Live It Up
The sun don't set in Gettysville
The place that I call home,
A thousand people walk these streets
But we're still all alone,
This city's isolation
Like the drug that paves the roads.
Take the subway uptown
To my mother's place.
She's got a thousand friends
But all they know of her's, her face,
All alone inside her head
Her thoughts begin to race.

Live it up
Live it up they say
Live it up
No time to waste your life away.

Next door to me the ceiling leaks
The cracks stretch across the walls,
Like skeletons of dreams deceased
Too brittle to evolve,
He lies beneath his plastic sheets
Bitter and blind to all,
Shadows beneath his sunken eyes
Now taint all that he sees,
Like burned and blackened photographs
Life's easier a dream,
He settles for a cheap escape
Forgets all he believes.

Live it up
Live it up they say
Live it up
Things havn't always been this way.

I watched my whole world crumble
As I dried my mother's tears,
And learned to never stumble
As I calmed my father's fears,
They say I've seen a lot
They say I'm wise beyond my years,
Though my castle may have crumbled
I won't face the world alone,
The youth has seen the rubble
And we're ready for the load,
As the city burns
My generation's shouting in the roads.

Live it up
Live it up they say
Live it up
Things havn't always been this way

Live it up
We better turn this boat around
If we keep on following the goals
Someday we are gonna run aground

Live it up
Live it up we say
Live it up
Because now its in our hands to make change

Hard Hand To Hold
Look him in the eyes
There's no need to be scared
He's as powerless as you and me,
Though his face is well worn
And his clothes a bit torn
That don't mean that you shouldn't believe,
When he asks you your name
Says 'brother we're all here in the same game'
But you shrink back like he's a disease,
Yeah you shake and you moan
You say 'oh please take me home'
And the homeless all sing the reprise.

It's a hard hand to hold
That is looking for control
It is tempting to fight
When you know that you're right,
It's hard to lie down
When you don't trust the ground
It's hard to hold on,
It's hard to hold on.

Walking home again
There comes a battle with the wind
As it teases your previsions against shame,
Like all that wax in your hair
It becomes painfully clear
That as long as it's a fight, you'll never win,
And when you get to the door
You're still so busy fighting wars
That you can't look upon your lady as a friend,
You're trying so hard to be right
You miss the love in that first sight
And your lover feels alone once again.

It's a hard hand to hold
That is looking for control
It is tempting to fight
When you know that you're right,
It's hard to lie down
When you don't trust the ground
It's hard to hold on,
It's hard to hold on.

Entering the liquor store
You try your hardest to ignore
That street sleeper on your left there all alone,
And the young man on your right
With unchained souls and love of night
You look so scared they laugh and wonder if your stoned,
But somewheredeep inside
They feel the pain they've learned to hide
Because that same fear has brought much trouble on their homes,
And they know you won't feel safe
Until that cop car wins its race
And another life is driven off its road.

It's a hard hand to hold
That is looking for control
It is tempting to fight
When you know that you're right,
It's hard to lie down
When you don't trust the ground
It's hard to hold on,
It's hard to hold on.

It's a hard hand to hold
That is looking for control
It is tempting to fight
When you know that you're right,
It's hard to lie down
When you don't trust the ground
It's hard to hold on,
It's hard to hold on.

Waiter At The Station
He's waiting at the station
He's not taking any trains
He's a kid from Colorado
Counting raindrops in the drain,
He's sleeping in the tunnel
He's edging towards the vent
He's a lonesome river swimmer
Wondering where the river went.

Whose gonna carry him down?
Whose gonna carry him down?
One more turnaround
And he'll be homeward bound
Whose gonna carry him, carry him down?

There's a landlord on the benches
There's a posse on the train
There's an angel up in heaven
Who forgot somebody's name.

Whose gonna carry him down?
Whose gonna carry him down?
One more turnaround
And he'll be homeward bound
Whose gonna carry him, carry him down?

One more turnaround
And he'll be homeward bound
Whose gonna carry him, carry him down?

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Not Lie Down
Not gonna lie down in that bed tonight
No i'm not gonna lie down in that bed tonight
No i'm not gonna lie down in that bed
Let them covers clutch me and pull these thoughts out of my head.

I'm not gonna feel so all alone tonight
No i'm not gonna feel so all alone tonight
No i'm not feel so all alone
That empty space beside me and the city just a drone out the window.

Not gonna role over tonight
No i'm not gonna roll over tonight
No i'm not gonna roll over and over
To shake these demons from their hold.

Not gonna close my eyes tonight
No i'm not gonna close my eyes tonight
No i'm not gonna close my eyes
Let my thoughts form pictures that i care not to describe
And oh how they writhe.

Already learned my lesson babe
You know that you are right
Already learned my lesson babe
You know that you are right
God damn you, you're always right
Why the hell can't i remember that, each time we start to fight.

Calling you, it's midnight
Why aren't you home?
Yeah i'm calling you it's midnight
Why aren't you home?
Why, why, why, why aren't you home?
Cause i'm gonna have to spend another night here all alone.

Oxygen
I wanna be better than oxygen
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than t.v.
For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be
We can be stronger than bombs
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry
As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance
Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew.

I wanna see through all the lies of society
To the reality, happiness is at stake
I wanna hold up my head with dignity
Proud of a life where to give means more than to take
I wan't to live beyond the modern mentality
Where paper is all that you're really taught to create
Do you remember the forgotten America?
Justice, equality, freedom to every race?
Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy
Make up and hair to the truth behind every face
That look around to all the people you see,
How many of them are happy and free?
I know it sounds like a dream
But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night
I know it's hard to believe
But it's easy to see that something here isn't right
I know the future looks dark
But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew.

If i'm afraid to catch a dream
I'll weave your baskets and i'll float them down the river stream
Each one i weave with words i speak to carry love to your relief.

I wanna be better than oxygen
So you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the knees
I wanna speak louder than Ritalin
For all the children who think that they've got a disease
I wanna be cooler than t.v.
For all the kids that are wondering what they are going to be
We can be stronger than bombs
If you're singing along and you know that you really believe
We can be richer than industry
As long as we know that there's things that we don't really need
We can speak louder than ignorance
Cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet.

On and on, and on, and on it goes
The world it just keeps spinning
Until i'm dizzy, time to breathe
So close my eyes and start again anew.

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Sophie
Hello Sophie, how are you?
I hope that everything is going well for you today
I like to sleep because when I sleep
I dream of places I would be if I weren't here right now
Like underground
Hearing the sounds that humans make
When they hear things that they can not talk about
They grow horny in little clubs
With wine and cigarettes
That serve to hide the dirty floors
I think of carpet floors and strange smells
Welcome to the University
You'd better watch your calories
The dry-erase board on your front door
It shows the world your personality at the University
And if you're lucky maybe
Your room mate will be Sophie
She'll make you red rose tea with honey

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Into Tomorrow
Get into your bed
It's time for sleeping, dreamy head
You know that the world can wait
Forget about the past
Shut your eyes and hope this lasts
And let out all the demons from your face
Don't be afraid to take the lane
That your thoughts choose to follow
Just watch and wait as the landscape
Unfolds into tomorrow

Changes in the streets
You can feel it like a heartbeat
We share it like a common name
Faith slips to the sea
Forget responsibility
Only then will you know what these mean
Try to find a road
That still runs clean and narrow
But all signs argue for the innerstate
With the logic of an arrow

I wish that I could sing
Like the trickster in the breeze
That dances out the worries from your face
But I can only give you back
The things you give to me
And put them in a song
For your escape
When darkness sets
The sun that's left
May cause you to feel alone
Just take that feeling as your shelter
That's the one place
We can all share a home

When darkness sets
The sun that's left
May cause you to feel alone
Just take that feeling as your shelter
That's the one place
We can all share a home

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Still A Fly
That's alright, that's okay
I can wait, you're still a fly
Eating through
Trying to live in the space you live
But still, you're just a kid
You shouldn't read Dostoefsky at your age
That and nicotine will make you pale and lean
And twist your face like Mr. Grays
Though it just manifests in paintings that you make
Or else your eyes will stay the same
Are you that hungry for a change?

You're waking up
You're flying out
The door has sprung loose
Don't forget me

That's alright, that's okay
We can just run away
And justify our escape with the games that we play
And when we get there
I will say "Hey baby"
Maybe you would laugh a lot
Because that's not something I usually say
But that's no reason
Why I got on the tip of my tongue
And that's still okay

You're waking up
You're flying out
The door has sprung loose
Don't forget me

And then it came and rained on down
From the sky and into my head
I tried to think but it was too fast
So I just said anything that came at last

You're waking up
You're flying out
The door has sprung loose
Don't forget me

You're waking up
You're flying out
The door has sprung loose
Don't forget me

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All You Can Do

Hopelessness in the alley
Alone, draggin’ his feet.
He wasn’t born that way
But life has just taught him defeat.
So he waits to teach you distrust
From his cold home in the streets.
And hope is all that you can do.

Hopelessness is on the TV
Infecting sea to shining sea.
In the worried eyes of our parents
Try as we might not to believe.
And we tried pill and prescriptions
but drugs won’t cure this disease.
Hope is all that you can do.

This is the new year
Nobody knows
Where we are going
What’s down the road.
The city is humming.
The country is cold.
But you give me something
Something like hope.

Grew up without parents
To teach us wrong from right.
So we turned towards many heroes
But still we couldn’t sleep at night.
So we searched and read and listened
So the songs old prophets sang.
Let’s all get together friends
And dance away the rain.
It’s time to get together friends
And dance away the rain.
This is the new year
Nobody knows
Where we are going
What’s down the road.
The city is humming.
The country is cold.
But you give me something
Something like hope.

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Where the Humans Eat

Why won’t you listen
When I speak?
Why won’t you listen
When I stamp my feet?

You don’t belong
Where the humans eat.
You don’t belong,
Don’t belong to me.

I have been working
All fucking day.
You lie there sleeping
Your life away.

You don’t belong
Where the humans eat.
You don’t belong,
Don’t belong to me.

I just fed you
And your fat brother.
So why are you now
Still yelling at me? (Me!)
You don’t belong
Where the humans eat.
You don’t belong,
Don’t belong to me.

You don’t belong
Where the humans eat.
You don’t belong,
Don’t belong to me.

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Fear No Pain

Gonna be leavin’
Gonna be leavin’ soon
This I know.
Gonna be leavin’
Where the water tastes like moonshine.
Gonna be leavin’ soon
This I know.

Don’t you miss me then.
Don’t you miss me when I go.
Don’t you miss me then
Just sleep my lady friend
and wait ‘til I come home.

I ain’t gonna fear no pain.
I ain’t gonna fear no pain anymore.
Ain’t nothin’ worth that strain.
I’m gonna walk in the hands of the Lord.
And God won’t do me wrong
God won’t do me wrong, this I know.
Me steps became so strong.
Now I know He won’t do me wrong.

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Letter #1

I like to sleep.
‘Cause when I sleep
I dream of places I would be
If I weren’t here right now.
Like underground
Hearing the sound humans make
When they have things
That they cannot talk about.
So they blow horns
In little clubs
With wine and cigarettes
That serve to hide the dirty forks.

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Sold My Soul

Well, do you sat
Nobody hears me when I pray.
And if you say
You just don’t care to live past today.
And if you say
Oh, brother
Last night I prayed.
Your preacher isn’t preaching at home.

And if you say
Nobody hears me when I cry.
Well I just understand why.
And if you say
I just can’t take it, I’m saying goodbye.


When you’re walking
It’s a heavy, heavy load.
To make the load lighter
Sing

Sold my soul
At the bottom of the hill.
The demons there
They shaved my hair
And made me take their pills.
My cold soul is at the bottom of the hill.
I should have walked on by
Let her cry
and only drank my fill.

Some men they say
There is more to us than Is known.
Some ladies say
Well there’s some things we’re not shown.
Some people say
You’re stepping on our homes.
And your footprints
Endeavors, never told.
But still we’ll sing.

Sold my soul
At the bottom of the hill.
The demons there
They shaved my hair
And made me take their pills.
My cold soul is at the bottom of the hill.
I should have walked on by
Let her cry
And only drank my fill.
Only drank my fill.

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Our Town

Is that a guitar or a machine gun?
Don’t make me take it away.
You know I think you are a bad one.
I can tell by your face.
G-G-G-Get down on the ground now.
Don’t make me do this the hard way.
You’re just a shadow in the back seat now,
As they drive you away.

And couldn’t you see
This is no place to be
At the wrong time.
You know you’re not the only one here
Looking for some at the wrong time.
And just that look in your eyes
You’re just not quite uptight
Enough for our town.
And now don’t try to fight
Because we know that we’re right.
In our town.
Our town.

And it’s just you behind the bars now
Staring into space.
There’s time to think about each sound
And it’s effect on your face.
Time to move you to the big cell.
You’re all in this together now.
This is where the really big deals go down
Just like in the street behind the White House.

It’s easy to see
This is no place to be
At the wrong time.
And there’s a feeling in here
That spreads like a disease
That it’s the wrong time.
Just got to look in our eyes
And it’ll make you uptight
In our town.
And now the more that you fight
The more we know that we’re right
In our town.
Our town.

Now don’t you worry about your dinner, son.
That’s about the last thing on my mind.
You know it ain’t gonna be a pretty one.
What did you expect to find?
I’ve got some white bread,
Cheese spread,
And some mayonnaise.
I’ve got some white bread,
Cheese spread,
And some mayonnaise.
The judge can’t see you quite yet.
This has been a busy week for us.
Friday was a big bust.
We’re just trying to clean these streets up.

Couldn’t you see
That’s just no place to be
At the wrong time.
I think you mother
Should have never let you out at the wrong time.
We caught you looking at us
And we’re gonna bust you up
In our town.
And you know everybody’s gonna watch you
Go straight down
In our town.
Our town.

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So Long

I wrote to you last night
Because I couldn’t sleep.
My conscience felt the paradox
Of law between the sheets.
When I woke up this morning
I knew I had a song to sing
But I’m too scared to sing it now
There’s no time for daydreams.

I camped out on the floor
Of a university.
I saw kids running so, so fast
That they could barely see.
Bars across my window
For a mild safety.
Is this really where,
Where I want to be?

So long.
So long.
I’ll be movin’,
Movin’ on.
So long.
So long.
I’ll be movin’ on.

Dirty, dirty feet
From the concert in the grass.
I wanted to believe
that freedom there could last.
Sixteen eyes now watch me
For the choice I’m bound to make.
Their doubts threatens to draw me
From the path I’m bound to take.

So long.
So long.
I’ll be movin’,
Movin’ on.
So long.
So long.
I’ll be movin’ on.

Do you remember when we were young?
And we could name all the things we ran from?
What are your shadows hiding now?
When anxiety’s a nightmare,
Which hero is gonna come around?
Well, I’ll come around
If you’ll come around.

So long.
So long.
I’ll be movin’,
Movin’ on.
So long.
So long.
I’ll be movin’,
Movin’ on.
Movin’ on.
Movin’ on.

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21st Century Boy

(You wanna count it?)

He’s just wanderin’
Got no place to go,
No place to go.
Don’t nobody know,
Nobody knows him.
But he knows the world
And his paintings show all of it’s charms.

When he plays the guitar
He don’t need to be witty.
He takes all his sadness
Makes it sound so pretty.
People close their eyes when they listen.
Suffer the modern world with him.

He went to the doctor
Who gave him a prescription.
Gave him a prescription.
He lost all of his friends
Kept up his rhythm.
Kept his rhythm.
He picked up the guitar
Tells it everything his tongue can’t say.
He picked up the guitar
And he tells it everything his tongue can’t say.

When he plays the guitar
He don’t need to be witty.
He takes all his sadness
Makes it sound so pretty.
People close their eyes when they listen.
Suffer the modern world with him.

He sees people walking by
With their skateboards in their eyes
And their clothes that say
“We’re not alone.”
He sees the history in their face,
History that they can’t erase.
It’s to these lines
That he relates.

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Not Alone

And that’s how he never frets
About things he’ll never get.
All he needs to know is that
We’re not alone here.
And that’s how he never frets
About things he’ll never get.
All he needs to know is that
We’re not alone here.
And that’s how he never frets
About things he’ll never get.
All he needs to know is that
We’re not alone here.
And that’s how he never frets
About things he’ll never get.
All he needs to know is that
We’re not alone here.
And that’s how he never frets
About things he’ll never get.
All he needs to know is that
We’re not alone here.
And that’s how he never frets
About things he’ll never get.
All he needs to know is that
We’re not alone here.

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