Straight Shot
I can draw a straight line through my mind
Right back to the good times
Back when all the stars were aligned
Before all the paperwork got signed
It's like a straight shot
Through the backyards and the vacant lots
Through the varied chambers of my heart
To the part of town that even you seem to have forgot
Now it's just a short ride over to the Eastside
Where My true love still resides
Where all of my dreams go to die
My life is just around the bend
And these broken hearts can mend
It just takes
Time Time Time
Ours was the tale that never would end
Doors were going open and rules were
Gonna bend
Now it doesn't matter who they send
Can't hold a candle to you my Fairweather best friend
Now I'm stuck in the slow lane on the useless side of the my
brain
The one that drives a thinking man insane
Wishing his circumstances never ever have to change
My life is just around the bend
And these broken hearts can mend
it just takes
Time Time Time
Now I line up single file
and walk a sentimental mile
Over blue mosaic tile
Our souls did Comingle for a little while
My life is just around the bend and his broken hearts can mend
It just takes
Time Time Time
Let Me Sleep
My love won’t let me sleep
It pulls the blankets right off of my feet
It haunts the very fabric of my dreams
My heart won’t let me leave
It’s peeling itself off my sleeve
It’s feeding me false memories
We turn dust into diamonds
Words into pearls
She promises passage all over the world
The truth is we never get past the front door
I settle my debt but I always want
more more more
Out here is the last place I wanted it to be
A foot soldier in your standing army
With my best years somewhere far behind me
Now here lies a golden opportunity
While you are sifting through all the debris
I can go some fine place where you’ll never find me
You are miles behind me
You will never find me now
This love won’t let us go
You can fill volumes with things we don’t know
But we feel it deep down in our soul
And only time can tell
Will we find glory or a prison cell
Is this the road to Heaven or
Will we burn in Hell?
The youth springs eternal
You never grow old
Your truth looks perverted encrusted in gold
I have forgotten what I came here for
My cup runneth over but I still want
more more more
Out here is the last place I wanted it to be ….
My love
Set me free
Forget me
Let me sleep
Lose You In The Crowd
Was I put here for a reason
I thought there was a master plan
I thought I was a human being
When I thought I was your man
We’re always looking for the answers
They are always just outside our reach
Lifts us up onto the altar
Spits us out into the street
How I wish we could stay frozen in this moment
So you and I drink up this night
For it’s over in the blink of an eye
Have you come here for a reason
Are your motives in disguise
Is there something I am not seeing
That will lead to our demise
The forces at play are relentless
Pull us apart and hold us down
I want to break through false pretenses
Before I lose you in the crowd
How I wish we could stay frozen in this moment
So you and I drink up this night
For it’s over in the blink of an eye
Let us not to spend the rest of our days
Trying to make sense
Let’s waste all our time on the truly sublime
Let’s get a message to our friends
Tell them I will remember the storied ground
I will beat the drum
I will make you proud
We can be frozen in this moment
You and I drink up this night
For it’s over in the blink of an eye
Before we waste another minute
Before we draw another breath
Why can’t we finally just admit it
Put our restless soul to bed
We will pull them out of the heavens and into this world
They will be lighting our way from this day forward
We can be frozen in this moment
You and I drink up this life
For it’s over in the blink of an eye
Love Letters
It’s not my place to speak of these things
I know it’s bad luck and curses it brings
It’s impossible for me to ignore
The boy once loved I think I have destroyed
I really should just let it go
It’s clearly out of my control
I should be cold I should be detached
oh but you would never fall for that.
Are you still in love with the sound of your voice?
It floats all around and above all the noise
Then it grows fingers and scratches my skin
Plucks at my heartstrings til I let you in
All is forgotten nothing is forgiven
I know what you’re holding I know where it’s hidden
Somewhere back in your memory there’s a younger prettier
version of me
That’s the message I want to transmit
That’s the boy I want you to go home with
We come all this way to forget where we are.
We stumble around underneath all the stars
I write you love letters but the light is too dim
I walk you through places you’ve already been
Are you still in love?
Are you still in love with me?
I am still in love
Are you still in love with me?
All is forgotten nothing is forgiven
I know what you’re holding I know where it’s hidden
Somewhere back in your memory there’s a younger prettier
version of me
Are you still in love with the sound of your voice?
It floats all around and above all the noise
Then it grows fingers and scratches my skin
Plucks at my heartstrings til I let you in
Are you still in love?
Are you still in love with me?
I am still in love
Are you still in love with me?
Empty Vessels
Tiptoe past the graveyard
On our best behavior
We're too young to die
Too gorgeous and way too high
Don’t dwell on the tragic
When weaving through traffic
They all fall in line
All part of the grand design
Is there nothing sacred?
Your love and your hatred
Your life and your death
I love you til your last breath
We’ve got all the time in the world to kill
We are just Empty Vessels
For the words to fill
Now that we’re sober I’m coming over to your side of town
I’ve written everything down
I’m bringing my notebooks
I’m digging in my hooks
My pages on the floor
You're the one that I wrote them for
I’m not getting my hopes up
I’m keeping my mouth shut
I don’t mind the wait
What’s one more day when
We’ve got all the time in the world to kill
We are just Empty Vessels
For the words to fill
Fill it up
I can pull the levers
I can grind the gears
I can bring this contraption to life or
We can cut the cables and
Leave it all here
Disappear into the night
If Daylight approaches
We won’t even notice
We will crawl out under the wire
In our formal attire
One thing is for sure
We got what we paid for
The pleasure and the pain
They are starting to feel the same
With infinite patience
We will turn and will face this
you will never be alone
Out into the great unknown
We’ve got all the time in the world…
Done With Those Days
Go easy their cousin
There's a storm a comin’
Better quit you're running
Batten down
I aint lying to you mister
A certifiable twister
Heading straight for the center of this town
And oh yes my brother
We are gonna lean on each other
If we’re going to turn this situation around
And it all rings true
The daylight shines right through
You thought you were done with those days
But they ain't done with you
We’ll get you down off of the ropes
We'll clean you up
We will give you Hope
Check your bruised and battered egos at the door
All our schemes have been foiled
Give away that’s left of the spoils
You can go always leave them wanting a little more
And the ones we put all of our trust
Lie in the field covered in rust
The topsoil has blown in to our blood
There's a divine purpose
Lying just below the surface
You're the one that I've been dreaming of
And it all rings true
The daylight shines right through
You thought you were done with those days
But they ain't done with you
Go easy there cousin
There's a storm coming
Better board up all your windows and your doors
There's a divine purpose
Lying just below the surface
You're the one that I was put here for
My Little Despot
You are my one little weakness
We know each other secrets
We swore never to repeat this to another living soul
You are my little genius our plans were seamless
Whoever would believe this could spend so out of control
Oh my little despot
What an iron fist you’ve got
Are you willing or will you not release the hearts that you hold
You peel back the fingers that clutch
Oh have I told you too much?
I know you do what you must
Simply to survive
Is it getting dangerous?
No one should love you this much
And with your leathery touch
You turn out the light
In the blue of the evening
When the light gets deceiving
Now I’m barely breathing but never felt so alive
I smell the history in the burning mango tree
Just where this path will lead
I must let fate decide for me
You peal back the fingers that clutch
Oh have I told you too much?
I know you do what you must
Simply to survive
Is it getting dangerous?
No one should love you this much
And with your leathery touch
You turn out the light
You look just like the seamstress
With a needle between your lips
The web that you’re weaving with
Unravels and unwinds
I sort through the wreckage
For some kind of mixed messages
Was it all just in my head
Was it all in my mind
Break Up Song
When she wakes up
I am going to break up
With that girl of mine
She’s been spending all my money
All of my spare time
I have put up with a lot but now she has crossed a line
When she wakes up
I am going to break up
With that girl of mine
I’m going to move out of the city that don’t ever let me sleep
Like a hundred years promises
that it don’t ever keep
I’m gonna go somewhere that’s pretty
Where the space to rent is cheap
I’m going to move out of the city that don’t ever let me sleep
Sometimes all you need is a change of the scenery
Exchange all the bad vibes for a little greenery
Wide open skies as far as the eye can see
Surely there’s one slice left for me
I’m gonna sell back all my suits and shave my pompadour
Spill my books and all my records out on the kitchen floor
I’m going to send them all to heaven I don’t need them
anymore
I’m going to burn all my positions on the kitchen floor
Sometimes all you need is a change of the scenery
Exchange all the bad vibes for a little greenery
Wide open skies as far as the eye can see
Surely there’s one slice left for me
When she wakes up
I am going to break up
With that girl of mine
She’s been spending all my money
All of my spare time
I have put up with a lot but now she has crossed a line
When she wakes up
I am going to break up
With that girl of mine
Angels
Come on empty your conscience and come clean for me
I will empty my pockets
Times are lean you see
They got us right where they want us
We are just cogs in the machinery
Come on empty your conscience and come clean for me
Tonight we shall sleep the sleep of angels
with one hand tied I will keep us safe from danger
it ain’t right to be bedding down like strangers
tonight we shall sleep the sleep of angels
Oh the look on your face is just priceless
Oh Lord what have I done to invite this
The look of this place must be hopeless
I was hoping that you wouldn’t notice
Where we end up there and nobody nobody nobody knows this
we are like a part of the story just keeps going and going
Tonight we shall sleep the sleep of angels
with one hand tied I will keep us safe from danger
it ain’t right to be bedding down like strangers
tonight we shall sleep the sleep of angels
The road that lays before us is compromised and porous
how long will you ignore us
we are like babes lost in the forest
The hope that your love will restore
The hole that you left was enormous
we lite signal fires and wave our arms
but nobody ever saw us
Come on wrap up your sorrows
in blankets that we borrow
March on like good soldiers
Into the world that’s getting colder and colder
This time tomorrow all our troubles will be over
Come on wrap up your sorrows and come closer
Tonight we shall sleep the sleep of angels
Second Chance
It was just like you said it would be
No big secret here there’s No mystery
The facts they are cold and they got us from both ends
Now I know they are never gonna take us back again
This is where I watched you grow it’s
This is where you spread your wings
I don’t have no control over these things
Your lips are like home your arms are like old friends
Now I know they’re never gonna to take me back again
Now I have got nothing but love to give all the day long
I get none in return just the same old sad song
I got no one to blame cause I got it all wrong
I got nothing left to give you
just love all the day long
It feels just like it was yesterday
when you took my hand and you said let’s just pray
that before we get old before we reach the bitter end
you and I will somehow be together again
So I let you go
So I cut you lose
Back into the wild you would be reintroduced
I should’ve known with how quick you out grow your
friends that you
were never gonna make it back this way again
Now I have got nothing but love to give all the day long
I get none in return just the same old sad song
I got no one to blame cause I got it all wrong
I got nothing left to give you
just love all the day long
It was just like you said it would be