Lyrics from the preview of our second compilation of ATOMIC SONGS.
Cats and Dogs / © 2009 Belkora and Chávez
Open the door / Who’s that? / Sitting on the floor / Wet fur, long paws / Green eyes, sharp claws
Strange, you were all alone / Strange, you were tired of roaming / Strange, how you let me in / I don’t know where this is going
PRECHORUS: I’m so good, you’re so bad / I like this, you like that, I don’t know / Who is he? Who is she? / I want you, you want me, where’s this going?
CHORUS: Back and forth and up and down / Round and round we spin / Here and there and everywhere / In and out of sin / Here we go again…
VERSE 2: In my sand box / Drinking milk / On the rocks / You come hang out / With your tongue / And your mouth
Strange, how you want to play / Strange, but you never stay / Strange, how you let me in / I don’t know if this is loving
PRECHORUS: I’m so good, you’re so bad / I like this, you like that, I don’t know / Who is he? Who is she? / I want you, you want me, where’s this going?
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BRIDGE: We dance, we play, and then we fight / We never make it through the night / We separate and in the morning / We still don't know where this is going
Heaven's Gate / © 1999 Belkora and Chávez
At Heaven's Gate / I park in the fog / Then I see / I can't even walk / From here to there / The only way in is to stand and stare / At Heaven's Gate
See I was born / 5 miles away / but I hardly know the place / I've never touched the walls, / Or seen a face / At Heaven's Gate
CHORUS: I think too much / I feel it all / There's beauty in this mess we've made / Although sometimes / We forget it's true / There's good in me / There's good in you
VERSE 2: At Heaven's Gate / I turn and head for home / It's all too much / I can't do this alone / And then I stop / Who made the rules / Who said I don't belong / At Heaven's Gate / Now I believe / I had to hear your call / For me to know / How much I have to give before I go / To Heaven's Gate
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BRIDGE: Now I'm walking down the access road / There's no sidewalk and the gate is closed / A sign says keep out of here / I've come this far I have no fear
I touch the fence / I climb the steel / I'm free and clear / And there you are / With open arms / At Heaven's Gate / Although sometimes / We forget it's true / There's good in me / There's good in you /
On the Line / © 2009 Belkora and Chávez / 8/22/2009
CHORUS: Oh this feels nice / But can I pay the price / Oh this feels good / I don’t know if I should
VERSE 1: Calling the party line / I don’t hear your voice / So I hang up again / Now I’m redialing / This time I catch your breath / And you can hear me smile
On the line I can be with you anytime / On the line any place / On the line I can share you with anyone / On the line sound is safe
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VERSE 2: Calling the party line / We connect this time / I hit the private key / My heart is static / Then I hear a click / And you’re joining me
On the line I can’t see who you really are / On the line we can’t touch / On the line I don’t know who you really are / On the line – not enough
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BRIDGE: Let’s have a party in person / We can wear masks / I’ll cross the floor of the ballroom / And ask you to dance
Over the Line / © 2008 Belkora and Chávez / 8/10/2008
Have you talked to anyone else about this lie? / Don’t believe what they say / They don’t know any way / Of course it isn’t true, it’s just a fantasy / Don’t believe what you read / Don’t believe what you hear / Why would I do something like this to myself? / Why would I do something like this to anyone else? / Why would I be so destructive to all of us? / Over the line / Don’t go over the line
CHORUS: Please take back those words you said / Please take back the thoughts in your head / Please take back your fears and doubts / Leave me just enough hope, / Leave me just enough trust, / For our love
VERSE 2: It doesn’t matter how this changes others’ views / This is all about me, this is all about you / What’s important now is how we follow through / This is all about lies, this is all about truth / Yes I know what it looks like I was doing / Yes I know all the lives that this could ruin / Yes I know that there’s no one else for me to blame / Over the line / Don’t go over the line
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BRIDGE: I didn’t do it and I’m mad as hell / If you believe it then I might as well / My only hope is that we’ll find a way / To stand together and keep the faith /
Jack and Jill / © 2008 Belkora and Chávez / 12/20/2008
Jack is hungry / He's been working hard / Digging ditches and chopping wood / Jill is sorry / She didn't mean to lie / When the Giant came down from the sky
Children holding hands / Looking out for one another / Who will show them love now?
Sticks and stones / Can only break my bones / But your words can really hurt me
Dark nights / Afraid to fall asleep / Praying for a little peace
Jack is growing / And he's climbing out / Of the garden where the apple fell/ Jill is singing / She has found a place / In her body where she likes herself
Children holding hands / Looking out for one another / Showing love survives now
Sticks and stones / Can only break my bones / But your words can really help me
Stars shine / Light is all around / Love is lost - now love is found
Byron Park / © 1999 Belkora and Chávez
I knew these two sisters back then / back in the days when summers didn't end / we'd all go out and wait for the stars / Sometimes they'd shine, sometimes it was dark
It was me and Amanuel and a dozen other guys / watching the sky and praying for light / staying out late and eyeing the prizes
Byron Park / I don't go there anymore / someone stole my chair / the sisters are gone
Byron Park / you can't go home / except in your mind / I never stay long.
There were two kinds of nights and two ways to hang / when the sisters showed up, we'd circle around them / We were wild back then, too proud to be shy / the older bulls pulled rank and fought with their eyes
One time I got close to Paige and made Leah laugh / life doesn't get better than that / two out of two sisters and you