SET LIST SIX (6)

1 Expired (beginning part)……...58

2 Face To Face

3 Cry Me a River…….59

4 Nothing At All…………….61

5 Matches To Burn

6 Heart Strings………...63

7 Endless Chorus

8 Nameless…………….65

9 Below Zero

10 Lament………………..66

11 He Said She Said

12 Half Told……………….68

13 Jewelry Box………..69

EXPIRED

I am hoping it's not true

But our time may have expired

Sure I still sing for you

But lacking passion, lacking fire

Or at least not like I used to

I won't lie I'm not a liar

My eyes still like looking at you

Oh -- but now I closed them

when I get tired

FACE TO FACE

You can run and you can hide

But I know your face

It always shows

That you can’t lie…

So I don’t call you

On the phone

And now you know

The reason why…

I read your letters

So full of love

You tell me I’m the one

That you’re thinking of

Yet I know your gift

When it comes to the pen

As I think to myself

You’re at it again

One line leads to another line

One lie leads to another lie

I know all the walls

You use to hide behind -

It’s true

So I wait outside your place

To meet and greet you face-to-face

So I know whether to cry or laugh

When I look back

at all those paragraphs –

From you

As I think back to all

the things you’ve said

For I long to know

what’s really inside your head

What you’re thinking to yourself

and also about me

When you say that destiny

is what we were meant to be

Together and forever

for it was written in the stars

Yes, this is the true you

and this is what you really are

Or whether this is just another plot

and I am just your toy

Am I really your man

or just a silly little boy?

CRY ME A RIVER

Cry me a river...

Ten miles wide

Your warm tears will never

Send a shiver...

Up and down my spine

Cry me a river...

Then let me know

when you are through

Of everything that

you promised

Nothing was delivered

When you don't feel as if you're one

Then you should go back to being two

Cry me a river...

And then please won't you paddle away?

I've grown tired of sitting in the dark

Watching the clock

Trying to smile all the while...

I'm waiting for you

I would have put you first

If you put me anywhere but last

Yet as our time in life is slipping

Such time you lose too fast

The time for chasing rainbows

Is now as distant as the stars

Through the mountains you've traversed

You have discovered who you are

You bruise when you bleed

Accept this fact as fate

You know now what you need

For him it's now too late

You would have put him first

If he put you anywhere but last

But as you toasted to the New Year

Broken shattered glass

You would have shown him love

Had he given you a wink

You would have filled his cup with wine

Had he asked you for a drink

To the sparkling gleam in his eye

You've since become blind

Now this is all you can think of

Whenever he enters your mind:

Cry me a river...

Ten miles wide

Your warm tears will never again

send a shiver...

Up and down my spine

Cry me a river...

And then let me know

when you are through

Of everything that was once promised

Nothing was delivered

When you don't feel as if you're one

then you should go back to being two

FACE TO FACE

You can run and you can hide

But I know your face

It always shows

That you can’t lie…

So I don’t call you

On the phone

And now you know

The reason why…

I read your letters

So full of love

You tell me I’m the one

That you’re thinking of

Yet I know your gift

When it comes to the pen

As I think to myself

You’re at it again

One line leads to another line

One lie leads to another lie

I know all the walls

You use to hide behind -

It’s true

So I wait outside your place

To meet and greet you face-to-face

So I know whether to cry or laugh

When I look back

at all those paragraphs –

From you

As I think back to all

the things you’ve said

For I long to know

what’s really inside your head

What you’re thinking to yourself

and also about me

When you say that destiny

is what we were meant to be

Together and forever

for it was written in the stars

Yes, this is the true you

and this is what you really are

Or whether this is just another plot

and I am just your toy

Am I really your man

or just a silly little boy?

NOTHING AT ALL

You walked up to me

With my clothes in your hands

We had a conversation about things

Only I could understand

Not a tear I did see

For I kept my eyes closed

The way in which I feel

I'm the only one who knows

You begged and pleaded from your knees

Every other word I heard was please

Please don't you go away

Please, please

Don't you leave me this way

Only I knew that our fate was sealed

I kept my eyes closed

So that nothing was revealed

Someday all your wounds will heal

Someday I will tell you

how I really feel...

I once asked you

to save me from myself

Though soon I learned

That you can't leave that up

To anyone else

I asked you to change your ways

Though soon I realized

That some colors won't fade

The only one to help me is myself

For sometimes some things

Cannot be entrusted to someone else

Your inspiration was once my soul

But soon your hatred was for me

And the love I stole

You thought I'd take your heart

And keep it forever

But in this world of uncertainty

You can never say never

So many red-eyed days

So many nights filled with unrest

I was finally forced to realize

This may be too great a test

So many sleepless nights

And soon daydreams of another's face

I knew I couldn't stay

While wishing I was in some other place

Your heart's filled with gold

Yet your eyes are so cold

And the mirror which you hold

Reflects the face of no one at all

Your weakness often showed

And soon the time grew old

As no dream I had was too bold

The ceiling of our love was bound to fall

No regrets

Though memory will not soon forget

Myself I found

Now there are no more chains

To hold me down

There must be some reason

That it turned out this way

But I know right now

There's not one that I could say

I loved you once

And you will find love again

There is no better message

That I can send

Maybe I shouldn't have made you

Feel so tall

Maybe all your problems I couldn't solve

Sleep well knowing I am sorry

For the pain I've caused

Just know it's better feeling pain

Than feeling nothing at all

MATCHES TO BURN

I need a reason to sing

I can’t think of anything

And I’ve been thinking a lot

About a world not filled

With things you could see

But of all those things

I dreamed to be

So long ago that I forgot

When down memory lane…

I took a stroll

I re-lived mostly pain…

and now that pain…

It takes its toll

I’ll make a promise to you

And then I won’t show

Yeah, I’ll always leave you guessing

With your insides now exposed

While you’ve still yet to learn your lesson

Ahh… but at least now you’re feeling the cold

Though still… you keep on pressing

But with this new insight you now behold

You see the sun now glistening

off of the snow

If you listen closely

then you’ll learn what I know

It takes ten seconds now to see

What took me twenty years to learn

Ain’t no paper worth nothing to me

To a girl… With matches to burn

To a girl... with matches to burn..

HEARTSTRINGS

I don't need you for inspiration

Nah, I got plenty of that myself

I'm not looking

for someone to save me

Nah, you can't leave that

to anyone else

I was just looking for someone

to keep me and love me

For all I am....

for my better or worse

I wasn't looking for someone

to take me and leave me

Leaving me feeling this angry,

helpless remorse

As I see you sitting in the chair

Staring back at me

With a cold and lonely stare

I will remember for eternity

I finally want back

What's been taken

What you stole

But I will never get that

‘til I regain control

I am just another trophy

Collecting dust

on your mantle shelf

Something that you've taken

That once belonged

to someone else

Now as I feel forsaken

I criticize my useless self

Plucking at my heartstrings

Is the music you play

only for yourself

Never a thought

for someone else

ENDLESS CHORUS

I'm as deep as the day is long

That's why it hurt me

To find myself becoming weak

When I needed to be strong

This long day and my long face

Shows you that I know no other way

So it's back to bed with a worried head

An unsteady mind and too much time

I think too much about the past

Of broken trust and how things don't last

I'm as deep as the day is long

That's why I rarely sleep

And I only dream in song

Then I wake up

And I try to play along

To the melody

That my heart weeps

Since you and me

We broke our bond

I find your ghost

Keeps haunting me

With rattling chains

And shaking keys

I try to hide

But to no avail

Just an endless chorus

About how we failed...

NAMELESS

You blew out my candle

Just so yours could burn brighter

You took my little girl

And put bad things inside her

Thoughts of not being good enough

Oh how could she measure up

In this morality fashion show

That makes the rules up as they go

Living in the shadows

and staying low key

Blending in with all

the pretty things she sees

It won’t make you famous

but it will help you stay alive

Sometimes remaining nameless

is the reason why we thrive

You blew out my candle

Just so yours could burn brighter

You burdened me with heavy load

Just so you could tread lighter

You laughed, pointed and sneered

When I took the wheel and steered

And as I wandered far off course

You offered no form of support

No helping hand to lend

Not a guiding message sent

Left abandoned on the shore

When not thought useful anymore

You kept looking at me

To see the star I’d never be

But did you question if your perception

Was in fact reality?

You blew out my candle

Just so yours could burn brighter

When I offered peace or war

You declared, “Neither!”

We’re locked in a state of paradox

Where the focus has been lost

Always scheming or else screaming

Trying to get your point across

There’s no more words?

I’m at a loss…

BELOW ZERO

My past is trashed

Burned all the photographs

I sigh then deny when someone asks

No, I never met my hero

On a scale of one to ten

She sent me to below zero

I’ve lost all hope of healing

So I try to numb the feeling

Playing dumb my way of dealing

But I still can’t turn the page

She was a century ahead of her time

And I was five years past my prime

So what could have been so sublime

Instead I lost my guide – my sage

The old me

would lose to the new me

Yet those tired eyes

would see right through me

I’ve got a past

that simply won’t let go

To a flame that burned out long ago

I once put my faith in someone else

Now today I no longer trust myself

You see I lost my nerve,

my heart and my rightful place

That’s when I felt

I didn’t deserve to be part

of the human race

She gave me a chance to become a man

After an epic fail…

Well here I am

May God strike me dead

Right where I now stand…

Yeah, I’m finally ready to get hurt again

LAMENT

You can’t burn what’s already been burned

I died inside once that’s when I learned

Something is gone I can’t put it in words

I’ve been far more reserved – afraid to be hurt

I think it’s contagious

Are you on the same page, kid?

Tell me your story

Share with me your pain

How far was your fall from glory?

And tell me what was her name?

As the life left his eyes

He whispered “Adellana Marie”

Then muttered her last name…

At least what it used to be

The same fire that warms

May do you great harm

The many times I was warned

I claimed false alarm

She hurt me by giving up

I hurt myself I loved too much

We both were harmed

Though void of intent

I heard cries of a mom

And so off I went

Soon she found another

A far more tragic event

He put himself above her

And now she’s left to lament

HE SAID SHE SAID

She woke up this morning

In a place she’d never seen before

She said…

I’m ready to turn the page

but first I must close some doors

I thought that maybe I was learning

but now I’m not so sure

I said, “You’ve got to hold on”

She said, “I’m not that strong”

“That’s okay” is what I respond

She said, “But I’m not where I belong…

I took a right… But my right went wrong”

I said in time

you’ll find if you keep on trying

You can hurdle your mind

and leave it all behind

I can’t weather this storm

I can’t see the sunshine

The last words

I heard from you was that…

All sense of hope was fading fast

But what you forget

Is that I cry, too

Unclench your fists and remember this

Given time all things must pass

Now I’ve found the rhyme

Have you found a reason?

Killing time it ‘tis the season

A bottle of wine can be so pleasing

I’m feeling fine now my minds at ease

She woke up this morning

In a place she’s never been before

She said…

I’m ready to turn the page

But first I must close some doors

I thought that maybe

I was learning

but now I’m not so sure

I said, You’ve got to hold on

You say…

I’m not that strong

That’s okay is what I respond

She said…

But I’m not where I belong

I took a right

but my right went wrong

I said in time you’ll find

if you keep on trying

You can hurdle your mind

and leave it all behind

You can weather the storm…

Maybe I can weather this storm

You can find your sunshine…

Maybe I’ll watch the sunrise

She woke up this morning

Or should I say this afternoon

Had she finally broken free?

I can’t tell it’s far too soon

She thought about the

Bridge she’s been burning

Her only way of escape

From this land of ruin

She said…

Well I’ve been burning bridges

But it’s better than burning crosses

When everyone seems suspicious

You start adding up your losses

End up breaking more than dishes

That’s how this whole thing got started

So choose wisely for what you’re wishing

I said try not to make things hard, kid

HALF TOLD

Behind my eyes I can’t let you in

The best I can do is begin again

I let you down and myself to

With all the shit I put you through

Been having a hard time

holding my head up high

Been having a hard time

sorting truth from lies

I’m not sure where

I should go from here

I don’t know if it shows

but I’m f*cking scared

Seems like everyone I know

has disappeared…

through the years

I’ve been looking for something new

And I don’t know what to do

I’ve been seeking to make changes

Having thoughts that are the strangest

I’ve been hiding from my demons

While pretending I don’t see them

Yet I feel their presence creeping

Around my room when I am sleeping

And I find it quite disturbing

More than a little bit unnerving

When you’re trying to go straight

but keep on swerving

And before it’s too late

the lesson you are learning

Is you can’t go back and change the past

It catches up with you living fast

As shiny gold turns to rusty bronze

You have to ask yourself where’d I go wrong?

As you trace back the last twenty years

Wondering how on earth did I end up here?

Yet you’re unsure of whether to laugh or cry

Though you’re not tired you close your eyes…

You feel a tear and you don’t know why?

So with retrospect you gaze inside

Never been alone – not with pain and fear

Your travelling companions through the years…

Yet you’re scared of some

of the past seeds you’ve sowed

So your conscious carries such a heavy load…

I’ve grown tired of these escapades

I’m trying to take back the day

The hands of time can’t be rewound

But I refuse to stay sorrow bound

They say everybody’s got a story

A fall from grace or shining in glory

As of now the tale’s only half told

And my fate awaits

just up open the road, yeah!

JEWELRY BOX

I'm not an underachiever

More what you call

a late bloomer

Took me a long time

to become a believer

Otherwise I'd have been here

a whole lot sooner

I heard it said that

I was past my prime

But now I know

it was just a rumor

Such harsh words have

strengthened me over time

Good thing I still have

a sense of humor

When I said "take it

or leave it..." she left it

Never cared about money...

but she cost me time

Ring's in the jewelry box...

I don't regret it

Replacements for me...

I'm sure they're waiting in line

Sacrifices had to be made...

but I'm at peace

You only live once...

I'm back to chasing my dream

After what we both held inside

had been released

Gave her half of everything...

but my self-esteem

When I said "take it

or leave it..." she left it

Never cared about money...

but she cost me time

Ring's in the jewelry box...

I don't regret it

Replacements for me...

she's got them waiting in line

Sacrifices had to be made...

but I'm at peace

You only live once...

I'm back to chasing my dream

After what we both held inside

had been released

Gave her half of everything...

but my self-esteem

I heard it said that

I was past my prime

But now I know

it was just a rumor

Such harsh words have

strengthened me over time

Good thing I still have

a sense of humor

I'm not an underachiever

More what you call

a late bloomer

Took me a long time

to become a believer

Otherwise we'd have been

here a whole lot sooner

When differences

in opinions increased

And they soon become

known to be extreme

As you find you own what

really should only

have been leased

Yes, opposites attract

yet it's best to

share common themes

Sacrifices had to be made....

But I'm at peace

You only live once...

I'm back to chasing my dream