APPLES 
All I ever write about is you
All I ever sing about is you
You seem to be my favourite muse
All I ever dream about is you
Youze is what Ize is going through
All my loves I seem to lose
And now my big red heart has lost a part
Of it’s big red shiny core
But maybe apples, will fill me apples
And make me apples once more
Darling I never meant to choose
Between love and filling big shoes
Now all’s I’ve got is, no shoes and no you
It seems that you were right
Seems I threw away my life
At least maybe now, I’ll have nothing to do
‘Cause my big red heart has lost a part
Of it’s big red shiny core
But maybe apples will fill me apples
And make me apples once more
I am going to take my head and open it Swiss army style
Look my brain right in the eyes and stare it down ‘till it
complies
Then I’ll show up stitched and mended
Story will be happy ended
And my big red heart won’t have lost a part
Of it’s big red shiny core
And all my apples will be your apples
And we’ll be apples, forevermore
BIRDY
Oh little birdy,
fly me up to where you are
Let me roam with
you now
You know I’m
longing to be
Over and under
with you
Oh great sunrise
climbing stratus tops
Please may I join
you in your sunny spot
You know us
together, we could be
Sweet sky
November, ooooeee
All this racing’s
Got me hating my
time on the way
Leaves me jaded,
under-rated
It’s my
slow-soul-decay
Oh Grapefruit Moon
Man in the sky
Tell me your
secret: “What of that smile?”
Oh could you just
fill me in on how’s it you be
Shining through
the darkness constantly
All this racing’s
Got me hating my
time on the way
Leaves me jaded,
under-rated
It’s my
slow-soul-decay
Oh this burning,
mindless yearning,
This cooking in me
Tastes so tired,
so uninspired,
It’s ruining me!
No more I say!
No more I say!
No more I say!
All this racing’s
got me hating
My time on the way
No more madness
Be gone like a
fad,
Guess I’ll break
new ground today
Yeah I’m gonna be
breaking that new ground today.
BULLET WALTZ
Baby’s buying bullets today
And I’m looking for the gun
Think it might be easier this way
Instead of draggin’ on
Baby’s buying bullets today
And I’m looking for the gun
Thought that we might find a way
I guess that I was wrong
And oh I
Told my
Story through the lane
That oh I don’t think we’ll change
So my baby’s buying bullets
Baby’s buying bullets
Baby’s buying bullets and I
I’m leaving hey
Baby’s going to pull it today
I can see it in her eyes
She’s tired of the bullshit and
She’s tired of the lies
Baby’s going to pull it today
Then she’s heading for the hills
There’s go to be an easier way
Than these bottles and these pills
And oh I
Rolled my
Last dollar way
And oh I don’t think I’ll change
So my baby’s buying bullets
I know she’s going to pull it
My baby’s buying bullets and I
I’m leaving hey
And oh I
Told my
Story through the lane
That oh I don’t think we’ll change
So my baby’s buying bullets
I know she’s going to pull it
Baby’s buying bullets and I
I’m leaving hey
Babies buying bullets and I
I’m leaving hey
Baby’s gone and done it today
The peace comes to her eyes
I thought that we might find a way
At least I know we tried
Baby’s gone and done it today
She packs up and she’s gone
I guess I somehow wanted it this way
Instead of dragging on
CARRIED AWAY
Come now says the clock
The sail has found the wind
So I nod to my friends and we begin
Another evening show
Finds me and I know
All I need to do is just give in
And ooh I’m carried away
And ooh I’m carried away
What more could there be but people in a room
Singing unafraid the same tune?
So I close my tired eyes
And take in what I hear
And all those times of trying disappear
And ooh I’m carried away
And ooh I’m carried away
To you, I’m carried away
I’m carried away
And if this is all I’ve got
If this is my one shot
Will I choose to ripen, or will I rot?
And ooh I’m carried away
And ooh I’m carried away
To you, I’m carried away
I’m carried away
Come now says the clock
The sail has found its wind
So I nod to my friends and we begin
CASTLE
Day to day basis
I don’t think about you
Where you fit in here I just don’t know
I was your boy and you built my castle
I scaled the walls and left you alone
You were my everything
You were my castle and my king
You built these walls around me
Now I’ve climbed up the sides,
I have taken my dive,
I have found my own stride,
Do you feel left behind?
I looked to your eyes
For all of my answers
Looked to you footsteps to figure out mine
But one day I noticed
Their crooked direction
You’d stumbled and fallen some times on your way
You were my everything
You were my castle and my king
You built these walls around me
Now I’ve climbed up the sides,
I have taken my dive,
I have found my own stride,
Do you feel left behind?
I sat in the main room
Playing songs I wrote
You came over near me
To listen more close
You took the moment
To notice me breathing
Hear me conceiving
Thoughts of my own
You were my everything
You were my castle and my king
You built these walls around me
Now I’ve climbed up the sides,
I have taken my dive,
I have found my own stride,
You are still on my mind
COTTAGE COUNTRY
How now my love your cheek’s so pale?
How chance the roses there do fade so fast
I know a place
Where we can stay
A distant home where we might run to someday
Run away, so far away
Gone away to turn back the days
Gone away where no one can say, we’ve gone away
Come rain or shine
Or windy blow
We’ll be just fine there in our tree covered
knoll
Sunlight alarm
And twilight blanket
We’ll sound to sleep while we sink into it
Run away, so far away
Gone away, to turn back the days
And no one knows where we’re hiding away
Won’t find us, we’ve gone away
I’ll hold the door
You sit right down
We’ll drive away soon only silence will sound
ENDLESS DAY
Someday someday, we’ll stay all day, away
We don’t need no time away no no
Our way our way, we’ll hold and play
And we just may stay there all day
We don’t need no time away no no
No time allowed
No time allowed
No time away, on our endless day
We don’t need no time away no no
In the same way, we two were made
Two spoons per set, joined when we met
FORECAST
The forecast is calling for showers tonight,
A mix of explosions of fire and light,
No change for the weekend is likely in sight,
Unless all these rain clouds decide not to
fight.
A boy and his family all huddle around,
Sheltered by walls they built underground,
But smart bombs are smarter and soon find their
way,
A boy now must bury his family today.
And we all stand proud,
Yes we all stand proud,
People are falling all around,
And we all stand proud.
Remote controlled missiles take all guilt away,
Killing is easy if it just feels like play,
Thousands are murdered, lost faces lost names,
By people, using people, in video games.
And we all stand proud,
Yes we all stand proud,
People are falling all around,
And we all stand proud.
Will we all wake tomorrow and no one is left,
But statues of soldiers, fists clenched on their
chests,
Cast out in iron, for all to see,
That war was an answer, but did not set free.
Why don’t we stop?
Why don’t we hear?
The world’s calling out,
It’s trembling in fear.
No more should die,
And no more weep,
And no more should lead,
With fists and deceit.
So somebody shout
And somebody scream
And together we’ll shout
Together we’ll scream
And no one stand proud
Till all have backed down
Till all have said no
To glory and gold
Yes somebody shout
And somebody scream
Together we’ll shout
Together we’ll scream
FORGIVENESS
You ask me to explain it
Well there’s everything and nothing to say
Some things they happen
And once they do they never go away
They tell you that this life is eye for eye
Well man you know I think that’s all a lie
Oh I will not stoke the fire of this fight, when I know it isn’t right
So I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
‘Cause man you know it’s all that I’ve got left
My boy did not deserve this, but neither do the rest
I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
You can call me a coward
Call me whatever you chose
Once you could have hurt me
But now, I’ve nothing left to lose
Go on and spite me ‘cause I will not curse his name
Tell me though I’m broken, I am to blame
Well go on, but I won’t participate, in spreading all this hate
So I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
‘Cause man you know it’s all that I’ve got left
My boy did not deserve this, but neither do the rest
I guess I’m going to have to try forgiveness
They shot at me for speaking out against this tired war
Said "How can you lose one life and not demand one more?"
Well what good will it do us in the end?
There’s nothing that should justify revenge
And I stand now here before you
Living out the hardest test
And still I swear the only answer is: …forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Oh you know we’ve got to try forgiveness
‘Cause man you know it’s all that we’ve got left
Our boys and girls are watching and they’ve put us to the test
Come let's show them forgiveness
Forgiveness
FRIEND OF A FRIEND
Friend of a friend I knew you
Friend of a friend I saw you there
Friend of a friend you’re on my mind
Friend of a friend I care
Friend of a friend I’m sorry
Friend of a friend I’m not sure where
To start a brand new story
One where we’re all there
Walking down the hallway
I heard about the news
My body kept on walking
My thoughts remained with you
So I will think about you
And worry about you too
And try to understand it all
From your point of view
I will hold my hands out
Right behind this wall
You can climb on over
When you want to fall
Walking down the hallway
I heard about the news
My body kept on walking
My thoughts remained with you
You don’t have to know me
Or ever know my name
But know that I am with you
I’m with you all the same
Walking down the hallway
I heard about the news
My body kept on walking
My thoughts remained with you
Friend of a friend I knew you
Friend of a friend I saw you there
Friend of a friend you’re on my mind
Friend of a friend I care
Friend I hope you find it
All that you deserve
Hoping that you find your peace
Your mother has found hers
HATERS
All you haters
All you haters
All you haters
All you haters everywhere
You better watch out
You better watch out
You better watch out
You better watch out now, beware
Cause me and my friends we’re going to show up
at your door
We’re going to give you a little lesson ‘bout
what we’re living for
We’re going to sing and dance and laugh aloud
and show you to your face
There’s no room for haters in this wonderful
place
All you cynics
All you cynics
All you cynics
All you cynics on your thrones
You won’t break us
You won’t break us
You won’t break us
You won’t break us with your stones
Cause me and my friends, we’re going to show up
at your door
We’re going to give you a little lesson ‘bout
what we’re living for
We’re going to sing and we dance and laugh aloud
and show you to your face
That there’s no room for haters in this
wonderful place
So you better listen real close
To what I’m about to say
You better stick up your nose
So you can smell it every day
With every breath you take
The stench just permeates
That there’s no room for haters
No there’s no room for haters
There’s no room for haters
There’s no room for haters
There’s no room for haters
So HATERS GO AWAY
Cause me and my friends, we’re going to show up
at your door
We’re going to give you a little lesson ‘bout
what we’re living for
We’re going to sing and dance and laugh aloud
and show you to your face
That there’s no room for haters in this
wonderful place
What did you think I was going to do?
Did you think you’d break my knees?
Did you think I’d let you spread you hater
disease?
Oh no no my friend, oh no no
Look at all the love we bring
Listen while the LOVERS of the world start to
sing!
HUM
Day after day
The time ticks away
I search for the words
But my mind hesitates
I beg and I plead
For the lyrical lead
But it just won’t come
So I sit there and hum
Well damn my heart
Damn my soul
I don’t need them anymore
I’m getting old
Over and over
And over again
I corner myself alone with the pen
I stare at the page
And dream of the days
When I could write
What I wanted to say
So damn my heart my heart
Damn my soul
I don’t need them anymore
I’m getting old
Take me back to the original source
Where the notes could ring flat
And the voice could go hoarse
And none of this business of business existed
And the song was the way to get my soul lifted
(my mind sifted)
Day after day
The time ticks away
I search for the words
But my mind hesitates
I beg and I plead
For the lyrical lead
But it just won’t come
So I sit there and hum
HURRY
Would you leave us all behind?
Would you cede your place in line?
Would you take it all away and leave us here no words to
say?
Will I see you time again?
To be near you oh my friend
Can I hold you in my hand and pocket you ‘till you can
stand?
I will take you on me, I’ll shoulder everything
Tell me what’s your hurry to dine with those kings?
Won’t you hear me as I sing?
Could it winter you to spring?
Oh just lay your head down and sleep ‘till all is well and
sound
I will take you on me, I’ll shoulder everything
Tell me what’s your hurry to dine with those kings?
‘Cause it’s not your time, it wasn’t mine
I’m begging you, get back in line
We’re pacing here, all waiting for
The news that you’ll be gone no more
So go to sleep and soon you’ll see,
All will be like it should be
I promise you, I promise you, I promise you
I will take you on me, I’ll shoulder everything
Tell me what’s your hurry, to dine with those kings?
Everyone is waiting, waiting on the ground
Come on Cory turn, turn yourself around
I DO (EMILY & ERIC'S SONG)
Hey now why don’t we lose this party
You’re all that I’m looking for
Somehow in these few hours I’ve found
A world of so much more
I know it’s a long shot --well that’s just my thing
Well maybe these miles of land divide us
And maybe it’s not ideal
But maybe that’s just the thing to bind us
And find a way to reveal
An old-fashioned love of words and promises
For all times apart
And for our longing hearts
For those little things we held onto, I do
I’ll give you this empty box and promise
I will fill it for you
With every day not took for granted
Yeah every one renewed
…and maybe this small thing I’ve been saving too
And for each spoiled surprise
I can never hide
For all of the good I see in you, I do
And for all of our willingness to lose, I do
And oh despite myself
I get caught up in
Day to days of life
Only to find that
I’ve not said goodnight
To the most precious and most right
The most precious part of my life
Lying by my side
And oh for that first day
When we parted ways
Only to be joined now for always, I do
I do
IT'S ONLY WOOD
Rolled over in bed
And I rolled away
No body to stop from rolling
So I rolled away
I should have told you
Right with my hello
I should have told you
But love I didn’t know
Came home to silence…
Tip toed for no one
Yeah nobody’s sleeping
I should’ve warned you
Right with my hello
I should have warned you
But love I didn’t know
And I went to our restaurant
So seemingly stable
Asked kindly if they could
Set fire to our table
Just burn it it’s only wood
But you know it isn’t
I wish I got it right
But you know I didn’t
They couldn’t do it
They could not part with it
It had my heart in it
They couldn’t do it
Just like I can’t
Who am I supposed to sing about now?
Who am I supposed to write about now?
I know I should have told you
I know I should have warned you
I know I should have told you
But love, I didn’t want to know
LAZY SUNDAY
MORNING ROOM
I wake up with a little light on my face
I look on over as you lie in your place
The air is cool and we don’t say a word
Only bumblebees and wind in the trees can heard
In our lazy Sunday Morning Room
This hazy lazy room just for two
Don’t wait cuz we won’t be coming soon
You can call us lazy, maybe even crazy but we’re
staying till Monday too
We stare at all the different holes in the wall
Fall asleep in little knots and a ball
Throw the clock to the side of the room
Dine in bed while we model our fruit of the
looms, those fruit of the looms
In our lazy Sunday Morning Room
This hazy lazy room just for two
Don’t wait us cuz we won’t be coming soon
You can call us lazy, maybe even crazy but we’re
staying till Monday too
But then the moon begins to glow
It’s fairy time but even so
The game has just begun
We’re playing one on one
I tag you and then you
You chase me round the room
Oh, lazy Sunday Sunday morning room
That lazy hazy crazy afternoon and evening
All day long we be swinging in that lazy Sunday
room
Oh, Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday Saturday and Sunday morning room
January February March April May
Oh my love you know I’ll be singing in my
Lazy Sunday morning room.
LOVELIEST OF ALL
Come and touch me wildly won’t you
Take my hand and guide it through you
Let me please inside you now
Body be my blanket feather down and
I will surely thank it how and how and
Please just take me somewhere
Not here Not here
I need it now, I don’t care how
Someone make me please, loveliest of all
Let’s sway not stop, we’ll sleep it off
Then we’ll both be the loveliest of all
Night’s are getting longer sleep is slow and
Burning’s getting stronger fire hose is
Dripping dry I’m losing ....hold
All I am is shallow sea is gone and
I am just a narrow puddle looking at
Those juicy rain clouds that won’t rain on
me
I need it now, I don’t care how
Someone make me please, loveliest of all
Let’s sway not stop, we’ll sleep it off
Then we’ll both be the loveliest of
all
And come tomorrow
We won’t care
Cause someone will be there
Mission complete
I finally got some sleep
Cause someone made me
Loveliest of all
I need it now, I don’t care how
Someone make me please loveliest of all
Let’s sway not stop, we’ll sleep it off
Then we’ll both be the loveliest of
all
Hey come on in,
The madness will begin
Then we’ll both be the loveliest of all
MIKAYLA’S SONG
Come now Mikayla
No need to cry
We’re right there beside you
So close your eyes
Time now for dreaming
Time now to rest
Sleep soundly knowing
We’ll give you our best
Come little wonder
Sleep tight
There’ll be no thunder
To stir your tonight
So off to you dreams now
We’ll all see you there
And hold you till morning
Sleep without care
And we may be miles away
But still we’re there by your bed
Come now Mikayla
Mikayla rest your head
And we may be miles away
But still we’re there by your bed
Come now Mikayla
Mikayla rest your head
Oh little baby
Surrounding you
Are people who’ll guide you
And help you through
All that you search for
And all that you climb
But sleep now this evening
We’ll get there in time
And we may be miles away
But still we’re there by your bed
Come now Mikayla
Mikayla rest your head
And we may be miles away
But still we’re there by your bed
Come now Mikayla
Mikayla rest your head
Oh little angel
Did you know
The night you were born we
All did grow
A new space for wonder
A new piece of heart
And on the inscription: “Mikayla’s part.”
MORE NIGHTS
When you came around
I felt inclined
To spend my time
Out on the line
Dust off this heart
And see what I’d find
I thought maybe I’d get it right this time
And when you stayed around
I left behind
The fear that good love
I would never find
Somehow I had you:
The best of our kind
I swear on my life, I had it all at that time
But I went away for weeks at a time
“Sorry” I’d say, the same tired line
Now I stand here alone
Just me and the lights
Dreaming ‘bout days
That should have been
More nights with you
And when you left town
---
I lost my mind
I’d sworn on my life
That I’d get it right this time
Well damn that this song
Proves I was wrong
And damn that I’m here
Same as I feared
Just me and the lights
Dreaming ‘bout days that should have been more nights with you
They should have been more nights with you…
OK
Now what was I saying
Seems I forgot
All’s I know’s I was playing --now I’m not.
Well I put all my marbles
In one great big pile
And I one by one gave them away for a while
Oh but then all those bullies
Rose up from the sand
They took twice my offering
And emptied my hands
Well damn them all to hell…
So I took all this paper
And I fashioned a boat
And I set it on water to see if it’d float
Well it sank like the silence
When I try to sleep
It sank as if wanting to make fun of me
Well ok ok ok
Ok I’ll shut up and play
‘Cause try as I may
They may stay or walk away
Ok ok
I guess that I’m learning
Those lessons in life
Just ‘cause I touch it
Don’t mean that it’s right
And just ‘cause I came here
With words on my mind
Don’t mean they should listen
Or give me their time
Well ok ok ok
Ok I’ll shut up and play
‘Cause try as I may,
You may stay or walk away
Ok ok ok
Now what was I saying…?
PICTURES
Oh the wasted time
With the pictures that he finds
Of those perfect people
Living out his life
He wished he had their river
So he could skate their way
Oh the sorry story
The boy who had it all
Though was tall and mighty
He always felt so small
He couldn’t find his river
Couldn’t skate away
So you go and you say
That you don’t care either way
But it’s bullshit and you know it, yeah
All those he looked up to
Were never looking back
Though he tried the hardest
Stepping on no cracks
Still his back went broken most days
Well I guess he should have learned it
Early on in life
Nothing that’s most precious
Is easily in sight
And everything you cling to
Surely breaks away
So you go and you say
That you don’t care either way
But it’s bullshit and you know it, yeah
Truth is, hear me straight
If I don’t change something I’ll break
And I’m tired of living this way
Tell me now just one thing:
Why’s this what you do?
When you say it breaks you
Pieces you in two
Tell me straight now is it,
Is it worth it to you?
Well when I go and I say
That I don’t care either way
It’s such bullshit and I know it, yeah
Truth is, hear me straight:
If I don’t change something I’ll break
And I’m tired of living this way.
PLEASE HIRE
MY GIRLFRIEND
Please hire my girlfriend
Please hire my girl
She’s the most beautiful dancer in the world
Please hire my girlfriend
Please hire my love
She’ll take you places made
Way way up above
She’ll steal your heartbeat
Then she’ll show you how
To breathe to a new one
So please hire her now
Please come see my girlfriend
See all she can do
See how she cares about every single move
Please come see my girlfriend
See all she can do
See how she holds her heart right out there for
you
She’ll give you all that she’s lost and she’s
found
She’ll give you everything
So please come see her now
She’ll make the sun set
Then she’ll make it rise
She’ll change the seasons
Right before your eyes
She’ll give you every piece of her heart
And then she just might save yours
So please give her a start
Please clap for my girlfriend
Please stand for her now
See how she’s weeping there
Taking a bow….
POSTERS
I lost you for a midnight
I found you in the morn
I lay there wondering
Wondering where we’d gone
We’re turning into monsters
We’re turning into war
So let’s stop printing posters
That say that we are sure
Instead let’s put on sweatpants
And get into my car
Let’s drive out to the country
And give each other stars
This one’s for your beauty
And that one’s for you heart
I love you here this evening
So let’s not be apart
Let’s not be apart
SEASIDE CAFé
I went to the doctor and told him my story
Told him my troubles my woes and neurosis
He sat there a moment
I waited to see
Where why and how
I needed to be
He said son you are fine here and all I can say
dear
Is there’s plenty of room at this seaside café
What I’m trying to tell you: let go off your
troubles
Your muddles and puddles and just watch the
waves
I said doctor that’s great, it’s so fine and
dandy
But you’re forgetting that something deep inside
is going somewhat randy
It’s my mind, my mind, my mind
It don’t matter which way I’m going I’m running
No matter my speed it just keeps on a coming
Day in and day out I try to stay afloat
But nothing is finished and I’m never o.k.
He said, so why not stop, and detour your way
Spend all your time at the seaside café
Oh but what about my mind, my mind, my mind
I’d love just stop and do as you say
Spend all my time at the seaside café
I’d be like the wind on the water that waves
To the beachcombing people who stay there all
day
But something inside, just won’t coincide with
The thought of just letting it all float away
I’m running and running it keeps on a coming
It won’t ever let me be out of dismay
It’s my mind, my mind, my mind.
It’s driving me, over and over,
Insane.
I said doctor can you hear me?
Doctor, did you hear what I said
Is the whole world going crazy
Or is it all in my head?
Maybe I will do as you say
Spend all my time, looking out, from a seaside
café..
IX (SINK OR SWIM)
Well I had 2 + 7 dollars in my pocket
And 4 more on the floor
I thought: if I had that million in his closet
It might open up some doors
Those of fame, prosperity
Ooh now that’s for me, now that’s for me
ooh now that’s for me
Well I had a noble cause and then I lost it
It was useless in the end
So I filed my claws real sharp and I got caustic
Deserted all my friends
And then came fame, prosperity
Your honor, hear my plea….
I do declare it’s not my fault!
I do declare it’s not my fault!
I do declare it’s not my fault,
When this world I’m living in
This world I’m living in, is “Sink or Swim”
Well I drew the shortest straw so I just tossed
it
I choose my own destiny
And every river bend that came I crossed it
Each locked door you know I made the key
Who cares if it was honestly?
Your honor can you blame me?
I do declare it’s not my fault!
I do declare it’s not my fault!
I do declare it’s not my fault,
When this world I’m living in
This world I’m living in, is “Sink or Swim”
And every time I came for air
No one’s hand was there
Tell me how you’re supposed to swim?
When no one seems to care, they don’t care!
I do declare it’s not my fault!
I do declare it’s not my fault!
I do declare it’s not my fault,
When this world I’m living in
This world I’m living in, is “Sink or Swim”
SKIPPING
STEPS (JUST BECAUSE I CARE)
Every time I hit the floor
It’s harder, higher than before
The bumps and bruises bluer still
Leave my hope perched on the window sill
Peering down at what I wish
What I shot at but I missed
Dropping tears like cones from trees
Peering down at what I just won’t be
And every time I pick it up
I paint myself for looking tough
But nothing seems to cover it
It keeps coming back
Like clockwork’s constant tick
And I’m skipping steps that
I don’t even understand
I’m playing sets as I
Look down at these broken hands
I’m trying to be
Somewhere that I wish I was
But clearly
I won’t get there just because… I care
Well some things really get to me
But most things slide off easily
These days things that come to be
Pass me by and I don’t even see
So what’s the use in filling up
An ever larger leaky cup
The insatiable man’s appetite
That drops the fork with every single bite
And what’s the use in talking to
Someone who’s a mule and who
Won’t take in just what you say
But begs and pleads when you walk away
And I’m taking bets:
How long before it gets to me?
Come take your guess
Before there’s nothing left to see
I wish that I
Was who I thought I would be
But clearly
Nothing comes just because…. you care
So what’s my point here anyway
What was it I was trying to say
I think I meant to tell myself
Something here might be worth getting out
And even if it’s just for me
Or a thousand people in a sea
Something shook me up this way
And some things well they can’t be put away
So here’s another song of mine
I’ll put it at the front of line
It’s speakin’ of my thoughts today
It’s singing softly what I need to say
And I’m skipping steps that
I don’t even understand
I’m playing sets as I
Look down at these broken hands
I’m trying to be
Somewhere that I wish I was
But clearly
I won’t get there just because
I’m taking bets:
How long before it gets to me?
Come take your guess
Before there’s nothing left to see
I’m sick and tired
Of these thoughts now draining me
So hopefully
Something comes just because… I care
SLATE
On a Thursday in July
Yet another passed us by
Yet another chance to make amends
Walking ashen through the smoke
Coughing up the last of hope
A city surfaced silent and exposed
And we live like monsters
Though our fathers and mothers told us to be good
So gather up your precious things
Take the slate and wipe it clean
There’s time enough for all to be redeemed
And tell me why it boils down
To this game of chess and how
We can all be taken for the pawns?
We live like monsters
Though our fathers and mothers told us to be good
These clockwork disasters
Leave all that matters disregarded
Take the slate and wipe it clean
There’s time enough for all to be redeemed
Take the slate and wipe it clean
In this life we’ll be redeemed
Take the slate and wipe it clean
There’s time enough for all to be redeemed
Take the slate and wipe it clean
I swear to g-d we’ll be redeemed
And we live like monsters
Though our fathers and mothers told us to be good
Well it should be simple
More days of dimples
And more time to make amends
‘Cause in ways all around us
Goodness has found us
And how it becomes us in the end
TAKING ON THE WORLD
I’m packin’ up my tickle trunk
Goodbye boys and girls
Catch me in some other month to month
I’m taking on the world
A million miles of compromise
No stones a thousand birds
I’ll push on through I’m telling you
I’m taking on the world
And I know
It’s going to be so hard
But I’m on my way
I’m going to blow this world away
But really I step outside
I’m tired and insecure
I’m sorry all you boys and girls
I’m running from this world
And I know
It’s going to be so hard
But I’m on my way
This world’s going to blow me away
Let me out it’s overload
I am a breaking down
A thousand tons of faux-diamonds
Are weighing on my crown
All I ever wanted was
A place to rest my head
Now I’ve got a thousand words
And nothing to be said
And I know
It’s going to be so hard
So I’m on my way
But not today
THE DAWNING
This time I end it
Once and for all
Yeah no longer will I
Will I take the fall
(It) ‘takes hard work to get me
This shade of red
Well seeing as I’m warmed up
It’s time that I said:
I was dreaming of something
And you woke me up
Well I don’t lose the dream
Just ‘cause the dawning has struck
We were a house
And you were one wall
Well even without you
This place doesn’t fall
And we’re putting a notice
Right there on the front lawn:
“We’re under construction
But we’re still going strong”
‘Cause I was dreaming of something
And you woke me up
Well I don’t lose the dream
Just ‘cause the dawning has struck
So right here I end it
And there’s no going back
When I find a dead end
You know I find a new track
So I’ll move on with people
Who know how to trust
And I’ll let you breathe fire
‘Cause it seems that you must
But I won’t sit here and take this
One second more
Go on, rage all you want kid,
But I won’t go to war
Cause I was dreaming of something
And you woke me up
Well I don’t lose the dream
Just ‘cause the dawning has struck
So right here I end it
And there’s no going back
You were a dead end and I’ve found a new track
THE FENCE
Look at this now
Me on my own
Here with the stars
Sleeping alone
It’s just like the times
When I was not grown
But now things have changed
It’s somehow more cold
It’s somehow more strange
I’m somehow less old
I think once I find my shoes
I’d like to go home
Come out and find me I’m here on the fence
I’m only just slightly broken and bent
Now come on you two
It’s time to go in
Let’s call it a tie
So everyone wins
Our mothers are calling
You know we’re all boys in the end
Come out and find me I’m here on the fence
I’m only just slightly broken and bent
This game of go hide and no seek’s been okay
But seems I had plans with my family today
Now come on you stars
Shine now for me
Light up this night
This darkness I see
I must confess
I’m somewhat afraid
I mean no offence
But I wish to leave this place
Come out and find me I’m here on the fence
I’m only just slightly broken and bent
This game of go hide and no seek’s been okay
But seems I had plans with my family today
Come out and join me I’m here on the fence
It’s an outdoor adventure, a one night event
The stars and the moon in the sky are just right
If we can keep our eyes open, we’ll make it
through the night
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder where you are….
THE ONE MINUTE MILE MAN
I’m the one minute mile man,
One mile one minute I ran,
But what does one mile in one minute mean,
If I don’t care that I can.
I’m the one mile minute man,
I’ve run just as fast as these two legs can,
One mile one minute,
Don’t care that I did it,
It’s all just miles to me.
Why should I go now,
When I don’t care when I’ve won?
All that I’m looking for,
Is somewhere to run
So won’t you take me back to the starting line,
And I’ll face the other way this time,
And I’ll run, one mile one minute away,
And maybe I’ll find that I’m fine.
How did I get here?
And why do you care?
Would you still love me,
If I was caught in a big wheelchair?
Well maybe I am,
And you’ve all been deceived,
It’s all magic and mirrors you see
Why should I go now
When I don’t care when I’ve won?
All that I’m looking for,
Is somewhere to run.
So I’ll take my mile minute legs,
And I’ll run right out of this city hey,
Now there’s an idea,
My dears I won’t see ya,
I’m running miles away.
Now there’s an idea,
Try to catch me but I’ll beat ya,
I’m the mile, minute, man
THE UNSAID
I will lead you nowhere
I will lead you nowhere
I may never get there
I don’t know
But do you know?
Do you know?
Can you see me?
Do you hear me?
Am I really so completely gone?
I’m slowly slowly slowly pushing through
With tiny tiny tiny little moves
And do you know?
Do you know?
That I’m trying
And I’m prying
And I’m barely just surviving here
I will lead you nowhere, I know
But I know
It’s only in my head
Yes I know it’s only the unsaid
Well I’m here, telling you out loud
Piece by piece, I am breaking out
Do you see what’s there beyond my eyes?
Do you dream to find out how it cries?
Well see it now, there’s nothing I won’t give
Take it out it and teach me how to live
Now you see me as I see me
Now you know me will you hold me?
Cause I’m trying
Yes I’m trying
Yes I’m trying to
To be by you
But I’m awkward
And I’m taken
By the thought
You might be braking
And I’m hoping
That you’ll see me
And believe me
Please don’t leave me
THESE ARE THE DAYS
Well I’m much too much young to be looking back now
At those good 'ole days when I was ‘different’ somehow
And thinking that maybe I’ve gone and changed
Yeah I’m far too far young to be dreaming about
A time when I felt that I could go without
The finer of things, when simple was good
Well maybe I’ve changed, oh what should I do?
Yeah maybe I’ve changed, maybe it’s true
‘Cause those were the days when I’d put up a fight
When I stood for something if I felt it was right
Those were the days yeah, those were the days
Well I can’t quite believe all these words in my mouth
And I’m not quite convinced that I should let them out
Seems far too early for one to retire
And besides something’s burning, though ember and dim
There’s more to this man than I make of him
‘Cause there were those days when I’d put up a fight
When I stood for something if I felt it was right
There were those days yeah, there were those days
And there were those days when I held my head high
When I walked with purpose and felt I should try
To make some kind of difference, there were those days
Oh maybe it’s time to pick my stuff up from the floor
And clean myself up, and make something more
Oh maybe it’s time to look my baby square in her eyes
And tell her we’re going away for a while
And so what if I’ve changed
And so what if I’m scared
Who says that each day should be so prepared
‘Cause these are the days when I need to fight
When I need to stand up and push for what’s right
These are the days yeah, these are the days
And these are the days when I’ll hold my head high
When I’ll walk with purpose and I will defy
And make some kind of difference, these are the days
Oh all of you witnesses hear me proclaim
I swear on my life and I swear on my name
These are the days yeah, these are the days
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