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Man with a Suitcase

by Mark Hahn

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All my heroes have flown away While the blossoms On the trees Are bursting out Beautiful, in the Spring air Followed by the hot winds That will blow across my face I wish I could fly away Like in my dreams Just a little sparrow That no one notices While the gravel On the pavement Beneath my feet Are the only connection I have to this earth So I close my eyes Fall into my dreams Where you’re by my side Taking off So we can find our own place Somewhere away From this dirty city If we could fly away Like in my dreams Just two sparrows That no one notices Because people make bad heroes Never live up To their legends None of us Is really all that good Even when we do our best But if we flew away I'd be happy with you Even with all the problems I may not be any good But for you I'd do what I could So I wish We could fly away Like in my dreams Two little sparrows That no one notices Until we're gone Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved Chords: C, Am, Em.
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Man with a suitcase Drags it behind him Across the road Don't know where he's going Where he's been What he's got in that bag What he can never forgive Or what he wants to forget A long Shadow, is cast Behind him It’s the crack of dawn Suitcase slows him down to a crawl Like a bag of sorrow Holding him back On his way Before he's hit by a truck But maybe It'd be a blessing To be taken out If you don’t hear it coming When you're struggling To get yourself Across that street Across the whole country To wherever you think There’s someone waiting To make you feel ok Like you made it home No one wants to think About anyone else's struggles While they’re dragging themselves Through their own On our way to nowhere All with our own baggage Like sacks of rocks Weighing us down Like soldiers riding on a train Landscape and people Passing us by While we look back Where have we been What will we never forgive Or forget And why do we hang on Tying to make it home Even when we know It doesn’t exist But we can’t let go Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved. Chords: (G7,C,Am,Dm)x3,(Em,Am)x2 some variations
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Arms around your waist The streetlight plays Off your bare shoulders Poking out of the shadows A clinging dress Shows off your hips And almost hides The revolver in your hand Hard luck girl Come away with me The crimes committed Don’t have to haunt us anymore It’s all Just an abstract Construct At this point Just one more heist A stolen car, and We’re off to start A brand new life We can forgive Each other’s pasts Feel our flesh Fresh and new On the run Just you and me Wherever that highway Takes us I’m more than willing To throw it all away For you Let the world pass us by It may be Just a movie Or maybe It isn’t But we’re on the run Just you and me Wherever that highway Takes us I’m more than willing To throw it all away For you Let the world pass us by It may be Just a movie Or maybe It isn’t But we’re on the run Wherever that highway Takes us Just hanging on Baby, I’m more than willing To throw it all away For you Let the world pass us by Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved. Chords: [C(1bar), Em(1bar),Am(2bar)]x2,[Dm,Em,Dm](2bar each)
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Sunset Song 03:45
How is it I always forget The hell I've been through When I’m driving into a sunset Song playing in my car Reminding me of the hurt But who really cares, when I just can't dredge up All the crap I've had thrown at me Hard as I try I know I've never been easy To have in your life, but Who were you expecting To be there for you? Where's the romance In being strong and alone When it's only the lonely Who try to live that lie I'd rather we both Just shut up about it So I can feel you in my arms And let it go I know I've never been easy To have in your life, but Who were you expecting To be there for you? Driving down that highway There are choices to make What to leave behind What to hold onto Or just enjoy the ride Learn to shut up Instead of tying myself up In a web of words I know I've never been easy To have in your life, but Who were you expecting To be there for you? Except for me? I know I've never been easy To have in your life Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, all rights reserved. Chords: [Dm(2beats), Am(6beats)]x3, [Em, Am, Em](2bar each) Key: Am 4/4
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I couldn’t have known How badly You were going to hurt me When I gave you my heart I knew all the risks And it’s really alright Better to feel something Instead of nothing Braver to take that chance Than shut yourself down The worst that can happen Is one more person Trying to tear me down While standing alone Gave you all the ammunition You needed And showed you where to strike Where I have no defenses It’s probably all my fault Not just dumb luck When the same things keep happening Over and over Still, didn’t know How badly You were going to hurt me When I gave you my heart Nothing we did Proves anything There’s risk in everything Every single action But it’s always braver to take that chance Than shut yourself down The worst that can happen Is one more person Trying to tear me down While standing alone I gave you all the ammunition You needed And showed you where to strike Where I have no defenses I just couldn’t have known How badly You were going to hurt me When I gave you my heart Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved. Chords: C,Fmaj7/C,G7
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John came back From fighting In iraq Never was the same Sitting in a dark room Even he couldn't explain All the things he felt and heard His exasperated girlfriend would say You're a grown man Why don't you just get over it Like if he was more a man His PTSD would go away Sally was a pretty girl Diagnosed bipolar I When the darkness hit her It would hit her hard Felt like she was trapped Inside a big glass box Separating her from the world Wanting to run She’d fear she'd never get out But she could see the happy people The ones who said they cared Her best friend Katy Wanted to go out meeting boys She’d also ask Why can't you just get over it You'll feel better If you put on makeup and a dress Bobby was the shyest kid He'd stammer when the teacher Tried to make him talk Rolled her eyes when the other kids would laugh Years later, he learned he had an extreme anxiety disorder Made worse by all those years Of taunts and torture They always asked him too Why didn't he just get over it I guess they never realized He always asked himself this very same question Most of us get up Hoping to overcome our problems But when it’s hardwired into your brain It’s just part of who you are Everyone has their ups and downs Everyone needs someone sometime Just to listen, hear how we feel inside And make us know we aren’t alone Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved. Chords: ((D,A7)x2,(Bmadd7,A7)x2)x3,(Em,A7)x2 (roughly)
7.
I'll never learn Once burned Twice again Going back for more Need to feel that burn Know it's real Don’t care, if it’s Heaven or hell Putting my hand in the fire Once burned Twice again Just kiss me harder Need to feel it Know it’s not over That it’s still ok With you and me Can't escape those flames Or that pain Part of being alive Like drinking water Putting my hand in the fire Once burned Twice again Just hold me tighter Sleeping close In each other's arms Breathing in Each other's breath [Repeat] Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, all rights reserved. Chords Shapes: (D,Em)X2,A,Em,A (Capo Second Fret)
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Even though you know Where it leads Have to find The reasons To go on, while Wild flowers bloom And die, doesn't matter Whether you look or don’t Nothing dulls their beauty Shooting up Through the rotting leaves Left over from a previous year Daffodils and Wild Irises Among the things I’d love to do And find with you Between the jagged rocks And swamps And bramble bushes Why’s it never easy [Repeat] Daffodils and Wild Irises Among the things I’d love to do And find with you Between the jagged rocks And swamps And bramble bushes Why’s it never easy Chords: Fmaj7, C, Dm Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved.
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Well, it’s been One more year Of hanging on To all the beauty And the bleakness Mixed in with everything For a survivor, prince or a fool The mythology of all my lies The things I’ve hidden behind Because it was too hard To accept myself In my nakedness While slashing out Images Onto blank sheets of paper Always creating A new set of cards To mix up Rearrange the tragedy Of who I am As if the stories Made me something else Other than A survivor, prince or fool The mythology of my lies The things I’ve hidden behind I’m not looking for fortunes In the empty buckets Of things I want to do Don’t want to know the future How many new failures I must endure Just want to be with you So I can forget All the things That never mattered To this survivor, prince and fool The mythology of all my lies The things I hid behind Just want to forget myself In your arms Break all the mirrors Never need to see myself Again While life goes on Just want to live it Feel it Be with you Not a survivor, prince or a fool Just want to be with you A,D,Em Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, all rights reserved.
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Oh Baby, life’s already hard enough So why ya always gotta Stir up so much shit When things just start to get better Yeah, there’s always All that other stuff Hanging out In the dark Won’t never go away But let it loose For a few moments And come mess around with me We can get to somewhere better Even if it’s just for now So yeah baby, let it go And come mess around with me Life’s already hard enough So why ya always gotta Stir up so much shit When things are getting better We all got that darkness hiding in our past Tries to pull us back But thinking better things today Just you and me Smiling together Kissing in the dark When you mess around with me Let it all go Just for now Be here And mess around a little with me Life’s hard enough So why ya always gotta Stir up so much sh*t When things could be so much better Gotta put all that other stuff aside Fall into each other’s arms Into each new kiss Mess around with me Chords: D,A7,Gmaj7 Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved

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In Man with a Suitcase, Mark Hahn has put together an album that in its rawness is both brutally honest and sincere while exploring the difficulties found in reconciling life and love while living in a messed up world.

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released June 12, 2016

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Mark Hahn Tucson, Arizona

Tucson artist and writer, Mark Hahn, grew up in Detroit MI, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and has traveled, lived and worked in many major cities across Europe and the United States. He has now settled in Tucson and spends his time focusing on varied creative projects while exploring the Sonoran Desert and the broken down mining towns that are scattered around the Southern AZ landscape. ... more

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