Joel Williamson

December

Cold December, Sweet July 

Somewhere along the way we said goodbye 

You crossed the river, the sun filled my eyes 

We lost a part of us to other side

All the things I should do right

Come back to haunt me in the dead of night

All the things I should do right

Come back to haunt me in the dead of night

Days of rain, fortune’s told

Nothing changed, I got old

Sometimes I sit and watch the water flow

Leads me to wonder where did we go?

All the things I should do right

Come back to haunt me in the dead of night

All the things I should do right

Come back to haunt me in the dead of night

Somewhere along the way we said goodbye 

Cold December, sweet July 

Some memories you live until you die

Cold December, Sweet July

All the things I should do right

Come back to haunt me in the dead of night

All the things I should do right

Come back to haunt me in the dead of night

Somewhere along the way we said goodbye 

Cold December, sweet July 

Some memories you live until you die

Cold December, Sweet July

Emily

Waited by the river for the morning to come

Breaking through the clouds and the trees

I watched the water move it looked like it was going somewhere

We talked about it all, every little thing

As you emptied your mind into mine

I swear to god I could have mistaken you for an angel 

Oh I wish to god that we could have made it

But everything we had we had to go ahead and break it

Didn’t we, didn’t we 

Emily

You went away to make something happen

I don’t know what you had in mind

If you saw me round town would we still talk like it was nothing?

Oh the streets have changed but I feel you there

In the corner of my eye

When I hear them say your name it still hits just like the last time

Oh I wish to god that we could have made it

But everything we had we had to go ahead and break it

Didn’t we, didn’t we 

Emily

Emily

Oh I wish to god that we could have made it

But everything we had we had to go ahead and break it

Didn’t we, didn’t we 

Emily

Emily

Emily 

Emily

First Time Again

Everything’s new 

Nothing gets old 

The stories we love 

Are yet to be told 

When I found you

You weren’t alone 

Still I took you 

I took you home 

And it was like falling in love for the first time again

I knew from the start there would be no end

It was like falling in love for the first time again

We knew from the start there could be no end

When you came 

All was undone 

All I had known 

All I’d become 

You shone a light 

That shattered the dark 

And I felt it 

Pierce my heart 

And it was like falling in love for the first time again

I knew from the start there would be no end

And it was like falling in love for the first time again

Who knew from the start there could be no end?

From the first time I saw you

Never felt so whole

That’s when everything changed

Don’t let me go

Cos I’m falling in love for the first time again

I knew from the start there would be no end

I’m falling in love for the first time again

Who knew from the start there could be no end?

Northern Winds

How can I show you

The man I want to be?

When these northern winds 

Blow right through the heart of me

I am my mother’s son

I carry her kindness and her faults

But you helped me find myself 

when all of hope seemed lost 

Who’s gonna hear you call?

I will pick you up if you fall

I feel the morning clear

Scraping the frost off your car

If I falter and fall my dear 

Will you still be my northern star?

How can I be here

when you need me the most?

Tie me to the anchor

Chain me to the post

Who’s gonna hear me call?

Lord knows you pick me up each time I fall

Lord knows you pick me up each time I fall 

I was lost for so long 

Chasing the storm 

Now I’m here love 

Found my place in the cold 

Now I pray for your warmth 

Just be near love 

Thank god you placed 

Your hand over my heart 

My November wife 

My forever northern star 

Who’s gonna hear you call? 

Lord knows I’ll pick you up if you fall 

Who’s gonna hear me call? 

Lord knows you pick me up each time I fall 

Lord knows you pick me up each time I fall

Lord knows you pick me up each time I fall

The Very Best

Darling we tried

What more could we do?

What’s the use in a love

That makes us blue?

We took our best shot

And oh how we fell

I know that you’re hurting

I feel like hell

Darling I love you

Ooo it’s plain

But some things

Even love can’t change

I guess that it’s time 

We each went our way

I hope that I see you

Again someday

Just don’t give your heart away

To some fool who only takes

Because darling you deserve the very best

I wish that we could be

All that we needed us to be

Because darling you deserve the very best

Your baby boy 

He’s got your eyes

So I know that he’ll grow up

To be caring and kind

I know that you’ll do

Your best by him

He is of you

As you are of him

Just don’t give your heart away

To some fool who only takes

Because darling you deserve the very best

And I wish that we could be

All that we needed us to be

Because darling you deserve the very best

Just don’t give your heart away

To some fool who only takes

Because darling you deserve the very best

And I wish that we could be

All that we needed us to be

Because darling you deserve the very best

Because darling you deserve the very best

Because darling you deserve the very best

These Walls

These walls do not mean to me

What they do to you

Your rose shaded memories

Remind me what you put me through

I don’t want to be that child

Still staring up at these walls

These walls built walls inside of me

And I don’t know if you’ll break through

Cos I’m not sure if I can 

Ever really trust you

If you wanted me to stay

Why’d you go and put up these walls?

These walls

Why’d you put up these walls

I was only bound to fall

When you put up these walls

So high, they cannot hold me here

With the words they all know

It’s been thirty god damn years

I’m so tired of feeling low

I will scale them if I can

I will break away from these walls

I’ll break my heart again

You’ll play that part again

Like it was me 

Who drove you to the edge again

These walls

These walls

I was only bound to fall

Why’d you put up these walls

I was only bound to fall

When you put up these walls

Together We'll Get By

Come with me and together we’ll get by

When it gets dark there’s still a light out there to find

I will give you the best that I can give

Sometimes it’s not much but it’s enough to live

We can take our time

Ease our troubled minds

There’s no hurry

Don’t worry

We will make it through

Turn grey skies into blue

There’s no hurry

Those clouds will part

Come with me and together we’ll get by 

Ride along with me and together we’ll get by

You know that I ain’t no rolling stone

I tried it once and I rolled right on back home

Sometimes it’s a long and lonesome road

Together we can make this road our own

We’ll pass through the rain

And see the sky again

Come tomorrow

There’s hope to borrow 

We can read the signs

Cross the mountains in our minds 

There’s still tomorrow

It’s only sorrow

Come with me and together we’ll get by 

Ride along with me and together we’ll get by

Sing a song with me and together we’ll get by 

Come with me and together we’ll get by

When thunder rumbles near

Know I wont disappear

We’ll stay together

I’m yours forever

We’re all that we can be

And that’’s everything I need

It’s us together

And that’s forever

Come with me and together we’ll get by 

Ride along with me and together we’ll get by

Come with me and together we’ll get by 

Come with me and together we’ll get by

Western Cedars

There’s love inside this heart 

And pain, where do we start?

There’s tides and time between 

All rooted in my dreams

I held you once I know 

I did not mean to go

We’’ll meet before the snow

Where western cedars grow 

Somewhere on this road

We’re all bound for nowhere 

No matter where we go

With you I’m always somewhere 

With you I know I'm somewhere 

We walked down by the sea 

Where waves washed over me 

You always helped me be 

A different kind of free

We’ll watch the setting sun 

A new day has begun 

We’ll take them one by one 

Our time is never done 

Somewhere on this road

We’re all bound for nowhere 

No matter where we go

With you I’m always somewhere 

With you I know I'm somewhere

If we find we fall behind 

And the world is as cold as it seems 

If we fall and lose it all

In the morning you’ll be lying next to me

Somewhere on this road

We’re all bound for nowhere 

No matter where we go

With you I’m always somewhere 

With you I’m always somewhere

With you I know I’m somewhere 

So take me anywhere