One Life Right Now

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Lyrics

Life Runs Fast

Clock on the walls doin' circle again
Bartender's laughing with a tray in his hand
Neon on the sidewalk, rain on the glass
Same old street, but the night moves fast

I've been chasing deadlines, losing my sleep
Saving all my jokes for some later week
But later never calls you, it just slips by
So tonight I'm gonna live before goodbye

Couple in the corner share a stupid grin
Spilling all their stories like a tonic and gin
Trumpet on the records from another year
Teaching us to swing while we're still right here
Phone in my pocket buzzing like a bee
But every little message can't wait for me
Cause every great memory that I ever had
Started with a bad idea that turned out mad

We got bills, we got plans, we got worry lines
But they fade in the glow of these crooked signs
If the night runs away, let it run with style
We can still catch a ride for a little while

Life runs fast, so laugh, laugh, yeah, yeah
Snap your fingers, let the good times land
Life runs fast, so laugh, laugh, yeah, yeah
In that bar stool, take my shaky hand
We got one small room and a beat that lasts
So laugh, laugh, laugh while life runs fast

Someday we'll be stories someone halfway knows
A name in a picture, a song on a show
I don't wanna wait till it's all recapped
To find out when I lived I forgot to laugh

So here's to the nights that we almost skipped
To the jokes that we told with a trembling lip
If tomorrow comes early and the dream moves on
We'll remember how it felt when the groove was strong

Life runs fast, so laugh, laugh, yeah, yeah
Snap your fingers, let the good times land
Life runs fast, so laugh, laugh, yeah, yeah
Spin that bar stool, take my shaky hand
Life runs fast, so laugh, laugh, yeah
So laugh, laugh, yeah, yeah

Life runs fast, so laugh, laugh, yeah
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Life runs fast

I Don't Dance

I'm the guy at the bar with his feet glued down
Not into the music, but I don't go around
I can play you a tune by a round or two
But I don't hit the floor like those dancers do

Then you walked in, turned the room real bright
Little spark in your step, kinda sideways light
You were laughing with your friends by the speaker stand
Tapping out the rhythm with your perfect hands

You caught my eye like you've done it before
Pointed to the crowd in the middle of the floor
You said, come on mister, what you waiting for
I said, I don't really dance halfway to the door

You just smiled like you'd heard the line
Reached out slow for this hand of mine
Suddenly my shoes didn't feel so stuck
Like the groove in my chest finally woke up

My head says, sit back down, this ain't your move
But my heart's in the pocket of this brand new groove
If I'm gonna break a rule, let it be with you
Cause the only kinda step I want is two by two

Don't wanna dance, but I'll dance with you
Spinning in the headlight, feeling brand new
I don't dance, but I'll dance with you
Every little heartbeat, keeping time with you
If I look a little crazy and my steps aren't smooth
I don't care at all as long as I can move with you
I don't dance, but I'll dance with you

Now the floor feels smaller when you're by my side
Every awkward stumble turns to something wide
I was sure I was born with two left feet
But they seem to find the rhythm every time we meet
So if anybody asks why I'm dancing tonight
Tell them love found a way to get my steps right
I don't need to be clever, I just need this view
Every little move beginning next to you

I don't dance, but I'll dance with you
Spinning in the headlight, feeling brand new
I don't dance, but I'll dance with you
Every little heartbeat, keeping time with you
If I look a little crazy and my steps aren't smooth
I don't care at all as long as I can move with you
I don't dance, but I'll dance with you
I don't dance, but I'll dance with you
Laughing while the band keeps pushing on through
I don't dance, but I'll dance with you
Every single song feels written about you
When the night slows down and they play one last tune
I'll still be on the floor under that same old moon

I don't dance, but I'll dance with you
I don't dance, but I'll dance with you

That Summer Glow

I remember that summer
Like a movie frame
Warm wind in the alleys
Golden window panes
I was tired from the winter
Living black and white
Till the whole town bloomed in soft street light

Women on the sidewalks
Colors in their hair
Sunlight on their shoulders
Like they didn't care
Every laugh was brighter
Than the neon sign
Every step they took
Drew a silver line

I was leaning on the bar
Thinking way too much
Counting every worry
Losing every touch
Then the evening opened
Like a painted door
Every face got warmer
Than the night before

Dresses in the doorway
Heels on cobblestone
Summer wrote a love note
On the air alone
Every woman shining
In that amber glow
Like the city
Gave them lights from below

We've been living in grey
For far too long
Then the season it play
On a brand new song
If the days run fast
And the years all blur
I'll remember
How the sun fell
All over her

In that summer glow
Every woman walking
Looked like art in motion
That summer glow
Golden little waves
On a midnight ocean
If life runs wild
And the time runs slow
I just wanna live
In that summer glow

Now the seasons tumble
Calendars turn
Colder days and streetlights
Lessons we learn
But when I close my eyes
I still see that street
Every woman glowing
In the heat

So here I am
In the heat
So here's to the nights
When the light ran free
When the whole world shimmered
By the open sea
If tomorrow pulls us
Where we have to go
I'll be chasing down
That same warm glow

That summer glow
Every woman walking
Looked like art in motion
That summer glow
Golden little waves
On a midnight ocean
If life runs wild
And the time runs slow
I just wanna live
In that summer glow

That summer glow
Spinning on the pavement
Laughing in the sun
That summer glow
Every little heartbeat
That's what I want
If life runs wild
And the time runs slow
Take me back again
To that summer glow

More and More of You

Midnight Lovers Can you feel that groove
Keep it close, keep it true

You walked in like the night just found its light
Little spark on the edge of my tired life
Every table, every glass just fell away
You were all that I could see in this smoky gray
DJ in the corner spinning hearts and brains
Cutting old love stories into new mistakes
But when you laughed at something no one else could hear
The whole world shrank till it was just you here, just you
I was fine on my own till you blew my mind
Now I'm drunk on your smile, running out of time
If this keeps on growing like it's growing tonight
Where is this going and why does it feel so right

I can't get enough of you, more and more of you, yeah, yeah
Every little second pulls me deeper in
I can't get enough of you, more and more of you, yeah, yeah
Where is this gonna end, where do I begin
If this is a dream, don't wake me through
Cause I just want more and more of you, yeah

Every move you're making's like a melody
Little jazz line walking all over me
Rolling bass under all the words you say
I could listen to you talk till the break of day
Messages on my phone, they can wait outside
I just wanna stay here in your bright side

Every time you touch me something redefines
Like the night has colors that it never had in mine
I was cool, I was calm, now I'm losing track
You're the beat in my chest, I keep running back
If this keeps on burning like it's burning tonight
Where is this going cause it's getting so right

I can't get enough of you, more and more of you, yeah, yeah
Every little second pulls me deeper in
I can't get enough of you, more and more of you, yeah, yeah
Where is this gonna end, where do I begin
If this is a dream, don't wake me through
Cause I just want more and more of you, yeah

You don't lose surreal, it's a brighter scene
Every day we're writing what this could mean
Stronger and stronger with every night
I don't see a limit to this kind of life

If love is a record that we get to play
I don't ever wanna let this needle stray
Turn it up loud and let the whole room know
We're the kind of fire that refuses to slow
Refuses, refuses to slow, yeah
I can't get enough of you, more and more of you, yeah, yeah
Every little second pulls me deeper in

I can't get enough of you, more and more of you, yeah, yeah
Where is this gonna end, where do I begin
If this is a dream, don't wake me through
Cause I just want more and more of you, yeah
More and more of you, yeah, yeah
Spinnin' in the spotlight, hearts on the line
I can't get enough of you, more and more of you, yeah, yeah
Every beat is singin', y'all unite
If this is a dream, don't wake me through
Be safe, bring about more and more of you, yeah

Just You That Night

Don't take offense
Clock on the wall doing circles again
Bar lights flicker on a midnight grin
Voices like a river, glasses like rain
Every face a story I won't see again
Then the door swung wide, let the city in
Little chaos, halo in the streetlight wind
But when you step forward laughing in that dress
Every other color faded into lead

Band in the corner on a two-chord riff
Bartender juggling every tiny wish
Somebody's telling jokes that nobody hears
Cause you just stole the sound from the room right here
I was halfway home in my worried head
Counting out tomorrow and the days ahead
Then you turned your eyes and the noise went wide
Everything went quiet but the heartbeat night

We had smoked cheap wine, crooked neon signs
But the whole world shifted when you caught my line
If the night runs past like a speeding light
I just wanna live in that frame of sight

Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Everybody else in a blur of gold
Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Like the only story I'll ever be told
If light flies by in the club tonight
Slow it down once more for just you that night

Years will try to turn that moment down
File it as a night out in some nameless town
But I know the truth when the lights go low
You were every yes in a world of no
So here's to the nights when the crowd falls back
When the noise and the fear lose their track
If tomorrow comes and the scene moves on
I'll still hear you laugh when the band plays on

Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Everybody else in a blur of gold

Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Like the only story I'll ever be told
If light flies by in the club tonight
Slow it down once more for just you that night

Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Every little heartbeat keep in time

Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Let me hold the picture in my mind
If light flies by in the club tonight
I'll be spinning round you for the rest of my life

Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Everybody else in a blur of gold
Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah

Let me hold the picture in my mind
If light flies by in the club tonight
Slow it down once more for just you that night
Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah

Everybody else in a blur of gold
Just you in the spotlight, yeah yeah
Just you in the spotlight

Show Me the Way to You

You say let's go to London
I'll show you every street
Little, little record shops
And places where we meet
We'll watch the river shining
Under silver sky
Count the distant airplanes
And the taxi lights
Then you talk about Berlin
And with its late night sound
Tiny smoky bars
Where the beats run round
You paint it like a movie
In electric blue
Every frame is magic
When it's next to you

You say let's fly to New York
Chase the downtown trains
Drink our coffee
Walking in the summer rain
I know all the corners
Where the dreamers hide
We can watch the city
Breathing from the Brooklyn sun

You can show me every postcard
In your suitcase, mind
The little skyline
You have ever defined
But the view that I keep
Coming back to two

Is your face in the doorway
When I walk to you

We can stamp our passports
Chase every light
But I know what I really want tonight

There's one direction I can't lose
It's a line from here
Straight back to you

You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
Every winding road
Every avenue

You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
London, Berlin, New York too
I don't need a map
If your heart shines through

You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

We can talk about the places
That we haven't been
Tokyo nights or some beaches seen
But the best kind of journey
That I ever knew
Was crossing one small room
To sit close to you

So spin me all the stories
Of the roads out there
But keep a little promise
Hanging in the air
When the last plane lands
And the day is through
There's a clear straight line
That leads me back to you

You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
Every winding road
Every avenue

You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
London, Berlin, New York too
I don't need a map
If your heart shines through

You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
Dancing through the airports
Laughing in the queue

You can show me the world
But show me the way to you
Every little sunrise
Feels brand new
When the lights go down
And the night is through

I just want one road
Show me the way to you

It's a Dream (Help Me Live It)

I used to keep my dreamin' on a movie screen
Black and white pictures of a different scene
Me on a stage, you in a front row light

Always out of reach in the middle of the night
Then one day the door swung open just like that
Same eyes from the dream, same crooked laugh
You were walkin' through the club like you owned the song

And my heartbeat said, don't wait too long
I've been talkin' about one day for far too long
Write a little maybe then a half-finished song
But your smile keeps stillin' every quiet plan

Like the future's wavin' with an open hand
We got neon on the ceiling, cheap red wine
But the way you look at me feels borderline divine
If this is just a dream then it's way too strong

To leave it in my pillow when the night is gone
I'm tired of wakin' up before the good part starts
Watchin' all the colors fade out of my heart
If there's one thing tonight I wanna do

Is step out of the dream and walk to you
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah
I don't wanna let it fade away
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah

Take this midnight feelin' in today
If it's real when I'm standin' here with you
Don't let me wake up, make it all come true
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah

I've been scared that the best things slip away
Left in the dark like jokes we never say
But your hand on my shoulder feels loud and clear

Like the universe whisperin' stay right here
So if this is the moment I can change our track
Let's not leave it sleep and never call it back
I don't need a script, I just need this view

A dream in the spotlight, standin' here with you
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah
I don't wanna let it fade away
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah

Take this midnight feelin' in today
If it's real when I'm standin' here with you
Don't let me wake up, make it all come true
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah

It's a dream, help me live it, yeah
Dancing while the band keeps pushin' through
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah
Every single heartbeat shoutin' you

If it's real when I'm standin' here with you
Let the lights come up on a dream come true
It's a dream, help me live it
It's a dream, help me live it, yeah

Only Forward Now

There's not a single day I don't feel that pull
Little voice in my head replaying old newsreels full
Every wrong turn, every missed train, every call I missed
Like a movie in the background that refuses to quit

But tonight in this club with the lights turned low
I can hear a different rhythm underneath the glow
Every clink of a glass, every foot on the ground
Says the future's in the beat, not the echo of the sound

People at the tables with their what-if eyes
Digging up the same old stories they've told all their lives
But I'm done with the digging in the cold hard ground
I want flowers in the cracks where the pain was found

Trumpet in the corner warms the air like sun
Sax draws a line from here to what we'll become
I'm not chasing down shadows from yesterday's show
I'm stepping to the front where the new lights glow

We've all got ghosts that can steal the room
All mistakes like a heavy perfume
But I'd rather be dancing on this brand new floor
Than counting every footstep that walks out the door

No looking back, I'm done somehow
Only forward now, yeah, yeah
I won't dig up the hurt I've already outgrown
No looking back, I'm here right now

Only forward now, yeah, yeah
Eyes on the road and a heart full blown
If the past wants to talk, I'll just turn it down
Cause I'm living for the spark that's only forward now

Yeah, yeah
Every morning comes with a brand new sky
No use staring at the clouds that already passed by
If I'm always looking over my shoulder line

I'll miss the way your eyes are meeting mine
So here's to the pages we haven't read
To the songs we'll be singing up ahead
If the past calls back with the same old sound

We'll be laughing too loud to hear it drag us down
No looking back, I'm done somehow
Only forward now, yeah, yeah
I won't dig up the hurt I've already outgrown

No looking back, I'm here right now
Only forward now, yeah, yeah
Eyes on the road and a heart full blown
If the past wants to talk, I'll just turn it down

Cause I'm living for the spark that's only forward now
Yeah, yeah
No looking back, we're here somehow
Only forward now, yeah, yeah

Every step we're taking writes a brighter line
No looking back, just here just now
Only forward now, yeah, yeah
All the old regret fading out of time

If the past wants to talk, let it fade in the crowd
We'll be singing to the roof, it's only forward now
Yeah
Ooh

Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh

One Life Right Now

One life right now, yeah, yeah One life right now, yeah, yeah
Another day, another headline in my phone
Same old noise that says you're on your own
But here under these low lights, it's a different town

Every table like an island where the walls come down
Laughing with your jacket halfway off your chair
Talking about your week like you were never there
And I'm thinking about the time we've already burned

All the nights we owed ourselves but never earned
We've been saving all our good days for some other time
Putting off the dancing, waiting for a sign
But the band is in the pocket and your eyes are bright

And the world outside can wait for us tonight
Electric piano rolling like a gentle wave
Trombone drawing lines through the smoke we made
If this isn't the moment, tell me what is then

Cause I don't wanna miss it all and start again
We got one small heart and a borrowed beat
So let's hold on tight while we're on our feet
If tomorrow is a question we can't solve now

We can still say yes to being here somehow
Got one life, so love now
One life right now, yeah, yeah
Take this little minute like a golden crown

We got one life, so love now
One life right now, yeah, yeah
Hold each other close while the world spins around
If the night runs fast, we'll show it how

Cause we only get one life right now
Someday we'll be older, telling someone new
About the nights we almost skipped but saw them through

I don't wanna look back, wishing we had tried
To give a little more love while we were alive
So raise your glass to the ones who stayed
To the hands that held when we were afraid

If there's only one song we can sing out loud
Let it say, take care of each other now
We got one life, so love now
One life right now, yeah, yeah

Take this little minute like a golden crown
We got one life, so love now
One life right now, yeah, yeah
Hold each other close while the world spins around

If the night runs fast, we'll show it how
Cause we only get one life right now
One life, so love now
One life right now, yeah, yeah

Oh, yeah
We got one life, so love now
One life right now, yeah, yeah
Yeah

Laugh until the ceiling shakes above our heads
We got one life to remind us where the music led
If the night runs fast, we'll show it how
We'll be shouting to the roof

One life right now
One life right now, yeah, yeah
One life right now, yeah, yeah
One life for love now

One life right now, yeah, yeah

No Trouble If You're True

Another little rumor at the bar tonight Somebody bent the truth just to look all right
Tellin' half a story with a shiny grin But the cracks show through when the lights lean in
I've seen buddies try to talk their way around Diggin' deeper holes with every pretty sound
But trouble comes quick when the facts turn blue And it's hard to sleep if your words aren't true

Phone on the table with a tempting glow Messages you answer sayin' they don't have to know
Easy little secrets in a midnight chat But your heart keeps score and it knows about that
Me, I'm just a singer with a cheap old mic Tryin' to keep it simple, keep my conscience light
I just wanna make music in this smoky room Not run from lies that are bound to bloom

We got one small name and a fragile trust Don't throw it in the fire for a passing rush
If you look in the mirror and you like that view It's cause the face lookin' back told the truth
No trouble if you're true, true, true, true You don't have to run from what you say
No trouble if you're true, true, true, true Sleep comes easy at the end of the day

Keep your story clean, let your heart shine through Life gets lighter when you're honest too
No trouble if you're true, true, true
I've been close to the edge of a crooked line Thought about a shortcut that wasn't mine
But the easy way down is a long climb back And I'd rather walk slow on the honest track

So when the night gets loud and the choices blur Say what really happened, tell them who you were
If your heart beats calm when the talk is through That's the sweetest groove that a man can do
No trouble if you're true, true, true, true You don't have to run from what you say
No trouble if you're true, true, true Sleep comes easy at the end of the day

Keep your story clean, let your heart shine through Life gets lighter when you're honest too
No trouble if you're true, true, true
No trouble if you're true, true, true, true Let the whole room know where you stand
No trouble if you're true, true Clean little heart and an open hand

When the lights come up and they look at you All they're gonna see is the honest you
No trouble if you're true, true, true
No trouble if you're true, true, true
No trouble if you're true, true, true

No trouble if you're true, true, true
No trouble if you're true, true, true

In Your Corner

You look tired in that crooked little chair
Tracing rings on the table like a quiet prayer
Sitting noise humming through the windowpane
Same old worries running round your name

I've been there with a weight on my chest
Counting every problem, sleeping less and less
But here in this corner where the low lights shine
You can lean your whole world into mine

We don't have to fix every broken line
Just breathe in time for a little while
If the night feels heavy and out of tune
We can hold each other through the room

I'm in your corner, you're in mine
Through the hard days to the bright nights
Every time when the world swings wild like a crooked sign
I'm in your corner, you're in mine

We fall, we rise, we cross that line
I'm in your corner, you're in mine
Remember when the rain never seemed to quit
You were holding up the ceiling so I could sit

You poured one more coffee, joked about the storm
And turned a cold little kitchen into something warm
Now the table's turned, that's the way things go
Sometimes I am strong, sometimes I'm low

But love is not a favor that we keep on score
It's a quiet little promise, I won't close the door
We don't need a script or a perfect line
Just two tight hearts on a borrowed time

If the ground feels shaky and the lights go down
We'll be holding on while the world spins round
Some nights we laugh until we can't stand up
Some nights we're just quiet with an empty cup

But I'm not walking out when your sky turns gray
I'll be right beside you at the end of the day
I'm in your corner, you're in mine
Through the hard days to the bright nights

Every time when the world swings wild like a crooked sign
I'm in your corner, you're in mine
We fall, we rise, we cross that line
I'm in your corner, you're in mine

Hear the soft beat, feel it keeping perfect time
When the dark crowd closes on your mind
I'm in your corner, you're in mine
We fall, we rise, we cross that line

I'm in your corner, you're in mine
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Love Of My Life, That's You

You walked in and the bass line found its song
Same old club but the night got strong
Little smile in the doorway like you owned the room
Every shadow stepped back made a little more room

I've been here with my worries and my halfway plans
Living in my head more than in my hands
But the second that you laughed all the noise went blue
Every note I ever played was pointing straight to you

We got cheap red wine and a crooked stage
But you turn this place into a golden page
You're the kind of light that makes the dark look kind
Every little look rewrites my mind
From the Monday bills to the Friday night
You're the steady little fire that keeps me right
I don't need a map I don't need a clue
I just follow every heartbeat that's leading me to you
Some folks chase a hundred maybe's
Run around and lose their view
I just need one simple truth babe:
Every road I want runs straight to you

Love of my life that's you
Every little sunrise every midnight view
Love of my life that's you
Every single love song's trying to be you
When the night kicks in and the world feels new
I know exactly what my heart points to:
Love of my life that's you

I've had days where I almost lost my way
Got close to walking out on a perfect day
But you pulled me back with a simple line
Said "We've only got one life let's make it shine"
So if the future's crazy and the past is loud
I'll be right here with you in this smoky crowd
I don't need the answers I just need this view:
Every beat of my heart keeping time with you

Love of my life that's you
Every little sunrise every midnight view
Love of my life that's you
Every single love song's trying to be you
When the night kicks in and the world feels new
I know exactly what my heart points to:
Love of my life that's you
Love of my life that's you

Dancing in the low light laughing out loud
Love of my life that's you
Only one face in a crowded crowd
When the last chord fades and the sky turns blue
I'll still be standing here singing to you:
Love of my life that's you