Lyrics

Christmas as a kid

Sparkles in my memory

Crowded round the lights

Surrounded by my family

And me there in the middle

Belly full of treats

Heart full of the feeling

This love is something sweet

Years go by, time can slip

Life is complicated 

Bittersweet as chocolate chips

But the magic hasn’t faded

Every new December 

I still feel like I did

It’s just how I remember 

Christmas as a kid 

Cousins fill the room 

Aunts and uncles too

Sisters, mom, and dad

My grandma and grandad

The people that we’ve lost

Still living in our thoughts 

The ghosts of Christmas past 

Proving that love lasts

Stockings overflow

The fire all aglow

The streets are full of snow

There’s nowhere we can go

Every new December 

I still feel like I did

It’s just how I remember 

Christmas as a kid 

Every new December 

I still feel like I did

It’s just how I remember 

Christmas as a kid 

Every time it ends

I lose another friend

And I think I’m spent

Don’t wanna get my heart broke again.

Everybody knows

The way this goes

Nine times out of ten

Don’t wanna get my heart broke again.

But here I go again

Out on a limb

And it feels too thin

I fall too hard and I feel too much

If I open my heart will you give me love

Don’t turn my dreams into nightmares

You’re my Halloween baby I’m so scared

I’m so scared

Maybe I’m Frankenstein and you give me life

When the lightning strikes

Maybe I’m a zombie I love your brains

And I go insane when I taste your mind

Come on get close to me don’t ghost me

If you get to know me think you might like me

But honestly I find you frightening

Like I’m caught out in the lightning

And the vampires might find me

I’m afraid I might let you bite me

I’m feeling like I’m falling to the bottom of a well

And I’m putting out my hand and I’m calling you for help

I’m scared as hell that you won’t feel the same as me

Here I am wearing no costume I came as me

And I guess I’m afraid that’s not enough

I fall too hard and I feel too much

If I open my heart will you give me love

Don’t turn my dreams into nightmares

You’re my Halloween baby I’m so scared

I’m so scared

Here I go again

Out on a limb

And it feels too thin

I fall too hard and I feel too much

If I open my heart will you give me love

Don’t turn my dreams into nightmares

You’re my Halloween baby I’m so scared

I’m so scared of you

If you hear me reaching out to you

Will you reach back?

And give me something like connection

To stop my heart attack

I wanna give you everything you need

And all you lack

So if I hear you reaching out to me

I will reach back

When I try to meditate and

Turn off all my thoughts

I miss you being there with me

So my mind wanders off

I wanna find you want your validation

Want your love

That’s everything that I’ve been dreaming

I’ve been singing of

I’m the boy with the see through skin

Everyone is looking in

If you see something you like

Take what you want just leave a dime

I’m the boy with the see through skin

Everyone is looking in

You can turn me into anything

As long as you come hear me sing

i don’t know what year it is
i don’t know what day it is
i don’t know what time it is
i don’t know who’s mind this is
i can’t tell what’s mine or yours
i can’t use these broken doors
i keep walking into walls
i got cellphone brain i keep dropping calls

call us generation happy or dead
we don’t wanna be apathy heads
hell no we won’t go numb
call us generation happy or dead
we don’t wanna be apathy heads
hell yes our best is yet to come

i can’t see a five year plan
i can’t run i can barely stand
i can’t stand to face the news
always paying bills or dues
i can’t tell what’s real or not
i can’t think my own damn thoughts
i got a voice inside my head
saying you can be happy when you get dead

call us generation happy or dead
we don’t wanna be apathy heads
hell no we won’t go numb
call us generation happy or dead
we don’t wanna be apathy heads
hell yes our best is yet to come

promised gold it’s only pavement
seems the scale is always weighted

i got credit card debt – good luck kid!
i got student loans – good luck kid!
i gotta get a good job – good luck kid!
so i can get a good home – good luck kid!
i want the perfect life – good luck kid!
with the perfect girl – good luck kid!
she’ll fix my heart – good luck kid!
and then i’ll fix the world – good luck kid!

too exposed too isolated
my heart’s starved emaciated
try to win the loss is fated
seems the scale is always weighted

i’m tired of the winners – good luck kid!
and i’m tired of the losers – good luck kid!
i’m tired of hoping – good luck kid!
for impossible futures – good luck kid!
i need a brand new plan – good luck kid!
i need a brand new heart – good luck kid!
i need a better end – good luck kid!
to this bitter start – good luck kid!

2001 – good luck kid!
2008 – good luck kid!
2016 – good luck kid!
this is the american dream? – good luck kid!
2019 – good luck kid!
it just keeps getting worse – good luck kid!
2020 – good luck kid!
i’m afraid that we’re cursed – good luck kid!

the whole wide world fits in my hand
the power of gods in the mind of a man
finding my tribe finding new life
feeling the vibe

it pulls at my mind just like first love
don’t you wanna feel more?
hell yes refresh

warm to the touch i’m feeling the rush
don’t you wanna feel good?
hell yes refresh

i can’t my eyes away from you
yes i must confess i’m obsessed with you
obsessed with you

i get that hit i feel that high
don’t you want a little more?
hell yes refresh

someone wants me possibilities
don’t you wanna know who?
hell yes refresh

i can’t my eyes away from you
yes i must confess i’m obsessed with you
obsessed with you
obsessed with you

falling down the
falling down the
falling down the
rabbit hole

i’m a slave to the algorithm
gotta praise the algorithm
give her everything you’ve got
and you might have a shot
come on don’t you wanna be hot hot hot?

i need the algorithm
gotta feed the algorithm
give her all of your attention
you might get a little mention
from the great and powerful information engine

put all your trust in her
she’ll tell you what you’re worth

praise!
praise the algorithm
praise the algorithm
praise the algorithm
praise—she’s always keeping score
she’s what we’re living for

you better live for the algorithm
you better give to the algorithm
if you starve and sacrifice
if you buy her something nice
you too could have your very own life

put all your trust in her
she’ll tell you what you’re worth

praise!
praise the algorithm
praise the algorithm
praise—she’s always keeping score
she’s what we’re living for

once there was a girl
late night talking and hoping
love light fragile and open
where did we go wrong
private wars and half empty nights
keeping score forgetting to fight

moonlight maze
another broken design
another trick of my mind
moonlight maze
i wanna do what i please
it’s such a lonely disease
moonlight maze moonlight maze

once i knew the man
bright eyes driving to save us
heart wide laughter contagious
where did we go wrong?
foot down words on a white screen
ghost town chasing a night dream

moonlight maze
another broken design
another trick of my mind
moonlight maze
i wanna do what i please
it’s such a lonely disease
moonlight maze

moonlight maze
another dangerous game
i’ve got an itchin’ to play
moonlight maze
another cage i can build
another stage i can fill
moonlight maze moonlight maze

simon says don’t trust them
i am your only friend
my truth is oxygen – trust me
simon says don’t look down
you’re on the tight rope now
you’re on the right road now – trust me

i know something you don’t know
i know something you don’t know
i’m winning i’m winning

i can see the clues i can follow tracks
i can find the scent i can find the facts
i can look you in the eyes
and see behind the mask

what are you advertising?
what are you selling to me?

donny says here they come
they want to take your guns
your daughters and your sons – trust me
donny says you can’t know
what’s real and what’s for show
i’ll stop their mind control – trust me.

i know something you don’t know
i know something you don’t know
i’m winning we’re winning

i can see the clues i can follow tracks
i can find the scent i can find the facts
i can look you in the eyes
and see behind the mask

everyone is lying
trying to keep us from the truth
dying to hide the proof

Q says look again
what’s in the shadows friend?
sharks in the shallow end – trust me
Q says trust the plan
and we’ll take back this land
just follow my command – trust me

i know something you don’t know
i know something you don’t know
i’m winning we’re winning

i can see the clues i can follow tracks
i can find the scent i can find the facts
i can look you in the eyes
and see behind the mask

trust! me! trust! me!
trust! me! just! me!

don’t you wanna win too?
hell yes refresh

i’d like to turn myself around
don’t like the way i’m heading now
i might be losing control
wish i could climb out of this hole

marching into battle with a standard issue iPhone
fighting for the future from the war room that is my home
loving every minute that i’m in it on my war thrown
fingers on the trigger i get bigger i get more known

words make mighty weapons as the poet trolls have shown
words can win elections even if they can’t break bones
i don’t fear rejection from a world that i’ve disowned
i reject you first i’ll do just fine all on my own

stockholm syndrome

i’m working for the outrage machine
making nightmares out of everybody’s dreams

i can capture all your moments i can capture all your focus
i can push all of your buttons i’m a master of hypnosis
i can activate emotions with the motion of my phone
when i capture your attention you are mine you are owned

i can buy you i can sell you i can tell you where to go
i can feed you all the facts that you’ll ever need to know
you’ll thank me you’ll pay me you’ll let me in your home
i’ll sell off all your secrets but you’ll never be alone

stockholm syndrome

i’m working for the outrage machine
making nightmares out of everybody’s dreams

i’m ready to fight
i’m ready to win
i’m ready for war to begin
i’m ready to hurt
i’m ready to kill
i’m ready for blood to spill

don’t feed the don’t feed the trolls
cause we’re gunning to
coming to swallow you whole
don’t feed the don’t don’t feed the trolls
cause we’re gunning to
coming to suck up your soul

don’t feed the don’t feed the trolls
cause we’re gunning to
coming to swallow you whole
oh you better not better not feed the trolls
cause we’re gunning to
coming to suck up your soul

and then suddenly the lights went out
a rolling blackout in the summer heat
and i saw my reflection in the now dark screen
lit by the moonlight through the window

i saw a gnarled angry face glaring back at me
i saw a monster sweating and grinding its teeth
and slowly i realized that the monster is me

if i could find someone to trust
if i could find one single something provable
if the goal posts were immovable stones
and we heeded the screams in our bones

if only facts were just facts
if only the truth was indisputable
if time well spent was our only goal
if we could climb out of this hole

here we are beyond the pale
now that the compass has failed
but we can take back the control
i’m climbing out of the hole

i’ve sent a million prayers
i’ve shared a million shares
that don’t make a change
we’ve chased a million thrills
we’ve popped a million pills
that don’t stop the pain

the war on knowledge wages on
we wait with bated breath at sunsets for brighter dawns
this is the miracle the mess
of brilliance of idle minds of all this loneliness

you’ve won a million wars
captured a million souls
that don’t make you strong
we know a million words
we know a million chords
that don’t make a song

the war on knowledge wages on
we wait with bated breath at sunsets for brighter dawns
this is the miracle the mess
of brilliance of idle minds of all this loneliness

push us toward the outrage
they push us toward the fear
they push us toward the feeling
that the facts cannot be clear
push us to want money
they push us to want fame
they push the faulty fiction
that we are not the same

this is the miracle the mess
of brilliance of idle minds of all this loneliness

the war on knowledge wages on and on and on
we wait with bated breath at sunsets for brighter dawns
this is the miracle this is the mess
of brilliance of idle minds of all this loneliness

am i just am i just a battery?
fuel to feed the fire for the economy
am i am i just a battery?

turn me on turn me off
break me down break me off
sell my parts to the highest bidder
buy low sell high
take it with me when i die
tell the devil that i’m a winner.

am I just am i just a battery?
fuel to feed the fire for the economy
am i am i just a battery?

what are you advertising?
what are you selling to me?
you look so hypnotizing
you look bright and shiny
what are you advertising?
what are you selling to me?
i guess this passes for living
in the new economy

am I just am i just a battery?
fuel to feed the fire for the economy
are we just are we just…

i’m saying no to black holes of negativity
cause all i want’s sunshine and positivity
i been down too long too much gravity
i could use just a little bit of levity

i’m saying no to black holes of negativity
i know these times are tough not much clarity
and everyone lives in their own reality
i could use just a little bit of harmony

all this wasted time
it weighs on my mind
i know who I should be…
but it don’t come easy

I make it complicated
and you get frustrated
we know that love hasn’t faded
but it gets so complicated.
I keep asking for changes
you keep acting outrageous
we keep turning the pages
and chasing homeostasis.

Don’t wanna hold you back.
Don’t wanna hold you down.
I wanna lift you up
if you would just show me how.

You think that you’re such a giver
sometimes I think you’re a blizzard
sometimes I think like a lizard
sometimes you move like a river.
Maybe you’re more like an ocean
cause you make me feel like I’m floatin’
despite all the commotion
I wouldn’t trade this emotion.

Don’t wanna hold you back.
Don’t wanna hold you down.
I wanna lift you up
if you would just show me how.

I don’t know what’s got into me lately,
maybe it’s a full moon,
maybe it’s this dull room.
I feel wired, I feel wild.

I don’t know why authority hates me,
seems like a mystery,
or maybe it’s my history.
I feel wired, I feel wild.

I don’t know why I’m climbing up buildings,
maybe I’m a super man,
maybe I’m a stupid man.
I feel wired, I feel wild.

I can’t feel anything,
no adrenaline but then again
this medicine’s been meddling with me.
A chemical labotomy
they’re selling me, they’re prodding me,
and telling me I oughta be not me.

I can’t stand my reflection
all I see is imperfection
and it spreads like an infection.

Every day I’m disrespected
can’t stand all this rejection
and it spreads like an infection.

Hey, hey, hey, hey I got an itchy soul.
Hey, hey, hey, hey I got an itchy soul.
And I’m giving up… control.

Always looking for affection
always feeling disconnection
and it spreads like an infection.

Despite all of my protection
I fell for the misdirection
and it spreads like an infection.

Hey, hey, hey, hey I got an itchy soul.
Hey, hey, hey, hey I got an itchy soul.
And I’m giving up… control.

I wanna let go,
I wanna not know,
I wanna not feel,
I wanna just heal,
I wanna like you,
I wanna like me,
be just like you,
do you like me?

We fight fire with
we fight fire with
we fight fire with rain.

We draw crazy constellations
on old familiar maps
we build roads to the future
but we come here from the past.
We make daily sacrifice
to every god we’ve resurrected,
we move like new age shamans
to cure the disconnected.
Guided by angles
as we navigate these devils
always searching for meaning
always searching for the levels,
here we are hawking magic
to the disbelieving masses
with a pink neon sign
lit by vaudeville’s ashes.

We fight fire with
we fight fire with
we fight fire with rain.

We peel off one mask
just to slide into another
and we reflect to the world
the foolish folly of struggle.
We beseech you to think
because thoughts can make love,
we invite you to forget,
sometimes thinking is too much.
We rub wood together
and wage war with the fire
like cultural warriors
with a nomad’s empire.
The need swells from inside
there was never a choice,
you are obliged to sing loudly
if you are given a voice.

If the chaos doesn’t kill us
these songs my just heal us, save us.

We fight fire with
we fight fire with
we fight fire with rain.

Nothin’ on the FM
nothin’ on the AM
Nothin’ in the AM
nothin’ in the PM,
give me a song with soul.

Give me something I can belong to.
Give me something I can believe.
You can’t trust every song that you hear,
cause some singers just won’t ever bleed.

Remember when the DJs on the radio
used to play the songs they thought you need to know?

Nothin’ on the FM
nothin’ on the AM
Nothin’ in the AM
nothin’ in the PM,
give me a song with soul.

Give me something I can stand up on.
Give me something not written for sales.
I need an analog cure
for this very digital world.

Remember when the DJs on the radio
used to play the songs they thought you need to know?
Remember when MTV played videos?
Remember everything we learned at record stores?

Nothin’ on the FM
nothin’ on the AM
Nothin’ in the AM
nothin’ in the PM,
give me a song with soul,
give me a song with soul.

Future man better learn to fly,
better learn to swim or better learn to die.
Future skin better grow a little thicker
cause the sun burns meaner when the sky gets sicker.
Future man’s thirsty when the water gets spoiled,
future man’s hungry when there’s poison in the soil…
future blood better learn to boil.

Panthalassa

I’m sick and tired
of always seeing the sky
through telephone wires.
Just give me a view,
so I can rest my eyes
on the green and blue.

Future man better learn to fly,
better learn to swim or better learn to die.
Future skin better grow a little thicker
cause the sun burns meaner when the sky gets sicker.
Future man’s thirsty when the water gets spoiled,
future man’s hungry when there’s poison in the soil…
future blood better learn to boil.

I’m sick and tired
of all these fake lines,
these fake dividers.
The air and water
don’t follow world maps
don’t stop at borders.

Panthalassa

I’m sick and tired
of always seeing the sky
through telephone wires.

A tick, a tock, a tweet, a growl.
The bending howl of passing sirens.
The gentle scrape of skin on skin.
No sound now ends, no sound begins.

The steady hum of electricity.
Ones and zeros on the wind.
The constant click and clack of hot and cold.
No sound now ends, no sound begins.

Light in dark,
sound in space,
pitch black pen
and a blank white page.

Too much sun,
can’t see clear,
ain’t gone deaf
but I still can’t hear.

I can’t remember the last time
I heard silence.

A wire hanging from each ear.
A voice, a drum, a violin.
Some philosophical conceit.
No sound now ends, no sound begins.
No sound now ends, no sound begins.
No sound now ends, no sound begins.

When I get broken like a record
I’m outspoken like a leopard
with a temper and a timbre like a timber saw.
If you got the balls to put me ‘gainst a wall
don’t you be surprised when see my claws.
You can kick me while I’m down, I’m used to it.
And then come back around, I’m used to it.
Yeah I got bruises on my bruises, ain’t new to this.
And once again I’m…

Sleeping in the rain there’s a hole in the roof,
brains bashed in by the ugliest truth,
stomped on proper by a steel-toed boot,
laid out naked like a pulled up root.

I been knocked around, dropped upside down,
run out of town, but I just turn around.
I don’t take “no” well, I don’t take no hell,
I been there and back and I’m doing well.
You can kick me while I’m down, I’m used to it.
And then come back around, I’m used to it.
Yeah I got bruises on my bruises, ain’t new to this.
And once again I’m…

Sleeping in the rain there’s a hole in the roof,
brains bashed in by the ugliest truth,
stomped on proper by a steel-toed boot,
laid out naked like a pulled up root.

You can kick me while I’m down, I’m used to it.
And then come back around, I’m used to it.
Yeah I got bruises on my bruises, ain’t new to this.
And once again I’m…

Sleeping in the rain there’s a hole in the roof,
brains bashed in by the ugliest truth,
stomped on proper by a steel-toed boot,
laid out naked like a pulled up root.

I deal with sadness, existential anger,
frustrations of being alive.
Just trying to be, compassionate people
and know yourself in the world.

Try to act from your heart
however broken it is.

There’s a great sadness
that needs to be filled
with temporary spackle.
Cause there’s anonymous monsters
slinging out garbage,
it’s a cultural malignancy.

Try to act from your heart
however broken it is.

Is there room in your narcisism
for a little optimism?

I really like you, I’m fucked!
Do you see me spiraling downward?
Do you see the plane crashing?
Do you see smoke?
Do you see burning?
I need to be deprogrammed.
I need to be deprogrammed.
I need to be deprogrammed.

Love
is an outlaw
Love
does as it pleases
Love
is an outlaw
Love
Love
is an outlaw
Love
run out of patience
didn’t anyone tell you
Love
Love is contagious

When we kiss I taste the back side of your brain
I feel your pain, I see your future.
I see your future.
When we talk I taste the metal on your tongue
your sugar lungs, I know your culture.
I know your culture.

If you give me rain and a little bit of shelter,
I’ll raise a garden to take away your hunger.

When you cry I see the little girl you were
I speak to her, I learn her secrets.
I learn her secrets.
When you sing I hear the language of your dreams
and now it seems that I can speak it.
Yes I can speak it.

If you give me rain and a little bit of shelter,
I’ll raise a garden to take away your hunger.

I touch your skin like it’s a rotary phone,
I read your breathing like it’s Rolling Stone,
be my tattoo I’ll put you on like glue.

If you give me rain and a little bit of shelter,
I’ll raise a garden to take away your hunger.
I’ll give you summer to get us through the winter.
I’ll be the one who understands your culture.

If you want to see,
if you want to see,
if you want to see the future,
quit looking at me.

Quit looking for my kryptonite
nothing short of dynamite,
gonna make me cry about you.
But I feel you looking at me still,
like a hunter ready for the kill,
but honey tell me what you really think you gonna do?
You got me down for so damn long,
I went numb until the feeling was gone,
but now I’m back and I’m feeling strong,
I think this just might be my last pissed off song.

If you want to see,
if you want to see,
if you want to see the future,
quit looking at me.

Quit looking for my kryptonite,
I guarantee you won’t find it tonight,
cause I made a shield out of all your shit.
I put down my boxing gloves,
got no hate but I got not love,
I made hands of prayer out of unrolled fists.
You got me down for so damn long,
I went numb until the feeling was gone,
but now I’m back and I’m feeling strong,
I think this just might be my last pissed off song.

If you want to see,
if you want to see,
if you want to see the future,
quit looking at me.

Quit looking for my kryptonite
nothing short of dynamite,
gonna make me cry about you.

I ain’t your super man.
I ain’t your man.
I ain’t yours.

I didn’t mean to get so high.
I just didn’t wanna feel so low.
I just didn’t want to know
that it’s all going to shit,
and we’re right in the middle of it.

Every time we take a step ahead
I find we take a step behind
right back to the start.
How are we supposed to get ahead
when passion’s out of fashion
who still speaks from the heart?

Numb, numb, numb to the news
and now we’re numb to blues
made dumb so we can be used.
We can’t tell the truth from the lies
when we’re so confused
that we’re out of our minds.

I didn’t mean to get so high.
I just didn’t wanna feel so low.
I just didn’t want to know
that it’s all going to shit,
and we’re right in the middle of it.

We can’t even agree to be free,
too broke, too tired, too busy to resist.
What world is this?
What world is this?
What world is this?

I didn’t mean to get so high.
I just didn’t wanna feel so low.
I just didn’t want to know
that it’s all going to shit,
and we’re right in the middle of it.

I’m afraid if I blink I’ll never open my eyes
and I won’t see the sign with my sight compromised.
The sign is the story of the glory of lives
lived with compassionate compromise.
So I don’t sleep, don’t weep,
don’t wait for fate cause fate is to slow…

Oh, I can’t stand the wait.
Oh, I can’t stand the wait.

I’m afraid if I let the gods pass me a torch
one slip of my fingers and the whole world is scorched,
or if I linger much longer this wick will expire
and it’s a cold fucking world without feeling or fire.
So I don’t pray, don’t play
don’t pick up the weight cause I’ll never stand up straight.

Oh, I can’t stand the weight.
Oh, I can’t stand the weight.

If I never get sturdy enough for the burden
won’t take on the healin’, won’t take on the hurtin’
oh, I can’t stand the weight.

Push us just a little more
man you’re gonna see it pour.
And when you open up this storm
don’t say that you were not warned.
You won’t want to be around
when this rain comes down.

Who’s in charge?
take me to the boss.
Who’s in charge?
who’s making the laws?
Who’s in charge?
take me to the boss.
We’ve got some things we need to talk about.

Can’t you see that we don’t stop
any time that those on top
push down we just push back up
and some day soon we will erupt.
You won’t want to be around
when your wall comes down.

Who’s in charge?
take me to the boss.
Who’s in charge?
who’s making the laws?
Who’s in charge?
take me to the boss.
We’ve got some things we need to talk about.

One fire from the sky, you’re never gonna see that single light.
Whole world, ablaze, you better believe they’re gonna be amazed.
One man turned around, is never gonna bring the castle down.
But every man, ablaze, you better believe they’re gonna be amazed.

Who’s in charge?
take me to the boss.
Who’s in charge?
who’s making the laws?
Who’s in charge?
take me to the boss.
We’ve got some things we need to talk about.

I’ve got some memories in glass jars
a living cemetery of fallen stars.
There’s a laboratory inside my head
I’m making frankensteins… I raise the dead.

Turning smiles into ones and zeros
turning friends into enemies and heroes
turning lives into screens then clear those
memories away, memories away.
Big pose cause we want to live those
big days that shine like the cosmos
big plug, big drug lets us give those
memories away, memories.

I’ve got some memories in glass jars
a living cemetery of fallen stars.
There’s a laboratory inside my head
I’m making frankensteins… I raise the dead.

I’ve got some memories in glass jars
a living cemetery of fallen stars.
There’s a laboratory inside my head
I’m making frankensteins… I raise the dead.

Flipping back through my history
is just a click or two for me
I don’t mind lack of clarity no,
it suits me fine, it suits me fine.
I need a little bit of fog to help me
I need a little story telling alchemy
I like my chemical memory
it suits me fine, it suits me fine.

Still hold you like when I was young,
the decades take and change so much,
but you make me feel beginner’s love… beginner’s love.

Why don’t we fly around the world?
See all this place has got to show.
Or if you’d rather take it easy,
we can just chill here at home.

You make me feel beginner’s love.

Work my days I’ll give you might nights,
going to you is going home.
We all know there’s no place like home,
so take me with you where you go.

Still hold you like when I was young,
the decades take and change so much,
but you make me feel beginner’s love… beginner’s love.

I change you learn, I learn you change,
that’s how we make the decades shine,
when you’ve found everything you want
the only thing you need is time.

Still hold you like when I was young,
the decades take and change so much,
but you make me feel beginner’s love… beginner’s love.

I’ve got your fingers in my belt loops.
You’ve got your fingers in my pockets.
I’ve got your fingers in my belt loops.
I can’t get close enough.

Let me feel your kick drum heartbeat,
move, love, shine, sweat, repeat, repeat.

I’ve got my fingers in your belt loops,
you’ve got your fingers in my pockets.
I’ve got my fingers in your belt loops,
I can’t get close enough.

Lights dance, eyes glance, hearts pulse, strobe lights,
touch skin, spark match, ignite, ignite.

I want to swim in you,
get lost inside your want.
I can’t get close enough.
I can’t get close enough.
I can’t get close enough.
I can’t get close enough.

I’ve got my fingers in your belt loops,
you’ve got your fingers in my pockets.
I’ve got my fingers in your belt loops,
I can’t get close enough.

Get back Mr. Munitions man
you can’t sell your death to me.
Get back Mr. Munitions man,
this will not be your century.

A little love, a little logic,
is all it takes.
So get that big man gun chat
out of my face.

Get back Mr. Munitions man
you can’t sell your death to me.
Get back Mr. Munitions man,
this will not be your century.

Fool us once, fool us twice,
playing the fool it don’t feel so nice.
Fool us three times, fool us a hundred,
but your reckoning is coming.

Get back Mr. Munitions man
you can’t sell your death to me.
Get back Mr. Munitions man,
this will not be your century.

I would treat you like a church but I don’t pray enough
I would treat you like my home but I don’t stay enough
I would treat you like a flower but I neglect ‘em
I would treat you like a lover but I suspect ‘em
I would treat you like my thoughts but I forget them sometimes
I would treat you like my heart but I reject it sometimes.

So I’ll treat you like my favorite song,
and I’ll be singing all day long.

I would treat you like a star but I’d get over the hype
I would treat you like fine wine but I’m not the drinking type
I would treat you like a queen but power always corrupts
I would treat you like a dream but then I’d never wake up
I would treat you like the ocean but I might drown if I go swimming
I would treat you like a game but I only like them when I’m winning.

So I’ll treat you like my favorite song,
and I’ll be singing all day long.

I’ll treat you like my favorite song
and I’ll be singing all day long.
And if you let me sing along
I’ll treat you right, I’ll love you strong.

I’ll treat you like my favorite song,
I’ll treat you like my, my favorite song,
I’ll treat you like my, my favorite song,
and I’ll be singing all day long.
I’ll treat you like my favorite song,
I’ll treat you like my, my favorite song,
I’ll treat you like my, my favorite song,
and I’ll be singing all day long.

Unmotivated, unmotivated and deflated.
What’s going on under my skin?
A million ideas I can’t begin.
Motivation, that’s the catch
when your get up and go has left.

I should be stronger than this.
I should be stronger than this.

Unmotivated, unmotivated and deflated.
What’s going on here in my house?
Why have I not gotten out?
My head is still in bed,
my feet feel like lead.

I should be stronger than this.
I should be stronger than this.
I should be stronger than this.
I should be stronger than this.

I know I’ve been talking like this for weeks
but tomorrow I’m finally gonna speak.
I know I’ve been talking like this for months
but tomorrow that change is gonna come,
tomorrow, that change is gonna come,
tomorrow, that change is gonna come.

Unmotivated, unmotivated and deflated.
What’s going on out in the world?
Hurricanes and wars.
And bad politics are enough
to make me not get up.

I should be stronger than this.
I should be stronger than this, unmotivated and deflated.
Unmotivated, unmotivated and deflated.

End up crying when I’m trying to smile
somebody help me.
Can’t see the sky and I just don’t know why
somebody help me.
I’ve got a pain that can’t be matched.

Clouds in the way even on sunny days
somebody help me.
So out my mind I even tried to pray
somebody help me.
I’ve got an itch that can’t be scratched.

I’ve got to say goodbye blues.
I’ve got to say goodbye blues.
I’ve got to say goodbye blues…
I’m so sick of you.

Wish I could twist my fist into a kiss
somebody help me.
Never get back those angry days I missed
somebody help me.
I’ve got a pain that can’t be matched.

I’ve got to say goodbye blues.
I’ve got to say goodbye blues.
I’ve got to say goodbye blues…
I’m so sick of you.

I don’t believe the hype
I’m not scared of you.
I don’t believe what the other boys say
I’m not scared of you.
You can break my heart if it’s what you really need to do,
you can break my heart and I won’t hold it against you,
you can break my heart if it’s gonna help to get you through,
you can think of me as a casualty of loving you.

If you need someone to
to forget but not forgive…
I’ll be your heartbreak kid,
your heartbreak kid.

You might knock me back
but I’m not scared of you.
Yeah you might steal my sunshine,
but I’m not scared of you.
You can break my heart if it’s gonna help yours to heal,
you can break my heart if you find yourself a better deal,
you can break my heart if you’re too numb to feel,
you can think of me as a casualty of loving for real.

If you need someone to
walk away from.
If you need someone to
to forget but not forgive…
I’ll be your heartbreak kid,
your heartbreak kid,
I’ll be your heartbreak kid.

If you need someone to
blame for what goes wrong.
If you need someone to
walk away from.
If you need someone to
to forget but not forgive…
I’ll be your heartbreak kid.
your heartbreak kid,
I’ll be your heartbreak kid.
your heartbreak kid,
I’ll be your heart…break…kid.

When it’s black and white and no shades of grey
I’ll always make time for you.
When your nights are just as hard as your days
I’ll always make time for you.

When you need a friend with ears but no lips
I’ll always make time for you.
When you can’t see any way but to quit
I’ll always make time for you.
When you need me to
I’ll be strong for you.

I was born to write this song for you
and sing when you need it most.
To say keep on pushing don’t give in now
yeah, you’re getting close.

When you think you’ve got to fight all alone
I’ll always make time for you.
When you need a different path to be shown
I’ll always make time for you.

When you’ve fallen cause you tripped yourself up
I’ll always make time for you.
You need a friend to help you pick yourself up
I’ll always make time for you.
When you need me to
I’ll be strong for you.

I was born to write this song for you
and sing when you need it most.
To say keep on pushing don’t give in now
yeah, you’re getting close.

When you don’t know which way is up
which way is down
follow the sound of this,
follow the sound of this song.

I was born to write this song for you
and sing when you need it most.
To say keep on pushing don’t give in now
yeah, you’re getting close.

If you would kindly please remind me
if I forget that you love me.
Guess I’m more broken than I thought,
never recovered from the fall.

If you would kindly please remind me
if I forget that you love me.
Through no fault of your own
I may forget that you’re my home.

If you would kindly please remind me
if I forget that you love me.
My wounded confidence
makes me misread the evidence.

If you would kindly please remind me
if I forget that you love me.
I may not always see
the ways you give your love to me.

If you would kindly please remind me
if I forget that you love me.
Guess I’m more broken than I thought,
never recovered from the fall.

Lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am, a satisfied man.
She brings me honey,
she brings me honey,
she brings me honey, and honey’s my new jam.

She brings the sun.
She brings the rain.
She brings me rainbows,
when I’m in pain.

Lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am, a satisfied man.
She brings me honey,
she brings me honey,
she brings me honey, and honey’s my new jam.

She brings me calm.
She brings me rhymes.
She’s got my back,
like she’s my spine.

Her lips, so soft,
she make the good lord blush,
at the thought of, at the thought of,
at the thought of, her touch.

Lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am, a satisfied man.
She brings me honey,
she brings me honey,
she brings me honey, and honey’s my new jam.
Lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am,
lord knows that I am, a satisfied man.

I’m making my way,
I make my girl say,
my baby’s doing so good.
My girl is working,
she’s on the job and,
my baby’s doing so good.

We, we, we, we, we work all day.
We, we, we, we, we work all night and that’s alright.

I got this guitar,
it gets me paid some,
but not as much as it should.
She’s got a banjo,
she’s got a band yo,
my baby’s doing so good.

We, we, we, we, we work all day.
We, we, we, we, we work all night and that’s alright.
We, we, we, we, we work all day.
We, we, we, we, we work all night and that’s alright.

I’m making phone calls,
I’m getting told no,
I did the best that I could.
She makes it okay,
when she tells me,
my baby’s doing so good.

We, we, we, we, we work all day.
We, we, we, we, we work all night and that’s alright.
We, we, we, we, we work all day.
We, we, we, we, we work all night and that’s alright.

My baby is the body,
body of water, water that floats my boat.

You keep on talking bout the calendar dear,
like you gonna be by my side this time next year.
But I think I’ve made myself perfectly clear,
I don’t expect you to keep me, I don’t expect you to leave me.

I see that look of love so strong in your eyes,
but I’m suspicious, I know eyes can lie.
They don’t even know that they do it sometimes.
If we don’t obligate, then we don’t complicate.

You’d best be careful what you promise me,
You’d best be careful what you promise me,
You’d best be careful what you promise me,
I got a damn good, I got a damn good,
I got a damn good memory.

Don’t make promises, shut yo’ mouth.
Don’t make promises, shut yo’ mouth.
Don’t make promises, shut yo’ mouth.
Don’t make promises, shut yo’ mouth.

You’d best be careful what you promise me,
You’d best be careful what you promise me,
You’d best be careful what you promise me,
I got a damn good, I got a damn good,
I got a damn good memory.

You keep on talking bout the calendar dear,
like you gonna be by my side this time next year.

Don’t make promises, shut yo’ mouth.
Don’t make promises, shut yo’ mouth.

You’d best be careful what you promise me,
You’d best be careful what you promise me,
You’d best be careful what you promise me,
I got a damn good, I got a damn good,
I got a damn good memory.

Some mornings I wake up shaking cause it’s all so good,
I was never looking for anything more than this.
Answers come and the answers go and I still don’t know,
I was never looking for anything more than this.
Got my guitar and my girl by my side and it feels so right,
I was never looking for anything more than this.
Guitars come and guitars go but this one’s got soul,
I was never looking for anything more than this.

I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.
I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.

Got my guitar and my girl by my side and it feels so right,
I was never looking for anything more than this.
Girlfriends come and girlfriends go but this one’s got soul,
I was never looking for anything more than this.

I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.
I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.
I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.
I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.

Got my head on my shoulders,
got my head in the clouds,
got my feet on the ground.
Got my head on my shoulders,
got my head in the clouds,
got my feet on the ground.

I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.
I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.
I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.
I’m stepping into, the sunlight spotlight,
get good get right.

It’s five o’clock on Friday and I just got paid,
my boss is jerk but I’m done with work,
for a couple of days.
I meet up with the fellas in the band,
I say, “let’s play some tunes and barbeque
and hang out with our friends.”
Jesse says, “Silas I’d like to have a party,
hey now buddy doesn’t that sound like fun?”
So I pick up the phone right away and I call you up,
I say, “baby there’s a party and I’d like it if you’d come.”

You can come, you can come, you can come
but your boyfriend can’t.
You can come, you can come, you can come
but your boyfriend can’t.

I’m looking through the paper at the shows,
best one around is coming to town
and I would like to go.
Cause I like to dance to that funky sound,
it gets me shakin’ it, there ain’t no fakin’ it
when you’re really getting’ down.
And I think about how much fun it would be,
if you would go that funky show
and dance with me.
Cause you dance like a vision when you’re
moving to the rhythm in the sun.
I say, “baby there’s a show and I’d like it if you’d come.”

You can come, you can come, you can come
but your boyfriend can’t.
You can come, you can come, you can come
but your boyfriend can’t.

The way you wear that dress,
I’m about to lose it.
And if you got a lock on your door,
I think we’d better use it.

The winter is coming so I’m getting on a plane and I’m leaving,
heading south to wait it out,
skipping this lousy season.
So we’re throwing a party on an island in the Caribbean,
I say “baby there’s a party and I’d like it if you’d come.”

You can come, you can come, you can come
but your boyfriend can’t.
You can come, you can come, you can come
but your boyfriend can’t.

If you can fix me honey, be my guest.
But I should warn you, that I’m a mess.
But if you fix me honey, we’ll both be blessed,
cause this loving heart, once loved the best.

Only the carpenter’s daughter could have known,
how to take my wooden heart and build a loving home.
I used to be a living tree till losing cut me down,
then the carpenter’s daughter nailed my roots back in the ground.

Please put your nails in me, your screws and glue.
And join the angles between me and you.
If it’s a home you’re building, I’ll be the wood.
We’ll put our love where once nothing stood.

Only the carpenter’s daughter could have known,
how to take my wooden heart and build a loving home.
I used to be a living tree till losing cut me down,
then the carpenter’s daughter nailed my roots back in the ground.

I like her record collection,
she likes my pretty guitar,
we think we feel a connection,
but we’re both wearing some scars.
She says her heart needs protection,
don’t wanna give it too fast.
My heart it needs an inspection,
doctor can I take off the cast.

How do you hold back but give it?
How do you give love with limits?
Got fear and love of beginnings.

I might be scared of rejection,
you might be scared of the same.
But if this was an election,
I’d put a check right there next to your name.
My heart it needs resurrection,
but I know that’s too much to ask.
We both know love’s an addiction,
it’s dangerous to jump in too fast.

How do you hold back but give it?
How do you give love with limits?
Got fear and love of beginnings.

You don’t think I’m beautiful
but if the light was right you might.
You don’t know if I’m built to last
but if you could see my past you’d decide.
I tried to hide from it,
I tried to fight with it,
but now I can finally see…
you’re not the one who’s gonna set me free.

You don’t see the future like I do
it’s shining out from you.
But this mirage was a good time montage
that left out some deeper truths.
I tried to hide from it,
I tried to fight with it,
but now I can finally see…
you’re not the one who’s gonna set me free.

If I was prettier,
If I was prettier,
If I was prettier,
If I was prettier.

You don’t like the songs I write
but I sold a hundred records so far.
So somebody does even if you don’t,
I bet you really won’t like this one at all.
I tried to hide from it,
I tried to fight with it,
but now I can finally see…
you’re not the one who’s gonna set me free.

If I was prettier,
If I was prettier.
Would you love me more?
Would you love me more?
If I was prettier,
Would you love me more?

You know your love is like a drug,
and I been gone so I’ve been itchin’.
When I get home you know it’s on…
turn on the oven cause my baby give me lovin’ in the kitchen.

Every hard-working man
deserves a got-your-back queen,
treat her like royalty and she’ll be your dream.
Every good-hearted woman
deserves a charismatic prince,
good lovin’, good conversation, and good romance.

I don’t know what you been thinking,
I can’t read your mind.
But I got a good idea what you been thinking,
cause I can read those mischievous eyes.

You know your love is like a drug,
and I been gone so I’ve been itchin’.
When I get home you know it’s on…
turn on the oven cause my baby give me lovin’ in the kitchen.

I will cook for you
in my kitchen anytime you please,
but stay for dessert, baby please don’t leave.
Cause this chocolate cake,
it ain’t gonna eat itself,
oh baby I am asking for your help.

I don’t know what you been thinking,
I can’t read your mind.
But I got a good idea what you been thinking,
cause I can read those mischievous eyes.

I got biscuits in the oven,
sweet potatoes on the grill,
I got a fresh apple pie chillin’ on the windowsill.
I got a pitcher of lemonade,
and a jar of marmalade,
I hope you brought your appetite,
cause I’m gonna feed you till you,
feed you till you,
feed you till you get your fill.

You know your love is like a drug,
and I been gone so I’ve been itchin’.
When I get home you know it’s on…
turn on the oven cause my baby give me lovin’ in the kitchen.

You can’t get phased by all the crazies,
or you’d be phased all of the time.
Let the ladies have their babies
let the men commit their crimes.
The streets are drenched in tears they weep,
and all the things they don’t still need.
The trash it piles up for miles
and the smell cooks in the heat.

The beast it follows you,
it hollows you, it swallows you,
it chews you up, uses you up,
spits you out then grips you like a vice,
take me from this broken paradise.

The roots and truths of yesterday,
live with tomorrow in today.
They live in meadows and in ghettos
though the meadows went away.

The beast it follows you,
it hollows you, it swallows you,
it chews you up, uses you up,
spits you out then grips you like a vice,
take me from this broken paradise.

Conflicting needs choke up the streets,
but they race around like honeybees.
The move by wheel, they move by steel
they move by track, they move by feet.

The beast it follows you,
it hollows you, it swallows you,
it chews you up, uses you up,
spits you out then grips you like a vice,
take me from this broken paradise.
Take me from this broken paradise.
Take me from this broken paradise.

I know you feel
like love won’t come around no more,
but everybody feels that way
when they watching somebody walking out the door.

You can’t say you’re strong
until you have been tested.
And a broken heart don’t mean
your life ain’t full of blessings.
Child don’t think about the winter
when the winter’s not here,
we all got something that we fear.

I know you feel
like love won’t come around no more,
but everybody feels that way
when they watching somebody walking out the door.

I know that hurt
it turns to anger quick.
I know that pain
it turns to blame.
But look at yourself
you should know you’ve got the stuff,
to live, learn, and love.

Child you got to know you’re not alone.
There’s so many others who feel alone.
There’s so many lovers who feel alone.
Lord knows, lord knows, lord knows,
sometimes I feel alone.

I know you feel
like love won’t come around no more,
but everybody feels that way
when they watching somebody walking out the door.

Lord I miss the alligators and the swamps,
lord I miss the cypress trees.
There ain’t no place like the Everglades
when the sun is going down.
I danced all night by the Suwannee River,
it was black like you ain’t never known.
The night was hot, the mosquitoes were biting
and they made me feel right at home.

Lord it feels good to get lost in a banyan tree.
Lord it feels good to take a wet boat out to see.
I love the sand in between my toes,
and the way the phosphorescence makes it glow.

Lord I miss an afternoon thunderstorm
that soaks you to your bones.
You get so wet and you don’t know
if it’s rain or if it’s sweat.
It’s been a long drive from Pensacola,
I’m playing tonight in St. Augustine,
and then I’m heading south to see my baby
way down in Big Pine Key.

Lord it feels good to get lost in a banyan tree.
Lord it feels good to take a wet boat out to see.
I love the sand in between my toes,
and the way the phosphorescence makes it glow.

Orlando might have sucked the soul
right out from the heart of the state.
But go a little ways outta that town,
and Disney fades away.
I went out after dark in Myakka State Park,
I was looking for the soul of the state.
I saw alligator eyes glowin’ the moon,
I said, “Hallelujah we are saved.”

Lord I miss the alligators and the swamps,
lord I miss the cypress trees.
There ain’t no place like the Everglades
when the sun is going down.
I danced all night by the Suwannee River,
it was black like you ain’t never known.
The night was hot, the mosquitoes were biting
and they made me feel right at home.
The little buggers wouldn’t leave me alone.

I want to put you, I want to put you,
I want to put you under my spell,
a little voodoo, a little voodoo,
a little voodoo might do you well.

Let me move you with my voodoo,
and I just might do real nice things to you.

I want to touch you, I want to touch you,
I want to touch you so deep inside,
that you’ll think you are, that you’ll think you are,
that you’ll think you are losing your mind.

Let me move you with my voodoo,
and I just might do real nice things to you.
You might like it, you might love it all…
maybe you could be my, be my voodoo doll.

Oh hey now baby, oh hey now baby,
oh hey now baby, you wanna bet,
that I will make you, that I will make you,
that I will make you, I’ll make you sweat.

Let me move you with my voodoo,
and I just might do real nice things to you.
You might like it, you might love it all…
maybe you could be my, maybe you could be my…
be my voodoo doll.

Hey mama if you’re looking for compliments,
come see me with plenty of time.
Hey baby if you’re looking for confidence,
come see yourself through my eyes.

This something so good, this something so right,
makes me feel so alive.
This something so right, this something so good,
makes me feel things I never thought I would.

When there’s stress on my shoulders if I know that you’re there,
there ain’t a thing in this world I can’t bear.
When that dress on your shoulders moves down to the floor,
there ain’t a thing in this world I love more.

Hey mama if you’re looking for compliments,
come see me with plenty of time.
Hey baby if you’re looking for confidence,
come see yourself through my eyes.

The way that you work and the things that you dream,
make me feel like we’d be a good team.
The way that you dream honey the way that you work,
make me feel like you are my church.

I’ve never seen and I’ve never felt,
a heart and a body that make mine melt.
I’ve never felt, no, no, no I’ve never seen,
a heart and a body that make mine scream.

Hey mama if you’re looking for compliments,
come see me with plenty of time.
Hey baby if you’re looking for confidence,
come see yourself through my eyes.

When I walk into the party
everybody knows my name.
When I walk into the closet
everybody’s doing cocaine.
I said, “Doctor, what you got for me?”
I said, “Doctor, what you got for me?”

She whispered something in my ear,
said she wanted to get down.
And so I let the bass line drop
and her panties fell straight down onto the ground.
And she said, “Doctor, what you got for me?”
She said, “Doctor, what you got for me?”

I don’t like you when you do cocaine,
you talk to me about the strangest things,
paranoia and the government’s to blame…
I don’t like you when you do cocaine.

I don’t like you when you steal from me,
don’t so much mind the credit cards and keys,
just wish you’d give me back my dignity…
I don’t like you when you steal from me.

I got your voice in my head, I got your lips in my bed,
I loved your fingernails, I loved your fingernails.
I got your voice in my head, I got your lips in my bed,
I loved your fingernails, I loved your fingernails.

I don’t like you when you spit and curse,
you didn’t act like this at first,
your manners just got worse and worse…
I don’t like you when you spit and curse.

I don’t like you when you’re hot and cold,
try to fix the faucet but I guess it’s broke,
try to fix your heart but I guess that’s a joke…
I don’t like you when you’re hot and cold.

I got your voice in my head, I got your lips in my bed,
I loved your fingernails, I loved your fingernails.
I got your voice in my head, I got your lips in my bed,
I loved your fingernails, I loved your fingernails.

You can talk, talk, talk, about my bank account.
You can talk, talk, talk, about my stubbornness.
You can talk, talk, talk, about my broke down car.
But don’t talk, talk, talk… about my guitar.

I don’t like you when you do cocaine,
you talk to me about the strangest things,
paranoia and the government’s to blame…
I don’t like you when you do cocaine.

I got your voice in my head, I got your lips in my bed,
I loved your fingernails, I loved your fingernails.
I got your voice in my head, I got your lips in my bed,
I loved your fingernails, I loved your fingernails.

Under the heart shaped shade of a maho tree,
we touch the holy.
While the waves sing Caribbean melodies,
we touch the holy.
On the cliffs at the edge of the world we float,
we touch the holy.
Taste the bliss of the kiss of a cactus fruit,
we touch the holy.

Slow down, shift gears,
let the water rock you.
Let go, give in,
the world has got you.

Silhouette of a palm ‘gainst a moonlit night,
we touch the holy.
Mangoes sooth our sunny appetites,
we touch the holy.
On a bed made of sand we learn to breathe,
we touch the holy.
While the breeze blows through the sea grape leaves,
we touch the holy.

Slow down, shift gears,
let the water rock you.
Let go, give in,
the world has got you.

If we keep singing, if we keep singing,
the sun will never go down.