Wistfully Yours: Deluxe Edition Album Lyrics

Waxing Poetic

My passport's expired 
And I'm feeling oh so tired 
I don't seem to want to 
Get around much anymore 

I never dreamed that I 
Would live a paint-by-number life 
A housewife, a couple of kids 
A mortgage and a Willie Loman job 

And oh how I long for my today's 
To become my yesterdays 

Now the kids have all grown up 
And my wife just said she's had enough of me 
So I shuffle around this old house 
Alone with my failures and shattered dreams 

Making promises to myself not to drink 
Until the sun goes down 
But these days go by so slowly 
And the night makes me wait so long for it to come 

And oh how I long for my today's 
To become my yesterdays 

I don't know why 
I gave up the paper and the pen 
I should have known better 
To follow the voices in my heart 

But the canvases in my mind's eye 
Never ever came to life 
And my words stopped flowing 
Many, many, many years ago 

And oh how I long for my today's 
To become my yesterdays 

Now the sun is sinking low 
And the whiskey makes me glow 
So I wax poetic: 
What are hearts for but to be broken 
What are hearts for but to be broken

Written 2008, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

Don't You Let the Darkness Drag You Down

Don’t you let the darkness drag you down 
Dawn’s early light always comes around 
Just take it slow 
There’s still a long ways to go 

Don’t you burn your candle at both ends 
I don’t want for us to be just friends 
I’d be so happy 
To be so sad with you 

Maybe it's all those years 
That keep piling up on me 
I seem to shed a lot more tears 
When the leaves in Autumn disappear 

Every life is filled with some regrets 
Lots of coffee, lots of cigarettes 
I’m not a schemer 
But oh I’m such a dreamer 

Trying to find my way back to your heart 
Baby how about a brand new start 
Give me all your frowns 
And I’ll turn them upside down 

Maybe it’s all those years 
They keep piling up on me 
I seem to shed a lot more tears 
When the leaves in Autumn disappear 

Don’t you let the darkness drag you down 
Dawn’s early light always comes around 
Just take it slow 
There’s still a long ways to go 

Don’t you burn your candle at both ends 
I don’t want for us to be just friends 
I’d be so happy 
To be so sad with you 

Maybe it’s all those years 
They keep piling up on me 
No I don’t want to be free 
I want you to love me

Written 2011, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

Transistor Radio and Me

Daddy was a bulldozer, mama tried to keep her pride 
The only thing I did was try and hide 
Way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort 
Transistor radio and me 

Lying on my back, staring up at the sky 
Simply trying to figure out why 
Oh Daddy’s scream and mama's cry 
Children shaking in the night oh those silent screams and black and blues 

Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true 
Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue; let me sing to you 

How could anybody steal the magic lantern 
Shining in a child’s eyes 
Leave them all alone throughout the cold, dark night 
Clinging on to their fright 

I hear the cries and whispers from a lost childhood 
Oh family veins they run deep 
And the blood it weighs heavy 
It soaks and it stains and it can’t be washed away 

Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true 
Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue let me sing to you 

Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true 
Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue let me sing to you 

Daddy was a bulldozer, mama tried to keep her pride 
The only thing I did was try and hide 
Oh way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort 
Transistor radio and me 

Yeah way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort 
Transistor radio and me, just my transistor radio and me

Written 2012, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

Dry Soul

After all is said and done, we had a pretty good run 
We had our ups and downs but we found some common ground 
We wore our fingers to the bone, just to make ends meet 
Our life was bittersweet 

The mortgage is paid in full; we get by on our pensions 
The kids still live nearby and the grandchildren seldom cry 
I can still pin the tail on the donkey and finish the three-legged race 
At the Topsfield County Fair 

But long ago I left home with my book of poems 
A bottle of wine and one hell-of-an open mind 

In Autumn's early twilight Venus shines so bright 
Silent we sit and listen to the night 
Sometimes I sigh a little too loud, you turn your gaze to me 
It’s too late to be free 

At the end of the day, there’s not too much to say 
How was your day, not bad, how about yours? 
I guess that I’m restless in a permanent way 
Sparring with my demons every single day 

But long ago I left home with my book of poems 
A bottle of wine and one hell-of-an open mind 
Yeah, one hell-of-an open mind 
What happened?

Written 2013, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

Dancing on the Moon

I've been gone oh for so long 
And everything it feels so wrong 
I miss the honeysuckle and the autumn leaves that rustle 
And the lazy hazy days of summertime 

The light in the middle of my darkness fades 
And I'm left alone to play life's charades 
Oh but to live my life without regret 
And get a chance to place another bet 

You and I we thought we could fly 
To the moon and dance away the night 

All of my life I've fought to survive 
But oh how I long to thrive 
I want to rewind my memories and edit out the bad scenes 
And play back the good ones in slo mo 

My life's a battlefield yet there is no war 
Yet doubt keeps rapping at my door 
The powerbrokers muse about their next move 
Oh I wish I had something to prove 

You and I we thought we could fly 
To the moon and dance away the night 

Let us jump on oh any old bandwagon 
Oh can you just imagine 
What have we got to lose 
Maybe it'll chase away the blues 

Let us go and find a brand new map 
Oh, maybe we can find our way back 
‘Cause I miss the honeysuckle and the autumn leaves that rustle 
And the lazy hazy days of summertime 

You and I we thought we could fly 
To the moon and dance away the night 
You and I we thought we could fly 
To the moon and dance away the night 
To the moon and dance away the night

Written 2008, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

It Still Hurts

It still hurts me after all these years 
Tears still flow, I can’t let go 
What, oh what else can I do 
Pour myself another drink 

When the bravado of youth 
Crumbles into middle age 
Find a balladeer to give you 
The goose bumps you crave 

Let yourself hang out at the edge of a cliff 
Pull your rip cord with all your might 
It is okay if it burns you out 
As long as it doesn’t burn you down 

When the bravado of youth 
Crumbles into middle age 
Find a balladeer to give you 
The goose bumps you crave 

It still hurts me, of course it does 
Tears still flow, of course they do 
What, oh what else can I do, 
Pour myself another drink, another drink, another drink

Written 2015, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

Huge Swig of the Now

I'm turning the lights down low 
All alone watching the late-night picture show 
Our love is going, going, going, going gone 
I'm the sad character in an old torch song 

We used to ride the beat 
Deep into the night 
But you said I had too much soul 
And my passion was out of control 

So come on baby and how 
Take a huge swig of the now 
Stop chewing on your past 
‘Cause yesterdays never last 

Let’s climb to the top of paradise hill 
And swallow a magical pill 
Drink a cup of free will 
And take a ride on this moment's thrill 

So why not give it a go 
With your late night bohemian beau 
What do we got to lose 
But those low-down aching blues 

So come on baby and how 
Take a huge swig of the now 
Stop chewing on your past 
‘Cause yesterdays never last 

So why not give it a go 
With your late night bohemian beau

Written 2008, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

Midnight Sun Tattoo

Tonight I tattooed a picture of the midnight sun over my heart 
To help you find your way back home 
Why is your aria always covered in blue? 
I got a Ferris wheel it soars so high we can touch the sky 

In the dawn of our dreams we rode the rails of the slow, slow train 
While sipping Sake and heading towards the rainbow 
We chased the fleeting colors with our open hearts and poetic souls 
We were so happy not knowing what we did not know 

Midnight sun shines day and night 
Midnight sun will be your guiding light 
When your mood is out of phase 
And you’ve been lost for days 

You lament your elusive prose all your coconuts have fled the grove 
Oh you feel forsaken by those fruitless trees 
And if you want to dance with the poetry of life you must accept 
The silence of failure as deeply as the roar of success 

When your demons pull on your weaker side and you are left all alone 
To face the great divide you must dig down deep inside 
I want you to know that me and your lovely smile 
Will always wait for you in the shadow of the midnight sun 

Midnight sun shines day and night 
Midnight sun will be your guiding light 
When your mood is out of phase 
And you’ve been lost for days 

Tonight I tattooed a picture of the midnight sun over my heart 
To help you find your way back home 
Way back home

Written 2013, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli

Romancing the Ruins

Stop trying to romance the ruins 
Of our war-torn relationship 
You sift through the ashes of the past 
And you try and rewrite all the facts 
Of our long and twisted years together 

Now you try and surface ancient relics 
As a monument to our love 
But the old dried up rose 
That you pressed between two pieces of glass 
Has been dead as long as our love 

Open wounds they hurt so much 
They are so tender to the touch 
Why oh why did you have to lie 
When you just could have said goodbye 

I cannot sing a song 
That’s not been swimming around in my head 
That doesn’t drench all of my senses 
That doesn’t scream from my body and my soul 
That doesn’t take its beat from my heart 

I gave all myself to you in love 
Just like I do when I sing a song 
But you left me all alone for so long 
And now my songs have all gone silent 
And my heart can’t find its way to the beat 

Open wounds they hurt so much 
They are so tender to the touch 
Oh why oh why did you have to lie 
When you just could have said goodbye 
Oh why oh why oh why did you lie 
When you just could have said goodbye

Written 2008, Copyright 2020 Robert Davoli