Lyrics
This Song's For Everyone
I press my pencil to the sheet the graphite transfers thoughts from me
Thoughts I never even knew I had
Sometimes it helps to write things down sometimes it helps to scream and shout
Yeah baby let it out, yeah baby let it out
And everything I've ever done it leads me to another song
And I Gotta let it out let it out
Sometimes I just can't play the chords but I can always find the words
That is my curse that is my curse
By any means by any way I will complete this song today
Or it will leave me unresolved
I close my eyes I close my mind and when I'm truly flying blind
The ideas come the ideas come
This songs for you this songs for everyone
This songs for me this songs for everyone
Well I've no idea what I'm doin' and I am thankful that's the case
Cos I couldn't do it any other way
One Rock At A Time
When you feel you're getting nowhere,
like you're talking to the wall
And You just want to give it all up
and throw in the towel
But you should keep on chipping,
one rock at a time
And then before you know it,
you'll have reached the other side.
And made a difference
one rock at a time
You shall seek and you shall find,
said the man who led the blind
He Led them on a merry dance,
their bellwether friend
There where other voices
drowned
From them we heard
but not a sound
Too make a difference
One rock at a time
Too bring some light
One day at a time
To chase away the darkness
One rock at a time One rock at a time
Every man can move a mountain
But not everyone knows that they can
One rock at a time, one rock at a time
Make a difference
One rock at a time
You Know It Breaks My Heart
we can't feed the starving children
but we got the money for war
oh lord you know it breaks my heart
oh we're still digging in the dirt
when we should be reaching for the stars
oh lord you know it breaks my heart
if you can stand up on your own two feet
you should lend a helping hand
instead of demonizing others
you should get to know your fellow man
and why's it got to be this way
where there's always someone else to blame
oh lord you know it breaks my heart
we can't feed the starving children
but we got the money for war
oh we're still digging in the dirt
when we should be reaching for the stars
oh lord you know it breaks my heart
Just Keep Going
beyond my ken or understanding
can't see the wires that make things happen
is it magic or wizadry
is there something you're not telling me
i don't know how i make it work
gut feeling and a bit of luck
no method no rhyme
ones and zeros to keep in time
discordant melodies taking over my mind
press the button and let's roll
i wonder where we're gonna go
it's too late to stop now
we've started something that we can't control
a stream of thought set free
there's someone singing but it isn't me
so just surrender to the flow
let it take you where it goes
it doesn't matter that you don't know
what you're doing
if it feels right
just keep going
Hurricane Thunder
medicine box and a bloody stone
couldn't just leave things well alone
bleached blonde bones and an evil eye
hurricane thunder dark red sky
little wooden cross with a man nailed on
nothing but trouble since he came along
bleached blonde bones and an evil eye
hurricane thunder dark red sky
buffalo gone and the trees cut down
but the liquor is cheap in one street town
he brought death and destruction along with his brave new world
his cold didn't kill you then his flu would do
brothers and sisters cousins too
bleached blonde bones and an evil eye
hurricane thunder dark red sky
well he thought he knew better and i guess he did
cos i got nothing and this land is his
bleached blonde bones and an evil eye
hurricane thunder dark red sky
Dirt and Dust
well my old homestead is tumbling down
the golden days behind us the golden days behind us
in this once proud place we were industrious
hey welcome to our ghost town welcome to our ghost town
all this dirt and dust will no one sweep it away
there's been too much bad luck and no one wants to stay
well the old schoolhouse has only broken windows
and no one to replace them no one to replace them
the class ain't half full but our glass is half empty
welcome to my hometown welcome to my hometown
all this dirt and dust well we've been trying to sweep it away
but it just won't shift cos it's here for good
all this dirt and dust well we've been trying to sweep it away
but it just won't shift cos it's here for good
well my old homestead is tumbling down
Love Makes the World Go Round
Everything changes nothing stays the same
We make the same mistakes again and again
The good forgotten the bad returned
To control
No plans for the future we dream of a past
That only existed through a rose tinted glass
We struggled for nothing for all that we won
Is no more
Love makes the world go round
But Hate brings us all back down
We're living a lie believing the tales
Falling for half truths that the charlatans tell
A culture of fear that needs someone to blame
Once again
We need hope over fear we need love over hate
We need to change our ways before it gets too late
The bad exposed the good returned
To control
And Once
love is like an antidote
to fear and hate
and love is like a catalyst
it brings us hope
and everything you loved
and everything you touched
and everyone you knew
and everything you saw
and once belonged to you
and everything you hoped
and everything you shared
and all the things you ever did
because you really cared
and every piece of you
and his and her and who
you tried to walk a straight line
and do what you could do
and hope it rises
from deep within
Of The Argument
it seems they only listen
to what they want to hear
thoughts taken out of context
regurgitated
ad nauseam
half truths and lies repeated
until they become fact
the truth is only noticed
by it's absence
you can't read between the lines
when you only see one side
of the argument
you can't reason with the blind
when they only see one side
of the argument
when you're in an echo chamber
and you're singing with one voice
it takes only one stranger
to break up the party
there's two sides to every coin
and a million shades of grey
are you sitting on the fence
or are you staying or leaving
Old Bones
These old bones have done me well
Carried me on this long hard road
Hope that they can carry me for a few years more
They have stood the test of time
Tho right now they're feeling sore
Gonna pull on my old boots and walk my bones around some more
And when i am dead and gone
You can give my bones to science
So they can keep on doing good for a few years more
And when i am dead and gone
You can give my brain to science
I'm sure it will look good in a big old doctor's jar
And this old heart has done me well
Still keeps beating every day
So let's all raise a glass to it's good health
And this old brain has done me well
Tho it seems it's slowing down
Or maybe life just gets faster as you get old
And when i am dead and gone
You can give my heart to science
But I'm not ready to give it yet
I'll keep it
For a few years more
The Morning
we watched the sun set in the west
and all the birds fly home to nest
the clouds they slowly turned to red
i can't remember what you said
my memory was dulled by drink
too drunk to sleep too tired to think
i said goodbye i said goodnight
i wasn't in no state to fight
i didn't want an argument
i don't even know what you meant
i think i'm gonna go to bed
to rest my mind lay down my head
til the morning
in the morning
we will kiss and make love
in the morning
it will all be forgotten
in the morning
the sun will rise again
in the morning
we watch the sun rise in the east
our tears dry in the gentle breeze
i pour you tea and we make peace
i give your hand a gentle squeeze
i catch my breath as our eyes meet
there isn't any need to speak
cos i love you and you love me
and that's the way it's meant to be
let's just agree to disagree
you be you and i'll be me
cos we'll just have an argument
and we'll fall out again
til the morning
sometimes i'm at a loss for words
and i just can't believe my luck
that i found you and you found me
it all seems it was meant to be
and i love you with all my heart
each day
and each night
and each morning
we fall asleep and dream our dreams
two jig-saw pieces so it seems
your head it lays upon my chest
my arms around you as we rest
wrapped up together for the night
sound asleep
til the morning
Tumbling Down
tell me what you see
take a look around
before it all comes tumbling down
Destiny Fulfilled
a silent coup
we carry on
oblivious
no need to know
who won the war
victorious
beyond our ken
beyond our reach
we have no business there
beyond the light
behind closed doors
the place to be
our destiny fulfilled
we bade our time
we bade it well
you were oblivious
we took no chances
straight for the kill
victorious
beyond your ken
beyond your reach
you have no business here
beyond the light
behind closed doors
our destiny fulfilled
Along the Road remix
hey i'm not far
i'm down here
along the road
hey you pass by
every day
along the road
we're so close and yet so far
we're so near
along the road
hey i'm right here
i'm just next door
along the road
hey i pass you by
every day
along the road
we're so near and yet so far
i'm only close
along the road
we're so close and yet so far
we're so near
along the road
hey i'm right here
i'm just next door
along the road
Break Free (new mix)
He couldn't tell you anyway
Cos all his dreams just slip away
Until they're only memories
Of something that could never be
In past or future present tense
He doesn't have the common sense
To break free from incompetence
And try to start over again
And break free
break free
It held him tight
And dragged him down
Ain't no way out
He carried on
Oblivious
Without a doubt
Nowhere to turn
Nowhere to run
But the eye of the storm
Maybe there's a memory
Of how things are supposed to be
A trace of common decency
Not just dog eat dog
Maybe just a little love
Even just a gentle hug
A hand to hold a face to touch
A mouth to kiss
Is that too much
To ask to ask
It held him tight
And dragged him down
Ain't no way out
He carried on
Oblivious
Without a doubt
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to turn
But the eye of the storm
He couldn't tell you anyway
Cos all his dreams just slip away
Until they're only memories
Of something that could never be
In past or future present tense
He doesn't have the common sense
To break free from incompetence
And try to start over again
And break free
(Instead of) Crying
You can take your ball
and end the game
but we won't stop
we'll keep on playing
you can close your door
or you can let me in
you should come outside
and have some fun
instead of crying..................
you can pull down the blinds
to block the sun
but it's still gonna shine
on everyone
and you can close your door
or you can let me in
you should come outside
and have some fun
instead of crying............
etc
you should come outside and join the world
