Bye bye you’re forgiven

Bye bye baby you’re forgiven
I take back all I’ve given
think it’s time that I stop bleeding
I was blind now I’m finally seeing
you were low down and good for nothing
I take back all my lovin
think it’s time that I start livin
bye bye baby you’re forgiven

I’m feeling lighter now that I see
that the weight of your world was too heavy for me
like one million pounds- dragging me down
it’s hard to believe that I didn’t just drown
I’m a kite on a string- you’re a ball on a chain
I spent so many nights here just waiting in vain
calling your name- thinking you’d change
til you sunk so low there was nothing to say but...

Bye bye baby you’re forgiven
I take back all I’ve given
think it’s time that I stop bleeding
I was blind now I’m finally seeing
you were low down and good for nothing
I take back all my lovin
think it’s time that I start livin
bye bye baby you’re forgiven

Once upon a time you were the air that I breathed
I thought I would die if you decided to leave
I was confused- all battered and bruised
I spent half of my nights alone playing the fool
honest to god you are a beautiful liar
keeping me jumping through your rings of fire
you knew from the start you’d be breaking my heart
you probably still think I’m falling apart but...

Bye bye baby you’re forgiven
I take back all I’ve given
think it’s time that I stop bleeding
I was blind now I’m finally seeing
you were low down and good for nothing
I take back all my lovin
think it’s time that I start livin
bye bye baby you’re forgiven

Don’t try and call cuz I turned off my phone
don’t come by my house cuz I won’t be at home
I’ll be lost in the waves- enjoying my days
talking to people who care what I say
well you wanted you’re freedom- so now you are free
I don’t need you coming round here bothering me
see I’m finally sure I don’t need you no more
the best thing you ever did for me was walk out my door...

Bye bye baby you’re forgiven
I take back all I’ve given
think it’s time that I stop bleeding
I was blind now I’m finally seeing
you were low down and good for nothing
I take back all my lovin
think it’s time that I start livin
bye bye baby you’re forgiven

Jesus wrote me a letter

I feel hollow
I cast no shadow
I’ve been looking for the light but nothing’s ever clear
and what’s the use of turning back now that I’m already here

L.A. lady you call me crazy
talking at the sky- eating from a can
but who’s the holy ghost in this promise land?

Jesus wrote me a letter
it said, “have faith things will get better
you’re just another angel lost in California
don’t look now- the devil’s coming for ya”

The stars called to me- they said, we need you’re beauty
sing a little song- give us all you got- and never turn you’re back on one more shot
for eight years I’ve been waitin
watching starts get burned and jaded
searching for a sign- holding out my hand
I’m a late model prophet in the promised land

Jesus wrote me a letter
it said, “have faith things will get better
you’re just another angel lost in California
don’t look now- the devil’s coming for ya”

I spun thunder
I made one hit wonders
I built a little shrine where they turned water into wine
but blood, sweat and tears just don’t beat the bottom line
So now I watch gods roll
right past these here windows
once upon a time I had them eating from my hand
now I’m just a leper in this promise land

Jesus wrote me a letter
it said, “have faith things will get better
you’re just another angel lost in California
don’t look now- the devil’s coming for ya”

you can’t shame us
cuz we’re almost famous
we’re never gonna die
what you don’t understand
is that angels live forever in the promise land

Jesus wrote me a letter
it said, “have faith things will get better
you’re just another angel lost in California
don’t look now- the devil’s coming for ya”

Run to Brazil

Buy yourself a revolver
shoot it straight up at the sun
let the light fall down around you
there are shards of the sky here
and nowhere to run
Get yourself a religion
let them dance in every aisle
there’s no way to be grounded here
there’s only tears in your eyes and the deeds that you’ve done

if I ran to Brazil
would you love me still
through the smoke of a dream
could you still hear my scream
cuz across every border
is a sea of shark filled waters
but for each soul that I save
I will find the perfect wave

Let the world know you want it
build a castle in the clouds
there’s no one that can save you now
when the tears in her eyes fall like rain coming down
Let go of each new passion
you can live it out in a magazine
there’s no way they will find you now
with the grays in the skies and the sweet inbetweens

if I ran to Brazil
would you love me still
through the smoke of a dream
could you still hear my scream
cuz across every border
is a sea of shark filled waters
but for each soul that I save
I will find the perfect wave
with one foot in my grave
I will find the perfect wave

Buy yourself a revolver
shoot it straight up at the sun
let the light fall down upon you
cuz on this side of lines- it’s only gods and guns
I read those lines in your letters
I spent some time up on the moon
there’s no hope for forgiveness now
there’s only stars falling down- and the faith of this room

if I ran to Brazil
would you love me still
through the smoke of a dream
could you still hear my scream
cuz across every border
is a sea of shark filled waters
but for each soul that I save
I will find the perfect wave
with one foot in my grave
I will find the perfect wave

Go your own way

Go on and go free
if you think that's what you need
go out and find your way
you'll go crazy if you wait
but you're cruel if you're waisting time
a fool searching for a sign from me
or God above
I'll roll the dice with my heart again
if you swear to me you've never been this sure about our love

Just go your own way
I'm gonna miss you girl
but I can't make you stay
Go your own way
I won't stop loving you
but I will be okay

I watch your taillights fade
with all the plans that we made
one more last kiss goodbye
then a wave and then you fly
but there are tears in the summer rain
and hearts drawn on window pains
for you everytime you go
in the face of each lonely day
I wake just so I can pray that you
find your way back home

But now go your own way
I'm gonna miss you girl
but I can't make you stay
Go your own way
I won't stop loving you
but I will be okay

In apartment 29
on most days I'm fine
and everything's the same
and there's no one here I blame
then I spill wine from my coffee cup
and it's brine in these open cuts
as I remember you're still gone
all the love that once set us free
is now just here haunting me
but I still know I wasn't wrong
when I said...

Go your own way
I'm gonna miss you girl
but I can't make you stay
Go your own way
I won't stop loving you
but I will be okay
I can't stop loving you
but I will be okay

Rebound

Something tells me that you’re leaving
and there’s nothing I could say
cuz my words just have no meaning
as all your feelings fade
seems poetry can’t save us
now that all the lines have been read
and it’s finally coming clearer
that I was just a means to an end

I caught you on the rebound
you was lost and I was found
I caught you on the rebound
I built you up and you just tore me down

It’s the same old situation
when you walk before you crawl
you think love is your salvation
but you can’t take the fall
and I guess you had your reasons
for this sudden change of heart
honey, I’m not hear to blame you
I blame myself cuz I should’ve known it right from the start

I caught you on the rebound
you was lost and I was found
I caught you on the rebound
I built you up and you just tore me down

Smokem if you gottem

ohhhh- Smokem if you gottem
can’t get to heaven when you’re sinkin to the bottem
oohhh- smokem if you gottem
burn like the sun and you won’t be forgotten
cmon...

Send me some hope for a rainy day
throw me a rope before I slip away
drop me a line before I sink too low
cmon and light me up before it’s time to go

Brother, my brother I am not here to fight
you and me together are two wrongs making right
you got your problems and you know I have mine
all we really need is a little peace of mind

ohhhh- Smokem if you gottem
can’t get to heaven when you’re sinkin to the bottem
oohhh- smokem if you gottem
burn like the sun and you won’t be forgotten
cmon...

Give me a sign cuz I’ve got no clue
pour me some wine when I’m talkin blues
throw me a bone baby if you dare
I know a better place and I could take you there

Beauty, my love- just call out my name
I’ll bring the herb if you bring the flame
forget your problems and I’ll forget mine
and maybe just tonight we could find peace of mind

ohhhh- Smokem if you gottem
can’t get to heaven when you’re sinkin to the bottem
oohhh- smokem if you gottem
burn like the sun and you won’t be forgotten
cmon...

I believe in you

It’s easy to cry when things are broken
it’s easy to fall when you’re full of doubt
it’s easy to think that you’ve got no one your side

when you have to wake to face the music and you’re feeling inside out

but when you’re stuck in variations
of the same old situations
and you’re running down the lines of the same sad conversations
you’re sick of pulling punches
cuz you’re heart is black and blue
from another night of fighting about mistakes you can’t undo
remember
I believe in you

It’s easy to break once you start crying
it’s easy to doubt after you fall
it’s easy to think you’re gonna wake up feeling lonely
til you suddenly remember you’ve got someone you can call

cuz when you’re stuck in variations
of the same old situations
and you’re running down the lines of the same sad conversations
you’re sick of pulling punches
cuz you’re heart is black and blue
from another night of fighting about mistakes you can’t undo
remember
I believe in you

Can’t find Heaven

There’s a color in your hair
that takes me far away
somewhere between the moon
and that night in San Jose
but from a train yard in Virginia
I just wanted you to know
that when I left your house that morning
it hurt to let you go

but you can’t find Heaven
til you feel the blues
you’ll never be high high
til you love and lose

There’s a tone in your voice
that sets my mind at ease
it can lift me up into the stars
and then drop me to my knees
but from an island north of cuba
I just wanted you to know
that I only called you late last night
cuz I was feeling pretty low

and you can’t find Heaven
til you feel the blues
you’ll never be high high
til you love and lose

There’s a place in my heart
where you will always be
right between the laughter
and the tears of these memories
but from the arms of my new lover
I just wanted you to know
that I will not forget you
but it’s time to let you go

cuz you can’t find Heaven
til you feel the blues
you’ll never be high high
til you love and lose

Busted Town

it’s hard to believe that we have stayed here this long
a week’s vacation and now five years are gone
it ain’t always easy to be living this dream
one week the sky is blue
the next you’re scrounging for green
you’ve got your suffering bastards
nature disasters
clocks moving slow but your heart’s beating faster
the drink cups collidin
dignity is hidin
pay me no mind
last night I slept with Poseidon

In this
Busted town
are you getting up or am I falling down
we drink all night
we find our way home by the morning light
some say that we are waisting away
but we prefer to think that we are seizing the day
cuz it all comes around
even lost can be found
in this busted busted town

I met a young lady at the bar last night
I was feeling a little high
she was looking alright
these are the moments I’ve been known to regret
but these are the times I hope I never forget
cuz life just seems sweeter
with each Margarita
I don’t mean the drink- I mean the seniorita
cuz see we got to talkin
soon lips were lockin
next thing you know the whole bar started rockin

In this
Busted town
are you getting up or am I falling down
we drink all night
we find our way home by the morning light
some say that we are waisting away
but we prefer to think that we are seizing the day
cuz it all comes around
even lost can be found
in this busted busted town

Somewhere on the street tonight I’ll be playing your song
somewhere in my heart I hope you are singing along
you said you were staying but you had bigger plans
now you’re somewhere cold and lonely
workin for the man
there’s a whole world divided
about the truth that’s provided
we ain’t deaf, dumb and blind here
we’re just happy to be surviving

In this
Busted town
are you getting up or am I falling down
we drink all night
we find our way home by the morning light
some say that we are waisting away
but we prefer to think that we are seizing the day
cuz it all comes around
even lost can be found
in this busted busted town

You and me and the rain

if I stood outside your window
would you turn on your light
and if I sang you a sweet little cricket song
would you be my firefly
like the change of the seasons
comes a call we can’t explain
that has one of us always leaving
and the other one who wants to stay

babe I know we are both bound for change
that’s just life there’s no one you can blame
but please remember I will always feel the same
about you and me and the rain

I woke up cold here in Boston
but somehow warm from a dream
of you and me on some island
you and me living free
I still don’t know which way you’re going
and I don’t regret where I have been
cuz there’s a part of you that’s always here with me
whenever storms come rolling in

babe I know we are both bound for change
that’s just life there’s no one you can blame
but please remember I will always feel the same
about you and me and the rain

I know the years may roll by us
I know the road may get too long
so I put my heart in every chorus
and I kiss your lips with every song
cuz when the thunder starts crashing
I know that lightning still could strike
and we could end up here together
dancing on some rainy night

babe I know we are both bound for change
that’s just life there’s no one you can blame
but please remember I will always feel the same
about you and me and the rain

Outside of Detroit

Summer night and I’m off despite my indecision
I’m driving 85 just outside of Detroit
the yellow lines fall behind in a funeral procession
as it finally sinks in that there are worse things than leaving

Genevieve, please believe
I don’t know where I’m going
but if I don’t leave tonight
I will die from not knowing

Genevieve, I know you need more than I’m giving
sooner or later you’ve got to start living

It’s 3am and I’m drunk again
on a beach in Corpus Christi
laughing with a girl who won’t remember my name
we’re jellyfish- we’re jibberish
we are star hungry lovers
just waiting for the tide to come and lift us away

Genevieve, please believe
I don’t know where I’m going
but if I don’t leave tonight
I will die from not knowing

Genevieve, I know you need more than I’m giving
sooner or later you’ve got to start living

September sky and I’m feeling high
in a bar in Vancouver
regretfully telling my friends I can’t stay
it’s not the rain or things I could explain
that are keeping me moving
it’s just that old feeling of driving away

Genevieve, please believe
I don’t know where I’m going
but if I don’t leave tonight
I will die from not knowing

Genevieve, I know you need some time till I’m forgiven
but sooner or later you’ve got to start living

cuz I’m moving on
I’m moving on

Another night and I’m off despite my indecision
I’m driving 85 just outside of Detroit...

Last call for the American Dream

Jenny’s been waiting
down the end of this old bar
she don’t bother complaining
or wishing on stars
she used to like to wake up
now she needs her bitter pills
but behind all her make-up
you know there’s passion there still

She’s got
lipstick Marilyn-style
hair black and long like the Nile
a heart of stone on a sleeve of tatoos
but her eyes say more than Picasso’s blues
She’s got
prince Charming buying her rounds
she’s Sleeping Beauty in a fairytale town
she’s half drunk on low self esteem
and it’s last call for the American Dream

Bobby never made it out of Triple A’s
but everyone in town knows that he would have one day
but he made a bad decision
and went speeding in his car
he said he never saw the stop sign
now he can’t help but see those scars

He’s got
steal pins in Damaggio’s smile
there was a time when he could hit it a mile
he walks in draggin his shoes
but the ladies still fall for those old baby blues
Now it’s getting late
so he’s making his rounds
he’ll always be a pro in this minor league town
he’s half drunk on old memories
and it’s last call for the American Dream

I spent ten years talking
about where I’d go when I was free
now half the places I’ve forgotten
the other half were make believe
but you know I’ve had my chances
when I could have seen the light
but it’s like every time the phone rang
the moment just wasn’t right

I’ve got
ten hits in the circular file
destiny will find me it just might take a while
cuz everyone I know is paying their dues
and sometimes I’m just happy here singing the blues
I’ve got
one shot til I’m legally drown
but I’ll always be a rockstar in my hometown
cuz every night it’s the same old scene
Last call for the American dream


A million miles away

Standing in the rain waiting on a train again
locked inside a box watching minutes on a clock-- it’s a sin
you barely have a dime and your’e spending all your time paying bills
you looking for a change before they flush you down the drain- cuz they will

But one month from today
the plans have all been made
outside the sky is grey
but you are a million miles away...

you’re dreaming of a flight to a better life- it’s time to go
pack up all your bags- take everything you have and just roll
if your lover tells you lies- just kiss her ass goodbye- no regrets
it’s just a test of wills- you’ve got to run to your brazil and see what you get

the wolves are at your door
but they can’t hurt you anymore
your dues have all been paid
and you are
a million miles away

There’s a chance you could get shot- but probly you will not- if you live right
you could live a hundred years and face all of your fears- you’ve still got time
if you never learn to fly before you up and die- it’s a sin
we all are gonna go- but no one gets to know where or when

but on my final day
don’t come weeping at my grave
trust me when I say
that I won’t be there
I’ll be a million miles away...

Rise

Rise
Don't be afraid to fly
If you ain't living you're only dying
if you can't see the light then you're not trying
Cmon and open up your eyes
and Rise

Well there's a sun on the horizon but there are ghosts in the machines
there are people riding trains with their faces buried in magazines
and the scene outside the window is a world they'd rather not know
just passing them by
Just cuz you wake up in the morning it doesn't mean you're not asleep
just cuz you head all the warnings it doesn't mean that you can't leap
in life you get decisions
you've got to hold tight to your ambitions and keep on aiming high

you've got to
Rise
Don't be afraid to fly
If you ain't living you're only dying
if you can't see the light then you're not trying
Cmon and open up your eyes
and Rise

I take a little bit of courage from my friends and my family
for the times when I am hungry and can’t find the strength I need
but I’m not here to sing the praises of bad times with bitter phrases
I only came to shine
but if I told you it was easy well then that would be a lie
cuz we are all bound for our moments when just hang our heads and cry
but it’s in these crucial hours when you’ve got to stop and smell the flowers
you’ve got to reach deep down inside

you've got to
Rise
Don't be afraid to fly
If you ain't living you're only dying
if you can't see the light then you're not trying
Cmon and open up your eyes
and Rise

On any given Sunday there’s a chance you could go free
and you could climb the highest mountain from sea to shining sea
and just shout out at the ocean feel the depths of your emotion
and just thank God that you’re alive
now I’m a man of deep convictions but I’ll always be my Mama’s son
so I’ll be headed towards the light when all this shit is said and done
cuz there’s a truth that always guides me from the wrongs into the rights
so I will stand up for what I believe
I won’t go quiet in this night

I will
Rise
I won’t be afraid to fly
I am living I’m not dying
I can see the light and I’m not lying
there was time when I was blind
but now I Rise

Don't be afraid to fly
If you ain't living you're only dying
if you can't see the light then you're not trying
Cmon and open up your eyes
and Rise