Tipping Time
i throw my money into the hat of somebody who gives a damn
a car passes by and the sand in the sky it blows faster then
before i know it i'm home and i've opened another can
it's slow but it's running around and around like inspiration
somebody saves me, somebody pays me
some times i'm wasting the time that i've got
some times they taste me, some try and make me
something someone craves and that makes it hot
it's more or less funny, the land of milk and honey ain't down to jam
when time is about money the tip jar's over flowin' get it while ya can
before you know it, you think somebody's trapped you in their master plan
so you go out and show it, you backed up what you've borrowed down to the man
last things first and i'm working with the worst it's now or then
in some ways i am flying and others i'm relying on mostly none
with the sun's behind the buildings, the street kids count their earnings, pick up and pack their backs
and wonder down the street to a place where they can keep, their shit from getting wet
somethings don't change me, some people blame me
some thing i dont have is time to just stop
some storms they chase me, and try to make me
something someone craves and that makes it hot
flash forward fifteen years, i drink champagne instead of beer i'm comfortable now
i see the busker on the street, i pass and our eyes meet but I don't give a damn
i used to have the heart, over worked it into dark, now i'm a normal man
the man i used to be, is playing on the street and he's still got it yeah yeah yeah
Back In Town On A Rainy Day
Rollin up on the Hudson's bay line
train's slow so it takes two days, I'm
back in town and not much changed,
still rain blowin' in my face
Settled in and I've got my pace down
keepin' up with night's I'm wastin'
in my chair I sway,
tomorrow's just another day
and over I hang
pen's flyin and the paper's paged
flip it over and get entertained
wing night at the lounge again,
northern lights outside dancin', a
couple dogs and a big ol' sky
thanksgiving eating pumpkin pie
crummy trucks that are fun to drive
you and me on an rainy autumn night
Try a taste of a northern life
No city glow so the stars still shine
Stay on the go but taking time to write
You might just like it
Look out the window see the trees are leanin'
puddles gatherin' enough to swim in
horizontal rain all day
outside paint's starting to fade
Nobody walking no kids are playin'
a few dogs outside and wailin'
early morning bear bangers bang
outside our house here on the bay
and over I hang
and outside it rains
so inside I sing
Coming Soon
(coming soon)
Colorblind
It’s so cold here, you’ll never know
The sky will set , sun will never show
Oh lord look at this place,
Oh wont you cast me into these flames
Oh baby, baby, I want you to notice,
All of the colors when you look in my eye
Oh maybe, maybe if you look to see it
You’ll wonder why I call you colorblind
It’s not worth it, there’s still no where left to hide
And I wont do shit, because you people cry all night
It’s so cold here, you’ve never known
Sun will set , blue skies never shown
Oh lord I choke on this taste
So now you cast me to these flames
All the life is gone now and we are all homeless
With only memories of our star of natural light
Eight or nine planets gone, we’re floating out of orbit
Is the darkness just this planet or have I gone colorblind?
Plants and animals dead, 9000 miles to go now,
Come tomorrow but it’s always just today
Oceans been frozen now, a million miles from out there
The sun fills the burning sky, light years away I’m still the same
The Difference of One
Changed…
Show me, my souls seeping through my skin,
Tell me, do you really think that you win
Show me…
Tell me…
On the skin, you pretend
That everything, is all right
But deeper in, behind your grin
You think you sleep with out a sin
But it’s alright now, cause you know that
Everyone just does it for them selves
What’s the difference, that one would make?
Come back to the one who never changed.
Who never changed?
Show me, we’re further than before
Tell me, we’ve been here way too long
Show, me that your truth is still the truth,
Tell me, I’m still here but I’m gone
Wiser Wizard
Im not sorry Im' sorry, and not just all the time.
Because if I told you that I'm leaving here for a while,
it's not like it's funny, it's not like I'm high,
to be awake when it's sunny, man, it's been a while.
It's not on my shoulders, it's not on my mind.
I'm not gripping to tight, I'm not stuck on this site.
Watching sorry be sorry, watching out of your mind.
Please someone tell me, I'm going home soon.
I can't stand another minute here. I can't stand another minute here.
You can smoke my smoke, you can have my seat,
you can drink my beer and smoke all my weed.
That's not all I need.
I said 'listen here buddy, you know it's way past time.
No one's laughing with you at out of your mind.'
No it isn't my money, no it isn't my time,
man how they talk about you, how you ain't been alright.
No it's not 'cause I love you, it's not 'cause I'm tired,
of punching you harder, and harder each time,
Watching sorry be sorry, watching out of my life.
Won't you please tell me, I'm going home soon.
I can't stand another minute here. I can't stand another minute here.
You can smoke my smoke, you can have my seat,
you can drink my beer and smoke all my weed.
That's not all I need.
Don't Be Cool (Around Me)
I had a plan, to share with you the feeling that I get when I sing this way,
I knew a man who took for granted all his talent, now he sells me fantasy.
I'm not going to run cause I don't care.
I'm not impressed nah, I won't be there.
Sounds familiar, like Bradley said, only when I’m dead I'll put down my guitar and then,
you can judge me, sleeping through the day, jamming on the moon,
get you're head out of space and put it in this tune.
Drunken, stumbling, no recollection,
Something, something, snow blinded vision.
This party's lame, where's all the action?
That riff's no fun, so play me a fast one!
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There’s something about it, it makes me think about it
I cant think at all, *(there’s something about it all)
Oh the crash felt like thunder,
It made me start to wonder,
About the fate of the ship we’re on
Everyone was sleeping,
I thought I was still dreaming
But I swear that I felt the rock break right on through the wall
A cry for help from down under,
I know the ship’s begun her
Decent into the ocean’s floor
The smoke filled our cabin
No one knew what happened,
Now does this remind you of the ship that you’re on?
The world’s become such a new place
Turn on the news see people dying look at this face
There’s not a family with out a gun
Look in the eyes of a killer
You’re cold as ice you feel your blood getting thinner
You watch the whole world kill them selves just for fun
So let ‘em run to the mountains,
We will search day and night, until we’ve finally found them
We’ll break down their castle walls
We’ll surround their fortress
Lord knows they’ll notice,
Their towers turn to ashes, burnt to the ground
There’s something about it , it makes me think about it
Something about it all, (I cant think at all)
Something Taking Shape
A flashing in the mirror, looks like something's coming
I try to fill the spaces until becoming something
I've got a way with words, but I get away with nothing
I got a hold of the verse, and the chorus is coming,
over the bridge
so i sing a song that I don't know
just to try
words in places they don't go
and I don't ask why
something's taking shape, I hear them sounds a commin
comming in quatrains , and aeroplanes and jumpin'
out my mouth, on guitar, to a page, I'll be touching, out my heart to the stage, and the waves I be
ridin' , glidin', what ever keeps the motor running
i drive, a road that I don't know
just to find
words in places I might go
to further describe
Another song that I don't know
just to try (left inside)(from inside)
words in places they don't go
i've got time to know
About right now
I try to count how many faces I've seen this week
Walking down this cold street
It seems that I'm always talking 'bout the places I want to be
walking down this cold street
NOW comes a little bit soomer this time
Everyday is a move to define
Give a little bit more and you'll find everything is closer
The past is over and I've got to focus on right now
or else it all breaks down
come on let's not hash it out
you know you've come a long way
and if you come a little closer,
you won't be waiting you'll stay
and if we go down that road
it will be more of the same
you'll be kicking your self
for letting things get this way
and then it triggers a thought
something you thought you forgot
and now you've just dropped your gloves
but you're not ready to scrap
and you've pulled out your guns
thats something you can't take back
that's something you can't take back
that's something you can't take back
It goes to show, don't know what lies up the road
I'm sure of nothing if sure of anything at all
It seems that I'm always talking 'bout
That I'm sort of lost about, what I have in mind in the first place
I've lost my cool a time or two
Those days are over if I can believe it's true
I'm on a rock but it's rolling still , I'm not under any spell
the rhythm is just that good.
Freein' Up My Time
gonna write a song, gonna write it fast now
gonna hit the road, run out of gas now
gonna free my mind of what i'm thinking of, 'cause
gonna write a song, gonna write it about
singing along, feeling the grass now,
gonna leave my mind, behind the past now,
Freein' up my time.
freein up my
I'm cashed, i'm running low
im gettin' gassed with someone i don't know
i feel like an ass, now that i'm alone,
gonna right a wrong, gonna light a match now,
gonna move along, gonna leave my stash, behind
gonna bring my song to everywhere I go,
Gonna ride that song, gonna ride it fast now,
I don't need rules, I don't need cash,
Invincable, cause I'm on a cloud now
Freein' up my time.
I;ve crashed, I'm feelin' low
I'm gettin' down with someone I dont know
I feel kinda trashy, now that I'm alone
but it's freein' up my time time time, it's freein' up my mind mind mind.
Where the Wild Things Are
I had a dream, like any other butter fly
Torn at the seams, and had my wings ripped by a child
Wait that was me, I’ve had no reason in a while
To make believe that all that shit just ain’t your style
I watch T.V. a special on the industry
I’ll make a scene, cause It’s not good enough for me
I’m counting sheep, to think I thought that you could see
Inside me all of me, don’t you know that life is but a dream
Deep out to sea, a story teller makes a mark
On the wall, cause this old man is in the dark
ness lost beneath, sparks his last lonely cigarette
He’s tried to leave, but he’s afraid of getting wet
A story teller, nobody listened no one cared
You change the channel, because you know the T.V. doesn’t care
An ugly poet, he isn’t fighting for the air
Etched with a key, he counts the weeks that he’s been there
All Over the Places
Brain, brain go away,
I don’t want to think today
Go for now, stay the same,
Up, up, up, intoxicated.
Rain, rain, rain on me,
Steady hand, shaking my pain.
What this of? My friend.
The gag is up, my friend.
Brain, brain, go away,
Don’t want a single thought today.
Shot of whiskey, ounce of pain,
Come back when I’m not the same.
Out of town, tripping, snow covered lady.
More and more feeling, thoughts can betray me
I’m in doubt this time.
Have to much patience to calm my mind.
The gag is over.
Am I glad, no I’m sober.
I’ve been had, over and over.
Though I thought I found, my four leaf clover.
Brain, brain, intoxicated
I don’t need your shit today
I’ll lay to waste, take the blame
Go bother some other stray
Wave, wave, a smile a wave,
A piercing eye, a firm handshake.
Take back all the things I said.
While I live here inside my head.
Sane, sane, I’ve gone insane
With thoughts like this inside my head.
Words, and speak, I’m lost between,
And I don’t need your nonsense scene
When will I be wise?
When will I open my eyes?
Glorious freedom eh?
Destroy them, our kingdom pays
Before I can quit I think I should say
“It can open your mind, or it takes it away.”
It’s lame, lame, it’s got so lame
Lost with no hair left on mane.
I am the lion, it’s all my game.
Like all the cats, who’ve gone astray.
Fame, fame, you’ve gone so tame.
All of your passion bought and framed.
Killed inside, you thought to blame
The game it’s all a fucking game.
You thief you snake, you mindless space,
May all the kings men take your head
From time and money, greed and gold,
To stories that never get old.
So free your soul, and free your mind,
Make believe there isn’t time
There’s no where to be, there’s nothing to see
But mother earth, and you and me
Horrible pressure, eh?
Give lesser and lesser, you’ll be okay.
Before I can quit, I think I should say,
“It can open your mind, or it can take it away.”
5am I’m still awake,
Mind, and mind communicate
My body and my broken fate
Boiled in my blood it resonates
Jaded, man I’ve lost such weight
I’m out of bud I’m out of papes
I don’t think I can
Fix myself with out a helping hand
Lying naked in my bed, coughing and shaking
Wake me up, good luck, good luck, my head is aching
When will I be wise
When will I open my eyes.
Brain, Brain you’re to blame
You taught me fear, you taught me shame
You locked me in this way
I can’t escape from this game.
Twenty four hours a day
Luck for now, but in a way
I can’t quit and I know I should say
It can open your eyes, or it can keep you awake.