SET LIST NINE (9)
1 We Are the
Ones………………………..93
2 Friend
3
Speak………………………..95
4 Applied Faith
5 Slip
Stream………………..97
6 Sides
7 Invisible
Prison……………..99
8 Better Than It
Seems
9 First
Glance……………….100
10 Complicated
Subject……...101
11 Fate Is a
Word………………..102
12 Believe Me (first
three stanzas)……..103
WE
ARE THE ONES
We
are the hunched over old man
who
makes your shoes shine
We
are the policemen and women
who
help reduce crime
We
are the ones who cook and
serve
your meals at lunch time
We
are the bartenders you find
right
before closing time
If
you're overworked and underpaid
Just
nod your head, say you're doing fine
Pick
up your shovel, grab your spade
Just
nod your head, say you're doing fine
Get
back to work, carry on your trade
Just
nod your head, say you're doing fine
Quit
complaining about making minimum wage
Just
nod your head, say you're doing fine
If
you're overworked and underpaid
Don't
complain just get in line
We
are the tracks on which society is laid
Don't
complain just get in line
From
our broken backs millionaires are made
Don't
complain just get in line
It
starts when you're a
little
kid selling lemonade
Don't
complain just get in line
Let
us unite from here, there, from everywhere
For
now is our time to shine
Scream
out if your life's defined
by
more than just your career
For
now is our time to shine
If
you're in your car join our motorcade
For
now is our time to shine
Sing
the refrain and join our parade
For
now is our time to shine
You
might drink the wine but we're the ones who
pulled
the grapes from the vine
You
may own the oil but we're the ones
that
built the pipeline
They
might worship you
but
we're the ones who erected the shrine
You
may sing the song…
Sing
us a song… sing us a song…
But
we're the ones who wrote the rhyme
We
are the ones who wrote the rhyme
FRIEND
I
spread my words so let them be heard
All
across the land...
All
across these lands...
My
advice is right and nice
I'll
have you understand
When
it comes to giving
Give
as much as you can...
When
it comes to women
sure
my heart's been broken
Each
time I try to fix it
And
carry on the best I can...
Suddenly
I feel empowered
Get
inspired to spend the next hour
Sitting
here and making song
Hoping
you will come and sing along
A
friend told me a story
over
coffee one morning
From
one of the books she was reading
And,
oh, how the pages were turning
Oh
my friend is very lovely
If
only you had a chance to meet her
You
would understand it
How
I feel when I see her
She
was blessed with one of those faces
Possessed
by only those truly lovely people
That
when softly caressed it somehow erases
Time
itself and everything - all that's evil
Someone
once asked me
What
the secret to my life is
I
answered without thinking
"Learning
love is priceless"
Share
what you have with everyone:
And
send flowers to yourself
Just
a little "thank you" for being you
Now
go and give them to someone else...
I
spread my words so let them be heard
All
across the land...
All
across these lands...
My
advice is right and nice
I'll
have you understand
When
it comes to giving
Give
as much as you can...
SPEAK
Rinse,
lather and repeat
When
you got blood on your hands
This
is no time to retreat…
That’s
when you begin to dig in
Stay
busy to keep from losing sleep
The
war is yours to win
Facts…
Get
lost in the mist
I
don’t believe this
In
betrayal by a kiss
Cracks…
A
chink in the armor
Is
great cause for alarm
For
many things can harm
Both
your soul and your will
And
your desire to kill
For
the sake of a name
When
ideas aren’t the same
It’s
the lion and the lamb
For
things we don’t understand
What’s
missing is common ground
Found
beneath the line in the sand
One
must win at any and all costs
Has
become the prevailing thought
The
divide between
the
worker and the boss
Keeps
growing wider
and
is now hard to cross
This
union is bound to break
And
with so much at stake
People
everywhere are speaking out
Before
it is too late
So
I ask what do you say?
Speak.
APPLIED
FAITH
Close
your eyes
Quiet
your mind
And
describe to me
What
you hope to find
Don’t
give it a name
Let
it be free
For
fear it may change
Or
worse never be
Calm
your breath
Yes
inhale deep
Then
pinch yourself
Make
sure you’re not asleep
Is
life a dream…
Then
one day we wake?
To
a world brand new
That’s
ours to shape
Or
is this it…
And
at the end of the ride
There’s
no more nothing
Just
hello, goodbye
What
if it’s a question of choice
And
it’s up to you to decide
As
what you believe in most
That
fate will then be applied
Don’t
dare waste thoughts
On
hollow or empty things
For
fear of finding out
What
the consequences bring
Behold
the power
Of
free mind and will
Everything
can be unmade
And
anything can be built
Conceive,
believe, achieve
Imagination
is all you need
Yes,
you can manifest your destiny
In
this world, the next
or
whatever world will be
SLIP
STREAM
Enter
this virtual world
Take
an unguided tour
We'll
find a cavern in your mind
That
has yet to be explored
We'll
cause a ripple in the water
Of
intuition, space and time
Won't
fear a tear in the fabric
Only
scared of a flaw in the design
We
can take a trip
Slip
down stream
Feel
free to follow me
Or
I could follow you
Just
take one of these
You
know what to do
Become
anyone you want
Let
that become the truth
Free
yourself from all distraction
For
time ain't on anybody's side
I
can see by your reaction
The
sense of panic in your eyes
There's
only shame in me asking
If
you need your place to hide
Just
take one of these
And
you know what to do
Become
anyone you want
Let
that become the truth
I
see a ripple in the water
Or
it could be space and time
A
small tear in the fabric
I
see a flaw in the design
Just
take one of these
And
you know what to do...
Let
everything you see
Become
shiny and new
SIDES
There's
no well-marked
and
measured
Previously
charted course
for
you in this world
Just
doors waiting
to
be opened
And
new frontiers
to
be explored
Are
there unknown
galaxies
to be found
In
what we call
this
universe
I've
been searching
for
another new place
One
that lies
between
the bounds
of
time and material
and
sound and space
Where
I can live
inside
of my own
creative
invention
Fueled
by just
the
energy inside all
of
my good intentions
Becoming
unencumbered
by
this perpetual motion
Of
having to ride through
the
highs and lows
Like
a barrel carried along
in
the drift of the tide
Up
and then down
and
around again on this ride
A
human roller coaster
of
pre-text and manipulation
I
wanna go
where
there's no
black
and no white
No
wrong or right
No
sleep
no
war no more
no
peace
And
no reason to fight
No
big problems
or
great solutions
Only
a future fate
which
awaits
That
your thoughts
and
actions
will
realize and dictate
An
alternative reality
Avoiding
impartialities
and
ambiguities
That
in time you find
Within
your own
peace
of mind
Then
you'll get by
on
just your own
ingenuity
and intuity
and
your innards
and
their fluidity
Where
a thinking
man's
thoughts
Find
their way
out
of the box
And
any other device
That
tries to contain them
Where
when one's logic is
Sound
and strong
Nobody
ever has to ask
Which
side are you on
Since
there's no sides to choose
No
winners to lose
No
losers to win
Or
angels to sin
Nor
devils to pray
For
eternal life
in
the oncoming day
Or
even in the seconds
That
later lie ahead...
No
present
No
past
No
living
No
dead
INVISIBLE
PRISON
The
dazzling darkness
caresses
the silence
The
perfect calm
at
the edge of the violence
Meant
to do us harm
or
gently guide us?
Outward
and upward
or
deep down inside us?
There’s
many with ears
that
can’t hear through the fear
Those
not standing in the light
Remain
beyond my line of sight
In
an invisible prison
When
your spirit is trapped in form
It
can’t soar
Listen…
In
the kingdom of the blind
The
one eyed man is king
But
if you can change your mind
Then
you can change everything
I
believe that space and time are one
And
I’ll finish exactly where I begun
What
always is always was and always will be
Behold
I use my free will to create fate
And
mold, make and shape my destiny
Yeah
energy, frequency and waves
Can
move mountains like Jesus saves
Can
part the sea or remove gravity
Can
erase mistakes even rewrite history
The
secret is that WE are the key:
The
problem, the solution,
the
question and the answer to the mystery
Hmmm…..What
if the magician was the trick?
Then
the illusion wouldn’t necessarily be
what
we expect...
BETTER
THAN IT SEEMS
I
am trying to unlearn
What
all the teachers have taught me
I
am trying to unlock
An
original thought but I have no key
I
am trying to believe
That
it's better than it seems
(Or
at least what I can see)
I
am trying to achieve
The
American Dream
Of
leaving a legacy behind me
Look
out the man's got the pen again
Pulls
it out every now and then
Smokes
some pot as your thoughts
Become
your friends
Keep
on looking for answers
Until
the questions end
So
what pulls you through?
Is
it something bigger than you?
Or
is it lesser than you?
It
could be that, too
For
so many this is true
Oh,
so what am I to do?
Lock
myself in a vault
And
point my finger at you
Screaming
everything is your fault
Sure,
you're soul searching
Yet
you haven't found a clue
Finally
my inner turmoil is at peace
I
slayed the dragon
I
conquered the beast
Fought
so many things
That
I could and couldn't see
That
which I once believed
Would
one day get the best of me
Has
now been left behind
I
always knew it was just a matter of time
Now
that I'm finally where I want to be
I
still can't really say that I'm doing fine
With
all this free time plaguing my mind
I
get to dig a little deeper inside
Still
afraid of what I'll find
FIRST
GLANCE
The
ocean acts as the blood of the earth
She’s
screaming out in a flood of hurt
Oh
misguided one can’t you see what you’ve done?
Taken
and forsaken see the red rivers run
With
our mother provider in failing health
We
could stop dividing and help ourselves
He
who seeks paradise just to leave it in ruins…
Finds
indeed all good things do end too soon
Visions
of your future are found
in
the memories of your past
You
can trace each face
and
place as you look back
A
symphony of senses
as
you travel
the
threads of time
It’s
like dreaming
but
you’re not sleeping
still
you feel so alive
You
can feel the current
of
energy running through us all
The
frequency determines
whether
we degenerate or evolve
As
free will plays
as
big a part as chance
So
much more is happening here
than
appears at first glance
COMPLICATED
SUBJECT
It's
such a complicated subject...
this
matter of war
Traces
back to the beginning of time...
if
not before
Intertwined
with our destiny
Throughout
all our history
As
the fate of humanity
Rests
within this legacy
The
true nature of man...
is
not one of understanding
to
say the least
The
way it now stands...
This
violence and bloodshed
shall
never cease
There
are four words
That'll
never be
Our
one sole belief
We
come in peace
There
are four words
That
make me nervous
When
I hear someone speak
We
come in peace
For
it seems to me
We'll
all eventually
Suffer
some kind of defeat
All
genders and races
All
colors of this crayon nation
All
beliefs and creeds
Yet
when we fight today
The
battle cry is not Semper Fi
It's
bleed green for corporate greed
Please
take my eyes
Or
take away these things
That
I don't want to see
Still
we try to perceive
all
that's unperceivable
Still
we strive to conceive
in
what's inconceivable
Still
we struggle to believe
in
the unbelievable
Still
we attempt to achieve
What
is unachievable
It's
such a complicated subject...
this
matter of war
Traces
back to the beginning of time...
if
not before
Intertwined
with our destiny
Throughout
all our history
As
the fate of humanity
Rests
within this legacy
FATE
IS A WORD by Tom Jensen
Passion's
found in
many
shapes and forms
Within
a tight black dress,
within
a uniform
In
the eyes of a mother
In
the sighs of a lover
At
three in the morning
Oh
yeah...
Virtue
can't be found
in
all eyes of men
Nor
in their statues
or
great monuments
Only
through tough
times
and trial
Will
we find ourselves
without
denial
Or
false compliments
Oh
yeah...
Naked
truth often hides
where
you least expect
Never
in the lavish palace
but
in the cellar of neglect
Those
of us living in glass houses
should
be careful of bricks
For
some who are
'the
chosen ones'
Aren't
the ones we'd pick
Oh
no...
Fate
is a word made up
by
the scared
As
the reason
why
they failed
Or
the reason
they
never dared
To
summon the courage
to
follow the voice
They
didn't always
want
to hear
Oh
yeah...
I
am a man who
loves
dishing it out
Yet
I always have problems
when
it comes to myself
When
it comes to stepping up
I'm
the first one to speak
When
it comes to the children
I
try my best to teach
They
say practice makes perfect
so
it's time to practice what I preach
BELIEVE
ME
I
could tell you all about my life…
But
you probably wouldn’t believe me
You
find me always doing right…
And
you think it comes easy
You,
who finds something new…
And
becomes afraid
With
that view…
There’s
not a lot I can say
You’ll
find out the hard way
That’s
the price that some pay
When
you play it too safe
Sometimes
you don’t get to play
