Something's Gotta Give

Here are the lyrics for the original songs on Dirt Track Racer's 2019 album, "Something's Gotta Give."

Something’s Gotta Give by Geoff Hansplant

Thought that I had lost him back in Birmingham

Picked me up outside of Carbondale

Private eye been tracking me all across this land

I just can’t seem to shake him from my tail

Hope you get this letter that I sent ‘round your ma

Should be there about a week or so

Take the twenty dollar bill and get you to Saint Paul

Ain’t much time, so pack your case and go

Can’t believe a single thing that paper got to say

They don’t know ‘cause they weren’t there that night

All these so-called witnesses tellin’ lies and gettin’ paid

Believe me, it ain’t so black and white

Hitched a ride on fifty-one outside of Tamaroa

Rode me all the way to Ocanee

Tried to call you from a bar, they must have tapped your phone

Ten minutes more, be under lock and key

Don’t forget to bring along that satin dress

You know the one we bought in ol’ Saint Lou

Got trouble on my trail and yet, I must confess

The one thing on my mind is holding you

Couldn’t blame you if you turned and ran the other way

I realize this ain’t no way to live

But darlin’ if you loved me once, believe me when I say

I’ve been pushing hard and something’s gotta give

Can’t believe a single thing that paper got to say

They don’t know ‘cause they weren’t there that night

All these so-called witnesses tellin’ lies and gettin’ paid

Believe me, it ain’t so black and white

Don’t tell your ma or anyone just what you’re gonna do

Don’t take your phone, just leave it in the drawer

There’s a little deli in Saint Paul on Cleveland Avenue

Be a package waiting at the kitchen door

I’ll meet you there on Friday night if I can keep a step ahead

If we beat ‘em to the border, we’ll be fine

But if Sunday comes and I’m not there, I’m very likely dead

Take that package home and best to keep it quiet

Couldn’t blame you if you turned and ran the other way

I realize this ain’t no way to live

But darlin’ if you loved me once, believe me when I say

I’ve been pushing hard and something’s gotta give

Pushing hard and something’s gotta,

something’s gotta give

Pushing hard and something’s gotta,

something’s gotta give

Pushing hard and something’s gotta,

something’s gotta give

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

I Won’t Be Here When You Get Home

by Geoff Hansplant

That’s a nice shirt, it goes with your eyes

Step over here, let me straighten your tie

Don’t look so sad, give me a smile

We’ve got a moment, let’s make it worthwhile

I won’t be here when you get home

You know I must be moving on

Never meant to let you think it could be any other way

I’ve got to go and it’s today

Tell me the story, remember the time

When we first met, you gave me that line

We could be lovers who’d grow into friends

What a beginning, but here is the end

I won’t be here when you get home

And though it breaks my heart to think of you alone

Just for now, let me go, or soon I’ll be in tears

I’m not as strong as I appear

Moving on is never easy

Still, we’ve got to go

Darling you will never leave me

I want you to know, I want you to grow

Life is what we make of livin’

Nothing’s guaranteed

And only one life are we given

I’ve got to be free, I’ve got to be free

Now you must hurry, you’ll be late for your train

Remember your hat, they’re calling for rain

Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies

No time for regrets, no time for goodbyes

I won’t be here when you get home

And there’s no looking back, so keep on keeping on

Every shadow in my heart, I’ll be turning to face the sky

You’ve held my wings, now see me fly

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Things I Should Have Said by Geoff Hansplant

Round and round I rehearse the lines ‘til I don’t know where to start

Every year adds another vine to surround this broken heart

If I could only hold you once, lay beside you in my bed

Perhaps I’d find the strength to say all the things I should have said

Up and down the water flows across the wine-dark sea

Who can say where you are bound or if you’re coming home to me?

Why can’t the tide just sweep away all these memories from my head?

Memories of days gone by and the things I should have said

I know I told you that I love you

I know I told you that I care

But how could I tell you I would fall apart

Should I need you and you’re not there?

I should have whispered I’d be lonely

I should have begged you not to go

I should never have promised I would wait for you

Why does it have to be so long?

If you hear me now, darling, hurry home

Another sun sets in the west, another moon must rise

Another day just like the rest, and you not by my side

How long must I search these shores for a footprint you have tread?

Crying out against the wind, all the things I should

have said

Crying out against the wind, all the things I should

have said

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

The Name She Gave by Geoff Hansplant

The name she gave was Angeline

From Santa Fe, in Arizona

And I could have set her straight

But decided it could wait

I could see she’d staked her life on that persona

She pulled a Winston from my pack

Whispered, “Thanks,” and cupped her hands below it

In the match light I could trace

Every line upon her face

And the shadow of the girl who used to own it

And she stared into the distance

Conjured up a spell

Blew it out in puffs of smoke she’d spoken

Painted me a picture

From a lie she knew so well

Ain’t it funny what we cling to when we’re broken?

The fingers of October’s chill

Lingered at the edge of conversation

As we shuffled in a trance

Like two strangers, dime a dance

With a moment’s warmth our only consolation

She laid her head against my chest

For a heartbeat we just held each other, dreaming

But she shuddered and she cried

‘Til with nothing left to hide

She handed me the tears that she’d been keeping

And a headlight flashed across us

A car pulled up beside

Rolled the window down in invitation

She leaned in for the barter

Slipped in for the ride

I dare say they weren’t headed for Salvation

The name she gave was Angeline

The tail lights in the distance tell the story

She was here and she was gone

I guess we’re all just moving on

Leaving trails of tears on roads we’ve marked for glory

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

One To Tango by Geoff Hansplant

Empty rooms with scattered boxes

Waiting for the moving van

Dripping faucet leaves an iron

Stain upon the porcelain

One last chance to look around

Before the ghosts reclaim their castle

It’ll be one to tango now

Found the scarf you used to wear

I could not bear to let it go

Wrapped around me like your arms

The way you held and loved me so

A simple piece of cloth that’s woven

Through with dreams that might have been

It’ll be one to tango now

Close my eyes, I hear your voice

So often you would say

Life is not a footrace we

Run in a straight line

Words so wise that never meant more

Than they do today

The dance goes on without us sometimes

Strolled along the beach at sunset

Like we used to do

Sifting through the sands of time and

Memories of you

A single set of footprints three steps

Forward two steps back

There’s still one to tango now

Close my eyes, I hear your voice

So often you would say

Life is not a footrace we

Run in a straight line

Words so wise that never meant more

Than they do today

The dance goes on without us in time

Tomorrow brings another sun

Another chance to shine

I’ll refuse to mourn for all that’s lost

I’m keeping it alive

Wherever I go, you’ll go with me

Let death be granted no dominion

Long as there’s one to tango now

©℗ Geoff Hansplant

Ghost in Midnight Blue by Geoff Hansplant

Late last night, half past four

Was that you came waltzing through my wall

Chasing, chasing down some yesterday?

Pulled that sheet up o’er my head

Laid there still like I was stone cold dead

Praying, praying you’d just drift away

Of all the ghosts that fill my heart

In different shades and hues

There’s only one tears me apart

A ghost in midnight blue

I may be right, I may be wrong

If love is dead why will it not stay gone

I keep waiting, for the sun to see me through

Another lonely night with a ghost in midnight blue.

I close my eyes, I just can’t sleep

I see your pretty face and weep

There’s no escape; it seems to me I’m stuck like glue

On a memory of a ghost in midnight blue.

The moon must rise and shadows fall

I hear your voice inside them all

Lorelei, Lorelei where have you gone?

It ain’t no use, it just ain’t right

You keep me up most every night

Trembling, trembling to your Siren’s song

Of all the ghosts that fill my heart

In different shades and hues

There’s only one tears me apart

A ghost in midnight blue

So sing it now, that sad refrain

That draws me in and wracks my brain

I’ve no defense; it’s bound to be my Waterloo An old, sweet song from a ghost in midnight blue

An old, sweet song from a ghost in midnight blue.

What The Heart Wants

by Geoff Hansplant & Julie Myers

Let me search your eyes

While the years just fall away

Love, it’s been so long

That I’ve been living for this day

Now who am I

To question or reason why?

What the heart wants, the heart wants

We have no say

Somewhere in your voice

I hear a song from long ago

Love, we’ve made our choice

Is there no way to get back home?

So tell me now

Shall I stop when I don’t know how?

What the heart wants, the heart wants

Is that so strange?

If I told you, if I told you

Everything I’ve seen

Would it hold you, could it hold you

Or is it just a dream?

Hold me in your arms

Just the way you used to do

Love, I’d give my world

Just to go on holding you

So don’t let go

If you do, I’ll surely fall

What the heart wants, the heart wants

It answers all

Give me just one smile

I know you must be on your way

‘Til we meet again

I’ll be living for that day

For you and I

Let’s not wrestle with the hows and whys

What the heart wants, the heart wants

It knows the way

All In Green Went My Love Riding by Geoff Hansplant

(Instrumental)

Better Days by Geoff Hansplant

We've held the clouds

And drunk the rain

That soaked us to the very bone

We've run with crowds

Were half insane

And left us out here on our own

Can you believe it feels so long

Since that old sun been gone

But here's to better days

Better days to come

Who knows the road

Through a broken heart

Like we who've passed this way before?

We've sown our oats

Upset the cart

And now we're heading for the door

Were we naive or did we

Simply jump the starting gun?

But here's to better days

Better days to come

Each step you take

You're not alone

For I have wandered 'round this bend

When your heart aches

Just bring it home

Where I will always be your friend

There's time enough to grieve

Tomorrow when we're on the run

For now it's better days

Better days to come

Leave the snow behind

And meet me in the Spring

We've known better days

But better days are coming 'round again

The dawn will come

It has no choice

Just as our hearts will be beguiled

And stricken dumb

I need no voice

If I can only touch your smile

We're on our knees but reaching

Up towards the rising sun

So here's to better days

Better days to come

We're on our knees but reaching

Up towards the rising sun

So here's to better days

Better days to come

For us it's better days

Better days

To Come

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