Piano Pop Song re-Mix

March 13, 2025

Runaway Train Soul Asylum,
One Headlight Wallflowers
Glycerine Bush
Cranberries Dreams
Hey There Delilah Plain White T's
Free Fallin' Tom Petty

Piano Practice – 3/4/2025

Still refining the arrangement, lyrics, timing, and rhythm. Aiming for a 8-minute set, with about 1-1.5 minutes per song. Focusing on verses only—no choruses—to create a powerful, cohesive narrative through the lyrics.

Each song’s lyrics weave together into a poignant exploration of struggle, transformation, and the weight of memories—where the past is never far behind, but the road ahead is still unwritten.

SONG 1

Runaway Train Soul Asylum

[Verse 1]

C C/B

Call you up in the middle of the night, Like a firefly without a light

C C/B

So tired that I couldn't even sleep, So many secrets I couldn't keep

Am G

Promised myself I wouldn't weep, One more promise I couldn't keep

[Pre-Chorus]

F G C Am

It seems no one can help me now. I'm in too deep, there's no way out.

F Em G

This time I have real-ly led my-self a-stray.

[Verse 2]

C C/B

Can you help me remember how to smile, Make it somehow all seem worthwhile

Am G

How on earth did I get so jaded, Life's mysteries seem so faded

C C/B

Bought a ticket for a runaway train, Like a madman laughing at the rain

Am G

Little out of touch, little insane, It's just easier than dealing with the pain

[Pre-Chorus]

F G C Am

And everything seems cut and dry, Day and night, earth and sky

F Em G

Somehow I just don't believe it

[Chorus]

C C/B

Runaway train never going back, Wrong way on a one-way track

Am G

Seems like I should be getting somewhere, Somehow I'm neither here nor there

SONG 2

One Headlight Wallflowers

[Verse 1]

G D/F#

So long ago, I don't remember when

F#7 Bm/F# A

That's when they say I lost my only friend

G D

Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease

F#7 Bm A

As I listened through the cemetery trees

G D

Now it always seemed such a waste she always had a pretty face

F#7 Bm A

I wondered how she hung around this place

[Verse 2]

G D/F#

She said it's cold, It feels like Independence Day

F#7 Bm A

And I can't break away from this parade

G D/F#

But there's got to be an opening, Somewhere here in front of me

F#7 Bm A

Through this maze of ugliness and greed

G D/F#

And I seen the sun up ahead, At the county line bridge

F#7 Bm A

Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead

G D/F#

We'll run until she's out of breath, She ran until there's nothin' left

F#7 Bm A

She hit the end-it's just her window ledge

[Verse 3]

G D

Well this place is old, It feels just like a beat up truck

F#7 Bm A

I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn

G D

Well it smells of cheap wine & cigarettes, This place is always such a mess

F#7 Bm A

Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn

G D

I'm so alone, and I feel just like somebody else

F#7 Bm A

Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same

G D

But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams

F#7 Bm A

I think her death it must be killin' me

SONG 3

Glycerine Bush

Don't let the days go by. I love you

[Verse 2]

F C Dm Bb F

I'm never alone, I'm alone all the time. Are you at one, do you lie.

C Dm Bb F

We live on a wheel, where everyone steals. And when we rise, it's like strawberry fields.

C Dm Bb F

Treated you bad, you bruise my face. Couldn't love you more, you've got a beautiful taste.

[Chorus 2]

C Dm Bb F C Dm

Don't let the days go by, Could've been easier on you.

Bb F

I couldn't change, Though I wanted to.

C Dm Bb F

Should've been easier by three, Our old friend fear, and you and me.

[Verse 3]

F C Dm Bb F

I needed you more, you wanted me less. I caused this mess, I just regress.

C Dm Bb F

It might be clear, simple and plain. Well that's just fine, that's just one of my names.

SONG 4

Cranberries Dreams

[Intro]

E A B E

Oh my life is changing everyday, Every possible way

[Verse 1]

E E A A B B E E

I know I felt like this before, But now I'm feeling it even more, Because it came from you

E E A A B B E E

Then I open up and see, The person falling here is me, A different way to be

[Bridge]

E A B E

I want more, impossible to ignore, Impossible to ignore

[Verse 2]

E E A A B B E E

Now I tell you openly, You have my heart so don't hurt me, Your what I couldn't find

E E A A B B E E

A totally amazing mind, So understanding and so kind, You're everything to me

SONG 5

Hey There Delilah Plain White T's

[Verse 1]

D F#m

Hey there Delilah, what’s it like in New York City?

D F#m

I’m a thousand miles away, but girl tonight you look so pretty,

Bm G A Bm A

Yes you do, Time Square can’t shine as bright as you, I swear it’s true.

D F#m

Hey there Delilah, don’t you worry about the distance,

D F#m

I’m right there if you get lonely, give this song another listen,

Bm G A Bm A

Close your eyes, listen to my voice it’s my disguise, I’m by your side.

[Verse 2]

D F#m

Hey there Delilah, I know times are getting hard,

D F#m

But just believe me girl some day, I'll pay the bills with this guitar,

Bm G A Bm A

We'll have it good, we'll have the life we knew we would, My word is good.

D F#m

Hey there Delilah, I’ve got so much left to say,

D F#m

If every simple song I wrote to you, would take your breath away,

Bm G A Bm A

I’d write it all, even more in love with me you’d fall, We’d have it all.

[Verse 3]

D F#m

Hey there Delilah you be good, and don’t you miss me,

D F#m

Two more years and you’ll be done with school, and I'll be making history,

Bm G A Bm

Like I do, you’ll know it's all because of you,

G A Bm

We can do whatever we want to,

G A Bm A

Hey there Delilah here's to you, this one’s for you.

SONG 6

Free Fallin' Tom Petty

[Verse 1]

F A# A# F C

She's a good girl, loves her mama

F A# A# F C

Loves Jesus and America too

F A# A# F C

She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis

F A# A# F C

Loves horses and her boyfriend too

[Verse 2]

F A# A# F C

And it's a long day livin' in Reseda

F A# A# F C

There's a freeway runnin' through the yard

F A# A# F C

And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her

F A# A# F C

I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

[Verse 3]

F A# A# F C

All the vampires walkin' through the valley

F A# A# F C

Move west down Ventura Boulevard

F A# A# F C

And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows

F A# A# F C

And the good girls are at home with broken hearts

[Verse 4]

F A# A# F C

I wanna glide down over Mulholland

F A# A# F C

I wanna write her name in the sky

F A# A# F C

I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'

F A# A# F C

Gonna leave this world for a while

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