SET LIST THREE (3)

1 Advice…………………..23

2 F the W

3 Another……………….25

4 the Spot

5 Night Light………….27

6 the Watcher

7 Dance Floor………….29

8 Fences

9 Stay Big……………….31

10 Name In Lights

11 It Doesn't Matter……….33

12 Blank Pages

13 the Game………….34

ADVICE

I woke up this morning

Feeling cold and alone

I woke up this morning

After another night at home

All by myself

Sad and alone

All by myself

So I picked up the phone…

Oh won’t you please

Give to me

Some good advice

That’s right for me

On what to do

With you know who

That’s whoever it is

I’m supposed to please

Oh please give to me

Some good advice for

You know all about

My pathetic life

Have a look at me

And tell the truth…

Can I still do all the things

That I wanna do?

Oh look at me and tell the truth…

Am I doing what I was meant to do?

Sometimes there’s a little voice

Inside my ear

Whispering words

That I don’t wanna hear

A question mark after everything:

It’s not just the words I write

But the melody and who sings

Seems to be the story of my life

I keep doing what I think is right

Then get sidetracked by what compels me

Should I do what everybody tells me?

F THE W

I see your face

It looks to me

You need some cheering up

Eyebrows are raised

Hair out of place

Your eyes are tearing up

You’ve lost your faith

In yourself hey…

You better listen up

Sometimes it seems

They crush your dreams

And THEN that’s when life gets tough

I turn frowns

Upside down

And make unhappy people smile

Life gotcha down?

If I’m around

I’ll sit and talk with you awhile

I’ll share with you

A story or two

From my youth and time will fly…

For today we’ll let

Our troubles fade…

Say F the W and let’s get high

When we get home…

I’ll roll a bone….

And now you’re blazed….

Got dry mouth taste…

Let us all give thanks

To that purple haze

For today we’ll let

Our troubles fade…

We’ll pie your eyes so you don’t cry…

We’ll have a laugh

Flipping through some funny photographs

Oh how the time goes by

So why be sad?

Angry or mad

When you can look up at the beautiful sky?

ANOTHER

I’m fired up

I’ve had enough

Of backing down

And getting pushed around

I’m standing tall

I will not fall

I’ll be the wrecking ball

Right through your brick wall

I’m rising up through the ashes

Taking names and kicking asses

Finally the tide has turned

And I’m laying claim

to what I deserve

I’ve waited…

And found waiting brings nothing

Dedicated…

I know I’m bound to find something

Educated…

By both books and streets

Frustrated…

I can neither find nor keep

The love that’s been missing

Was there and now it isn’t

Was here and then it wasn’t

I placed myself above it

Alone and incomplete

I’ve been lacking inner peace

All I’m really after

Is a good night’s sleep

So it’s time to find another

Who will be my lover

To make the circle complete

THE SPOT

I got half a tank of gas

And I’m looking for some ass

So I decided to take a drive down town

I know there’s girlies by the square

So that’s why I’m heading there

Right now…

It’s the hippest spot to be

If you want to be seen on the scene

(on the scene)

Be seen on the scene, yeah!

And you know me

That’s where I want to be (want to be)

Yeah, that’s where I want to be

I like the spotlight

Shining down on me… down on me

For all the world to see

Well I got up to the spot

And every girl I saw was hot

I was craving some affection

From a member of the opposite sex and

I always try to set a good example

For all the other upright mammals

On how business should be handled

Because few can hold a candle

To my legend or my name

Y’all can debate my place in the game…

But to me it’s all the same

Destiny don’t mean shit to me

I’m leaving hard work as my legacy

And if you are next to me

then it’s best to be

Able to look at all things

in this world honestly

The worst lies are the ones

we keep telling ourselves

We keep living in denial

and then no one helps

The heaviest burdens

I’ve placed on myself

I got my head straight now -

Yeah, I’m back in good health

Life is so much easier when…

You stop fighting yourself

I’ve stopped fighting myself

Back at the scene

It was a Dionysian dream

And I was determined

To find myself a queen

The journey ahead

has been left undefined

And in this endeavor

it is the treasure that I hope to find

In fact I think I see her now

So I got to go

If she turns out to be the one

Don’t say I didn’t tell ya so

So here we go…

Oh oh oh oh - Oh

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...

WATCHER

Hold onto your dreams

Tonight could be the night

you fall in love

Hold onto your dreams

Remember there is someone

Watching from above

He sees the picture complete

There’s no need to be discreet

Never have to worry about defeat

It’s okay to fall down at his feet

The watcher will guide you

Once you take a look inside you

The watcher will hide you

When trouble comes to find you

He will stand behind you

I’ve never seen his face

Never looked into his eyes

He’s never said a word

Never told me a lie

He was my spirit guide

Who held me by the hand

Led me through darkness

After day had turned to night

Now I’m no longer on my own

He removed my blindfold

And showed me to the light

Hold onto your dreams

Tonight could be the night

you fall in love

Hold onto your dreams

Remember that there is someone

Watching from above

He sees the picture complete

There’s no need to be discreet

Never have to worry about defeat

It’s okay to fall down at his feet

I’ve found my way back home

Not afraid of the dark…

Just don’t feel the same way I used to

The watcher gave me a spark…

Lighted this path that leads to you

The torch has been passed

Now it is my turn to watch over you

Hold onto your dreams

Tonight could be the night you fall in love

Hold onto your dreams

Remember that there is someone

watching from above

Remember tonight could be the night…

You fall in love

DANCEFLOOR

I been trying to find

A place to call home in my mind

But it's cluttered with all

this useless debris

Pictures, places... things and ideas

They've been trying to sell to me

I been trying to hear

My own voice within my ears...

(I heard a whisper from somewhere)

Amongst all the yelling,

screaming and cryin'

which leads to disbelieving

That's when the

whisper grows silent

I been trying to see

since things aren't bad for me

I should forget the fact

that ignorance kills

Turning my back on any and all ills

That don't slap me in the face

For I... can't save...

the entire human race

Today I'm enjoying myself

Going out to have a good time

This earth won't cease

to spin or exist

If I relax and unwind

Let someone else

Worry about the world

for a while...

Once I thought I was happy

But I've long since lost my smile...

I'd like to rewind time

to find the mindset I had before

Take the train tracks back

to when I lacked

the need to go explore

To when I didn't care

If the whole world

went up in flames

I'd say what can one man do?

Except point a finger...

And pass the blame

That's it...

I've had enough...

I can't take it anymore

Just a few of these...

To put my mind at ease...

I'll meet you on the dance floor

FENCES

Fences...

I see more fences

springing up every day…

There are people

paid to separate people

Who are lining up

to stand in the way

Of the profits of the prophets

Who create the media slaves, yeah

Who dictate who gets to divide the riches

Who gets to go diving with the fishes

And who gets to migrate and escape

Before it gets to be too late

Fences...

I see more fences

springing up every day...

Forcing us to choose sides

In this great divide

Between the people and the state

This state of confusion

A perpetual illusion

Of entertainment, sex,

death, of who's next,

Of celebrity, sport, fear and hate

Like me you want to get away

Want to find yourself

some kind of inner wealth

A reason to carry on

My dearest one

A reason to stay awake

Fences...

I see more fences

springing up everyday

Seems all those in line

Are blind to the times

Either wearing rose-colored glasses

Or being kept in the shade

The trees are tall

when you follow

every letter of the law

Straight to the 'T'

And yet fundamentally disagree

Failing to fully appreciate

the fact that fences

When used as defenses

are completely senseless

Especially when humans

are turned into machines

I see power serving power

I see snipers in the tower

I see the faces of the crying

I see truth from people dying

I see walls that keeps getting higher

I see more kindling being thrown on the fire

I see people scared and losing faith

And not being able to think straight

Fences...I see more fences...

Springing up everyday

STAY BIG

My hate is filled with heart

My blood is in my art

My tears blotch out the page

This ink confines my rage

Sometimes I’m not myself

Fuck you go fuck yourself!

Hell yes I fake Tourette’s

Have fun no one’s upset

Create the world you seek

With eyes and style unique

Arise brand new each day

Play hard or else don’t play

I frame it

I hang it

I put it up for sale

I make it

I take it

Because I know they’ll

Always come back for more

When they know

what they’re looking for

It sure is fun to go explore

Who wouldn’t wanna be out on tour?

I’m making my living

With no fucks given

Standing around the corner

There’s a line full of women

All waiting for the star – of the show

All wondering where you are –

they wanna know

Oh where could he be hiding?

What kinda car will he ride in?

It must be so exciting

Pick a party you’re invited

Everybody wants to know

what you’re saying

Anybody you wanna bed

we know you’re laying

You got every card in your pocket

you could play, kid

There’s no way you’re gonna fade

you gonna stay big!

NAME IN LIGHTS

When you put it on the poster

The shorter the name

The bigger the print

You’re knee deep in posers

Your name in lights

You hit the bigs, yeah

They say there’s bullets

flying down Broadway

But you haven’t yet heard the news…

You just got to have your piece of cake

And now you want to eat it, too

You wanna be the next Bobby Dylan

Oh, today it’s Johnny Cash

I could tell by your cool sun glasses

Looks like you lost your funny hat

You say your sound’s original

I’ve never heard nothing quite like that

Well I’ve been around a long time my boy

And I’ve got just one question

that I’d like to ask…

You’re knee deep in posers

Your name in lights

You hit the bigs, yeah

But what happens when you’re exposed

By both the paparazzi

And the pigs…oh!

Will you still say:

You love your life with all the stuff

You got because of what you said and did?

Or will you finally

See the light and make right

For all the crimes that you commit?

When you put it on the poster

The shorter the name

The bigger the print

You’re knee deep in posers

Your name in lights

You hit the bigs, yeah

They say there’s bullets

flying down Broadway

But you haven’t yet heard the news…

You just got to have your piece of cake

And now you want to eat it, too

IT DOESN'T MATTER

I know there's lyrics being sang

I hear the music in my head

And yet I cannot understand

Exactly what is being said

For it seems like nothing

but busy noise

More sounds coming from

the under employed

Just like children laughing

while they're playing

With the empty boxes

of all their toys

Ain't that the way it goes?

You just like the beat...

You start tapping your toes

Without any time to think

A beautiful stranger

Pulls you up to your feet

After a wink you drop your drink

And now there's no place to retreat

With the speakers pumping

Something new into your system

You don't know the words

But you can feel the rhythm

It doesn't matter

It doesn't matter

It doesn't matter

Whether it's the chorus

or the bridge

If they all tell the truth

Or if they are hypocrites

As long as they keep

knocking out hits

You'll be out there all night

Shaking your t….

um... hips

And you're not the only one

That's what makes

BLANK PAGES

My life’s work has been handed to me

Placed beneath my feet is a book

filled with blank pages

It is up to me what to fill the book with

I must write carefully not to make any mistakes

Sometimes I rush and choose the wrong words

“Love” when I write of “lust”

“Maybe” when I mean “no”

I try to correct my mistakes but I cannot erase

Only cross out and begin writing again

Beginning where I left off

I dream of rewriting chapters upon chapters

Only to come to understand the finality

of what is once written

Can never be withdrawn

I reread and study

Desperately trying become a better writer

But learning takes mistakes

And only practice makes perfect

Who knows what the coming chapters will include

Maybe you, maybe not

But I will not stop writing

until I find the perfect ending

And I will not leave any pages blank

GAME

The coach called my number

So I stepped up to the plate

The pitcher threw the ball

But I swung too late

Two strikes left

I'm down in the count

I know I can't give up

As I hear the fans shout

Again the pitcher threw the ball

After he checked the sign

A ball way outside

But the empire is blind

He called strike two…

As the catcher smiled

Now I'm down and out

Swinging at anything that comes

It's the bottom of the ninth

And we need a home run

Now the pitcher does

What he has to do

He threw another pitch

And I swung right through

Now he's jumping up

With his fists tightly clenched

As I put my head down

Walking on back to the bench

Time for the winners and the losers

To each go their separate ways

We both had our chances

In the game we just played

Time to clear my ears

Of all their constant ringing

But I took my shot

At least I went down swinging

As the stadium quiets down

After the outcome

has been revealed

Everybody leaves the park

There's only grass left on the field

Just my luck

The clouds begin to rain

But as I scratch my head

I remember that tomorrow

There will be another game