Outer Space

Just want to settle in the lazy light your phone

Puts on your face you’re replaced the mood it starts to slide

And out the window is a crazy kite you’ve flown

Another loop in the string of things you criticize

Speak of the devil in ecclesiastic tones

I heard your mention, and I wondered where you’d be tonight

They never tell you that a hurry is in due time

And understand you won’t be hearing it from a vine

You can’t be smothered when the fire is on your side

The thrill is out of phase

I read it on your face

Recognize your world

Is spinning in its place

I don’t ever want to save your life again

I hate to meddle, to pry, decry, and hurt your pride

From a shelter in a shady life I bought

Taking for granted these things are easy to decide

You never understand the urgency at the time

They never sell you til you’re already on the ride

Her hair was out of place

And flying around her face

It’s nothing of this world

She’s from outer space

My fear has been displaced

She’s running down my faith

In the good

As I would

Don’t be looking to them for your peace of mind

Cuz they’re gonna be some time

She’s jumping on the gun

And getting in the way

It’s no good

Weigh You

Last call for the self-bereaving

You lowered the bar

Won’t the fast times

Ever leave us

Just jump in the car

The way you

The way you are

Don’t let it tame you

And weigh you down at all

Not handing you a clever leaflet

A familiar face

That for a time

Was hell on wheels, Man

Now let’s go to the bar

And then I’ll blame you

And play you down

Don’t let us chase you

From where you’re found

Cuz that’s your pavement to pound

I just happened to be where

I found me in place then I called it home

Could have been to space

If I’d have dared to go alone

Baby, don’t let them frame you

And wear your scars

Nobody means to

But here they are

Blow out your wish from afar

Fabergé

Don’t set your clock back again

You let your body slack and then

Just let them look, a perfect ten

It’s just your DNA

I left my mind to suspend

And said my name had always been

Sometimes I like to make pretend

It’s just a dba

So far okay

So far

Leave it on the TV at the bar

One of them will see me on the inside

I heard the news was coming down

Plane pulling your name over town

Can’t put your pieces back again

You’re like a Fabergé

In a shell display

In times of shame

Just look for someone to blame

Give yourself some space

Don’t let them steal your face

Or your new ride

And by the way

Came by to say

I live today

For a new life 

Bluebird

I kissed a new bird

The blow was glancing

Now there’s no word

Or romancing

In the moonlight

She was standing

Went the distance

We were dancing

Among all the ways to be

This one will surely see

Me to an undesirable ending

But I’ve come too far to flee, no way  

It’s a new world

Without laughter

I’m undeserving

Of ever after

You wanna hear a better answer

Then you’d better learn that anybody can be bad 

Instead of writing an account of all the things we said

You could of written to me

Because our time is of the innocence

The age is starting to show

Being that we’re primed for independence

When inside the older we grow

We’ve been apprised of all the pieces now

There ain’t that much more to know

Miss my bluebird

I was trusted

Penned a sword

And now it’s rusted

Sign Of A Struggle

In the time it takes to find your place well

The guests all set to leave

And you’re always off at 9 o’clock

As if you got somewhere else to be

Come around admitting some mistakes well

I’m not just giving degrees

Not to devalue the parts designed to shock but

You can’t expect that from me

No sign of a struggle 

I’m feeling great 

No time for your trouble

It’s getting late

Hypnotized, another time and place 

Your veneration galore

Now your body among a common stock and

Your second life is a bore

A spade and a shovel 

Just save the date

We’ll turn it to rubble

And devastate

You went out for a couple

I turned it down

Our broken nature permits another take

It’s not just you on the floor

But let’s not forget my part had been replaced

When it ambled in through the door

No sign of a struggle 

I’m feeling great 

No time for your trouble

It’s getting late

You’ll be out for a couple

Now turn around

Put me down for a double 

I’m seeing straight 

You’re bursting my bubble

And I’ve been restrained

On track for your trouble

And I hear the train

Missing Man

Inside the wire we have no need

For spotlights to show

So long the hours to make believe

That such things are so

For I’m bleeding head to toe

Far-reaching sirens sounding blow

Broken ears will never know

Man, just hand me the bottle

I can’t just feel it

Stand in the aisle when the seats were oversold

We’re just doing as we’re told                 

Phased out the signal to our show

Now we haven’t any place to go

Man, just pull back the throttle

You can’t unsee it

This you can just use as your model

If you wanna be it

Why can’t we just be without?

A missing man is lying in state    

Good mourning people that you made wait      

Man, just hand me the bottle

Think I could just use it now

Lest we all consume the lie

The witnesses are laying in wait

The broken pieces deciding your fate 

A submarine that’s flying in space   

To what do we owe

Our great displeasure

And some people think

It’s our national treasure

In light of the things bar none

We are looking for good measure 

Long list of things that you don’t want nobody to know

Sneak into your one man show

Far-fetching silent fancy trope   

I don’t need any time to grow

Broken in by a predator pro

Subjugated and we’re selling it so

Kinda hazy, Love, it’s time to go

Underrated but I’m ready to blow

You think I will forget it tomorrow

Boy don’t you believe it now

And this you can just use as your model

If you wanna be it

Why can’t we just do without?

In The Sea

I took a flight from fantastic

Why don't you move it along

I picked a fight with the fact that 

That is still your favorite song

Don’t wanna hear your semantics

I never said I was wrong 

You like to think you’ve a knack 

For all the fields you trample on

Don’t look at me cuz I’m past it

In time you’ll see it’s a plastic shell 

In the sea it's in the swell

But distill it, Zinfandel 

No time for mental gymnastics  

That elevator is gone                      

Now you rehearse a routine to find

What floor the judge is on 

You fell asleep at the last bit

I’m not repeating the last farewell

You can feel it, it’s a spell

When you wish it, I can tell 

Don’t promise me it’s the last hit

You’ll keep reliving a private hell     

When your leering, it’s a tell

You can feel it, it’s a spell

When you wish it, we can tell

Somebody Told Me

A frequent flyer with an air of pain

Lagging in defeat of love

Demeanor mighty as a flower chain

Strapping in the seat a dove

Huh, you don’t say

Untold desire in clouded room

Thirty thousand feet above

Gliding into a laconic boom

Lay it down to pick up

All the sudden somebody rolled me

I’ll be here until the curtain time

Withholding fear while they try to scold me

And accuse me of the worst crime

Yeah no, either way

Unfolding fire in a napkin fling

Flirting with a deadly glove

I might have seen her in passion play

Even took a picture of

Didn’t care til somebody told me

Always hear it at the worst time

Have to stay in a catacomb

And not return until I hear the chime

In the cellar a body shown me

Looking in to see it wasn’t mine

Accessory to the suffering

I’ll be leaving at the first sign

Didn’t care til somebody told me

Always hear it at the worst time

Have to stay in a catacomb         

And not return until I hear the chime

I just do what my bible told me

Best revere the blessed word divine

That vanilla don’t do it for me 

Tower leaning some to one side

Don’t just stand there somebody hold me

I’ll endear you to my frame of mind

Run the gauntlet and blindfold me

And excuse me for the last time           

Huh oh you don’t say

Yeah no either way 

Things In A Dream

They start at seven in a field day

They got a heaven so they live delayed

Somebody save them lest they steal away

Don’t bother selling, corner’s well policed

Try moving in but nothing’s up for lease

You scratched the surface now we’re doomed to repeat                

You gotta give it just minute for the dose to kick in

Things in a dream to get out of your head

Separating the connections that you made

Sun spilling beams but you’re still in your bed

With a fun-loving fate that you can’t trade

With a fun-loving fate

I saw the soldiers drinking in the street

Outflank maneuvered now in full retreat                           

You must admit at this point that it’s just a given

Fun spitting teeth to fill up in your hand

A remembrance of the choices that you made

All of your time fills up just with the sand

A deserted post dissenting the command 

Now you’re done with the scene, but you’re held in your cell

No escaping from the movies that you make

Blood curdling scream can’t get out of your head

Just begin with the things that you can’t fake

Just begin with the things

Grow Up Together

You know the way

So we’re letting you take a crack

The witless debonair settled here in the back

We’re in a wreck

And betting they write the check

A familiar subterfuge

Living it up we’re in their shoes

As I see the inside of a head

That’s been ready some time to blow

There’s a feeling inside of the air

That it’s time to go

Sometimes the thieves grow thick together

It wasn’t me or him  

Only thing I might remember

Is giving them another name

A sucker punch

We’re taking it on the chin

If anyone’s keeping track

They probably think we’re letting you win

You got the jump

But you landed here in a fight

So you better move left to right

Keep me in your sight

Because I see the inside of a head

That’s been ready some time to blow

There’s a feeling inside of the air

That it’s time to go

It’s like we didn’t grow up together

I’ve only met you now    

In the event we meet again

We needn’t even wave hello

It’s time to leave our stay is over

No longer welcoming    

Make a little note for future

Didn’t need you now or then 

Sometimes the thieves grow thick together

It wasn’t me or him       

One thing I might remember

Is giving them another

Giving them another name