Rick Vines Music

"Things Will Never Be The Same"

A heartbreak song! I think Chris Stapelton should sing it!

I call these "Song Sketches". Most of them will remain that forever. But some I might record in the future and that's when I have to fix all the things that bother me about the songs. There are several in this song, but there are lots of things I like about this song too.

[Verse]

There's a blue star in the distance

Shining over Tuscaloosa in the rain

I know it's just my imagination

But sometimes I think I hear you calling out my name

[Chorus]

And I'll always wonder

And try to explain

But I'm all alone now

And things will never be the same

Things will never be the same

[Verse]

Underneath my crooked halo

My mind is busy playing its old games

But like you always used to tell me

Sometimes there's just no one to blame

[Chorus]

But I'm through drinking whisky

Too try and dull the pain

It's time to learn to live without you

But things will never be the same

Things will never be the same

[Bridge]

The sky will never be as blue

My heart will never beat as true

The days feel like they never end

I muddle through, I just pretend

[Verse]

All the things I saved for later

All the words I wish that I had said

All the time we had together

I'm still replaying in my head

[Outro]

The sky will never be as blue

My heart will never beat as true

The days feel like they never end

I muddle through, I just pretend

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[verse]

She don't need to let it all hang out

She knows who she is she don't have no doubt

She's not looking to attract your attention

She likes to leave a little to the imagination

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[verse]

Understated, tall and tan

A devilish smile under a wide-brimmed hat

A Prada bag and a snake tattoo.

She's a quiet mystery and I'm working out the clues

[bridge]

What kind of secrets does she keep?

Is she an artist or a thief?

I like to wonder

Try to uncover

What is this spell that she seems to have me under

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[bridge]

I'm trying hard to be discrete

I'm staring at this book that I can't read

I like to wonder

Try to uncover

What is this spell that she seems to have me under

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[verse]

She don't need to let it all hang out

She knows who she is she don't have no doubt

She's not looking to attract your attention

She likes to leave a little to the imagination

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[verse]

Understated, tall and tan

A devilish smile under a wide-brimmed hat

A Prada bag and a snake tattoo.

She's a quiet mystery and I'm working out the clues

[bridge]

What kind of secrets does she keep?

Is she an artist or a thief?

I like to wonder

Try to uncover

What is this spell that she seems to have me under

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[bridge]

I'm trying hard to be discrete

I'm staring at this book that I can't read

I like to wonder

Try to uncover

What is this spell that she seems to have me under

[chorus]

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

I like the woman in the one-piece bathing suit

[Chorus]

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

It's all black and white

Just choose wrong or right

It's easy you see, you just need to agree

It feels like you made up your own mind

Labels and slogans work well

When you have nothing to sell

A conspiracy, a sinister scheme

Or maybe an ideology

[Chorus]

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

[Bridge]

So don't be a fool

You need to see through

The words that they say

They hope willl fill you with rage

They only choose facts, you can use in attacks

They need you to fight in the war that they wage

[Chorus]

'Cause everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

just listen to me

Don't you know?

Can't you see?

Don't you know?

Can't you see?

[Chorus]

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

It's all black and white

Just choose wrong or right

It's easy you see, you just need to agree

It feels like you made up your own mind

Labels and slogans work well

When you have nothing to sell

A conspiracy, a sinister scheme

Or maybe an ideology

[Chorus]

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

[Bridge]

So don't be a fool

You need to see through

The words that they say

They hope willl fill you with rage

They only choose facts, you can use in attacks

They need you to fight in the war that they wage

[Chorus]

'Cause everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Everybody's lying all the time

Can't you see?

just listen to me

Don't you know?

Can't you see?

Don't you know?

Can't you see?

I don't care who's wrong

I don't care who's right

Can't we just move on

I'm not looking for a fight

We're right where we belong

And all we have is time

So I am holding on

To every glimpse of light

And the sun still shines

At the end of my rainbow

'Cause I've made up my mind

You can't bring me down

No you can't bring me down

I'm living in a song

Still stuck on the next line

But it will come along

I feel it lurking in my mind

And the sun still shines

At the end of my rainbow

'Cause I've made up my mind

You can't bring me down

And the sun still shines

Won't go where the rain goes

'Cause I've made up my mind

You can't bring me down

No you can't bring me down

No you can't bring me down

I don't care who's wrong

I don't care who's right

Can't we just move on

I'm not looking for a fight

We're right where we belong

And all we have is time

So I am holding on

To every glimpse of light

And the sun still shines

At the end of my rainbow

'Cause I've made up my mind

You can't bring me down

No you can't bring me down

I'm living in a song

Still stuck on the next line

But it will come along

I feel it lurking in my mind

And the sun still shines

At the end of my rainbow

'Cause I've made up my mind

You can't bring me down

And the sun still shines

Won't go where the rain goes

'Cause I've made up my mind

You can't bring me down

No you can't bring me down

No you can't bring me down

The past lives on in a thousand small things we can feel but can never quite hold.

The years pass slowly, then all at once. We have a sense of where they went, but can never quite put our finger on it.

Somewhere between memory, regret, gratitude and laughter. A reflection on how quickly a life slips by.

It's a straight line to a crooked past

Think of something make it fast

You can see it like a photograph

Deep inside your mind

It's a long time on a short path

A dream you try to make last

All the time you spend tied to the mast

Drifting through your life

and the world turns, and the wind blows

the sun shines, through the window

and you wonder where did the time go

and you think hard, but you don't know

It's the search for the greener grass

The reach for ring of brass

The half full or empty glass

You've seen it from both sides

It's the love that you let pass

The hurt heart that you can't patch

The words you can't take back

That keeps you up at night

and the world turns, and the wind blows

the sun shines, through the window

and you wonder where did the time go

and you think hard, but you don't know

It's the sand slipping through the hourglass

the trying hard to somehow make it last

It's the days that go by so fast

sometimes it makes you sad,

but then you just laugh

It's the time spent with an old friend

The old house you grew up in

all the boxes in the basement

It's the stories that you write

and the world turns, and the wind blows

the sun shines, through the window

and you wonder where did the time go

and you think hard, but you don't know

It's a straight line to a crooked past

Think of something make it fast

You can see it like a photograph

Deep inside your mind

Sweet surrender. Free forgiveness. When we can stop fighting our past and begin to accept the gift of what is yet to come.

Sometimes the way forward doesn't arrive as certainty. Even in our darkest moments, we can still find small possibilities. A crack in the door. A shift in the wind.

When we feel lost, disconnected, or far from home, sometimes all we need is a voice offering some hope and a little encouragement to find a way to begin again.

A light in the darkness, A warm hand to hold

A voice in the silence, A truth to be told

A reason for trying, A crack in the door

A break in the quiet, A faith to restore

I know, You are, A long way from home

I know, You feel, Alone in this world

A sea of emotions, A map and a glass

A hopeful horizon, A dream you can't catch

A world of illusion, A shift in the wind

A foolish idea, A place to begin

I know, You are, A long way from home

I know, You feel, Alone in this world