The Many Moods of Martin Zellar & The Hardways

Blown Kisses

Strangers in this house
Ghosts beneath my bed
Fear has struck us mute
Ain’t nothing being said

Bad news at the door
Hushed voices in the hall
Hear the T.V. late at night
Count the headlights on my wall

Things fall apart so easily
Don’t blame yourself, it must be me
Blown kisses from your window make me cry
It’s not hard to figure why

When you total up the cost
Of all we gave away
And everything we lost

Don’t want to hear the truth
Don’t want to know what’s real
I just crawl into my space
Erase everything I feel

Things fall apart so easily
Don’t blame yourself, it must be me
Blown kisses from your window make me cry
It’s not hard to figure why

You almost had me fooled
You made just one mistake
You held me far too close
I could feel your poor heart break

Things fall apart so easily
Don’t blame yourself, it must be me
Blown kisses from your window make me cry
It’s not hard to figure why

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitars:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Guitar, Organ:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocals:
• Martin Zellar

Goodnight Meridel

I’ll tell you now
In case you should care
I’ve got secrets
II’ll never share
That’s all right, it’s O.K.
Ain’t no big deal anyway
I just need to call them my own

You knew me then
You don’t know me at all
A lot can change
From summer to fall
It’s O.K., it’s all right
We’ll just take it slow here tonight
We’ll just lay here and look at the stars

Goodnight now Meridel
Don’t let the bedbugs bite
Lay down your head girl
And let sweet dreams fill your night

I’ll lock your face away in my mind
Remember still should God strike me blind
Que sera, what the hell, c’est la vie
Like that woman sang on TV
Go to sleep, don’t listen to me

Goodnight now Meridel
Don’t let the bedbugs bite
Lay down your head girl
And let sweet dreams fill your night
Sleep tight

Goodnight now Meridel
Don’t let the bedbugs bite
Lay down your head girl
And let sweet dreams fill your night
Sleep tight

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Trombone:
• Alan Lecher
• Tenor Saxophone:
• David Levine
• Guitar:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Trumpet:
• Kelly Rossum
• Guitar:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocal:
• Martin Zellar

Freeze This Feeling

I remember how in the fall
We’d drive downtown
For pencil boxes, new blue jeans
And Buster Browns
I’ve had that feeling come lately
Like something’s about to begin
We’ll pile our things up and burn ‘em
We can start again
We’ll start again

Summer days we’d all walk on down
To the Ben Franklin
See how much candy a quarter would buy
Seemed like a lot back then
I’ve had that feeling come lately
The sun’s about to break through
There’ll be nothing but good things
For me and you
For me and you

Freeze this feeling
Let it thaw slow
Put your arms around me
And don’t let go
Don’t let go

Summer nights me and Ace would buy
A case of beer
Park on gravel roads outside of town
Just past the old Big Steer
I’ve had that feeling come lately
A billion stars in the sky
Old dreams reawakened
And I don’t know why
I don’t know why

Freeze this feeling
Let it thaw slow
Put your arms around me
And don’t let go
Don’t let go

Not tonight
Hold my hand with all your might
Smile that smile for me
Make me believe, make me believe
Make me believe

Freeze this feeling
Let it thaw slow
Put your arms around me
And don’t let go…

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitar:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Guitar, Vocals:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocals:
• Martin Zellar

Clues

I’m a little bit confused
As to what it is you want from me
Just give me direction
I could be the man you want me to be
Lies pile up on lies
Until it’s hard to find the truth

Am I warm?
Or am I getting colder?
I need clues
It gets hard as I get older

It feels a little awkward
To find out I’ve fallen short for years
I think you’d better assume control
Take the wheel, I’ll let you steer
I’ve lost all confidence in my ability
To give you what you need

Am I close?
Or am I off the mark?
I need clues
I’m completely in the dark

I wouldn’t be offended
If you made a list from one to ten
Of all the things I need to change
I’d scratch them off and start again
I’ve lost all confidence in my ability
To give you what you need

Am I warm?
Or am I getting colder?
I need clues
It gets hard as I get older

Am I close?
Or am I off the mark?
I need clues
I’m completely in the dark

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Banjo, Guitar:
• Dan Neale
• Hoots & Hollers:
• Dan Neale
• Fiddle:
• John Niemann
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Guitar:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocals:
• Martin Zellar

Carolyn

Just treat me like the worthless fool I am
Turn away from me at night, I’ll understand
It won’t be easy
Please don’t leave me
Carolyn

I don’t deserve you girl, I never will
That you’ve stuck it out this long amazes me still
Just know I love you
How I love you
Carolyn

I’m down on my knees
I’ll crawl across the floor
I’ll do whatever it takes
To keep you girl
From walking out the door

I’ll do all that’s in my power to set things right
If nothing else, I’ll keep you warm at night
It won’t be easy
Please don’t leave me
Carolyn

Just treat me like the worthless fool I am
Turn away from me at night, I’ll understand
It won’t be easy
Please don’t leave me
Carolyn

Just know I love you
How I love you
Carolyn

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Violin:
• Bruce Allard
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitar, Vocals:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Guitar, Vocals:
• Patrik Tanner
• Piano:
• Patrik Tanner
• Cello:
• Diane Tremaine
• Vocals:
• Martin Zellar

Time & Time Again

I’m miles from nowhere
I feel my hands begin to shake
I know this feeling
It’s my resolve about to break
I’m falling, falling, falling
Try my best to keep from calling
I know it’s late, I’m drunk, and you’re asleep
But I’m alone again

I know I walked out
I had my chance and now we’re through
I didn’t realize
How small my life was without you
I’m crying, crying, crying
Really does feel like I’m dying
I know it’s late, I’m drunk and you’re asleep
But I’m alone again

Hey, tell me what I’m supposed to say?
It feels as though I’m doomed to count to ten
Time and time and time and time again

I swore I’d hold off
Until I wasn’t such a mess
But I was worn down
By too much loneliness, I guess
I know, I know, I know
It’s really time that I let go
I know it’s late, I’m drunk and you’re asleep
But I’m alone again

Hey, tell me what I’m supposed to say?
It feels as though I’m doomed to count to ten
Time and time and time and time again

Hey, tell me what I’m supposed to say?
It feels as though I’m doomed to count to ten
Time and time and time and time again

Four and four and two is ten
That’s how many months it’s been

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitars:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Guitar, Organ:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocals:
• Martin Zellar

All I Need

Give me a bottle, a cigarette
A mountain of money, erase my debt
A brand new suit, a loaded gun
A tank of gas in a car that’ll run
A thermos of coffee, Tylenol 3
A sleeping bag and a fake I.D.

A Zippo lighter, a good cigar
A six-disc changer in the trunk of the car
With Blood On The Tracks, Let It Be
Nebraska, Raindogs, Oh, Mercy
Anything by old George Jones
Sunglasses and a cellular phone

A fake beard, hair dye, a racing form
A map to anywhere that’s warm
A radar detector, Vitamin B
The Fredrik Exley trilogy
Passport, pretzels, acoustic guitar
Toll change, toothbrush, a credit card
Three hours of sleep, truck stop speed
That’s all I need

All I need…

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitars:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Guitar:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocal:
• Martin Zellar

Tomorrow Is Too Late

Turn your head
You can’t look me in the eye
So we’re through
No excuse, no kiss goodbye
Well O.K.
You do what you’ve got to do
But I know
That it’s me that pays not you

I don’t get what you’re trying to do
It hit so quick, so out of the blue
I’m getting old, way too old for this
All the time that’s passed
All the things that I’ve missed
Tell me now
Because tomorrow is too late

You’re so weak
You should have done this long ago
Yeah, it hurts
Seems I’m always the last to know
I don’t get what you’re trying to do
It hit so quick, so out of the blue
I’m getting old, way too old for this
All the time that’s passed
All the things that I’ve missed
Tell me now
Because tomorrow is too late

From my room
I just let that doorbell ring
Give it up
Sorry doesn’t change a thing

I don’t get what you’re trying to do
It hit so quick, so out of the blue
I’m getting old, way too old for this
All the time that’s passed
All the things that I’ve missed
Tell me now
Because tomorrow is too late

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitars:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Keyboards, Guitar:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocals:
• Martin Zellar

1,000 Miles Away

I lay in bed at night
And practice what I’ll say
You walk in the door and my resolve
It slowly fades away

History is hard to shake I guess
Next to my own mind I know yours best
Know what your thinking
What beer you’re drinking
Could be a thousand miles away

We’ve played this scene
So many times before
It won’t be long before
You’re out the door
Know when you’re joking
What you’ve been smoking
Could be a thousand miles away

So much baggage
So much water ‘neath the bridge
Building up like silt
Since we were little
We were little kids

You can’t fool me
Don’t matter what you do
I’ll always be five steps ahead of you
Know when you’re faking
What pills you’re taking
Could be a thousand miles away

So much baggage
So much water ‘neath the bridge
Building up like silt
Since we were little
We were little kids

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitars:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Guitar, Vocals:
• Patrik Tanner
• Vocals:
• Martin Zellar

Marching Beside Him

When Jesus blows the trumpet
I will fall in line and fight
We’ll run through the Fallen Angel
And his minions we shall smite
A hallowed seat beside our Lord
Will be our given right
For marching beside Him

I will grant sinners forbearance
Until the Lord gives me a sign
And when it comes I’ll shed their blood
And glory shall be mine
For those who heed His call to arms
Shall count themselves divine
For marching beside Him

No barb can pierce the armor
Provided by my Lord
And those who are not wearing it
Shall be cut down with his sword
For those who stand against Him
No mercy, no reward
We all must stand with Him

Woe to non-believers
For there shall come a flood
Those who don’t accept his word
Will drown in their own blood
So climb down from your ivory tower
Crawl up from the mud
We all must march with Him

Amen

• Written By:
• Martin Zellar
• Bass Guitar:
• Dominic Ciola
• Guitar:
• Dan Neale
• Drums:
• Marc Retish
• Organ:
• Patrik Tanner
• Voices:
• Martin Zellar