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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