SET LIST FOURTEEN (14)

1 Tears of Trust………………….150

2 Paper Thin

3 Cutie Pie………………………...151

4 Aum... What She Said... Um

5 Night Light…………………...153

6 Synergy

7 Making a Killing…………..154

8 Monuments

9 My Garden………………...156

10 Happy Place

11 Let It Ride…………………...157

12 Riding a Wave (first part)

13 Only Shared With You……….159

TEARS OF TRUST

As tears of trust

Fall from her eyes

We have become one

It's no longer her and I

As we were meant to be

Two equal halves

of the whole

Connected for eternity

Forever in lak'ech...

These two kindred spirits

These two like minds

These two brave

and loving souls

For she has

finally let me in

To where no other

man has ever been

Once I proved

myself strong

By admitting to

the weakness of men

Never have I

spoken false words

About who I am

or where I've been

Nor have I ever intentionally

caused her hurt

No matter what rough shape

she's left me in

Now it's time to let

our new journey begin...

Now it's time to let

our new journey begin...

PAPER THIN

When I said, "Everything was fine"

Straight away you knew I was lying

And you told me so...

I replied that this time

I was the one who

Needed some time alone

But you didn't buy it... No

In your wisdom it was known

You knew my words were paper thin

Not something you'd take stock in

You know the weakness of my inner boy

As well as the strengths in me as a man

You knew all along of my secret plan:

I was looking to build a wall

Just to see if anyone would notice

I wanted to live in a sandcastle

One infinitely doomed by the tide

I was looking to build a wall

Just to see if anyone would come

And try to knock it down...

I was looking to build a wall

Just to see if anyone would come

If there was anyone at all?

When there was nothing left

But an old recording

Every time anyone

would try to call

I was looking to build a wall

To hide behind and in

the back of my mind

I wanted to protect

my hall of mirrors

I was looking to build a wall

A place to put

all the problems

That I had yet

to face or solve

They're over there

next to where

I dragged my

doubts and fears

Now laying beside

the cross I bare

Behind which sits

my failures to evolve

CUTIE PIE

Since a miss by an inch

Is as good as a mile

I’ll die wearing hip dirty clothes

Opposed to clean ones out of style

You can tell as much about me from my eyes

As you can from my smile

I don’t mind being hypnotized

By a cutie pie for awhile

I’ll have you understand

I found my weakness as a man

Running my fingers through your hair

As your breath became my air

Every time I closed my eyes

You’d be there inside my eyelids

As your voice became my music

I’d hear piano, harp and violins

No longer am I lonely

Since our hearts were joined souly

Even apart we’re still together

From now until forever

I don’t know what could be better?

AUM...WHAT SHE SAID...OM

I've been trying to explain this:

Displace the myth that what is...is

It is something pliable,

Changeable and moldable

Yet we could try and see

We may just be capable

Of being tough enough

Yes, every soul is searchable

Or we can try to hide

From the inescapable

But I don't think that's possible

Or at least it is not responsible

I've felt fingers numb

I've gone half-blind

Staying awake trying

To find the right lines

The right chords and tight riff

Trying to show you

Not only what could be

What was and what is

I've been trying to explain this:

The fact that consciousness

Like a river it is streaming

So that's why I go dreaming

Like you, I've been trying to find

Some peace in my mind

Since it surely seems that sometimes

All the good things keep leaving

Remember, even this moment is fleeting

Don't let your beaten pride eat you alive

When self-fulfilling becomes self-defeating

Don't lay down and die...Rise up....Rise up....

Raise a hand up...The other hand up...

Raise them up to the sky...

Finding some peace of mind in AumOm

What a pleasant, sweet surprise....

NIGHT LIGHT

Well I believe that I came to you

In pursuit of my search

For truth and light

And that love of life

Can see me through...

Through this on my darkest day

Through this deep haze

Rather than be washed away

By a crushing wave

Reseeding my belief

That hard work pays off some day

All souls can and will be saved

Rather than be led astray

I don't joke when trapped

By a cloud of smoke

Because some people think

That our world is their own ashtray

If we all stop and take

A deep long breath...

(pause)

We can either blow it up

Or blow it all away...

Then we can see the sun

Let the world unite as one

Feeling like children again

Then we can go run off and play

Just like we did back in the day

Prozac people's kids no longer cry

We just hear their sighs

Perhaps that's why I find

That I cry all the time

So rather than just turn my head

And cough in jest

Seeing a big, old, bloody mess

Yes, I guess I must here confess:

Sometimes I don't reveal

When I cry my tears of joy inside

That's when I feel the most alive

It's my bright, nightlight

That I just won't let die...

So once again that's why

That I believe that I came to you

In pursuit of my search

For truth and light

And that our love of life

Can see us through...

SYNERGY

Our musical creativity

is infinity

If you ask me

(but no one asked me)

That's why I had to speak up

That's why I always get tripped up

That's why I had to stand up

That's why I won't give up

That's why I always try to live up

To what I see in my meditations

That's why I always try to live up

To my own expectations:

Of greatness and limitlessness

Of timelessness and spacelessness

Only energy and synergy

That potentially lives inside

Each and every being

Not just between you and me

You see I believe that we

Were never meant to be

But somehow through

some wrong turns

And some right words

We just fell into place

So naturally

And that makes me

Happy...

So very, very happy

MAKING A KILLING

Strings break

Voices crack

Smooth skin wrinkles

It's just a matter of fact

The years add up

When you do the math

But you know us

We don't worry 'bout that

Now tell me why is that?

Is what the people ask

It's because all we need is love

And what we carry on our backs

We find that to be

just perfectly enough stuff

Along with the kid

and a couple of crazy cats

That come walking with us

As we try to find out where we're at

While we make our living

pied-pipering the rats

So sing and walk with us

Once we've gained your trust

Our army has been making a killing

Charging just a quarter per hug...yeah…

So sing and walk with us

When you see a big cloud of dust

A rolling rally coming down the ally

Or maybe that's smoke -- I just got a head rush!!!

MONUMENTS

Time… is always of the essence…

Though we don’t know

if it’s always been present…

Oh, but of course it’s a gift…

Well, I guess that depends

On what you do with it

When it’s yours…

Was it something significant?

Though we know that sometimes

there is elegance

even in remedial chores…

It’s who you’re with

And not what you do

That’s led me here

Standing in front of you

And beside you –

Always behind you

Because you know

You’ve let me live

Right inside of you…

For year after year

You’ve been there

To say you care

I think of time as a monument

A shrine to the moments

that we’ve shared

Time… is always of the essence…

Though we don’t know

if it’s always been present…

Oh, but of course it’s a gift…

I love you more than

Classic Rock n’ Roll

The last time I felt like this

Was so many years ago…

It’s who you’re with

And not what you do

That’s led me here

Standing in front of you

For year after year

You’ve been there

To say you care

I think of time as a monument

A shrine to the moments

that we’ve shared

MY GARDEN

No matter the time…

No matter the place…

Hope has a face

Just gotta finish the race

Pain and sorrow?

You’ll pass them on the road

Yesterday and tomorrow?

The seeds have already been sown

Your future’s been planted

out in the field

With all the choices you’ve made

Your fate has been sealed

We’re all searching for answers

But yet we know

That after you’ve planted…

You have to take it slow

And sit in your garden and…….

Watch it grow

Watch it grow

Watch it grow

HAPPY PLACE

It was a rainy day

Not unlike today

Do do do

I was by myself

But she was on her way / But he was on his way

Do do do

It was the month of March

But felt more like April than May`

Do do do

I was in my happy place

As if I had to say

Do do do

This is the song

Whose melody can be

repeated when needed

You don’t even need words

Words just describe pictures

to the state of the mind

This is the song

Whose melody can be hummed

in defeat or retreat

Offering a calming peace

During the most troubling

and trying of times

This is the song

That everyone can sing

The poorest of paupers

The richest of kings

This is the song

That’s one big fairytale

But only if you want it to be

This is the song

That when we all sing along

Turns out to become reality

This is the song

That everyone can agree on

This is the song

That can save the world…

This is the song

That everyone can depend on

For it’s the song we hummed

Way back when we were young

Even though at the time

We didn’t know the words…

Do do do

This is the song

That everyone can agree on

This is the song

That is there from the start

Deep in our heart

It’s the first song

We learned by ourselves

And then we sang together

All the little boys

And all the little girls…

Do do do

LET IT RIDE

I can feel you're growing tired

Can sense you're getting run down

As you spoke

your brain seemed wired

So full of scattered thoughts

bouncing all around

When I called to cheer you up

You seemed so very distant

so far away

I thought by now

I knew all the words

That could lighten your load

and brighten up your day

Hence when silence fell upon us

My face took on a peculiar

and puzzled state

That's when I knew

to throw away all my words

For it was best for you

and best for me to wait…

You told me that you needed time

Time alone with just yourself

And not to take it personally

But of course

you knew how I felt...

I felt like less of a man

And more like a child

Since I always do what I can

To make you smile

Yet I respected your wishes

Your will and desires

As I gave you the space

Which you said you required

For I know you by now

When it comes

to troubled times like these

I gracefully bow down

And back away far enough

Until it suits your needs

For that is love...

Learning when to push,

when to pull

and when to temporarily retreat

For that is love...

Knowing when to drive

When to let it ride

And when to take a backseat

RIDING A WAVE

So tell me what you did today

I found myself riding a wave

A little part of my heart

and soul got saved

When I stood up

Rather than running away

Let me tell you what I learned

My books their pages

are getting turned

Since life comes

at you in stages

So it goes you learn

In these changing phases

We yield, go our

separate ways and merge

Mostly we see time

as our enemy

So we speed up our pace

Then we get caught

going against the flow

And we find ourselves

losing our place

So tell me what

you did today

I found myself

finding myself

While I was

riding a wave

Riding a wave...

While sailing away...

Riding a wave...

While sailing away...

Riding a wave...

While sailing away...

ONLY SHARED WITH YOU

I found the truth within a song

As soon as I turned the radio on

The singer spoke your name

I couldn't turn it off

I didn't know

That you knew him, too

I'm not only one

Who writes love songs for you

He described your eyes

As deeply troubled and blue

Said you tried to hide your crying

But he'd seen right through

And that sounded a lot like

Something that I once wrote for you

Surely some time has passed

Yet my feelings still hold true

Yeah those words read a lot like

A verse of a love poem I once wrote, too

One that never became a song

Because 'twas only shared with you...