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1. |
By and By
03:24
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Years ago there was a radio
That used to play the songs we knew
Now I sit and listen to the falling snow
And I wonder what became of you
Sometimes I hear that story
Repeating in my ear
It was A Long December but I still remember
The coming of a better year
And it may be a long, long time
Until the rivers all run dry
And it may be a long, long time
Until the stars fall from the sky
But I'll be there by and by
Yeah we knew that I was leaving
We knew it had to end
But we didn't know the way it would go
And I'd never see you again
That time is gone and I've moved on
But it still hurts inside now and then
Of all the lessons I had to learn
The hardest was losing a friend
And it may be a long, long time
Until the rivers all run dry
And it may be a long, long time
Until I know the reasons why
But I'll be there
By and by
Yes I'll be there
By and by
Yes I'll be there
Yes I'll be there
By and by
Be there
By and by
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2. |
Words Mean Nothing
04:19
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Actions speak louder than words, or so I’ve heard
'Cause words begin to sound absurd, and all we say just fades away
Hey, I’ve something more to say
But it’s been so long since words meant anything to you
So wait, I don’t believe in fate
'Cause we’ve already blown a second chance or two
You said you always would be true…
But words mean nothing
Your words mean nothing
My words mean nothing
Our words mean nothing
And if there’s nothing more to say I guess this pain just goes away?
When words are parted from the truth, what use are words, anyway?
Hey, I’ve nothing left to say
‘Cause it’s been so long since words meant anything to me
And I hate that we leave it up to fate
When we’ve already blown a second chance or three
And then it all comes back to me…
That words mean nothing
Your words mean nothing
My words mean nothing
Our words mean nothing
So shout your words, or you can scream
Like screen doors on a submarine
I don't know, they just don't work for me
And you can make your master plan
But if you write it in the sand
Then it's gone when the first wave hits the beach
But hey, I’ve something more to say
But it’s been so long since words meant anything to you
So wait, I don’t believe in fate
'Cause we’ve already blown a second chance or two
These words we always misconstrue
'Cause words mean nothing
Words mean nothing
Words mean nothing
Words mean nothing
Words mean nothing
Words mean nothing
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3. |
So Far Gone
04:58
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I know we've talked about it
So many times before
But I want to hear you say it
Just once more
Every moment of my life
I've wondered why
It passed me by
I never seem to get it right
I don't know how
I don't know why
I used to dream about this
Every other night
Still when I think about it
It's hard not to cry
Every moment of my life
I've wondered why
It passed me by
I could never get it right
I don't know how
I don't know why
Now you're so far gone
And I'm still here
And it's been so long
There goes another year
Every moment of my life
I've wondered why
It passed me by
I just never got it right
I don't know how
I don't know why
I've written songs about it
To find reason in the rhyme
But I want to hear it from your lips
Just one more time
Every moment of my life
I've wondered why
It passed us by
We never did just get it right
I don't know how
I don't know why
Now you're so far gone
And I'm still here
And it's been so long
There goes another year
Every moment of my life
I need you here
By my side
We never could just get it right
I don't know how
I don't know why
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4. |
Love Is On Its Way
04:14
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Love is on its way
I thought I heard you say
But the price of love is pain
I found out once again
So should I go insane
And try to play the game
And if it's all in vain
Maybe I'll just stay away
You took my heart
You took my mind
You took my soul
I gave them all for you
I should have known you'd let me go
But ever since the day
That I first held you
I just couldn't tell you "no"
Love was on its way
I saw love come
And then I watched it go
So take me as I am
Or as I may become
With all that's gone astray
I'm unsure of either one
So what is it to live?
And why's it have to be
In love how much you give
Is not what you receive?
You took my heart
You took my mind
You took my soul
I gave them all for you
I should have known you'd let me go
But ever since the day
That I first held you
I just couldn't tell you "no"
Love was on its way
I saw love come
And then I watched it go
There's a reason for all of this
I just don't know what it is
And there's things I tell myself to get me by
But a voice somewhere inside
Whispers "you still need to try,
And when you find the one you love
Then you'll know why"
You took my heart
You took my mind
You took my soul
I gave them all for you
I should have known you'd let me go
But in the rain
I held you
And I couldn't tell you "no"
Love was on its way
I saw love come
And then I watched it go
You took my heart
You took my mind
You took my soul
I gave them all for you
I should have known you'd let me go
But ever since the day
I held you
I just couldn't tell you "no"
Love was on its way
I saw love come
And then I watched it go
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5. |
That Night Back In June
04:10
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You gave it away for a moment
I could see it there in your eyes
The things that you said made sense to me
Somehow I knew you were right
Walking home beneath street lights
Dragging my heart on the ground
Knowing this love I've just thrown away
Is the best love that I've ever found
But I left you alone that night back in June
To cry yourself to sleep
I didn't love you enough to stay by your side
But I loved you enough to leave
Lying awake I can see you
Wondering how you'll get by
But the truth is you'll be fine without me
But without you I think I might die
So what can be said of emotion
And surely I've been overcome
'Cause if this feeling I've got is the right one
Then what I've just done is wrong
'Cause I left you alone that night back in June
To cry yourself to sleep
I didn't love you enough to stay by your side
But I loved you enough to leave
(Chorus x2)
I loved you enough to leave
I loved you enough to leave
I loved you enough to leave
I loved you enough to leave
And I loved you enough to come back again
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6. |
Let Me In
02:57
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Midnight comes and takes me home
I know I'm not the only one
I just sat here waiting for the moment to arrive
But you weren't around
You weren't there when I needed you most
So take good care of all you have
I won't be back but you don't seem sad
I just got the answer to the question that I had
But you weren't around
You weren't there and it's making me sad
So come on come on come on come on
Come on come on now
Come on come on come on come on
Let Me In
Too many times you fall apart
Come crumbling down and you break my heart
I had never thought of all the things that could go wrong
But you weren't there
You were never there all along
So come on come on come on come on
Come on come on now
Come on come on come on come on
Let Me In
(Take it away)
Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on now
Come on come on come on come on
Let Me In
Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on now
Come on come on come on come on
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7. |
Castles In the Sand
04:52
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Sometimes we think too much
These opposing views can be so out of touch
Oft times we reach too far
As we cast our lines at the shooting stars
I guess we try so hard to find ourselves and be free
We spend our lives chasing after things that we don't need
We build our castles in the sand
But we're surprised when the tide rolls in again
We throw all caution to the wind
Then we get blown over again
So it seems with all our means
That we should be just fine
But when it comes to wants and needs
It can be hard to draw the line
No matter what you have there's always something more
So we look for happiness in having more than those next door
We build our castles in the sand
But we're surprised when the tide rolls in again
We throw all caution to the wind
Then we get blown over again
(Guitar Solo)
So everything is yet to be seen
And no one knows how this might end
And fortunes take so much longer to make
And you might break if you don't bend
So what's in store for the ones next door and do we even care?
And what's at stake with the choices we make or is it neither here nor there?
We build our castles in the sand
But we're surprised when the tide rolls in again
We throw all caution to the wind
Then we get blown over again...
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8. |
This Moment
05:58
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I waited too long to start
Uncertain of feelings I felt in my heart
But it all starts to falling apart
Again
How can I say this to you
When I don't even know what's a lie and what's true
When the line finally came into view
I was on the wrong side
And there's only so much you can say
When the black turns to white and the white into gray
And I feel myself falling away
Again
And try as I might to forget
You remember the feelings without the regret
When you separate this thing from that
I always just take what is left
And it's always the same old things that bring me down again
Always the same old things that come around again
I can't wait any longer for this
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait any longer for this
I can't wait anymore
And I thought I had been so smart
But I feel with my head and I think with my heart
Now this has gone too far
Again
And maybe you will be the one
But I wanted to walk when you wanted to run
Now everything's been said and done
And here we are again
But it's always the same old things that bring me down again
Always the same old things that come around again
I can't wait any longer for this
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait any longer for this
I can't wait anymore
Because I'm on your side
So why don't you give me some kind of sign
And for all this time
You know I've been waiting for all of my life
For this moment to arrive
I can't wait any longer for this
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait any longer for this
I can't wait anymore
Because I'm on your side
So why don't you give me some kind of sign
And for all this time
You know I've been waiting for all of my life
For this moment to arrive
For this moment to arrive
For this moment to arrive
For this moment to arrive
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9. |
Lyla In the Middle
03:53
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Lyla
They say that the thicker the skin
And the harder you try to hide it inside
The softer the heart is within
Lyla
Always waiting for the future to come
Well tonight you hold the future in your arms
Life is a riddle
That's plain enough to see
Sometimes in the middle
Is the hardest place to be
(harmonica solo)
Lyla
You're looking in the mirror
With your grandfather's eyes
You wear your disguise
But they don't help you see any clearer
Lyla
Still waiting for the future to come
Well tonight you hold the future in your arms
Life is a riddle
That's plain enough to see
Sometimes in the middle
Is the hardest place to be
(guitar solo)
Lyla
Always waiting for the future to come
As much as you've tried to leave it behind
The past seems to come right along
Lyla
Yet you wonder what tomorrow will be
When you look into the future What do you see?
Life is a riddle
That's plain enough to see
Sometimes in the middle
Is the hardest place to be
Lyla in the middle
Was the hardest place to be
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10. |
Now I Understand
04:04
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I thought I knew what love was all about
So I waited for something I could do without
I realize there's things I've yet to figure out
But I've got to pour my heart out
Cause now I understand
It was part of a bigger plan
So take me as I am
Cause now I understand
I think there's something that I ought to tell you
I want to be with you forever more
I know I said alot of other things
When I first walked out your door
But now I understand
I was part of a bigger plan
You're more than just a friend
And now I understand
I just couldn't sleep at night
Can I take the things done wrong
And make them right
And make them right
(solo)
I'm trying hard to find the words to tell you
I miss you more than you could ever know
Please tell me all the things you've kept within your heart
And I'll do the same for you
Cause now I understand
It was part of a bigger plan
So take me as I am
Cause now I understand
Now I understand
It was part of a bigger plan
You're more than just a friend
And now I understand
La la la la la la...
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11. |
Road Less Traveled
04:28
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Speak up
What was that you said
Stand up
I can't hear you
Wake up
It's time to roll out of bed
In the end I just want to be near you
You were walking down the road less traveled
I was waiting for the sun to shine again
It just gets colder as your clothes unravel
Keeps you wondering how this might have been
Sometimes I feel like there's a raging gulf between us
Sometimes it feels like you can read my mind
I know you know just exactly what's best for me
I know you know it's just a matter of time
Until we die
You were walking down the road less traveled
I was waiting for the sun to shine again
It just gets colder as your clothes unravel
Keeps you wondering how things might have been
I was lost, I was lost and lonely
Guess that's the cost of being the only one
But this time
I'm gonna make it
Make it
Make it
Make it
Make it
Make it
Make it
Make it right
Where can we go to leave a place like this behind us
Where can we go where no one else will ever find us
I wanna be there when the sunlight is dawning
I'm gonna be there when you wake up in the morning
There was a time when I could
There was a time when I could
There was a time when I could
There was a time when I could
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12. |
You Can Never Go Home
04:40
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The longer I stay here the more I forget
All of the reasons that I ever left In the first place
Now I’m filled with regret
There is a feeling that I used to know
When the warm summer wind turned into the very first snow
But that was so long ago
Now I know
You can’t go home
You can never go home
I can’t have back all that time stole away
But here in my heart is where you always will stay
Till the end of my days
All of the faces that I used to know
And so many places where I used to grow, but I’m older now
And it’s starting to show
Now I know
You can’t go home
You can never go home
If I should happen to see you again
You’ll say “hello” and I’ll say “well, how have you been?"
Then we’ll walk away again
If ever I called you a friend before
Suppose I decided to up and walk back through your door?
Well it’s not the same anymore.
Now I know
You can’t go home
You can never go home
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13. |
I Did All That I Could
02:38
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Hello old friend, it's been a while
Since I have talked with you
I still recall when the days were long
And we shared something true
Under waterfalls and moonlight
As I held you oh so tight
But the stars that we wished upon
Must have fallen from the sky
And you never meant to break my heart
I know you never would
So I try to take some comfort knowing
I did all that I could
It seems like one day you were there
And the next day you were gone
You never did explain just why
You left me all alone
I see you and I realize
That nothing's really changed
I still recall the sadness
And I still can feel the pain
But you never meant to break my heart
I know you never would
So I try to take some comfort knowing
I did all that I could
You never meant to break my heart
I know you never would
So I try to take some comfort knowing
I did all that I could
I try to take some comfort knowing
I did all that I could
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