JOE BONAMASSA: Time Clocks (2021)

 

1. Pilgrimage
2. Notches
3. The Heart That Never Waits
4. Time Clocks
5. Questions And Answers
6. Mind's Eye
7 Curtain Call
8 The Loyal Kind
9 Hanging On A Loser
10 Known Unknowns

PILGRIMAGE

(Instrumental)

NOTCHES

I’ve been all the way around the world

There and back a time or two

I’ve been all the way around the world

There and back a time or two

That road leads me home

Bring me back to the blues

I got miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

Miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

Still winking at hard times

Smiling at the pouring rain

I’ve seen a thousand city lights

From Austin to Saskatoon

Seen a thousand city lights

From Austin to Saskatoon

I’ve seen the shouting from the aisles

Howling at the shining moon

I got miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

I got miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

I’m thе kinda man that takes a lump or two

Tilt your world back, now you have a clue

Try to gеt one over, I got news for you

When you poke the bear you’re bound to lose

I got miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

Got some miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

I’m still winking at hard times

Smiling at the pouring rain

Oh, I may be an angel

I’ll sure be the devil for you

May be no angel

I’ll sure be the devil for you

Yeah, that road might not lead me home

Yeah, there’s not a damn thing you can do

I got miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

I got miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

I’m the kinda man that takes a lump or two

Tilt your world back, now you have a clue

Try to get one over, I got news for you

When you poke the bear, you’re bound to lose

I got miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

Miles under my wheels

Notches in my walking cane

I’m still winking at hard times

Smiling at the pouring rain

THE HEART THAT NEVER WAITS

Well I rolled the dice, baby

Now I’m left out all alone

I was lost in a shuffle, babe

Lost and halfway gone

Oh, I know you and that vengeful woman inside

Worn out my welcome, I knew in the stuff inside

Time is the healer that rescued me

The blues led to the bottle

That landed me on the street

When it’s rainin’ down with worry

And you know it’s too late

It’s the train that never comes

And the heart that never waits

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

Used to be perfect, babe

I saw love in your eyes

Put my wild things behind me

I thought I had her right

The gods must have heard

I guess I spoke too soon

They had all the plans

Just not for me and you

Time is the healer that rescued me

The blues led to the bottle

That landed me on the street

When it’s rainin’ down with worry

And you know it’s too late

It’s the train that never comes

And the heart that never waits

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

Look over there, thinking you are all that

Wrapped around my finger, I’ll not be swollowing that

I think of you woman and that sweet masquerade

What do you want from me? all you do is throw me shade

Time is the healer that rescued me

The blues led to the bottle

That landed me on the street

When it’s rainin’ down with worry

And you know it’s too late

It’s the train that never comes

And the heart that never waits

Time is the healer that rescued me

The blues led to the bottle

That landed me on the street

When it’s rainin’ down with worry

And you know it’s too late

It’s the train that never comes

And the heart that never waits

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

I’ll be moving on

(moving on, I’ll be moving on)

TIME CLOCKS

I was never a great puncher of time clocks

I was never the one who had lots

I was only good at one thing, ringing bells, kissing rings

A heart can’t heal once padlocked

I was never meant the one who was tedious

I was always wanted to be the one who leads us

On things that came to mind, never on someone else’s dime

As the hunter explains to the fox

And the rain soaking through my coat

About to capsize my boat

I push it a long way from thе docks

I was never a good puncher of timе clocks

As the rain has chilled me to the bone

I’m flat-out tired and alone

I put it away, now it’s locked

I was never a good puncher of time clocks

I was never a teller of stories

Didn’t need to thrive on the glory

It’s about the life of a man, victim time and time again

Hard as hell to get up in the morning

And the rain soaking through my coat

About to capsize my boat

I push it a long way from the docks

I was never a good puncher of time clocks

As the rain has chilled me to the bone

I’m flat-out tired and alone

I put it away, now it’s locked

I was never a good puncher of time clocks

Regrets to stoke the fires

Clay pigeon and the ignorant liars

The view from my window as the pouring rain seeps

Too scared to look down in the deep

Make no illusions about your forgone conclusions

Time will set you back, will all your wounds

If the darkness sets in, it creeps up on you

Like a man typecast the fool

And the rain soaking through my coat

About to capsize my boat

I push it a long way from the docks

I was never a good puncher of time clocks

As the rain has chilled me to the bone

I’m flat-out tired and alone

I put it away, now it’s locked

I was never a good puncher of time clocks

And the rain soaking through my coat…

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Why do you have to be so mean, woman?

And hurt me so bad

Why do you have to be so mean, woman?

Slam the door so mad

Why do you have to be so cruel?

Had to be someone in your past

It ain’t me and if I didn’t love you

I wouldn’t ask

Was I not nice?

Like diamonds in the ice

Was I not good?

Loved you like I should

Didn’t I hold you

Keep you out the cold?

I kept all your secrets

When you would bare your soul

Why do you have to be so mean, woman?

Hurt me so bad

Why do you have to be so mean, woman?

Slam the door so mad

Why do you have to be so cruel?

Had to be someone in your past

It ain’t me and if I didn’t love you

I wouldn’t ask

Oh, look out

Did you like how

He wouldn’t call you back?

Did you like how

Another card in the stack

Did you like being his woman

His woman on the side?

If that’s the case, baby

Excuse my foolish pride

Why do you have to be so mean, woman?

Hurt me so bad

Why do you have to be so mean, woman?

Slam the door so mad

Why do you have to be so cruel?

Had to be someone in your past

It ain’t me and if I didn’t love you

I wouldn’t ask

It ain’t me and if I didn’t love you

Oh, I wouldn’t ask

Time to tell the truth

MIND'S EYE

Help

I’m going down

I need someone to slow the spiral down

Help

These are trying times

And I shouldn’t be calling on someone else’s dime

Say,

Say what you really mean

Don’t mince words or hide intentions in between

Listen

Better listen before you talk

I can’t go back through there

After the door is locked

Reach up, dig deeper

You can’t save the ones

Who can’t save themselves

Our whole damn world comеs crashing down around us

I know you’ve found someone еlse

So don’t be so furious

Remember there’s two sides

I’d be curious

If you’d keep a mind’s eye

Wanted

A way to break through

When you’re desperate and lonely

There’s nothing you can do

I’m haunted

By memories you can’t see

A place that’s easy to get to

But hard as hell as to leave

Reach up, dig deeper

You can’t save the ones

Who can’t save themselves

Our whole damn world comes crashing down around us

I know you’ve found someone else

So don’t be so furious

Remember there’s two sides

I’d be curious

If you’d keep a mind’s eye

Reach up, dig deeper

You can’t save the ones

Who can’t save themselves

Our whole damn world comes crashing down around us

I know you’ve found someone else

So don’t be so furious

Remember there’s two sides

I’d be curious

If you’d keep a mind’s eye

Please help

I’m going down

I need someone to slow the spiral down

CURTAIN CALL

Burnt skies and the trees are dead and grey

After a map of a war we never made

My grandfather a railroad man

Not afraid of right and wrong or how to take a stand

Into the fire

Against the wind

Up and down and back again

Under the bridge

Over the coals

This is the march of a broken soul

Step by step

One by one

You’ll be counted on

Lights go up

So don’t be late

For the curtain call

‘Cause I’ve never been the type to seize the moment it’s not too late

Whilе breaking down the old bricks in the wall

Dusty town South of Mandalay

Whеre she still lives to this day

Tears are hot and the trial’s gone cold

Those demons follow me wherever I go

Into the fire

Against the wind

Up and down and back again

Under the bridge

Over the coals

This is the march of a broken soul

Step by step

One by one

You’ll be counted on

Lights go up

So don’t be late

For the curtain call

‘Cause I’ve never been the type to seize the moment it’s not too late

While breaking down the old bricks in the wall

Burnt skies and the trees are dead and grey

After a map of a war we never made

My grandfather a railroad man

Not afraid of right and wrong or how to take a stand

Into the fire

Against the wind

Up and down and back again

Under the bridge

Over the coals

This is the march of a broken soul

Step by step

One by one

You’ll be counted on

Lights go up

So don’t be late

For the curtain call

‘Cause I’ve never been the type to seize the moment t’s not too late

While breaking down the old bricks in the wall

THE LOYAL KIND

These maidens in the shadows

Bring darkness to the light

I know I’ve fallen

I know I’m just not right

I’ve dug myself a hole

With the shovel that I brought

Did you think I was blind

Or you wouldn’t get caught?

With the horses in the stable

And the dinner’s on the table

The wrongs don’t make rights

As it says in the fables

I reached out to you

As I reached out to God

You were drunk on the mountain

Or you’re blinded by the fog

Dark trails of brick and stone

Dark trails in the way you feel alone

I won’t be around next time

I’ve played around with those tumbling dice

Are you gonna spin around and betray me twice?

Oh, I knew it all along and I hate when I’m right

I’m asking, are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

So I took one for the team

We’ll call itself esteem

You took the irons out the sky

And put the irons on me

All the city lights and silhouettes

Did you meet your new boss?

I hope he has your back

When your new money’s lost

Dark trails of brick and stone

Dark trails in the way you feel alone

I won’t be around next time

I’ve played around with those tumbling dice

Are you gonna spin around and betray me twice?

Oh, I knew it all along and I hate when I’m right

I’m asking, are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

Dark trails of brick and stone

Dark trails in the way you feel alone

I won’t be around next time

I’ve played around with those tumbling dice

Are you gonna spin around and betray me twice

Oh, I knew it all along and I hate when I’m right

I’m asking, are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

Are you the loyal kind?

HANGING ON A LOSER

You never smile at me

Complainin’ all the time

You never wanna leave me

You never cross that line

‘Cause I’m so tired of hearin’ about it (Shut up, shut up)

How we’re never meant to be (Shut up, shut up)

Oh, but if everything is so bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

If everything is so bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

On a loser

The trouble in the shuffle

And all you put me through

When you’re throwing dishes at my hеad, baby

I still put up with you

I’m so tired of hearing about it (Shut up, shut up)

Guess wе’re never meant to be (Shut up, shut up)

Oh, but if everything is so bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

If everything is so bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

Hanging on a loser

Love is never easy

It’s hard to see both sides

Yes, it is

When one side is evil

There’s no place to hide

‘Cause I’m so tired of hearing about it (Shut up, shut up)

How we’re never meant to be (Shut up, shut up)

Oh, but if everything is so bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

‘Cause If everything is so bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

Well, if everything is so bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

Oh, if everything is so damn bad

Why you hanging on a loser like me?

On a loser, yes, you are

Gonna have to admit it

KNOWN UNKNOWNS

Baby, we said goodbye today

We tried our best

But it was a little too late

It’s heavy, knowin’ that the fires are gone

But where were they

When it all went wrong?

I use time to heal my sufferin’

My mind brings me back from nothin’

The comeback is a long, dark road

My habits are just another heartbreak

In a love that gives before it takes

All we know is the known unknown

And it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

It’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Waiting for the pain to die

Does it ever get easy?

Does it ever run and hide?

Save me, go on, but save yourself first

You lost me when you showed me

I’d be better for bein’ worse

I use time to heal my sufferin’

My mind brings me back from nothin’

The comeback is a long dark road

My habits are just another heartbreak

In a love that gives before it takes

All we know is the known unknown

And it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Yeah, it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Yeah, it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Yeah, it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

I use time to heal my sufferin’

My mind brings me back from nothin’

The comeback is a long, dark road

My habits are just another heartbreak

In a love that gives before it takes

All we know is the known unknown

And it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Yeah, it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Come on, baby

Yeah, it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Yeah, it’s hard to let it go (Hard to let it go)

Yeah