James Pullen Mix

Purple Haze Dream By James Pullen Lyrics ... (spoken word) this is James Pullen. Pullenboy Music. Verse 1 woo whoo ooh.. ohhh ohh ooo. bip dip blop pop top drop. willy rip dip from a big ol bong take a puff into the lung. chorus smoke choke lippy hippy flippy poke, some green in the thing, purple haze dream realistic beam fling. dip doe chilly row glow. hit the bong and let it go verse 2 vit it smooth smoke it trit. pip slow to the red glow, green grow smoke show. pip pie poe din bin rolled up tin of foil. pipe it to the dome. chorus smoke choke lippy hippy flippy poke, some green in the thing, purple haze dream realistic beam fling. dip doe chilly row glow. hit the bong and let it go verse 3 gip pip shadip, stick the blunt to the lip. puff truff purple haze dream. vik lan smoking on that weed again. chorus smoke choke lippy hippy flippy poke, some green in the thing, purple haze dream realistic beam fling. dip doe chilly row glow. hit the bong and let it go

This Ain't No Love Song By James Pullen Lyrics ... (spoken word) this is James Pullen. pullenboy Music. [Verse 1] I shoulda read the warning when the Mountain Dew went flat Shoulda caught the silence when your smile turned to that Shoulda believed the rumors when your phone lit up the room But I kept on believin' we were chasin' the same moon [Pre-Chorus] Funny how the heart plays games when you're the last to see You think you're ridin' high, but you're crashin' on your knees I was the king of stupid dreams, wearin' rose-colored shades While you were slippin' out the back door, leavin' me in the haze [Chorus] This ain't no love song, baby No sweet talk to pull you close again This is me finally wakin' up from the pretend I screamed your name through the night, yeah I fought to the end But if the tears that I cried don't even make you bend Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong This ain't no love song [Verse 2] I shoulda seen the storm clouds when your touch turned ice-cold Shoulda felt the distance growin' every story left untold I kept chasin' memories of the fire we used to light But the sparks turned into smoke, disappeared into the night [Pre-Chorus] I poured my soul in bottles, tried to drink you back to me But every empty can I crushed just set the heartache free Only fools keep holdin' tight when the grip is slippin' fast And I was hangin' by a prayer while you were already past [Chorus] This ain't no love song, baby No pretty lies to make it right This is the sound of goodbye burnin' through the night I bled for you in silence, drowned beneath the fight But if the heart that I gave ain't worth one damn light Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong This ain't no love song [Bridge] I don't want your maybe, don't need your "someday soon" No second-hand excuses under neon motel moons I finally see the mirror, and the fool starin' back at me He's done believin' in forever when forever wasn't free [Chorus] This ain't no love song, baby No roses growin' in the rain This is the end of the story, no more playin' your game I cried and I cried till the hurt turned to flame But if the love that we had was just part of the blame Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong This ain't no love song No... this ain't no love song

I Hate Being A Nobody By James Pullen Lyrics ... (spoken word) this is Pullenboy Music **Verse 1** I'm James, forty-two, still in my mom's back room, Same old walls closing in, same old gloom. I love her to death, she's all that I've got, But this life I'm living feels like a forgotten spot. No friends on the phone, no knock at the door, No woman to hold, nobody to care for. Broke as the promises I made to myself, Working dead ends, stacking dust on the shelf. **Chorus** I hate being a nobody, invisible and small, Tired of the struggle, tired of the fall. Tired of the silence, tired of the pain, Everything I try just circles the drain. I don't want to die, but I don't want to stay, Earth don't feel like home—it's pushed me away. Wish I was in the grave, just to finally be free, At least down there, nobody's ignoring me. **Verse 2** Picked up a guitar, thought I'd sing my way out, Dreamed of a stage, dreamed of a shout. Poured out my heart in a hundred sad lines, But the world kept scrolling, nobody hit "like." That dream turned to ashes, blew back in my face, Another dead end in this endless rat race. Everything I touch just crumbles and breaks, How many more losses is one man supposed to take? **Chorus** I hate being a nobody, invisible and small, Tired of the struggle, tired of the fall. Tired of the silence, tired of the pain, Everything I try just circles the drain. I don't want to die, but I don't want to stay, Earth don't feel like home—it's pushed me away. Wish I was in the grave, just to finally be free, At least down there, nobody's ignoring me. **Bridge** Is it too much to ask for someone to love? Is it too much to ask for someone to call? Nobody sees me, nobody hears, Nobody cares if I disappear. I never thought I'd feel this lost and undone, Standing in the dark with nowhere to run. **Final Chorus (slower, quieter)** I hate being a nobody... fading away... Tired of breathing when there's nothing to say. I don't really want to die... but God, I'm so worn... Just wish someone noticed that James was ever born. Is it too much to ask... for someone to care? Honestly... I wish... I wasn't here. **Outro (almost whispered)** I hate being a nobody... I hate being me.

I Hate Being Me By James Pullen Lyrics ... (spoken word) this is Pullenboy Music **(Verse 1)** I wake up in this same old room in Albany, Georgia Sun creepin' through the blinds on another empty day Forty-two years old, and I'm still right here Livin' with Mama, 'cause I can't make it any other way I love my Mama, Lord knows I do She's the only one who sticks around when the world turns blue But her hugs ain't the same as arms that hold me tight at night I need a woman, somebody to make this darkness feel like light **(Chorus)** I hate being me, stuck in this lonely hell No friends to call, no stories to tell Broke as a joke, pockets full of dust Tryin' so hard, but nothin' ever turns to trust Every door slams shut, every road leads nowhere I hate being me... and it just ain't fair **(Verse 2)** I sit on the porch with my Mountain Dew cold Little cigar burnin', watchin' the smoke unfold Stay to myself, 'cause that's all I know how to do People pass by, but they don't see me through I light up a joint when the pain gets too loud Let the haze take the edge off this heavy cloud Tried talkin' to women, put my heart on the line But they look away, or say "boy, I ain't got the time" Rejected again, ignored like I'm air Feels like I'm cursed, like nobody cares **(Chorus)** I hate being me, stuck in this lonely hell No friends to call, no stories to tell Broke as a joke, pockets full of dust Tryin' so hard, but nothin' ever turns to trust Every door slams shut, every road leads nowhere I hate being me... and it just ain't fair **(Bridge)** Mama says "keep prayin', son, things gonna change" But I've been prayin' forever, and it's still the same I work what jobs I can, scrape by on the low But the bills keep comin', and the hope won't grow I'm tired of fightin', tired of the fight Just want somebody to hold me through the night **(Final Chorus)** I hate being me, drownin' in this quiet sea No hand to hold, no future I can see Sick of the silence, sick of the pain Sick of the losin', again and again I hate being me... down here in Albany Lord, I hate being me... Somebody, please... set me free

Still Nothing By James Pullen Lyrics ... (spoken word) this is Pullenboy Music you know they make it look like singers have everything but that's bullshit, I have over three Hundred Songs And Still ain't got a damn thing... **Verse 1** They flash those smiles on the screens so bright, Private jets and parties every night. Crowds screaming names, champagne flows free, Friends in the spotlight, laughing endlessly. They make it look easy, like the world's at their feet, Money and love just falling complete. But that's all smoke, mirrors, and edited lies— A load of bullshit in a perfect disguise. **Chorus** I started singing, thought it'd set me free, But it took everything away from me. No friends left standing, no woman in sight, Can't even get a hello in the dead of night. Over three hundred songs, poured out my soul, Published and streaming, but it don't make me whole. Still broke as hell, more alone than before— I hate this voice, hate what it's done to my core. **Verse 2** Back when I started, I had people around, Laughs in the kitchen, feet on the ground. Picked up the guitar, let the words start to bleed, Dreamed of the stages, thought that's what I'd need. But the more I sang, the further they ran, Ghosted my calls, like I wasn't the same man. Now it's just me and these empty walls, Echoes of melodies, no one to call. **Chorus** I started singing, thought it'd set me free, But it took everything away from me. No friends left standing, no woman in sight, Can't even get a hello in the dead of night. Over three hundred songs, poured out my soul, Published and streaming, but it don't make me whole. Still broke as hell, more alone than before— I hate this voice, hate what it's done to my core. **Bridge** Wish I'd never started, never picked up that pen, Never let the music drag me down again. But it's in my blood now, can't walk away, Trapped in the rhythm, day after day. Too damn late to stop, too deep in the fight, Singing these blues into the endless night. **Final Chorus (slower, fading)** Yeah, I hate singing... hate this damn life... Three hundred songs... and still nothing but strife... Wish I never started... but it's too late now... Too damn late...

Another Year Alone By James Pullen Lyrics ... [spoken word] yeah this is Pullenboy Music Verse 1 Hey, calendar, leave those dates alone All in all it’s just another mark upon the stone Midnight strikes, the bottle’s dry, the screen glows cold All in all you’re just another year growing old Chorus We don’t need no midnight kiss We don’t need no fake “happy this” No fireworks to light the dark inside my home Hey, lovers, leave me alone All in all it’s just another year alone All in all I’m just another year alone Verse 2 When I was young the nights felt short, the mornings came too soon Now the clock just crawls and laughs inside this empty room Messages unopened, invitations I ignore If you reached out, I wouldn’t know what I’m hiding for Chorus We don’t need no forced connection We don’t need no false affection No “How you holding up?” to break the silent zone Hey, world, leave me alone All in all it’s just another year alone All in all I’m just another year alone “Wrong, do it again… If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding… How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?” Another year… another year… another year alone… Chorus We don’t need no resolution We don’t need no absolution Just let the credits roll, I’ll sit here on my throne Hey, future, leave me alone All in all it’s just another brick in the wall All in all I’m just another year alone

May Get By James Pullen Lyrics ... [spoken word] yeah this is Pullenboy Music **[Intro]** Yeah… she’s right there, but still outta reach I’m close enough to feel her, but can’t speak *Her perfume’s on the breeze, smellin’ so good, keepin’ me weak* **[Verse 1]** She’s swayin’ on the porch swing, moonlight in her hair Her bare feet on the floorboards, but I’m stuck in this chair Got a joint in my hand, half-full of regret Every puff says “someday,” but I ain’t tasted her kiss yet She’s a dusty backroad promise, gravel in my soul I’m chasin’ down a feelin’ that I can’t control **[Pre-Chorus]** Her beautiful blond hair and her blue eyes that shine Prayin’ to the heavens I want to taste her kiss And make her mine But my heart’s too afraid to tell her ‘cause it don’t want to break again I want to kiss her lips so bad and I never want it to end **[Chorus]** May get to hold that girl I ain’t been with yet She’s the kind of trouble I ain’t learned to forget Every glance is a gamble, every smile’s a bet May get… may get… but I ain’t got her yet **[Verse 2]** She’s dancin’ ‘round the firepit, sparks in her laugh I’m standin’ outside, tryin’ not to crash She’s talkin’ to her friends, but catchin’ my eye I’m countin’ every heartbeat, waitin’ for the play But today just ain’t the day Maybe I’m just dreamin’ ‘bove what I can see I know she wouldn’t want a man like me **[Chorus]** May get to hold that girl I ain’t been with yet She’s the kind of trouble I ain’t learned to forget Every glance is a gamble, every smile’s a bet May get… may get… but I ain’t got her yet **[Bridge]** I’m thumbin’ through my courage like a worn-out deck of cards She’s a queen I can’t play, but I’m holdin’ all the odds One more puff of the blunt, one more song on the strings If the night don’t take her, I’ll be back on my knees **[Final Chorus]** May get to hold that girl I ain’t been with yet Turn a “maybe someday” into a night I won’t regret Every “almost” pulls me closer, every “not yet” keeps me set May get… may get… but I ain’t got her yet *(May get, may get… Lord, I’m gonna get her yet)* **[Outro]** Yeah… may get… One of these nights, she’ll be ridin’ shotgun.

I Don't Love You Anymore By James Pullen https://youtu.be/zTT7qpa5XbI?si=G1-zoxNqw2gZwslD Lyrics ... [spoken word] yeah this is Pullenboy Music [Verse 1] Woke up this mornin’, mountain dew cold in my hand I reached out for you and felt nothin’ but sand Slippin’ through my fingers, slippin’ away like dust. I whispered your name, but it tasted like rust Just dirt on my tongue, just echoes of us [Chorus] yeah I don’t love you anymore, baby I don’t love you anymore Tried to reignite the fire, but the kindlin’ won’t burn I don’t love you anymore Your kiss is a ghost in the back of my mind. Your memory’s a chain that I finally broke in time.. a burden lifted, like dying leaves on a tree. finally a burden lifted from me. I don’t love you anymore [soft saxophone solo] [Verse 2] Remember that place down on Highway 82. You wore that blue dress, I swore you were mine and I knew I loved you. We danced ‘til the moon bled and the sun came up to shine. Now that song comes on, and you don't even cross my mind cause the memories was like splinters poking in my skin. But I dug it out slow with a big bag of weed. You are the pain that I will never need. [Chorus] I don’t love you anymore, baby I don’t love you anymore yeah I Tried to reignite the fire, but the kindlin’ just won’t burn . I used to see your face everywhere I turned. but baby I just don’t love you anymore Your kiss is a ghost in the back of my mind. Your memory’s a chain that I finally broke with time. [Bridge] See, love ain’t a switch you can turn off with your thumb It’s a slow-bleedin’ wound that goes deep and numb I carried your weight ‘cross a thousand lonely miles ‘Til my knees hit the dirt and I finally lost my smile Now the weight’s off my back, and the sky’s turnin’ blue Funny thing is… I don’t miss missin’ you [soft saxophone solo] [Verse 3] I threw out that wedding band that I thought so much about, the day I asked you to marry me and I didn't have any doubts. I bought a one-way ticket on that cold black train The conductor don’t ask why my eyes look strange He just punches the hole in the ticket and moves down, I’m headed to nowhere, but nowhere is the peace I've found. [Chorus] I don’t love you anymore, baby, no I don’t I don’t love you anymore Tried to reignite the fire, but the kindlin’ won’t burn I don’t love you anymore Your kiss is a ghost in the back of my mind. Your memory’s a chain that I finally don't need. a burden lifted, like dying leaves on a tree. I don’t love you anymore.

Knocking By James Pullen Lyrics ... (Spoken, low and weary.) Yeah… this one’s for the ones still standin’ when the smoke clears. Blues in the bones, rap in the blood and rock in my soul, this is Pullenboy Music. *(Slow, mournful guitar slides in, harmonica wails like a midnight train)* **Verse 1** Mama, I gotta wipe the dust off my boots, I been walkin’ these backroads too long, Carried this nightmare on my hip like a curse, singin’ the same ol’ song. Badge on my chest turned cold as the grave, lawman or outlaw, doesn't matter when you're dead. he's taking my soul and left me in dread. Every trigger I pulled left a ghost in the wind, knockin’… screaming unlock the door and let me in. *(beat drops, sparse kick drum like a heartbeat)* I traded my soul for a fistful of justice, now the reaper’s collectin’ the fee, Bullets don’t care if you wear black or white, they just write your name on the tree. Sun settin’ red like the blood on my hands, shadow stretchin’ six feet four— **Chorus** Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door oh I'm I'm Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door yeah yeah yeah **Verse 2** *(rap flow, half-spoken, harmonica answers every bar)* I was born in the cotton, raised in the flame, mama prayed I’d be more than a name, But the streets taught me lessons the preacher won’t claim—survival’s a sin, guilt’s the same. Got a son and daughter in North Dakota, they got eyes like the moon, ain’t seen them since they was babies, now they're grown. I'll probably never see them and that's okay. I hope they know that I love them anyway. Every dollar I bleed from these midnight runs just buys me one knock more. Steel in my spine, but my knees hittin’ floor, whisperin’ “Lord, what’s this war for?” Devil laughin’ in the rearview mirror, sayin’ “Boy, you already crossed that shore.” *(guitar solo: weeping bends, like cryin’ without tears)* **Chorus** Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door oh I'm I'm Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door yeah yeah yeah **Bridge** *(spoken over soft organ, almost a confession)* Feels like… I put that gun down yesterday, but it’s still smokin’ in my hand. Ain’t no angel waitin’, just a long black train… and no chance at the promised land **Verse 3** *(slow rap, voice crackin’)* Mama, take this badge, melt it to gold, bury it deep where the river runs cold, Tell my baby girl her daddy tried to fold, but the cards were marked long before he was old. and tell my sons, to be good men. don't never let nobody tilt your hand. be honest and true. and know that my children i will always love you I hear them gates creakin’, chains in the breeze, St. Peter checkin’ his list with a frown, But if mercy’s a bullet, then load me one more—I’m ready to lay my burden down. *(final chorus, choir of ghosts in the background)* Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door oh I'm I'm Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door yeah yeah yeah *(harmonica fades, last guitar note rings like a church bell at dawn)* (Spoken, low and weary.) yeah I'm knocking on them doors. begging God to let me in. but my voice only echos, like a whisper in the wind. and the Reaper saying, you can't go in. Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door oh I'm I'm Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door yeah yeah yeah Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door oh I'm I'm Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door yeah yeah yeah yeah

A Tramp Like You By James Pullen https://youtu.be/pnTrwqqUiZo?si=Eykr4-DOBYPizewD Lyrics ... [Verse 1] The screen door slams, the wind cuts sharp, Another empty chair at my worn-out heart. Your perfume lingers, but the truth stings worse, A love like yours? It’s more a curse. [Prechorus] I’d rather walk this road, battered and bare, Than share my bed with lies and despair. [Chorus] I’m lonely as hell, but I’ll take the pain, Better alone than caught in your game. I’d rather forever hear the night’s cruel tune, Than share my life with a tramp like you. [Verse 2] The coffee’s cold, the clock ticks slow, I sit and wonder how I didn’t know. Your sweet words were sugar on a bitter pill, Now I’m choking on silence, but I’m here still. [Chorus] I’m lonely as hell, but I’ll take the pain, Better alone than caught in your game. I’d rather forever hear the night’s cruel tune, Than share my life with a tramp like you. [Bridge] There’s freedom in these aching walls, No echoes of your midnight calls. I’ll take the weight of the lonesome blues, Over the shadow of someone like you.