-------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Blue Eyed Soul -------- You've got a blue-eyed soul And if you don't let it show It'll leave you, you won't even know Without your blue-eyed soul Can you keep it simple? Can you let the snare crack? Can you let it move without holding back? Are you afraid to let it go Without your blue-eyed soul? You're gonna lose control You're gonna lose control Without your blue-eyed soul Without your blue-eyed soul Without your blue-eyed soul -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Box Full of Letters -------- [Verse 1] Got a box full of letters Think you might like to read Some things that you might like to see But they're all addressed to me Wish I had a lot of answers Because that's the way it should be For all these questions Being directed at me [Chorus 1] I just can't find the time To write my mind The way I want it to read [Chorus 2] You'll come back again And I'll still be your friend [Verse 2] I got a lot of your records In a separate stack Some things that I might like to hear But I guess I'll give them back I wish I had a lot of answers Because that's the way it should be For all these questions Being directed at me [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] [Chorus 1][x2] -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Casino Queen -------- [Verse 1] Well the money's pouring down And the people all look down And it's floating out of town I hit the second deck And I spent my paycheck And my wife that I just met She's looking like a wreck [Chorus] Casino Queen My lord you're mean I've been gambling like a fiend On your tables so green [Verse 3] I always bet on black Blackjack I'll pay you back The room fills with smoke And I'm already broke And the dealer keeps on joking As he takes my last token [Chorus] -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Dash 7 -------- Dash 7 in the air Propped to the sun alone Jets hum I wish that I was still there Props, not a jet, alone Where the sun doesn't come down Because I've found the way those engines sound Will make you kiss the ground When you touch down Dash 7 pointed down The captain's announcement Doesn't make a sound Because I've found the way those engines sound Will make you kiss the ground I found the way those engines sound Will make you kiss the ground When you touch down -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- I Must Be High -------- You Always wanted more time To do What you always wanted to do Now you got it And I, I must be high To say goodbye Bye, bye, bye You Never said you needed this Now you're pissed that you missed The very last kiss From my lips And I, I must be high To say goodbye Bye, bye, bye You Never looked in my eyes Long enough to find Any peace of mind But now you got it And I, I must be high To let you say goodbye Bye, bye, bye -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- I Thought I Held You -------- You're like a moon that's full Across a sea of foam I'm the sky you've been burning I don't think you even understand I thought I held you by the hand I thought I held you I'm like a songwriter You're the reason I've run out Run out of metaphors I don't think you understand I thought I held you by the hand I thought I held you I thought I held you -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- It's Just That Simple -------- [Verse] There's a whole lot of money that you gave me I'd gladly empty my pockets right now You'd parlay all that by triple It's just that simple Those days I'd gladly walk so long for you Although it seemed I crawled most of the way After some time I felt like a cripple It's just that simple Last week I was thinking about traveling by land And the time you remember we were by the lake It wasn't even like we made a ripple It's just that simple In my head, the time didn't make a ripple It's just that simple -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Passenger Side -------- [Verse 1] Hey, wake up, your eyes weren't open wide For the last couple of miles you've been swerving from side to side You're going to make me spill my beer If you don't learn how to steer [Chorus] Passenger side, passenger side I don't like riding on the passenger side [Verse 2] Roll another number for the road You're the only sober person I know Won't you let me make you a deal Just get behind the wheel [Chorus] Should've been the driver, could've been the one I should've been your lover, but I hadn't seen [Verse 3] Can you take me to the store, then the bank? I've got five dollars we can put in the tank I've got a court date coming this June I'll be driving soon [Chorus] -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Pick Up the Change -------- If it's just your heart talking, I don't mind If you want to call me darling, that's just fine, that's just fine But if it's your mind that's wandering, it'll fall in line When I kiss your cheek, dear, every time, every time We used to have a lot of things in common But you know now we're just the same You always had more than I really wanted Aw honey, help me Aw honey, help me pick up the change If it's just your heart talking, I'll listen every time Dear, you can talk my ear off, anytime, anytime But if my mind starts wandering, it won't be gone long Whenever I hear your heart talking, it's a song, it's a song We used to have a lot of things in common But you know now we're just the same You always had more than I really wanted Aw honey, help me Come on honey, help me pick up Aw honey, help me pick up the change Aw honey, help me Come on honey, help me pick up Aw honey, help me pick up the change -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Shouldn't Be Ashamed -------- [Verse 1] To live without a savior, answer to his name Shouldn't be afraid, shouldn't be ashamed Like a kid behind the counter remembering your name Shouldn't be afraid, shouldn't be ashamed [Chorus] If it's not like I told you, then it's still your call You should live how you want, stay with me, we should stay apart Just shouldn't ever have to be this hard [Verse 2] Like a man on the sidewalk remembering your face Shouldn't look away, shouldn't be afraid He remembers when they still wore gaiters, World War I Shouldn't be afraid, shouldn't be ashamed [Chorus] -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Should've Been in Love -------- You've been dealing with all of these feelings Like they got you believing they have no meaning But they do Your life's been stinking, your heart's been sinking And you're too busy thinking to stop You blink and you're blue Should've been in love Should've been in love Should've been in love Your mind's been racing, your heart's been chasing And you might as well face it Time's wasting, it's true Your life's been stinking, your heart's been shrinking And you're too busy thinking to stop You blink and you're blue Should've been in love Should've been in love Should've been in love I know how it goes So I just had to Let you know I know My life's been stinking, my heart's been shrinking And I'm too busy thinking to stop I blink and you're gone Should've been in love We should've been in love We should've been in love -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- That's Not the Issue -------- [Verse] You've got a problem, I think you know I'll tell you mine before you go You've been thinking about somebody new That's not the issue Secrets, I have some too I'll tell you mine before I say goodbye to you I've been thinking about leaving too That's not the issue I'm leaving, I'm leaving now I'd say goodbye, but I don't know how You've been sleeping with somebody new That's not the issue -------- 1995 AM -------- -------- Too Far Apart -------- You came to meet me out on the line You couldn't believe I was feeling fine When I really needed you, you were gone So long We were too far apart Right from the start I couldn't be any closer to you now Is it really punk rock, like the party line? Do you have to think about that? Can I give you some time? 'Cause when I really needed you, you were gone So long We were too far apart Right from the start I couldn't be any closer to you now Too far apart Right from the start And I couldn't be any closer to you now -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Dreamer in My Dreams -------- Well there's a dreamer in my dreams Swinging from the beams With light shining off the snow Well there's a singer in my heart Burning up the charts With songs about things we all know Well there's a blister on his brain That's driving him insane 'Cause all good things, they gotta go Well there's a child on the way It could be any day But how this life will change we don't know Well there's a child on the way Gonna look just like him One day, he's gonna say "Ain't you my dad?" Then he's gonna look down and smile And after a while, he'll say "That's for sure, 'cause you got my eyes." Well there's a dreamer in my dreams He's hanging from the beams With light shining off the snow There's a blister on his brain It's driving him insane 'Cause all the good things have to go There's a dreamer in my dreams Swinging from the beams With a light shining off the lake Well, I know I made mistakes I'm passing then all on But I hope he gets up before dawn All right (Yeah, that's it) There's a dreamer in my dreams Climbing up the back Of a car they used to call a Cadillac It's got a brand new set of keys He's got a new look, he's got a new look And he's gonna, he's gonna take it all away (I believe it) There's a dreamer in my dreams Swinging from the beams All jacked up in my garage He's hanging from a belt He don't know what he's done Just don't forget to say goodbye when he's gone (Oh! That's it!) -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Far, Far Away -------- Far, far away from those city lights They might be shining on you tonight Far, far away from you On the dark side of the room I long to hold you in my arms and sway Kiss and ride on the CTA I need to see you tonight Those bright lights Oh, I know it's right Deep in my heart I'll know it's right By the bed By the light that you read by By the time That I get home to say good night I need to see you again On the dark side, my friend On the dark side -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Forget the Flowers -------- You're trying my patience, try pink carnations Red roses and yellow daffodils Don't forget the flowers, someday, I know you will Displayers of affection and all good intentions Why don't you just send me the bill Don't forget the flowers, someday, I know you will Lately you've been taking me Way too seriously, oooh I can't ever explain why I don't feel your pain, oooh I left you behind, I know it's been a long time But I'm not over you Don't forget the flowers, someday, I hope I do You're trying my patience, try pink carnations Red roses and yellow daffodils Don't forget the flowers, someday I know I will Don't forget the flowers, someday I know I will -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Hotel Arizona -------- [Verse 1] Hotel in Arizona Made us all want to feel like stars Rental cars with tinted windows Leave another number for me [Chorus] Even if I make it through That's just something that I have to get used to That's just something I have to get used to [Verse 2] I feel some connection Between you and me Well I guess there's some direction Maybe you can't see [Chorus] Even at the interview That's not something that I'm going to get used to That's not something I'm going to get used to [Verse 3] Hello, can you hear me Hello, that's all there is That's all there is [Outro] I guess all this history is just a mystery to me One more worried whisper right in my ear -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- I Got You (At the End of the Century) -------- I got you and that's all I need I got you and that's all I need I got you and that's all I need I got you I got you and I still believe That you are all I will ever need It's you, oh All the way back in the seventies You were my little TV queen Guitarzan and your friend Janine I got you I got you and I still believe That you are all I will ever need It's you, oh It's the end of the century And I can't think of anything Except you It's the end of the century And I can't think of anything But you, oh All, I, need I got you I got you, babe I got you -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Kingpin -------- I want to be your kingpin Living in Pekin I want to be your bigwig Living in Pekin I got the flu and away I flew N.Y.C.P.D. blue Dimatapp and Spinal Tap City maps and hand claps Statue of Liberty play It only works once Don't throw it away 'Cause I want to be your kingpin Living in Pekin Living in Pekin Living in How can I How can I give my love to you when I don't know what to do -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Misunderstood -------- [Intro] When you're back in your old neighborhood The cigarettes taste so good But you're so misunderstood You're so misunderstood There's something there that you can't find You look honest when you're telling a lie You hurt her but you don't know why You love her but you don't know why Short on long term goals There's a party there that we ought to go to If you still love rock and roll If you still love rock and roll? It's only a quarter to three Reflected off of your CD You're looking at a picture of me You're staring at a picture of me Take the guitar player for a ride 'Cause he ain't never been satisfied He thinks he owes some kind of debt It'll be years before he gets over it There's a fortune inside your head When all you touch turns to lead You think you might just crawl back in bed With a fortune inside your head I know you're just a mama's boy You're positively unemployed So misunderstood So misunderstood I know you've got a God-shaped hole You're bleeding out your heart full of soul You're so misunderstood You're so misunderstood You're so misunderstood You're so misunderstood I'd like to thank you all for nothing I'd like to thank you all for nothing at all I'd like to thank you all for nothing Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing at all Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing at all -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Monday -------- [Verse 1] Choo-Choo Charlie had a plenty good band But he couldn't understand why no one would go The World Record Players on a tour of Japan Charlie's fixing his van with a left arm tan He said: [Chorus] "Monday, I'm all high Get me out of FLA In school, yeah I fooled ya Now I know I made a mistake" [Verse 2] Blister on a turnpike, let me by I only want to wonder why when I don't die Ooh, I shot you, yeah, I know I only want to go where my wheels roll [Chorus] Monday, I'm all high Get me out of FLA I fooled ya In school, yeah Now I know I made a mistake [Verse 3] Everybody's wondering, "Where'd he go?" He must be down in Pensacola hiding from the snow The World Record Players on a tour of Japan Charlie's fixin' his van, he's waitin' for a postcard And he said: [Chorus] "Monday, I'm all high Get me out of TLA Well, I cut class In school, yeah Now I know I made a mistake I made a big mistake, alright" [Outro] Yeah, alright Alright, alright Alright Man, I've been listenin' to Creedence Clearwater Revival Son of a-- -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Outta Mind (Outta Sight) -------- Well I know we don't talk much But you're but you're such a good talker Oh whoa Well I know that we should take a walk But you're such a fast walker, oh whoa Well alright I know where I'll be tonight, well alright Outta mind, outta sight Well okay I know you don't love me But you'll still be thinking of me, oh-whoa Well alright I know you probably hate me Well that's okay with me Well alright I know where I'll be tonight Well alright Outta mind outta sight Outta mind outta sight You don't see me now You don't want to anyhow Well look out Here I come again And I'm bringing my friends I said, look out Here I come again And I'm bringing my friends Okay, alright, okay, alright I know where I'll be tonight Well alright Well outta mind outta sight Outta mind outta sight Outta mind outta sight Well alright That's quite alright I know you don't love me I know you don't love me anymore, alright I know you -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Outtasite (Outta Mind) -------- [Verse 1] I know we don't talk much But you're such a good talker, oh whoa I know we should take a walk But you're such a fast walker, oh whoa Well alright [Chorus] I know where I'll be tonight, alright Out of mind, out of sight [Verse 2] Well okay, I know you don't love me But you'll still be thinking of me, oh whoa Well alright, I know you probably hate me That's okay with me Alright [Chorus] I know where I'll be tonight, alright Out of mind, out of sight Out of mind, out of sight [Bridge] You don't see me now You don't want to anyhow [Verse 3] Look out, here I come again And I'm bringing my friends Look out, here I come again I'm bringing my friends Okay, alright, okay, alright [Chorus] I know where I'll be tonight, alright Out of mind, out of sight Out of mind, out of sight Out of mind, out of sight -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Red-Eyed and Blue -------- We've got solid state technology Tapes on the floor Some songs we can't afford to play When we came here today All I wanted to say Is how much I miss you Alcohol and cotton balls And some drugs We can't afford on the way When we came here today We all felt something true Now I'm red-eyed and blue -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Say You Miss Me -------- I've been sleeping alone, out on my own I'm sure it seems like I'm taking my time to get back to you You've been doing your part, working real hard I'm not lying, sure it seems like I'm trying to get back at you Do you miss me too? Baby, say I miss you Just say you miss me too Do you miss me too? Baby, say I miss you Just say you miss me too I've been losing my mind, wasting my time I'm not crazy, sure it seems like I'm lazin' up to get back to you You've been taking it hard, I know it's hard I'm not lying, sure it seems like I'm trying to get back at you Do you miss me too? Baby, say I miss you Just say you miss me too Do you miss me too? Baby, say I miss you Just say you miss me too Well, I been mixed up Since the break up What I need you to say Everything's okay Baby, say I miss you Just say you miss me too Just say you miss me too -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Someday Soon -------- Wind will blow and the sun will shine On that hill where we used to climb I'll look in your eyes and you'll be mine Someday soon I won't even make a scene That will be just like a dream Cash is gonna flow down by the old mainstream Someday soon You don't know me, but I know you (you don't know me) You have no idea what I'd do (what I'd do) To make you mine and see you swoon Someday soon Sun's gonna shine, wind's gonna blow On that hill where we used to go I'll look in your eyes and down I will roll Someday soon Someday, someday soon Someday, someday soon -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Someone Else's Song -------- I can't tell you anything You don't already know I keep on trying I should just let it go I keep on singing Your eyes, they just roll It sounds like someone else's song From a long time ago You already know the story And the chords are just the same You already know I love you And I sound like what's his name But you can't stop me I want you to know I know it sounds like someone else's song From a long time ago -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Sunken Treasure -------- There's rows and rows of houses With windows painted blue With the light from a TV Running parallel to you But there is no sunken treasure Rumored to be Wrapped inside my ribs In a sea, black with ink I am so Out of tune With you I am so out of tune With you If I had a mountain I'd try to fold it over If I had a boat (probably roll over) You know I'd probably roll over (leave it on the shore) And I leave it on the shore (leave it for somebody) I'd leave it for somebody Surely there's somebody Who needs it more than me I am so Out of tune With you I am so out of tune With you For all the leaves we'll burn In autumn fires and then return For all the fires we burn All will return Music is my savior I was maimed by rock and roll I was maimed by rock and roll I was tamed by rock and roll I got my name from rock and roll -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- The Lonely 1 -------- After the show You walked right past Arms reached out For your autograph And as you flashed Your backstage pass I caught your eye With a camera's flash When the band came out They stood behind you Cymbals crashed The lights went blue You stood alone In the halo's haze Shiny guitar hung on Gold lame And you You were the lonely one You were The lonely one When you perform It's so intense When the critics pan I write in your defense I understand I am just a fan I'm just a fan When I get home I turn off the alarm I check the phone No messages on I play the ones from yesterday I play your song Just to hear you say that you You're the lonely one You are The lonely one You You're the lonely one You are the lonely one -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- (Was I) In Your Dreams -------- Was I in your dreams? I'd like to know Did I touch your hand and did it feel like snow? Try to understand while I've got you on the phone Did I hurt you like I know I can? Tell me why you'd ever want to leave your loving man Try to understand, please try to understand Was I in your dreams? Was I in your dreams? Does a dreamer die when his dreams die too? I don't really mind if I dream about you I can't say what any of that means Was I in your dreams late last night? Did you hold your pillow? Did you squeeze me tight? I just want to make everything all right Was I in your dreams? Was I in your dreams? Was I? -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- What's the World Got in Store -------- Close your eyes and go to sleep, baby Take your head off your feet, honey 'Cause you've been working hard and I know you're tired You been trying hard not to think I'm a liar What's the world got in store? What's the world got in store for you? What's the world got in store for you now? Come on baby somehow, I need you Do I have to show you how, baby? I'm not trying to knock you out What's it about? I just know you need your rest But I can't say what's best for you You been working hard and I know you're tired I've been trying hard not to feel like a liar What's the world got in store? What's the world got in store for you? What's the world got in store for you now? What's the world got in store? What's the world got in store for you? What's the world got in store for you now? -------- 1996 Being There -------- -------- Why Would You Wanna Live -------- [Verse 1] It's all happened here before I know you've seen it too I know you've seen it too And it's all happened to you Kid, you've paid your dues Dues and dues [Chorus] Why would you Want to live In this world Why would you Want to live In this world [Verse 2] I know you watch the news I've seen it too I've seen it too And it's all happened to you Kid, you've paid your dues Dues and dues [Chorus] Why would you Want to live In this world [Outro] Why wouldn't you Want to live In this world Wouldn't you Want to live -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- 23 Seconds of Silence -------- [Silence] -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- A Shot in the Arm (Remix Version) -------- [Verse 1] The ashtray says You were up all night When you went to bed With your darkest mind Your pillow wept And covered your eyes And you finally slept While the sun caught fire You've changed [Verse 2] We fell in love In the key of C We walked along Down by the sea You followed me down The neck to D And fell again Into the sea You changed Oh, you've changed [Hook] Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm Something in my veins bloodier than blood [Verse 3] The ashtray says You were up all night When you went to bed With your darkest mind You changed Oh, you've changed [Outro] What you once were isn't what you want to be any more -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- A Shot in the Arm -------- [Verse 1] The ashtray says You were up all night When you went to bed With your darkest mind Your pillow wept And covered your eyes And you finally slept While the sun caught fire You've changed [Verse 2] We fell in love In the key of C We walked along Down by the sea You followed me down The neck to D And fell again Into the sea You changed Oh, you've changed [Hook] Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm Something in my veins bloodier than blood [Verse 3] The ashtray says You were up all night When you went to bed With your darkest mind You changed Oh, you've changed [Outro] What you once were isn't what you want to be any more -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- Candyfloss -------- I'm the boy that looks excited I'm the boy that's gonna fall apart Candyfloss, a plot device I'm the boy that eats his heart out I know I should be more careful I know I should watch where I've been Candyfloss, she's a safe cracker She kissed me first and then broke in We slip and slide on the stay-together landmine I make my mind up to never be myself And every time I make a rhyme I live my life for someone else Oh-whoa-whoa Oh-whoa-whoa Oh-whoa-whoa She's in the kitchen With bitter diamond drunk (She's in the way) I'm on the sofa (I'm in the way) Hoping she leaves that punk 'cause I'm the boy with the poetry power I'm the boy, smells like flowers Every time I make a rhyme I live my life like I wasn't invited Oh-whoa-whoa She's in the way I'm in the way I'm the boy that looks excited I'm the boy that's gonna fall apart Candyfloss, she kissed me first And I'm the boy, don't get me started I know I should be more careful I know I should watch where I've been Candyfloss, she's a safe cracker She kissed me first, then broke in Oh-whoa-whoa -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- Can't Stand It -------- [Verse 1] The way things go You get so low Struggle to find your skin Hey ho Look out below Your prayers will never be answered again [Verse 2] Phones still ring And singers sing Speakers are speaking in code What now Well anyhow Our prayers will never be answered again [Chorus] You know it's all beginning To feel like it's ending No love's as random As God's love I can't stand it I can't stand it [Verse 3] The way things get You get so high Funny how we make new friends Oh hey ho I gotta go My prayers will never be answered again [Chorus] You know it's all beginning To feel like it's ending No love's as random As God's love I can't stand it I can't stand it [Bridge] Speakers speaking Speakers speaking Speaking in code [Chorus] You know it's all beginning To feel like pretending No love's as random As my love I can't stand it I can't stand it [Outro] Your prayers will never be answered again Your prayers will never be answered again Your prayers will never be answered again Your prayers will never be answered again -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- ELT -------- [Verse 1] I, I should've been listening To every word you said Oh, what have I been missing Wishing, wishing that you were dead I didn't mean to be so disturbing So far from home Oh, what have I been learning By being all alone [Chorus] Every little thing Every little thing Every little thing (Is gonna) Just tears you apart [Verse 2] When, when we were younger Sleep while I'm awake I was trying to keep the door locked I realize that's a mistake [Chorus] [Verse 3] Every little thing that you do Seems so much better than I could do Oh, I should've been listening To every word you said [Chorus] -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- How to Fight Loneliness -------- [Verse 1] How to fight loneliness Smile all the time Shine your teeth 'til meaningless Sharpen them with lies [Verse 2] And whatever's going down Will follow you around That's how you fight loneliness You laugh at every joke Drag your blanket blindly Fill your heart with smoke And the first thing that you want Will be the last thing you ever need That's how you fight it [Hook] Just smile all the time Just smile all the time Just smile all the time Just smile all the time -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- I'm Always in Love -------- [Verse 1] Why, I wonder, is my heart full of holes And the feeling goes but my hair keeps growing [Chorus] Will I set the sun on a big-wheeled wagon Oh I'm bragging I'm always in love [Verse 2] When I let go of your throat-sweet throttle When I clean the lash of your black-belt model Will I catch the moon, like a bird in a cage It's for you I swoon I'm always in love [Bridge] I don't get the connection This is only a test I hope I do my best You know I won't forget [Verse 3] When I fold the cold in my jet-lag palm When I soak so long I forget my mother [Chorus] Will I set the sun on a big-wheeled wagon I'm bragging I'm always in love [Outro] It's a drag I snag I'm always in love I'm worried I'm always in love I'm worried I'm worried I'm worried I'm always in love -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- In a Future Age -------- [Verse 1] Genuine day will come When the wind decides to run And shakes the stairs that stab the wall And turns the page in a future age [Verse 2] Some trees will bend and some will fall But then again so will us all Let's turn our prayers into outrageous dares And mark our page in a future age [Verse 3] High above The sea of cars And barking dogs In fenced-in yards -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- My Darling -------- [Verse 1] Go back to sleep now, my darling And I'll keep all the bad dreams away Breathe now, think sweet things And I'll think of all the right words to say [Chorus] Because we made you, my darling With the love in each of our hearts We were a family, my darling Right from the start [Verse 2] Grow up now, my darling Please don't you grow up too fast And be sure, darling To make all the good times last [Chorus] -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (again) -------- [Verse 1] We'll find a way regardless To make some sense out of this mess Well, it's a test, but I believe A kiss is all we need All the above for being in love Shouldn't that alone be enough Oh, it's tough when loves a weed It grows inside of me [Chorus] Nothing's ever gonna stand in my Nothing's ever gonna stand in my Nothing's ever gonna stand in my way again [Verse 2] Waste the days, waste the nights Try to downplay being uptight Oh, you're right, I believe A kiss is all we need [Chorus] [Bridge] A watch that ticks is wrapped around my wrist Oh no I'm a bomb regardless Oh, I'm a bomb regardless (x3) We'll find a way We'll find a way We'll find a way [Chorus] Nothing's ever gonna stand in our Nothing's ever gonna stand in our Nothing's ever gonna stand in our way again -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- Pieholden Suite -------- [Verse 1] There's a whisper I would like to breathe into your ear But I'm too scared To get that close to you right now [Verse 2] There are dreams we might have shared And I still care And I still love you But you know how I've been untrue [Verse 3] In the beginning We closed our eyes Whenever we kissed We were surprised To find so much inside -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- She's a Jar -------- She's a jar With a heavy lid My pop quiz kid A sleepy kisser A pretty war With feelings hid She begs me not to miss her She says forever To light a fuse We could use A hand full of wheel And a day off On a bruised road However you might feel Tonight is real When I forget how to talk I sing Won't you please Bring that flash to shine And turn my eyes red Unless they close When you click And my face gets sick Stuck Like a question unposed Just climb aboard The tracks of a train's arm In my fragile family tree And watch me floating inches above The people underneath Please beware the quiet front yard I warned you Before there were water skies I warned you not to drive Dry your eyes, you poor devil Are there really ones like these The ones I dream Float like leaves And freeze to spread skeleton wings I passed through before I knew you I believe it's just because Daddy's payday is not enough Oh, I believe it's all because Daddy's payday is not enough Just climb aboard The tracks of a train's arm In my fragile family tree And watch me floating inches above The people under me She's a jar With a heavy lid My pop quiz kid A sleepy kisser A pretty war With feelings hid You know she begs me not to hit her -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- Summer Teeth -------- [Verse 1] Like a cloud his fingers explode On the typewriter ribbon, the shadow grows His hearts in a bowl behind the bank And every evening when he gets home To make his supper and eat it alone His black shirt cries While his shoes get cold [Hook] It's just a dream he keeps having And it doesn't seem to mean anything And it doesn't seem to mean anything [Verse 2] One summer, a suicide Another autumn, a traveler's guide He hits snooze twice before he dies And every evening when he gets home To make his supper and eat it alone His black shirt cries While his shoes get cold [Hook] [Verse 3] He feels lucky to have you here In his kitchen, in your chair Sometimes he forgets that you're even there [Hook] -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- Via Chicago -------- [Verse 1] I dreamed about killing you again last night And it felt alright to me Dying on the banks of Embarcadero skies I sat and watched you bleed Buried you alive in a fireworks display Raining down on me Your cold, hot blood ran away from me To the sea [Verse 2] I printed my name on the back of a leaf And I watched it float away The hope I had in a notebook full of white, dry pages Was all I tried to save But the wind blew me back via Chicago In the middle of the night And all without fight at the crush of veils and starlight [Bridge] I know I'll make it back One of these days and turn on your TV To watch a man with a face like mine Being chased down a busy street When he gets caught, I won't get up And I won't go to sleep [Hook] I'm coming home, I'm coming home Via Chicago [Verse 3] Where the cups are cracked and hooked Above the sink, they make me think Crumbling ladder, tears don't fall They shine down your shoulders And crawling is screw faster lash And I blow it with kisses I rest my head on a pillowy star And a cracked door moon That says I haven't gone too far [Hook] [Outro] Searching for a home Searching for a home Searching for a home Via Chicago I'm coming home I'm coming home -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- We're Just Friends -------- Over and over and over again You say that we're just friends Forget the implications Infatuations end If love's so easy, why is it hard I can't imagine ever being apart I'll come back to you It'll be brand new But I promise We're just friends Over and over and over again I try to make amends For everything that I've done wrong My whole world just spins Make some coffee, hold me up Try to talk me out of giving up I'll come back to you It'll be brand new But I promise We're just friends -------- 1999 Summerteeth -------- -------- When You Wake Up Feeling Old -------- [Verse 1] When you wake up, feeling old This piano filled with souls Some strange purse stuffed nervous with gold Can you be where you want to be [Verse 2] Walk down any street you can find Look at any clock telling time Sing some strange verse From some strange song of mine And you'll be where you want to be [Verse 3] I know I can't sing Until she brings the song to life And I'd blend with kings Would never change a thing [Verse 4] Who knows anything, I don't know There are so many things I must leave alone Some strange person is calling you their home Can you be where you want to be [Outro] Can you be, where you want to be Can you be, where you want to be Can you be, where you want to be -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Ashes of American Flags -------- [Verse 1] The cash machine is blue and green For a hundred in twenties and a small service fee I could spend three dollars and sixty-three cents On Diet Coca-Cola and unlit cigarettes I wonder why we listen to poets when nobody gives a fuck How hot and sorrowful, this machine begs for luck [Refrain] All my lies are always wishes I know I would die if I could come back new [Verse 2] I want a good life with a nose for things Fresh wind and bright sky to enjoy my suffering A hole without a key if I break my tongue Speaking of tomorrow, how will it ever come? [Refrain] All my lies are always wishes I know I would die if I could come back new [Bridge] I'm down on my hands and knees every time the doorbell rings I shake like a toothache when I hear myself sing [Refrain] All my lies are only wishes I know I would die if I could come back new [Outro] I would like to salute The ashes of American flags And all the fallen leaves Filling up shopping bags -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Heavy Metal Drummer -------- [Verse 1] Oh, I sincerely miss those heavy metal bands I used to go see on the landing in the summer She fell in love with the drummer She fell in love with the drummer She fell in love [Verse 2] Shiny, shiny pants and bleached blond hair A double kick drum by the river in the summer She fell in love with the drummer Another then another She fell in love [Chorus] I miss the innocence I've known Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned [Verse 3] Unlock my body and move myself to dance Moving warm liquid, flowing blowing glass Classical music blasting masks are ringing in my ears [Verse 1] Oh, I sincerely miss those heavy metal bands I used to go see on the landing in the summer She fell in love with the drummer She fell in love with another She fell in love [Chorus] I miss the innocence I've known Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned I miss the innocence I've known Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned Playing Kiss covers, beautiful and stoned Playing Kiss covers beautiful and stoned -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- I Am Trying to Break Your Heart -------- [Verse 1] I am an American aquarium drinker I assassin down the avenue I'm hiding out in the big city blinking What was I thinking when I let go of you? [Verse 2] Let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning Let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers This is not a joke, so please stop smiling What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt? [Verse 3] I want to glide through those brown eyes dreaming Take it from the inside, baby hold on tight You were so right when you said I've been drinking What was I thinking when we said good night? [Verse 4] I want to hold you in the Bible-black predawn You're quite a quiet domino, bury me now Take off your Band-Aid because I don't believe in touchdowns What was I thinking when we said hello? [Verse 5] I'd always thought that if I held you tightly You'd always love me like you did back then Then I fell asleep and the city kept blinking What was I thinking when I let you back in? [Refrain] I am trying to break your heart I am trying to break your heart But still, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy I am trying to break your heart [Verse 6] Disposable Dixie-cup drinking I assassin down the avenue I'm hiding out in the big city blinking What was I thinking when I let go of you? [Outro] (... Loves you I'm the man who loves you) -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- I'm the Man Who Loves You -------- [Verse 1] All I can see is black and white And white and pink with blades of blue That lay between the words I think on a page I was meaning to send to you I couldn't tell if it'd bring my heart The way I wanted when I started Writing this letter to you [Chorus] But if I could you know I would Just hold your hand and you'd understand I'm the man who loves you [Verse 2] All I can be is a busy sea Of spinning wheels and hands that feel for Stones to throw and feet that run but Come back home It made no difference Ever known, it made no difference Ever known to me [Chorus] But if I could you know I would Just hold your hand and you'd understand I'm the man who loves you [Verse 3] All I can see is black and white And white and pink with blades of blue That lay between the words I think on a page I was meaning to send to you I couldn't tell if it'd bring my heart The way I wanted when I started Writing this letter to you [Chorus] But if I could you know I would Just hold your hand and you'd understand I'm the man who loves you [Outro] I'm the man who loves you I'm the man who loves you I'm the man who loves you I'm the man who loves you -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Jesus, Etc. -------- [Verse 1] Jesus, don't cry You can rely on me honey You can combine anything you want I'll be around You were right about the stars Each one is a setting sun [Chorus] Tall buildings shake Voices escape singing sad sad songs Tuned to chords strung down your cheeks Bitter melodies turning your orbit around [Verse 2] Don't cry You can rely on me honey You can come by any time you want I'll be around You were right about the stars Each one is a setting sun [Chorus] Tall buildings shake Voices escape singing sad sad songs Tuned to chords strung down your cheeks Bitter melodies turning your orbit around [Bridge] Voices whine Skyscrapers are scraping together Your voice is smoking Last cigarettes are all you can get Turning your orbit around [Verse 3] Our love Our love Our love is all we have Our love Our love is all of God's money Everyone is a burning sun [Chorus] Tall buildings shake Voices escape singing sad sad songs Tuned to chords strung down your cheeks Bitter melodies turning your orbit around [Bridge] Voices whine Skyscrapers are scraping together Your voice is smoking Last cigarettes are all you can get Turning your orbit around [Outro] Last cigarettes are all you can get Turning your orbit around Last cigarettes are all you can get Turning your orbit around -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Kamera -------- [Verse 1] I need a camera to my eye To my eye, reminding Which lies have I been hiding Which echoes belong [Pre-Chorus] I've counted out The days to see how far I've driven in the dark With echoes in my heart [Chorus] Phone my family Tell 'em I'm lost on the sidewalk And no, it's not okay [Verse 2] I smashed a camera I wanna know why To my eye, deciding Which lies have I been hiding Which echoes belong [Pre-Chorus] I'm counting on A heart I know by heart To walk me through this war Where memories distort [Chorus] Phone my family Tell 'em I'm lost on the sidewalk And no, it's not okay [Pre-Chorus] I've counted out And no one knows how far (Tell 'em I'm lost) I've driven in the dark (Tell 'em I'm lost) With echoes in my heart (Tell 'em I'm lost) [Chorus] Phone my family Tell 'em I'm lost Yeah, I'm lost And no, it's not okay [Outro] No, it's not okay No, it's not okay -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Poor Places -------- [Verse 1] It's my father's voice trailing off Sailors sailing off in the morning For the air-conditioned rooms At the top of the stairs [Refrain] His jaw's been broken His bandage is wrapped too tight His fangs have been pulled And I really want to see you tonight [Verse 2] There's bourbon on the breath Of the singer you love so much He takes all his words from the books That you don't read anyway [Refrain] His jaw's been broken His bandage is wrapped too tight His fangs have been pulled And I really want to see you tonight [Verse 3] Someone ties a bow In my backyard to show me love My voice is climbing walls Smoking and I wanted love [Refrain] My jaw's been broken My heart is wrapped in ice My fangs have been pulled And I really want to see you tonight [Bridge] And it makes no difference to me How they cried all over overseas When it's hot in the poor places tonight I'm not going outside [Chorus] They cried all over overseas It makes no difference to me When it's hot in the poor places tonight I'm not going outside ("Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot") It's hot in the poor places tonight ("Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot") I'm not going outside ("Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot") I'm not going outside ("Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot") I'm not going outside [Outro: Sample] "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot" "Yankee, Hotel--" -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Pot Kettle Black -------- [Verse 1] Crazy rides rockets Where's your magic wand? Empty out your pockets Words without a song I, myself, have found a real rival in myself I am hoping for a re-arrival of my health [Verse 2] Sleeping eye sockets Baby, suck your thumb I'll keep you in my locket A string I never strum It's become so obvious You are so oblivious to yourself [Chorus] Tied in a knot But I'm not gonna get caught Calling a pot kettle black Every song's a comeback Every moment's a little bit later [Verse 3] Lazy locomotives Wherever you may roll I think you have no motive I know you have no home It's become so obvious You are so oblivious to yourself [Chorus] Tied in a knot But I'm not gonna get caught Calling a pot kettle black Every song's a comeback Every moment's a little bit later Every moment's a little bit later Every moment's a little bit later Every moment's a little bit later [Outro] Tied in a knot But I'm not gonna get caught Calling a pot kettle black I'm not gonna get caught Calling a pot kettle black Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Radio Cure -------- [Verse 1] Cheer up, honey, I hope you can There is something wrong with me My mind is filled with silvery stars Honey, kisses, clouds of fluff Shoulders shrugging off [Verse 2] Cheer up, honey, I hope you can There is something wrong with me My mind is filled with radio cures Electronic surgical words [Chorus] Picking apples for the kings and queens Of things I've never seen Oh, distance has no way Of making love understandable [Verse 3] Cheer up, honey, I hope you can There is something wrong with me My mind is filled with silvery stars Honey, kisses, clouds of fluff [Chorus] Picking apples for the kings and queens Of things I've never seen Oh, distance has no way Of making love understandable Oh, distance has no way Of making love understandable Oh, distance has no way Of making love understandable Oh, distance has no way Of making love understandable Cheer up, honey, I hope you can -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- Reservations -------- [Verse 1] How can I convince you, it's me I don't like And not be so indifferent to the look in your eyes When I've always been distant And I've always told lies for love [Verse 2] I'm bound by these choices, so hard to make I'm bound by the feeling, so easy to fake None of this is real enough to take me from you [Chorus] Oh, I've got reservations About so many things But not about you [Verse 3] I know this isn't what you were wanting me to say How can I get closer and be further away From the truth that proves it's beautiful to lie [Chorus] Oh, I've got reservations About so many things But not about you [Chorus] Oh, I've got reservations About so many things But not about you [Outro] Not about you Not about you Not about you It's not about you -------- 2001 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -------- -------- War on War -------- [Verse 1] It's a war on war It's a war on war It's a war on war It's a war on war It's a war on war It's a war on war It's a war on war There's a war on [Chorus] You're gonna lose You have to lose You have to learn how to die [Verse 2] Let's watch the miles flying by Let's watch the miles flying by You are not my typewriter But you could be my demon Moving forward through flaming doors [Chorus] You have to lose You have to learn how to die If you want to want to be alive Okay [Chorus] You have to lose You have to lose You have to learn how to die If you want to want to be alive [Chorus] You have to die You have to die You have to learn how to die If you want to want to be alive Okay -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- At Least That's What You Said -------- [Verse 1] When I sat down on the bed next to you You started to cry I said, maybe if I leave, you'll want me To come back home Or maybe all you mean is "leave me alone" At least that's what you said [Verse 2] You're irresistible when you get mad Isn't it sad? I'm immune I thought it was cute For you to kiss My purple black eye Even though I caught it from you I still think we're serious At least that's what you said -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Company in My Back -------- I attack with love, pure bug beauty I curl my lips and crawl up to you I attack with love, pure bug beauty I curl my lips and crawl up to you And your afternoon And I've been puking I move so slow, steady crushing hand Holy shit! There's a company in my back I move so slow, steady crushing hand Holy shit! There's a company in my back Hide your soft skin; your sorrow is sunshine Listen to my eyes Hide your soft skin, your sorrow is sunshine Listen to my eyes They are hissing radiator tunes I move so slow from the steady crushing hand Holy shit! There's a company in my back I move so slow, steady crushing hand Holy shit! There's a company in my back You learn so slow, old radiant beauty I'll curve my flight You learn so slow, old radiant beauty I'll curve my flight Under your bended knee And I will always die, I will always die I will always die, so you can remember me I move so slow, steady crushing hand Holy shit! There's a company in my back I move so slow, steady crushing hand Holy shit! There's a company in my back There's a company in my back -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Handshake Drugs -------- [Verse 1] I was chewing gum for something to do The blinds were being pulled down on the dew Inside, out of love, what a laugh I was looking for you [Verse 2] Saxophones started blowing me down I was buried in sound Taxicabs were driving me around To the handshake drugs I bought downtown To the handshake drugs I bought downtown [Verse 3] They were translating poorly, I felt like a clown I looked like someone I used to know I felt alright And if I ever was myself, I wasn't that night [Chorus] Oh, it's okay for you to say what you want from me I believe that's the only way for me to be Exactly what do you want me to be? [Chorus] Oh, it's okay for you to say what you want from me I believe that's the only way for me to be Exactly what do you want me to be? [Verse 1] I was chewing gum for something to do The blinds were being pulled down on the dew Inside, out of love, what a laugh I was looking for you [Verse 2] Saxophones started blowing me down I was buried in sound Taxicabs were driving me around To the handshake drugs I bought downtown To the handshake drugs I bought downtown [Chorus] Oh, it's okay for you to say what you want from me I believe that's the only way for me to be Exactly what do you want me to be? Exactly what do you want me to be? -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Hell Is Chrome -------- [Verse 1] When the devil came He was not red He was chrome, and he said Come with me [Verse 2] You must go So I went Where everything was clean So precise and towering [Verse 3] I was welcomed With open arms I received so much help in every way I felt no fear I felt no fear [Verse 4] The air was crisp Like sunny late Winter days A Springtime yawning high in the haze And I felt like I belonged Come with me [Outro] Come with me Come with me Come with me Come with me Come with me Come with me Come with me -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Hummingbird -------- [Verse 1] His goal in life was to be an echo Riding alone, town after town, toll after toll A fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her She appears in his dreams But in his car and in his arms A dream can mean anything A cheap sunset on a television set can upset her But he never could [Chorus] Remember to remember me Standing still in your past Floating fast like a hummingbird [Verse 2] His goal in life was to be an echo The type of sound that floats around and then back down Like a feather But in the deep chrome canyons of the loudest Manhattans No one could hear him Or anything So he slept on a mountain In a sleeping bag underneath the stars He would lie awake and count them And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way Would never let him Die alone [Chorus] Remember to remember me Standing still in your past Floating fast like a hummingbird [Chorus] Remember to remember me Standing still in your past Floating fast like a hummingbird [Outro] A hummingbird A hummingbird -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- I'm a Wheel -------- [Verse 1] Oh, hold on You risk exciting me Once in Germany someone said nein 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Oh, hold back Oh, don't invite me 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Once in Germany someone said nein [Chorus] I'm a wheel I will Turn on you [Verse 2] Oh, I invented a sister Populated with knives Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh [Chorus] I'm a wheel I will Turn on you [Chorus] Um I'm a wheel I will I'm a wheel I will [Chorus] I'm a wheel I will Turn on you [Outro] I'm going to turn on you, turn on you I'm going to turn on you, turn on you I'm gonna turn on you, turn on you, turn on you -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Less Than You Think -------- [Verse 1] Your mind's a machine It's deadly and dull It's never been still and its will Has never been free [Pre-Chorus] Lightly tapping A high-pitched drum [Chorus] The sun starts to shine And you shiver at your soul A fist so clear and climbing Punches a hole In the sky So you can see For yourself If you don't believe me There's so much less To this than you think [Verse 2] It's almost gone The night is dissolving In a cup God lifts To toast the lightning Lightly tapping It's high-pitched and it hums [Chorus] Your spine starts to shine And you shiver at your soul A fist so clear and climbing Punches a hole In the sky So you can see For yourself If you don't believe me There's so much less To this than you think -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Muzzle of Bees -------- [Verse 1] There's a random painted highway And a muzzle of bees My sleeves have come unstitched From climbing your tree [Verse 2] When dogs laugh some say they're barking I don't think they're mean Some people get so frightened The fences in between [Chorus] The sun gets passed from tree to tree Silently then back to me With the breeze blown through Pushed up against the sea Finally back to me [Verse 3] I'm assuming you got my message On your machine I'm assuming you love me But you know what that means [Chorus] The sun gets passed from sea to sea Silently and back to me With a breeze blown through Pushed up above the leaves With a breeze blowing through My head upon your knee [Outro] Half of it's you, half is me Half of it's you, half is me -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Spiders (Kidsmoke) -------- [Verse 1] Spiders are singing in the salty breeze Spiders are filling out tax returns Spinning out webs of deductions and melodies On a private beach in Michigan [Verse 2] Why can't we wish their kisses good Why do they miss when their kisses should Fly like winging birds fighting for the keys On a private beach in Michigan [Refrain] This recent rash of kidsmoke All these telescopic poems It's good to be alone [Interlude] [Verse 3] Why can't they say what they want Why can't they just say what they need Come clean, listen and talk Hello private caller, his I.D.'s blocked [Verse 4] The sun will rise, we'll climb into cars The future has a valley and a shortcut around Who will wear the crown of drowning award Hold a private light on a Michigan shore [Refrain] Fool me with a kiss of kidsmoke From a microscopic home It's good to be alone [Interlude] [Verse 5] I'll be in my bed You can be the stone That raises from the dead And carries us all home There's no blood on my hands I just do as I am told -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- The Late Greats -------- [Verse 1] The greatest lost track of all time The Late Greats' "Turpentine" You can't hear it on the radio You can't hear it anywhere you go [Verse 2] The best band will never get signed K-Settes starring Butcher's Blind Are so good, you won't ever know They never even played a show You can't hear them on the radio [Verse 3] The greatest singer in rock and roll Would have to be Romeo His vocal chords are made of gold He just looks a little too old [Verse 4] The best song will never get sung The best life never leaves your lungs So good, you won't ever know I never hear it on the radio Can't hear it on the radio -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Theologians -------- Theologians don't know nothing About my soul About my soul I'm an ocean And this emotion Slow motion, slow motion Illiterati lumen fidei God is with us everyday That illiterate light Is with us every night Theologians they don't know nothing About my soul Oh they don't know They thin my heart with little things And my life with change Oh in so many ways I find more missing every day Theologians I'm going away Where you will look for me Where I'm going you cannot come No one's ever gonna take my life from me I lay it down A ghost is born A ghost is born A ghost is born I am a notion I am all emotion I am a cherry ghost Cherry ghost Hey I'm a cherry ghost A cherry ghost -------- 2004 A Ghost Is Born -------- -------- Wishful Thinking -------- [Chorus] Fill up your mind with all it can know Don't forget that your body will let it all go Fill up your mind with all it can know What would we be without wishful thinking [Verse 1] Chambers of chains With red plastic mouths The inside of outside No one has found How to unring the bell It's just as well The turntable sizzles Casting the spells The pressure devices Hell in a nutshell Is any song worth singing If it doesn't help [Chorus] Fill up your mind with all it can know Don't forget that your body will let it all go Fill up your mind with all it can know 'Cause what would love be without wishful thinking [Verse 2] Open your arms as far as they will go We take off your dress An embarrassing poem Was written when I was alone In love with you I shook down those lines To shine up the streets I got up off my hands and knees To thank my lucky stars that you're not me [Outro] What would we be without wishful thinking What would we be without wishful thinking What would we be without wishful thinking -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Either Way -------- [Chorus] Maybe the sun will shine today The clouds will blow away Maybe I won't feel so afraid I will try to understand Either way [Verse] Maybe you still love me Maybe you don't Either you will or you won't Maybe you just need some time alone I will try to understand Everything has its plan Either way I'm going to stay Right for you [Chorus] Maybe the sun will shine today The clouds will roll away Maybe I won't be so afraid I will understand everything has its plan Either way -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Hate It Here -------- [Verse 1] I try to stay busy I do the dishes, I mow the lawn I try to keep myself occupied Even though I know you're not coming home I try to keep the house nice and neat I make my bed I change the sheets I even learned how to use the washing machine But keeping things clean doesn't change anything What am I going to do when I run out of shirts to fold? What am I going to do when I run out of lawn to mow? What am I going to do if you never come home? Tell me, what am I gonna do? [Chorus] I hate it I hate it here When you're gone [Verse 2] I caught myself thinking I caught myself thinking once again Have to try to keep my mind out of this Try not to pretend I'll check the phone I'll check the mail I'll check the phone again and I call your mom She says you're not there and I should take care [Chorus] I hate it here When you're gone I hate it I hate it here When you're gone [Outro] I try to stay busy I take out the trash, I sweep the floor Try to keep myself occupied Because I know you don't live here anymore -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Impossible Germany -------- [Instrumental Intro 0:00-0:19] [Verse 1] Impossible Germany Unlikely Japan Wherever you go Wherever you land I'll say what this means to me I'll do what I can Impossible Germany Unlikely Japan [Verse 2] The fundamental problem We all need to face This is important But I know you're not listening Oh, I know you're not listening [Verse 3] If this was still new to me I wouldn't understand Impossible Germany Unlikely Japan But this is what love is for To be out of place Gorgeous and alone Face to face [Verse 4] With no larger problems That need to be erased Nothing more important than to know Someone's listening Now I know You'll be listening [Guitar Solo Outro 2:45-5:57] -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Leave Me (Like You Found Me) -------- That's when I knew you You might be lonely too That's what I wished for Somebody just like you To tell me what to do, honestly And leave me like you found me Can you believe it I'm somebody just like you Content with being blue, honestly Leave me like you found me I sit on the couch alone Where you sit when I'm not home And I feel so close to you And down the city streets People are climbing the trees They're finally up off their knees Honestly You leave me like you found me Can you leave me like you found me -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- On and On and On -------- [Verse 1] On and on and on we'll stay together yeah On and on and on we'll be together yeah You and I will try to stay together yeah On and on and on we'll be together yeah [Chorus] Please don't cry we're designed to die Don't deny what's inside On and on and on we'll stay together yeah On and on and on On and on and on [Verse 2] One day we'll disappear together in a dream However short or long our lives are going to be I will live in you or you will live in me Until we disappear together in a dream [Chorus] Please don't cry we're designed to die You can't deny even the gentlest tide On and on and on we'll be together yeah On and on and on On and on and on We're going to try [Verse 3] Please don't cry This world of words and meanings makes you feel Outside Something that you feel already Deep inside You've denied Go ahead and cry [Outro] On and on and on we'll stay together yeah On and on and on On and on and on You and I will stay together yeah You and I will try to make it better yeah -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Please Be Patient with Me -------- [Verse 1] I should warn you When I'm not well I can't tell Oh, there's nothing I can do To make this easier for you [Refrain] You're going to need to be patient with me [Verse 2] I'm this apple, this happening stone When I'm alone Oh, but my blessings get so blurred At the sound of your words [Refrain] I'm gonna need you to be patient with me [Verse 3] How can I warn you when my tongue turns to dust Like we've discussed It doesn't mean that I don't care It means I'm partially there [Refrain] You're going to need to be patient with me -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Shake It Off -------- [Verse 1] Sunlight angles on A wooden floor at dawn A ceiling fan is on Chopping up my dreams What is left of them I take to sleep again Where I dare pretend I'm more than I seem Tears get triggered Yours remind me Of the ice melting in my glass Finally full again So I listen for Your lips to break apart Into words [Chorus] It definitely starts to spoil my heart Somewhere there's a war Sometimes there is art It definitely starts to spoil my heart Somewhere there's a war Sometimes there is art When I'm awake enough I'm going to shake it off Shake it off [Verse 2] Hotels hold me Thoughts arousing So many hearts Beating in one place Like a giant Beast with many souls No Just a body Full of holes [Chorus] It definitely starts to spoil my heart Somewhere there's a war Sometimes there is art It definitely starts to spoil my heart Somewhere there's a war Sometimes there is art When I'm awake enough I'm going to shake it off Shake it off -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Side with the Seeds -------- [Verse] Tires type black Where the blacktop cracks Weeds spark through Dark green enough to be blue When the mysteries we believe in Aren't dreamed enough to be true Some side with the leaves Some side with the seeds The treetops nod The rain applauds The park grows dark And the swings all slowly die But you and I will be undefeated By agreeing to disagree No one wins but the thieves So why side with anything The streetlights glow Comes and goes When the sun comes back As we all can plainly see Embracing the situation Is our only chance to be free I'll side with you If you side with me -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Sky Blue Sky -------- [Verse 1] Oh, the band marched on in formation The brass was phasing tunes I couldn't place Windows open and raining in Maroon, yellow, blue, gold and gray [Verse 2] The drunks were ricocheting The old buildings downtown empty so long ago Windows broken and dreaming So happy to leave what was my home [Chorus] With a sky blue sky This rotten time Wouldn't seem so bad to me now Oh, I didn't die I should be satisfied I survived That's good enough for now [Interlude] [Chorus] With a sky blue sky This rotten time Wouldn't seem so bad to me now Oh, if I didn't die I should be satisfied I survived That's good enough for now -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- Walken -------- [Chorus 1] I'm walking All by myself I was talking to myself about you What am I going to do [Verse] I was singing This song about you I was thinking about singing This song for you [Chorus 2] The more I think about it The more I know it's true The more I think about it The more I'm sure it's you Honey I think you're just right You're just right [Chorus 1] I was walking Like I said by myself I was talking To myself about you Like I always do [Chorus 2] -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- What Light -------- [Verse 1] If you feel like singing a song And you want other people to sing along Just sing what you feel Don't let anyone say it's wrong And if you're trying to paint a picture But you're not sure which colors belong Just paint what you see Don't let anyone say it's wrong [Bridge] And if you're strung out like a kite Or stung awake in the night It's alright to be frightened [Chorus] When there's a light (what light) There's a light (one light) There's a light (white light) Inside of you [Verse 2] If you think you might need somebody To pick you up when you drag Don't lose sight of yourself Don't let anyone change your bag And if the whole world's singing your songs And all of your paintings have been hung Just remember what was yours is everyone's from now on [Bridge] And that's not wrong or right But you can struggle with it all you like You'll only get uptight [Chorus][x4] -------- 2007 Sky Blue Sky -------- -------- You Are My Face -------- [Verse 1] I remember my mother's Sister's husband's brother Working in the gold mine full-time Filling in for sunshine Filing into tight lines Of ordinary beehives The door screams I hate you Hate you hanging around my blue jeans Why is there no breeze No currency of leaves No current through the water wire No feelings I can see I trust no emotion I believe in locomotion But I've turned to rust as we've discussed Though I must have let you down Too many times In the dirt and the dust [Verse 2] I have no idea how this happens All of my maps have been overthrown Happenstance has changed my plans So many times my heart has been outgrown Now everybody's feeling all alone Can't tell you who I am When everybody's feeling all alone Can't tell you who I am [Verse 3] I am looking forward Towards the shadows tracing bones Our faces stitched and sewing Our houses hemmed into homes Trying to be thankful Our stories fit into phones And our voices lift so easily A gift given accidentally When we're not sure We're not alone -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- Bull Black Nova -------- [Verse 1] It's in my hair, it's on my clothes It's in the river, over the road It's shining down, my angry star Hanging off the hood of my car I'm not going far Not going far [Verse 2] It's coming down, they're coming up the shoulders What have they found? I wonder if they know I'm in a bull black Chevy Nova Silhouetted by the setting sun This can't be undone This can't be undone [Verse 3] If I'm the one, blood on the sofa Blood in the sink, blood in the trunk High at the wheel of a bull black Nova And I'm sorry as a setting sun This can't be undone Can't be outrun [Verse 4] It's in my hair, there's blood in the sink I can't calm down, I can't think I keep calling, there's blood in the trunk I can't calm down I freak out Black out -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- Country Disappeared -------- [Verse 1] Wake up, we're here It's so much worse than we feared There's nothing left here The country has disappeared The winter trees bleeding, leave red blood The summer sweet dreaming, April blush But none of that is ever gonna mean As much to me again [Verse 2] Hold out your hand So much you don't understand So stick as close as you can All of the best laid plans You've got the white clouds hanging so high above you You've got the helicopters dangling, angling to shoot The shots to feed the hungry Weekend news crew anchorman [Chorus] So every evening we can watch from above Crushed cities like a bug Fold ourselves into each others guts Turn our faces up to the sun [Interlude] [Verse 3] I won't take no I won't let you go All by yourself Oh no, you need my help When the cold night shakes you like a chandelier The snowflakes break through the atmosphere And melt on the blue breath of the auctioneers And disappear [Chorus] So every evening we can watch from above Crushed cities like a bug Fold ourselves into each others blood And turn our faces up to the sun -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- Deeper Down -------- [Verse 1] By the end of the bout He was punched out Fists capsized, muscles shouting Deeper down He felt the insult of a kiss [Verse 2] Deeper still than we can go Further out than triremes row Drowning slow His memories persist [Verse 3] Out beyond the telescopes prowl Up above the towers touched up pile He realized This mystery is his [Verse 4] Underneath the ocean floor The part of who we are, we don't explore I adore the meaninglessness of the this We can express [Verse 5] By the end of the bout He was punched out Fists capsized, muscles shouting Deeper down He felt the comfort of a kiss -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- Everlasting Everything -------- [Verse 1] Everything alive must die Every building built to the sky will fall Don't try to tell me my Everlasting love is a lie [Chorus] Everlasting, everything Oh, nothing could mean anything at all [Verse 2] Every wave that hits the shore Every book that I adore Gone like a circus, gone like a troubadour Everlasting love forever more [Chorus] Everlasting, everything Oh, nothing could mean anything at all [Verse 3] Oh, I know this might sound sad But everything goes both good and the bad It all adds up and you should be glad Everlasting love is all you have [Chorus] Everlasting, everything Oh, nothing could mean anything at all Everlasting, everything Oh, nothing could mean anything at all -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- I'll Fight -------- [Chorus] I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go for you I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight for you I'll kill, I'll kill, I'll kill, I'll kill for you I will, I will, I will I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go for you I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight for you I'll die, I'll die, I'll die, I'll die for you I will, I will, I will [Verse 1] And if I die, I'll die, I'll die alone On some forgotten hill abandoned by the mill All my blood will spring and spill I'll thrash the air and then be still You'll wake with a start from a dream And know that I am gone You'll feel it in your heart But not for very long [Verse 2] You'll rise each day as planned Your will is your command And stand each Sunday A hymnal steady in your hand And you'll sing to yourself The rising falling melody That you could never read Without the choirs' lead Still alone and lost indeed And your soul will not be free [Verse 3] I will go, I will go, I will go And in wars waters I will wade And I will know without remorse or regret The fairness of our trade For you to live, I took your place A deal was made and I was paid And the goal as I was told Was a place where my body could be laid And we will steal your life And die old in better homes surrounded By your peers without suffering or fear Grandchildren far and near And none will shed a tear For the love no longer here [Chorus] I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go for you I will I'll fight, I'll fight,I'll fight, I'll fight for you I will, I will, I will I'll kill, I'll kill, I'll kill, I'll kill for you I will I'll die, I'll die, I'll die, I'll die for you I will, I will, I will [Outro] And if I die, I'll die, I'll die alone like Jesus On a cross My faith cannot by tossed And my life will not be lost If my love comes across -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- One Wing -------- [Verse 1] We once belonged to a bird Who cast his shadow on this world You were a blessing and I was a curse I did my best not to make things worse for you [Verse 2] That isn't true I always knew this would be our fate This is what happens when wings separate This happens, all dead weight, eventually [Verse 3] We may as well be made of stone We can't be flown [Chorus] One wing will never fly Neither yours nor mine I fear we can only wave goodbye [Chorus] One wing will never ever fly Neither yours nor mine One wing will never ever fly, dear Neither yours nor mine I fear we can only wave goodbye [Chorus] One wing will never fly Neither yours nor mine I fear we can only wave goodbye -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- Solitaire -------- [Verse 1] Once I thought the world was crazy Everyone was sad and chasing Happiness and love and I was the only one above it [Verse 2] Once I thought without a doubt I had it all figured out Universe with hands unseen I was cold as gasoline [Chorus] Took too long to see I was wrong to believe in me only [Verse 3] Once my life was a game so unfair It beat me down and kept me there Unaware of my naysayin' Solitaire was all I was playing [Chorus] Took too long to see I was wrong to believe in me only -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- Sonny Feeling -------- [Verse 1] I was on my way home From high school I stuck at the crossing I dug in for a duel But at the last moment I buried the brakes My life split in two directions Into two separate fates [Verse 2] I got on the last flight To Amsterdam But couldn't hit the runway So we took off again Aw, there's no need to worry The captain cut in The winds are less angry Over in Berlin [Bridge] You know it's true The other shoe It waits for you What can you do? Remember to show gratitude The darkest night is nothing new [Verse 3] Sonny's got a problem All the mini-mart clerks know She knows nothing of Eminem's Suburban gangster flow Oh, maybe it's random How each moment unfolds It didn't feel like the wrong time or place Until they cut off her clothes [Chorus] A sonny feeling is taken away A sonny feeling is taken away A sonny feeling is taken away A sonny feeling is taken away [Verse 4] I'm on my way home From my high school I'm always contemplating Why the kids are still cruel Oh, the kids are still cruel [Chorus] A sonny feeling is taken away A sonny feeling is taken away A sonny feeling is taken away Some of the feeling gets taken away -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- Wilco (The Song) -------- [Verse 1] Are you under the impression This isn't your life? Do you dabble in depression? Is someone twisting a knife in your back? Are you being attacked? Oh, this is a fact that you need to know Oh, oh, oh, oh [Chorus] Wilco Wilco Wilco will love you, baby [Verse 2] Are times getting tough? Are the roads you travel rough? Have you had enough of the old? Tired of being exposed to the cold? The stare of your stereo Put on your headphones before you explode Oh, oh, oh, oh [Chorus] Wilco Wilco Wilco will love you, baby [Bridge] There's so many wars that just can't be won Even before the battle's begun This is an aural arms open wide A sonic shoulder for you to cry on [Chorus] Wilco Wilco will love you, baby [Verse 3] Is someone twisting a knife in your back? Are you being attacked? Oh this is a fact that you need to know Oh [Chorus] Wilco Wilco Wilco Wilco will love you, baby -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- You and I (Ft. Feist) -------- [Verse 1: Jeff Tweedy & Feist] You and I We might be strangers However close we get sometimes It's like we never met But you and I I think we can take it All the good with the bad Make something that no one else has but [Refrain: Jeff Tweedy & Feist] You and I You and I [Verse 2: Jeff Tweedy & Feist] Me and you What can we do When the words we use sometimes Are misconstrued Well, I won't guess What's coming next I can't ever tell you The deepest well I've ever fallen into [Bridge: Jeff Tweedy & Feist] Oh, I don't wanna know Oh, I don't wanna know Oh, I don't need to know Everything about you Oh, I don't wanna know And you don't need to know That much about me [Verse 5: Jeff Tweedy & Feist] You and I We might be strangers However close we get sometimes It's like we never met But you and I I think we can take it All the good with the bad Make something that no one else has but [Refrain: Jeff Tweedy & Feist] You and I You and I -------- 2009 Wilco -------- -------- You Never Know -------- [Verse 1] Come on, children, you're acting like children Every generation thinks it's the end of the world All you fat followers get fit fast Every generation thinks it's the last Thinks it's the end of the world [Chorus] It's a dream down a well It's a lone heavy hell I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore [Chorus] It's a fear we transcend That we're here at the end I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore You never know [Verse 2] Come on, kids, you're acting like children Act your age Get back to black metals and pearls Oh, all you sword swallowers, pull yourselves together Every generation thinks it's the worst Thinks it's the end of the world [Chorus] It's a secret I can't tell It's a wish down a well I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore [Chorus] It's a long heavy hell Synthesizer Patel I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore But you never know You never know [Chorus] I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore It's a secret I can't tell It's a wish down a well I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore It's a fear to transcend if we're here at the end I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore But you never know Oh, you never know -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Art of Almost -------- [Verse 1] No, I froze I can't be so far away from my wasteland I'll never know when I might ambulance Or hoist the horns with my own hands Almost Almost [Verse 2] I heard a faint old age true love But I had other ways to hurt myself Like calling I could open up my heart and fall in And I blame it all on dust, art of almost Almost Almost Almost [Verse 3] I hold it up, shake the grail Dissipate across the waves, tomorrow I have all the love I could ever ache And I leave almost with you, art of almost Almost Art of almost Almost Art of almost Almost -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Black Moon -------- [Verse 1] I was always right About the morning Okay, I'm an old shoe Danced above the blaze Never stopped crawling Over the black dunes [Chorus] And I'm waiting for you Waiting forever Are you awake now too? [Verse 2] I'm always one Without a warning Old days re-appear Lift away, past the gate Desert keeps forming Underneath the black moon [Chorus] And I'm waiting for you Waiting forever Are you awake now too? -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Born Alone -------- [Verse 1] I have heard the war and worry of the gospel Ferry fast across the void I have married broken spoke charging smoke wheels Spit and swallowed opioid I am the driver at the wheel of the horror Marching circles at the gate Mine eyes have seen the fury So flattered by fate [Verse 2] Tonight, I'd rather count the warm fuse internally Subtract the silence of myself I would rather choose the middle mind of mystery Reverse a riddle for my health I'll unwind strange rinds overpowering Toss the chimneys in the sea I believe I've seen The finger divine extremity [Verse 3] Please come closer to the feather smooth lens fly Sadness is my luxury Will you weather, join the cold, come before I die More aware of it than me The valves are blowing stone The kids are unabashed Loneliness postponed Mine eyes deceiving glory I was born to die alone Alone -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Capitol City -------- [Verse 1] Capitol city, skyline photo Skyscrapers shine, the sun's so Low in the sky Secretaries at the hot dog vendors Cabs honk at the bicycle messengers Rolling by I can't call with a subway token Anyway, the phones are all broken I wish you were here Better yet I wish I was there with you [Hook] You wouldn't like it here You should stay right there Breathing that country air You wouldn't like it here [Verse 2] Capitol towers radiate a steam vent Scream along with the clarinets and arguments Echo down the hall I can't sleep, I can't wake up Shaking up, maybe we should break up I wish you were here Better yet I wish I was there with you [Hook] You wouldn't like it here You should stay right there Breathing that country air You wouldn't like it here [Verse 3] Capitol city, skyline photo Picture postcards, sad and lonesome Low in the sky I can't smile when my heart's still broken Far away, in love and unspoken I wish you were here Or I was there with you -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Dawned on Me -------- I been young, I been old I been hurt and consoled Heart of cold, heart of gold - so I'm told I been lost, I been found I been taken by the sound of my own voice Voices in my head [Hook] I can't help it if I fall in love with you again I'm calling just to let you know it dawned on me Every night is a test To the east or the west The sun rises and sets That's the sun at its best I forget that I know I regret letting you go Sometimes I can't believe how dark it can be [Hook] I can't help it if I fall in love with you again I'm calling just to let you know it dawned on me So on and so forth And again I will start to begin at the end [Hook] I can't help it if I fall in love with you again I'm calling just to let you know it dawned on me -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- I Might -------- [Verse 1] Was I wrong? Off all night long? So high As the stinking sun I came alive then I felt, oh uh oh Some guys have everything I know [Chorus] It's alright I've done a lot of crawling around outside And I heard it's alright [Verse 2] Your sno-cone, and it's piss and blood It's in the cards, oh oh 'Get Well Soon - everybody' Do all lies have a taste? Let it go, I don't know, oh A cow's neck, bad shave, in the low blow slo-mo [Chorus] It's alright You won't set the kids on fire Oh, but I might, oh [Verse 3] You come on, sentimental If the solar car's coming, I'm home The Magna Carta's on a Slim Jim blood, brutha The sunk soul with the coal clean toe is the mutha [Chorus] Yeah, that's right When you gonna find out I'm all inside You still might [Refrain] It's alright It's alright [Chorus] It's alright You won't set the kids on fire Oh, but I might, oh [Refrain] It's alright It's alright -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) -------- [Chorus] This is how I tell it Oh, but it's long One Sunday morning Oh, one son is gone [Verse 1] I can see where they're dawning Over the sea My father said what I had become No-one should be Outside I look lived in Like the bones in a shrine How am I forgiven? Oh, I'll give it time [Verse 2] This, I learned without warning Holding my brow In time he thought I would kill him Oh, but I didn't know how I said it's your god I don't believe in No, your Bible can't be true Knocked down by the long life He cried, 'I fear what waits for you' [Verse 3] I can hear those bells Spoken and gone I feel relief, I feel well Now he knows he was wrong Ring 'em cold for my father Frozen underground Jesus, I wouldn't bother He belongs to me now [Verse 4] Something sad keeps moving So I wandered around I fell in love with the burden Holding me down Bless my mind, I miss Being told how to live What I learned without knowing How much more that I owe that I can give [Chorus] This is how I tell it Oh, but it's long One Sunday morning Oh, one son is gone -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Open Mind -------- [Verse 1] I will throw myself underneath the wheels Of any train of thought Running off the rails, I'll sail you through The rogue waves of your brain If I could bring a light to shine Upon the dark and disobeying Night so young but I still say We're too old for cliches [Hook] Oh, I can only dream of the dreams we'd share If you were so inclined I would love to be the one To open up your mind [Verse 2] I could base my whole existence Upon the cherry-strands of your gold hair I would ask, almost insist Upon treating you kind and fair [Hook] Oh, I can only dream of the dreams we'd have If our hearts would be entwined If you would let me be the one To open up your mind [Verse 3] I'd still be myself beneath the banks All broken beside the stream Ready to return your thoughts unlearned So it goes, so it seems [Hook] Oh, I can only dream of the dreams we'd share If you weren't so defined I would love to be the one To open up your mind [Outro] If you would let me be the one To open up your mind -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Rising Red Lung -------- [Verse 1] Solar rising red lung Glisten under the sun I wonder when it will part From the snow [Verse 2] The melody's a mistake Embrace at the wake How long does it take For us to know? [Verse 3] One whiff that's been blown There's something unknown Buried under the mound Of snow [Verse 4] Found a fix for the fits Come listen to this As intimate as a kiss Over a phone And it goes [Verse 5] Found a fix for the fits Come listen to this It's buried under the hiss And it glows [Verse 6] Like a powerful smile Car radio dial As intimate as a kiss Over a phone And it glows -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Standing O -------- [Verse 1] How can you tell You're under a spell You're compromised You're miles away, slow How can you know When you're aiming low There's nothing in your heart Don't feel it in your soul No standing O O O [Verse 2] Maybe you've noticed I'm ashamed Of anything that I've done Maybe you've noticed I'm not the same As almost anyone Why can't you see You look funny to me You trip and fall I catch it all [Verse 3] How can you know When you're aiming low You're curling up, you're crawling now No standing O O O Maybe you're saying no this time Dance right around my bones It's okay, I'll be fine I won't follow you home [Verse 4] Instead I turn my mood on a dime I'm finally off of my back I come from a long, long line I mope and I cry and attack, ow ow How can you tell You're under my spell You're compromised, you're miles away No standing O O O [Verse 5] Maybe you've noticed I'm not afraid Of everything that I've done Maybe you've noticed I'm not the same As almost anyone Instead turn my mood on a dime I'm finally off of my back I come from a long, long line I mope and I cry and attack [Outro] How can you tell How can you tell -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Sunloathe -------- [Verse 1] I loathe the sun Sometimes I don't Know how to love Anything myself It's hard to become Hold on to it all But I kill my memories With a cheap disease [Verse 2] To the sails, fail To the bird and the whale Remove my misery It's all or nothing I see I don't wanna lose this fight I don't wanna end this fight Goodbye [Verse 3] I loathe the sun Someday I know I'll learn how to love Anymore is enough I don't wanna lose this fight I don't wanna end this fight Goodbye -------- 2011 The Whole Love -------- -------- Whole Love -------- My gold marigolds attack My black bed of roses I'm going to bring 'em all back With hypnosis, oh And I know that I won't be The easiest to set free And I know that I won't be the last Cold captain tied to the mast I recall you on the telephone I recall when you get mad I will still love you to death And I won't ever forget how And I know that I won't be The easiest to set free And I know that I won't be the last Cold captain tied to the mast I'm on the other side I'm satisfied I'm a spirit dove I'm looking for your love I'm simple as a matter of fact A punch in the nose don't overreact I will still love you to death And I won't ever forget how And I know that I won't be The easiest to set free And I know that I won't be the last Cold captain tied to the mast And I know that I won't be the one To securely know when it's wrong But I hope I know when it's past And I hope I know when to show you my Whole love Whole love Whole love Whole love Whole love Whole love Whole love I won't ever forget how -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- Cold Slope -------- So-so and you don't really care Stand alone and you're there all day Some would say you're never really there Although you still take up space I know I know and you know that I know It's a power play I, I won't recognize you I won't recognize you Anymore So-so and you don't really care Stand alone and you're there all day Some would say you're never really there Although you still take up space I know I know and you know that I know It's a power play And I won't, atone take some wild bile wicked Entrees over chant-lace fade I'm on a cold scope, raking down Where's our receiver? Oh, look on the phone And you can say what you want Or I'll say what you want Why turn the tape, undertake a weak wall Summon the stone I advocate aiming for the weak wall Summon the stone And you can say what you want But you don't know what you want I'll say what you want Now I'll say All I will say I, I won't recognize you I won't recognize you Anymore -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- EKG -------- [Instrumental] -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- King of You -------- [Verse 1] Wave after wave Wishes unspoken Talks like a blowtorch Palms out and frozen [Verse 2] Who said it's easy? Language is losing I swallow the steam And claim to be stupid [Chorus 1] Nails on the threshold Moon free, don't make me the king of you [Verse 3] Past is a point Behind the horizon Bottom of the flame Burning the garden [Chorus 2] Smiling on the threshold Moon free, don't make me the king of you Well, I'm a soldier for you frightened Climbing, don't make me the king of you [Verse 4] Wave after wishes My boon companion Talks to the frost But who will cheer the champion? -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- Magnetized -------- [Verse 1] Orchestrate the shallow pink refrigerator drone Carried in the shadows almost bone Everyone wastes my time [Verse 2] The moment that you thought would murder motions you wait Every apprehension alien, ache, ah Everyone wastes my time [Pre-Chorus] Everybody goes I'm, I'm lonely [Chorus] I sleep underneath A picture that I keep of you next to me I realize we're magnetized [Verse 3] Orchestrate the shallow pink refrigerator drone Carried in the shadows, ah Everyone wastes my time [Chorus] I sleep underneath A picture that I keep of you next to me I realize we're magnetized I realize we're magnetized [Outro] Realize we're magnetized Realize we're magnetized -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- More... -------- Ha-ah-ah, a shallow tribe is born Ah-ah-ah, a kid counterpart Now-ow-ow, he hollowed out his heart Ah-ah-ah, oh, now he wants More than we have More than there is More than we have More that there is More than exists Ah-ah-ah, a sewer watch was shown Ah-ah-ah, only ten episodes Ah-ah-ah, it's everything I feel Ah-ah-ah, in a mask of mirrors More than I have More than there is More than I have More than I can give Wants more than I have More than there is More than I have More that there is More that exists -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- Pickled Ginger -------- Alone in the zone of the sad Where no one gives a zig to the zag I never let you rot I'll never bet you don't know Some might glisten the knot I'll never let it show Know when I'm towin' the drag Where no one gives a zig to the zag Oh I might have to let you rot I'm sad to let you go I can't remember the night I know what I'll never know No one tells me how to behave I'm mowing and I'm growing the grave No one tells me how to be saved I'm growing 'til I go to my grave I I'll never let you rot I'll never bet you don't know Some might glisten the knot I'll never let it show I'll going to let it rot You'll never guess what's below Some might glisten the knot I'll never let it show -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- Random Name Generator -------- Come on, listen to the weed whistle way I belong to the stars in the day I ran away eternal instigator I was old I remember the Milky Way, why? I belong to the stars in the sky Random name Random name generator Random name generator Random name generator You don't know me cold as night Somebody hold me in the diamond light Narrator Mr. Narrator I want to name every new born child A miracle only ever grows wild Invisible Instigator Random name generator I kinda like it when I make you cry A miracle only once in a while A random name Random name generator I change my name every once in a while A miracle every once in a while I create I am the flame, a flame creator A random name generator Come on, cuff me to the weed whistle whine If I miss your breeze will you miss mine I kinda like it when I make you cry A miracle every once in a while Come on, cuff me to the weed whistle whine I think I miss my family fine -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- Taste the Ceiling -------- I was only asking for a moment of the truth I can't fight the feeling when I'm hanging out with you Why do I forgive you, because I get confused I could never leave behind the part of me that you refuse I was on the ceiling, I could almost feel the sun Try the words in sequence but that's never how it's done Why do our disasters creep so slowly into view I was only after a friend to follow through I couldn't lose I know why you don't really know me I don't think you can call it home All alone I couldn't taste another thing I was on the ceiling and I swore it might be true I could fight the feeling but not quite as well as you I don't know, won't you come and show me I don't think it's what you did before All alone I couldn't take a case like you -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- The Joke Explained -------- [Verse 1] I never held your gaze I never know my place Oh, I stare at the eyes Starin' at my face It always ends in a tie There is no knitting the divide I cry at the joke explained [Chorus] Ah, but if I had known, if I had known If I had known, I would have never believed [Verse 2] I never smoked my chain Whoever measures the crest Ah, they can have my broken chest It's a staring contest In a hall of mirrors I sweat tears, but I don't ever cry [Chorus] Ah, if I had known, if I had known If I had known, I would have never believed [Verse 3] I never knelt at the news My parrot perished in the pews I climb back into the yolk It always ends in a tie There is no knitting the divide I cry at the joke explained [Chorus] Ah, if I had known, if I had known If I had known, I would have never believed [Outro] I would have never believed I would have never believed -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- Where Do I Begin -------- [Verse 1] Alright At least you cried A point of pride Has torn in two What was we Where we meets you From where we end To where do I begin [Verse 2] We're so alone We're never alone Forever in debt To the stomach I get When things can't be known Our paths overgrown From where we end To where do I begin [Verse 3] Why can't we tell When we're in hell? Why can't I say something To make you well? When things can't be seen Confined within the dream From where we end To where do I begin [Verse 4] From what was left behind To you're my friend I won't ever, ever, ever Fall apart like that again From where we are To where do I begin -------- 2015 Star Wars -------- -------- You Satellite -------- Somehow A satellite Can of light It's so red Unbottle the halo, a satellite Can chains change any failure When all along Someone can change it, follow on Sometimes, I don't hate it lately What I don't know I'm gonna bleed it away Reunite The dynamite I'll catch it all and reunite Dynamite, oh how high I'm more moved by the maybe, it's ok But you can't sing what you can't give away I've come all this way to hold your hand I became a calendar while I was waiting I, I won't live any what you can't give it away I, I won't miss any what I'm giving away Don't wanna go and I don't wanna stay You satellite You satellite You satellite -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Common Sense -------- When you're in some bad light In the climbing flood And you kneel before them It's common sense It's practical Lay low One moment I beg I bolt On a thousand legs What you can't say swallow At the moment I'm bored Buried more and more and more and more I slam my finger in the door of love God damn the judging Strangers judge All I want, all that I want A burning bush or A button to push A chance encounter With common sense Common sense -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Cry All Day -------- I know that I'm unknowing I'm never totally right I'm gonna walk away slowly Instead I bid you good night Another goodbye I'm gonna cry Cry, cry, cry Cry all day Whatever you're withholding I never said it was good If I could sell it by the dozen I'd never dare but you would I know that you would I'm aware that you could Cry, cry, cry Cry all day Cry all night I had a hole in my heart I had a "company" me It kept me whole-y from rolling Someone into something like me Something like me You don't wanna be I cry, cry, cry Cry all day I cry all night I cry all day And I cry, cry, cry Cry all day Cry all night At the open mic I sing and I stall I fall on the knife However, there's another Another future to fight I never took it so seriously Oh, it was serious alright Watch 'em all fight But you can't fight it And I cry Cry all day Cry all night Cry all day Cry all night All day And now the hounds are calling I see the world I find I'm sick of your affliction But you're just a smartass and blind Out of the light Now be kind Cry, cry, cry Cry all day All night Into the light Into the light Into the light -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Happiness -------- [Verse 1] My mother says I'm great And it always makes me sad I don't think she's being nice I really think she believes that So now I bend my days around the people Other people obey, whoa [Chorus] So sad it's nothing Happiness depends on who you blame [Verse 2] I gather things can change So maybe she's asleep in her grave She gave her body to science So I'm not sure what's in her place Maybe roses or Tanqueray, whoa [Chorus] So sad it's nothing Happiness depends on who you blame [Verse 3] I know the dead still listen She sings a part of every refrain Under the weight of the living Pointing a finger With no eyes to aim, whoa [Outro] So sad it's nothing It's absolutely nothing So sad it's nothing It's absolutely nothing So sad it's nothing Happiness depends on who you blame -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- If I Ever Was a Child -------- I've never been alone Long enough to know If I ever was a child I was tied up like a boat Unbuttoned like a coat Set free for a while Well I jumped to jolt my clumsy blood While my white, green eyes Cry like a window pane Can my cold heart change Even out of spite? I slump behind my brain A haunted stain never fades I hunt for the kind of pain I can take And I cry like a window pane Can my cold heart change Over night? So I won't ever want to touch Your heart too much Or hold you too tight I slump behind my brain A haunted stain will never fade I hunt for the kind of pain I can take I never was alone Long enough to know If I ever was a child -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Just Say Goodbye -------- Sometimes when I'm fading I fight to stay awake Here I lie, come and take me I'll go I will go so far just to say goodbye My, my in my opinion I tried, I huff and I puff Why am I in my skin again? Well, I don't know how it works So I just say goodbye Sometimes I see sorry faces I don't think I qualify Be kind as the nights embrace us Oh, oh, we tried so hard Oh, as if I have answers Oh, we tried so hard Just to say goodbye -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Locator -------- Locator sees me swaying through the catacombs Locator hears me whispering in my home Even when the waves are falling Beat me into diamonds Even when the wheels are whining Even when the wheels are whining Something in the sky can find me I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide Here below, here below, here below, here below Oh no, locator it is I Even when I run I'm crawling Even through the walls and blinds and Even when the wheels are whining Even when the wheels are whining Something in the sky can find me I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I Hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide, hide Here below, here below, here below, here below I love locator everywhere I go I tell locator everything it wants to know -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Nope -------- Oh, I can't say what qualifies as pain So transfixed by the wavering flame Mortal kings of each grade and grain erased Oh, I'm blessed The slant may rain, knows my door Tambourines my floor in four Laughs and shakes my folded face where Jesus mowed my lawn Fame has legs, blazing chrome Amputate but it's never quite gone Rakes in clover shown like snakes shine over rate my crime Why kill a man when you can drive him crazy? Why make it end when my amusement always depends on the joke? Won't you lend me my punchline As a favor, can you be entertained so that day I can savor whatever remains Of hurricanes too rattled to romance massive plates of circumstances -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Normal American Kids -------- I remind myself of myself long ago 'Fore I could drive, 'fore I could vote All of the time, holding a grudge 'Fore I knew people could die just because Shot from a sling, head full of buzz I knew what I liked was not very much High at the time, tied to the grid Always afraid of those normal American kids Oh, all of my spirit leaked like a cut I knew what I needed would never be enough I was too high to change my bid Always afraid to be a normal American kid Always hating normal American empty summer days Lightning crazed and cracked like an egg High behind the garden shed Painting myself as a normal American kid I always hated it High as high as high can loom Under the sheets in my bedroom I was high as high can get Always afraid of those normal American kids Oh, bongs and jams, and carpeted vans Hate everything, I don't understand High times tightening the lid I had to get away from those normal American kids Always hated those normal American kids Always hated those normal American kids -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Quarters -------- [Verse] The tavern where you worked Was cold and dark as a cavern You kept quarters in your shirt But I never could just have them You always made me sweep around every fly and floozie Under booths and bums asleep Waking up, they'd ask you, "Who's he?" Behind a glass without a glance "My daughter's boy," you would say Well, I stood there in a trance Listening to the jukebox play [Instrumental Outro] -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Shrug and Destroy -------- Some harm for the past Others dream of at last Days continue Multiply multitudes I wonder who destroys When no one is left, rejoice All our statues, lullabies and rented rooms Distances no one will go For instances no one can know I say good night Leave the room unsatisfied Like a child, I lie Almost alone, not quite Crowded avenues Homeless in tennis shoes Sometimes I wish to set free The things that still matter to me Days continue Like a knife might intrude I wonder who destroys When nothing is left, rejoice Nothing is left, rejoice -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- Someone to Lose -------- Where you gonna go in your winter coat? I wonder what you're hiding cause it's not too cold It's already too late Somebody's gonna get you And if I hold you too tight Someone else won't get to Oh, wouldn't you know it? I keep it rolling Considering no one Punching a path Facing the blast and the moon and the math But you still never know where your soul is attached Oh, wouldn't you know it? Ah, wouldn't you know it? I'm so confused I can't move I can't even try I hope you find someone to lose Someday Now where you gonna go like a cobra coiled Sweating in a sweater, you got too much style But you're never alone Some day they're gonna get you I hope you find someone to lose Someday I hope you find I hope you find someone to lose Someday Ah, wait Come back -------- 2016 Schmilco -------- -------- We Aren't the World (Safety Girl) -------- [Verse 1] Have you seen any mention? It's been quiet in detention all week Is that so? I saw the winter party person candidate, give a sermon Shook his fists like this Is that so? And everyone sat as blank as a cake And in love like a stupid lump of clay Is that so? I know a good Armageddon might have made my day, that day Is that so? [Chorus] We aren't the world We aren't the children But you are my safety girl [Verse 2] And you know we could go and spend ourselves like money Let's pretend we're hundred dollar bills Like so And complain every day there's a spider in my soup Tired of my opinion, like everybody else Is that so? [Chorus] We aren't the world We aren't the children But you're my safety girl [Post-Chorus] Like so Oh, is that so? [Chorus] We aren't the world We aren't the children But you're my safety girl -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- An Empty Corner -------- [Verse 1] Eight tiny lines of cocaine Left on a copy machine In an empty corner of a dream My sleep could not complete [Verse 2] There are sirens in the birds And you and I are too far apart And my eyes need a shave What else can go wrong? [Chorus] Now that I'm not longed for Wild life seems wrong Won't care Won't stare You've got family out there [Verse 3] The silver black boot It cracked my front tooth It's a new kind of truth I'm getting used to [Chorus] Come back lonely How sad, if only Don't believe you don't care You've got family out there [Verse 4] Where the power lines are down Whipping sparks around Like angels touching down I see you there [Chorus] How sad, if only Don't believe you don't care You've got family out there You've got family out there -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- Before Us -------- [Verse 1] I'm surprised, staring at the knives Lying silent in the drawer I hear the front door ring in my guitar Empty up against the wall [Chorus] Alone with the people who have come before Alone with the people who have come before Alone with the people who have come before us I'm high for the people who have come before I'm high for the people who have come before I'm high for the people who have come before us [Verse 2] I remember when wars would end Remember when wars would end? Now, when something's dead Now, when something's dead We try to kill it again [Chorus] Alone with the people who have come before Alone with the people who have come before Alone with the people who have come before us -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- Bright Leaves -------- [Verse 1] I don't like The way you're treating me Warm, winter rain I found my keys Under the snow An empty page glowing Alone for days Behind a quiet door Sitting in a drift Us in a car Arguing, I'd forgive But I always forget Which side I'm on [Chorus] I never change You never change [Verse 2] It's my fault There's no decision Sometimes I'm just a hole For you to get in [Chorus] I never change You never change [Bridge] Somehow we're bright leaves You and I beneath the old snow Being set free by the winter rain And I know it'll never change [Outro] You never change You never change You never change You never change You never change You're never gonna change You're never gonna change You never change You never change You never change You never change You never change You're never gonna change You're never gonna change -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- Citizens -------- [Verse 1] Turn out the lights Birdless skies Throw me on the rope Wound tight Nervous fright Darling, the killer you know [Chorus] White lies, white lies White lies, white lies [Verse 2] Women and men Citizens Carry your own cross Careless Careless You are the albatross [Chorus] White lies, white lies White lies, white lies [Verse 3] Pine box Stop the clocks Why can't both be true? High times High crimes Medals for you to salute [Chorus] White lies, white lies White lies, white lies White lies, white lies White lies, white lies White lies, white lies White lies, white lies White lies, white lies -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- Everyone Hides -------- [Verse 1] If you're tellin' yourself a story Where the secrets twist like vines And you know where the bodies are buried But you can't remember where you buried the mines [Chorus] Oh, no one denies Everyone hides Oh, oh Everyone hides [Verse 2] If you're sellin' yourself on a tale Where the details drift with time Where the point gets lost in the tellin' And the tellin' was the point all the while [Chorus] Deep inside Everyone hides Oh, oh Some of the time [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] If you're selling yourself on a vision A dream of who you are An idea of how it should be And a wish upon a star [Chorus] Remember Remember, it can't be denied Oh, oh Everyone hides [Chorus] Oh, no one denies Everyone hides Oh, oh Everyone hides [Outro] Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- Hold Me Anyway -------- [Verse 1] So you might not give a damn I'm like a hologram Light is all I am [Verse 2] Time is nothing I can keep It's the same as when I sleep If time is just to kill Then I will [Verse 3] Overflowing like a crowd And I'm freaking the fuck out I'll try to do my best I guess [Verse 4] High in an old dead tree That plastic bag is me That's where I want to be [Pre-Chorus] Are we all in love, just because? [Chorus] No, I think it's poetry and magic Something too big to have a name And when you get it right, it's still tragic And when you die, who's to blame? Did you think everything would be okay? [Instrumental Break] [Pre-Chorus] Are we all in love just because? [Chorus] No, I think it's poetry and magic Something too big to have a name And when you get it right, it's still tragic And when you die, who's to blame? Did you think everything would be okay? [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] No, I think it's poetry and magic Something too big to have a name And when you get it right, it's still tragic When you die, who's to blame? Do you think everything will be okay? [Outro] Okay -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- Love Is Everywhere (Beware) -------- [Verse 1] So tangled in the wild Seeing myself as something more mean Out in the country Sadness wants me Further away from the scene [Chorus] With right now, right now Love is everywhere Right now, right now Love is everywhere [Verse 2] Where the sunlight grabs the lake It's frozen in the flames Beneath the sleeping town With the riots raining down It's all yours now It's all for you [Chorus] Right now, right now Love is everywhere Right now, right now Love is everywhere [Bridge] So many things I do I can't explain to you [Chorus] Right now, right now Love is everywhere With right now, I'm frightened how Love is here, beware [Outro] Our love is everywhere -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- One and a Half Stars -------- [Verse 1] I wish too much for you to care Goldfish I won at the fair Meet the mother, can't complain There is no mother like pain [Chorus] I'm left with only my desire to change So what? I stay in bed all day I can't escape my domain Two stories high in bed all day I can't escape my domain [Verse 2] You mean too much to me I'm angry I could need so much I'm worried about the way We're all living And this is my love song [Chorus] I'm left with only my desire to change So if I stay in bed all day I won't escape my domain Two stories high in bed all day I can't escape my domain I can't escape my domain I won't escape my domain -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- Quiet Amplifier -------- I wish your world was mine I wish your world was mine Prayers run along the wires Honey, no train's gonna come I have waited my whole life I've tried, in my way, to love everyone I wish your world was mine I wish your world was mine I have a quiet amplifier Silence seems more true Every guitar is denied I've tried, in my way, to love you I wish your world was mine I wish your world was mine I wouldn't mind feelin' fine I wish your world was mine If only your world was mine If only your world was mine Shy little stars must shine Shy little flower on the vine -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- We Were Lucky -------- All I saw from where I stood The sun was smiling down on us We were lucky, that's for sure I was yours Now all I see from where I'm from Empty auditorium We were lucky, that's for sure I was yours And you didn't mind Being mine There was a pop in my ear As I left the atmosphere Draggin' behind my mind It's too late Don't say it Don't say... All I saw from where I stood Three long mountains and a wood I'm lucky, that's for sure I'm yours And you didn't mind Being mine -------- 2019 Ode to Joy -------- -------- White Wooden Cross -------- A white, wooden cross by the side of the road One someone lost that I did not know What would I do? What would I do? If a white, wooden cross meant that I'd lost you I asked myself, "How would I let go?" And a thought appeared like a morning dew And my blood ran cold My blood ran cold As these sad ideas passed through Tell me no lies Tell me no lies Is it stranger to live? Is it stranger to die? What would I do? What would I do? If a white, wooden cross meant that I'd lost you Tell me no lies Tell me no lies Is it stranger to live? Is it stranger to be alive? For all the people that I am not And all their prayers and all their thoughts There's so much more out there Than here where I stand I blow my horn for the whole band