Outside This Box
Lynn Davison: Lead and backing vocals, keyboards, programming
Also featuring:
Vic Padilla: Guitars, backing vocals, and bass on "Sanctuary"
Wynell Montgomery: Soprano, alto and tenor saxophones
Walter Foley: Bass on "Roll Away The Boulder"
Produced and Engineered by Lynn Davison
© Lynn Davison 2016
Roll Away The Boulder
©2016 Lynn Davison
Everyone has some burden to bear
Grace under fire can you do it
You limp along with that boulder in your arms
Thinkin’ no one else has ever struggled through it
But it’s alright, all alright
When every molehill is a mountain
Just keep on pushin’ on
Everyone has some tragic detail
Playin’ out in corners of the mind
Story’s old, that prison feels so cold
When you walk outside see what you can find
Yeah it’s alright, all alright
When every molehill is a mountain
Gotta keep on pushin’ on
Everyone has some tale to tell
Can you walk a while in someone else’s shoes
Oh don’t forget, your life’s not over yet
Maybe someday you won’t have to sing the blues
Well it’s alright, all alright
Until you roll away the boulder
Just keep on pushin’ on
Roll away the boulder
Or keep on pushin’ on
Outside This Box
©2016 Lynn Davison
Out on the rocks I saw you walking very slowly
With your head down looking at the ground
I pointed up but you were busy just surviving
As the life tumbled you around
And like an avalanche the sky is falling
You never seemed to care
But now you’ve got your armor and your shield
You even changed your hair
If you’re looking for a sign then this is it
Yeah, everything will work out fine and it all fits
If you’re looking for the future here it is
Everything will work out fine or be blown to bits
Yeah, everything will work out fine
No matter what they say
The tide is turning
And waves crash into the rocks
But I’ll never stop following the magic
That lives outside this box
If you’re looking for a sign then this is it
Yeah, everything will work out fine and it all fits
If you’re looking for the future here it is
Everything will work out fine or be blown to bits
Yeah, everything will work out fine and it all fits
Fourth Turning
©2016 Lynn Davison
Times are temperamental
Last night, feeling sentimental
It’s a wonderful life, a wonderful life
Woke up bruised and battered
Off the red pill, reality is shattered
On the yellow brick road
Yeah, the yellow brick road
Follow the money, where tensions rise
‘Cause what I believe can deceive my eyes
Mama Earth, can’t forget her
Green is good, smart is even better
Still the well runs dry
Yeah, the well is dry
Follow the money, when the message is fear
When everything changes, nothing is clear
When everything changes
The Fourth Turning is here
Sky’s green, I keep on eating
Gonna have Umami-flavored nuggets
On a sesame bun
Yeah, a sesame bun
Follow the money, but don’t disappear
When everything changes, one thing is clear
When everything changes
The Fourth Turning is here
Waggin’ The Dog
©2016 Lynn Davison
I can’t explain, it’s like a train collision
Nobody sees it ‘til the wreckage is clear
So take a trip, saw it in a clip from that trailer
The really smart ones have all disappeared
Here we are, clock keeps on tickin’
Living in a dream, wasting our time
Face in the mirror, virtual stranger
Lighting up my screen and I’m feelin’ just fine
La, da de da, da de da, da de da da
La, da de da
Can’t explain what sounds insane
Rules keep on changin’ but it’s the same old game
High and away, gonna find a better place
High and away it’s one hell of a ride
La, da de da, da de da, da de da da
La, da de da da, waggin’ the dog
La, da de da, da de da, da de da da
La, da de da da
High and away, gonna be a long way down
High and away, we’re all out on our own
Rules keep on changing, same old game
Just a bigger bag of tricks
To cover the lies, so we don’t see the signs
La, da de da…
Sanctuary
© 1999 Lynn Davison
I’ve been out in the jungle fighting for survival
I don’t want you around me now ‘cause I might bite you
I don’t mean to hurt you really, I don’t mean to
I guess I need some time alone
Time to heal this achin’ soul
I need to find my sanctuary
Searching for the silence I can hear the calling
Standing on the edge I’m looking down and falling
I don’t mean to go there really, I don’t mean to
I guess I need some time alone
Time to climb out of this hole
I need to find my sanctuary
I can’t live, and I can’t give
With this emptiness inside me now
Well I’ve been looking’ for an easy way out
Not a care in the world or a shadow of a doubt
I need to find my sanctuary
Help me find my sanctuary
Gonna find some peace of mind
In a world where everything’s changing
Help me find my sanctuary
No Daddy
© 1989 Lynn Davison
Sat down his little girl, said it’s a crazy world
But don’t you worry ’cause you’re safe with me
Yeah, such a crime dear, better hide your heart here
They won’t hurt you just as long as I’m around
She said “No daddy, no daddy, got to let me go
No daddy, no daddy, I can’t stay
No daddy, no daddy, now it’s my turn
Thank you very much but I got to make a life for me, yeah, for me”
He said “they’ll cheat you, mistreat you
But don’t let them defeat you
Some get their pleasure out of draggin’ you down
Don’t be pullin’ any punches
Or they’ll eat you for their lunches
You’ll get a taste and you’ll come runnin’ back to me”
She said “No daddy, no daddy, got to let me go
No daddy, no daddy, I can’t stay
No daddy, no daddy, now it’s my turn
Thank you very much but I got to make a life for me
Yeah for me, ahh, life for me”
“No daddy, no daddy, no daddy, no daddy
No daddy, no daddy,” now he’s gone
“No daddy, no daddy, wupbyeh daddy
No daddy, no daddy, wupbyeh”
There Will Still Be You And I
© 1991 Lynn Davison
Time goes on, seasons change
Growing older in this restless age
The grace of youth slipping quietly away
The gray of winter colors every day
The mind is not so sharp, body not so able
Our winnings in this game of life
Just cards out on the table
But memories live on inside
Like a pirate holds his treasure
Thoughts of you no one can measure
Rest your head, wake up to the dawn
And let love carry us through this wicked storm, ahh
That’s when love means the most
That’s when nothin’ can deceive you
When the light of glory’s just a flicker in the night sky
There will still be you and I
There will still be you and I
In a flash the world has turned ahead now
Off to the bleachers to watch the show
The children we once helped to walk
Are now running through the quagmire
We’ll just take it nice and slow
Rest your head, wake up to the dawn
And let love carry us through this wicked storm, ahh
That’s when love means the most
That’s when nothin’ can deceive you
When the light of glory’s just a flicker in the night sky
There will still be you and I
There will still be you and I
When truth and desperation have got you runnin’ around in circles
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh
Inhuman Expression
© 2016 Lynn Davison
Don’t want to play this game
Where everyone’s a target
Something new to market now
I like my clouds with rain
To wash away the smokescreen
Everybody sees the things they want to see in virtual reality
They’re modeling inhuman expression
No wonder why people actin’ this way
Turn up the noise, deflect our attention
And take us down another dollar each day
Sometimes I want to cry
We are pleasantly sedated
Feeling so ill-fated now
And as the years go by
We’ll see what we’ve created
Everybody knows the words we cannot say
Common sense has surely lost its way
They’re modeling inhuman expression
No wonder why people actin’ this way
Turn on the charm, sell your intention
And take another slice of freedom away
They’re modeling inhuman expression
No wonder why people actin’ this way
Turn up the noise, deflect our attention
And take us down another dollar each day
They’re modeling inhuman expression
No wonder why people actin’ this way
Turn on the charm, sell your intention
And take another slice of freedom away
Sunlight
© 2016 Lynn Davison
I saw you there just standing in the shadows
Didn’t even think to ask your name
Turned my head to try and face the sunlight
Out there in the rain
Never really planned to ride the treadmill
Acting out your wanderlust with such pride
Funny how it changes
Hardening beneath the watchful eye
Have you seen too much out in your world
Where joy is forsaken
And life has grown stale
Where sunlight is cold, bittersweet cold
You’re in real deep
Twisted and bound
You slide undercover in some other town
And so it goes on
So it goes on
Lost inside a maze of innuendo
Feel the demons wrestling in your head
Funny how it changes
You’ve seen too much out in your world
Where love is forsaken
And pride is for sale
And so it goes on
So it goes on
You’re in real deep tryin’ to hold on
Feel the resistance driving you on
‘Cause sunlight is bold
Sunlight is bold
Laura
© 1986 Lynn Davison
Born in someone else’s home
Spending too much time alone
Stuck in someone else’s shoes
Sworn by someone else’s rules
They make you learn geometry
Teach you about morality
Then you go out in a world untrue
Well, a lot of good it did for you
Forgive them Laura
They know not what they do
They know not what they do
Forgive them Laura, ohhh
They’ll “ooh” and “aah” great men of art
With vivid minds and open hearts
Then they’ll say a dream is just a dream
Well, they never knew what you have seen
Forgive them Laura
They know not what they do
They know not what they do
Forgive them Laura, ohhh, ohhh
You don’t want to hate the world
Children learn from you
Try and find a back way out
Do what you can do
You’re thinkin’ that you’re all alone
But others hurt like you, ohhh
They’ll ask what’s with these kids today
All they want to do is runaway
We try and try, we can’t get through
Well, we never did the things they do
Forgive them Laura
They know not what they do
They’ve been kept down too
Forgive them Laura, ohhh, ohhh
Forgive them Laura
They know not what they do
They know not what they do
Forgive them Laura, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Jackie’s Lullabye (instrumental)
© 2016 Lynn Davison
This song was written for my mom during her final days of life.