SET LIST TWELVE (12)

1 Bite Of the Apple…………..126

2 Empty Eyes

3 On the Rocks……………..128

4 Smitty's Anthem

5 Victim of Fate……………...130

6 Dora

7 Get Outta My House……...132

8 Valentine's Woes

9 This Very Room………….134

10 Smiles and Frowns

11 Underrated…………….136

12 Clinical Depression………..136

BITE OF THE APPLE

I come home after a hard, long day

Happy with my life but what a price I pay

I walk in waiting for a smile

Though looking down, you stand so quiet

Something is bothering you

I know you by now, you just can't deny it

Did the serpent come to tempt your taste?

Have you seen the devil? Did you fall from grace?

Have you taken a bite of the apple?

Did you drink up all the wine?

Did you see something so frightening

That it sent shivers down your spine?

Did you see a long lost lover

Only to look again into his eyes?

Or maybe you saw a homeless mother

And then heard her child cry?

Whatever you do from here

Do not hide what you are or what you did

Please don't keep staring at the ground

Nor keep your feelings hid

Please don't twist the truth so much

That you only tell me lies

I would never judge you

You do not need an alibi

Tell me all your worries

My child do not be afraid

Tell me of your troubles

For mistakes can be unmade

Whatever has happened here

Don't be scared to look me in the eyes

You know your face is one

that I never could despise

Did the serpent come to tempt your taste?

Have you seen the devil?

Did you fall from grace?

Have you taken a bite of the apple?

Did you drink up all the wine?

Did you see something so frightening

That it sent shivers down your spine?

Did you see a long lost lover

only to look again into his eyes?

Or maybe you saw a homeless mother

And then heard her child cry?

Did you see someone or something

which ended up shaking your faith?

Did you see a straight road ahead

And yet didn't walk so straight?

Maybe, baby you watched a man

fall down in the middle of the street

Did you build yourself a fire?

Only to find that you couldn't stand the heat

She turned around to face me

As she broke down in tears

Saying she never meant to hurt me

But her biggest fears...

Rang loud, sad and true

Now she knew that she couldn't undo

All that she had made

Feeling like she was trapped in a maze

Locked in a cage hurting so much

and at such a young age

I have never been a hunter myself

What I catch is always free to run away

But sometimes I wish that I was different

For if I was then she might have stayed

Maybe I should have been quiet

And not such a seeker of the truth

But she would have told me sooner or later

So just what would have been the use?

EMPTY EYES

It's not that I'd rather be alone

Then be at your side

But the strongest feelings

I have for you

Are the ones that I hide

My empty eyes

You could never look inside

My empty eyes

Part of this face that you despise

It seems that the nature of women

Is that emotion rules all

The reason they rise

The reason they fall

There's no way of knowing

Which way you'll be going my dear

It could be anywhere?

That once burning candle

Has ceased glowing

Revealing my fears

Your rightful place is

Out there somewhere....

But it isn't here

That once bright star

Outside my window

Has long since disappeared

Proof...

You can't prove your love

when you don't speak the truth

Broken...

No more I love you's spoken

Crying...

Is what she's been doing

since she found out I was lying

Leaving...

Is what she is doing now

that there's no more deceiving

ON THE ROCKS

(for female vocalist)

When he calls you up

You drop everything

As time itself stops

When the telephone rings

He inspires the love song

You’re whole body sings

The moment that he talks

Your heart begins to soar

For he gives you wings

But somewhere

it all went wrong

Along with

so many other things

Now you’re cold as ice

and on the rocks

Told yourself

you don’t care anymore

Doesn’t matter

how many presents he brings

Heart wrenching pain

is now your companion,

your refrain

Your rock of Gibraltar,

your new ball and chain

Feel like a jilted bride

left all alone in the rain

As all your ideals

have just been

flushed down the drain

When what you found

at the altar was just

a crutch and a cane

Yet ever since you let him go

You’ve longed to return

To the face, the arms,

you used to know

Guess that’s just

how this story goes

Now you want him back

But what’s inside

you won’t let it show

Yes, ever since

you let him leave

One single memory burns

One that changed

your previous beliefs

You dry your eyes

and hide your grief

You realize the tables turned

Your heart's been stolen

and he’s the thief

Heart wrenching pain

is now your companion,

your refrain

Your rock of Gibraltar,

your new ball and chain

Feel like a jilted bride

left all alone in the rain

As all your ideals

you’ve just flushed

down the drain

When what you found

at the altar was just

a crutch and a cane

SMITTY’S ANTHEM (NO TEARS)

I’ve got no tears left to cry

It just feels dead inside

And no, I’m not gonna lie

I love to hate you more

Than I ever loved to love you

And it may be

Yeah, that this one’s on me

But as you see by my misery

It’s all I can do

To not scream through the roof

There’s a red flag at half mast

You whistle as you walk past

Yes, the graveyard is full of souls

Whose decaying remains fill all those holes

While the blind man with the thirsty ears

Longs for love during his final years

And the middle-aged man with a broken past

Clings to lies remembering them as facts

And the bullet proof youth takes advice from none

Learns the hard way that’s when the troubles come…

As he looks around not sure what to do

He blames me and I blame you…

Yeah, I was driving

Fucking flying!

Running away as fast as I can

She was lying

Then starts crying

I tell her, “Go find another man!”

Lonely…

Not me…

I’m already making other plans

You try to hold on

But baby I’m gone

Now you know I’m still in demand

This is a new song

I hear you humming along

Got you thinking about clapping your hands…

Since you’ve grown tired

Of living uninspired

Finally my friend you understand…

VICTIM OF FATE

I watched the smoke rising

Up from the flames

Love is dead in my eyes

But I’m not to blame

A victim of fate…

Call it what you will…

It was a hard thing to swallow…

But she had to take the pill

I stopped caring and cut my ties

Lost the fire within my eyes

I’ve grown tired…dissatisfied

Now exposed…what I used to hide…

I got people dropping like flies

Disappearing out of my life

By now I stopped asking questions

Because I know the reasons why

I stopped caring and cut my ties

Lost the fire within my eyes

I’ve grown tired…dissatisfied

Now exposed…what I used to hide…

I got people acting like fleas

Latching, attaching on to me

It’s probably because they’re weak

They’re playing games like hide and seek

Sadly, no one comes to find them

Negativity defines them

Those who used to stand behind them

Have moved on…gone on with their lives

I watched the smoke rising

Up from the flames

Love is dead in my eyes

But I’m not to blame

A victim of fate…

Call it what you will…

It was a hard thing to swallow…

but she had to take the pill!

DORA

Nicknamed Dora the explorer

For being such a horror

You showed me a good time

Then made me lose my mind, yeah

If this squirrel had a nut

He’d store it in your butt

Don’t you turn your back to me

Before I’ve gained your trust

Once they kick your dick in the dirt

All the money in the world

Won’t buy back your self-worth

Or take away the hurt

You can try to hide the fact

That your whole soul got jacked

But there’s no use trying to catch

What has slipped right through the cracks

No more fight left in the dog

No more corn left on the cob

Looks like the thief has just been robbed

And he knows the cops in on the job

Seems you don’t know…

What you’ve been missing

Until what was working…

Suddenly isn’t

Try changing your mind

While you’re serving time

In a solitary prison

Not bound by chains

Though what remains

Seems utterly insufficient

Alone at sea

Drifting hopelessly

Yeah, and you call it fishing…

Save that worried mind

Not for what you’re afraid to find…

But rather on what you’ve been missing

Take some advice from me

To help yourself break free

From this invisible prison

Just to catch a break

You’ll just have to take

Something when it isn’t given

Embracing heartache

Was your greatest mistake

That you keep on reliving

In this game you’re playing

And not participating

That don’t lead to winning!

GET OUTTA MY HOUSE

They say diamonds are a girl's best friend

I guess it's good to have something left when

When the feeling ends

When the love is gone

All that's left is a song

You make love to your bong

As quiet as a mouse when your loving wife says

"Get outta my house!"

After mistakes have been made

Just as the song said

She threw a vase

Smacked you in the face

And when you said ouch

She made you sleep on the couch

You never saw the writing on the wall

Kept telling yourself tomorrow she'd call

From days to months to years

From happiness to sadness to tears

Your lasting memories concern her tight blouse

And the night she said

"Get outta my house!"

The carriage of gold which you both rode

Down along the cove on your wedding day

Somehow became untracked and unhitched

And every one of them horses they got up and ran away

After every mistake followed another excuse

As the chain started to break

She figured what's the use

For when you called for a truce

She challenged you to a joust

On her shield she soon wrote in your blood

"Get outta my house!"

Hearts once ablaze and set afire

Have gradually lost their flame

Dreams once you both together aspired

No longer remain the same

Coals in need of stoking

have lost all chance of smoking

Leaving each night's watchmen pointing blame

The mood grows colder as the time grows older

It's time to move south

When you're bleeding from the mouth

Because she sprayed you in the nose

And then smacked you with the hose

Even Smoky the Bear

Knew that the fire's been doused

On the night she said

"Get outta my house!"

They say diamonds are a girl's best friend

I guess it's good to have something left when

When the feeling ends

When the love is gone

All that's left is a song

You make love to your bong

As quiet as a mouse

When your loving wife says

"Get the fu#$ outta my house!"

"Get the fu#$ outta my house!"

VALENTINE WOES By Tom Jensen

I got those

Valentine Woes

I know that

some of you know

What it's like

to be me

When you're

feeling alone

A bit weak

in the knees

And a bit

faint of heart

In a world

full of lovers

You feel

distant and apart

Something separates you

From everybody else

Sure you bought

some chocolates

Yet you kept

them for yourself

You even bought

some roses

But they wilted

on your way home

Ever since the day

they were cut

You know they

never would have grown

I got those

Valentine Woes

Since the day

is coming soon

While everybody's

getting flowers

Seems that yours

will never bloom

THIS VERY ROOM

These simple pleasures

Shall forever dull my pain

For even though he may be gone

Still my memories of him remain

Even though I am here with you

We both know we're not alone

He's in my head, right here, right now

As if he was standing in this very room

(He says:)

Has she ever called out my name

When you two were lying in bed?

Did she ever scream out in pain

I can't get him out of my head!

Has she ever said that I was to blame

Yes, I'm sure that's what she said

Did she ever to you complain

That she'd be better off dead?

I'm sure that she did

So hard to keep these feelings hid

I'm sure that she did

It's such a tough thing to be living with

I try not to think of him

For there's so much to think about

Too many truths that I've discovered

Though to this day still I have my doubts

He led me by the collar

Then tied me to a string

And left me hitched to this post

After promising me everything

Even though I am here with you

We both know we're not alone

He's in my head, right here, right now

The same as if he was standing in this very room

And he won't be leaving anytime soon

SMILES AND FROWNS

With every grimace and frown

From both the past and present

My life feels turned upside down

And I begin to regret it

With every grimace and frown

That I dig up from the past

It adds a thorn to my crown

And a cloud to my sky

that now looks overcast

With every grimace and frown

Comes make-up

and paint for my soul

Creating a sad mime

from this clown

Whose feelings become

beyond his control….

With every new smile

On each face I see

I slowly forget what we had

And what we used to be

With every new smile

on each passing face

I find my sadness being lifted

My pain being erased

With every new smile

that I help to create

I feel a little better about myself

And my life’s story I now narrate

With every new smile

That comes along my way

I’ll have a better chance

Of smiling again someday

UNDERRATED

Everything has changed and yet nothing

Has changed since we last spoke

For what I once yearned the candle has burned

Now there's nothing left but smoke

Pages I have written in secret inscription

Been set afire see their ashes blow

So simply stated nothing's worse than saying

Well I guess I almost made it

Reality has conquered me

So I've left this dream behind

My fate, my destiny

Awaits in another place and time

So simply stated

These years bled away

Cannot be turnicated

Reality has conquered me

I've left this dream behind

My fate, my destiny

Awaits in another place and time

Now the clock's hands keep spinning

And I've wasted so much time

Find myself a victim to all I've created

Feeling so jaded I can't relax or unwind

I've failed myself now I'm really in a bind

For what I once yearned

The candle has burned

Now there's nothing left but smoke

Pages I have written in secret inscription

Light this fire see their ashes blow

So simply stated nothing's worse than saying

Well I guess I almost made it

I've been led astray

But perhaps it's better this way

Maybe it's better to be blind

Than the one who can see

His path illuminated

Who walked the road yet never made it

So if anyone asks me I'd have to agree

That giving up is underrated

Ooh... it's underrated

CLINICAL DEPRESSION

Narrator: She finds a bottle of pills

And she holds them in her hand

Daughter: My whole world is falling down

And no one understands

There's only one way

to solve my problems

That's for me to go away

After I'm placed in my grave

I won't hear anyone say...

Parents:

She had the whole world in her hand

But she let all of us down

Now she's gone to a faraway place

Though she's only six feet underground

Parents:

What on earth would make her think

That we didn't love her so?

What pushed her past the brink

To where there was no place left to go?

Daughter: Mom and dad

I never meant to hurt you

Nor cause you any pain

I guess that I imagined

My loss would be your gain

Parents:

Whatever happened in the past

Is nothing compared to this

That would pass just like the moon

With just a hug and kiss

Parents:

This is your one mistake

That'll never be undone

We used to have two children

Now we're left with only one

Everybody stumbles

When they learn to walk

Everybody mumbles

When they learn to talk

Parents:

What we've learned with age

Is that you give it your best shot

We prayed that you'd be strong

But you never even fought

Did you ever listen

To anything we'd taught?

When swimming against the tide

You give it everything you've got

Daughter:

With expectations oh so high

You nailed me to the wall

You placed me on a pedestal

So I was bound to fall

I ended up lying down

When I tried to stand too tall

And when I needed you the most

I was too afraid to call

Parents:

How could we have missed the truth

With the writing on the wall?

Why did you say nothing

When we should have known it all?

If only you had told us

For we can be so blind

If only had we known

We would have been more kind

Daughter:

Oh no, what have I done?

This shouldn't be my fate…

I realize I've made only one mistake

But now it's far too late

Parents:

Always remember that

You're daddy's little girl

The world would have been

Your oyster and you its pearl

Parents:

I would do anything

To give you a second chance

I would trade my soul eternally

Paying with a pound of flesh in advance

Parents:

Not only were you my daughter

you were my best friend

If only you had known

That it didn't have to end

Daughter:

Goodbye mama…

Goodbye papa…

May we meet again