Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970 in Greenville, South Carolina) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter and musician. He was adopted as an infant and had two sons with his wife and also had an adopted child. [read more] - Alive
Al, he sells records Down on old St. Charley's StreetHe's cleaning up Fat Tuesday's mess He keeps the sidewalks neatAnd he just lost his father And he just lost his wifeAnd if it wasn't for the music He couldn't get...
- Sorry To A Friend
Sittin' on the edgeLooking for songs in a bottleTalking with strangers who don't know my painBlurry eyed and burned outChoking on more than I can swallowCrack in a little voice called out my nameShe said ~ Whatever...
- Don't Bring Me Down
Well I don't drive a fast carYou know it just ain't my styleAnd I don't give a damn about thatYou know it ain't worth my whileAnd I've been known to run aroundBurned some bridges in my timeYou know those girls tried...
- Russian Roulette
Hey boy pushin' on your girlfriendTrying to show her all the pain you feel insideYeah and head all scrambled and the love is goneAnd you don't know what went wrongBut I think I heard you hissing something about blue...
- Bitter Chill
Sweet love is keeping a very close scoreShe's cheated death more than one timeThe tears roll down her face and on to the floorThe psychic's been reading her mindWomen with secrets men with their rageThe lines run...
- Kitchen Song
Sitting in the kitchenJust staring at the cracks in the wallI've been sitting here since yesterdayJust waiting on you to callThe cracks remind me of you and IThey're all up, down and split apartAnd all the cracks in...
- Guinevere
After all the corridors are darkenedWhen the royal crown is off your headTo your chambers I will creep not a word we will speakJust love me while the fire light dances 'round the bedWell there is danger in this...
- America Street
Rubber on my tires making contact with the roadSign on the street post tells me which way I should goRiding down America Street funny that it's one wayRiding down from uptown to where the buildings are broken down in...
- Jesters, Dreamers & Thieves
Looking back on younger days the view stretched on for milesWe charged into our futures with laughter and smilesAs we traveled blindly the road became so thickNo chance to change direction and we've laughed until...
- Solitude
Tim he was a good friendYea was a brother of mineWe were imaginary comic book superheroesKids wasting timeWe were prisoners of our youthWe were growing up strong'Till the day he was taken awayFor something he did...
- 3 A.M.
It's 3:00 A.M.I'm awake and my heart is still dreamingIt's 3:00 A.M.Outside I hear the souls still screamingIt's been so long you know Since my head's been this clearJust like a ship lost in the nightI just don't know...
- Thirty Pieces
Thirty Pieces of silver screenDeep inside our soulsHow did we betray our imaginationWatching our futures unfoldWithout a whisper for fear of intrusionWe have to see how this part endsTime out for commercialsTime out...
- Promise Of You
Promise of youIt sleeps in the airThe air that I breatheAnd I know that it's trueDon't have to convince myself to believeWhat secrets sleep in the heart of a manSo much love wastedSlip right through my handsSee it in...
- Beautiful Life
Another beautiful morning under stars and barsAnd F series pickups and rusted out carsAnd they're eating breakfast at the strip barJust to have a peek?And the beer soaked angels spread their wingsAnd dream of twenties...
- Anything Good About Me
Rolled in last nightTo the dawn, the porch, And both our floodlightsNo excuseBut we were having such a good timeWhy, oh whyCan't I just walk the straight and narrowSo ashamed But I'll do it all again tomorrowMaybe...
- I Could Not Ask For More
Lying here with you Listening to the rain Smiling just to see the smile upon your face These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive These are the moments I'll remember all my life I found all I've waited for And...
- See Off This Mountain
She's a Blue Ridge cradleShe's a mother to someAnd home to the laughterOf road weary onesSo we'll sing all the old songsSing to grandmama roadAnd we'll sing cause we miss herAnd we're sad she had to goIf I could see...
- Go Be Young
Perfumed and smokyShe swears that she knows meShe's falling down drunk againI say she's mistakenShe's visibly shakenEmotions all drowned in ginShe said I used to be beautifulBut now it's all goneI let my dreams slip...
- Do Your Thing
Just do your thingIf it makes you feel betterGo on and singIf it makes you feel betterShufflin' feetSnuck up on me nowThis young man's lost his wayHe don't believeAll the stuff they told himHe's caught up in the...
- Ghosts Of Jackson Square
- Wish In This World
One little gutter town 3:00 in the morningI whispered these words I believedSaid leave me alone girlI'm so tied down and brokenIt's too late it's too late to save meAin't no wish in this world slight of this momentNo...
- Sign On The Door
Wendy's sittin' next to meShe's trying hard to drink it awayAnd I feel the rumble of the subway Beneath the stageAnd her eyes are screamingAnd her lips are pursedAnd this ain't her first heartacheBut it feels like, it...
- Prayer To St. Peter
Let them in PeterFor they are very tiredGive them couches where the angels sleepAnd light those firesLet them wake whole againTo brand new dawnsFired by the sunNot war-times bloody gunsMay their peace be deepRemember...
- I've Seen A Love
I've seen a love that rolls like thunderI've seen a love that falls like rainThat kind of love it makes me wonderWhy my love causes me so much painI see my ring as it spins on the tableA perfect circle on the dusty...
- Jesus, He Loves Me
I've been through the valley But I feared no manSaw the beach and the footprints Alone in the sandWhen times seem hopeless, The night too dark to seeThe lone footprints on the road Behind were the times when You...
- Sun Will Rise
I know the sun will riseJust like the stars in the skiesHey there busy boy why are you so blueWalking around in your Armageddon shoesYou say you got nothing, You got nothing left to loseBoy if they were free, You...
- Dragons
Well I'm watching the dragons As they make another claimHe used to be a friend of mine, I called him by his nameWell there's nothing you can say To nirvana when it's packed up in a syringeWe'll call up your mama and...
- Far From Over
Well this life's stretched out before meThe highway shimmering with starsThe knowing glances of the runawaysThat never made it this farI can't believe she said that we can work it outI thought that we were near the...
- Kentucky
The night before your wedding I dreamed what I would sayI beg you for forgiveness For all the mess I madeI dreamed that you were gracious, I dreamed you wished me wellI dreamed that you were vicious, You damned me...
- Radio Star
I tell you my story on VH1And all of my personal hellAnd how my dad beat me and how much he drankDo you think it'll help my records sellCause I'm the radio star with the cars and the clothesThe fancy guitars and the...
- Hearts Fall
And the hearts fall in the right placesAnd the hearts fall in the right placesPin feathers, dusty old wingsLiving all my crazy never-land dreamsAnd I feel her trying when we're apartAnd I feel like dyingGod don't let...
- Write Me A Song
Kelly is raising her sonHis dad left just after the birthNow she's living on child support checksI guess that's all that man was worthShe said I just need a man who will love meBut they all just want one night of sinI...
- Letter To My Mother
Mama, how do I write the words to youYou were the only one who loved me trueBut there's a woman that we don't even knowShe gave me life, then you gave me a homeI love you, MamaBut I want to tell her tooIs that her...
- One Thing Left
She walked in, I tipped my hatShe said, "Boy don't you look at me like that"And I said, "No, you know I got no game""Oh, but you can love me just the same"She said "Boy, my mama told me all about boys like you""You...
- Get Out Of This Town
It's time to get out of this townThere's no more fun to be foundI'm rolling thunder with the top downIt's time to get out, get out, get outCrescent City high-lifeDancing with the devil's wifeJust like some voodoo...
- See The Sky Again
Whispered from my heart and soul to my unwilling eyes Lift my vision from the ground lift it to the sky Skies they used to be so ugly rain that tings my face Opens up their glory just earth and sky and space And your...
- I'll Be
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderfulStop me and steal my breathEmeralds from mountains thrust toward the skyNever revealing their depthTell me that we belong togetherDress it up with the trappings of...
- How Strange It Seems
I'm a *** driver in New York CityI've got seven kids on the lower east sideI'm not a strong man, I'm not very prettyBut in rush hour hell you should see me driveI'm a dressmaker in LouisianaStick my finger ain't that...
- Punish Me
Do I fuel my hunger deprive my dreamsLive my lonely worn out seamStitches weary and the scars they leaveI'm the only one deceivedPlease stand clear from the blastAs I purge demons from my pastDon't aspire to relieveDo...
- Cleveland Park
Pacing gently summer wind The king stares softly to the sky Will he ever see his home again Deep from his heart he starts to cry As his songs hit the air and young hearts are awake Soon they join the chorus sharing...
- Take Me
I pull me boots off throw my weapons on the floor. Cry my eyes out in my private little war. Well it seems I've been a soldier heaven knows I've been no saint. In my camouflage and armor cold heart and grease...
- What Matters
Have you given up on passion living day to dayYou keep your dreams locked down insideChoking on a lifetime of never take a chanceDON'T WAKE UP ONE DAY WISHING YOU TRIEDIt ain't about the money, it ain't about the...
- Grind Me In The Gears
I'm holding my last breathIt's burning in my lungsClenching up my eyes Bloody up my tongueFor the words that might escapeAre ringing in my earsGrinds me to a pulpGrind me in the gearsMy frozen spirit achesI slip...
- The Rhythm Of Life
The Rhythm of LifeHeaven withstanding and smiling We're all swept awayThe Rhythm of LifeIs not so demanding as some Caught in narrows would sayFragile as ships as we pass through GibraltarThe sirens have long given...
- Darwin's Children
Seven million years of progress handed down on silver wingsOf gossamer and protein still we haven't learned a thingAre we caught up in our anger, locked up in our rageIn the opera of selection on this our earthly...
- Holy City
Midnight in the Holy Cityplayground for restless soulsGraveyards for the sons of Ft. SumpterAnd the ghostly daughtersWait for their boys to come homeMoonlight in the Holy CitySo thick it warms the airBurned my heart...
- The Tip Of My Tongue
They say chasing dreams is noble Well catching them is tragic When you're right on the heels of your heart's desires The distance is magic When it's on the tip of my tongue When it's on the tip of my tongue We're a...
- Battlefield
The bell rings, the crowd rises to its feetThe ring is queen sized and I wrinkle the sheetsI square off, I butt heads against my foesMy joy, my anger and my fears and my woesAnd each night is a new roundIt's a new...
- Talking With Your Fists
When would a woman stop being a womanShe turns to the lines on the pageSo you say that it's overI think it's time you act your agePlease don't take him for a footholdBecause five years old is not a time of warPlease...
- Working Man
With brand new heart strings that shine like goldAnd a neck and back that's new and strongThat sweet simple freedom he called his friendFretted easily as he played life songsSo don't leave those gold strings and the...
- Through The Floor
Bathed in sunlight woke fromDreams of murderous intentionPursued by dogs and men and thingsI'm just too scared to mentionAnd the first thing that I think ofAre her sympathetic eyesThat see with only positive...
- Life In The Storm
The rip of thunder it splits the dayIt's jagged proof for the strength of chaosThere's a strange music in the rumbleIt's like the anger and love's lossSo you ask me to seek shelterAnd with you I know it's safe and...
- White Lace, Promises
White lace, promises, candle in the darkYou've done this before, now you hide your heartHere you go again, will it be the same?You're getting much too old to play this foolish gameDon't you hold backDon't you quit...
- I'll Bee
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderfulStop me and steal my breathEmeralds from mountains thrust toward the skyNever revealing their depthTell me that we belong togetherDress it up with the trappings of...
- Say Anything
Say anything, save everythingIf we say nothing this love will dieGive me just one word, you can scream or whisperIf you want to stay with me, tell me whySay anythingIt's not the words aren't there but they'd only fail...
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