Iron Man - Rob Wesley

Rob Wesley
Iron Man Lyrics

SOLITAIRE Rob Wesley 7/12/2001

Key = D

VERSE 1
Did you ever hear about the girl,
Who got a diamond ring?
But he didn't ask her for her hand,
No, he didn't ask for anything.

CHORUS 1:
Yes he let her go solitaire,
Oh, he left her with the ring.
Not because he didn't care about her,
But she said he didn't mean a thing.

VERSE 2
No he didn't ask her for her hand,
When he gave her that golden band,
Even though she was a silver chic,
She must have thought him a lunatic.

CHORUS 2:
Solitaire, yes he let her go solitaire. (x 2)
CHORUS 1

So he told her no strings attached,
All he hoped was painful feelings patched.
And he left her goin' on her own,
Hoping somehow that they both had grown.

CHORUS 2
CHORUS 1

ERICA - Rob Wesley 2/17/2002

Key = F#m

Erica.
Erica.
VERSE 1:
I see it's going to be a hard-fought battle,
How could I expect to turn your love my way?
With that ring upon your finger,
and I stand on feet of clay,
It's going to be a challenge, on the double,
as you approach your wedding day.
Yet I've never loved another,
like my heart beats forth today.
Erica.

CHORUS:
Erica, tell me fully,
Erica, answer me,
Erica, tell me truly,
If a scant hope stands for me,
Slay me quickly, slay me swiftly,
If there's none, then set me free.
Erica.

BREAK LEAD

VERSE 2:
I pray the Father to forgive me,
In this hour of my need.
Pray the Father will forgive me,
If my motive's one of greed,
Yet is this man the one you honor,
Is he the one to share your need?
Or can you find me in your future,
Give me hope, that you'll concede.
Erica.

CHORUS
BREAK LEAD to END

RATING JESSI Rob Wesley (12/24/2001)

VERSE 1:
Jessi's got her picture on the net,
Says she's got a boyfriend but at eighteen she ain't settlin' yet.
How ya rating, Jessi?
How ya rating, Jessi?
Looks as though your Top Ten hopes have come to pass.

VERSE 2:
Jessi rode the top spot for a while,
Was it for the cleavage or that sweet seductive smile?
How ya rating Jessi?
How ya rating Jessi?
Someone took a vengeance and you closed at Ten.

CHORUS 1:
Think of all the others, three's and four's and five's,
Hopin' that they don't think that's a rating of their very lives.
Sad how lonely some can be, hopin for approval,
But gettin' it from others can become a test that ends so futile.

BREAK

Bein' numero uno, that was really great,
Even making Top Ten, is a notedly commendable fate.
But Jess it doesn't matter, it's the "who you are inside,"
And anyone who knows you tilts the voting on a huge landslide.

BREAK

VERSE 3:
Jessi wants her lyrics in a song,
Wants to be a singer and I know it won't be long,
They'll be ratin' Jessi,
They'll be ratin' Jessi,
Wishin' you a Top Ten on what's comin' from your heart.

CHORUS 2:
Give it all the time you need, plenty more to come,
Other things to do and learn at your age where I started from,
Let it ripen on the vine, it'll come in its sweet time,
And meanwhile other vineyards will be rooting in your life sublime.
(short break)
So how ya rating Jessi?, Who ya rating, Jessi?
Why ya rating Jessi? Do you need it Jessi?
Jessi rating Jessi, Jessi ratin' Jessi,
Give yourself a ten and say to hell with what the others think.

Who ya rating, Jessi?
How ya rating Jessi?
Why ya rating Jessi?
How's Jessi ratin' Jessi?
(to fade BREAK)

BOTTLES OR BRAINS Rob Schellhaas 3-13-89
KEY = Bm

I hear the people cry about the loneliness around us.
In crowded places we touch shoulders but it's useless.
REFRAIN:
The loneliness is deep inside of you,
Your mind projects your emptiness into plain view.
CHORUS:
Don't wait until the bottle's empty,
Work while you can feel the pain.
Begin your search for fullness now.
(Booze is better in the bottle than the brain) x 3

I sit in crowded bars but I don't seem to find you,
I watch as others drown their sorrows same as I do.

REFRAIN

CHORUS

LEAD BREAK

REFRAIN

AND SHE LIED - Rob Wesley (8/28/2002 tune; lyrics 9/8/2002 at home)

Key = Bm

Come to my rescue, oh come to my aid!
said the fair young maiden, the lovely young maid.
You'll be my friend and I have such a need,
There is only one other, one other indeed.

I have been lonely for most of my life,
Oh, so very lonely, a life full of strife.
In my fam'ly neglected, unwanted indeed,
For my sister's a princess and so full of greed.

CHORUS:
I'll share my secrets, I'll tell you my heart,
So I fell to her spell and I opened my heart.
Don't let me be lonely, don't know what I'd do,
So I welcomed her seeming advances anew.
Falling yet further each day to her whiles,
All the while quelling my fears.

REFRAIN:
And she lied.

CLEAR TO YOU - Rob Wesley 1-17-2001

(slow 6/8 minor blues)

VERSE 1
Bm
Black night in August,
F#m
Blue sky in June,
Bm
Cloudy this morning,
F#m
Sunny by noon.
Em
My heart is yearning,
Bm
To see, you soon,
Em
Though gray fog surrounds me,
F#
I see clear to you.

LEAD

VERSE 2
When the sparks start their journey,
Down the fuse and then cease,
Has the darkness encircled,
Or will they release,
What my heart's anticipating,
To explode into space?
Tho I can't see the ember,
I can still see your face. (F# 4-5-6 triplet)

REFRAIN
Em
The fuse starts to smoulder,
Bm
My disgrace is due,
Em
The gray fog surrounds me, but...
F#
I can see clear to you.

LEAD

IT'S OVER I SEE Rob Wesley 7/10/2001

Key = Am (Em, FM7)

VERSE 1
It's over I see, how could I be,
So full of pain, I can 't hardly breathe.
How much the heartache, how much the pain,
Tears me apart, I'm doin' it again.

VERSE 2
Help me believe, your trust was true,
My main concern, not for me but for you.
Please don't misunderstand, don't see me as foe,
What words or others said, is not the me you know.

CHORUS:
(But) It's over, I see (repeat x2)

VERSE 3
Touch me again, heal me again,
Bring me your heart, and don't let it end.
Show me your soul so deep, care once again,
Renew the innocence, and never let it end.

(MELLOW INSTRUMENTAL LEAD)

VERSE 4
Maybe it's true, why did I see,
Visions of hope, dreams of to be.
It's over and done, gone like the wind,
I must let you go, so you are free again.

CHORUS:
(But now) It's over, I see (repeat 3x then drums)

(HARD INSTRUMENTAL LEAD)

CHORUS:
It's over, I see (repeat to fade-out lead)

LITTLE LADY - Rob Wesley (9/10/2002 at home)

VERSE 1:
Where you going to hide, Little Lady,
Are you going to run and hide, Little Lady?
Where you gonna run and hide, Little Lady,
I suppose it's far from me.

CHORUS:
Run and hide, run and hide.

VERSE 2:
Will you dance with me, Little Lady?
Will you dance with me, Little Lady?
Will you dance and sing, Little Lady?
Fat chance you'll sing with me.

CHORUS

REPRISE:
Where you gonna turn, Little Lady?
Who you gonna run to now, Little Lady?
Who you gonna turn to now, Little Lady?
Where you gonna run to now, Little Lady?
Run and run and hide, Little Lady. (x 6)
Run and run and hide (x 2)
Where you gonna hide (x 2)
Run and hide. (x 4)

TEARS FOR YOU - Rob Wesley 5/29/2001

Key = E

Beginning today,
I'll find a way,
To change how I see you,
in a whole diff'rent way.
--
Cuz I'm tired of my pain,
alone in my tears,
Over you.

Pushing away,
Wanting to stay,
Fighting an email,
my feelings betray.

I know it's no use,
It's just an excuse,
To offset the pain and
to find a sane truce.
--
But my heart will belie,
What I'd hoped would have died,
Tears for you.

Tears for you. (x 3)

I wipe them away,
Start a new day,
Stay busy as hell cuz,
I'm trying to stay,

Strong in resource,
Ready to force,
Mind over matter,
It takes courage, of course.
--
But I fail miserably,
Pouring forth like a sea,
Tears for you.

Tears for you. (x 3)

You Say - Rob Wesley (music 7/13/2002 lyrics 7/14/2002 at home)

VERSE 1:
You say that you don't love me, never ever need me,
You say that you don't ever, want to see me,
You say you don't love me, you never ever needed me,
You say you never ever want to see me.
You said, you said, .....
Are you comin' out tonight to see me?

VERSE 2:
You say you are so lonely, so very very lonely,
You say that you don't know what you would do without me,
You say you'll come and visit, come and visit,
You say you'll think about vacation and you meant it.
You said, you said, ....
"You're my next-best friend."

VERSE 3:
You say I did a wrong thing, a very very wrong thing,
You say that I offended, you in some way,
You say some things that hurt me, they really really hurt me,
You say then not another thing to me but....
You laid, you laid, ....
Right back on me and you seemed to enjoy it.

You say.... you say..........

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