Have you ever felt like you were trapped in time? Or living in a book one whose pages never turn Not really living but not really dying You say you are studying but what have you learned? SHORTER LYRICS BY TOM JENSEN COPYWRITTEN © on April 13th, 2013 or before…. Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov SNEAKY DRINKERS WHO SAYS PRAYERS FOR SATAN LOVERS AND LUSTERS FINGERS LIKE FROST HOLD MY WORLD SNEAKY RABBIT Sneaky rabbit Stealing carrots Who do you think you are? (1) ONCE Doesn’t it suck when it’s true Nobody believe in you Once upon a time Yeah, maybe they used to… Ah…but that’s a fairytale now SHOW I could go and see a show down in Orlando Cause ya know the way it goes NEW I’ve got a brand new method to my madness SPEAKER Become your own greatest motivational speaker 1 FINDING MYSELF I was told that I should try to find myself I didn’t know I was looking TWO THINGS Do you know nothing about something or something about nothing Maybe both? HOLLOW AS A BOTTLE Is temptation always your selection?

Has one second at a time become your motto? REST OF THE STORY Some may say You’re a little crazy That would be Not telling the rest of the story REAL COLD You’re real cold And not nice too I’m so glad I didn’t marry you Oh yeah, it’s true LONG SCREW The carpenter said he needed a longer screw My wife overheard him and responded Hey, I could use one of those, too LOOKING I was searching for answers to the simplest questions When I knocked upon your door You said that you would help me as you proceeded to guide me I found exactly what I was looking for 2 SECRET This goes out to all you readers by the cover Seekers of the truth never to be discovered To those unknowing of where true love hides The secret is that the best is kept inside INSIDE As a reader by the cover With the truth never to be discovered Never knowing where true love hides And that the best is kept inside So I kick it to the curb NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST Nuclear holocaust The end of our time is near The missiles are approaching All the people tremble in fear PASSING THROUGH Daddy said, Son it’s nice to see you Just what brings you around this way? Sonny boy answers, Likewise Ah, I’m just passing through

I’m so sorry but I can’t stay Sonny boy DEAD RINGER Reformed drinker and drugger Wannabe drummer and singer One fantastic lover though not much of a hugger “Is that Keith Moon?” Yeah, he’s a dead ringer NICE TITS Nice tits! But since I’m blind Could I please see them with my hands? Just let me get a grip So I can fully comprehend and understand POTATO Potato is my satan I’ll eat it once you put it through hell NO WINTER Music has no winter Summertime has no soul DEADLINES What if one morning you woke up And didn’t love yourself at all Would you bother to get of bed? Should anyone expect a call? ORDER I saw I conquered I came The order of words is important You’ll find meanings can change 4 THIS MOFO Do you really think they’d let a guy like me Drink Crown Royal up in this mofo’ ? No! Why?

Because I be po’ yo! NEITHER Neither…in both I’m an underachiever Especially with the latter However…in love I’m still a believer And isn’t that all that really matters? EXCEPTIONAL I’m the exception to your rule I haven’t had six beers and one hundred years MAN IN THE MOON The sun awakes to start another day Although we know he’s never really gone away Unlike the man in the moon who Takes a long nap in the beginning of June As the rings of Saturn flail all around That’s why I try To make friends of all my enemies All the while my present friends become my family I let them know just what they mean to me CHICKENS IN A BASKET They told me not to put all my chickens in one basket They told me not to count up all my eggs before they hatch At least that’s how I remember it I know it goes something like that IN AND OUT She falls in and out of love About every other day It’s good and then it’s bad But what you’ve never had How can you tell when it goes away 6 IN THE WARMTH OF HER EYES Once I crawled through the darkest alleys Once I slid down the deepest valleys But in the warmth of her eyes FIFTY TWO PICK UP How do you know if you got something good? Just throw it away See if someone picks it up

I CALL HIM DAD I call him dad but we don’t have the same last name We come from different blood but we bleed the same The tests came back negative and my mom takes the blame We come from different blood that flows through the same vein BROTHERS One man searches for power and riches While his brother would settle for fortune and fame Another kind of brother just wants bling bling and bitches And his cousin’s a preacher screaming out God’s name BEST MAN (OR WOMAN) When your game plan doesn’t go exactly as you had it planned Sometimes you’ve got to cowboy up and make a goal line stand Put the pressure on before things begin to get out of hand Sometimes you have to put the ball in the hands of your best man (or woman): A BLACK HAND A black hand Shadows the land But this in not how it was planned Yet evil has no particular face Can hide in leather Can hide in lace Always present Though it can fade away That which may pass through tomorrow Is certainly here today BOX SETS Everybody around here has become intrigued with box sets The inside scene and knowing every little detail to the nth degree Amendments never penned a word in the name of privacy There is no law about just letting someone be 7 BUILDING BRIDGES Well, my boat floats but everybody gets soaked The captain's floored please just ignore it You’ll need your raincoat if you hop onboard BY THE POUND Some people only buy a thirty And they only get a little dirty But when you buy it by the pound Then you’re nuttier than mounds

CAN’T DANCE IN THESE PANTS I said, “Hunny, I’d love to…but I can’t” I can’t dance in these pants, they’re too big - I need a belt But nobody’ll give me one ‘Cause the last time they did - I tried to hang myself CAR BROKEN DOWN Car broken down by the side of the road You gaze into your past and find your memories growing old I don’t have time to worry about the problems of the world I don’t even have time for myself, let alone for someone else COMPLETED Well, the circle has been completed You finally got everything that you needed That goddamn garden - you finally got it weeded Ended by uprooting all of what you were once keeping You can finally sleep in peace Since you can only join them when you beat them CORONA’S AT THE BEACH Corona’s at the beach with no woman at my side Must be that time again to take a deep look down inside A slice of lime to kill the time The station flips as I take a sip Problems must be uncovered Before anything is discovered 8 UPS The only people who should be out delivering a package in a snowstorm Are those who work for UPS I thought this while staring out a window While waiting for my guest He’s got rocks in his socks And it sucks cause he stopped When the cops locked him a small box Awe shucks maybe it’s all for the best DARIVEN INNAYUGO (the Spell Check Song) Iah givva hersum smoko Ya sheego loko Wella theer ahyah goe Sumth thinz yoowernt sherra Wella nowa yuno Imma dariven innayugo Toosum playsat Idont knoe Imma dariven innayugo Toosum playsat Imma gunnasee Imma dariven innayugo

Dariven aroundda inna olde Tennessee DEEP DARK PLACE There’s some dark figure guarding the top of the hill Someone ask if we’ll ever escape but I don’t think we will The moon’s the only man who knows where we are The sun would’ve tried to help us if not for the stars A DOG IN THE YARD Been so stationary lately A caged yellow canary So don’t you come near me Loneliness and despair no longer fear me Now I’m a danger to the world DOWN UNDER THE BASEMENT STAIRS Down under the basement stairs is where they ran to hide Now quite uncertain of the stranger that they had let inside Just what his real intentions were they would soon find out Would he fulfill the prophecies that he was speaking about? 9 EVERYTHING Don’t give in to the paradox Living in sin yet preaching bullshit walks Climbing the walls like a spider on a string Just because you can Doesn’t mean you’ve got to try everything FATHER / SON / SPIRIT The father, the son and the Holy Spirit To me the lighters, papers and the weed The voices I hear inside of my left ear Keep screaming kill kill kill Your whole f%&^*$g family You know these faces of insanity May just end up getting the best of me FDR AND THE FOUR FREEDOMS I am speaking from The White House And I call upon all loyal subjects But mainly freedom, democracy and peace ASOP SAID IT Be careful of what you leave laying around your tables You know Asop sure told some kick ass fables And the moral of this song Is that you better hide your bong Sorry, gotta run so I can’t stay long BEING TO SEEING

When I said excuse me miss I really like your pretty blue dress I said what you doing here my dear If you're aiming for the stars afar Then you'll be searching in vain For about a million years GETTING STRONGER John’s hitting the crack pipe Me, I’m hitting the hay Me, I’m getting stronger John, he’s wasting away 10 TAKE A SEAT Now it is time to get in line Stand up now or get left behind Just no telling when the bus will pass Jump on board before they run outta gas Walking up so many hills will tire your feet Time to take a rest, time to take a seat GREATER THAN I Wait is my wife, my beautiful young bride Changed my whole life with just a blink of her eye If everything feels right as you lay by her side Turning off the light and then saying goodnight All the anger in you instantly dies Just close your eyes HEY RAY Thank Heavens Ray Charles was blind That way he couldn’t see any of his seven wives But his nine children pondered as they grew… Hey Ray, did momma really feel good to you? She sure ain’t much to look at…. Sometimes I wish that I were blind too LOSING MY MIND AND HAIR I’m losing my mind just like I’m losing my hair I’ve thought so much about it I’m beginning not to care MACHO I am not a macho man You know I write poetry I hang around with mostly women Don’t worry it don’t rub off on me I am a guy A real man’s man Who can do it? I can

THE MIDDLE ISN’T FORMING Anything that isn’t habit forming is just a waste of time Not everything concerns money or nickels, quarters or dimes There are some things that control you and others that you control Like when your mind sees only colors like green and white and gold 11 MOTIVATION SEPERATION Every word heard spoken Just sounds so broken Myself and my motivation for inspiration There’s been a separation causing much frustration MUST HAVE SEEN HIM FIRST That man was just like me but you must have seen him first I was just a minute late I don’t know what could have been worse To lose the race by a nose when it comes down to the wire To give all you have to give and still they ask you to go higher NO NEED TO STAY We got the AC pumpin’ ‘Cause the heat is comin’ I think I am perceiving That I’ll soon be leaving No need to stay around here NO SLEEP TODAY Got so much to say I won’t get any sleep today When trouble has gone away that is when I will hit the hay NOTHING BUT TROUBLE You can go and pop your pills Or you can go and lick your dollar bills Either way trouble will come and follow you There are some things you know you shouldn’t do PADDED ROOM In here, the only thing I look forward to is smoking That’s the only time we get to go outside Though it may sound like I’m joking Sitting in my padded room really hurts my pride RICK N’ ROLL, IT’S IN MY SOUL Sure, I know that you’ve been fooled before… Many times By false tags and signs So why not once more?

12 SCENTED BERRIES It could never be… A daughter like you and son like me Berries scented with defeat Like tainted fruit falling from a tree Whose leaves you’re not supposed to eat Scalding shade seems to lose all worth Hell has never stood so close to earth SCREWING AROUND I know what you’re thinking I know what you’re planning on doing You’re gonna be going down town Because when you start drinking I know that you like to go out screwing Around with your fiends SHIMMERING I never use a first name towards the people I love They know they’re understood I only use their first name When they’re up to no good SIDE ROAD The van has just pulled of the side of the road The vitality for life of the man is waiting to explode SOMEDAYS Some days I just feel like sh*t There ain’t no better words to say it… Some days I just feel like shit I feel like a tool – an unsharpened bit SPINE I gotta get the f*ck outta my own head But I forget where I buried it… I gotta go outside and dig around I even tried to live without a spine But I had trouble standing up for myself I just kept putting myself down VIRAL But cha won’t Stand the test of time Once you’ve grown old It’ll all be left behind 13 VICTIM OF FATE I watched the smoke rising up from the flames

Love is dead in my eyes but I’m not to blame A victim of fate Call it what you will It was a hard thing to swallow But she had to take the pill WHAT WAS THAT I am awakened from my sleep By the sound of someone’s scream Grab my bat… Someone is in trouble deep Now where is she at? Wait, what was that? Hey, I just got stabbed… Now I am longing to be returning to my dream WHO IS YOUR HERO Who is your hero? Would I know him if I’d seen him around? Maybe a great baseball player like Joltin’ Joe Or perhaps a teacher from your town SILVER IS THE COLOR Seems like silver is the color Given up all chances at grabbing gold Seems like silver is the color Got to reach for something cause I’m getting old Given up on my dreams When I heard my soul’s silent scream I’ll settle for just a cookie I no longer care about ice cream 14 I USED TO BE ONE OF YOU As soon as my leader Georgie W. "The Defeater" Drops a warhead on you From one of his army planes LITTLE BLACK MAN My wife awaits... At home with a little black man Hey relax there are more facts than just that She'll never get slapped He's our kitty - it's only our cat, man Your thinking of robbin’ While I'm talking 'bout Batman PASS OUT ON THE FLOOR I never get to sleep there’s always someone knocking on my door I never sleep in my bed I always pass out on someone’s floor I never thought you were interesting you’ve always seemed a bore

I never was a fan of blood and guts and bones and gore I never was a fighter because I never believed in war I never could see a reason that all that fighting’s for I never was persuaded by my is mine and you is your I never held much regard for this or that or neither nor (2) EVERY DAY Who could forget it? Another life... I've never led it Regrets are pathetic My quote of the day Every day Let sleeping dogs lie... Well not where I lay But I am not a rabble rouser More like Barney Rubble I still get caught without my trousers Hey, everybody gets into trouble 15 A BIG FAN I’m becoming a big fan Of a guy who’s barely five feet tall He’s a man that’s making a stand While his friends play video games And hang out at the mall Ethan in a thirteen year old boy Who’s probably never even kissed a girl He’s a singer who plays a mean guitar And writes songs about changing the world FILL THE VOID What is it I want from you? I’m not sure if I know yet Is it a lover for a lifetime? Or just gratuitous sex? What is it I want from you? I’m not sure if I know yet Just a plaything to fill my void Or just gratuitous sex? SUMMER’S HERE The summer’s here… That means blue sky and sunshine Happy children… Less work and more play time The summer’s here… Warmer weather and more vacations Grab yourself a beer… Barbeques and celebrations

16 FAIRYTALES Fatalistic fairytales Never make children smile Little lads long to cling to hanging chads and happy history teacher’s made up facts That make great heroes of mom and dads Grandpa and grandmoms after-the-fact Though they know war sucks when people die Take a rake from a peasant from the countryside Replace it with a bullet encased in metal homicide No it’s not nice Crushing dreams Run up behind a Frenchman And yell “Guillotine!” But watch out! For he’s bound to dish, dash, dart, doubt and then scream That’s when things get mean FISH IN THE SEA Why is it so hard? Contemplating the rest of your life When can you be sure? That you want to ask her to be your wife Everybody knows How many fish are out in the sea You’re caught in her net And yet you still have enough time to wriggle free KICKING THE CAN This woman I’d been dating for nearly a year Told me to get out with words so clear Said her chains had been broken and she’s no longer bound To me, former lover, getting outta town Walking down the street carrying a big black bag In it is everything that I’ve ever had Looking up at heaven trying to understand Why I’m walking down the street just kicking the can? I was wanting to travel but this is not what I planned 17 ALL SAPPY Waiting for the other shoe to drop to the floor I've given up trying to make sense of anything any more Went from being born to being scorned and being burned When one morning I turned the corner Then the preacher and teacher of disaster Became a learner and finally the master As this illegitimate bastard who used to get plastered Walked wicked straight before it was too late And now he wakes up so happy and he writes all sappy

ARHUNDATI ROY They say: first her hair made her look like a little boy… Now she looks like she just rolled outta bed, It’s kinda half-combed, uncouth and unkept In the right light she looked umemployed And what’s up with the barette? You call that fashion? That’s what they say about her… When they attack and lie: the Arandhati Roy haters Those corporate - backed traitors They are not my natural ally ON ANOTHER PLANE I sit on my steps and stare at a plane in the sky Crash and burn two-hundred and thirty people die Now I don’t see things quite the same Could have been me on that plane Talking about vacation, talking to my friend Talking about my life’s work, talking about the end Read in the paper there were no remains found Imagine the captain’s voice saying Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em We’re going down Living is what happens only from day to day You can see how quick it all fades away 18 BATTER UP Whatever you do You better had make it count It’s good to go down swinging When life strikes you out Don’t get caught on the dugout bench Pulling out splinters from you know where You gotta play hard everyday If you wanna go on a tear BEING POLITE And I have been sleeping oh so well, can you tell? It’ll be a week that she’s been away - the day before yesterday And since my days have not grown dimmer It’s not just the moon that has that glimmer Well it was time to say good night And here’s to a new life… What you’d had - you had to lose Hey, have you got a light? Time to say goodnight Oh I’m so sorry, baby ( Hey, just being polite)

BURGER KING Daddy don’t believe me…. When I tell him I can do great things He’d rather see me make forty grand Managing Taco bell or Burger King Daddy doesn’t have the desire To hear even a single one of my songs He just wants me to be like everyone else Find myself a leader and just follow along… CHASING YOU Hey Bob Dylan I’m coming chasing you For deep inside I know what they’re saying isn’t true The general consensus is that you’re the best But what they don’t know is that I’ve yet to take the test You know I’m young and I’ve still got a trick or two up my sleeve And even though I just joined the party I’ll be the last one to leave I know you know that I’ve been raised by video games But the way you and I see the world is still the same My friends know the only thing you have on me is age And with every coming day to my book I add a page 19 THE CHROMOSOME KID The neighborhood bullies called him the chromosome kid He used to bag groceries at Stop and Shop But the managers didn’t quite like his style So now he’s collecting carts out in the parking lot He never had a chance to cut the cards And they stacked the deck Now he’s left standing in the rain What else would you expect? CLUTCHING PENNIES You work so that you can pay for school Clutching pennies is like pulling teeth After work and after play You somehow forgot to pencil in sleep How many homes do you need? Until you finally move in How many friends do you meet Until you find your new best friend? FALSE GODS I make my own gods and worship my own idols But at least I don’t try to pawn them off on you I don’t go knocking on doors with the good book in my hand No bumper stickers about Jesus - you know it’s true I worship my ears as you talk on I worship the ground that you walk on I worship your long blonde hair And your sky eyes of blue

FINDING A CURE I just melted in your eyes Found something pure From the disease of lies I have found a cure Grounded on my knees Head between my thighs Free from this disease I just melted in your eyes 20 THE GATE OF FATE By the time you know what I know It’ll be too late You tried to predict your fortune But you forgot about your fate There’s something I can’t put My finger on so I guess it’ll have to wait The time will come for the story to be sung When I’m checking in at Heaven’s Gate But if I should happen to lose it all Then you can find me on top of the Golden Gate… Bridge GREEN We all want money We’re all green with envy We all like our honey Is the message sent to me My girl Mary Jane She’s in another class I put my stake in nothing But there’s a chance we’ll last THE GREETING Trembling hands greet one another warmly Eyes wet with tears fix upon each other And long arms wrap around warm bodies As beating hearts meet embracing chests The two shook hands upon embrace As eyes take sight of one another’s face They wrapped arms around each other tight And hold each other long into night HARMLESS HIPPIE I ran off towards him as fast as any rocket Because he still had my weed in his pocket I’m just a harmless hippie never been in a fight I work in the day and I go out at night I used to walk a dark path Now I follow light

My hook is in the water But the fish never seem to bite 21 HEROES Fatalistic fairytales Never make children smile Little lads long to cling to hanging chads and happy history teacher’s made up facts That only make great heroes of moms and dads Grandpas and grand moms after-the-fact Though they know war sucks when people die Take a rake from a peasant from the countryside Replace it with a bullet encased in metal homicide No it’s not nice Crushing dreams Run up behind a Frenchman And yell “Guillotine!” But watch out! For he’s bound to dish, dash, dart, doubt and then scream That’s when things get mean HERO’S SAGA There are so many things a stranger might not understand Being so unknowing of danger as only a loner can Yet expectations and reality are so apart Seeking fortune and fame from the moment he came Changed the clothes that he wears and the part in his hair Set out for some place new seeking another start A man once chained to stone Managed to break free yet still remained alone After giving his mother one last kiss Surrounded by walls his one dream was to be free Though no one could ever see what was to be He kept striving all the while believing that anything was better than this HIGHER POWER I have been adopted by a higher power Don’t worry, though I’m a hippy, I still shower But music has stole my soul Lost, gone, stolen Trapped, slapped and wrapped and then bounded But perhaps…you could make it bigger than King Kong, Hey baby, you know that just maybe, you could be the right in this land of wrong Yeah, that’s a fact and I like the sound of that 22 JAM Stuck in a rut Caught in a jam

Where up is down And left is right It’s hard to make it Without your right hand man You know he skipped town In the middle of the night He couldn’t make it He couldn’t take it He put his hook in the water But the fish didn’t bite He went back home All alone He went back to the governor’s daughter And he gave up the fight LEARNING HATE Learning hate has taken years Befriending sadness has cost me tears As a blackened eye weeps A young child sleeps In the stillness of the night She dreams in black and white Dreaming of a world Where colors won’t blend For when that happens There’s only a blur in the end THE LEGIONS Only one man could kill with complete racial equality I would drop the bomb - without any hesitation Just waiting for the man to come calling on me I would drop the bomb - without any reservations So I'll keep on searching for another solution Thus I guess this is the end 23 LOWERED THE BAR I hear the kid downstairs playing on his guitar I only heard two cords strum I don’t think he’s gonna get too far Yet he looks above as if he’s looking at the stars But he believes he’s gonna make it because ever since the sixties they lowered the bar He gets tired so he turns on the radio Listens to some loser that he’s never heard before If they can make it well there you go It gives him inspiration and opens up the door MACHINE In and out the turbines in the machine keep on pumping The engine is good it is only your mind that keeps on jumping Back and forth just how badly do you need her?

Back again you always fall as soon as you greet her No control the pilot is in but this thing flies by itself But you have faith in your instincts and removed is all doubt You will meet you final destination And the food’s pretty good at least what you been tasting MARY JANE It’s not that I don’t love you But she knows how to play the game After Mary Jane things will never be the same It’s hard to imagine being with anybody else How could I love you? When I don’t even love myself? I gave my heart away once Just to watch it break Only a fool would be taken twice By the same mistake MORE THAN A FRIEND I once knew this girl Yeah, she was more than a friend Her love for me was once so strong She never believed it would ever come to an end We got a pet once our love was born And I bought her a jacket to keep her warm When the weather got cold with the winter wind With feelings so strong our faith would never bend 24 MY BABY’S GONNA LEAVE ME I think my baby’s gonna leave me But none of my friends believe me I think my baby’s gonna leave me If my eyes aren’t deceiving me Why do I sit down when it’s better to stand tall? Why is it me who never sees the writing on the wall? NEVER FORGOTTEN I open the window But I’m only looking out at the street I think that I can see victory But all I am ever tasting is defeat Another victim of the pot and the bottle It may be gone but it is never forgotten Stepped on the gas and then broke the throttle Finally found an apple but it was already rotten THE NEXT BOOTH There’s just too many damn people In this world who don’t have a clue This girl I met last week Told me I was kinda cute

So I came back tonight to see her But now I’m in the rear-view mirror And I’m wishing that I went to someplace else ‘Cause she’s just two booths away And she’s sitting with someone else NOT AFRAID Never be afraid when your opinion is based on fact Let someone know that it’s his or her own decision to not be told how to act Each day I become a little bit stronger And everyday my story gets to be a little longer And I’m not afraid of that 25 OTHER PEOPLE’S CANCER I’ve smoked so many cigarettes That I’ve probably given other people cancer Lighting one up to kill some time While I’m trying to find some answers How did I become myself There’s a million other people I’d rather be Why is this world keep destroying itself? Is this really how it was meant to be? RELIGION CLASS Cigarettes feel just like pencils Maybe we were all taught to smoke? We were taught to trust the priests That was the first time someone told me a joke Because I taught myself to question I got C’s in Religion Class If the first bible’s great why they make a second? I was told that’s not a question you should ask RESCUED FROM THE WATER Not that long ago there was this little man who’d talk into my ear Speaking of a life of parties and smiling girls, all things he knew I’d want to hear He talked of staying up all night and dancing until the sun came around again Sitting in a circle, meeting someone new now they’re your new best friend Thank god I finally got that monkey off my back The skeletons are locked in my closet and they’re never coming back As I waded in the water the tide started coming in It dragged me out to sea and I found I couldn’t swim SO SORRY Finally the time has come.... I am the one.... The one who will lead you So sorry Mr. president.... Get bent! Your military can not kill this son...

I will defeat you 26 SOMEONE ELSE’S FAMILY There’s a brand new picture frame hanging on my shelf And the people in the picture posed so perfectly That I don’t care if they’re models or pictures of someone else’s family I’ve given them all names To go along with their faces I tell of each one’s claim to fame Where they’re from…all these different places SOUL MATES LOST Get this funny feeling deep down inside Just sitting in the car going for a ride Something is missing from my soul and A heart that’s lost is a heart that’s been stolen Once I lost my way in the fog Blinded by sun and choked by smog When I’m with you I see so clear Troubles of time just disappear STARING AT THE CEILING Laying in bed staring at the ceiling I hear the music playing in my head Then I get this feeling Maybe today’s a good day to stay in bed You know we all get this inner fright A hunch that nothing will go right This sinking feeling that you’re doomed Whether or not you even fight Turn back out that light Good night STORE’S CLOSED Eight o’clock at night you here someone rapping on your door Trying to get back to what you’re doing can’t stand it anymore Every time you do all you can to break away She shows her face damn near the very same day She knows that the store’s closed But she still acts like she owns the place Always walks in smiling Always leaves with an unhappy face 27 TAKE NO PRISONERS Well life’s like playing chess… Clearing the board is an instinct – To every species less evolved than I Humans are the only ones who take prisoners, more or less Yet it is men and women who rule the world and every district But maybe if we just shot on sight

There’d be more room for all living things to survive? TEARS LIKE NIAGRA What the hell were you thinking when you said goodbye? Did it ever your mind all the tears I would cry? Now my tears flow like Niagra I’ve since stopped taking my Viagra My baby has gone away And though I’ll never see her I gave her gonorrhea And that will always stay She’ll remember me with a scratch and an itch And I’ll think of her as an unloving b*tch Two lovers who parted, each their own way THOUGHTS ON TWENTY ONE I’m so tired of being bored that I’m restless My mind is starting to slip away If you think I’m not well then you guessed it I visit the liquor store nearly everyday They say twenty one is your best year But I think it’s all downhill from here Once you reach the top there’s only one way to go Off the edge of the cliff face first down into the snow TOMORROW IS THE DAY We all remember Hitler We all know of bleeding hate Some can still recall the Bible Although they’re losing faith Vietnam still conjures up Horrid and oppressed memories We all felt the pain of being born Stemming from our infancy 28 TOO CLOSE I’m just warming up To you, to life To the fact that I exist I’m just warming up To what I am and am not To what I can and can’t resist Sometimes I get too close You know somebody’s bound to get hurt Some times are too high or too low You either float on the clouds Or get walked on like dirt UNBENDABLE SOLDIERS Unbendable soldiers never look over their shoulders For no one ever told them that the goddamn war was over

Their ankles still shackled to the same old giant boulder The earth is only considered to be just a temporary holder People just dangle as they’re being carried away Men in nice suits place another name inside a heavy folder So sorry Mrs. Bojangles… just be glad you’re not the one who told her You could try and you could try but you could never console her As the wind blowing in your face just became a little more colder And you would mold her and him again if they were both made of clay WASTED TIME When you feel that life has passed you by Depression closes your eyes like sleeping The thoughts of wasted time make you cry So you begin your weeping Bury your face deep down inside The tears you spill are seeping Down below the earth Though there is no sense in keeping All of the pain built up inside So much that off the bridge of sorrow You go leaping 29 WATTS That well-schooled villain is at it again Making sure that you got the cure For whatever was For where ever it hurts But has a lesson been learnt? Now what have you got? A refrigerator bulb….or one and hundred and fifty watts? That is with what I’m concerned Has a corner been turned? Tell me did you get burnt? WHACK A MOLE If my pole was a mole it just got whacked I could use a good woman to lie flat on her back A neck rub would be nice My shoulders seem quite sore And I need a pack of smokes from over at the liquor store YOU BETTER KEEP IT If you got it, you better keep it, you better lock it away ‘Cause I got a fe-eling that someone’s gonna be ste-aling Something’s going to be taken away-ay-ay-ay If you got it, you better keep it, you better lock it away “Cause I know there’s someone out there somewhere But who it is I cannot yet surely say

If you got it, you better keep it, you better lock it away HARD WORK I work my hardest for those who can’t pay Think about that thought for a moment Alright… Okay… You’re right… It’s a hard way to make a living But if you could see the smile on my face At the end of the day Maybe then you’d understand Why when my name gets mentioned People usually say… 30 DANISH CLOUDS Danish clouds are beautiful So long as you’re not afraid of the rain There the fruit grows bountiful (or plentiful) Albeit sometimes hard to obtain I’ve seen many apples fall The morning after a storm touched down Still I witnessed the tree stand tall Standing firm as everything else blew ‘round SOUL BAY Right now…is the time Right here…is the place Left out…is not where to be Time to rejoin…the human race Maybe then you’d feel completely whole Being among the living It ain’t a bad thing to be, no So long as you accept the fact They just put a price on your life And are now trying to E-bay your soul YOU IN THE MORNING I miss the morning you… Oh honey, you know it’s true I miss my bus stop brew As I’d take a little time For you know who I miss all the amazing outfits you wear… Those clothes that make me close my eyes Whenever we were heading Either up or down the stairs Oh how I love to stare… 31 (3)

GOTTA BE I can see an unfamiliar face Presently looking back at me A woman who knows her role As she’s accepted her place in society Gotta be pretty Gotta be witty Doesn’t matter so much about being wise Gotta be most charming and pleasant Gotta be inarticulately non-upsetting Don’t forget strong, sensitive and kind IN THE KITCHEN Black cat’s asleep in a box While white can’t isn’t to be found And I hear running footsteps Means the boys’ll be comin’ ‘round I hear chopping in the kitchen And the radio playing low There’s safety in this sanctuary From the frostbitten breezes that blow Drumming rhythmic sounds Echoing off of pots and pans Amidst the stirring of busy active hands The sizzle and whistle of water Boiling and bubbling on the stovetop 32 DANCE CLUB WHORE You can sing You can dance Get all us guys dreaming About dropping down your pants Hey, that’s very pretty underwear How about showing me what you got under there One thing I’m knowing Is you got us all going You’re not the type of girl I usually write poetry for Because behind those pearls You’re just a dance club whore PHASE TWO Do I have a strong enough faith To look back in hindsight And realize I made a mistake Or do I pretend things are all right? Am I willing to move on To a new phase in my life Write her this one last song

And finally part ways with my wife Am I willing to move on Or will I continue to postpone Is this really her last song Would I be better off on my own POISON APPLE You’re my poison apple… So tempting, bright and shiny on the outside You just look so sweet… You’re my Snow White – oh wait – she died… Ha ha, I’m just joking… She is only sleeping But she’s been asleep… For quite some time After a good poking She ran away weeping STEADY HANDS I've always been the guy... Over these last countless years Who ends up with warm yet steady hands and wet shoulders from your tears I'm one of the ones you trust and understand I’ve always been the guy... that comes and tries his bestest to clean up all the messes That happen from living of which you can't avoid or hide I’ve always been the guy... To help pick up the pieces Knowing when to halt and harken Or else quicken our paces When we come to an obstacle Or an action needing erasing 34 LANDSCAPER’S DREAM You and me should get together I’d cut your grass in any weather Even though you know you could do better Love the way you look in that pink sweater You can work it off if you can’t pay the fee I did something for you now you do something for me ‘Cause everybody knows you don’t get nothing for free I thought she knew I was joking but then she agreed Just imagine my shock when she smiled and asked Is that the only thing you can do is cut my grass? Well, I’m good at many things as a matter of fact And with that she offered me a drink and a snack (As she laid naked on her bed flat on her back)

CRESCENT MOON My friends ask me just what it is that I would like to do best Simply to touch the crescent moon that shines above the rest I’ve thought about her often, yet courage is hard to find I’ve been doing all I can to try to make that sweet girl mine She’s the type you know all too well: likes to open her own door Independence makes you lonely you find that everyone’s a bore I care so much for her that sometimes it is hard to see My heart can only be in peace when she cares this much for me If she never does I’ll have no choice But to pack up everything and run And go hide out on a crowded beach Beneath the hot Floridian sun AUDIENCE OF FATE Plain and simple words Can accomplish magnificent feats Sometimes it all sounds so absurd to me… How many synonyms do you need for defeat? I have but one And the war has begun Fighting father time… I want to ring his bell And he wants to take the batteries outta mine Awe what the hell? It’s all in the name of the divine It’s all a good time 35 BAD LUCK After you’re dragged by a car You won’t make it very far After you fall off the wagon Your feet’ll be draggin’ After you’re ran over by the train ou got no one to blame After the wing of the plane’s caught fire You ain’t going any higher After the subway doors close There’s no telling where it goes After the escalator stops You have to walk After you break you ankle as you fall You know that you’ll have to crawl After all this well then you’re stuck You can chalk it up just plain bad luck BARRED WINDOWS, OPEN DOOR How can I be trapped in a room with so many doors? Maybe if I just picked myself up off of the floor I can’t open the windows they must be locked from outside

In this empty room there’s just nowhere to hide On a shattered pane a pretty painted scene Though it seems sort of dull my senses aren’t too keen They finally came true, my deepest, darkest fears I’ve been locked in here for so many, many years I often hear people laughing and crying too They have no idea I’m in here they haven’t got a clue BIRTHDAY CANDLES The big day is coming One day bears your name Year after year The calendar is marked the same And though people come and go As many faces change You know for sure that in the year ahead So much will be rearranged Your eyes grow large You’re still running from the candles Another step closer towards responsibility That you’re not ready to handle 36 BREAKING THE LAW No need for seniority When you’ve got the majority CiCi took a hike So I jumped on my bike Al Cohol stole my car Don’t think I’ll get too far But I still got Mary Jane And she still drives me insane It’s party time Mary Jane has arrived And when she’s around I never get too f%^$ed up to drive I just forget where the bags are I hide She’s the only law that I don’t abide She’ll still come knockin’ on my door Even after I die BURIED TREASURE So many of us know just how you’re feeling Surviving off thirty hours of sleep a week Tossing and turning staring at the ceiling Either that or else you were counting sheep Living paycheck to paycheck Struggling just to pay the rent Time to tighten up your belt again That hangs like a noose around your neck Thursday night and an empty wallet Leaves you wondering where it all went?

Two full-time occupations Barely keep all your expenses met Just enough gas to get to your next job A few bare walls and a roof One single window and a bed 37 BUTTER Churning butter in the basement You had better get used to it Chase the carrot on a stick Watch the rabbit on the run Hear the time bomb tick Wait for the next unborn son If that don’t work… Find yourself a pair of kicks That are ready to run Run your race so quick Pave the road with bricks And we all know that bricks are bound To rise and fall with the pressure placed upon them And you are not made of stone Just simply here alone It’s all around you But where did it come from? CAPTAIN HAYBAR Captain Haybar hit the deck What else would you expect? From a man who wears his sailors hat just like a tattoo If you lived like Captain Haybar you’d do it too Every night he sails Going out lookin’ for his whales Sometimes he sleeps on the deck But only when he makes bail… And when he’s buzzin’ We call him Ahab’s cousin When he’s a comin’ We all start running He’s after us all And he’s hot on our trail 38 CATCH TWENTY-TWO You planted in my brain Your seeds of pain Now I think of no one but you And hear nothing but the sound of your name Catch twenty two… You always want what you can’t have

And good is never good enough Catch twenty two… When you loved me I ran away When I loved you you wouldn’t stay Ain’t that always the way? CHANGING I used to type on a computer Until daddy stopped giving me hugs I used to go to private school Until I started doing drugs I knew my days were numbered When the calendar fell off the wall I knew the weather was getting colder When my spring turned into fall I used to ride my bike And maybe scrape my knee But now I drive around in my car All paranoid that the cops are after me COVERED IN TAR I am covered in tar And I only half-shaved my head But I'm already a star Yes! That is what I said Because I believe in me... And I'm not the only one Can you see what I see? (The dark and forboding horizon?) (The setting sun?) No not this time! I spy with my little eye A new day A new way Hip hip hooray! Yeah, that's what I say Or said 39 ESCAPING THE DEMONS My right is left And left is right My down is up And up is down I used to see come and see you But now you’re never around Hallelujah But you know I can’t spell it There’s something in the air You know I can smell it My lungs are clean I now breathe fresh air

I escaped the demons They’re no longer there FACADE Maybe some day it will all fall into place so naturally No more of these charades or this big façade From this giant blockade I have flipped the page Don’t fight on the eminence front to put it eloquently Yeah, and thank Townshend for me He helped opened my eyes to what I couldn’t see As I learned to comprehend this great big mystery Find the one key that will set yourself free It could be me for you and it could be you for me FEEL SAFE HERE When you feel safe here There’s no need to ask of your last residence From mud to quicksand I fear Anything need to be known is already evident (Like stupidity, immorality and our president) Wake up in the morning Pray it all fades away Wake up in the evening Pray it all fades away Front man with a finger on the trigger George Junior was once a little boy But that son of a Bush has gotten bigger Wake up in the afternoon In the bed you stay Wake up in the morning As your race faces another day 40 HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF If you keep on talking Then I’ll just keep on walking I’ve told a million stories myself You know I don’t listen to anyone else In my life through the ups and downs Through everything There’s only one thing that I’ve found History repeats itself Staying in the same old places Staring at the same old faces You’re expecting something new Well you just haven’t got a clue HIT THE DIRT But now this song is gonna hit the dirt If I don’t come up with something clever

To say to make you laugh or give you insight To the fact that your dad’s hooked on smack… Yeah I saw him get slapped on a video of bumfights…. HIT THE ROAD You’ve heard about who I’m talking about The type of people that the clouds follow around No warning of thunder and lightening Trouble comes in a flash and doesn’t make a sound It’s calm before the storm is what they say Hey hit the road so I can hit the hay I don’t need you anymore When it’s time to pay up It’s time to settle the score Say goodbye with either words or fists Pretending you and your clouds did never exist People with problems that you just can’t ignore Kick you out of my house and then I’ll lock the door 41 HOUSE FIXER I won’t be fixing houses forever… We all know that I can do better People and their lives can change like the weather Just look at my wife and the fact I haven’t met her…yet I just do the best I can I’m a simple man But I got big plans Someday I’ll start a band… And someday we’ll play a set I won’t be going to school Until I’m almost dead For if I got too smart Then my brain might get too big for my head I finally dropped all the dead weight ‘Cause I was sinking like I was made of lead HOUSE OF THE LORD This is the house of the lord… Please walk in This is the basket of the lord… Please put your money in These are the eyes of the lord… They’ve seen what you done and where you’ve been This is the basket of the lord… Please put your money in This wine is the blood of the lord and it shall free you from sin This is the basket of the lord…

But wine isn’t free, please put your money in I DON’T CARE I don’t care I don’t care I don’t care I don’t care anymore If there’s peace or if there’s war I don’t care anymore Can I tell you a secret? I have built myself a garden And it still needs a lot of weeding So I had better get started 42 I USED TO BE AN A-HOLE I used to be an a$$hole And once I slammed my fingers in the cafeteria door I was such an insignificant prick, my life sucked, So I blamed you for my pain I screamed what the hell are you doing and muttered under my breath “you f&%&*#g wh*re” Yeah that’s how we met at school you probably weren’t impressed With the way I walked, the way I lived The way I talked and hell probably even how I dressed. And to me you were nothing special…then INNOCENCE OF A CHILD The innocence of a child I wish it was all around ‘Cause lately I’ve been feeling That virtue couldn’t be found When I stop to see their faces I look into their eyes The innocence of a child Who hasn’t been told a lie I dream I was Holden Caufield And a catcher in the Rye Though I know they’ll be corrupted That’s when I start to sigh KING IN A HOUSE OF CARDS I’ve lived the life of a rock star and I don’t even sing I was a court jester who thought he was a king Now that crown of thorns has been lifted off of me The weight is finally lifted, a weight that sets me free Once I was a king reigning over a kingdom so unclean But I was forced to step down when I listened to my queen I betrayed her trust and she stepped down off her thrown Reality set in that I was all alone I had no subjects so I followed the crowd I had no wisdom yet I still acted proud

As others passed by no one ever bowed When I should have spoken softly I starting getting loud 43 THE LAST SECOND Now to errors I’m prone But at least I’m never alone When everyone is on my case I go hide away in my special place As I am saved by the grace Of seeing your smiling face It just happens to be to my benefit I believe in god because you are heaven sent Matched only by Autumn’s falling leaves For having the freshest scent MUDSLIDES Twenty-percent of the people Buy eighty-percent of the booze Some are buyers, some are sellers Some have been chosen And the best of the rest still get to choose It's the same thing with the money.... One out of twenty get the honey They get to be the queen bee Everything seems to be for free Never knowing of envy or jealousy All this built on the backs of you and me A house built on will and stilts And those are the facts jack.... They just hope the damn thing floats But I bet that it’ll come tumbling down on me MY BETTER HALF Blood stains the ground as I look around My heart is bleeding yet my heart beat still pounds Surprised to see it Surprised to hear it Thought it was ripped away Surprised to see you Surprised to hear you Thought you had gone away I’ve heard a lot of love songs where the girl got away I decided to write my own when my you told me she would stay She said you better go to rehab if you wanna stay with me Where white coated men will bound you and say it’s for your own security Bound may be too strong a word, more like strongly secured Found has been my better half, but the illness still needs a cure 44 MY OWN HANDS

Just because my life didn't go as planned Doesn’t mean that fate isn’t in my own two hands So what if Miley Cyrus never sang my song And Cheech and Chong never hit my bong Maybe it’s good Paris Hilton never touched my willie And that Cris Crocker never called me silly Or that David Letterman never had me as a guest And Fred never sent me a friend request Sure I wrote Ray Charles once But I bet he never read my letter When I met Morrison in a dream He told me in actuality that the East was better MY OWN LITTLE WORLD My thoughts are flashing Like bright neon signs Separating as if night and day Both what I want and what is mine Just the way of the times As knowledge held is in the decline Impulses start to take control As placing right above wrong is considered being old Extremism now rules the world Satan walking the earth Is just as worse NEXT STEP NEXT BREATH The wink of the eye of your future wife The turn of a corner and the stab of a knife Just a second could change your life Beware of what’s around Be aware of where you go Because you never really know After the next step After the next breath It could be one life and one death Forget all the rest 45 NO HOUSES Who knew that the ride stopped here? In the land of frozen lakes and polar bears In a little three month town That really nothing is near I used to love the big city lights But now that love has disappeared Where every night there was a fight But now it’s all right Because people seem real polite ‘round here I spied a coastline with no houses…only trees I found a town that’s seventy-five percent below ground And still no one ever leaves

NO NEED TO WRITE A SONG Any sniper’s song is already to long There’s no need to write a song Let it into your memory and then let it be gone No need to print it, no need to read it No need to see it, no need to heed it Everybody would love to see their face on T.V. Everyone would love to be the inspiration for a movie Everybody would like to think that they have no equal Everyone would be the first to star in the sequel Thoughts float up from the basement of my brain The part of me that loves what’s bad and when it rains I only paddle ashore when I get bored I only float away when I need something more 46 ON ANOTHER PLANE I sit on my steps and stare at a plane in the sky Crash and burn two hundred and thirty people die Now I don’t see things quite the same Could have been me up and then down on that plane Talking about my vacation, talking to my friend Talking about my life’s work, and then talking about the end Read in the paper there were little remains found Imagine the captain’s voice saying: “Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em - we’re going down” Dennis Leary thinks it is funny But he just says it for the money There’s still no cure for cancer And personally, I hope they never find the answer Because living is what happens only from day to day For you can see how quickly it all can fade away And for some reason I think it is better that way That’s why so many I know spend their time Just trying get laid OVERDOSE Here it comes - early morning light Could it be darkness - I’ve been up all night? Hey, excuse me do you have a light? Suddenly my bulbs not burning so bright Just wanted to have some fun, you know? Uh oh, what has just been done? I don’t think he’ll see the sun I barely knew him, he was a friend of a friend He ain’t no one’s friend now, not even mine At least this won’t happen a second time POETIC LIFE A poetic life is so hard to lead When distracted by sloth and greed

You just meet your need As you pretend to succeed Wear a false face Make decisions in haste When life quickens the pace We just race the race Finish first and someone must finish last History teaches to remember the past In the life we know the sun fades too fast As soon as we turn the shadow’s cast 47 HOLIDAYS With paths crossing in all different directions I’ve been up and down while searching for perfection There remains one who shows me to the road Maybe I should listen to what I’m told She was up there when I was down here Sometimes when I listen I pretend the words aren’t clear Another Christmas all alone Spent together with a phone Hearing your voice could never replace Looking into your eyes Seeing your face Maybe next year I could be with you December would be warmer If you were around the corner Upstairs or in the other room Holidays wouldn’t be so gloom RAISING THE STAKES I am prepared to meet my maker Whether my maker is ready to meet me is another matter Some of us gotta be movers and shakers Some others Quakers and givers and takers Some of us try to build while others try to shatter So have a Winston it’s on the minister And have a scotch on the rocks and try to stop the sinister haters Who pollute our earth and lakes You know, good old Mother Nature For God’s sakes what could be worse than being Kind of like a cross between the Yankees and the Lakers Against the sin money-rakers, those no good snakes, we do whatever it takes Watch their secret handshakes, as they speak with tongues that flatter And they keep raising the stakes And this time it matters! 48 RECYCLING Self control is a common goal

By using free will people can kill There is safety in numbers Like solitary confinement People, not unlike machines Still need some refinement Alas, there is no hammer for the heart Certainly no wrench for the soul And we haven’t perfected recycling yet You’re still thrown out when you’re too old Dead vagrants and peasants Thrown into the dumpster Wisemen and nobles Lowered into their casket Both segregated by the pews of the church Though each drop their money into the basket SLAM THE DOOR I always keep my promises Except the ones I make to myself And if I was someone else Then I wouldn’t need any help Though you may not understand If you don’t wear my clothes But you can’t open new doors Until all the old doors are closed Slam! It takes courage to slam the door Though the lock is never quite strong enough Strangers and friends try to break it down If you listen you can hear them huff and puff It’s only safe when no one’s around THROWING PIES I threw a pie at Bill Gates during the convention Whip cream on the face A cherry off the head was my intention But I missed and hit the queen Then she started getting mean But I, the joker, remained unseen Therefore my hands were clean I felt a hand upon my shoulder My brow began to sweat The temperature was getting colder Was I the prime suspect? 49 SONAR I’ve been saving all these raisins Since they were little graaaaaaaaaapes… Hey, hey, hey Tiny minnows took their last dive At least they know they gave their lives Knowing they died to serve a porpoise

But holy mackerel This fin is just for fun This apparatus is for love My flippers get their kicks When our sonar clicks That’s my treat from my bag of tricks What’s the haul? The catch of the day? Alright now…is it a sure bet…is she in the net? Let’s just get it out of the waaaaaaaaaay SUNRISE In my car We’re stopped at a red light Waiting for the sun After the longest night I looked within your eyes Searching into your soul I found a heart full of love That will never grow old As the light turned green I drove through streets that were dead Straight down the highway With only the future and sunrise ahead 50 THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT Second rate, second best No one’s ever passed the test Until I studied you And you taught me A lesson in love Called chemistry Talk about extra credit I never would have believed it I find myself asking if I really said it? Never before could I conceive it I’ve been waiting for so long Too young to settle for second best I began to wonder whether I was wrong I am too idealistic I will confess THIS OR THAT The end of the line The edge of the cliff Time will tell Who you’ll be with Me or him Goodness or sin Would he be a good father? Or does he need to go farther? My street turns here A left or a right

That will tell If you’ll spend the night 51 THREE MINUS ONE There once was this girl and this guy and me Once just us two but we became three She loved me for over two years Though she cried a thousand tears We had our ups and downs and lefts and rights Then I skipped town in the middle of the night Yes I loved her once but I let her go And he fell in love and he told her so A nice guy from her town But he caught her on a ‘bound Though he was in good from the start The only problem she closed her heart Which he soon learned still belonged to me Such a poor man he just couldn’t see TIME STANDS STILL ON THIS BLOCK Have they ever given any thought to leaving this harsh land? The feudal system has long since passed but they just don’t understand A man with two young children raised to take on his trade With every step the torch is passed and their dreams begin to fade And of course when they have kids the same will happen to them One big wheel that keeps on turning… Around, around and around again With every step that’s taken forward there are two steps taken back When the foundation of society is laid wrong you know it’s bound to crack And when that time comes just maybe then all this madness will cease The people will realize it’s finally time to let the dog off of the leash TREADING WATER I tried the dead man’s float When I lost all hope But I started to think After I didn’t sink That maybe I better not swim any more In the middle of this dream Soon I landed on the shore After the current floated me down stream While still unsure of what I was swimming for I was alone in the water with no one around Funny, I remember being alone But trouble I still found 52 UNTIL GOD KILLS ME (FOR ALL MY BLASPHEMY) I searched for a paradise lost

Went looking for a pot of gold Some of the things you thought you got for free You pay the cost and then after they’ve been bought You find that you’ve been left in the cold before being resold Caught within the clutches, the hold, of misery Eden is a shadow of what could be To hell with the garden Eve and the fig leaf I’m gonna go and plant my tree Just don’t mind me if I spill some seeds Lately bad thoughts have been getting the better of me Vow to die for a cause and then I bend I need some relief for one who only believes in what he sees So please…Let’s get the garden going again Heaven on earth is message I’ll send And the words that I’ll spread Up until the day God decides to kill me for all of my blasphemy And then on that day I’ll be dead VERY HOT Dogs hide in the shade Even the shadows seem to fade Sweat streams down the side of a brow Even knocks over a cow Skin burns Children learn Not to forget their sunscreen Water turns to steam Dries up the streams Leaving the village unclean And then the people get pretty mean As everything begins to rot It is very, very hot 53 VIGILANTE I am the judge and jury Jail is six feet underground I’m taking you down to the station Where you’ll never be found Vigilante, Vigilante, Vigilante The judge and jury is me Vigilante, Vigilante, Vigilante Crime reduction no survey will ever see Bad men say laws are meant to be broken We say the same about arms and legs The way I see it is an eye for an eye If you take a life then you will die WALK HOME ALONE Pretty houses with fences so high Will it make a difference on the day that you die?

Another traffic jam ahead Another pistol full of lead You stand outside waiting for what’s in With every passing thought another sin You keep it in your secret hiding place Alone and unnoticed as you’re just another face When you’re not hear I walk alone I get so scared here so far from home Desperate confusion, where is she now? I would tell her so much if I only knew how Sometime from now she’ll see it too That my life’s a who knows who 54 (4) LUST When it comes to listening to music You’ve let your guard slip way down low There’s a better path it’s up to you to choose it Know when to say no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no You see what the media shows you You read what they put on the front page Never wondered whether or not they helped to mold you Did they lure you in or out of the cage? Us smarts one know the answer Yet nobody else even asked the questions Attached to strings yet they’re still a dancer Never had the foresight to wonder of other’s intentions I don’t believe in many individual people I take my creed in my own religion I’ll take a living maple over a dead steeple I make it the best that I can with whatever I’m givin’ And while some live to die Well, I guess I’d die to keep on living MY SHITTY STOOL So many choices…so little time Hear so many voices…which one is mine? Here at the bar it’s so hard to hear Drowning my sorrows in the bottom of my beer One by one they each take their toll One day at a time we all grow old Yes here at the bar I drown my sorrow Because here at the bar there is no tomorrow Sitting on my sh*tty stool my mind will roam Until I’m drunk and stupid and I go home Sometimes reality can become a dream When you’re best friends with Jim Beam Here I sit feeling all alone Waiting for someone to take me home The clock on the wall tells me it is getting late The empty stool beside me tells me I don’t have a date

55 SAME OLD SONG I’ve loosened up a bit But I won’t yet quit Sick of this and that You know the same old sh*t Just my pen and me Nothing that we can’t see At a table at the bar It don’t take that long You may have come so far But it’s the same old song I’m at my best this way No living day to day Time to plan a future The old people say Separate this from that Throw out the trash Go to Ash Wednesday And don’t forget your cash Though you maybe getting along You’re still singing the same old song STALKED Are they stalking me? I don’t really know Funny how I see them Almost every place I go I retreat hoping never to be found I turn around and they are there Sneaking up behind me without a sound There they are grinning at me with their wide-eyed stare Breaking through doors and windows too I wonder if this is just my fate? How the hell they found me I haven’t got a clue Even after closing the door and locking the gate Down at the local bus stop I wear my hat down low Button up high the collar of my suit Are they stalking me I don’t really know? Hop on the bus but they even know my route 56 TEACHER’S GONE The weight has been lifted That comes with being gifted The plates have just shifted Feel the weight being lifted Tomorrow’s another day School books have been thrown away Homework tonight is planning on how much to drink

Raise your glasses for you don’t have to think Summer’s around the corner Spring now fills the air The weight has been lifted Teacher’s gone he is not there Graffiti on the desks has all been washed away Recess has been reassessed and is now everyday Count the days until summer ends Until teacher’s pet is your best friend THINK BEFORE YOU ACT It has just been proven That you don’t have to be black To be a nigger You just have to believe That a gun Makes you bigger But either black or white When it’s time to fight A real man uses his hands To avoid a cell That’s a living hell Because he used bullets Instead of using his head And now he rots in prison Because the other guy’s dead 57 MARK IT Find your market and you shall thrive It's the only way You can survive That's what my Professor said He learned from all The books he read He was a banker Before that a baker Hmmm....once a giver And now he's a taker Who has taken to preaching Money is the common religion And gods are mere fish Splish splashing in a paper ocean DEAD HISTORY As you see me handing you back your key Do you know what just occurred to me? we both knew we’d become unglued eventually Unity…has become severed You and me… we both can do better

And if you listen to me very carefully Last night was the last night… I am setting you free Don’t you cry, dry your eyes, don’t act surprise But just what do you surmise? That it is time to unwrite some dead history 58 MOURNING THE DEAD Stopping to mourn the dead Can get you killed around here We don’t bless ignorance No matter what the sign says It’s all just a mirage An image which will Slowly fade and then disappear That’s something we don’t discuss much Since some things are Still taboo around here In the nod of a head A look in the eye And you know what it is You have to do… CRIME OF THE CENTURY What doesn’t kill you just defines you As your past creeps up behind you Whatever you run from is bound to find you If you check your rear view mirror You will see them getting nearer I just can’t make it any clearer You can put the pedal to the floor But there ain’t no use running any more There’s no escape for what’s in store You think to yourself “Will they remember me?” While I rot in my cell inside the penitentiary I came so close to committing the crime of the century What the hell else does society expect from me? For when a man has lost his dignity Do you really think anything means sh*t to me? 59 SEVEN MONTHS I heard about an accident on the train The one that I normally take This morning I overslept Usually I’m never late Somewhere along the line

It seems someone made a mistake After the two trains collided There was enough blood to fill a lake It took nearly three days For all the cars to separate These next worlds that I will speak Give me reason to hesitate So on what I shall now say First I must meditate Aboard the other train Was my son’s favorite playmate Along with his mom Who was seven months pregnant BEES AND BUTTERFLIES Hmm… Hmm… Hmm… Who am I? Do I float like a butterfly? Do I sting like a bee? My ears look like Will Smith Because Muhammad hit me… No…not Ali…it was yo mommy Heard she barely survived Felating the hive Until she found out a better way To get out the honey But it still sucks Because it costs bucks Yeah, they still sell everything for money Hmm… Hmm… Hmm… Who am I? 60 (5+) STARTING THE DAY I light it up… When I wake up And starting the day… Any other way… Would suck! Get up quick and try to slip away Pigs outta the pen Those b*tches in blue are blue the f$&^#@g you know who… Are at it again Somewhere there sneaks a little dirty rat Who tried to pull a rabbit out of a hat

Heard a dirty word form a little bird Got to go out and gather up the herd And trample over more than just the plains For some things take much pain Drowned in an oasis… I light it up… And he never wakes up You go to sleep and wake up Start a new day Some breeds take up more space Let’s face it The dinosaurs have had…and will again have…their day There’ll be a new king of the jungle we just have to wait 61 STATE OF HARMONY I’ve been growing tomatoes Out here in the fields For my entire life And what seems like About a million years I got my spot in the shade It’s a lot to know you have a trade In which you get to make a living And avoid blood spilling and killing With just my friend Ed And this rototiller here I got my pitchfork ready Like the corn I got my ear: For the sound of the dew drop In the morning before it starts raining I’m ready and willing to listen While waiting for the rising sun that glistens That’s when I love farming the best When most people would be complaining No, not me…because I believe in seeds And that we all live best in a state of harmony 62 TRAIN (THE OTHER ONE) This is the train that’ll lead me outta here Gotta get when the gettin’s good And now’s my time the coast is clear When you’ve gone too far you can’t turn back When they don’t know your name they never cut you any slack Get back on track Can’t call this home again Don’t look back Time to get on the train again

All of a sudden the world’s grown colder When there’s someone behind you watch over your shoulder They say there’s a heaven but this sure ain’t it Just trying to find a place where I fit UNFORTUNATELY I said I didn’t wanna try it And be the one to cause a riot Because they got lots of eyes in sky That know what you are doing… And they’re working on something That can tell what you’re thinking And if you tell them lies They’ll know because you’re blinking… Once you’re mind becomes paralyzed Those aren’t tears in your eyes It’s just the leaking truth serum That they’ve been serving you’ve been drinking… You’re the only one that cries You are here by yourself alone That’s what you’re thinking But you don’t know your history It’s filled with similar atrocities Against your fellow humanity But you said, “That couldn’t happen to me” And now you’re dead…unfortunately 63 WASABI NIGHT Something there was going on But you missed it by a mile I was there with a buddy of mine And all we did was smile We didn’t need to worry About impressing any fools Didn’t go looking for nothing Didn’t have to keep our cool My buddy got shut off by the owner And he only had two beers I even argued that he was twenty-nine And that he was wise beyond his years I danced with a thirty five year old She French kissed me out on the floor I ended up slipping her my number But only god knows what’s in store Someone shouted wasabi And everybody bowed For we went to a bar

Where almost anything’s allowed 64 WILL DO I’ve come a long, long way the last couple of years I’ve fought my share of demons until they disappeared Finally as I look now the coast seems clear I know it’s time to start but I don’t know where…to go I don’t know…what to do? I don’t know…what type of seeds I’m gonna sew I don’t know…I just haven’t got a clue I don’t know… what to do? I’ve penned ‘a many sad, sad song And shed a few tears I’ve had my share of lovers Who’ve all seemed to disappear To each one true To each one dear But the burden of it all Was just too much to bear For you know I don’t know what to do I don’t know I just haven’t got a clue I’m still looking for the perfect hole In which my seeds can grow But I know that not just any old hole will do 65 PERIOD I told myself, “I’ve got to give in!” Live on the same grid as the competition Though I can’t forget my regrets I’m still living with them Somehow still tied up in knots I give it all that I have got Still caught up in the net I am still… I am still… I am still…someone else’s pet I am still… I am still… I am still…unable to forget I am still…a miracle…we can all play pretend I am still…period…the end 66 67 LOVE SONG TO MYSELF This is the love song that I wrote to me from me Who could ever say it better:

“I love you” than myself? This is the be all and end all Of what you thought was out of the box Who could ever be so clever as to build up bullshit And then get it to walk and talk…. My hero is my ego because he’s fearless like a seagull Although he treats me like I’m the carcass of a beached whale Sure I’m no shiny knight in armor but am I really so blind To the signs that politely say it’s time to learn to read Braille Sometimes our vision fails as the tide has come to be my truest friend today Sometimes we build castle walls out of sand Just to see how long it takes for them to wash away 68 LIVING A BUFFET SONG You know you were drinking too much for too long When you find yourself living in a Jimmy Buffet song I overextended my stay in Margaritaville I’m still wasted this morning and will be for most of the day Now some people claim That the worm is to blame Why my brain feels like it’s been scraping asphalt I’ve just gotten to know Some guy named Jose Cuervo Yeah, we’ve been hanging out together a lot I woke up hung over and feeling depressed Looked to my right… How’d I get myself into this mess? Felt someone leaning on my shoulder Man, I’ve got to get this weight off my chest It seems that last night I rode the fat girl express I was sick to my stomach Had a bad taste in my mouth I heard a noise in the bathroom And another one ton came out Just like the rubber I used her and then threw her away She knows I don’t love her So I have no idea why she stayed Was it so that she could tell me She feels like I ripped a hole inside of her I responded don’t worry, for I have the cure

There is the door…it’ll set you free I’d prefer not to see you anymore 69 70 LOVE SONG IN WORKS I am too idealistic I will confess Maybe that’s why it’s taken so long I’m too young to settle for second best But I began to think that I was wrong Second rate wasn’t second best Since no one’s ever passed the test Until I studied you and you taught me A lesson in love called chemistry No I never would have believed it Talk about extra credit Never before could I conceive it I find myself asking if I really said it I was wasting away day after day Living from hand-to-mouth Navigating but losing my way As my life kept on heading south When the winter weather wasn’t warmer I’d learned I’d been led astray If a picture is worth a thousand words Then I’ve still got a lot more to say And so with that fact figured out It’s time – to do everything That I’ve talked about So I had better be on my way… 71 HYMN TO JIM, ER JOHN I get remorseful when I hear your voice Still I must listen for I have no choice Cant always turn it off and on How uncertainly I react Lost all faith in mankind Cant think of any more questions to ask The race has been run And I still don’t believe Id like to take a few steps back To right before killers and thieves With all we’ve gained so much more we lack One man brought the world to its knees BEATLE MURDERED the headline was fact So many crying: Why did John Lennon have to leave? Kills all remaining faith Hurts my ears, hurts my soul Still I carry on your weight

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