Never mind the right way
Never mind the arrows or the signs
Big waste of time
Riding on a curve ball
Tumble down a landslide at the end
Say I’m wrong again

Ever since you double talked double fisted everybody taunts you
You’ve decided unrequited everybody wants you

CHORUS:
Right on the mark
Yeah you are
Right on the mark
Yeah
Right on
But we’re not really talking in the real world

Suck it up now swallow
Feel it all tomorrow when the sun
The beautiful sun shines through
Never mind the summer
Seasons go as quickly as they come
Just like cinnamon gum

Gotta up the downer, you wanna close encounter with the A-list
Color in your history – everybody’s listening

REPEAT CHORUS

Think about perfection when they talk about infection moving downtown
Flash em your credentials when they ask you your potential for a meltdown
Every since you double talked double fisted everybody taunts you
You’ve decided unrequited everybody wants you!

REPEAT CHORUS

Gotta up the downer
Gotta up the downer

Second hand girlfriend
Garage sale special
Good at what she does
and what she does is do the one
that rocks her world

A Midwest apple
fallen from a tree
Load it up with honey
give it up for money
She’s another drama queen

She hides the scar across her face
but Daddy’s memory has a place
She threw his ashes out to sea

Gonna write a letter send it home
Joei hit the big time on her own
She’s in L.A. weekly
She’s gotta 1-900 phone
Oh yeah, Joei hit he big time on her own

Somebody stole the baggage
off the back of her truck
Joei doesn’t mind
Says it’s just a sign
we oughta lighten up

Her mama left when she was two
Says ya gotta do what ya gotta do
when the damage is already done

Gonna write a letter send it home
Joei hit the big time on her own
She just got a billboard
Are they real or silicone
Don’t care, cuz Joei hit the big time on her own

(instrumental)

Gonna write a letter send it home
Joei hit the big time on her own
Gonna cast a shadow on a glorified headstone
that reads

Time is a butcher
and just like everyday
the blade is gonna fall and we’re helpless
I don’t mean to bum you out
but I just gotta say
Truth is anything I agree with

Don’t believe what I say anymore
Hang around… I just wanna go home
It pays to not know anything at all
But your secret’s safe with me

CHORUS:
I am the Idiot Child
Gonna pick a brand new fight tonight
We all got problems of our own
Isn’t that so…
Isn’t that so?

Heart is a fugitive
Always on the run
It’s gonna cost somebody to catch it
Wait ’til your daddy gets home
Promise me you’ll wait til you’re not alone
What will you sacrifice to hold it

Don’t believe what I say anymore
Hang around – I just wanna go home
It pays to not know anything at all
But your secret’s safe with me

Repeat CHORUS

Lookin’ out the window
It’s not like I remember it
But it was sweet of you to wake me
I don’t mean to kick myself
Don’t wanna cry
I just need someone to believe in me

Repeat CHORUS

So you quit another job
and you save another cat
You know that I’ll always respect you
At least for that
Take another toke
Offer some to me
How many times do I have to tell you
it alienates me?
You say it’s just a phase
Well how long will this one take
I might be in a rush
but I got a biological tick
that I just can’t seem to hush…..

CHORUS:
I wanna be light and I wanna see red
wanna feel the pounding in my chest
I wanna be better than I am
I wanna know now and I don’t wanna wait
I’m tired of holding out for fate
Oh I hope you understand
I wanna be better than I am

So I pack up all my clothes
and I give you back your ring
Then you look at me like the first time
you ever saw me sing
Write another song, offer up my soul
How many times do they have to tell us
we’re taking a hard road
Then you hold me like a rose
Don’t mean to hurt you but I know
sometimes love gets tired
And all we really need…
is to be inspired

CHORUS:
I wanna be light and I wanna see red
Wanna feel the pounding in my chest
I wanna be better than I am
Yeah I wanna know now and I don’t wanna wait
Cuz I’m scared I’ll be too late
Oh I hope you understand
I wanna be better than I am

Maybe it’s my curse in life
that I’m never satisfied
Maybe I want too much
Or maybe it’s just my luck
I’m the desert and you’re the sea
There’s so much between you and me
What am I looking for…
Maybe a mystery

(Repeat chorus)

Do you wanna see inside?…

It’s not lacquer or gold
but it shines anyway
It’s nothing you can hold
No one can steal it away
It’s invisible
to everyone but me
But if you’re for real
Well, maybe I’ll let you see
inside of me
and if you’re true
I just might save a place for you

In my box
is the last ray of the sun
In my box
are the songs I left undone
In my box
is the smile off your face
You’ve got such a pretty face…

It’s not paper mache
and it’s not made of glass
There’s no lock or key
but it was nice of you to ask
It’s invisible
to everyone but me
But if you’re for real
I’ll let you see
inside of me
and if you’re true
I just might save a place for you

In my box
I’ll let the wizard guide the way
down the river
to my little candle cave
in my box
is your favorite fantasy
So, are ya gonna tell me about it now?

It’s my own work of art
It depends on my mood
Can be as hot as a kiss
or as cool as a groove
It’s invisible to everyone but me
But if you’re for real
Well, maybe I’ll let you see

It’s as free as your mind
and as real as your flesh
It’s deeper than soul
It’s the best of my best

In my box
is the last ray of the sun
In my box
are the songs I left undone
In my box
is everything we already know

(Repeat chorus #1)
You’ve got such a pretty face

Six a.m.
it’s a cinnamon dawn
All burnt out and I never made it home
I don’t wanna go home

You’re fixed for a fight
but I’m rock-a-bye gone
I love you but
I wanna be alone

Is it O.K. to be alone?
I need to soak up my own storm

CHORUS:
Close your eyes
It’s gone
It’s all right
And I’m wrong
Where did I go
Inside my head
Save my pillow
I’ll be back
Before the prophet

Cleaned the house
Cleaned the car
Washed my body
but I couldn’t hide the scars
This time I really went too far

Is it O.K.
to wanna die
to shut the light out for a while

REPEAT CHORUS

And he asks me a question
Then he steals away my tongue
I never asked for the lesson
Cut my fingers
and make me play
until it’s done

REPEAT CHORUS

I love you but
I wanna be alone

It may be part of the plan
that you’ll take part of me
And I will wake up fine
I won’t remember a thing

And I wonder while you sleep
Is it all a state of mind
Is falling in love with you
Just a matter of time
Or a matter of

Time Falling Down
Time Falling Down
Time Falling Down
on me

May be the way of the world
to cheat us in this game
But you can start all over again
You won’t remember my name

I know never again
is just your state of mind
Well what if forever
wasn’t a matter of time
But just a matter of

Time Falling Down
Time Falling Down
Time Falling Down
on you

It only takes a moment
to kill what we believe
It only took a smile
to bring me to my knees

It may be part of the plan
that you’ll take part of me
And I will wake up fine
and I won’t feel a thing…

It’s just a matter of
Time Falling Down
Time Falling Down
Time Falling Down on me…

Of course it’s you…it’s 2AM
You feel like dancin’ to my R.E.M.
Mix your signals do you feel like sharin’
or do you just wanna know what I’m wearin’?

8-1-8
Call your telephone date
Safe
Easy to maintain
What you can’t see
you think you can forsake
Over the wire
Under the covers

I tease your mind
And I numb your wounds
Feed your ego with a silver spoon
Then it dawns on me
I’m givin’ up my sleep
Countin’ sheep that don’t belong to me

8-1-8
Call your telephone date
Safe
Easy to maintain
What you can’t see
You think you can forsake
Over the wire
Under the covers
You’re just Safe

‘Til you see me face to face
Scared when you see I need repair
So stay – stay away
In your little corner of the U.S.A.

Repeat CHORUS

Welcome to my open house
Please ignore the mess around
I’ve been meaning to clean it up for quite sometime
Built on rock
I’m just run down
A fixer upper
I just need some sound advise from someone with an open mind
to think creatively of all the possibilities

Chorus:
See the smile of Mona Lisa
Think the leaning Tower of Pisa
Tilt your head and see the way it stands up tall
Find the beauty in graffiti
The Rite of Spring by I. Stravinsky
Close your eyes and listen to the beauty of it all
Could you be the one to see
the Masterpiece in me.

Lights are broken in the hall
A crack runs down my bedroom wall
but character is priceless now or so they say
It suddenly occurs to me while polishing my personality
to leave some roughness there around the edge
Some things don’t fit perfectly
That’s just called Reality

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
I’ve got a hunch that you could be
the perfect harmony
to my Unfinished Symphony

solo

Bridge #2:
I’m a piece of work – my soul discretion
Every flaw made with perfection
Lose your preconceptions and I’m not so small
Each dysfunction is designer
Who’s to say I’m not inspired
Take a closer peek and see the genius of it all…..

Repeat Chorus

Hotel rooms have their share of ghosts
One just flew out from the mini bar
Gypsies take their bodies
and they leave their bags behind
of karma and vibe and suicide

I’m looking out over foreign fields
A steeple watches guard over wounds that have yet to heal
And I really wish you were here
Yeah I really wish you were here

CHORUS:
Did you think I would run away
Did you believe I could fly
Did you know I’d take you with me
In my heart
In my dreams
You’re right here next to me

Molly Malone’s has her share of ghosts
I’ve seen ‘em fly out from the microphone
They sing through my body and they leave their songs behind
Of lovers and losers and passerby’s

I’m counting the hours that I’ve lived without sun
A stranger takes me home and speaks to me in tongue
And I really wish you were here
I really wish you were here

CHORUS

I’m catching sleep in the back of a car
Wrapped up in a blanket with my Taylor guitar
I really wish you were here
I really wish you were here

CHORUS

I really wish you were here
I really wish you were here