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A Desperate Cry for Help

by Matt Coggins

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1.
I woke up one night from a dream I dreamt that I was trying to go to sleep And I can't see why it seems so hard When I can fall asleep driving a car. I've been sleeping all day with my eyes wide open Did I miss anything? I didn't miss anything. I fell asleep one day in a chair My mind didn't feel like it was going anywhere And right when I felt like I was learning something I woke up from a deep deep dream. I've been sleeping all day with my eyes wide open Did I miss anything? I didn't miss anything. The path of life is made of straight lines The lines are very small and the path is very wide And it winds You say your life hasn't been the best and it makes you want to cry, you think why doesn't anybody feel the way that I do, why doesn't anybody else just want to die? Because you've been awake for hours, and they've been sleeping they're whole lives. You could bury your head and go to bed, or you could live and sleep with open eyes.
2.
I had a dream once that we were God's dream But God can dream what he wants, why would he dream of me? I imagine what I want Pretend how I feel But I'm scared like a child To reveal what's real And when the sun sets, when I see the moon shine, another day dies, I know you'll all be here when I open my eyes I know I'm too young to feel this old Sometimes I feel like I'm leasing my soul I know I don't have a whole lot left But for you all I'll never go to bed
3.
So Alone 04:17
You came and you showed me how I’m meant to live my life But now you’re gone and I’m lonely You were the one meant to be my wife You you you told me that I’d never feel this way But now you’re gone and I’m lonely And I feel that I’ll never feel the same My friends they’re all gone I don’t think I know what to think or who I am And that sunshine of my life I don’t think it’s ever gonna rise again I had a dream in the middle of the night that we were in love and everything was alright But when I decided that I had to wake up I found myself in this nightmare of a breakup I feel like a skeleton with no bones Wandering around in this hell of my own How long does it take for a man to feel okay I’m like a ghost in my own home I hang my head, just cry and moan But I know if you came back to me, I’d never ever have to be Alone
4.
Half a Song 01:34
If I were to write you half a song Would you still love me just as long? If I were to write half a protest Could I teach the world to get it all a rest? Would half a song make a whole lot of difference?
5.
Politician 02:38
I've spent far to much of my life Working hard on wasting time I've been on my ass all day I learn a lot that ruins my mind Life is like a rickshaw And we're pulling everyone behind And our back's just screaming But we tell everyone that we're doing fine Well maybe I'm always wrong You know that that sounds vaguely right I'm gonna tell you the truth Everything I saw is just a lie I know that lying's a sin I'm just a politician I know what I think's all wrong But I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind I wish I had amnesia I'd forget before I forgave And I remember wronging People that don't even know my name I don't want to sound complaining But time seems like a waste of time We spend our whole lives wondering How the hell are we going to die? Well maybe I'm always wrong You know that that sounds vaguely right I'm gonna tell you the truth Everything I saw is just a lie I know that lying's a sin I'm just a politician I know what I think's all wrong But I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind
6.
Try and put your life into perspective When you miss your respective Girlfriend, boyfriend -- it never ends Loneliness when you're not alone And you say that you can't get a job They gave it to some lazy slob But everyone's getting laid off Fuck off if you think I'm wrong Well you could have been A single-celled organism On some far off planet But you're not You want to go to some far off place Because around here you can't show your face To the losers, the boozers, the stoners and whores They're not worth your trouble anymore You tried so hard to fall in love And you try so hard to keep your love The fighting, the lying, the crying, the dying All worth it after all Well you could have been A single-celled organism On some far off planet But you're not You try and master the art of living But you're multi-celled, and it's hard
7.
I’ve never had a birthday where it didn’t rain But I realize in life, you’ve got to go through some pain To distance yourself And stay insane I was born the oldest least favorite child And even though it’s taken me quite a long while I now know how lucky I am I’ve tried so hard to be but it’s not easy when the rain keeps falling I’ve tried to be good, I just get walked over God why can’t people see that I’m not just some dirt I’m a child inside And it hurts I make fun of the people from my nowhere hometown But the reason I sing and I act like a clown Is ‘cause I don’t know Who I am I’ve tried so hard to be but it’s not easy when the rain keeps falling I manage my friends to have a good time And I managed this lyric to make up a rhyme And I manage a smile to pretend that I’m fine But would someone please manage me Maybe I’m the devil who doesn’t know he’s done wrong I’ve tried and I’ve tried to make up for the times that I lied and I made someone cry I know that I’ve tried but I’ve hurt so many people in my life so what’s the use of trying I know you’ve been crying for so long but I’ve got to move on, I’ve got to make my own life Maybe I’m the devil who doesn’t know he’s done wrong But does the devil have to know that he’s evil?
8.
Interlude 01:00
9.
In Love 02:19
I've got this feeling in my head My ears are still wringing from what she said Different flavors of alarm clocks in her dreams But in her conscious mind she dreams of me I'm in love
10.
A dirty bill of health it seems has taken its toll on me My body is just giving up when I feel I haven't lived enough Joints like an old man and pain in these artist hands My bones they don't properly work, dear God why must you be such a jerk? Because you always get what's coming to you Let me understand the logic if that's true Even if you're nice you still pay the price For all those fucks that get by on luck So karma's just a bullshit theory made to deal because clearly A man's only as good as the backs that he's stabbed I'm a hypochondriac, a hypocrite, insomniac And I've driven myself insane obsessing over the mundane I don't know whose life this is, this God-fearing atheist But when God stopped believing in me, oh lord I was set free No I'm not a pessemist, not trying to be negative And no I will not change creed, God no you won't change me But Christ I've been doing the best that I can, still looking out unselfishly for every other man And when you only serve a part in someone else's plan well can't I get pissed off now and again? People walk around so selfishly and they say to their friends would you please pray for me And oh God please just give me some strength so that this week I just might pay For smart phones and designer t-shirts -- God, I ask what's it worth? I'd rather be one of your damned souls than my mind by an ignorant, gaping hole I've got to tear my eyes from this screen so that I might attempt some sleep And while my aching muscles finally get some peace, my faith is just as sore as the rest of me
11.
Little Flies 03:22

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"A Desperate Cry for Help" is the first solo album by Matt Coggins, songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Earl Grey. Most tracks were recorded with a live feel, done in one take.

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released June 6, 2014

Matt Coggins - Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Ukulele

Lyrics on tracks 1-7 by Matt Coggins
Music on tracks 1-7 by Matt Coggins, with Chris Ohmer, Aaron Kolb, Tim Windy, Bethany Hickey, and Alex King

Most tracks recorded and mixed at Avon House in Flint, Michigan, independently by Matt Coggins, May 2014.
Track 1 recorded and mixed at Arctic Sounds Studio - Flint, MI, May 2012.

I do not own the rights to any covers, which appear on the second half of the album, and therefore no profit will be gained from them. These tracks are only available for free. Please see individual track pages for writing credits.

Released May 30, 2014 by Arctic Sounds.

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