Josh Rouse (born 1972) is an American United States folk folk music /roots pop singer-songwriter. [read more]
 


  • 100m Backstroke
    If I need to be curiousI'll hold it backIf I seem to be seriousI'll spout it outLast year was the best that I ever hadLast year was the best and I sold you thatNow I hear your voice againIt's like someone listeningI...

  • Afraid To Fail
    Give me something realOn that FM stereoIt's time I made myself clearIt's time I've made myself knowIt's not that I don't want toI'm just afraid to failIt's not that I don't want toI'm just afraid to failAnd I don't...

  • Marvin***e
    Is it in your hairOr your camera starin'Is it physicalThere's no way to knowCould I be that strongOpen up your heartLet the sun shine inWell who really caresAnd who really caresAnd all the promises that you...

  • Little Know It All
    I feel all of your shameSo come here, turn off the radioI watch you push awayAnd I know you suffer and succumbSo clear, if I should staySleep here, out on the patioI've watched you push awayAnd I know you crumble on...

  • And Around
    You drove the road so many timesYou should know from hereI fumble back a million milesI think you should steerIf Tuesday is open I would like to drop inAnd see if you could hang aroundDon't want to be socialAnd I...

  • Hey Porcupine
    Hey porcupineWhere on earth is your sharp***wit todayDid it leave you with your drinkingI heard you've cleaned up and you're going back to schoolWhat a shameAnd heyThere's lots of time25, an enlightened mind is...

  • In Between
    Maybe I was rightSo just lay off for a little whileAnd we could work it out some other timeYou and your narrow mindCan just go on and stay awhileCause I've got better things to fall apartWhen the secrets, they aren't...

  • Laughter
    Thinkin' so much my crowded head became soreFell back into the place I was beforeReasons long enough to not let showI follow through this once because I said soI think I got it all figured outI think I got it madeI...

  • Directions
    Don't like the direction you are going toSeems to lack the attention that it used toYou stay out all night and get high with your friendsWonder why you don't get one thing done in the endDon't like the direction you...

  • Parts And Accessories
    As you waltzed inThe room became a glowMaybe I would see you nowAnd you're welcome I supposeTo a life less knownWhere normal things surroundSo don't let onDon't let goWe should knowIt's just parts of who you areDon't...


  • My Love Has Gone
    Love ainÂ’t on my sideLove ainÂ’t specialLove ainÂ’t greatLost in a fogIÂ’m using spite to find my wayWhere did you goI still curse you to this dayI miss the smileI miss love laughing in my faceAnd when you come...

  • Carolina
    Down in TennesseeSits a girl aloneShe sings along with her favorite songs on the radioOnly friends she seesAre on TVMagazine and movie stars are her only familyYeah theyÂ’re all she needsCarolina's soHappy on the...

  • Life
    Life is goodSometimes itÂ’s badIt has its upsIt has its downsJust sing a song and feel all rightCause thatÂ’s just lifeAnd if youÂ’re lostDonÂ’t be sadThere are good times to be hadJust sing a song and let love...

  • Why Won't You Tell Me What
    Why wonÂ’t you tell me whatWhy wonÂ’t you tell me whatWhatÂ’s going onWith youWhy wonÂ’t you tell me whatWhy wonÂ’t you tell me whatWhatÂ’s going onWith youSparkling eyesYouÂ’re trying to hideIÂ’ve seen those tears...

  • Saturday
    I would swim across the oceanI would lay down on a bed of nailsBut IÂ’ll spare you all the bullshitI will spare you all the desperate detailsSaturday IÂ’m on that planeIÂ’m flying home to youAnd when our time is...

  • Middle School Frown
    No it ainÂ’t the way that your hair hangs downAnd you dance like a clownWe just donÂ’t like you aroundYou were a new waver, it was 1983I was new on the sceneI just wanted everyone to like meSo I told them that weÂ’re...

  • It's The Nighttime
    You play your stereo loudYou got your headphones onI see you dancing aroundTo your favorite songIt's ‘Who do you Love'I wanna know his nameAnd does he feel like I feelIs he standing in the rainI'm out in the...

  • Winter In The Hamptons
    Bah, lah dot bah, bah lah ba lah bahHere we go, singing our songs with our soulThe winter has gone, where do we belongWe have stayed too longFriday night, weÂ’re so uptight we get stonedSit in the Hamptons, it is too...

  • Streetlights
    Rock and rollYou are envy, I amSo uncoolStill I want to do the best I canLetÂ’s meet on the corner and act like weÂ’re old friendsWe can talk about the streetlightsThe peopleSurrounding youIn a hazeWonÂ’t you tell me...

  • Sad Eyes
    Southern styleThings are slowYouÂ’re watching all the speeding carsMoving like you wish you couldBut oh, itÂ’s too badCause theyÂ’ve drove away your happiness and good timesBut IÂ’m gonna get you into the lightAnd...


  • Late Night Conversation
    It's your fearKeeps you homeThe darkness swingsA silent phone is all you gotIf somebody calls todayIt won't be safe here any moreLate night conversationTurns into a fight and allThe years you've been frustratedThey...

  • A Simple Thing
    Used to be the street onWhich you parked your carWonder where you live nowWonder where you areRedefine anotherYou seem to loseCommon thread that woundFrom me to youA side of me is forcedA side of me is changedI've...

  • Suburban Sweetheart
    Got a gift, hesitateNever make the same mistakesIf you could only see the personIf you could only reach the man yeahWe could move back to the suburbsRent a house, change our nameIf you could only find a purposeIf you...

  • Flair
    You want me to, I willThe older I get, I spill blameAnd I lived there six monthsThe past is all I'm driven forI'm driven forAnd I can't recall a nameFaces are the same to meThe same you seeAnd I would fake it for...

  • Invisible
    Better days areHere again IHeard a voice sayI think he was a friend to meThe cussing and staring atThe wallsHe's so invisibleThis I knowIt's all I knowSet a date I'llMeet you there andMuster up aPhotograph of allTimes...

  • A Woman Lost In Serious Thought
    Flick your head and sighs butSo low you gotta get back upAnd stayDid you ever wonder whyI'm so concernedWith all the waysHe drags you downDid you ever wonder whyI'm so concernedWith all the waysAnd I'm thinking of a...

  • Lavina
    Sending post cards for a dimeIt fills the dayOccupies her timeLavina sits alone in a chairShe doesn't speak or writeOf any despairAnd you don't know what that's likeYou don't know what that's likeFall so hard to stand...

  • Dressed Up Like Nebraska
    Trying to tell me something hereIn this placeAll of your demons restIn my spaceI dreamed last nightYou and I were thereOld and grayHolding tightYou were always so coldBut I can't touch you where you areThere you stood...

  • The White Trash Period Of My Life
    Careful of wordsThey are so meaningfulYou discoverLike the blues from her breathHis genius is deadHappy and willing to dieFor your loveHappy and willing to dieBack in the bedroomIt's four a.m.Hear the clatterFrom the...

  • Reminiscent
    With a gray existanceIt doesn't feel like saturdayUnfinished businessWe used to talkLately it's beenReminiscent of meReminiscent of meEven open handsMy questions dearTouch my handIt's okCause it's all I haveThis...


  • Michigan
    Mom and Dad,Living in Michigan with Uncle RayHe and Aunt Terry said I should writeSaid I should writeSaid I should writeI should phone youJust donÂ’t have that much to saySee IÂ’ve been bartending about three nights a...

  • Sunshine
    So what's with the long faceHad a bad dayIt's not your fault thingsDon't go your wayAnd you've been feelingLocked up insideThere's just no reasonTo run and hideAnd you must knowThat you're my...

  • A Night In
    I had plans for us tonightI had plans to make some timeWith a lazy drone of a slide tromboneWhen is she going to come home?Stares and sleep are locked awayDisconnect the phoneCause folks like us don't get out muchWhen...

  • A Song To Help You Sleep
    Cat doesn't care about a thingCrickets were up, worryingAnd the locusts in the season, they believeThere's people out there, listeningThey will tuck you in tonightHere's a song to help you sleepIt's the sweetest...


  • Rise
    Think I'm gonna pass outThink I'll just lay down right hereSomeone turn the light outI'll cover myself with a jacketAnd I'll stillCatch the last ride on a Brooklyn trainThirty years old and nothing's changedSpent...

  • Sunshine (Come On Lady)
    Forget all your little problemsForget the boy you left at the barI got a stash been savin' for months nowCalifornia's not very farCome on ladyTake this bum and make him rightYou're my steadyYou're the one who makes me...

  • Under Your Charms
    Only half of the time do you tell me just what you wantOnly half of the time do you tell me just what you wantCan I get some contact?Can I get some contact from you?Can I get some contact with what is real?It's the...

  • Flight Attendant
    When I wasA little babyA mamma's boyNo one could save meFrom those kids at schoolThey would bullyThey would teaseThey would taunt meHaunt me"You're such a pretty boy""You're such a pretty boy""You're such a pretty...

  • 1972
    She was feelin' 1972Groovin' to a Carole King tuneIs it too late baby?It it too late?That boy was always up to no goodSmokin' pot and playin' poolIn the afternoonUnemployed and highWe're goin' through the...

  • Sparrows Over Birmingham
    Fell down on both kneesYou were youngBones still softLegs fell numbOh how those sparrows sang for youSo you grew upAn isolated pupYou had some booksYou had some loveOh God was watching over youOh how those sparrows...

  • Love Vibration
    Step out into the sunStep out into the world and love someoneSave yourself from hateSave yourself from hate and all the hassleAnd you people all know know what I'm talkin' about(Yeah you people all know what he's...

  • Come Back (Light Therapy)
    I've been waiting for the longest timeI want you to come backMaybe if the sun would shineIt'd bring my happy backIn the darkSo tired of waking up and its darkSo tired of being stuck on my own hereNorway is cold...

  • Slaveship
    A slaveshipLost at seaA slaveshipLost at seaAnd I'm drownin'Your water's deepI'm drownin'Your water's deepThe spaceshipIn the countryA spaceshipIn the countryAnd we're flyingInto greenWe're flyingInto greenI told you...

  • James
    He decided he'd be better off aloneSo he left his wife and child and went soloIt is summertime, Atlanta's hot as hellHe thinks back to what he had, and where he's nowJames can't stop hangin' out in the barsHe's on...


  • I Just Want To Live
    Had the operationGet myself unsickSilence all the surgeryI heard the needle prickAnd just as I went underI saw the nurses scream"Doctor we've lost anotherTo this here surgery"And the pain don't stop for meAnd a gold...

  • A Well Respected Man
    Cause he gets up in the morningAnd he goes to work at nineAnd he comes back home at five-thirtyGets the same train every timeAnd his world is built on punctualityThat never failsCause he's oh so goodAnd he's oh so...

  • Princess On The Porch
    I searched for you but you were nowhere to be foundA coastal state and all I stood on was frozen groundAnd now I found you, it's been three months to the dayOh and baby it's so good to see you, how I missed your...

  • Me Gusta Dormir
    Won't you call me back in the middle of the day?Won't you call me back in the middle of the day?Sleepers sleepin' awaySleepers are sleepin' awayTold you not the come 'til the middle of the afternoonTold you not the...

  • Smile
    I know this sounds absurdLet me start this verseYour passion has slown you downIn a corner you sit on a chairWhere's that shirt you wearThat makes you look so soft (and full)And I won't ask for muchI won't ask for...

  • Knights Of Loneliness
    I'm a man of wants and needsIf you got something, I will share itYou don't see the things I seeWhen it comes to love and carin'In a queen size bedThere were things been saidI never thought you'd beThe first one to...

  • Kentucky Flood
    Stubborn little manDid a little hands on a worn out tireHe's just like his dadProud that he had it set asideUntil that dayMany came and took his lifeDitzy campaignTil the rains washed awayHis beautiful planHis...

  • Pittsburgh
    It's Pittsburgh in the morningHe's sleeping at the bus stopHe wakes up and asks me for some cold soda changeAnd I said, don't you 'member the dollar I gave you?Don't you 'member that dollar?His heart is beatin'And...

  • Scenes From A Bar In Toronto
    Instrumental


  • Summer Kitchen Ballad
    Sat in the kitchen with an asthma cigaretteOut the window with an inch of regretIt's a gray worldSold all the gear that he had in the shedGave him a hard time so he up and quitIt's a gray worldAnd the old van is tired...

  • Ears To The Ground
    Ears to the groundEars to the groundJust waiting for the soundOf footstepsWheels to the roadWheels to the roadHoping this will beMy last stopAbuse my heartFor it's all I've leftLeading me onThis is what I getJust...

  • Miracle
    Hurry up we're gonna be lateI can't wait to see this placeAnd if we leave nowWe could be there soonOn the drive you did not careYou're sun-tired and your stomach's bareWhen your eyes light upAnd out of the blue you...

  • Under Cold Blue Stars
    Under the cold blue starsYou would just strollAround the yardThatÂ’s what happens to dreamsWhen the life strainsAnd the child lays in youWhen you got oldYou played guitarIn a little townYour favorite barJust blowing...

  • The Whole Night Through
    Tonight the moon shows an extra lightThat shines for only us to seeAll it takes for you to smileIs lift your eyes and breatheCause when you start to doubtSomehow it all works outThe lies become the truthWhat we need...

  • Nothing Gives Me Pleasure
    TimeYou should set aside some time for yourselfTime for just you and no one elseTime to justify how it's for the bestFor both of usHomeHome is where I always want to beHome is there for you and is for meHome is where...

  • Twilight
    Instrumental

  • Christmas With Jesus
    And my conscienceHas itStripped down to a scienceWhy does everythingDisplease meStill I'm tryingAnd it's so very hardTo ask for a partIn your ChristmasAnd getting inIs easy when you'reFriends with JesusWith JesusWith...

  • Ugly Stories
    FarewellBye byeSorry look in your eyeDoesn't mean a thingSo longWe shared bedsNow it comes to an endWith such a saddened eyeCause I've heard storiesUgly storiesAnd no one can denyThey were trueThey were trueAnd while...

  • Feeling No Pain
    Drive in the slow right laneCause we've got some time to killYou know I love this time of yearAnd you're a strangeStrange findI want to take all I can from youJust give me a signAnd I'll be right at your sideCause...

  • Women And Men
    The current will riseMuch fasterMakes it harder to findWhat I'm afterThe water's upThe waters downAnd I can't swimWhen I am lostAnd you are notThen no one winsOur babies have knownNo fatherMakes it harder to callI...


  • Domesticated Lover
    Domesticated loverDomesticated loversNever know they'll findDomesticated loversSay there'll be last timeEarly in the morningTill the late, late nightThere's no doubtThey lead a life apartDomesticated loversBreaking...

  • Sweetie
    Two lazy dreamers on a winter's nightMaking plans for the springYou paint a picture while I put away my clothesA crooked couple standing side by sideIs that you?Is that me?We laugh in circles and we dream of some...



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