The Freddie Long Band

Music

Strangers and Friends

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1.	Wish You Had	Play	Wish You Had I was so into you I gave the best of what I knew My strawberries and champagne But I was just your convenience Not to be seen by your friends Your back-up plan for your rainy day And I never made your priority list So just put me down for one regret ‘Cause I’m gonna be, so out of your league By the time you realize your mistakes ‘Cause I’m everything, yeah I’m everything You gonna wish you had someday You gonna wish you had me I played your game for way too long I couldn’t stand when you didn’t call I was a fool the way I’d wait You’d love me and leave me Kiss me and keep me Then you’d just give yourself away And I never made your priority list So just put me down for one regret ‘Cause I’m gonna be, so out of your league By the time you realize your mistakes ‘Cause I’m everything, yeah I’m everything You gonna wish you had someday You gonna wish you had me Just give me that piece of mind, that happenstance When I get to smile and say that you had your chance Yeah, you had your chance ‘Cause I’m gonna be, so out of your league By the time you realize your mistakes ‘Cause I’m everything, yeah I’m everything You gonna wish you had Wish you had Wish you had someday You gonna wish you had me You gonna wish you had me You gonna wish you had me Lyrics
2.	She's	Play	She's She's a 5 foot 9 walking inspiration She's got a reputation turning heads She's got a smile could lead a criminal to Jesus Her eyes more than twice have led this jumper down from his ledge In the presense of such a woman I am but a child She's so amazing Me, I'm just crazy She can make a man forget all his best intentions She can take one moment and forever make it last She's got a face that conveys a deliverance From the guilt and the shame of the shadows that I've cast In the presense of such a woman I am but a child She's so amazing Me, I'm just crazy One look and you'll see She's the sweetest blend of perfection and modesty Her hips in those jeans Change the way I look at all my dreams She's so amazing Me, I'm just crazy She's so amazing Me, I'm just crazy She's so amazing Me, I'm just crazy Lyrics
3.	Natalie	Play	Natalie I sit in my car and look up at the night Your message is still playing in my mind And here I am and you could be anywhere But your words I’ve kept with me all this time And I wish I could’ve seen you The way I see you now Oh, Natalie I know our time was brief But oh, Natalie You’ve helped me when it’s been hard to believe And your little kindness has gone a long way with me Oh, Natalie Another Thursday night at Johnson’s Trying to thin the blood that makes me who I am You let this stray follow you home and then you drove me back Across the town to the house where I lived And I wish I could’ve seen you The way I see you now Oh, Natalie I know our time was brief But oh, Natalie You’ve helped me when it’s been hard to believe And your little kindness has gone a long way with me Oh, Natalie Maybe someday we’ll have a few drinks and a chance to catch up Or maybe the parts we played were all that were written for us And I wish I could’ve seen you The way I see you now Oh, Natalie I know our time was brief But oh, Natalie You’ve helped me when it’s been hard to believe Your little kindness has gone a long way with me Your little kindness has gone a long way with me A little kindness can go a long way you see Oh, Natalie Lyrics
4.	The Punch Line	Play	The Punch Line I look at life and I can’t keep a straight face I take comfort in the lighter side I tend to laugh in the midst of tragedy Might as well, won’t make it out this life alive I used to worry about anything I could find But all that ever seemed to do was ruin my good time Season’s change and time passes by The good times leave us in the blink of an eye Live, laugh, and love and everything’ll be fine Cause sometimes life is just a joke and we’re all the punch line I’ve been through a lot these last few years Seen my dreams and I’ve seen the shadow descend But ain’t it funny how things work themselves out And often times it’s for the better in the end Well I never meant to hurt nobody, but I’ve made my share of bad mistakes So I’ll take all my lemons, make them lemonade, but I won’t forget how those lemons taste Season’s change and time passes by The good times leave us in the blink of an eye Live, laugh, and love and everything’ll be fine Cause sometimes life is just a joke and we’re all the punch line I found out in full that I’m not invincible, I’m just thankful to still be alive Thankful for the life and love that I have Don’t lose sight, see the portrait of your life, take a look around and let it slide And you may find that the worst really ain’t that bad Season’s change and time passes by The good times leave us in the blink of an eye Live, laugh, and love and everything’ll be fine Cause sometimes life is just a joke and we’re all the punch line Lyrics
5.	Stay The Night	Play	Stay The Night You were always my favorite contradiction A star of David playing Jars of Clay You don't like to swear, but you'll swear that you don't lie And then you'll smile at me and lie right to my face There's an edge to that grin that your eyes they just can't match But I always knew better than that And if my heart is a hallway Lined with rooms in a soul I've yet to find Oh then I'll be standing in your doorway Hoping you'll ask if I'll stay the night Lying in your bed, you cracked me open But now there's so much that we don't say And it's not that I don't think about you It's just so damn hard for me to communicate You're so hard to read Sometimes you're all I have, sometimes you're all I need And if my heart is a hallway Lined with rooms in a soul I've yet to find Oh then I'll be standing in your doorway Hoping you'll ask if I'll stay the night And if words can be spoken Without expectations being broken Then let me offer a few I love you Somedays I'm not sure If you've ever heard how wonderful you are And if my heart is a hallway Lined with rooms in a soul I've yet to find Oh then I'll be standing in your doorway Hoping you'll ask if I'll, Hoping you'll ask if I'll, Hoping you'll ask if I'll stay the night Lyrics
6.	Blanket	Play	Blanket You're the kind that tells me I look good Days I know it's far from the truth You and I, ya know, we're not that different I just hide it more than you And I know it's not what I do best But I've got to get this off my chest Well I know I don't say it often But you take the shiver out of growing old Sometimes I'll see your face and feel so good about my place You're like a blanket for my soul Yeah I know I like to give you a hard time And sometimes you take it personally But I'd never ever mean to hurt you 'Cause you define that genuine kind of sweet And I know it's not what I do best But I've got to get this off my chest Well I know I don't say it often But you take the shiver out of growing old Sometimes I'll see your face and feel so good about my place You're like a blanket for my soul The world is full of unsung heroes 'Cause it's hard sometimes to say what's on your heart But I'm giving it a shot, and if you know it or not I love you and who you are Well I know I don't say it often But you take the shiver out of growing old Sometimes I'll see your face and feel so good about my place You're like a blanket for my soul ...You keep me warm when it gets cold Lyrics
7.	Gullible	Play	Gullible I turn on the television Listen to my favorite songs Don't catch all of what they're selling But I'll buy most of it before I turn them off I wanna be the bad guy I wanna show them I'm a man Turn into people I swore I'd never be And I hope that's not who I am I wish that I wasn't so gullible But I fall for it every time And you'd think I'd recognize The hook, the sinker, and the line Oh sometimes I'm just so gullible Afraid to miss the party We all do care what they think But I know there's so much more to this life Than getting off and waiting for that drink One is all you really need to tango So I'm not placing any blame I guess I'm praying for an answer Should I accept or do I need to change I wish that I wasn't so gullible But I fall for it every time And you'd think I'd recognize The hook, the sinker, and the line Oh sometimes I'm just so gullible Echoes of my grandfather and the final words he said Boys grow up and be among the kind and gentle men Somedays I act like a fool, somedays I walk with him Somedays I think I'm so cool, somedays I hang my head I wish that I wasn't so gullible But I fall for it every time And you'd think I'd recognize The hook, the sinker, and the line Oh sometimes I'm just so gullible Lyrics
8.	Behind Every Set	Play	Behind Every Set Cigarettes and flourescent light Joe's been drinking since he got up today Another night down on Mid County I say to Joe, "I don't want to read about you on the front page." He pulls my face against his and with polluted breath Says, "If I go know I died a happy man." But in his bloodshot eyes I see the deepest roots Of a pain I hope I never comprehend His father never gave him a prayer But he's got a good heart, I just hope he knows that it's still there Behind every set of hardened eyes Is just someone who wants to feel loved inside Then there's the tough guy with a streak oh so mean Doing lines for good times, never outside his crew But I bet if you could see past that look in his eye You would see someone just like me and you And I wonder where it all went wrong I hope he finds that love he never had or might've lost Behind every set of hardened eyes Is just someone who wants to feel loved inside So everyone you've ever written off Why don't you go pencil them back in Love thy enemies And don't be surprised if you get love from them Behind every set of hardened eyes Is just someone who wants to feel loved inside Behind every set of hardened eyes Is just someone who wants to feel loved inside Lyrics
9.	Still Home	Play	Still Home Across the street there used to be a farm where Steve and I would play But now there’s a brand new neighborhood And right next door there was a red cart that sold the fruits of this land But when Mr. Watkins passed, they closed the stand for good Leaving me with a nostalgic depression The years never asked for my permission Tell me what happened to this place that I grew up in It’s getting harder to recognize these roads Even though the little things are fading away When I’m in the drive I know that I’m still home Well I used to walk right into 103 to say hello But I find it’s hard to talk to a machine And the drag strip on the corner, it’s been here for thirty years But by November it’s a place for the elderly Leaving me with a nostalgic depression The years never asked for my permission Tell me what happened to this place that I grew up in It’s getting harder to recognize these roads Even though the little things are fading away When I’m in the drive I know that I’m still home I still walk barefoot down to get the mail And I know not to take that turn too fast And I can take you to the sidewalk where I had my first kiss Oh thank God that there are some things that time can’t even have Tell me what happened to this place that I grew up in It’s getting harder to recognize these roads Even though the little things are fading away When I’m in the drive I know that I’m still home I know that I’m still home I know that I’m still home I know that it’s still home Lyrics
10.	Unconditional	Play	Unconditional Last night I saw two kids falling in love Sitting on the back of a Jeep And as I drove out of that parking lot I wished that one was you and the other one was me I thought I had cut the ties that bound me But last week I woke up in a sweat Seems in my dreams somehow you'd found me So much for trying to forget I guess I'll always wish we'd go back where it started But if we never make it that far You will always live inside each moment So go on and walk all over me, leave me standing in the storm 'Cause there's no fine print to read, just a lifetime guarantee From now on my love is unconditional It been weeks since our last farewell episode I guess I'm a little early in this cycle we have made I've been trying to think it through but all I really think I know Is that I don't want to live without you and sure as hell can't walk away I'm so tired of fighting So I'm kneeling down and handing you my sword You will always live inside each moment So go on and walk all over me, leave me standing in the storm 'Cause there's no fine print to read, just a lifetime guarantee From now on my love is unconditional I could dwell on our misunderstandings But I'd like to think that's really all they are And I'd much rather tell you that you're beautiful And that I'll never be too far You will always live inside each moment So go on and walk all over me, leave me standing in the storm 'Cause there's no fine print to read, just a lifetime guarantee From now on my love is unconditional Lyrics
11.	Bittersweet Memories	Play	Bittersweet Memories Through the door and up the stairs, Like a ghost from another life Down the hall and past your room I'm overcome With the feeling of an era lost in time Of sleepovers with you lying in my arms, And nights that we'd wrestle to the floor Remembering the way you made me feel, Like I'd found something that I had lost before Looking back it seems close enough to make it real again But chasing the past is a game that we can never win But I miss you and the times in my mind I still see Thinking through the pages of my bittersweet memories Someone once told me The older you get, the faster it goes by And I swear I cursed out loud the day I found out That it didn't take long before they were right Looking back it seems close enough to make it real again But chasing the past is a game that we can never win But I miss you and the times in my mind I still see Thinking through the pages of my bittersweet memories Well I guess everything has its place in time The hands keep turning as they should And I think sometimes not knowing what you have Is the very thing that makes it so good Looking back it seems close enough to make it real again But chasing the past is a game that we can never win But I miss you and the times in my mind I still see Thinking through the pages of my bittersweet memories Thinking through the pages of my bittersweet memories Lyrics
12.	Figure Me Out	Play	Figure Me Out "There's something wrong with you," she whispered As I climbed into her bed She didn't know how right she was But things have been so messed up in my head And I use remedies no doctor would prescribe And all they do is leave me with a hollow sense of pride Have you ever been so hopelessly conflicted? Standing on the edge of breaking down I hope someday that I am able to fix this mess I've made But I'm still trying to figure me out Desparate for a beacon Tossed among relentless seas There's so many things I have compromised I've broken things that don't belong to me I hear everything they say And the ghosts that I've created I see twice a day Have you ever been so hopelessly conflicted? Standing on the edge of breaking down I hope someday that I am able to fix this mess I've made But I'm still trying to figure me out Right now all that's keeping me together Is the love of two people a hundred miles away So as I wave goodbye to youth and struggle with the truth The only thing that's left to do is pray Have you ever been so hopelessly conflicted? Standing on the edge of breaking down I hope someday that I am able to fix this mess I've made But I'm still trying to figure me out Lyrics
13.	BONUS TRACK: Stranger	Play	BONUS TRACK: Stranger I’m a stranger in my own body I feel like a stranger almost everywhere that I go And tonight I just can’t be the person that I seem And I almost like being alone I’m not the one that you think you know I wish I could play the part that I wrote But I’m out of identity and I’m running low on hope You can talk about me when I leave ‘Cause I’m a stranger in my own body I feel like a stranger almost everywhere that I go And tonight I just can’t be the person that I seem And I almost like being alone Tomorrow I’ll remember most of my lines And with a convincing delivery I’ll recite But my memory will remember that those words aren’t really mine Back into the wings ‘Cause I’m a stranger in my own body I feel like a stranger almost everywhere that I go And tonight I just can’t be the person that I seem And I almost like being alone Yeah I almost like being alone Lyrics

The FLB's self-produced debut release.
Released 2/3/07.

Rock-Can-Roll Compilation to Benefit Autism Speaks: Volume 1

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The Original Music Association of Philadelphia, Inc, in association with Fifth Stone Music School and Studios and Ride Now Philadelphia, are proud to announce an original music compilation to benefit Autism Speaks and the Cure Autism Now Foundation.

'Blanket' is track number 12 of this 16-song compilation.

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