Woodpecker

Woodpecker

I wanna dance to the beat of a woodpecker.
He don't got any rhythm but damn!
If he ain't got the right idea.

She wanna love me and I wanna let her.
So she can't be too smart but damn!
If she ain't pretty as hell.

I wanna sing harmony to a cat call.
He couldn't sound any worse but damn!
If he don't give it his all.

She wanna be my wife and I can't tell her no.
I ain't ready to stop movin' but damn!
I got no place to go.


I wanna dance to the beat of a woodpecker.
He don't got any rhythm but damn!
If he ain't got the right idea.

Now she wanna have a little baby.
I used to be a rolling stone but damn!
If I ain't always at home.

Mannequin

Mannequin

She lays in half on the dirt
Propped up for all the world
I can't even cover her up
And I wouldn't if I could
She stands headless and not to sure footed
She could have stayed where she was and she should have
She's surrounded by decay but shaded by life
She stays out all day, she stays out all night
She holds a neon sign in her hand
It says 'Open' but it may as well say 'I Can'
She never raises her voice above a whisper
And even then it's more than hard to hear her
She's fenced in, out in the open
Your only pushed back every time you move in
And she stands on a soap box so you can see
She ain't nothing like you or me
Some say she;s beauty, some say she's sin
But I just know her as my sweet young mannequin

Some say she's beauty, some say she's sin
But I just know her as my sweet young mannequin

Do Or Die

Do Or Die

I hate it when my father cries
I hate it when my  mother cries
I hate it when my sister cries
Cause it's do or die

I hate it when my best friend lies
I hate it when my girlfriend lies
I hate it when my roommate lies
Cause it's do or die

I hate it when my father don't try
I hate it when my mother don't try
I hate it when my sister don't try
Cause it's do or die

I hate it when my best friend don't try
I hate it when my girlfriend don't try
I hate it when my roommate don't try
Cause it's do or die

I hate it when I don't try
Cause it's do or die

Wishful Thinking

Wishful Thinking

There's a window on my door and you know what for
So I could see the world outside
And if it looks real good I may turn the knob
And step out into the night
I'll walk around with my hands in my pants
Thinking bout my past and future plans
I'll think about love and music too
But I won't be thinking bout you

There's a window on my door and you know what for
So the world can see inside
And if it ain't to clear, I think I'll stay in here
And curl up by the fire
Maybe I'll read a book and make some food
Enjoy my time alone
Then I'll listen to a record or two
But I won't be thinking bout you

No I won't be thinking bout you

My Sunflowers

My Sunflowers

My sunflowers are narcissistic and I'm
Getting so sick of it
Always reaching for the light
They grow so tall and the shine so bright
Thought about cutting them and I just might
What is it they're trying to prove
Hummingbirds they love the taste
While I can't get a single date
I think they're starting to laugh at me
My sunflowers are narcissistic and I'm
Getting so sick of it
They make me feel like a total disgrace

But I'll wake up every morning
And hold my head high
I won't let those flowers beat me
I'll look em straight in the eye
and say nice try

Nice try

Sad Lady In The Sky With The Glowing Eye

Sad Lady In The Sky With The Glowing Eye

Lady moon is laying low.

Looking like she got no place to go.

I feel bad I can't help her tonight.

So I stare at her sad, sad glow.

Lady moon up in the sky.

Please don't let him see you cry.

Nothing is ever that bad.

And it all gets better with time.

Lady moon pick up your feet.

It's time for you to dance to a new beat.

The sun may seem so different.

But he's Just like you or me.

Lady moon don't be afraid.

His decision has already been made.

The sun has left the night behind.

While you always choose to stay.

Lady moon I been there myself.

Wishing they'd feel just how you felt.

So if I could give you just one tip.

Stop chasing the sun or you'll melt.

I Miss You, Love

I Miss You, Love

I miss all your funny smiles.
I miss the ways you caught my eyes.
I miss the house we used to dream about.
I miss the times you called my name out loud.
I miss you love, there is no doubt.


I miss the sheets we used to lay upon.
I miss the streets we used to travel on.
I miss the world we used to call our own.
I miss your voice on my telephone.
I miss you love, there'll be no other one.


I miss the hair you used to drown me in.
I miss the touch of your soft skin.
I miss the lips you used to bring my way.
I miss that sweet kiss every single day.
I miss you love, so what do you say.
I miss you love, let us be OK.
I miss you love, wipe these blues away.

Panic Of The Day

Panic Of The Day

I sit on the porch all night

Watching the sun rise

Just another sleepless night

I’ll get plenty when I die

The past is flying by

Soon I’ll be flying high

Escape the question why

Another one’s soon behind

All the lies and the ones in disguise

They make me feel so strange

I pull the blankets over my eyes

So the world is out of range

I’m content to waste away

In this panic of the day

It’s the ones with the helping hands

That I can’t seem to save

I’ve only got a minor problem

With no solution

Second life is chasing the first one

So you understand the confusion

You predict the outcome

Not knowing the truth is long gone

Next time I’m just gunna grab on

To someone that hears my sad song

All the lies and the ones in disguise

They make me feel so strange

I pull the blankets over my eyes

So the world is out of range

I’m content to waste away

In this panic of the day

It’s the ones with the helping hands

That I can’t seem to save

In this panic of the day

In this panic of the day

In this panic of the day

In this panic of the day

Faithless (Go It Alone)

Faithless (Go It Alone) 

I’ve seen outrageous in different stages

Counting my blessings even if it's faithless

Our time is like endless races

You’ll lose one day and you won’t escape this

The trouble is it’s there anyway

We’re dieing just a little more every day

You can point at the stars above but

Jesus can’t save you even if you’re star struck

Oh, go it alone

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, go it alone

Oh, go it alone

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, go it alone

Looking for the answers in different faces

Spending your time flipping through some pages

You will hear what you want to hear

As long as there is always something to fear

Making mistakes and causing problems

It ain’t up to someone else to solve ‘em

Pray to the one that gets you through

And I’ll pray for peace and a treasure too

Oh, go it alone

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, go it alone

Oh, go it alone

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, go it alone

Never Believed In Luck

Never Believed In Luck

It’s so easy getting lost

You still got your fingers crossed

I never believed in luck

I can get you out of this

Fake it like its counterfeit

Pretend that you’re doing everything right

Whether you’re right or wrong

You still got your blinders on

And I can’t hold your hand

You can throw a fit

We all got our own shit

You just have to figure it out

That’s why

I’ll be glad when you’re gone

I know it might sound wrong

But you deserve better than this 

I know I can’t help you

Like you can’t pull me through

I will promise but you will only wish.

I don’t mean to sound unfair

But I can’t say that I care

Anymore than you should think I could

The ground is coming up fast

Your weight is going to collapse

You have to hold your own this time

Make use of common sense

Your daydreams are all a mess

So go to sleep and wake yourself up

We could start it all over

I could come a little closer

But it just might turn out the same

That’s why

I’ll be glad when you’re gone

I know it might sound wrong

But you deserve better then this

And I can’t help you

Like you can’t pull me through

I will promise but you will wish

Hip Hip Hooray

Hip Hip Hooray                      

The day you said goodbye           

I never knew I could cry

Like I did then

It just did me in

I used to love your smile

It just drove me wild

Now I can’t get it out

It ain’t me you smile about

                                           

I have shed my tears

I’ve faced my worst fears

So I’ll send out these three cheers

Hip hip hooray for the man who stole my years

I seen you happy with him           

Wish I was happy once again

I just sit and sulk all day

Keeping these tears at bay

A man ain’t nothing without his one

True love was a prize I thought I won

Now you’ve taken it all away

And given it to some other name

I have shed my tears

I’ve faced my worst fears

So I’ll send out these three cheers

Hip hip hooray for the man who stole my years

You can say we’ll just be friends     

But I know my love will never end

You have got a lot of gull

To ask me to forget you at all

I have shed my tears

I’ve faced my worst fears

So I’ll send out these three cheers

Hip hip hooray for the man who stole my years

Never You Mind (A Lullaby)

Never You Mind

Never you mind sweet child

You’ll always be by my side

And though we can’t change time

I’ll be with you all the while

Never you mind sweet child

You are the apple of my eye

They can never bring you down

No matter how hard they try

Never you mind sweet child

I know you’ll make it there

No need to worry or cry

Cause life won’t always be fair

Never you mind sweet child

You’ve got everything you’ll ever need

If things ever get to be to much

You just come back to me

Never you mind sweet child

You’ll always be by my side

And though we can’t change time

We will make it worth our while

Nightmare Of A Dream

Nightmare Of A Dream

Nights never dragged on so long

But I’m sure this night will end someday

Not that I want it to necessarily

But something has to change

I keep seeing you look at me

And it makes me feel uncomfortable

A little paranoid is all

Nightmare of a dream

Nightmare of a dream

Nightmare of a dream

I want to run but I’m running so slow

I‘m falling but I can’t hit the ground

I can touch what I want

And want what I can’t touch

Nightmare of a dream

Nightmare of a dream

Nightmare of a dream

I'm A Desperate Man (Since I Seen Your Face Again)

I’m A Desperate Man (Since I Seen Your Face Again)

Put the bottles on the shelf

Flip the glasses upside down

Pick up all the chairs

Turn the open sign around

I know it’s time to go

But I just can’t walk out

My hands are in the air

And my heart is on the ground

Cause I’m a desperate man

Since I seen your face again.

I had closed the door

That held your every move

I had said farewell

And really thought it was for good

I may have been blind

Or I may have just been dumb

But I ask you why

Can’t I just move on?

Cause I’m desperate man

Since I seen your face again

The mirror talks in tongues

Yelling back at me

It’s hard to overcome

When you’re down constantly

I’m sure there’s a million

That are just like you

Still I sit here cryin’

Not knowing what to do

Cause I’m a desperate man

Since I seen your face again

Days Like This One

Days Like This One

I look at time as a burden

That I don’t want in my life

And I look at you as a blessing

To help me through all this strife

And I look at everyone as a problem

I can’t get passed

And I don’t look at the sky for answers

I can’t get back

And it’s days like this that make it easy

Easy to not look back

Easy to not look back

I look at the moon like it’s the only

Good thing left around

And I look at myself when I hear you

Making that sound

And I look at everyone as a problem

That’s growing too fast

And I don’t look in your big book for something

That I can find myself

And it’s days like this that make it easy

Easy to not look back

Easy to not look back

I look at the treetops and listen

For the sound I’ve come to love

I look at you as my home

I’ll come back for a song

And I look at everyone as a chance to

Make it all work out

And I can’t look up anymore cause I know

I’ve had my doubts

And it’s days like this that make it easy

Easy to not look back

Easy to not look back

That's Not Me

That’s Not Me

I sit in my room and I can hear my clock tick

I look at the face but I don’t see it move an inch

I imagine that times just standing still for me

It just can’t be

Time standing still for me

It just can’t be

Everyday I wake up and think to myself this is it

Don’t know exactly what it is but I’m hoping to find it

And at night when I sleep I dream of a better place

It just can’t be

Somewhere there’s a better place

It just can’t be

Everyone’s asking me what’s right or wrong and do I agree

Looking up in the sky for answers when they don’t know their own personality

And people asking me if id like to see peace in this world

It’s just not me

Do I want peace in the world?

It’s just not me

You expect to find someone to give you everything

You expect to find someone to give you everything

I expect to find someone to give me everything

I expect to find someone to give me everything

Oh No, Not Again

Oh No, Not Again 

I’ve had a busy day

And I’m just getting back

You’ve been the furthest thing

From my mind since I left

I put my brain away

When it comes to you and I

But then I lay my head to rest

And it all comes back to light

And I say

Oh no, not again

And I say

Oh no, not again

The day ends and I never sleep

I can’t close my eyes

When all I see is pictures of you

I lay awake all night

Just when I think I got you beat

You come back in my life

A phone call that just tortures me

Or a song that you might like

And I say

Oh no, not again

And I say

Oh no, not again

Why can’t you leave me alone?

Why can’t you leave me alone?

Why can’t you leave me alone?

Why can’t you leave me alone?

And I say

Oh no, not again

And I say

Oh no, not again

Willing And Able

Willing And Able

She wants me to be someone I’m not.

And to that I’m willing and able.

Since the moment she left me alone

I’ve been more than unstable.

I only saw one bright star in the sky.

Now you couldn’t imagine a darker night.

Hoped that star might still be in her eye.

But I see now she must have no sight.

I’m creeping ever closer to a straight edge.

Don’t look up and just take the step.

With love there’s the danger of being on this ledge.

I was just hoping it would be something I kept.

Emptiness is the biggest understatement.

I wish to only feel that simple.

Darkness is my true discontent.

And the waking hours are ample.

She wants me to be something I’m not.

And I would do it in an instant.

If she’d given me a chance I’d have shown.

I wouldn’t feel as if less than an infant. 

My Torture

My Torture

It’s always the same thing

Why can’t you change?

I should ask for some closure

But I won’t make you my torture

They say we can work it out

But they just talk to loud

They’re just looking for exposure

But I won’t make you my torture

If you’re done messing with my mind

I’d like to go on with my life

Please don’t come any closer

Cause I won’t make you my torture

No Name #1

No Name #1

If you got feelings

Keep them to yourself

If you got a secret

Please don’t tell

If you got a worry

You’ll be fine

If you’ve got pains

Just give it time

No I’m not the one

You were waiting for

You must have made a mistake

No I’m not the one

What are you crying for?

You act like your hearts about to break

If you want money

I don’t have a lot

If you want company

I’ll give it a shot

If you want love

I did my best

If you want a friend

Find someone else

No I’m not the one

Don’t want you anymore

Can’t you hear what I say?

No I’m not the one

Please close the door

And walk away

Guilty

Guilty

If you can find someone else

Then they must deserve you more then myself

I had to have made mistakes

Too many to count or debate

But I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

Yes, I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

I think I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

Yes, I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

The secrets in the way that you speak

Your words were so violent to me

Patience was all you did need

But your torture was waiting for me

But I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

Yes, I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

I think I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

Yes, I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

You have cast my stone

I’ve never felt so alone

We used to be as one

Now I just blend the day and night

It looks as if, im the bad guy

When my only fault is none at all

If it makes me guilty, I deserve to fall

But I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

Yes, I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

I think I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

Yes, I’m only guilty of loving you

Too much, too much

I'm Going Down

I’m Going Down

Take a break, take some time

Can’t get failure off my mind

Its gunna end when I die            

So why take a chance

Why even try, I know which way is down

I know I can but I probably won’t

Even though I can think I usually don’t

And I feel like I’m caught in a sad, sad joke

But no matter what its all gunna

End the same so what

You say you know me but you don’t

How come you can’t help me to cope

I’ve been so lost in my self

While you’ve been lost in someone else

It doesn’t matter anymore

All alone as the pain sets in

All I can do is just give in

I cannot fight it anymore

Dieing to see some golden door

I know it’s just a dream

I know which way is down

Ridiculous Nervousness

Ridiculous Nervousness

Simple complexities get me down

Going in circle around town

East, west, north, south

Simple complexities get me down

I’m rising above the ground

Trying to see what’s around

But I can’t

Quiet nuisances freak me out

Sometimes I’d rather shout out loud

Quiet nuisances freak me out

Sometimes its hard when you can’t

Hear a sound

Simple complexities get me down

Quiet nuisances freak me out

Outsider

Outsider

I’m an outsider

I don’t stay in

I give you a frown

You give me a grin

I can’t fit in

I’m an outsider

I don’t stay in

You stand so high

I feel so thin

I will never win

Is it so wrong to want to be myself?

I keep going on feeling sorry for myself

I’m an outsider

I don’t stay in

I give you a frown

You give me a grin

I can’t fit in

I Must Be Losing You

I Must Be Losing You

I’m all alone.

And it doesn’t feel like home.

All I want is the time for some

Holding close like we’ve never done.

I can’t control what’s happening

With every breath I’m struggling

I’ve never wanted something

So much that it felt like nothing

I feel like I’m losing you

I feel like I’m losing you

I feel like I’m losing you

Because I lost myself

I want you to save me from this

I need to feel your warm kiss

It hurts just to think of it

But defeat I can’t admit

I lay awake so sorrowful

Sometimes the pains so powerful

I’d cry if I thought it could help

If it meant seeing you, I would kill

I feel like I’m losing you

I feel like I’m losing you

I feel like I’m losing you

Because I lost myself

Everyday it gets harder to wake up

And I try to just think that this is enough

As if you could wait, as if I could get it right

Looks like I’m here all alone for another night

I feel like I’m losing you

I feel like I’m losing you

I feel like I’m losing you

Because I lost myself

Because I’ve already lost myself

California Spectrum

California Spectrum

You smoke your cigarettes

Pour a class of regrets

Sit down in your favorite place

Wipe all looks from your face

But that don’t mean

You’re gunna escape

I can tell you’re hiding you

I can see you’re aim ain’t true

You can claim they mean more

But your demons aren’t scarier

No body will accept

A broken mess

Life is a puzzle with

Pieces taken out

So before you die just

Make a sound

No one is evil and

No one is saved

But just speak up before

You’re in that grave

You’re a diamond in the rough

You think that is enough

You may have it figured out

You don’t show any doubt

But that don’t mean

It won’t crash down

Crowds of people look up to you

You must believe it’s true

Counting on lady luck

So you won’t get stuck

No body will accept

When you know it all

5.6.5.6 (Always Racing)

5.6.5.6. (Always Racing)

This race against time

It is killing my back

Searching for a sign

Passing highways of black

This race against growth

I’m slowly vanishing

I might peak at most

But the end won’t save me

This race against love

God, it is so tiring

Pulling me back in

While pushing me away

This race against life

I could never succeed

For all of my strife

There’s only more waiting

This race against sound

It is so deafening

Words fall to the ground

Losing all their meaning

This race against trust

It could blind you so quick

Looking up to much

You’ll miss the rest of it

Painful Pictures

Painful Pictures

Don’t mind me

I’m just dealing with a broken heart

She set me free

And all I can do is fall apart

She smiles alone

And the pain is something I can’t take

I pick up the phone

Just to set it down and drop my face

I must get out

I’m filled with doubt

Since you left me

I just can’t see

Your eyes they speak

While my eyes they leak

I am a mess

Just end all this

Her words are stones

Bouncing off of my feather chest

She breaks my bones

I used to be at my best

I call her bluff

But time has taken all I can win

This is enough

Only to start it all over again

I must get out

I’m filled with doubt

Since you left me

I just can’t see

Your eyes they speak

My eyes they leak

I am a mess

Just end all this

Don’t mind me

I’m just dealing with a broken heart