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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
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...