B i o g r a p h y (by MacKenzie Wilson)
Before Jack Johnson became the 21st century kingpin of beachside pop/rock, he was a champion surfer on the professional circuit. The sport was second nature to the Hawaiian native, who began chasing waves as a toddler and, by the age of 17, had become an outstanding athlete on the Banzai Pipeline. However, Johnson was also testing other creative outlets -- specifically film and music -- and a serious surfing accident during his first professional competition convinced him to devote more time to those landlocked hobbies. After studying cinematography in college, he turned his full attention to music, writing breezy pop songs punctuated by an unassuming voice and a mellow, beach-bum demeanor. The combination proved to be particularly commercial, as Johnson's first five major-label albums all climbed to platinum status. While studying film at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Johnson partnered with friends Chris Malloy and Emmett Malloy to produced a surfing documentary entitled Thicker Than Water. Although the project spotlighted Johnson's talent as a director, it also showcased his flair for songwriting, and the accompanying soundtrack featured several of his own tunes. Thicker Than Water was deemed 2000's Video of the Year by Surfer magazine and paved the way for a second surf flick, The September Sessions. Meanwhile, Johnson began receiving similar notice for his songs, one of which was covered by G. Love & Special Sauce on the band's 1999 album, Philadelphonic. Shortly thereafter, Johnson's demo material piqued the interest of J.P. Plunier, a French producer who had helped launch Ben Harper's career several years prior. With Plunier's help, Johnson recorded and released Brushfire Fairytales in 2001. The debut album featured a cameo by Ben Harper, thus sparking a friendship between the two musicians. Moreover, its casually spun folk songs attracted an audience that stretched far beyond Johnson's own surfing community, and Brushfire Fairytales went platinum as a result. After touring throughout the early half of 2002, he returned to the studio and issued On and On one year later. Despite its musical similarity to Brushfire Fairytales, On and On found Johnson delving into social commentary, resulting in a number of songs that paired worldly, insightful lyrics with a sunny surf vibe. Jack Johnson toured heavily in support of his growing catalog, taking frequent breaks to surf and spend time with his family. When it came time to return to the studio, he resumed his partnership with Mario Caldato, Jr., the same producer who had helmed On and On, and decamped to Mango Trees Studio in Hawaii. In Between Dreams was released in 2005, sporting a mango tree on the album's cover (in tribute to the studio) while offering a familiar mix of tropical songwriting and conscious commentary. The album peaked at number two, Johnson's highest chart position to date in America, and sold more than two million copies stateside. Oddly enough, it was Johnson's next project, the kids-oriented Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George, that finally sent him to the top of the charts. The soundtrack debuted at number one in February 2006, selling 149,000 copies during its first week and making Curious George the first animated film since Pocahontas to have a chart-topping soundtrack. Like the four albums before it, it climbed to platinum status. Despite such continued success, however, Johnson was dealt a sharp blow in 2007, when his cousin Danny Riley succumbed to brain cancer. That death, coupled with the decision to record outside of Hawaii's familiar environment, lent a moody ambience to Johnson's next record, 2008's Sleep Through the Static. Nonetheless, the bulk of the album retained a warm, sand-scrubbed feel, and Sleep Through the Static went platinum within five weeks. Johnson traveled throughout Europe that summer, playing some of his largest shows to date, and the resulting footage was captured for the 2009 CD/DVD release En Concert. Johnson released his fifth studio album, To the Sea, in June 2010. Covering a nine-year span, the Jack Johnson & Friends: The Best of Kokua Festival compilation appeared in 2012 and featured performances from Johnson's benefit concert for the nonprofit, environmental education organization the Kokua Hawaii Foundation. Johnson returned to his Mango Tree studio with Mario Caldato, Jr. -- who produced his 2005 release In Between Dreams -- to record his sixth studio album, From Here to Now to You. The album, which was released in September 2013, was preceded by the single "I Got You."
Inaudible Melodies Middle Man Posters Sexy Plexi Flake Bubble Toes Fortunate Fool The News Drink the Water Mudfootball (for Moe Lerner) F-Stop Blues Losing Hope It's All Understood
Times Like These The Horizon Has Been Defeated Traffic in the Sky Taylor Gone Cupid Wasting Time Holes to Heaven Dreams Be Dreams Tomorrow Morning Comes Fall Line Cookie Jar Rodeo Clowns Cocoon Mediocre Bad Guys Symbol In My Driveway
Better Together Never Know Banana Pancakes Good People No Other Way Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Staple It Together Situations Crying Shame If I Could Breakdown Belle Do You Remember Constellations
You And Your Heart To The Sea No Good With Faces At Or With Me When I Look Up From The Clouds My Little Girl Turn Your Love The Upsetter Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology Pictures Of People Taking Pictures Anything But The Truth Only The Ocean
Alien Casinos Frankie and Albert Girl I Wanna Lay You Down Imagine Just Can't Go To Sleep Mama, You Been on My Mind Nice Car, Boy Pirate Looks At 40 Poor Taylor Rainbow Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Timmy Curren Who's To Say (g.a.t.e)
Brushfire Fairytales
Inaudible Melodies Brushfire fairytales Itsy bitsy diamond wells Big fat hurricanes Yellow bellied given names Well shortcuts can slow you down And in the end we're bound To rebound off of we Well dust off your thinking caps Solar powered plastic plants Pretty pictures of things we ate We are only what we hate But in the long run we have found Silent films are full of sound Inaudibly free Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Inaudible melodies Serve narrational strategies Unobtrusive tones Help to notice nothing but the zone Of visual relevancy Frame-lines tell me what to see Chopping like an axe Or maybe Eisenstein should just relax Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you When you're moving like that Well Plato's cave is full of freaks Demanding refunds for the things they've seen I wish they could believe In all the things that never made the screen And just slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Moving Too Middle Man Well he's not necessarily trying to say that he minds it But someone plays evil tricks on that kid Well he's not necessarily trying to say God can't be trusted But someone plays evil tricks on that kid And certain situations scream for deviations But somehow he always gets stuck in the middle Of this and that and man he should try less Every time he's rejected man he loses affection But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused What a terrible thing for you to do What an awful thing for you to say What a terrible thing for you to relay Well I know some people's they got a little less than nothing But still find some to spare And other people got more than they could use But they don't share And some people got problems, man They got awful complications Other people got perfect situations With no provocation But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused What a terrible thing for you to do What an awful thing for you to say What a terrible thing for you, confused What a terrible thing for you to do What an awful thing for you to say What a terrible thing for you to relay Confused Somehow we always get stuck in the middle What an awful thing for you to do Somehow we always get stuck in the middle Somehow we always get stuck in the middle Confused What an awful thing for you to say-ee Somehow we always get stuck in the middle Somehow we always get stuck in the middle Posters Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else Because the posters on the wall they don't look like him at all So he ties it up, he tucks it in, he pulls it back, and gives a grin Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all He gets his courage from the can It makes him feel like a man Because he's loving all the ladies But the ladies don't love him at all 'Cause when he's not drunk He's only stuck on himself And then he has the nerve To say he needs a decent girl Looking at herself but wishing she was someone else Because the body of the doll it don't look like hers at all So she straps it on, she sucks it in, she throws it up, and gives a grin Laughing at herself because she knows she ain't that at all All caught up in the trends Well the truth began to bend And the next thing you man There just ain't no truth left at all 'Cause when the pretty girl walks She walks so proud And when the pretty girl laughs Oh man, she laughs so loud And if it ain't this then it's that As a matter of fact She hasn't had a day to relax Since she has lost her ability to think clearly Well I'm an energetic hypothetic version of another person Check out my outsides there ain't nothing in here Well I'm a superficial, systematic, music television addict Check out my outsides there ain't nothing in Here comes another one, just like the other one Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else Because the posters on the wall they don't look like a him And so he ties it up he tucks it in, he pulls it back and gives a grin Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all He knows he ain't loved at all Sexy Plexi Sexy sexy made up of plexi disasters Pushing and pulling conservative rolling Unlike plastic, easier to see through Just like glass with no ring Softer and sadder you sing Sexy sexy do your thing Learn to be shy and then you can sting Plexi, plexi bend don't shatter Once your broken shape won't matter You're breaking your mind By killing the time that kills you But you can't blame the time 'Cause it's only in your mind Quickly quickly grow and then you'll know It's such and awkward show to see And everyone you wanted to know And everyone you wanted to meet Have all gone away Oh they've all gone away And now you're Breaking your mind By killing the time that kills you But you can't blame the time 'Cause it's only in your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind, mind, mind Flake I know she said it's alright But you can make it up next time I know she knows it's not right There ain't no use in lying Maybe she thinks I know something Maybe maybe she thinks its fine Maybe she knows something I don't I'm so, I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way 'Cause no one no not no one Likes to be let down I know she loves the sunrise No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes And I know that when she said she's gonna try Well it might not work because of other ties and I know she usually has some other ties And I wouldn't want to break 'em, no I wouldn't want to break 'em Maybe she'll help me to untie this but Until then well, I'm gonna have to lie too It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way 'Cause no one no not no one Likes to be let down It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go The harder that you try baby, the further you'll fall Even with all the money in the whole wide world Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me by Everything you know about me now baby you gonna have to change You gonna have to call it by a brand new name Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down Just like a tree down by the water baby I shall not move Even after all the silly things you do Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down Bubble Toes It's as simple as something that nobody knows That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes On the feet of a queen of the hearts of the cards And her feet are all covered with tar balls and scars It's as common as something that nobody knows That her beauty will follow wherever she goes Up the hill in the back of her house in the would She love me forever, I know she could I remember when you and me Hmm how we used to be just good friends Wouldn't give me none But all I wanted was some She's got a whole lot of reasons She cant think of a single one That can justify leaving And he got none but he thinks he got so many problems Man he got, too much time to waste His dreams are like commercials But her dreams are picture perfect and our Dreams are so related though they're often underestimated It's as simple as something that nobody knows that Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards And her feet are infested with tar balls and La da da da da da... Well I was eating lunch at the D. L. G. When this little girl came and she sat next to me I never seen nobody move the way she did Well she did and she does and she'll do it again When you move like a jellyfish Rhythm don't mean nothing You go with the flow You don't stop Move like a jellyfish Rhythm is nothing You go with the flow You don't stop, hmm It's as common as something that nobody knows it Her beauty will follow wherever she goes Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood She'll love me forever, I know she La da da da da da... If you would only listen You might just realize what you're missing You're missing me If you would only listen You might just realize what you're missing You're missing me It's as simple as something that nobody knows that Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards And her feet are infested with tar balls and La da da da da da... Fortunate Fool She's got it all figured out She knows what everything's about And when anybody doubts her Or sings songs without her She's just so hmm She knows the world is just her stage And so she'll never misbehave She gives thanks for what they gave her Man, they practically made her Into a hmm She's the one that stumbles when she talks about The seven foreign films that she's checked out Such a fortunate fool She's just too good to be true She's such a fortunate fool She's just so hmm She's got it all figured out She knows what everything's about And when anybody doubts her Or sings songs about her She's just so hmm She's the one that stumbles when she talks about it So maybe we shouldn't talk about Such a fortunate fool She's just too good to be true She's such a fortunate fool She's just so hmm The News A billion people died on the news tonight But not so many cried at the terrible sight Well mama said It's just make believe You can't believe everything you see So baby close your eyes to the lullabies On the news tonight Who's the one to decide that it would be alright To put the music behind the news tonight Well mama said You can't believe everything you hear The diagetic world is so unclear So baby close your ears On the news tonight On the news tonight The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight And mama said Hmmm Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes Mama said It's just make believe You cant believe everything you see So baby close your eyes to the lullabies On the news tonight Drink the Water Drink the water drink it down This time I know I'm bound To spit it back up I didn't want this Salty substitute Just not going to do I need some air If I'm going to live through This experience Reminds me of a clock That just won't tick I want to wake up From this concussion But my dream is just not done I'm late again It's just one of those Bad days look outside and Be careful what you ride You just might find That you're out of time To swim ashore If I drift long enough I'll be home He's got delusions between his ears Man it takes up too much space And all that tension between his gears, man He'll never ever leave this place He's got stones instead of bones And everybody knows Oh man, that can make you real real slow And if heaven was below He'd know just where to go Dive in the ocean And he'd sink like a stone And he'd say It's time to swim ashore If I drift long enough I'll be home Hold on if you can You're gonna sink faster Than you can imagine so hold Hold on if you can You're gonna sink faster Than you can imagine so hold It's just time to swim ashore If I drift long enough I'll be home Mudfootball (for Moe Lerner) Saturday morning and it's time to go One day these could be the days but who could have known Loading in the back of a pickup truck Riding with the boys and pushing the luck Singing songs loud on the way to the game Wishing all the things could still be the same Chinese homeruns over the backstop Kakua on the ball and soda pop well We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would remain Nothing's gonna change there's no need to complain Sunday morning and it's time to go Been raining all night so everybody knows Over to the field for tackle football Big hits, big hats, yeah give me the ball Rain is pouring, touchdown scoring Keep on rolling, never boring Karma, karma, karma chameleon We're talking kinda funny from helium We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would remain Nothing's gonna change there's no need to complain Monday morning and it's time to go Wet trunks and schoolbooks and sand on my toes Do anything you can to dodge the bus-stop blues Like driving a padiddle with a burnt-out fuse Well, my best friend Kimi wants to go with you So meet her by the sugar mill after school My best friend Kimi wants to go with you Meet her by the sugar mill after school We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would remain We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would Everything good always would remain F-Stop Blues Hermit crabs and cowry shells Crush beneath his feet as he comes towards you He's waving at you Lift him up to see what you can see He begins his focusing He's aiming at you And now he has cutaways from memories And close-ups of anything that He has seen or even dreamed And now he's finished focusing He's imagining lightning Striking sea sickness Away from here Look who's laughing now that you've wasted How many years and you've barely even tasted Anything remotely close to Everything you've boasted about Look who's crying now Driftwood floats, after years of erosion Incoming tide touches roots to expose them Quicksand steals my shoes Clouds bring the f-stop blues Look who's laughing now that you've wasted How many years and you've barely even tasted Anything remotely close to Everything you've boasted about Look who's crying now Losing Hope I got a faulty parachute I got a stranger's friend An exciting change in My butchers blend A symbol on the ceiling With the flick of a switch My new found hero In the enemy's ditching Well somebody's something was left in the room And now that it's gone well of course we assume That somebody else needed something so bad That they took everything that somebody had Losing hope is easy When your only friend is gone And every time you look around Well, it all, it all just seems to change The mark was left Man it's never the same Next time that you shoot Make sure that you aim Open windows with passing cars A brand new night With the same old stars Losing hope is easy When your only friend is gone And every time you look around Well, it all, it all just seems to change Feed the fool A piece of the pie Make a fool of his system Make a fool of his mind Give him bottles of lies And maybe he'll find His place in heaven Cause he might just die Losing hope is easy When your only friend is gone And every time you look around Well, it all, it all just seems to change But hanging on is easy When you've got a friend to call When nothing's making sense at all You're not the only one who's afraid of change It's All Understood Everyone laughed at her joke As if they'd never even heard it before And maybe they were truly amused But every word that she spoke was a bore And maybe it's because they had seen The previews on the TV screen Well this part is good and that's well understood So you should laugh if you know what I mean But it's all relative Even if you don't understand Well it's all understood Especially when you don't understand Then it's all just because Even if we don't understand Then let's all just believe Everyone knows what went down Because the news was spread all over town And fact is only what you believe And fact and fiction work as a team It's almost always fiction in the end That content begins to bend When context is never the same And it's all relative Even if we don't understand And it's all understood Especially when we don't understand Then it's all just because Even if we don't understand Then let's all just believe I was reading a book Or maybe it was a magazine Suggestions on where to place faith Suggestions on what to believe But I read somewhere That you've got to beware You can't believe anything you read But the good Book is good And it's all understood So don't even question If you know what I mean But it's all relative Even if you don't understand Well it's all understood Especially when you don't understand And it's all just because Even if we don't understand Then let's all just believe But there you go once again You missed the point And then you point Your fingers at me And say that I said not to believe But there you go once again You missed the point And then you point Your fingers at me And you say that I said not to believe I believe But there you go once again You missed the point And then you point Your fingers at me And you say that I said not to believe I believe I guess I guess it's all relative
On and on
Times like these In times like these In times like those What will be will be And so it goes And it always goes on and on and on and on and on On and on and on and on and on it goes Hmm, hmm, hmm... And there's always been laughing, crying, birth, and dying Boys and girls with hearts that take and give and break And heal and grow and recreate and raise and nurture But then hurt from time to times Like these And times like those What will be will be And so it goes And there will always be stop and go and fast and slow And action, reaction, sticks and stones and broken bones Those for peace and those for war And God bless these ones not those ones But these ones made times like these And times like those What will be will be And so it goes And it always goes on and on and on and on and on And on and on and on and on and on it goes Hmm, hmm, hmm... But somehow I know It won't be the same Somehow I know It'll never be the same The horizon has been defeated The horizon has been defeated By the pirates of the new age Alien casinos Well maybe it's just time to say The things can go bad And make you wanna run away But as we grow older The troubles just seems to stay Future complications In the strings between the cans But no prints can come from fingers If machines become our hands And then our feet become the wheels And then the wheels become the cars And then the rigs begin to drill Until the drilling goes too far Things can go bad And make you want to run away But as we grow older The horizon begins to fade Fade, fade, fade away The thingamajigsaw puzzled Anger don't you step too close Because people are lonely and only Animals with fancy shoes Hallelujah zig zag nothing Misery it's on the loose 'Cause people are lonely and only Animals with too many tools That can build all the junk that we sell Oh sometimes it makes you wanna yell But things can go bad Make you wanna to run away But as we grow older The horizon begins to fade away Fade away Fade, fade, fade Fade, fade, fade Traffic in the sky There's traffic in the sky And it doesn't seem to be getting much better There's kids playing games on the pavement Drawing waves on the pavement Shadows of the planes on the pavement It's enough to make me cry But that don't seem like it would make it feel better Maybe it's a dream and if I scream It will burst at the seams This whole place will fall into pieces And then they'd say Well how could we have known I'll tell them it's not So hard to tell, no no If you keep adding stones Soon the water will Be lost in the well Puzzle pieces in the ground But no one ever seems to be digging Instead they're looking up towards the heavens With their eyes on the heavens There are shadows on the way to the heavens It's enough to make me cry But that don't seem like it would make it feel better The answers could be found We could learn from digging down But no one ever seems to be digging Instead they'll say Well how could we have known I'll tell them it's not So hard to tell, no no If you keep adding stones Soon the water will Be lost in the well Words of wisdom all around But no one ever seems to listen They're talking about their plans on the paper Building up from the pavement There are shadows from the scrapers on the pavement It's enough to make me sigh But that don't seem like it would make it feel better The words are all around But the words are only sounds And no one ever seems to listen Instead they'll say Well how could we have known I'll tell them it's really not So hard to tell, no no If you keep adding stones Soon the water will Be lost in the well Lost in the well Taylor They say taylor was a good girl Never one to be late Complain, express ideas in her brain Working on the night shift, passing out the tickets Youre gonna have to pay her if you want to park here Well mommy's little dancer has quite a little secret Working on the streets now, never gonna keep it It's quite an imposition and now she's only wishing That she would have listened to the words they said Poor Taylor She just wanders around, unaffected by The winter winds yeah, and she'll pretend that She's somewhere else, so far and clear About two thousand miles from here Well Peter Patrick pitter patters on the window But sunny silhouette won't let him in Poor old Pete's got nothing because he's been falling Somehow sunny knows just where he's been He thinks that singing on sunday is gonna save his soul Now that saturday is gone Sometimes he thinks that he's on his way But I can see That his break lights are on He just wanders around, unaffected by The winter winds yeah and he'll pretend that He's somewhere else, so far and clear About two thousand miles from here Such a tough enchilada filled up with nada Giving what she gotta give to get a dollar bill Used to be a limber chicken, times a been a ticking Nows she's finger licking to the man With the money in his pocket flying in his rocket Only stopping by on his way to a better world If Taylor finds a better world Then Taylor's gonna run away Gone Look at all those fancy clothes But these could keep us warm just like those And what about your soul is it cold Is it straight from the mold and ready to be sold And cars and phones and diamond rings Bling, bling Those are only removable things And what about your mind does it shine Or are there things that concern you more than your time Gone going gone everything gone give a damn Gone be the birds when they don't want to sing Gone people all awkward with their things, gone Look at you out to make a deal You try to be appealing but you loose your appeal What about those shoes you're in today They'll do no good on the bridges you've burnt along the way, oh You willing to sell anything, gone with your herd Leave your footprints and we'll shame them with our words Gone people all careless and consumed, gone Gone going gone everything gone give a damn Gone be the birds if they don't want to sing Gone people all awkward with their things, gone Cupid Well how many times must we go through this You've always been mine, woman I thought you knew this How many times must we go through this You'll always be mine, cupid only misses sometimes Hmm, hmm But we could end up broken hearted If we don't remember why all this started And if they try to tell you love fades with time Tell them there's no such thing as time It's our time, it's our time It's our time, it's our time Wasting time And I'm just a waste of her energy And she's just wasting my time So why don't we get together And we could waste everything tonight And we could waste And we could waste it all tonight Yeah yeah And we could waste And we could waste it all I don't pretend to know what you know, no no Now please don't pretend to know what's on my mind If we already knew everything that everybody knows We would have nothing to learn tonight And we would have nothing to show tonight, oh But everybody thinks that everybody knows About everybody else but nobody knows Anything about themselves 'Cause they're all worried about everybody else Yeah yeah, hmm, hmm, oh Love is just a waste of our energy, yeah And life is just a waste of our time So why don't we get together And we could waste everything tonight And we could waste And we could waste it all, yeah But everybody thinks that everybody knows About everybody else, no no, nobody knows Anything about themselves Because they're all worried about everybody else, oh Holes to heaven The air was more than human And the heat was more than hungry And the cars were square and spitting diesel fumes The bulls were running wild Because their big and mean and sacred And the children were playing cricket with no shoes The next morning we woke up, man With a seven hour drive Well there we were in stuck in port blaire Where boats break and children stare There were so many fewer questions When stars were still just the holes to heaven, hmm, hmm And there were so many fewer questions When stars were still just the holes to heaven, hmm Disembarking from the port With no mistakes of any sort Moving south the engine running smooth Officials were quite friendly Once we drowned them with our sweet talk And we bribed them with our cigarettes and booze The next morning we woke up, man With the sunrise to the right Moving back north to port blair Where boats break and children stare There were so many fewer questions When stars were still just the holes to heaven, hmm, hmm Yes, and there were so many fewer questions When stars were still just the holes to heaven, hmm
Dreams be dreams She's just waiting for the summertime When the weathers fine And she could hitch a ride out of town And so far away from that low down Good for nothing Mistake making fool with excuses like 'Baby that was a long time ago' But that's just a euphemism If you want the truth he was out of control But a short time is a long time When your mind just won't let it go Well summer came along and then it was gone And so was she but not from him 'Cause he followed her just to let her know Her dreams are dreams All this living is so much harder that it seems But girl don't let your dreams be dreams You know this living is not so hard as it seems Don't let your dreams be dreams Your dreams be dreams, be dreams Tomorrow morning comes Well that's all right If that's all right Two thousand miles were still But that's all right And that's all right If that's all right I'll see you in the morning If that's all right What would you do if I wrote you a song Would you give me some loving when I get home Or would you be mad at me if I had a hard time Getting a hold of you, I try all the time And I'll bet that You don't know anybody that could be so bad But if you did you'd be wondering where I'm at Well I'll be home when tomorrow morning comes And what would you do if I sang you this song The connection is bad but that's only the phone 'Cause when my words kiss your ear, I'll be right there The message is long 'cause baby this is your song I'll bet that You don't know anybody that could be so bad But if you did you'd be wondering where I'm at Well I'll be home when tomorrow morning I'll bet that You don't know anybody that could be so bad But if you did you'd be wondering where I'm at Well I'll be home when tomorrow morning And that's all right 'Cause I'll be home when tomorrow morning And that's all right 'Cause I'll be home when tomorrow morning comes Fall line And by the way you know that hope will make you strange Make you blink make you blank make you sink It will make you afraid of change and often blame The box with the view of the world And the ones that fill the frame I turn it up but then I turn it off Because I can't stand When they start to talk about the hurting and killing Whose shoes are we filling The damage and ruin Man the things that were doing We gotta stop, we gotta turn it all off We gotta rewind and start it up again Because we fell across the fall line Ain't there nothing sacred any more No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Somebody saw him jump, yeah But nobody saw him slip I guess he lost a lot of hope And then he lost his grip And now he's lying in the freeway In the middle of this mess Guess we lost another one Just like the other one Optimistic hypocrite That didn't have the nerve to quit The things that kept him wanting more Until he finally reached the core He fell across the fall line Ain't there nothing sacred any more No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Cookie jar I would turn on the tv But it's so embarrassing To see all the other people I don't know what they mean It was magic at first When they spoke without sound But now this world is gonna hurt You better turn that thing down Turn it around But it wasn't me, says the boy with the gun Sure I pulled the trigger, but it needed to be done Because life's been killing me ever since it begun You can't blame me 'cause I'm too young You can't blame me, sure the killer was my son But I didnt teach him to pull the trigger of the gun It's the killing on his tv screen You can't blame me, it's those images he seen Well you can't blame me, says the media man I wasn't the one who came up with the plan I just point my camera at what the people want to see It's a two way mirror and you can't blame me You can't blame me, says the singer of the song Or the maker of the movie which he based his life on It's only entertainment, as anyone can see It's smoke machines and makeup, you can't fool me It was you, it was me, it was every man We've all got the blood on our hands We only receive what we demand And if we want hell then hell's what we'll have I would turn on the tv But it's so embarrassing To see all the other people Don't even know what they mean It was magic at first But let everyone down And now this world is gonna hurt You better turn it around Turn it around Rodeo clowns Sweeping the floors, open up the doors Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing But here comes the music Bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of soul Many people, so many problems, so many reasons To buy another round, drink it down Just another night on the town With the big man, money man, better than the other man He got the plan with the million dollar give a damn When nobody understands he'll become a smaller man The bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing With the clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah They pick me up when I'm down, yeah, yeah The rodeo clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah They pick me up when im down The disco ball spinning, all the music and the women And the shots of tequila, they'll say that they need you But what they really need Is just a little room to breath Teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands Her dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things Symbolic of change but the thing that is strange Is that the changes occurred and now she's just a part of the herd Yeah, yeah, yeah I thought that you heard, yeah, yeah The changes occurred, yeah, yeah, yeah Just a part of the herd Lights out, shut down, late night, wet ground You walk by look at him, but he can't look at you You might feel pity but he only feels the ground You understand moods but he only knows let down By the corner there's another one Reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man You try to live but he's done trying Not dead, but definitely dying With the rest of the clowns, yeah, yeah Hmm, hmm, the rest of the clowns Sweeping the floors, open up the doors And turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight Nobody's romancing because it's too early for dancing But here comes the music
Cocoon Based on your smile I'm betting all of this Might be over soon But you're bound to win 'Cause if I'm betting against you I think I'd rather lose But this is all that I have, so please Take what's left of this heart and use Please use only what you really need You know I only have so little, so please Mend your broken heart and leave I know it's not your style And I can tell by the way that you move I'ts real real soon But I'm on your side And I don't wanna be your regret I'd rather be your cocoon But this is all that you have, so please Let me take what's left of your heart, and I will use I swear I'll use only what I need I know you only have so little, so please Let me mend my broken heart And you said this was all you have And it's all I need But blah blah blah Because it fell apart I guess it's all you knew And all I had But now we have Only confused hearts I guess all we have Is really all we need So please Let's take these broken hearts and use Let's use only what we really need You know we only have so little, so please Take these broken hearts and leave Mediocre bad guys Well don't give me no comic book sad looks no more Please don't use those same excuses you've used before You told yourself so many times it's ok So eager to try but you just don't know how to come back down And now you'll beat me up and break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up and break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground On the ground Well how about those people I know That you know the ones that I mean Not so good, not so bad, only know what they have And they have only what they've seen Oh them mediocre bad guys can really bring you down They can't be defeated you know That they're never gonna come around They just beat me up and break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up and break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up and break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up and break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up, break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground Beat me up, break me down Hoping I don't come around Kick me when I'm on the ground Symbol in my driveway I've got a symbol in my driveway I've got a hundred million dollar friends I've got you a brand new weapon Let's see how destructive we can be I've got a brand new set of stencils I've been connecting all the dots Got my plans in a zip lock bag Let's see how unproductive we can be I've got a light bulb full of anger And I can switch it on and off In situations it can be so bright I can't believe, how pathetic we can be I've got a perfect set of blueprints I'm gonna build somebody else Might cost a little more than money But what's man without his wealth I've got a phosphorescent secret But don't you tell nobody else Next thing you know The whole world will be talking About all the clues they got They just ain't no use They got fooled
In Between Dreams
Better together
There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard No song that I could sing but I can try for your heart Our dreams and they are made out of real things Like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart Like why are we here, and where do we go, and how come it's so hard It's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together Hmm, it's always better when we're together Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together Well, it's always better when we're together Yeah, it's always better when we're together And all of these moments just might find their way into my dreams tonight But I know that they'll be gone when the morning light sings Or brings new things for tomorrow night you see That they'll be gone too, too many things I have to do But if all of these dreams might find their way into my day to day scene I'd be under the impression I was somewhere in between With only two, just me and you, not so many things we got to do Or places we got to be we'll sit beneath the mango tree now Yeah, it's always better when we're together Hmm, we're somewhere in between together Well it's always better when we're together Yeah, it's always better when we're together Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm... I believe in memories They look so So pretty when I sleep Hey now and And when I wake up You look so pretty Sleeping next to me But there is not enough time And there is no, no song I could sing And there is no combination of words I could say But I will still tell you one thing We're better together
Never Know I heard this old story before Where the people keep on killing for their metaphors But don't leave much up to the imagination So I want to give this imagery back But I know it just ain't so easy like that so I turn the page and read the story again and again and again It sure seems the same with a different name We're breaking and rebuilding and we're growing, always guessing Never knowing We're shocking but we're nothing We're just moments We're clever but we're clueless We're just human Amusing but confusing We're trying But where is this all leading We'll never know It all happened so much faster than you can say disaster Want to take a time-lapse and look at it backwards Find the last word and maybe that's just the answer that we're after But after all we're just a bubble in a boiling pot Just one breath in a chain of thought We're moments just combusting We feel certain but we'll never, never know It sure seems the same, give it a different name We're begging and we're needing, and we're trying, and we're breathing Never knowing We're shocking but we're nothing We're just moments We're clever but we're clueless We're just human Amusing but confusing We're helping Rebuilding and we're growing Never know, never know, never know, never Knock, knock, coming door to door To tell you that their metaphor is better than yours And you can either sink or swim And things are looking pretty grim If you don't believe in what they're spoon-feeding It's got no feeling So I read it again and again and again It sure seems the same So many different names Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak, we'll always be competing Never knowing We're shocking but we're nothing We're just moments We're clever but we're clueless We're just human Amusing, confusing But the truth is All we got are questions We'll never know, never know, never know, never Banana Pancakes Well can't you see that it's just raining There ain't no need to go outside But Baby You hardly even notice When I try to show you this Song it's meant to keep you From doing what you're supposed to Waking up too early Maybe we could sleep in I'll make you banana pancakes Pretend like it's the weekend now And we could pretend it all the time, yeah Can't you see that it's just raining There ain't no need to go outside But just maybe, hala ka ukulele Mama made a baby I really don't mind the practice Because you're my little lady Lady, lady love me 'Cause I love to lay here lazy We could close the curtains Pretend like there's no world outside And we could pretend it all the time, no And can't you see that it's just raining There ain't no need to go outside Ain't no need, ain't no need Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm Can't you see, can't you see Rain all day and I don't mind But the telephone singing, ringing It's too early, don't pick it up We don't need to We got everything we need right here And everything we need is enough It's just so easy When the whole world fits inside of your arms Do we really need to pay attention to the alarm Wake up slow, hmm, hmm, wake up slow But baby, you hardly even notice When I try to show you this Song it's meant to keep you From doing what you're supposed to Waking up too early Maybe we could sleep in I'll make you banana pancakes Pretend like it's the weekend now And we could pretend it all the time, yeah Can't you see that it's just raining There ain't no need to go outside Ain't no need, ain't no need Rain all day and I really really really don't mind Can't you see, can't you see We've got to wake up slow Good People Oh you win it's your show now So what's it going to be Because people will tune in How many train wrecks do we need to see Before we lose touch And we thought this was low Well it's bad, getting worse, so Where'd all the good people go I've been changing channels And I don't see them on the tv shows Where'd all the good people go We've got heaps and heaps of what we sow They got this and that with a rattle a tat Testing, one, two, man what you gonna do Bad news misused, got too much to lose Give me some truth now, who's side are we on Whatever you say Turn on the boob tube I'm in the mood to obey So lead me astray And by the way now Where'd all the good people go I've been changing channels And I don't see them on the tv shows Where'd all the good people go We've got heaps and heaps of what we sow Sitting around feeling far away, yeah So far away but I can feel the debris Can you feel it You interrupt me from a friendly conversation To tell me how great it's all going to be You might notice some hesitation Because it's important to you It's not important to me But way down by the edge of your reason It's beginning to show And I really want to know is Where'd all the good people go I've been changing channels I don't see them on the tv shows Where'd all the good people go We got heaps and heaps of what we sow Where'd all the good people go They got this and that with a rattle a tat Testing one, two man whatcha gonna do Bad news misused give me some truth You got too much to lose Where'd all the good people go Whose side are we on today, anyway Okay, whatever you say Wrong and resolute but in the mood to obey Station to station desensitizing the nation Where'd all the good people go Going, going, gone
No Other Way When your mind is a mess so is mine I can't sleep 'Cause it hurts when I think when my thoughts aren't at peace With the plans that we make and the chances we take They're not yours they're not mine There are waves that can break All the words that we said and the words that we mean And the words can fall short, can't see the unseen 'Cause the world is awake so for somebody's sake now Please close your eyes Woman, please get some sleep And know that if I knew all of the answers I would not Hold them from you know all of the things that I know We told each other there is no other way, hmm Too much silence can be misleading You're drifting I can hear it in the way that you're breathing We don't really need to find reason 'Cause out the same door that it came well it's leaving, it's leaving Leaving like a day that's done and part of a season Resolve is just a concept that's as dead as the leaves But at least we could sleep, it's all that we need When we wake we would find, our minds would be free to go to sleep And know that if I knew all of the answers I would not Hold them from you know all of the things that I know 'Cause we told each other there is no other way, hmm Sitting, Waiting, Wishing I was sitting, waiting, wishing You believed in superstitions Then maybe you'd see the signs But Lord knows that this world is cruel And I ain't the Lord no I'm just a fool Learning loving somebody Don't make them love you Must I always be waiting, waiting on you Must I always be playing, playing your fool I sang your songs I danced your dance I gave your friends all a chance But putting up with them Wasn't worth never having you Oh maybe you've been through this before But it's my first time so please ignore The next few lines 'cause they're directed at you I can't always be playing, playing your fool I keep playing your part But it's not my scene Want this plot to twist I've had enough mystery You keep building it up But then you're shooting me down But I'm already down Just wait a minute Just sitting, waiting Just wait a minute Just sitting, waiting Well if I was in your position I'd put down all my ammunition I'd wonder why it had taken me so long But Lord knows that I'm not you And if I was I wouldn't be so cruel 'Cause waiting on love Ain't so easy to do Must I always be waiting, waiting on you Must I always be playing, playing your fool No I can't always be waiting, waiting on you I can't always be playing, playing your fool, fool Staple It Together It's really too bad He became a prisoner of his own past He stabbed the moment in the back with the round thumbtack That held up the list of things he got to do It's really no good He's moving on before he understood He shot the future in the foot with every step he took From the places that he's been 'cause he forgot to look He better staple it together And call it bad weather He better staple it together And call it bad weather He better staple it together And call it bad weather He better staple it together And call it bad weather Hmm hmm Well I guess you could say That he don't even know where to begin 'Cause he looked both ways but he was so afraid Digging deep into the ditch every chance he missed And the mess he made 'Cause hate is such a strong word And every brick he laid, a mistake they say That his walls are getting taller And his world is getting smaller Better staple it together And call it bad weather Better staple it together And call it bad weather Better staple it together And call it bad weather Better staple it together And call it bad weather Hmm hmm It's really too bad He became a prisoner of his own past He stabbed the moment in the back with the round thumbtack That held up the list of things he got to do It's really no good He's moving on before he understood He shot the future in the foot with every step he took From the places that he's been because he forgot to look He better staple it together And call it bad weather Staple it together And call it bad weather Staple it together And call it bad weather Staple it together And call it bad weather If the weather gets better we should get together Spend a little time or we could do whatever And if we get together we'd be twice as clever So staple it together and call it bad weather Hmm hmm Situations Situation number one It's the one that's just begun But evidently it's too late Situation number two It's the only chance for you It's controlled by denizens of hate Situation number three It's the one that no one sees It's all too often dismissed as fate Situation number four The one that left you wanting more It tantalized you with it's bait Crying Shame It's such a tired game Will it ever stop How will this all play out Of sight out of mind By now we should know how to communicate Instead of coming to blows We're on a roll And there ain't no stopping us now We're burning under control Isn't it strange how we're all Burning under the same sun? Buy now and save, it's a war for peace It's the same old game But do we really want to play We could close our eyes it's still there We could say it's us against them We could try but nobody wins Gravity has got a hold on us all We could try to put it out But it's a growing flame Using fear as fuel Burning down our name And it won't take too long 'Cause Words all burn the same And who are we going to blame now It's such a crying, crying, crying shame It's such a crying, crying, crying shame It's such a crying, crying, crying shame, shame, shame By now it's beginning to show A number of people are numbers that aren't coming home I could close my eyes it's still there Close my mind be alone I could close my heart and not care But gravity has got a hold on us all It's a terrific price to pay But in the true sense of the word Are we using what we've learned In the true sense of the word Are we losing what we were It's such a tired game Will it ever stop It's not for me to say And is it in our blood or is it in our fate And how will this all play out Out of sight, out of mind Who are we going to blame all in all It's such a crying, crying, crying shame It's such a crying, crying, crying shame It's such a crying, crying, crying shame, shame, shame If I Could A brand new baby was born yesterday, just in time Papa cried, baby cried, said your tears are like mine I heard some words from a friend on the phone, didn't sound so good The doctor gave him two weeks to live I'd give him more if I could You know that I would now If only I could You know that I would now If only I could Down the middle drops one more grain of sand They say that new life makes losing life easier to understand Words are kind they help ease the mind, I'll miss my old friend And though you've got to go we'll keep a piece of your soul One goes out, one comes in You know that I would now If only I could You know that I would now If only I could Breakdown I hope this old train breaks down Then I could take a walk around See what there is to see Time is just a melody With all the people in the street Walking fast as their feet Can take them I just roll through town And though my window's got a view Well the frame I'm looking through Seems to have no concern for now So for now I I need this here Old train to breakdown Oh please just Let me please breakdown Well this engine screams out loud Centipede gonna crawl westbound So I don't even make a sound 'cause It's going to sting me when I leave this town And all the people in the street That I'll never get to meet If these tracks don't bend somehow And I got no time That I got to get To where I don't need to be So I I need this here Old train to breakdown Oh please just Let me please breakdown I need this here Old train to breakdown Oh please just Let me please breakdown I want to break on down But I can't stop now Let me break on down But you can't stop nothing if you got no control Of the thoughts in your mind that you kept and you know That you don't know nothing but you don't need to know The wisdom's in the trees not the glass windows You can't stop wishing if you don't let go Of the things that you find and you lose and you know You keep on rolling, put the moment on hold 'Cause the frame's too bright, so put the blinds down low I need this here Old train to breakdown Oh please just Let me please breakdown I need this here Old train to breakdown Oh please just Let me please breakdown I wanna break on down But I can't stop now Belle Oi lienda Bella che fa Bonita Bonita que tal But belle Je ne comprends pas français So you'll have to speak to me Some other way Do You Remember Do you remember when we first met, I sure do It was some time in early September You were lazy about it, you made me wait around I was so crazy about you I didn't mind So I was late for class I locked my bike to yours It wasn't hard to find You painted flowers on it I guess that I was afraid That if you rolled away You might not roll back my direction real soon Well I was crazy about you then and now The craziest thing of all is over ten years have gone by And you're still mine We're locked in time Let's Rewind Do you remember when we first moved in together The piano took up the living room You played me boogie-woogie I played you love songs You'd say we're playing house Now you still say we are We built our getaway up in a tree we found We felt so far away but we were still in town Now I remember watching that old tree burn down I took a picture that I don't like to look at Well all these times they come and go And alone don't seem so long Over ten years have gone by We can't rewind We're locked in time But you're still mine Do you remember Constellations The light was leaving in the west it was blue The children's laughter sang And skipping just like the stones they threw Their voices echoed across the waves It's getting late And it was just another night With a sunset and a moonrise Not so far behind To give us just enough light To lay down underneath the stars We listened to Papa's translations Of the stories across the sky We drew our own constellations The west winds often last too long And when they calm down Nothing ever feels the same Sheltered under the Kamani tree Waiting for the passing rain Clouds keep moving to uncover the sea Stars up above us chasing the day away To find the stories that we sometimes need Listen close enough and all else fades Fades away And it was just another night With a sunset and a moonrise Not so far behind To give us just enough light To lay down underneath the stars Listen to all the translations Of the stories across the sky We drew our own constellations
Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies
Upside Down Who's to say What's impossible but they forgot This world keeps spinning and with each new day I can feel a change in everything And as the surface breaks reflections fade But in some ways they remain the same And as my mind begins to spread its wings There's no stopping curiosity I want to turn the whole thing upside down I'll find the things they say just can't be found I'll share this love I find with everyone We'll sing and dance to mother natures songs I don't want this feeling to go away Who's to say I can't do everything well I can try And as I roll along I begin to find Things aren't always just what they seem I want to turn the whole thing upside down I'll find the things they say just can't be found I'll share this love I find with everyone We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs This world keeps spinning and theres no time to waste Will it all, keep spinning spinning around and round Upside down Who's to say what's impossible and cant be found I don't want this feeling to go away Upside down Broken With everything ahead of us we left, everything behind But nothing that we needed at least, Not at this time And now the feeling that I'm feeling Well it's feeling like my life is finally mine With nothing to go back to We just continue, to drive Without you I was broken But I'd rather be broke down with you by my side I said without you I was broken But I'd rather be broke down with you by my side I didn't know what I was looking for, So I, didn't know what I'd find I didn't know what I was missing I guess you've been just a little too kind And if I find just what I need Put a little peace in my mind Maybe you've been looking too Or maybe you don't even need to try Without you I was broken And I'd rather be broke down with you by my side I said without you I was broken But I'd rather be broke down with you by my side With everything in the past Fading faster and faster until it was gone Found out I was losing so much more than I knew all along Because everything I've been working for Was only worth nickels and dimes But if I had a minute for every hour that I've wasted I'd be rich in time, I'd be doing fine Cause without you I was broken But I'd rather be broke down with you by my side So without you I was broken But I'd rather be broke down with you by my side So without you I was broken But I'd rather be broke down with you by my side I said without you I was broken But I'd rather be broke down with you by my side People Watching Well I'm just people watching The other people watching me And we're all people watching The other people watching we We're as lonely as we wanted to be We're all as lonely as we wanted to be Just as lonely as we wanted to be I'm just you, you're just me But it's only true if we believe Well there really ain't no use in stopping What nobody never told me not to do So I'll keep people watching, watching me now Finding my way back to you We're as lonely as we wanted to be We're all as lonely as we wanted to be I'm just as lonely as I wanted to be I'm just you, you're just me But it's only true if we believe I see so many feet going so many ways People passing by, they got nothing to say All on our own, just watching and confused Nobody told me what to do I can't stop breaking all the rules And I'm just people watching The other people watching me We're all people watching The other people watching we We're as lonely as we wanted to be We're not so lonely as we wanted to be I'm just as lonely as I wanted to be Not so lonely Lonely, lonely, lonely
Wrong Turn And I will wait here awhile Just long enough to be sure that you didn't make a wrong turn And I wait long enough Maybe an hour or two Before I decide It wasn't me it was you Wasn't me it was you And I would like you to know Although it seems sad to say This was only the worst hour of my day The worst hour of my day How long has it been on your mind? Do you think about it when we lie? I think it's a big mistake Cause I think that we could make it last Even if it's just for awhile Wait here for now Just along enough to be Sure that you really want to go through with this Cause I really wanna go through with this And do you really wanna go through with this? Talk of the Town ( feat. Kawika Kahiapo ) I want to be where the talk of the town Is about last night when the sun went down Yeah, and the trees all dance And the warm wind blows in that same old sound And the water below gives a gift to the sky And the clouds give back every time they cry And make the grass grow green beneath my toes And if the sun comes out I'll paint a picture all about The colors I've been dreaming of The hours just don't seem enough To put it all together Maybe it's as strange as it seems And the trouble I find is that the trouble finds me It's a part of my mind it begins with a dream And a feeling I get when I look and I see That this world is a puzzle, I'll find all of the pieces And put it all together, and then I'll rearrange it I'll follow it forever Always be as strange as it seems Nobody ever told me not to try Not to try Ohhh try Ohhh just try And the water below gives a gift to the sky And the clouds give back every time they cry And make the grass grow green beneath my toes And if the sun comes out I'm going to paint a picture all about The colors I've been dreaming of The hours just don't seem enough To put it all together Always be as strange as it seems I said Hooo hoo hohohoohhohooooo Jungle Gym (feat. G. Love) The city is my jungle gym Look at this big great world that we're living in There's lots of fun to be had on these streets We can take a ride just you and me It's a jungle gym It's a jungle gym Trolley cars and buses too All the big kids going to school I'm going to get a treat from the ice cream man Catch me catch me if you can It's a jungle gym The city's nitty gritty but it's so much fun We can take a ride go tell everyone It's a jungle gym Sha la la la la la la la la la These streets have got a rhythm It's a funky beat The more I learn inside the city The more I learn in me It's a jungle gym It's a jungle gym Movie theatres and museums Fishing in the pond ABC's 123's bring your friends along Flying kites way up high into the blue sky We can take a ride Just you and I It's a jungle gym It's a jungle gym! Sha la la la la la la la la la This city's nitty gritty but it's so much fun We can take a ride go tell everyone It's a jungle gym It's a jungle gym We're Going to Be Friends Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walking blues Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are going to be friends Yes I can tell that we are going to be friends Walk with me Suzy Lee Through the park and by the tree We can rest upon the ground And look at all the bugs we've found Safely walk to school without a sound We safely walk to school without a sound Well here we are no one else We walk to school all by ourselves There's dirt on our uniforms From chasing all the ants and worms We clean up and now it's time to learn We clean up and now it's time to learn Numbers letters learn to spell Nouns and books and show and tell Play time we will throw the ball Then back to class through the hall The teacher marks our height against the wall The teacher marks our height against the wall And we don't notice any time pass Because we don't notice anything And we sit side by side in every class The teacher thinks that I sound funny But she likes it when you sing Tonight I'll dream in my bed While silly thoughts run through my head Of the bugs and alphabet And when I wake tomorrow I'll bet That you and I will walk together again Because I can tell that we are going to be friends I can tell that we are going to be friends The Sharing Song It's always more fun To share with everyone It's always more fun To share with everyone If you have two Give one to your friend If you have three Give one to your friend and me It's always more fun To share with everyone It's always more fun To share with everyone If you've got one Here is something you can learn You can still share Just by taking turns If you've got a ball Bounce it to the gang If there is a new kid Invite him out to hang If you've got one sandwich Cut that thing in half If you know a secret joke Tell it and share a laugh If you've got two drumsticks Give one to your friend Make one beautiful rhythm Share a beat that never ends And if you're feeling lonely Share time with your mom Share some milk and cookies And sing the sharing song It's always more fun To share with everyone It's always more fun To share with everyone The 3 R'S Three it's a magic number Yes it is, it's a magic number Because two times three is six And three times six is eighteen And the eighteenth letter in the alphabet is R We've got three R's we're going to talk about today We've got to learn to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce, Reuse, Recycle If you're going to the market to buy some juice You've got to bring your own bags and you learn to reduce your waste And if your brother or your sister's got some cool clothes You could try them on before you buy some more of those Reuse, we've got to learn to reuse And if the first two R's don't work out And if you've got to make some trash Don't throw it out Recycle, we've got to learn to recycle, We've got to learn to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Because three it's a magic number Yes it is, it's a magic number Three, Three, Three Three, Six, Nine, Twelve, Fifteen, Eighteen, Twenty-one, Twenty-four, Twenty-seven, Thirty, Thirty-three, Thirty-six, Thirty-three, Thirty, Twenty-seven, Twenty-four, Twenty-one, Eighteen, Fifteen, Twelve, Nine, Six and Three, it's a magic number Lullaby
(feat. Matt Costa) When you're so lonely lying in bed Night's closed it's eyes but you can't rest your head Everyone's sleeping all through the house You wish you could dream but forgot to somehow Sing this lullaby to yourself Sing this lullaby to yourself And if you are waiting, waiting for me Know I'll be home soon darling I guarantee I'll be home Sunday just in one week Dry up your tears if you start to weep And sing this lullaby to yourself Sing this lullaby to yourself Lullaby, I'm not nearby Sing this lullaby to yourself Don't you cry, no don't you cry Sing this lullaby to yourself Cause when I arrive dear it won't be that long No it won't seem like anytime that I've been gone It ain't the first time it won't be the last Won't you remember these words to help the time pass? So when you're so lonely lying in bed Night's closed it's eyes but you can't rest your head Everyone's sleeping all through the house You wish you could dream but forgot to somehow Sing this lullaby to yourself Sing this lullaby to yourself Sing this lullaby, sing this lullaby Sing this lullaby to yourself With My Own Two Hands
I can change the world With my own two hands Make it a better place With my own two hands Make it a kinder place With my own two hands With my own With my own two hands I can make peace on earth With my own two hands I can clean up the earth With my own two hands I can reach out to you With my own two hands With my own With my own two hands I'm going to make it a brighter place With my own two hands I'm going to make it a safer place With my own two hands I'm going to help the human race With my own two hands With my own With my own two hands I can hold you With my own two hands I can comfort you With my own two hands But you've got to use Use your own two hands Use your own Use your own two hands With our own With our own two hands With my own With my own two hands Questions Questions, I've got some questions I want to know you But what if I could ask you only one thing Only this one time, what would you tell me? Well maybe you could give me a suggestion So I could know you, what would you tell me? Maybe you could tell me what to ask you Because then I'd know you, what would you tell me Please tell me that there's time To make this work for all intents and purposes And what are your intentions, will you try? Impressions, you've made impressions They're going nowhere They're just going to wait here if you let them Please don't let them I want to know you And if they're going to haunt me Please collect them Please just collect them And now I'm begging I'm begging you to ask me just one question One simple question Because then you'd know me I'll tell you that there's time To make this work for all intents and purposes At least for my own What is a heart worth if it's just left all alone? Leave it long enough and watch it turn into stone Why must we always be untrue? Supposed to Be
Maybe it's up with the stars Maybe it's under the sea Maybe it's not very far Maybe this is how it's supposed to be This is how it's supposed to be Maybe it's trapped in a jar Something we've already seen Maybe it's nowhere at all Maybe this is how it's supposed to be This is how it's supposed to be Looking forward as we rewind Looking back is a trap sometimes Being here is so easy to do If you want to x15
Sleep Through The Static
All at once All at once The world can overwhelm me There's almost nothing that you could tell me That could ease my mind Which way will you run When it's always all around you And the feeling lost and found you again A feeling that we have no control Around the sun Some say it's going to be the new hell Some say it's still too early to tell Some say it really ain't no myth at all We keep asking ourselves Are we really strong enough There're so many things That we got too proud of We're too proud of We're too proud of I want to take the preconceived Out from underneath your feet We could shake it off And instead we'll plant some seeds We'll watch them as they grow And with each new beat From your heart the roots grow deeper The branches, well they reach for what Nobody really knows But underneath it all there's this heart all alone What about when it's gone It really won't be so long Sometimes it feels like a heart Is no place to be singing from at all There's a world we've never seen There's still hope between the dreams The weight of it all could blow away with a breeze But if you're waiting on the wind Don't forget to breathe Because as the darkness gets deeper We're sinking so we reach for love At least something we can hold But I'll reach to you From where time just can't go What about when it's gone It really won't be so long Sometimes it feels like a heart Is no place to be singing from at all
Sleep through the static Trouble travels fast When you're specially designed for crash testing Or wearing wool sunglasses in the afternoon Come on and tell us what you're trying to prove Because it's a battle when you dabble in war You store it up, unleash it, then you piece it together Whether the storm drain running rampant just stamp it And send it to somebody who's pretending to care Just cash in your blanks for little toy tanks Learn how to use them, then abuse them and choose them Over conversations relationships are overrated “I hated everyone” said the sun And so I will cook all your books You're too good looking and mistooken You could watch it instead From the comfort of your burning beds Or you can sleep through the static Who needs sleep when we've got love Who needs keys when we've got clubs Who needs please when we've got guns Who needs peace when we've gone above But beyond where we should have gone We went beyond where we should have gone Stuck between channels my thoughts all quit I thought about them too much, allowed them to touch The feelings that rained down on the plains all dried and cracked Waiting for things that never came Shock and awful thing to make somebody think That they have to choose pushing for peace supporting the troops And either you're weak or you'll use brut force-feed the truth The truth is we say not as we do We say anytime, anywhere, just show your teeth and strike the fear Of god wears camouflage, cries at night and drives a dodge Pick up the beat and stop hogging the feast That's no way to treat an enemy Well mighty mighty appetite we just eat ‘em up and keep on driving Freedom can be freezing take a picture from the pretty side Mind your manners wave your banners What a wonderful world that this angle can see But who needs to see what we've done Who needs please when we've got guns Who needs keys when we've got clubs Who needs peace when we've gone above But beyond where we should have gone Beyond where we should have gone We went beyond where we should have gone Beyond where we should have gone Hope Your shadow walks faster than you You don't really know what to do Do you think that you're not alone? You really think that you're immune to it It's going to get the best of you It's going to lift you up then let you down It will defeat you Then teach you to get back up After it takes away All that you learned to love Your reflection is a blur Out of focus but in confusion The frames the sun did burn At the end of a roll of delusions A ghost waiting its turn And now I can see right through it It's a warning that nobody heard It will teach you To love what you're afraid of After it takes away All that you've learned to love But you don't Always Have to hold your head Higher than your heart You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better be hoping you're not so Hope you're not alone Hmm hmm hmm Your echo comes back out of tune Now you can't quite get used to it Reverb is just the room The problem is that there's no truth to it It's fading away too soon Your shadow is on the move And maybe you should be moving too Before it takes away All that you've learned to love It will defeat you Then teach you to get back up Because you don't Always Have to hold your head Higher than your heart You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better be hoping you're alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not alone You better hope you're not so Hope you're not alone Better hope Better hope you're not alone Hope Angel I've got an angel She doesn't wear any wings She wears a heart that could melt my own She wears a smile that could make me want to sing She gives me presents With her presence alone She gives me everything I could wish for She gives me kisses on the lips just for coming home She can make angels I've seen it with my own eyes You've got to be careful when you've got good love 'Cause them angels will just keep on multiplying But so busy changing the world Just one smile and you could change all of mine We share the same soul Oh, oh, oh, oh We share the same soul Oh, oh, oh, oh We share the same soul Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm The enemy After we spoke I had a dream that I broke The teeth from a mouth of a snake Then I choked on the teeth they were mine all along I picked up the pieces when I woke up I put them in a boat made of things that I don't want to see I blew on the sail watched it drift out to sea The further it drifted the closer it came to me I can't explain So I took it apart built a billion boxes There was only one key You might think I'm your enemy But that don't make you mine And all I have now is empathy I wish that you'd stop trying Oh, please stop lying Stop la la la la la la la La la la la la I put hatred in a box then I locked it The strongest one I made I buried it all grew a tree without thorns And sat beneath it's shade You might think I'm your enemy But that don't make you mine And all I have now is empathy I wish that you'd stop trying Oh please stop lying Please stop la la la la la la La la la la la… La la la la la… If I had eyes If I had eyes in the back of my head I would have told you that you looked good as I walked away And if you could have tried to trust the hand that fed You would have never been hungry but you'd never really be More of this or less of this or is there any difference Or are we just holding on to things that we don't have anymore Sometimes time doesn't heal No not at all It just stands still While we fall In or out of love Again I doubt I'm going to win you back When you've got eyes like that That won't let me in Always looking out A lot of people spend their time just floating We were victims together but lonely You've got hungry eyes that just can't look forward Can't give them enough but we just can't start over Building with bent nails we're falling but holding I don't want to take up anymore of your time Time time time Sometimes time doesn't heal No not at all It just stands still While we fall In or out of love Again I doubt I'm going to win you back When you've got eyes like that That won't let me in Always looking out Always looking Same girl If you could read my mind You'd say “Baby you were right And I don't want to fight anymore” You're usually righter than I am And I'm not a very good fighter Am I? No, neither are you So let's be through with this one Because some things never change I know you're still my same girl Who builds her own frames For the pictures that she paints Of the lights in Monterey Coming across the bay Right back to my same girl How can you be so calm When the truth is that sometimes We live in the eye of the storm With everything going on around us I feel comfort in the sounds when you say It will be okay Like a star guiding me To the light of the day The doldrums could follow me But not with my same girl Who builds her own frames For the pictures that she paints Of the lights in Monterey Coming across the bay Right back to my same girl What you thought you need Well I can't give you everything you want But I could give you what you thought you need A map to keep beneath your seat You'll read to me in time I'll get you there But fold it up so we don't find Our way back soon nobody knows we're here We can park the van and walk to town Find the cheapest bottle of wine that we could find And talk about the road behind How getting lost is not a waste of time Le Bois d' amour will take us home In the moment we will sing as the forest sleeps It's all for the sake of arriving with you Well it's all for the sake of arriving with you Well I will make the table into a bed The candle is burning down it's time to rest I can't take back things already gone But I could give you promises for keeps And I would only take them back If they become your own and you give them to me And it's all for the sake of arriving with you Well it's all for the sake of arriving with you We could make this into anything We could make this into more than words we speak This could make us into anything It could make us grow and become what we'll be How can we really know It's just like it feels It's just like it feels How can we really know It's just like it feels It's just like it feels It's just like it feels How does it feel It's just like it feels It's just like it feels How does it feel It's just like it feels How does it feel Adrift Your voice is adrift I can't expect it To sing to me As if I was the only one I'll follow you A leaf that's following the sun When will my weight be too much for you When will these ideas really be my own This moment keeps on moving We were never meant to hold on Well this was a scene worth waking up for When I woke up You planted me in my own pot I don't know why But somehow it just feels so wrong When you set I will be lonely But when you rise again I'll have become the sun And I will shine down upon you As if you were the only one Your voice is your own I can't protect it You'll have to sing A verse no one has ever known Don't be afraid Because no one ever sings alone Your weight will never be too much for me Your ideas have always been your own And this moment keeps on moving We were never meant to hold on Go on In my rear view I watch you Watching the twilight Behind the telephone lines With nothing to prove Or to assume Just thinking that your thoughts Are different than mine In my rear view I watch you And I gave you your life But you give me mine I see you slowly swim away As the light is leaving town To a place that I can't be But there's no apologies Just go on Just go on There's still so many things I want to say to you But go on Just go on We're bound by blood that's moving From the moment that we start From the moment that we start I see your perfect little eyes Watch the shadows of the clouds On the surface of the ocean Out the window of the plane I get nervous when I fly I'm used to walking with my feet Turbulence is like a sigh That I can't help but over think What is the purpose of my life If it doesn't have to do With learning to let it go Live vicariously through you You could do the same It's the least you could do Because it's a lonely little chain If you don't add to it So go on Just go on There's still so many things I want to say to you But go on Just go on We're bound by blood and love From the moment that we start Just go on Just go on There's still so many things I want to say to you Just go on Just go on We're bound by blood that's moving From the moment that we start From the moment that we start
They do, they don't Tied down against the tracks Screaming in silent black and white Why'd you trust us we are such villains We would tell ourselves anything we want to hear if we are willing To listen is to learn Then too much is what we deserve And how come when we say that we do We don't Pray to anybody you want We won't But if we're the ones to blame then the fruit Shouldn't taste so good we were used Used to thinking we got nothing to lose We're losing everything but the truth Is walking straight into a roadblock ending left here bending Your point of view was chosen by the serpent's ruse With all it's do's and don'ts The future is an empty promise unconcerned and so tired of waiting We could sell it wooden horses full of nightmares and when they open This all might recompose There's no going back to the good old days it's just a phase bring in some new life Archaism is a dusty road leading us back to nowhere But if we're the ones to blame then the fruit Shouldn't taste so good we were used Used to thinking we got nothing to lose We're losing everything but the truth Is walking straight into a roadblock ending left here bending Your point of view was chosen by the serpent's ruse How come when we say we do We don't How come when we say we will We won't While we wait It feels right It feels wrong Feels like when you have it Then it's gone I want more More and more And if you steal the fire Give me some Cause the sun Dissipates While it waits For a friend To arrive From the past While it pulls us around and around While we wait
Monsoon I feel sorrow for the fear And everything it brings And wonder if it will ever sleep I know you understand Because you briefly look away Focusing on nothing so now everything is clear Because there's no one to blame You've got no place to hide It's only in your mind And I saw you In amazement stumbling through the day You told me time never waits What is that supposed to mean All of life Is in one drop of the ocean waiting to go home Just waiting to go home And if the moon Can turn the tides it can pull the tears And take them from our eyes Make them into monsoons Turn them into monsoon-er or later They'll weep their way back to the sea Going to finally be free Free for a while Until they break Like waves of sorrow always do All in due time Because time never waits Daddy don't daydream again Just help me to believe and then Show me that there's more than the meantime Sonny do you hear the sound You will feel it when it breaks You will know it when it's gone How else can I explain Because it's only the pain Coming straight through Coming to remind Cross cut to you In amazement stumbling through the day You tell me time never waits That's okay because I don't wait for time When all of life Is in one drop of the ocean Waiting to go home Just waiting to go home And if the moon Can turn the tides it can pull the tears And take them from our eyes Turn them into monsoons Make them into monsoon-er or later They'll weep their way back to the sea Going to finally be free Free for a while Until they break Like waves of sorrow always break All in due time Because time never waits Losing keys Don't worry Everybody in the room notices you Sit back and relax the night is early You're about to overdo it So come and tell me something that you've already told me Because everybody's heard all of your stories I hope that some of them are true I've been losing lots of keys lately I don't know what that means but maybe I'd be better off with things that can't be locked at all I've been feeling kind of seasick lately See you reaching to me going to save me If it's you or me I would much rather take the fall The world has its ways To quiet us down The world has its ways To quiet us down Down comes the rain Down come our spirits again But down comes the strength To lift us up and then Been going Upwind now For too long Forget how To let go Seems too hard Too late now To turn around The world has its ways To quiet us down The world has its ways To quiet us down Down comes the rain Down go our spirits again But down comes the strength To lift us up and then
To The Sea
You and Your Heart I'll watch you when you say What you are and when you blame Everyone, you broken king I'll watch you change the frame I'll watch you when you take your aim At the sum of everything But you and your heart Shouldn't feel so far apart You can't choose what you take Why you gotta break and make it feel so hard You lay there in the street like broken glass Reflecting pieces of the sun You're not the flame You cut the people passing by Because you know what you don't like It's just so easy, it's just so easy But you and your heart Shouldn't feel so far apart You can't choose what you take Why you gotta break and make it feel so hard Oh and you and your heart Shouldn't feel so far apart You can't choose what you take Why you gotta break and make it feel so hard You draw so many lines in the sand Lost the fingernails on your hands How you gonna scratch any backs Better hope the tide will take our lines away Take all our lines and Hope the tide will take our lines a Hope the tide will take our lines away Take all our lines away To The Sea Bring on your hunters Let them bring their dogs It's me that you wanted I've been right here all along Right here all along You better bring your buckets We've got dreams to drain I'll be at the bottom I've been right here waiting so long Just waiting so long Dreams to drain Put them in a cage Unlock the pain I'll be here waiting You fell asleep with the key All your walls Mean nothing to me I know you'll come back To set us free Run my dear son Until we get to the trees Then keep on going all the way We've got to get right down to the sea We've got to get to the sea My dear son We've got to get to the sea But don't you touch the water Don't you barely breathe And if you see yourself looking back at you You're going to have to leave You're going to have to leave I don't want you to go But you've got to leave Dreams to drain Put them in a cage Unlock the pain And I'll be here waiting You fell asleep with the key All your walls Mean nothing to me I know you'll come back You're going to set us free I don't want you to go But you've got to leave You can always come to me I'll give you what you need Run my dear son We've got to get to the sea No Good With Faces No good with faces And I'm bad with names Gave me directions But it's all the same I'm lost I'm too tired to try Street lamps are broken Black the way I came Who broke the moonlight Watch it wax and wane I'm lost I'm too tired to try Let's not get ahead of ourselves now There's no need for rain it's our own parade Let's not be afraid of our reflections It's not only you you're looking at now Road signs were stolen Left here holding this flame Who stole my patience Who stole my way I'm lost I'm too tired to try Let's not get ahead of ourselves now There's no need for rain it's our own parade Let's not be afraid of our reflections It's not only you you're looking at now Let's not get ahead of ourselves now There's no need for rain it's our own parade Let's not be afraid of our reflections It's not only you you're looking at now Who you looking at now Who you looking at now No good with faces And I'm bad with names Gave me directions But it's all the same I'm lost I'm too tired to try At Or With Me Are they laughing at or with me Ah baby those are such great shoes And I think that I'm so happy now And I think this is a better you Are they laughing at or with me Why can't we just say what we mean People are just trying to fit in But is there something telling you You can't trust anyone in this town Ah baby those are such great shoes Are they laughing at or with me Why can't we just say what we mean Don't put your money where your mouth is baby We don't want to see you choke Nobody's joking around here anymore Nobody's broken any high scores No dancing shoes have touched these dusty floors For such a long long time For such a long long time For such a long time Are they laughing at or with me Why can't we just say what we mean When I Look Up When I look up at the stars As I walk in the night Down the street by my house It feels good When I look up at the stars As I walk in the night Down the street by my house It feels good The light from the moon Is afraid of the ground So it falls behind spaces And hides behind clouds When I look up at the clouds As they move through the night With the wind As I walk down the street The light from the moon Is afraid of the ground So I step on the shadows Of my own feet From The Clouds Oh, you're such a pretty thing I'll take you and I'll make you all mine I would steal you from this patient world Let it chase us, it could never take you back We could watch it from the clouds We can't stop it anyhow It's not ours We could watch it from the clouds We can't stop it anyhow It's not ours It's not ours I know you know me well enough To know I'm lucky to have you But oh it's just the little things The words that I should tell you all the time Like you're so sweet to me When you beat me in double solitaire You're so sweet to me In a world that's not always fair We could watch it from the clouds We can't stop it anyhow It's not ours We could watch it from the clouds We can't stop it anyhow It's not ours The more love that you feel The more your little heart will ache Love is the only thing that carries on It's the only thing this world can't take This love is ours This love is ours Oh you're such a pretty thing I'll take you and I'll make you all mine My Little Girl Hey little girl You might not know this song This is not the kind of song That you can sing along to Hey little girl Maybe some day At least that's what all the good people will say Hey little girl Look what you've done You've gone and stole my heart And made it your own You've gone and stole my heart And made it your own Hey little girl Look what you've done You've gone and stole my heart And made it your own Hey little girl Black and white and right and wrong Only live inside a song That I will sing to you You don't ever have to feel lonely You will never lose any tears You don't have to feel any sadness When you look back on the years How can I look you in the eyes And tell you such big lies The best I can do is try to show you How to love with no fear My little girl You've gone and stole my heart And made it your You've stole my heart And made it your Turn Your Love I don't want you to go I don't want you to go But it's time to turn your love Give it back And it's time to turn your love Give it back Give it back I don't want you to know Let's not go to sleep tonight It's not that it goes too fast It's just that it goes at all Then it's time to turn your love Give it back And it's time to turn your love Give it back And it's time to turn your love Give it back Give it back Give it back Give it back Give it back Give it back Give it back Why should I be sad When I'm just you Why should I be sad Baby I'm with you Why should I be sad When I'm just you Why should I be sad Baby I'm with, baby I'm with you Baby I'm with you And it's time to turn your love Give it back And it's time to turn your love Give it back And it's time to turn your love Give it back Give it back Give it back Give it back… The Upsetter Some will say This place is wrong These hands are fast This face is long Stop upsetting yourself Upsetting your thoughts Upsetting this world That you're standing on These plans are torn These feet are cold This shield is worn This peace was stolen Stop upsetting yourself Upsetting your thoughts Upsetting this world That you're standing on These problems they breathe Their fire is real The coins that they keep You cannot steal Even when you're asleep They'll be here still Just breathing out or in Some will say this place is gone These roads are steep and much too long These plans are cheap my feet are cold Cut the knot these coins are golden Some will say this place is gone These roads are steep and much too long These plans are cheap my feet are cold Just cut the knot these coins are golden Stop upsetting yourself Upsetting your thoughts Upsetting this world That you're standing on These problems they breathe Their fire is real And the coins that they keep You cannot steal Even when you're asleep They'll be here still Just breathing out or in Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology Everybody is made of clay That's what they used to say Until the truth stepped on us all Now everything that was big is small We're just little crying robots Program me, I wanna win the race I wanna find the place Where the king locked up the princess Jump the fence And drink a little bit of Red wine, mistakes, apologies And it's all just Red wine, headaches, mythology Red wine, mistakes, apologies And it's all just Red wine, headaches, mythology Now who's the king of the sky Jupiter says oh me oh my oh why Is the game always changing? I've been through some strangeness What's the matter is the feast not fat enough Up the ladder with your feet Reaching with your hands You can feel it and dream it I know you want to believe it Just steal it Take a piece of the sun And drink some Red wine, mistakes, apologies And it's all just Red wine, headaches, mythology And it's all just Red wine, mistakes, apologies Red wine, headaches, mythology Everybody's in the play At least that's what the script told me to say It said, shadows cut across the hero's face He falls from grace until a little bird sang That the truth is never ending We're just here pretending Let's all laugh so that we don't cry Let's all lift our glasses up to the sky for some Red wine, mistakes, apologies And it's all just Red wine, headaches, mythology Red wine, mistakes, apologies And it's all just Red wine, headaches, mythology Pictures Of People Taking Pictures Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking pictures Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking pictures I pictured us at the end of time Just holding up a camera to our eyes I took a picture of you took a picture of me In the background of the picture was water running to the sea So I pictured us standing there Just, just staying away from time Just watching it like a river As it slowly washes by Washes by And now Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking pictures Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking pictures The feed back loop is closing in so tight Surrounding ourselves with satellites But I picture us standing there Just staying away from time Just watching it like a river As it slowly washes by Washes by And now Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking pictures Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking Pictures of people taking pictures I pictured us at the end of time Taking pictures of nothing Anything But The Truth If they tell me that the bees don't make honey anymore Then what am I supposed to tell you And if they tell me that the ocean is tired of its shores Then tell me what am I supposed to tell you When I can't tell you anything But the truth I can't tell you anything But the truth What happens to an eagle's nest in a storm How does the mama keep the baby warm The wind is telling us that its time And what if we're not ready to fly When I can't tell you anything But the truth I can't tell you anything But the truth Tree tops they touch the ground In the morning walk with no sound Hear no birds, hear no planes Through the mud, feel the clay Build it up, make it sing Make it strong, give it wings But I can't tell you anything But the truth And I can't tell you anything But the truth What is this place Who am I Why did we come here What is this place Who am I Why did we come here I don't know, I don't know But I don't know that we're meant to know And I don't know, I don't know But I don't know that we're meant to know Only The Ocean After all of this time After all of these seasons After your one decision To go to the water for reason It's only the ocean and you And all of these lines Will all be erased soon They go out with the tide Then come back with the waves so It's only the ocean and you You don't want You don't wait You don't love But you don't hate You just roll over me And you pull me in When this work is done And this coat is dry When this world is too much It will be Only the ocean and me When these sails go up Mountains fade away Stars come out I'm finally free Now it's only the ocean and me You don't want, you don't wait You don't love but you don't hate You just roll over me And you pull me in You don't want, you don't wait You don't love but you don't hate You just roll over me And you pull me in
From Here to Now to You
I Got You Back when all my little goals seemed so important Every pot of gold filling full of distortion Heaven was a place still in space Not in motion, but soon I got you I got everything, I've got you I don't need nothing more than you I got everything, I've got you We went walking through the hills trying to pretend that we both know Maybe if we save up, we could build a little home But then the hail storm came, it yelled "you need to let go You've got no control", no I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I got you I got everything, I've got you I don't need nothing more than you I got everything, I've got you This weight's too much alone Some days I can't hold it at all If you take it on for me When tomorrow is too much I'll carry it all, I got you And when tomorrow is too much I'll carry it all, I got you I got you I got everything, I've got you I don't need nothing more than you I got everything, I've got you
Washing Dishes In the morning when the world came awake Before you knew me I knew your name It was painted across the day as it breaks An impression in your window frame When you saw me out your window, singing from the garden Only the beginning, I'm only getting started I don't mind the digging, baby, I'll work harder I've been washing dishes, singing from the bottom I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake But one day I'll be running this place And one day I could take you away But I want you to wonder what's my name 'Cause I need you to want me the same 'Cause when you saw me washing dishes, singing from the bottom Only the beginning, I'm only getting started I don't mind the digging, baby, I'll work harder I've been in the ashes, singing from the garden Where everything reaches for the sun Still unsure of what we'll become But I need you to reach out to me See in me more than I could see 'Cause I'm afraid that one day is only two words we say I don't want to let them get in the way Of all the plans that we should be making right now Right now 'Cause who took the time and where did they take it I want to take it back, I don't want to let them break it All these plans that we should be making right now Right now You see now one day I'll be running this place And one day I could take you away But I want you to wonder what's my name 'Cause I need you to want me the same When you saw me out your window, Singing from the bottom Only the beginning, I'm only getting started I don't mind the digging, baby, I'll work harder I've been washing dishes, singing from the bottom But one day is only two words we say I don't want to let them get in the way Of all these plans that we should be making right now Right now But who took the time and where did they take it I want to take it back, I don't want to let them break it All these plans that we should be making right now
Shot Reverse Shot Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Drop the anchor make it stop Edible digital clocks Infinity figure eight Figure out what you're not Junk-an' a po, cut your loss Come to cut your corners off You're the rock and I'm the paper You're the scissors, I'm the rock Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Shot reverse shot Look what the other got I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Feel this storm go through my sail Follow someone else's trail Camera A, Camera B In your home, on your TV Hook me up, look in my eyes Dilate, do I surprise you You watch me blush, blink, sink Trust in me so you don't have to think Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Can you even feel what's real With such a shallow depth of field Kill the engine, stop the car Cut the lights and there you are Stars so small You're the king of them all Stand tall, rack focus Now you crawl back broken Now the stars so vast Heat, wind, storm, break my mast Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Feel this storm go through my sail Follow someone else's trail Can you even feel what's real With such a shallow depth of field Shot reverse shot Drop the anchor, make it stop Make the moment, kill the clock Infinity figure eight Figure out what you're not Junk an' a po, cut your loss Come to cut your corners off You're the rock and I'm the paper You're the scissors, I'm the rock Shot reverse shot Look what the other got Shot reverse shot Look what the other got
Never Fade It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you When I first saw You come across the room And then you saw me Did not know what to do I tried to play it cool And attach no strings But by the end of the day I needed the whole thing I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you You see I knew right then That this could last so long I went home that night I wrote my first love song And as the days went by I knew I had it made Well, you could try to pretend Your smile gave it away It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you And now here we are How could we ever know I knew I loved you then And I've watched you grow And so it came to be That I raised you and you raised me We're lucky that way 'Cause our love can never fade No, our love can never fade, yeah Our love will never fade, yeah Our love can never fade, yeah It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you Can never fade It feels good to be the one that you want When all I want is you Can bever fade When all I want is you Never fade All I want is you Can never fade When all I want is you
Tape Deck From my tape deck there's a recklessness Inflections of the world we want All my friends, my rusty truck We're just specs of love, directionless We'll call this band just what we want We can change the name from month to month Four guitars and zero drums We sounded folk but we wanted to be punk In a world post punk I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake My friend had an old guitar He took some lessons, didn't get very far An Ibanez with one knob stuck Said you can have that thing for fifty bucks Loren got a bass but he got no amp We borrowed Skill's, we never gave it back Luke was just learning how to strum But since he was the worst We made him play the drums, play the drums You may find in the palm Of your hand there's a flame As it burns, as it climbs As it turns to a blaze Well this flame, it won't last Here it comes, hold it close 'Cause this blaze can be fast Set it free now there it goes Luke's mom said that after school We could rehearse in the living room But that sure didn't last too long Guess she didn't know we played Fugazi songs Play these songs in the talent show And all of the girls will be in the front row But in the end we just chickened out 'Cause we can't sing, we can only shout Only shhhh You may find in the palm Of your hand there's a flame As it burns, as it climbs As it turns to a blaze Well this flame, it won't last Here it comes, hold it close Well this blaze can be fast Set it free now there it goes
Don't Believe A Thing I Say Mercury's in retrograde Don't believe a thing I say You know I don't believe that stuff My mind's only made of dust The echo always said get real Mostly I just go by feel Kick it first if it don't start Don't need tools I got my heart Are we free, or afraid Of what we're told Are we out of or under control When Saturn returns I begin To trust in patterns more than men Or the stories that they tell Even when they tell them well I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake The echo always sounded good Until I finally understood I only had to open the door Now I don't trust the echo anymore Are we free, or afraid Of what we're told Are we out of or under control All these planets pulling me around They pulled my face into a frown Even though my minds made up My mind's only made of dust From stars and clouds and oceans all unseen From stars and clouds and oceans all unseen Are we free, or afraid Of what we're told Are we out of or under control
As I Was Saying As I was saying Just before you left the room Before I assumed That you might not come around As I was saying Just after I took my foot from My mouth and put it back On the ground I don't want to disappoint you I don't want to disappear From here or now or you This is worth saving 'Cause the sum of us is more than us If you add us up Then subtract my lack of sleep My mind feels crazy When all these thoughts come rushing in Should I be trusting them or only let them be 'Cause I don't want to disappoint you And I don't want to disappear From here or now or you I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Is it just a matter of time Does it even matter at all 'Cause even if this story should fall From the sky to the sea If I should fall Would you fall down with me Would you fall with me Found my foundation It was underneath me all along On this path I'm on Now I never walk alone I've been erasing Rewrote the second half like this So my protagonist Might find his way back home I don't want to disappoint you And I don't want to disappear From here or now or you No, not from here or now or you
You Remind Me Of You Well, your mama made you pretty and your mama made you sweet Your daddy gave you daydreams and more cushion in your seat Your mama gave you those windows to your beautiful soul Your daddy's got more love for you than you could ever know You remind me of you Yes you do now You remind me of you Yes you do Well, your mama made a promise that your daddy's gonna keep Forever's how long your mama's going to love you Daddy made you messy and your mama made you neat Forever's how long your daddy's gonna love you Mama made a clone So she won't be alone When the boys and me are getting So out of control I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake You remind me of you Yes you do now You remind me of you Yes you do When you cry, when you cry Well your mama's gonna dry your eyes When you cry, when you cry Well your mama's gonna dry your eyes And your daddy's surely gonna try But only mama's gonna dry your eyes But your daddy's surely gonna try
Radiate You walk into The world you make You loose yourself But you find your way Going to watch you radiate Radiate Radiate Radiate We turn so slow I know it's hard to wait Take your time son It's yours to take Going to watch you radiate Radiate Radiate Radiate nd I hate copy paste for god's sake These rocks they hold heat Pools of water cool your feet As you walk you believe Every part of the dream I see you lost In what you create All of time In this one single day I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake You take it and you radiate Radiate Radiate Radiate Follow your hands As they build, as they shape As they follow your mind As it rolls like a wave Take it and you radiate Radiate Gonna watch you radiate Radiate These rocks they hold heat Pools of water cool your feet As you walk you believe Every part of the dream
Ones And Zeros There's a black hole pulling me in I slowly bend ‘til I see the back of my own sins I stole my soul from myself Now I wonder I wonder is there somebody with a perfect plan That goes boom when it's stamped Then we could understand How the gods of old used to clap their hands To make thunder And so we're clapping and we're laughing Like it was so absurd In the future we'll be laughing at who we were Right now as man plays god with the land that he plunders I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake To the one unknown no one can own No seed that's resistant to greed If we listen to time after time Time can never go under There's this vine trying to climb Through the window into my life I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind There's this wine trying to find Its way from the bottle into my mind In my mind, in my mind, in my mind And so this vine is trying to climb Through the window into my life To bring me symmetry and memories of a backlit breeze Back into a dream on the ground Looking up at the sun coming down Into a world where boys and girls Are holding hand held devices While they're eating and they're sleeping And they're dreaming of the prices We'll be paying down the line When the ice melts maybe it will turn to wine And all the greatest of the heroes Started jumping from the books They started wearing ones and zeros Looking more and more like crooks They stole the sunlight from the future Took a sip, drank half the glass then put it back And a lot of people like to have a feast Not so many can stomach the killing A lot of traffic on the streets So who's really doing all the drilling Keep on filling what can never be full My imagination's got a hole in it There's this vine trying to climb Through the window into my life I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind There's this wine trying to find Its way from the bottle into my mind In my mind, in my mind, in my mind
Change Just when you were getting used to this place You were getting used to these bones You were getting used to the changes Well the change won't leave you alone You finally caught up with the pace The tough just might have got going You thought you could trust all the faces Well they're only on one side of the coin I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake All these changes Different stages Turning page after page after page It gets stranger day by day Set your eyes straight up ahead Don't look down when you cross And pay no mind to time it's a punch line The joke is on all of us All these changes Different stages Turning page after page after page It gets stranger day by day
Home I've got to get home There's a garden to tend All the fruit's on the ground The birds have all moved back into my attic Whistle then static The young learn to fly I will patch up the holes once again Well I can't believe that my lime tree is dead I thought it was sleeping I guess it got fed up with not being fed I would be too, I keep food in my belly And hope that my time isn't soon, isn't soon I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake So I try to understand What I can't hold in my hand And whatever I find I'll find my way back to you And if you could try to find it too 'Cause this place is overgrown It's a waxing moon Home is wherever we are If there's love here too In the back of my house There's a trail that won't end We went walking so far It grew back in And now there's no trail at all Only grass growing taller Get out my machete And battle with time once again But I'm bound to lose 'Cause I'll be damned if time don't win I got to get home There's a garden to tend All the seeds from the fruit Buried and begin Their own family trees Teach them thank you and please Spread their own roots Then watch the young fruit grow again This old trail Will lead me right back to where it begins So I try to understand What I can't hold in my hand And whatever I find I'll find my way back to you And if you could try to find it too 'Cause this place is overgrown It's a waxing moon Home is wherever we are If there's love here too Yes home is wherever we are If there's love here too Well home is wherever we are If there's love here too
All The Light Above It Too Subplots Well, how many subplots you got runnin' around your mind The gordian knot must be cut through Well, give me a red pen I will simplify your story Which part of yourself can you afford to lose If you show me your list, then I will show you mine Let's kill off a character or two All the light under the sun And all the light above it, too Is gonna rise and shine And all the light under the sun And all the light above it, too It don't shine for you Like the joy and the tear in your eye Like the little star that could Could you remember every mistake that you made At least all the ones you should? (Have made) If you make it your wish, then I will make it mine Try to make sense of who is who All the light under the sun And all the light above it, too Is gonna rise and shine And all the light under the sun And all the light above it, too Still gonna shine on this world Past it too It won't stop It don't shi-ine just for you Birds don't sing Trees don't lose Leaves don't change Fa-all just for you Shi-ine just for you Shi-ine just for you Shi-ine just for you And how many subplots you got swimmin' through that mind Scream for sympathy or sing the blues Run from the shadows or relax in the shade Which road you gonna choose We've all got places to be, we've all got things to do We've all got this moment it's ours to lose And all the light under the sun And all the light above it, too (Summer don't turn to fall) And all the light under the sun (It's not just for you) And all the light above it, too (Summer don't turn to fall) And all the light under the sun (It's not just for you) And all the light above it, too (Summer don't turn to fall) And all the light under the sun (It's not just for you) And all the light above it, too Still gonna shine You Can't Control It Understand one thing If and when you drink from this vast ocean You can't control it Na, na, you can't control it Mom forget to tuck you in Make you start a war within your head One that you could never win Send in the troops, send insecurities What doesn't matter in the end So daddy told you understand one thing, son Understand one thing If and when you drink from this vast ocean You can't control it Na, na, na, you can't control it With the procession underway Understand the magnitude of the melodies that they make Did it fill your lungs with rage What's the matter, did catastrophe get your tongue tied in the fray? When the band began to play Daddy wiped the tears away, he said son Please understand one thing If and when you drink from this vast ocean You can't control it Na, na, you can't control it Na, na, you can't control it Na, na, you can't control it Sunsets For Somebody Else I know I've seen your face somewhere Selling something, some big idea I know I've seen that vacant stare Selling sunsets for somebody else You find yourself asking yourself What is any of it worth You find yourself looking up at night From the bottom of the earth No, can this world not afford to sleep anymore No, did your sheep start jumping They grow out their teeth Did they need a little something more than this The taste of trouble on your lips 'Cause now they're biting at your thoughts You tell yourself just to turn away But you know you've already lost The smell of rain when you saw a way Could never be paid in full You try in vain to account for this mess And everything that you stole No, can this world not afford to sleep anymore No, did your sheep start jumping They grow out their teeth Did they need a little something more than this 'Cause now they're biting at your feet They got you running from this place Now they're breathing down your neck Your eyes look lonely in your face I see you looking just out of frame What is it pulling you there 'Cause things can never stay the same So what is keeping you here No, can this world not afford to sleep anymore No, did your sheep start jumping They grow out their teeth They need a little something now Every time you think, well, they'll be biting at your thoughts And every time you blink, well, you'll be so damn far But you are more than this I know I've seen your face somewhere My Mind Is For Sale Well, I heard the blinker's on I heard we're changing lanes I heard he likes to race I heard that six or seven words he likes to use Are always in bad taste And I heard that Monday's just a word we say Every seven times around And then we pin the tail on Tuesday Watch those strings go up and down The elephant in the room begins to dance The cameras zoom into His mouth begins to move Those hateful words he uses I don't care for your paranoid Us against them walls I don't care for your careless Me first gimme gimme appetite at all And all the real estate in my mind is for sale It's all been subdivided Divided into reasons why My two opposing thoughts at once are fine The residue from the price tag On the tip of my tongue The words don't come they go How many likes I gotta get Before I know the truth And the truth is Season three will be a great reason To forget all about reality's A slippery slope Watch the TV scream and shout it I don't care for your paranoid Us against them fearful kind of walls I don't care for your careless Me first gimme gimme appetite at all Now I heard the blinker's on I heard we're changing lanes I heard we need more space I heard that six or seven words are in bad taste It's absurd to believe that we might Deserve anything As if its balanced in the end And the good guys always win I don't care for your paranoid Us against them fearful kind of walls I don't care for your careless Me first gimme gimme appetite With the residue from the price tag On those two opposing thoughts in my mind Us against them fearful kind of walls Daybreaks Daybreaks, earthquakes, waves come without you When I see you, in my dreams you Never speak never do you need to Understanding under your wave Under the impression you gave me Did I take it did it take me Further in this continuation Become patient because there are some Some rules I cannot break You showed me when you came The coast is supposed to love And why do I feel pain Because nothing is for keeps You just can't hold a cloud The shape will always change And one day come back down Night falls on all of our decisions All our plans and all imbissions And this darkness comes to define us Comes to take us and remind us Find our way from this side of thinking Unafriaid and under your wing Night falls on us lead the way Because there are some Some rules I cannot break You showed me when you came The coast is supposed to love And why do I feel pain Because nothing is for keeps You just can't hold a cloud The shape will always change And one day come back down Cause night falls on us, lead the way Night falls on us, lead the way 'Cause there are some Some rules I cannot break You told me when you came Coast is supposed to love And why do I feel pain Because nothing is for keeps You just can't hold a cloud The shape will always change And one day come back down Big Sur Behind the wheel against the road Next to you is central coast The central thought within my mind Is how to stay within these lines, but still be free Beneith the ground the giants sleep and maybe we're just in their dreams The setting sun with every turn Above the ground the oak trees burn And they wheep, for rain And for this endless conversation Instigated by the stars A pocket knife and no guitar Coffee cup a deck of cars ?????? dashboard feet Flashlight children by the streem A box of books A book of rocks One for the birds One for the knots The owl will learn how to turn around this day to keep my life From sliding away From this endless conversation Instigated by the stars A little word to keep it perdy Facinated by it all The first awake will stoke the coals The early morning river roads The last one in the swing will break Stones will stake the kids will make those lines Rocks and boxes by the creek Words are broken smoke signals will leads us into the light Into it all and Always endless conversations Implicated by the stars A little world to keep it perdy Facinated by it all Love Song #16 When you were a little girl And you were an ocean away from me Didn't know what I wanted yet But you were already listening to the pixies We were a little shy When you were still an arm's length away from me Didn't know what I wanted yet But you were already reading [?] tree We were a little free When we were seven seas away from anything Finally knew what I wanted then But you were already my best friend You had already become my best friend When you were teaching geometry We were both living off of your salary I want to thank you for not kicking me out I wanna thank you for letting me live in our house I wanna thank you for letting me live in our house Finally we made a family Make a little home then fill it up with children Never mind the rest it's Just irrelevant if we're just stardust This dusty old world won't rest and These dusty little kids keep stretching high Just like the time When you were a little middle-aged like me And we were already 15 love songs deep You give me too much love, so I blame you Well, here's another love song for you You give me too much love, what can I do Well, here's another love song for you Just another love song for you Is One Moon Enough Is one moon enough If I can see With my cheap telescope Bet my neighbor has two or three Down soon enough What does it mean If every time I look up I see them Laughing down on me Take that moon or break across the sea Everything I want's just out of reach Is one moon enough Well, it used to be When I could see with my own naked eye She was smiling down on me Is one ever enough How could it ever be if my neighbor has more than me And my moon Just out of reach Take that moon or break across the sea Everything I want is further from me Moon down soon enough Now I can see a million moons that think of Me and my moons Always following me Take that moon or break across the sea Everything I want is just out of reach Why's that moon always following me Everything I want's just out of reach Gather Some of us need to gather And others gonna have to kill With everybody so preoccupied, who's gonna pay the bills If anybody finds a flame You gotta keep it safe and dry If anybody goes for coffee Well, then, give me a piece of the pie, a little piece of the pie And then we gotta try to harvest Somebody's gonna have to till And what about a little shelter What about a big house on the hill And who's gonna tend the garden If the rain forgets to fall And who's gonna spend As much as they can On Jesus at the mall Some of us need to gather And others gonna have to kill With everybody so preoccupied, who's gonna pay the bills Now we got ourselves a circus Let's put it away for a while We'll bring it back if we get hungry Or just fashionably out of style And who's gonna try to fix this one? Somebody please stop the car And who's gonna give me some good news and Who's gonna take it too far? Come on, let's take it too far Come on, let's take it too far Come on, let's take it too far Come on, let's take it too Some of us need to gather And other's are gonna have to kill With everybody so preoccupied, who's gonna pay the bills? Well some of us need to gather (some of us need to gather) Some of us need to gather (some of us need to gather) Some of us need to gather (some of us need to gather) Who's gonna pay the bills (come on, let's take it too far) Who's gonna pay the bills Come on, let's take it too far Who's gonna pay the Come on let's take it too far Who's gonna pay the Fragments Fragments on the sea Birds of prey above All that lies beneath No longer what it was, it changed Why can't we relate Shadows from the deep Your thoughts were afraid of Secrets that we keep The surface of our love and hate Why can't we relate With ourselves with what we open Up when it's too late What we used to be What we will become Words we cannot see Breaking up by one, by one Slowly we felt under a spell One by one Slowly we wake up Fragments of a scene From a distance they jumped down Little time machines Messages of love and hate Why can't we relate With ourselves with what we open Up when it's too late
Meet The Moonlight Open Mind Why is it so hard to find an open mind I'm finding it so hard to keep an open mind Open up the windows, there's a storm inside Let the wind blow in, the rain wash away The shiny little things trying to find their way into my... Some nights I can fall for hope, but some I can't sleep Sometimes I can forget that it's falling to pieces Why we find it so easy to believe In everything we're sold, but we're never going to see When everything around us is begging just to be Loved a little more, we can pray to anything You want You need Anything you want An open mind stuck between hope and doubt Don't try to make sense of it, it don't work out Sharpen all our senses until we can't see the light Jury-rig ambitions until they come back at nighttime Knocking, let me in, let me go Why we find it so easy to believe In everything we're sold, but we're never going to see When everything around us is begging just to be Loved a little more, we can pray to anything We want We need Anything we want Even when it's too much... Even when it's too much... Even when it's too much... Even when it's too much... 3AM Radio Well this station is breaking my heart and my hard head Wanted you to change, but I changed my mind instead I wanted proof, you wanted something you could hold onto But in the end we mistook all the dissonance as the truth Well some will sleep in the back seat, some will look on down the road Some are listening to 3AM radio, screaming about Broken hearts and white noise, busted souls, bloody noses Get back up and stand in line, you owe it to the system You trust sometimes, you walk away, you rebel and then you miss 'em But you'll come home, you always do, it only hurts if you're paying attention Well you heard it once, and then maybe twice, under someone's breath as they walked by But you don't buy that big old bag of lies, you've been adding up negative signs It's fine, it's fine, you've been saying, for miles and miles You've been raising all hell in such a laid back style I'll get you home, I always do, I'll hold my breath if I have too Windows down, it's dark out there, watch the wind blowing through your hair Sleep now, dream now, anything you need now A little more time and then the day begins to break again Some will sleep in the back seat, some will look on down the road Some are listening to 3AM radio, singing about Wrong turns and could have beens, and everybody else's sins And this one goes out to the one I love, just let me fall again And again and again, and where do I begin Is there anybody out there even listening Calm Down Yeah, calm down I'm right here with you, let's calm down And when this world it won't calm down Come over here and let's calm down Sirens sing from far away Charm the wind and wonder why you've Been so lost, been so long Been too many things gone wrong and How low until the bottom Echo, echo, echo, echo, then you let go How low? Nobody knows But who can you trust if you just can't Calm down I'm right here with you, just calm down And when this world it won't calm down Come over here and let's calm down Define the words, but words will change Gone tomorrow, here today No lost time if there's no time Only echos to remind us How low? These washed out roads Where these tired feet fall How low? People come and go Won't you come to me and Calm me down I'm right here with you, let's calm down And when this world it won't calm down Come over here and let's calm down We got to, got to calm down One Step Ahead How can you be so certain that you're the one flirting with fire If each choir needs preaching and everyone's reaching into their pockets to see what they got If not a lot has changed but if everything's changing Blame to see you sin but no one sees face-to-face or eye-to-eye This is not how it has to end Who wants to be one step ahead First to the punchline Just one step ahead First to the punchline When it feels like it's all closing in All the lines we won't cross, we'll bend instead Never mind all the noise going through your head, oh 'Cause every time we talk we say the same things that we say So never mind all the noise going through your head How can I be so certain that my first impressions are mine If each morning I wake up with circles around me that say "I got mine, I give in, I give up, it's too much" "Come on, let's give them hell!", no, "Why not love?" you say "Be too hard and there's not enough in this house of cards" Who wants to be one step ahead First to the punchline Just one step ahead First to the punchline When it feels like it's all closing in All the lines we won't cross, we'll bend instead Never mind all the noise going through your head, oh 'Cause every time we talk we say the same things that we say And every line we cross, we say the same things that we say Every time we try, we play the same old games, it's all been said Now, never mind all the noise going through your head Meet The Moonlight Well you can meet the moonlight Any night you really wanna It's waiting in your own backyard You can make the flame Meet the kindling, make the fire Don't let anybody say it's too hard It's funny how blind Dreams can be It seems like they look Off too far But it's good to be Right here It's good not to miss Too many chances to follow love You can meet the moonlight Any night you really wanna It's waiting in your own backyard You can make the flame Meet the kindling, make the fire Don't let anybody say it's too hard It's funny how blind All these dreams can be It seems like they look Off too far But it's good to be Right here It's good not to miss Too many chances to follow love Don't Look Now Come on, wake up How late were you up? Late enough to see the sun I know that we're turnin' But it feels like it's risin' It doesn't really matter which one To know that I feel things Or feel like I know things Or sing like no tomorrow comes But it comes like a thief in the night Look for what's left in the light If you steal it, you're gonna to have to deal With the light when it's gone Don't look now, but somehow we got shook up Good luck, baby, we're only animals in love With all that's around us And all that's within us All the numbers add up to one But I can't find the one thing Even though the one thing Is choppin' down the tree that I'm on I think I need reflection I think I'm gettin' colder I don't want to think anymore But it comes again no matter if I sing or think about it In the end, it begins again All the way down Don't look now, but somehow we got shook up Good luck, baby, we're only animals in love Don't look now, but somehow we got shook up Good luck, baby, we're only animals in love In love Selfies in the shorebreak Fake news with your cornflakes Pick a number, take what you want I want somethin' out of nothin' I find it in the nowhere I just want to narrow it down I know that I feel things I feel like I know things But I feel like I can't find the one But who can find the real thing If every time the real thing Is runnin' away, sayin' "Hey, now We got your God" Don't look now, but somehow we got shook up Good luck, baby, we're only animals in love Don't look now, but somehow we got shook up Good luck, baby, we're only animals in love In love Costume Party I want my mind back This is a costume party Everyone pointed their fingers Everyone laughed already But I still got the mask on And all the makeup runs down your face And you still got those shoes on Burning circles all around the room You don't know me, I don't know you You don't know me, I don't know you Oh my, my, my, my, my, my Next time around I'll find my way and then my place My footing on this climb Oh my, my, my, my, my, my Next time around I'll find my keys and then I'll be On my way, I'll be just fine I want my mind back Sellers remorse already It's such a fine line Between the end and the beginning is long gone Sending home letters hoping To be back real soon Wishing that you were here with me Or maybe I was there with you, whatever Oh my, my, my, my, my, my Next time around I'll find my way and then my place My footing on this climb Oh my, my, my, my, my, my Next time around I'll find my keys and then I'll be On my way, I'll be just fine I took it off, I hold it in my hand, why do I not let go And I keep one foot in the circle, damned if I do, damned if I don't Oh no Where did my head go I know nothing about it I speak no evil Only whisper and shout it But I doubt you hear me You don't know me, I don't know you You don't know me, I don't know you You don't know me, I don't know you I Tend To Digress Is there really someone out there cooking all of this up, he needs it hot He's not trying to find me in a microscope And I'm not trying to cope with the idea He says, "Nope", when his friends ask him If he thinks I'm really looking up from way down here Is there really someone down there trying to hold on to a world? He'll never see me writing notes, or knocking planets over with my pen In this moment I stay still, I feel I should try to disturb nothing But I tend to digress from time to time Back here in the headlights I compare and I contrast It's fair to say sometimes I make things last longer than they want to last Fall when I was younger Or next spring when I'll be singing songs about now Wondering just how I got from there to here Or the other way around Am I just a proper noun I tend to digress from time to time Yeah, I tend to digress from time to time Is it time to start over again Oh time, Is it time to start over again But I want meaning I want reason It's not enough to have a pleasing morning Listening to birds sing songs about getting their money's worth Or the earth beneath the cement Beneath the chair I'm sitting in Under the roof over my head Under a sky that's turning red Under the stars, begin to shine As I become unstuck in time Waking up in strange places Chasing good conversations with my friends Where'd my mind go, with my friends What do I know I tend to digress from time to time Windblown Eyes Well, the anchor has been tested I guess we'll stay put for awhile I put the fire where it wanted Watched the water become dry Once more, I was lost in thoughts that were not mine When I looked up, they were lost upon the tide And now I'm just an island in these systems of silence And as I drift around, I'm still bound to find the frowns On the faces of my friends Until the metronome ends These windblown eyes Finding it hard to see There's no straight lines Out on this open sea No way back home Only places to be It's a wondrous world But it's got the best of me Got the best of Got the best of As if it was a given, I let the rhythm ease my mind I pulled the cold out of the dark and I poured the darkness on the light But I wanted more Don't we all dissolve into the night Only to wake up In the morning untied? And all the blessed pieces Well, they have been dust now for some time And the rest, it carries on All imperfect and just fine Another season gone Do I belong to them, or they to me? Do the reflections Belong to the stars or to the sea? How do I let go Of yesterday and yet to be? These windblown eyes Find it so hard to see There's no straight lines Out on this open sea No way back home Only places to be It's a wondrous world But it's got the best of me Got the best of It's got the best of Well, the anchor has been lifted I won't be back here for a while I put his ashes where he wanted And I kept some by my side Any Wonder Is it any wonder? Or can I believe in Another morning That I can't keep I sing all alone now The birds are still sleeping A passing storm off in the distance Looks so peaceful Morning comes and goes I can't hold on to now It's so hard to let go Maybe I don't know how My shadow gets so long And I get lost somehow If you can hear me now And is it any wonder? And is it really so hard to believe That the light might come and go And the love might never leave One by one now I hear the birds waking Another morning song that I can't take with me Morning comes and goes I can't hold on to now It's so hard to let go And baby, I don't know how My shadow gets so long And I get lost somehow It's so hard to let go If you can hear me now Shadows come and go We can't hold on to now It's so hard to let go Baby, I don't know how Light will come and go We get so lost somehow You can always come back home If you can hear me now
Non Albums Tracks
Alien Casinos The horizon has been defeated By the pirates of the new age Alien casinos Well maybe it's just time to say Things can go bad And make you want to run away But as we grow older The troubles just seem to stay Future complication In the strings between the cans But no prints can come from fingers If machines become our hands And then our feet become the wheels And then the wheels become the cars And then the rigs begin to drill Until the drilling goes too far Things can go bad And make you wanna run away But as we grow older The horizon begins to fade away Fade, fade, fade Thingamajigs are puzzled Anger don't you step to close Because people are lonely and only Animals with fancy shoes Well hallelujah zigzag nothing Misery is on the loose Because people are lonely and only Animals with too many tools That can build all the junk that we sell Sometimes it makes you want to yell Things can go bad And make you wanna run away But as we grow older The horizon begins to fade away Fade, fade, fade
Frankie and Albert Frankie and albert were sweet hearts Lord how they could love Their bound to love another Baby underneath the stars above It was her man, he was doing her wrong Well, frankie went down to the bar room To fetch herself a bucket of beer The bartender said ms. Frankie, you;re lovin man was here It was your man, he was doing you wrong The bartender said ms frankie, girl i can't tell you no lies Your husband left about an hour ago with that hussie nelly bly It was your'e man, Well, he was doing your wrong Well, frankie she cried and cried and cried Lord what have i done I done give enough lovin to my man It was my man, and he was doing me wrong Well, i saw frankie, comming Said lordy don't you shoot But from out of that red camero, a rooty shoot shoot She shot that man, cause he was doing her wrong A boo hoo , boo hoo , a boo hoo, boo hoo Baby what have i done I done shot the only man i loved with a gold 41 I shot my man, cause he was doing me wrong Frankie and albert were sweet hearts Lord how they could love Their bound to love another Baby underneath the stars above It was her man, he was doing her wrong Girl I Wanna Lay You Down (Alo) This is a special song this one, Zach wrote this one its called Girl I Wanna Lay You Down I come over early in the morning I'm like a heat wave, without warning And when I touch you my heart begins to flutter Cos you're smooth and creamy like peanut butter Girl I wanna lay you down (I said) girl I wanna lay you down Take it away Zach I'm gonna flood you, like a love river Awe baby the post man, is about to deliver Cook you up some dinner, a little pasta Listen to some music, a little rasta I said girl I wanna lay you down, oooohhh I said girl I wanna lay you down, everybody sing it Turn off the lights, bring in the candles wrap your arms around my love handles... They say that passion may not endure But this feeling that I have for you is burning up my world Aweee, I said girl I wanna lay you down (I said) girl I wanna lay you down Girl I wanna lay you down Girl I wanna lay you down Girl I wanna lay you down Girl I wanna lay you down Girl I wanna lay you down
Imagine ( John Lennon / Instant Karma The Campaign To Save Darfur CD ) Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us And above us is only sky Imagine all the people Living for today You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for No religion too Imagine all the people Living life for peace You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world And you may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one Just Can't Go To Sleep Don't you know, I just can't go to sleep. Oh mama don't you know, I just can't go to sleep. You told me go to bed hours ago but, Mama you know I just can't sleep It's getting late, I just can't close my eyes. Well it's, getting so late, I just can't close my eyes. I'm so afraid if I close my eyes I just won't see what's outside You told me go to bed hours ago but, Mama I just can't sleep...
Mama, You Been on My Mind ( Bob Dylan Cover / I'm not there OST ) Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat And covering the crossroads I'm standing at Or maybe it's the weather or something like that But mama, you been on my mind. I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset I am not pleading or saying, "I can't forget you" I do not walk the floor bowed down and bent, but yet Mama, you been on my mind. Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow It don't even matter to me where you're waking up tomorrow But mama, you're just on my mind. I am not asking you to say words like "yes" or "no," Please understand me, I have no place for you to go I'm just whispering to myself, so I can't pretend that I don't know But Mama, you been on my mind When you wake up in the morning, baby, look inside your mirror You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear As someone who has had you on his mind. (Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie Cover) So when your head gets twisted Or your mind grows numb You think you're too old, too young, too smart or too dumb You're lagging behind or you're losing your pace In a slow-motion crawl of life's busy race No matter what you're doing if you start giving up If the wine don't come to the top of your cup If the wind's got you sideways with with one hand holdin' on And the other starts slipping and the feeling is gone And your train engine fire needs a new spark to catch it The wood's easy finding but you're lazy to fetch it Lonesome comes up as down goes the day And tomorrow's morning seems so far away And you feel the reins from your pony are slipping And your hands are a-slidin' your rope are a-drippin' And your sidewalk starts curling and the street gets too long And you start walking backwards but you know this is wrong Your sun-decked desert and evergreen valleys Turn to broken down slums and trash-can alleys Your sky cries water and your drain pipe's a-pourin' The lightnin's a-flashing and the thunder's a-crashin' The windows are rattling and breaking And your roof tops a-shakin' And your whole world's a-slamming and banging Nice Car, Boy I got a symbol in my driveway I got a hundred million-dollar friends I got you a brand new weapon Let's see how destructive we can be I got a brand new set of stencils I been connecting all the dots I got my plans in a zip-locked bag Let's see how productive we can be I got a lightbulb full of anger I can switch it on and off Situations they can be so bright I can't believe how pathetic we can be I got a perfect set of blueprints I'm gonna build somebody else Might cost a little more than money But what's man without his wealth I got a phos-florescent secret Don't you tell nobody else Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, Pirate Looks At 40 Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall You've seen it all, you've seen it all Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen Most of 'em dreams, most of 'em dreams Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over-forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last, never meant to last And I have been drunk now for over two weeks I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin' Down to rock bottom again Just a few friends, just a few friends I go for younger women Lived with several awhile And though I ran away They'll come back one day And I still can manage a smile It just takes a while Just takes a while Mother, mother ocean After all these years I've found My occupational hazard being My occupation's just not around I feel like I've drowned Gonna head uptown Poor Taylor They say taylor was a good girl, never one to be late Complain, express ideas in her brain Working on the night shift, passing out the tickets, Youre gonna have to pay her if you want to park here Well mommys little dancer has quite a little secret Working on the streets now, never gonna keep it Its quite an imposition and now shes only wishing That she would have listened to the words they said Poor taylor She just wanders around, unaffected by The winter winds and shell pretend that Shes somewhere else, so far and clear About two thousand miles from here Peter patrick pitter patters on the window But sunny silhouette wont let him in Poor old petes got nothing because hes been falling Somehow sunny knows just where hes been He thinks that singing on sunday is gonna save his soul Now that saturday is gone Sometimes he thinks that hes on his way But i can see that his break lights are on He just wanders around, unaffected by The winter winds and hell pretend that Hes somewhere else, so far and clear About two thousand miles from here Such a tough enchilada filled up with nada Giving what she gotta give to get a dollar bill Used to be a limber chicken, times a been a ticking Nows shes finger licking to the man With the money in his pocket flying in his rocket Only stopping by on his way to a better world If taylor finds a better world Then taylor's gonna run away Rainbow (G. love) Well i woke up this morning, A rainbow filled the sky Well I woke up this morning, A rainbow filled the sky Well that was God tellin' me, Everything's gonna be alright Well so long, good friends, When will we meet again? I said so long good friends, When will we meet again? Well i don't know, i don't know, But I guess i'll see you then... Well I'm gonna pack my old guitar, Move on down the road, I'm gonna pack my old guitar, And move on down the road (where you gonna go?) Where i'll go, I don't know, But I guess I's gots to go When I woke up this morning, A rainbow filled the sky When I woke up this morning, A rainbow filled the sky, Well that was God tellin me, Everything... Everything is gonna be alright... Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
( Maybe this Christmas LP ) Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw it You would even say it glows All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games Then one foggy Christmas eve Santa came to say: "Rudolph with your nose so bright Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" Then how the reindeer loved him As they shouted out with glee (yippee) "Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer You'll go down in history." Well Rudolph he didn't go for that He said "I see through your silly games" How could you look me in the face When only yesterday you called me names? Well all of the other reindeers man, Well they sure did feel ashamed, "Rudolph you know we're sorry, We're truly gonna try to change"
Timmy Curren
I know a boy named Timmy Curren He likes to sing I know a boy named Timmy He likes to sing And he goes la-te-de-dah La-te-de-dah He says la-te-de-dah He says la-te-de-dah And he says blue skies and sunny days Could never replace the time I spent But they say time Could lose your mind But they dont know until We meet again I know a boy from Oxnard He likes to play his guitar And he goes la-te-de-dah La-te-de-dah He says la-te-de-dah La-te-de-dah And he says blue skies and sunny days Could never replace the time I spent But they say time Could lose your mind But they don't know until We meet again
Who's To Say (g.a.t.e)
( G.A.T.E is acronym for gifted and talented education )
Who's to say, he's not the gifted one Well I forgot, he's not the teachers son No he's just the reason for her to say That she needs a substance in her today Well who's to say he's not going to see the sun Well I forgot he's not the gifted one No he's just a, another version of his dad He'll learn to love things that he never All he ever does is walk alone Man he can only walk so far before All he ever does is look inside He don't need nowhere to hide I know she is all that he ever loved at 17 Too bad to her he was a passing thing only temporary, Until she finds someone with everything Cause she's what we might call a sugar-queen See her whole scene consists of diamond rings But that's okay, probably better anyway Cause now that he's free she might finally see that All he ever does is walk alone Man he can only walk so far before All he ever does is look inside He don't need nowhere to hide