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Shelter.

by Reed Lightfoot

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1.
I'm growing tired Of this back and forth of this in and out Of this hot and cold And you keep on telling me That it's all in my head That I should just deal with it But I think that I should quit Cause here I'm just biding my time Praying you'd just make up your mind This could be easy At least it used to be I'd show what I feel for you You'd show what you feel for me Now instead of getting Any answers All I'm receiving Are only more questions And here I'm just biding my time Praying you'd just make up your mind You say it's my fault It's all in my head But I have some thoughts On where the blame should be pointed It's sad but it's true It's all on you When you want me When you don't have me But when you have me Babe, you don't want me So here I'm just wasting my time Praying you'd just make up your mind Here I'm just wasting my time Praying you'd just make up your mind.
2.
Last I pulled up in my car And saw my clothes thrown all over the yard And there she was, standing in the front door She was screaming and crying and throwing a fit And it looked like for hours, she was losing her shit And I couldn't tell for what but I knew I couldn't take anymore So I got back into my car, Drove off and I left her there Looked for somewhere else to go Where I wouldn't have to put up with her Cause I couldn't understand the game she was playing But it seemed at this point, my decision was made And there is only one thing that I know Is tonight I'm not going home So I went to the bar right by my house To find myself a little bit of relief And a woman walked in and sauntered over to the stool Immediately next to me She said that she's got a plan and all she needs is a man To fulfill her every need And that I looked like a fine candidate To make her plan complete I said "baby girl why you so upfront?" She says "I only get like this when I'm fucked up" And so I asked "What the hell are you on?" She said "Nothing yet, but I'll get on whatever you want..." Well, I couldn't understand the game she was playing But it seemed at this point my decision was made And there is only one thing that I know Is tonight I'm not going home Oh, what am I to do When the loving part is through Do I go find a little warmth In another lover's arms And I can't understand a thing that I'm thinking But it seems at this point my decision is made And there is only one thing that I know... It's tonight I'm gonna leave my baby at home And she can sleep there all alone And there is only one thing that I know Is tonight I'm not going home
3.
Good Times 03:47
I've spent too many nights in bars, I've spent too many days drinking on the job and I'm not sure how much longer I'll last. My liver's always trying to quit, I look and I feel like a pile of sh*t and I'm heading toward a bad place real fast. laissez les bons temps rouler, seems like everybody says, but these good times are gonna roll right over me. I'm just getting afraid that eventually one day, these good times are gonna roll right over me. I can't keep living every day like it's Mardi Gras 'cause I woke up one too many times in my drawers and I'm sure I know how you're gonna respond: that it happens to most of us, but I'm sure to lose many of y'all when I say I woke up in my drawers face down on a sidewalk, but hey.... laissez les bons temps rouler, Seems like everybody says, Lord.... but these good times are gonna roll right over me. I'm just getting afraid that eventually one day, Lord, these good times are gonna roll right over me. Maybe I should call a pastor, call a doctor, call a lawyer maybe I should turn myself in, go to rehab for a while just to get myself right and get back in the world again. But everyone who knows me knows when I get out then, I'll be hitting the bottle again... I'll be hitting the bottle again. laissez les bons temps rouler, Lord I better change my ways or these good times are gonna roll right over me. I'm just getting afraid that eventually one day, these good times are gonna roll right over me.
4.
Tell me where did you go I’ve been waiting here for what seems like years In the middle of the road Taking up space on a congested crosswalk And you really should’ve known You can’t just disappear And leave me waiting so long for you to show So where did you go Where did you go I’ve been fumbling my keys in my pocket trying my best to gather the courage to walk away But every time I start to move something tells me that I should probably stay Do I have to wait forever? exactly how long is forever? I’ll Just be biding my time Until I scan the crowd and suddenly your beautiful face is the one I find I didn’t assume it would take so long so initially I didn’t mind Not like you asked me to do this but I admittedly tend to be the waiting kind But did you leave me behind? Do I just give up right now and call it what it’s starting to look like what it is? Or should I hold onto the slightest bit of hope that I can but Do I have to wait forever? Exactly how long is forever? Do I have to wait forever? Exactly how long is forever? Do I have to wait forever? Exactly how long is forever? Do I have to wait forever? Exactly how long is forever?
5.
Up All Night 04:00
I think you're beautiful You think I'm full of shit And you make me unquenchably thirsty all the time I admit I love the sun in your eyes And the dimples in your cheeks Every time you smile You're everything that I need To say that I want you is the biggest understatement And when I'm with you all I know is I wanna stay up all night Falling in love with you Yeah and it feels so right It's all that I want to do I wanna make love all night And sleep when the sun comes up Holding your body tight Save your love for me, it's all I want You drive me crazy Make we question all I've known Yeah, and maybe Everything I've known is wrong I can hardly wait To have you by my side No matter where you've gone Without you I'm not alright Oh, I just want to hold you when I see you It's strange and funny how that's all I wanna do, oh I wanna stay up all night Falling in love with you Yeah and it feels so right It's all that I want to do I wanna make love all night And sleep when the sun comes up Holding your body tight Save your love for me, it's all I want It's all I want Maybe we won't work out I could suppose That it's possible, that's the way that it goes, But maybe we will see it through to the end But until then I wanna stay up all night Falling in love with you Yeah and it feels so right It's all that I want to do I wanna make love all night And sleep when the sun comes up Holding your body tight Save your love for me, it's all I want
6.
Interlude 01:36
7.
You're looking out the window, silent and full of thought And there's something you're trying to hold and keep it bottled in The tension is getting real and I'm unsure of what to do And I'm starting to feel like there's a battle coming With just one look, just one word You can tear my world apart We're in such a fragile place And nowhere left to start But go on... Keep telling me that nothing is wrong And we'll just keep carrying on Like I know we will, I know we will I know we will I'm missing how we once were and I'm wondering even how To fix it, when I can't even know where to begin The distance, I see it growing and I wonder how I felt And there's no way of knowing if I'll ever feel it again If this is how it's gonna be I don't know how long I'll last It already seems to me We're going nowhere fast But go on Keep telling me that nothing is wrong And we'll just keep carrying on Like I know you will, I know you will I know you will, I know you'll Go on Keep this charade up the whole night long If that's what it is you want I know we will, I know we will, I know we will, I know we'll Burn this house down Just to get our point across Yeah, I know you'll tear it down brick by brick It doesn't matter what you've lost But go on Keep telling me nothing is wrong And we'll just keep carrying on Like I know we will, I know we will I know we will, I know you'll Go on Keep this charade up the whole night long If that's what it is you want I know we will, I know we will, I know we will
8.
My eyes are on fire I feel a burning in my skin And all I desire You are withholding Cause oh, it only feels like you want me Oh, it only feels like you love me when you're feeling close to caving in Oh, it only feels like you want me It only feels like you love me When the chemicals are kicking in The sky is on fire You leave me in a burning rage And all I'm asking is why I remain feeling this way Cause oh, it only feels like you want me Oh, it only feels like you love me when you're feeling close to caving in Oh, it only feels like you want me It only feels like you love me When the chemicals are kicking in
9.
Do I even want to know what happened before I walked into the door There's a strange smell in the air, and clothes strewn across the bedroom floor And you look so surprised, babe. I'd love to know what for Don't feed me no lines, I don't wanna hear your bullshit anymore.. Tell me Who's loving you when I'm gone Whose boots are under my bed when I'm not home I've learned a few things between now and back then in my youth Like: -How to identify a good thing -How to make it last, and -How to tell the truth ...And these are concepts that have seemingly eluded you. I'll tell you now: I know what you've done, what we've gotta figure out is what to do. But start with Who's loving you when I'm gone Whose boots are under my bed when I'm not home Who's keeping you company, 'cause I know that you can't stand to be alone. Tell me, who's loving you when I'm gone I need to hear right now, who's getting love that's for me I just want you to tell me before I leave Tell me before I leave. Tell me...Tell me. Don't lie anymore, I could smell his cologne as I walked in the door. Tell me. Tell me Tell me Tell me Tell me Who's loving you when I'm gone Whose boots are under my bed when I'm not home Who's loving you Who's loving you Who's loving you when I'm gone Whose boots are under my bed when I'm not home Who's keeping you company cause you can't stand to be alone Who's loving you when I'm gone
10.
Shelter. 05:21
I caught myself today in the mirror I didn’t like who I saw I stared into my reflection I didn’t recognize him at all Which led to a bounty of questions And none ever carried a modicum of truth I see I’ve let myself go Watched years and years unfold And all I’m looking at is the proof And I’ve been looking, hoping, praying for shelter But all I’ve found is the cold I’ve been running from I’ve been making friends with my demons Found out too late what they want from me in the end And my life so far I’ve spent Trying to drown them But it turns out they all know how to swim And I’ve been looking, hoping, praying for shelter But all I’ve found is the cold I’ve been running from I’ve been looking, hoping, praying for shelter And now I know This ain’t place where I belong In all my running I just keep losing more and more Maybe losing’s all I’m good for Or maybe I should just keep running Maybe I should keep running Maybe I should keep running I came here looking, hoping, praying for shelter But all I’ve found is the cold I’ve been running from Came here looking, hoping, praying for shelter And now I know This isn’t a place where I belong Came here Looking, hoping, praying Looking, hoping, praying
11.
Cicadas 01:28
This feels like the end Or the end is steadily approaching. There's something I can't fix It's either you, or me, or it's us, and we won't make it.
12.
The Tradeoff 04:12
I'm Done. We've gone as far as we can go And sped blindly to the end of the road. What I felt is gone; Like it was wiped clean from my heart, And now something else is taking hold. All I wanted was To give my all to you, But we've run out of luck and out of hope. 'Cause someone Is with all his might holding on And you refuse to let him go. So what do you say when he calls you? What do you feel as he tries to win you back? What part does he have when I need all of you? Such questions I should never need to ask. So you stay. I'll go. I'd rather be alone. I've seen enough to know I'm better off on my own. It's pointless. It's a battle I'll never win. Because every time I believe it's changed You lift me only high enough to let me down again. And I've gone way too far beyond my limit. It's more than I could possibly take. I've realized loving you is either a lesson, Or a tragically pointless mistake. So you stay. I'll go. I'd rather be alone. I've seen enough to know I'm better off on my own. You stay. I'll go. I'd rather be alone. I've seen enough to know I'm better off on my own. You stay. I'll go.

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released June 16, 2021

Music and Lyrics by Reed Lightfoot.

All tracks, except Good Times (Are Gonna Roll Right Over Me) and The Tradeoff produced by Reed Lightfoot and Jean-Pierre Torrealba.

Good Times (Are Gonna Roll Right Over Me) and The Tradeoff produced by Reed Lightfoot.

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Reed Lightfoot New Orleans, Louisiana

Much like a bowl of gumbo, New Orleans-born Singer/Songwriter Reed pulls his inspiration from an eclectic selection of sonic ingredients. He combines elements of Jazz, Pop, Soul, Electronica, Rock, and Folk into a bodacious blend of flavors as diverse as the port of call he hails from. ... more

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