What do you think of yourself?Is this who you want to be?Are you where you’ve always imagined yourself?Have you created a life for yourself where you can live out your dreams?Well, I have And ever since I was old enough to know what passion wasEvery time someone asked me “What do you want to be … Aaryan Shah – Intro (feat. Lauren Waites) lyrics
The screen door slams, Mary’s dress swaysLike a vision, she dances across the porch as the radio playsRoy Orbison singing for the lonelyHey, that’s me, and I want you onlyDon’t turn me home againI just can’t face myself alone again Don’t run back insideDarling, you know just what I’m here forAnd you’re scared, and you’re … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – Thunder Road (originally by Bruce Springsteen) lyrics
They’re tearing up streets againThey’re building a new hotelThe mayor’s out killing kids to keep taxes downAnd me and my anger sit folding a paper birdLetting the curtains turn to beating wingsWish I had a socket-set to dismantle this morningJust one pair of clean socks and a photo of you When you get off work … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – My Favourite Chords (originally by The Weakerthans) (lyrics)
Up at dawn and on the highwayMom asleep against the windowLight is breaking throughI hum a song to keep me companyI swear to god I heard you hum the same tuneIf you wanted to I think you could’ve been a singerI got it from youSwitch on the radio at DansvilleI comb the static signal looking … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – Orchard Park (lyrics)
In spite of meShe’s watching old movies she knows I hateThe actors sound the sameI don’t know what you see, butI’m glad it makes you happyI’m using borrowed chords from a Springsteen songIm sorry dear it took too longHow to teach these clumsy fingers how to strum This is the second love song I wrote … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – Borrowed Chords (feat. John James Ryan Jr.) lyrics
There’s a phone disconnected on the counter by the sinkAnd a note that you wrote down on a legal pad in blue inkLast year I tried the number but the lines deadAnd I touch it for good luck when I’m leaving I take a train to the city, it feels like my life’s playing back … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – Dead Leaves (lyrics)
Rain on the roof of your parked carSam. I was fucking afraidI bit the ulcer on my tongueAnd spilled my guts in your driveway I’ve been hollow for so longI figured that’s how I’d stayNo one’s seen me without my clothes onIn almost a decade You said, “Hold on. The wound is gonna mendAnd when … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – In Lieu Of Flowers (lyrics)
In a snowstorm, I watched the Bills loseIn the playoffs, from the common roomOn the first night I checked inAnother replay, off a lost youthThought it was our year, guess I always doI’m a stranger in my skin I let you down in LAIf there’s a way to fuck it up, I’m gonna find itI’m … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – Runnin’ Out Of Excuses (lyrics)
When I leave it’s still rainingI walk into the the bar next doorAnd hope someone’ll recognize meOffer to buy me a stiff drinkI’m an albatross, yeah no one doesI stagger to the fast food lobby Drunk and weakI order foodAnd fall asleepAnd the cook wakes me up and asks me to leave Catherine called on … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – Iām An Albatross (lyrics)
It never rained in L.A. the whole year that I lived hereBut all day today, it’s pissing down a steady rainAnd Rosa was late, had snuck in through the side doorAnd hugged me so hard, I thought my ribs were gonna break And I’ve had a few drinks to steady the nervesRosa could tell, I … Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – Spitting In The Wind (lyrics)