On Time: A Collection | Volume 1

Hold on, I'm coming home

When we were younger

This was so much easier than we'd known

Look out the window

See the snow

If it is gone before I pack my bags

And hit the road

Remember what it was like

When I held

Your cold hands

When he left you

All alone

In a bitter storm

By your house

You saved some from that night

Ooh, I'll bring some home

I heard that a storm is brewing through

The pass that keeps me gone

Never to leave you

Again what's more

I bought us a little house three miles from the ocean shore

We'll remember what it was like

When I held Your cold hands

When he left you

All alone

In a bitter storm

By your house

You saved some from that night

We'll remember what it was like

When I held our children

And we showed them

All the snow

That kept me from home

In our house

I saved some from that night

Credits:

Written and produced by Kevin Embleton and Kyle Teese

Mixed by Trevor Brooks

Mastered by Spencer Martin

You grew up across the gulf of Mexico

But we had to cross the world to meet

And even though we're stuck on a ten hour drive

I can't close my eyes ' cause I'm stuck on you right now

Where you been all my life

Fast forward and the job kept us apart

Two years but we didn't miss a beat

And even though you're thousands of miles from me

When I close my eyes you're all I see right now

Where you been all my life

Now that theres nothing else in between

We'll get a place in New Orleans

Stay up late and watch your movies

Hold hands until the sun sets

I wake up, you're here in my bed

Where you been all my life

I've never met a person quite like you my love

You don't quit when the going gets tough

And even though it feels like it's make believe

On the hardest days you're still stuck on me

I'm so lucky I found you

Now that theres nothing else in between

We'll get a place in New Orleans

Stay up late and watch your movies

Hold hands until the sun sets

I wake up, you're here in my bed

Where you been all my life

Hold hands until the sun sets

I wake up, you're here in our bed

Credits:

Written and produced by Kevin Emlbleton

Mixed by John Merkel

Mastered by Spencer Martin

Hold me close

Til the night is o're

Your arms around me til the dawn

Hold me close

Call me yours

I promise I will make you proud

Lies haunt you

But love sees through

I promise I'll be only yours

And I want you

To want me too

There's not a thing that we can't do

Hold me close

Til the night is o're

Your arms around me til the dawn

Hold me close

Call me yours

I promise I will make you proud

And I'll keep trying

While daylight's burning

I'll do my best to catch your eye

To prove what's right

Til the night is creeping in

Darkness hovers tears begin

Hold me close

Call me yours

I promise I will make you proud

Credit:

Written and produced by Kevin Embleton

Mixed by John Merkel

Mastered by Spencer Martin

I've been all tied up

You've been standing there

I've been focused on

Getting the bills paid on

Time

Time

On time

On time

But the truth remains

At the end of the day

Another 24 gone

We're all short on, short on, short on

Time

Time

On time

Time

On time

Time

On time

On time

But the truth remains

At the end of the day

Another 24 gone

We're all short on, short on, short on time

Credits:

Written, produced, mixed, mastered by Kevin Embleton

I ran my fastest

He nipped my heals

I heard him roaring

My lungs were filled

But with exhaustion

And fear at best

Will I awake to find a lion on my chest?

He hides behind my pillow at night

What a fright, at the sight

How I wish that I could put up a fight

Can't escape, so I wake up

I started screaming

Conscious at last

The point evades

These visions past

Knowing I had to

Drift back to dream

I resolved to ask the lion what he means

He hides behind my pillow at night

What a fright, at the sight

How I wish that I could put up a fight

Can't escape, I won't wake up

Who do you think you are?

Do you know me?

How can I stop you from haunting all of my dreams?

Who do you think you are?

Do you know me?

Where do you come from?

How can I be rid of you?

I'm the strength that you've been waiting to find

Not a fright, in the slight

I'm the courage that you needed to fight

Why are you running away from me?

Credits:

Written and produced by Kevin Embleton

Mixed by John Merkel

Mastered by John Finley

Over it, can I get over it?

If you ever find yourself wondering

Do I have what it takes for this?

Can I get over it?

If I do then what's next?

If you ever find yourself wondering

Do I have what it takes for this?

Do I have what it takes for this?

Even if it takes some time

It matters that you realize

There is love for where you are

There is love for where you've been

There is love for where you're going

And with all my heart

Even if my voice runs out

I will find a way to sing it

Over it, now that I'm over it

If you ever find yourself wondering

Did I make some mistakes back then?

Yeah, you made some mistakes back then

Even if it takes some time

It matters that you realize

There is love for where you are

There is love for where you've been

There is love for where you're going

And with all my heart

Even if my voice runs out

I will find a way to sing it

And even if it takes some time

Even if it takes your life

You were made to realize

That you were made for love

And even if it takes some time

Even if it takes your life

With all my heart

Even if my voice runs out

I will find a way to

Find a way to sing

Credits:

Written and produced by Kevin Embleton and Kyle Teese

Mixed by Trevor Brooks

Mastered by Spencer Martin

If I could turn back time I don't know what I'd do would you

They say that when you look back it's easier to know what's true

I don't know about that, 'cause I don't even have a clue

Everything about this year has left me speechless

Everything about this feels temporary

I feel the winds of change taking over all I do

Instead of changing me, really they're just blowing through

We've been stuck for a while, maybe you can feel it too

Everything about this year has left me speechless

Everything about this feels temporary

I don't have an antidote for all this pain I see

But I don't have to look far to see that it's not just me

If you don't know when change will come

Then I'm right there with you

Everything about this year has left me speechless

Everything about this feels temporary

Credits:

Written and produced by Kevin Embleton. Beat by Nate Netti.

Mixed by Dave Douglas

Mastered by Adam Boose Cauliflower Audio

He said I like it but I think I really miss your edge

As we listened to my songs on his TV set

We drank a couple beers and then I went to bed

I couldn't sleep and thought about the thing he'd said.

It's true that I've been struggling since the band broke up

Been looking for the melody in milder stuff

Do i have to sing at the top of my lungs to be heard

I made a decent record but it didn't sell

I promised lot's of money to the guys who helped

Then I moved across the country and my voice gave out

I saw a bunch of doctors and they all found

Different things

The first was sure that it was allergies

And the second specialist said he did agree

Four months, a routine and some pills a day later

And i really wasn't getting any better

It's gone, it's gone

And I wondered if it's time to move on

It's gone, it's gone

Well I had a good run

And I think it might be time to sing another song

I decided that I couldn't throw the towel in yet

So I saw a different doctor and you'd never guess

That the thief in the night was a meal that I ate before bed

Mixed with stress it was eating me alive

I started on some medicine to neutralize

All the acid in my stomach

And I learned not to eat after seven

What am I, fifty-five

Well the symptoms eased up

And the pain regressed

And a good friend's teaching me how to deal with the stress

In the word's of John Mayer I'm In repair

And I think that the worst is behind me

It's gone, I think it's gone

And I'm glad that I don't have to move on

It's gone, it's gone

And I'm learning how to sing again

I hope that i can write you a million songs

When things settled down and I had a mo

To miss all my family and my friends back home

Just a boy and girl of the Ohio

Trying to make it out on the West Coast

Been asking the Lord what it all means

Been writing lots of songs about my feelings

And I'm making progress in therapy

Trying to make sense of why it feels so hard

To be gone, I'm gone

And I'm finding it hard to move on

I'm gone, I'm gone, when will this place feel like home I don't know

But I'm gone, I'm gone, and I'm finding it hard to move on

I'm gone, I'm gone

Do you always have to leave just to figure out where you belong

Credits:

Written and produced by Kevin Embleton

Mixed by Trevor Brooks

Mastered by Adam Boose

Look over my shoulder

Saw you standing over there

With all your friends

I'm not getting younger

So I ask for your number

You say why should I give it

I was just expecting a yes or no

Collect my thoughts and go

I could be all the things that you want

If you let me

Do it just right so you never forget me

You are the top

Señorita you're all I want

Look over your shoulder

See me standing over

Where we were before

And I can't help but wonder

If I would have your number

Had I not come on so strong

I was just expecting a yes or no

collected my thoughts and pressed go

Saw it in your eyes when you turned to go

There's still hope

I could be all the things that you want

If you let me

Do it just right so you never forget me

You are the top

Señorita you're all I want

I could be all the things that you want

If you let me

Do it just right so you never forget me

You are the top

Señorita you're all I want

Look over my shoulder

Saw you standing over there

With all your friends

I'm not getting younger

I'll keep asking for your number

Someday you'll say yes

Credits:

Written, produced, mixed by Kevin Embleton

Mastered by Spencer Martin

Late last night

Drifting on my right side

Just before my lights went out

I caught myself

Set a course

Way across the king sized bed

Where you lay your sweet, sweet head

To hold you close

All my life I've waited

For someone just like you

And if I should ever waver

Like only a fool would do

Summer love

Can you believe it's been this long

And I still need the guard rails on

I'm slow to learn

But you don't count

All the times I hoped my love was felt

As if I was looking for myself

Instead of you

All my life I've waited

For someone just like you

And if I should ever waver

Like only a fool would do

All my life I've waited

For someone just like you

And if I should ever waver

Like only a fool would do

Credits:

Written, produced, mixed by Kevin Embleton

Mastered by Spencer Martin

It's plain for all to see

And it doesn't take a scientist

To know it's harder to exist

In this world without a father

So tonight I'll count my blessings

And it should come as no surprise

When I look into your eyes and say

I would not want any other

I know that I can

Count on you

I can count on you

No matter what I'm going through

I know that you'll show up

They asked me to remember

What I love most of all

It's the quiet drives we cherish

In the car after the mountains call

And I hear the music playing

Of the timeless songs that shaped you

Well, like a potter with his clay

I've been shaped by your love

I know that I can

Count on you

I can count on you

No matter what I'm going through

I know that you'll show up

I can count on you

I can count on you

The way you're always thinking of

The people that you love

I can count on you

I can count on you

Credits:

Written, produced, mixed, mastered by Kevin Embleton

Steel by Steven Tebbs Karney