pain please don’t think that you’re to bl...

How can you talk but just say nothin’ ? like you will speak without a care How can you dress like you were painted ? not let the wind blow through your hair Can you tell me what made you be so untrue ? When all I really wanna know is the real you Why do you measure every sentence ? like it really matters if you fail its not about the Grandest entrance its about what lies beneath the veil Can you t...

He takes his hat from off the peg and places it upon his head followed by his scalf and overcoat the wooden floor shines with the moon he’s leavin’ now and not too soon he’s going home that’s where it hurts the most he makes his way to his one bed shack with two steps forward, one step back and greets an old acquaintance on the floor he looks toward his empty place and wipes the tears from off his...

I'm runnin' out of time I'm runnin' out of patience with you I emptied out my soul tryin' to stop you fallin' the way you do Lately...I don't think that I can do this any more I got nothin' left to give you got me crawlin' on the floor at the end of the day, its a pain I can't ignore You lost me long ago but I had to try and see beyond the fail You need someone to love and I guess with me the Hamm...

You burn the bridges you are standin' on throw off the blankets that keep you warm pull out the stitches that keep you whole You just can't do this on your own If things were different If you were different we could have a picnic just you and me If things were better a whole lot better we might get to talk a while and even agree You hold things tightly then just let them go You need so badly but w...

You’ve got scars they stop you breathing in and out You live on Mars It makes you wanna scream and shout Any time soon you’ll find a way any time soon you’ll call it a day when your nights keep on drawing in Any time soon things can all change any time soon you’ll rearrange stop your spinning world from fallin’ You’ve got pain It stops you moving straight ahead you can’t maintain and all you say j...

He’s gonna find you one day and you won’t know what to say but it won’t matter ..cos he’ll love you anyway he will keep you warm sleep like you’re waiting for your prince and be awakened with a kiss Your eyes will open bright and wide as he wipes the tears from your eyes and he will tell you that he’ll never leave your side you’ll be alone no more sleep like you’re waiting for your prince and be a...

Loxdale street is a long way from home my knuckles are white can't you just take it slow I'm just a kid loosen your grip now I'm only here cos the law told me so to tell you the truth don't wanna see you no more I'm just a kid loosen your grip now People watchin' when you pull me around and they can see how you shout me down on Loxdale street My whole weeks ruined at the thought of today I just ca...

Yes I’m alright now, I don’t try to make a fuss when you try to talk about us guess I’m just coasting, and filling out the time with some mindless project, I can find occasionally, I see a picture of you and me so I try to go to sleep cos sometimes, talk is cheap. Yes I’m alright now, I don’t need to make a case as if it really means that much to me and I’m still smilin’ you can see it on my face...

The shadows deep inside your heart are warring with your soul tonight and though they’ve been there from the start you don’t have the strength to fight living in the shadows in silence and shame the shadows but you’re not the one to blame you’re beautiful to me and I wish that you could see who I see You’re so quick to destroy yourself while you’re caring for everyone else conflicted in all you do...

I know, you don’t have the room for me but I will always be lookin’ out for you I know, you’re livin’ on a different plane oh but all the same I’m lookin’ out for you Didn’t you know what fame could do lift you up so high you couldn’t see who really loved you I know, you’re busy tryin’ to look the part but deep down inside your heart I’m still lookin’ out for you Didn’t you know what fame could do...

I’m runnin’ away just as fast as I can go I said I’m runnin’ away just as fast as I can go I have tried, to find a place inside myself called home and now I’m running away and I’m feelin’ all alone Nowhere to hide but I just can't stop the rush There’s Nowhere to hide but I just can't stop the rush Standin’ still makes me feel like I’m dying and I’m so tired from the want of tryin’ got nowhere to...

Some people need to hear things others need to feel some folks need to see you at the table for a meal everyone is different and its up to us to find what works for you what works for me when trying to be kind to each other using our senses is what we want is what we need to feel right now using our senses is what we want is what we need to feel right now some people are so happy and others misera...

Leroy, left on the city train just a kid who couldn’t take the pain moved by the rhythm of the tracks decided he ain’t going back his daddies strap won’t whoop his hide no more Leroy, just didn’t have a clue of who was manipulating who in what just seemed a little time got with some kids and a life of crime it wasn’t great but at least now he belonged Leroy what happened to you? Did anybody ever s...

Its a long long way to go when the last bus left, and you didn't show reflections of the street lamps in the waters by my feet a hundred and forty nine and it was cold and you find ways to fill in all the time but I'm not alone, with you on my mind Winter's come early this year you can feel the cold in the air Winter's come early this year especially when you're not there Guess I'll rearrange agai...

The sun comes up and lights our way in other words, its another day and we don't know, what's in store we just get up and live some more New day, give me something good help me live my life the way I should oh sun rays reach into my heart remove the tears, before they start take away the blues, oh I could use....a new day The moon comes up and lights our way remindin' us it was another day and now...

They burned a hole into your brain just to keep you on track gave you a brand new jacket tied behind your back A padded out apartment beyond all of your dreams where you could live the way you want but no one heard your screams Mother dear, I’m still waiting, waiting waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting to meet you for the first time in my life. They filled you veins with heavy dru...

I don’t know, don’t know what to say to pacify the watchers before I fade away lethal dose, a simple 1, 2, 3 a well thought out procedure designed for killing me Pray for me this time wont you pray for me this time I feel hate, but it ain’t from me its the look on all the faces who just can’t wait to see see me gone, see me wiped away and the story that I own they won’t hear it anyway I done my ti...

For Lolly.

If you could see the boy inside the man would it change the judgement in your hand? Would it make you ponder deeper still? Or would you still dish out a bitter pill? If you could see the child still cryin’ for help would it make you seek another scalp? Another notch upon your belt? of self righteous judgement, YOUR presence felt? Would you reward the love he never got with condemnation on the spot...

Featuring Angie Yates (Backing vocals) Beautiful child, but you can't see the fear inside you grew all they could say, when you ran away is “what’s the matter ....with you?” Tears still flow down a drain with nowhere to go I want everyone to see you’re beautifully Broken to me and you’re different now, but I don’t care I love you as you are you feel the things that no one sees you are a reservoir...

Beautiful child, but you cant see the fear inside you grew all they could say, when you ran away is “what’s the matter ....with you?” Tears would flow down a drain with nowhere to go I want everyone to see you’re beautifully Broken to me and you’re different now, but I don’t care I love you as you are you feel the things that no one sees you are a reservoir Tears still flow down a gutter fast or s...

*NO SOUNDCLOUD PROMO'S* 2022 version of That's why...originally written in 2013. You call me a clown but I only perform for you you show me a frown and I have to make a joke or two But while you're asleep you don't hear me weep you don't feel the pain you don't see the tears and my fears of losin' you after all these years that's why I act the way I do while you're asleep you don't hear me weep yo...

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