LOST MIX TAPE
Needle drop, vinyl plays
Transitions, perfect fade
From the record crate to Maxell XL tape
Side B on the phonograph
Second to the last track
Just made the cut on Maxell XL tape
Can't dial it on a phone
Wanna hear that song
Lost mix tape
Cupid for the cover art
Spine said summer with a hand drawn heart
Red painted sides on Maxell XL tape
Can't dial it on a phone
Wanna hear that song
Lost mix tape
Dreamt of you the other day
You were still that perfect age
Fell in love with that song on Maxell XL tape
Can't dial it on a phone
Wanna hear that song
Lost Mix Tape
Can't dial it on a phone
Wanna hear that song
Lost mix tape
THE FALLEN
Down you go
Who's your savior
Save yourself
Swallow your pride
He's the great
Make it real now
Suspend yourself from reason
I don't know what he's saying
I don't know
I can't believe he said
You're one of us
You can't say no
You know
He's the savior
He's the one
Drives you insane
He's the path
He's the devil
Choose a side
Where did truth go?
He's the one
He's the savior
He's a sign
God damn your pride
I don't know where we're going
But I know just where we've been
My friend
My friend
DON'T WAIT UP
Seems like we made a big mistake
Somehow out of luck, out of place
Seduced by a beacon in the night
Only to burn in the light
Hands down I'm ready to go
Your ace is high I've been played don't you know
Have a few moves ahead you'll see
And it's involving him not me
So don't wait up for me I'm gone
Don't wait up for me I'm gone
Played you my last sad song
All I asked of you was to sing along
So don't wait up for me I"m gone
Don't wait up for me I'm gone
You hit me one too many times
Playing blackjack and lost in your eyes
The house always wins in time
You can speed it along with whiskey and wine
You cannot stop the man
Who's sober enough to finally understand
So don't wait up for me I'm gone
Don't wait up for me I'm gone
Picked my pride up at your door
Secured accounts ain't coming back no more
So don't wait up for me I'm gone
Don't wait up for me I'm gone
I'm gone Lady Luck I'm gone
I'm gone Lady Luck I'm gone
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Don'
JUST LET GO
High above the winding streets
Overlook fog's canopy
Breathing in the fresh air
All is well we'll be ok
Momentarily unaware
At least for this new day
Just let go
Just let go
The world's gone crazy I don't care
Static on the radio
Can't pull a signal up here
Dodging all the meteorites
Communication satellites
Letting go of earth's pull
Just let go
Just let go
A stunning blue simplicity
All of life humanity
Zero gravity pull
Then a free fall from eternity
Plunging towards the ocean's deep
And waking before we hit floor
Just let go...
THIS MACHINE NO LONGER ACCEPTS COINS
When you wake up in the morning hold your breath now
The news headlines gather round and set the stage now
We hold these truths to be self-evident, we’re created equal
Distorted bankrolls set the precedent, fall apart now
Well November spawned a monster, under a clown’s face disguised
A fool cut from the fabric of a republic’s base thin lies
And this machine no longer accept coins
This machine no longer accepts coins
I used to think that certain things were set in stone some
A great divide once paid in blood and reclamation
Now a fool can turn the tables in the time it takes to send
Exposing our dark underside whatever it takes to win
And this machine no longer accepts coins
This machine no longer accepts coins
Now a fool can turn the tables in the time it takes to send
Exposing our dark underside whatever it takes to win
And this machine no longer accepts coins
This machine no longer accepts coins
THE SINGER
You won’t see me around, I move from town to town
I’m not one to water roots it seems
You turn me upside down, put the singer in the song
And sang our tune deep within my arms
Your ukulele strum, what a way to turn me on
You fret a chord and complete me
It was love, I know it, what a way you showed it
I just wish I could have seen it then
Some lessons are hard won, many roads to set upon
Where I go you’re right beside me
Biting tongues to an itinerary of crumbs
I’ve gone solo here, if my resolves unclear
It’s that I still see you in the song
It was love and I know it
What a way you showed it
I just wish I could have seen it then
I just wish I could have seen it then
WOODEN HORSE CAROUSEL
It took a long time, but I finally found a reason
Abandoned load and left a new
The cards did not foretell the days and nights unwell
Kicking up dust on a wooden horse carousel
Seasons changed and I hit the road
Headed west to Idaho
Had to see a friend, three days around the bend
To crack the whip on a wooden horse carousel
Round and round, round and round
Round and round and round
Strip the wood to find the grain, sand it smooth add varnishing
Clear coat renewed, protected through and through
I’ll leave it for you, a wooden horse carousel
Shiny and new my wooden horse carousel
Round and round, round and round
Round and round and round
EXIT SIGNS
You’re in the dark, bidding time
Hiding away from those who love you
An April snow, October’s glow
Green turns gold with no surrender
Feel the road call with no direction
No postal code or sign divine
An aching hole, once slow to grow
Pulled you in and grained momentum
A rocket ship at a highway’s clip
A rearview mirror, a life’s reflection
They don’t know, just armed with best intentions
Your heavy load, your hill to climb
Painted lines and exit signs
Faded song on the station
A distant storm, just being born
Lost in a connected nation
And now it’s time
Yeah now it’s time
HOME/MADE
Lost myself again when I stopped listening
Couldn’t find your song on the dial
The words you sang out were true
But honey you ain’t coming through
Lost your frequency, lost your range
It looks like you’re gone for good
If I could travel back I would
And cast some light into the gray
You’d be glad I stayed, you’re my first aid
I’d kiss you so hard, I’d kiss you so hard
In our home made, In our home made
From the first I knew, you stuck to me like glue
The kind with a warning sign on the pack
Bonded me and you, no words or witness to
Only choice ones we can’t take back
But at the first sign of fray, I’d turn back the page
And kiss you so hard, I’d kiss you so hard
In our home made, in our home made
I’d kiss you so hard, I’d kiss you so hard
I’d kiss you so hard you’d stay.
ADAM BEFORE THE FALL
So
Your hands are beat up and raw
From hammering too long at the wall
That’s built up between us
With craft like a masonry
She stacked them foot tall
Seeking a purity, like Adam before the fall
So
The night sky shines from above
Waiting to break through the cloud
Of thickness between us
A light year of mystery, just waiting to star
Shining with a purity, like Adam before the fall
So
You fool no illusion, head strong
Your heart bears a wounded red scar
That’s hidden within you
And beats with a mystery, in time with a song
Seeking a new purity, like Adam before the fall
So
DON’T TREAD ON ME
Time and time again, the siren song of trouble we’re all in
Can’t stop the ringing in your ear, hijacked childhoods of fear
Again
You must stay out of sight
Don’t play the hero, please don’t run away
Make sure our doors are locked, no whispers don’t you talk
Again
In our home on the range, the price of liberty we pay
Cause don’t you tread of me
We all soon forget
When it’s daily news, it impacts less and less
Can’t start to register a change, positions locked just the same
In our home on the range, the price of liberty we all pay
Cause don’t you tread on me.
Yeah don’t you tread on me.
LAST SAW YOU IN EUGENE
Last saw you in Eugene, shining bright and beaconing
People out in the street, a birthright of liberty
In our time of great divide, that old song feels so right
Louis Armstrong clouds of white, and skies of blue
Red roses too
When I last saw you in Eugene, all our TVs were flickering
On our channel of choice, pledge allegiance to the broadcast team
For a minute things went all right, sat in tune all through the night
Louis Armstrong clouds of white, and skies of blue
Red roses too
Bye bye the promise you have known
Bye bye the security of home
Bye bye the passive ways of talk
Bye bye it’s the coming of the storm
When I last saw you in Eugene, a dangerous clown had become king
Stripping you to your core, humbling you to fight some more
For a moment things went all dark, spun you around, didn’t know where to start
No patriot song, no clouds of white
No skies of blue
No roses bloomed
You were beaten black and blue
But you’ll make it through
Yeah, you’ll make it through
COMING INTO VIEW
Security and sanity, some measure of taste
Distant shores are calling, hope ran out of change
One more chance to feel it, one more shot to get it right
This boilerplate of emotion, this simple swipe of fate
Can drown you if you let it, can pull you under from its weight
All you want is all the time, all the time is all you want
To drive through sky convertible into blue
The sun’s obscured by clouds but it’s coming into view
California golden gate, California emigrate
I swear above it we’ll get to skies of blue
The sun’s obscured by clouds, but it’s coming into view
The sun’s obscured by clouds but it’s coming into view
The sun’s obscured by clouds but it’s coming into view