Music Is Never Gonna Make Me Rich – Sakaris

Music Is Never Gonna Make Me Rich

Music Is Never Gonna Make Me Rich

1. Don’t Stop

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

You are running on an empty tank
Every bullet you shoot is a blank
Got your eyes fixed on the big one
As you slowly fall down the ranks

Flying high for a little while
but never ready to be taken for a dive
Tumble down, back to the basement
Your greatest hits all buried in time

But, you won’t stop now
You’re gonna get on your feet somehow
You’re gonna push on through this record
’till you get knocked back to the ground
and you’ve known all along
You won’t be happy by the end of this song
Moving straight ahead to the next track
Maybe that will be the one

We used to listen to the words you said
You used to make everybody feel glad
Filling up every inch off the dance floor
but you were just another passing fad

We’re moving on to another one
Tell me, man, are you having fun?
You’re looking so damn sick and tired
Tell me, could this be the end of your run?

But, you won’t stop now
You’re gonna get on your feet somehow
You’re gonna push on through this record
’till you get knocked back to the ground
and you’ve known all along
You won’t be happy by the end of this song
Moving straight ahead to the next track
Maybe that will be the one

2. Magical Bag of Fun

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

I speak the truth
I’m here ’cause I feel your blues
I’ve got some wonderful stuff to show you
I’ll have you standing on your feet
I promise this will be quick

You tell me you’re low
and you really could use some sleep
You’re at the foot of a hill too steep
I’ll have you running up that hill
Without even breaking a sweat

So believe me
You know I’m only looking out for you
I do it all ’cause you are my closest friend
I wish you’d give me just a chance
to get through
and we would do fine

There’s plenty where that came from
I’ve got a magical bag of fun
I’ll have you begging for more
You’re screaming for more and
the pleasure is always mine

Now wasn’t that nice?
See, there is that lovely smile
I haven’t seen in a while
Well, did I make you feel good?
You know how I always do

So believe me
You know I’m only looking out for you
I do it all ’cause you are my closest friend
I wish you’d give me just a chance
to get through
and we would do fine

There’s plenty where that came from
I’ve got a magical bag of fun
I’ll have you begging for more
You’re screaming for more and
the pleasure is always mine

3. Puppy

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

I can’t believe all the mistakes I make
Every second you’re here with me
I lose my cool and I fumble for words
Like a puppy getting back on it’s feet

It’s you I love
It’s you I love

Everyday I’m strong and I’m confident
Feeling like the talk of the town
But you can flip things around
‘Cause you’ve got a way of tearing me down

It’s you I love
It’s you I love

So I beg, have mercy on me
‘Cause I really want this thing to work out
‘Cause you’re the best I ever could get
Not the faintest doubt about that

It’s you I love
It’s you I love

Everyday I’m strong and I’m confident
Feeling like the talk of the town
But you can flip things around
‘Cause you’ve got a way of tearing me down

It’s you I love
It’s you I love

4. Music is Never Gonna Make Me Rich

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

This is the first thing I could write
Been working on this song too many days,
Too many nights
But I can’t find the hook line that’s gonna
Bring that beautiful cash to me

“You need to study,” mama said
“so you can be a dentist or a teacher
like your dad”
But I said, “mama, please shut up, now
you know exactly what I’m gonna do”

But music
is never gonna make me rich
It’s only gonna save my soul
‘Cause no one wants to listen to this shit
but I swear I’ll get it under control
‘Cause I’m holding on

Maybe I’m good and doing fine
but the again I might be stuck
and wasting all my time
Everyday’s a roll of the dice to see if
things are ever gonna go my way

“You need to study,” papa said
“so you can make the dough you need to
feed your wife and kids”
I said “papa, don’t wanna reason
’cause all your reasoning is gonna
bring me down”

But music
is never gonna make me rich
It’s only gonna save my soul
‘Cause no one wants to listen to this shit
but I swear I’ll get it under control
‘Cause I’m holding on

5. Swift Ballad

Orð: Jústines í Túni
Lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

I’m really not sure if I am ready
for this change
That’s gonna hit me like a train
I’m really not sure how I could face
another day
Without you leading me through the maze

If you leave me now
Don’t you leave me now
Don’t you bring this place down
just because of
someone that you found
I have always been looking for love
In the places I can’t reach
Crawling around on the floor
On my bloody knees

And every second will be empty and in vain
Turns to minutes to hours to days
And love will still keep the world
Spinning all the same
While I’m drifting further into space

If you leave me now
Don’t you leave me now
Don’t you bring this place down
just because of
someone that you found
I have always been looking for love
In the places I can’t reach
Crawling around on the floor
On my bloody knees

Leave us now
Please don’t leave us now
Don’t you bring this house down
Just because of
Someone that you found
I will always be looking for love
in the places I can’t reach
Crawling around on the floor
On my bloody knees

Looking for love

6. Animal

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

There’s something off about the
way you’re looking at me
I could ask but I
guess it could be nothing
Even if the words would heal me
I could hold it, wait and see if
you’re sick and tired of every
word I’m spitting at you
Hate my stupid hairdo
You could think a million things but
best we keep it nice and clean for now

‘Cause I’m just an animal
but there’s a time and place for everything

Bring a little alcohol and
we can talk this weekend
A storm is coming to this
tropical island
Everything is coming out, I’ll
shout it out a million times
But then again I’d end up flashing my soul
So I wrap it up
Keep it under control and
swallow each and every word and
keep them down until it hurts
for you

‘Cause I’m just an animal
but there’s a time and place for everything

7. Hoax

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

Rain
Windowpane
Still the same
Still the same
and I could make a call anytime
and everything would change
I could be a king again
I could be a king again
Like before
Such a bore
I want more
I want more
But you can keep me on a leash as long as
I’m too scared to break
Everything you thought of me
Everything you thought of me

Was a hoax
A broken promise to you
I tried, but turns out
None of it was true
Now everything could break into
a million pieces
And I really don’t know what to do
Except make another promise to you

Friend
Let’s pretend
Try again
Try again
To give it all could be only way
for both of us to see
Everything that we could be
Everything that we could be

Was a hoax
A broken promise to you
I tried, but turns out
None of it was true
Now everything could break into
a million pieces
And I really don’t know what to do
Except make another promise to you

Rain
Windowpane
Some things change

8. What should I wear?

Lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

9. Dead

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

There was a man running
at full speed by the
side of dad’s car just
trying to catch up he was
jumping over every
obstacle by the
side of the road as
I was all safe inside

And even if we were driving
much too fast now
Made no difference
He would be right behind our tail
and making his way home

But now it’s
every night, lights out
When I lay in my bed
I can’t stop thinking that
some day I’m gonna be dead
I haven’t seen you
Ever since I was a little kid
How come you left me and
never came back again

10. Fun in the Sun

Orð og lag: Sakaris Emil Joensen

Hungry and lonely again
I guess I keep on coming
‘Cause I’m always looking for a friend

I’ll stay in the shade and pretend
That the people all around me
Feel the fun is coming to an end

‘Cause everybody’s having fun
at the beach
But nothing seems to come my way
You’d really make me happy
if you came
Just try to understand
I’m not a normal man
I seem to keep the cool kids away
You’d really make me happy
if you’d stay

And as that old sun slowly dies
The people all go home together
Carry on like fireflies

I’ll stay in the shade till goodnight
and crawl back to my room
Where I’m safe and sound from
festive sights

‘Cause everybody’s having fun
at the beach
But nothing seems to come my way
You’d really make me happy
if you came
Just try to understand
I’m not a normal man
I seem to keep the cool kids away
You’d really make me happy
if you’d stay