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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