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SONG LIST 1 The Last Man Singing

SONG LIST 2 Sheila Tequila

SONG LIST 3 A Day at the Office

SONG LIST 4 A Traveler in the Distance

SONG LIST 5 Love Without a Doubt

SONG LIST 6 Undertows and Afterglows

SONG LIST 7 High Tides and Landslides

SONG LIST 8 A Knight for a Lady

SONG LIST 9 Between Us and Love

SONG LIST 10 One Piece Missing

SET LIST 1 Glass Half Something

SET LIST 2 Plurality

SET LIST 3 Self in the Mirror

SET LIST 4 Partnered to the Crime

SET LIST 5 Living a la Mode

SET LIST 6 Definitely NOT Love

SET LIST 7 Train Off the Tracks

SET LIST 8 Boss Logic

SET LIST 9 Thralls of the Flame

SET LIST 10 Go Ask Gramm

SET LIST 11 Noise, Lies and Longing

SET LIST 12 Wounded Masculinity (Silhouettes of Pride)

SET LIST 13 Power Shields

SET LIST 14 6,000KM to DK (Six-Thousand Mile to Denmark)

SET LIST 15 Liminal State

SET LIST 16 Kneel, Heal and Rise

SET LIST 17 Smirks, Swears, Moans and Cries

SET LIST 18 Corrugation Row

SET LIST 19 Della of Troy

SET LIST 20 The Cost of Light

SET LIST 21 A Cold Plate

SET LIST 22 Inherent Absence

SET LIST 23 Zionation

SET LIST 24 Bi Ride or Die

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1 of 35 Dedication, Copyright and Manifesto

2 of 35 Who Tom Is

3 of 35 Introduction

4 of 35 What "Community" Says

5 of 35 Purpose and Structure of Three Books

6 of 35 Table of Contents

7 of 35 Quick Guide G to X

8 of 35 Full Texts of Lyrics

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25 of 35 Tom's Cassette Tapes

26 of 35 Songs I Wish I Wrote

27 of 35 Contacts and Social Media

28 of 35 Should You Read This?

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30 of 35 Final Thoughts

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****WARNING EXPLICIT LYRICS, ADULT THEMES,
DIRTY THOUGHTS & SHIT THEY DON'T WANT
YOU TO KNOW IS IN THIS M*THAF*CKA********
"I'm not gonna lie... I wrote and read all this shit...
and I'm kinda f*cked up!" - Tom Jensen, collaborhythm

REST IN POWER by Tom Jensen
I love you to learn you
Just to hate you and burn you
You see I got these demons 
Who don’t deal well with feelings
When betrayed by your senses
You learn to build up defenses
And to hide in dark places
Drawing lines no one traces
Blazing a trail no one follows
A space empty and hollow
Where the dreams of a child
Would guide you through to tomorrow
Yet now the future looks bleak
As you’ve found what you seek
But it’s alien and strange
Since your outlook has changed
You used to want to save the world
Now you just wanna f*ck the girls
Letting your id eat you alive
The super ego closes his eyes
They’ve separated you from your mind
And your heart from your soul
It’s time to wrestle back control
Or become someone you don’t know…
As you passed a stranger out on the street
Thought to yourself, “He looked a lot like me…”
Well not who I am but who I used to be
Those are two different people entirely
To rest in power not peace
You gotta keep feeding the beast
And once you catch the disease
You no longer wanna break free
That’s when you know 
Got a tiger by the toe
But stop lying to yourself
You want them to let go
STAY BIG by Tom Jensen
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
F*ck you go f*ck 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 f*cks 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!
TOM'S PSALM By Tom Jensen
If you believe in lies
Then your hands are tied
Self-crucified
You are still chained
In elders so wise
From them the truth still does hide
Walk in trance hypnotized
Nothing has changed
And their sermons surmise
In faith there is no compromise
Yet the same old problems
Still have not been rectified
Today and yesterday
They are still the same
The day the savior does rise
They shall all stand by his side
Though countless have died
For their religion's name
But what does it symbolize
When the only hope to unify
Is for laws of science to be defied
As the earth's engulfed in flames
And what does it signify?
That man has yet to visualize
Every instrument
Of the orchestra harmonize
When every piece is on stage?
SLIP STREAM By Tom Jensen
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
LET ME LIVE THE DREAM by Tom Jensen
I woke up… My mind was racing
When my feet hit the floor… 
they soon started pacing
Craving the apple I was once tasting
Footsteps to the past I began retracing
Running from old enemies I once was facing
All the while believing I was escaping
I never show my weakness 
even when I am breaking up inside
The only thing stronger than my ego 
is my foolish sense of pride
Sometimes I sacrifice all I've made
To live within a lie
The only cross to which I'm bound
Is burning me alive
Oh my, my, my, my... let me live the dream
Of escaping the demons... alive and unseen
From the blaring whispers of compulsion
Very few mortals can hide
Freedom is just another word for failure
For all those who have lost 
when they've tried
For the key to unlocking the mind
is different
To each be them young or old
In trying to reach what they're searching for
Yet have never been able to hold
Oh my, my, my, my... let me live the dream
Of escaping the demons... alive and unseen
I tried staying with my own kind
I tried swimming within my own mind
But so slowly the path unwinds
Though I keep following what I hope to find
Even when life looks grave 
as you're running out of time
Could reality ever match my dream?
Will this nightmare ever end?
Will a new day ever begin?
Can I learn to make myself whole again?
To live without and change within?
Oh my, my, my, my...
let me live the dream
Of escaping the demons...
alive and unseen
Out of sight can mean out of mind
Yet what I am running from 
is never far behind
Once distant memories 
now mirror the present
As the shadowless clock 
has stopped telling time
No, you can't escape the voices
Echoing inside of your ear
As thoughts become desires
Speaking all too loud and clear
Although you may bow your head
While pretending not to hear
When the calming silence is gone
You know what is there
Oh my, my, my, my...
let me live the dream
Of escaping the demons...
Alive and unseen
LET DOWN
by Tom Jensen
Who’d have thought 
that a pair of faded blue jeans
Could bring me to my knees?
Who'd have thought that after I let her in
She'd do just what she pleased?
An angel on the outside 
The devil within
I would soon discover
Well I guess they're right 
It just goes to show
You can never judge a book by its cover
I've done something I've told myself 
that I would never do
Before you proved your love
 I put all my trust in you
I believed your lies
And dried your eyes
And to my surprise
You took me for a ride
A ride I'll never take again
Can you see me frown?
As you're leaving town
The truth's been found
You spun me around
You let me down again
Such a beautiful smile yet eyes full of deceit
You said that you loved me 
All the while 
you were lying through your teeth
I'd like to follow you 
telling everyone you see
Be careful of this girl
Look what she did to me
Who'd have thought 
that a pair of faded blue jeans
Could bring me to my knees?
Who'd have thought that after I let her in
She'd do just what she pleased?
An angel on the outside 
The devil within
I would soon discover
Well I guess they're right 
It just goes to show
You can never judge a book by its cover
I've done something 
I've told myself that I would never do
Before you proved your love 
I put all my trust in you
HEARTSTRINGS By Tom Jensen
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'm 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 till 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
MATCHES TO BURN by Tom Jensen
(for a female vocalist)
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..
MULTIVERSE by Tom Jensen
The only thing real is this moment
So get up on it
And be a proponent
F*ck the trophy for participation
You want to finish in first place 
At the end of the race?
With time you’ll find 
The seeds were already sewn
By you in your mind in the very beginning
The day you stop dreaming 
Is the day you stop achieving
And start living down to expectations 
With nothing left to believe in
Through the years 
Many infidels have raised hell
Trying to make things even
Leaving us in tears 
As more victims fell 
To some godless heathen
If you visualize grilled cheese
That could lead to world peace
But if you envision a barbeque
That just might be the end of me and you
Once you take control 
Over the power within your mind
You can create the best possible version
Of all outcomes desired
MEET MICHAEL HAWK By Tom Jensen
I called up this girl who
was going to see me tonight
She told me she was going to
a play with Michael Hawk…
Have you ever
met Michael Hawk?
I heard all his friends
call him Mike
He’s real friendly with the ladies
There’s something
about him they all like
Have you ever
met Michael Hawk?
He’s what they call
a real standup guy
He is over
six feet tall
And almost two feet wide
Michael Hawk might look
a little strange to you
Because his head is purple
His belly is white
And his feet are blue
He’s a memorable man
that Michael Hawk…
He always leans when he walks
He only wears one sock
And he never, ever talks
All the girls fall in love
with Michael Hawk
They say he’ll fit you
like a glove
that Michael Hawk
And that no man rises above
Michael Hawk
Yes, he’s very well
thought of that
Michael Hawk
Come along with
Michael Hawk
Won’t you dance
with Michael Hawk?
Hum a song to
Michael Hawk
Wrap your hands
around Michael Hawk
But never laugh
at Michael Hawk
And never turn your back on
Michael Hawk
Or you might get
slapped by Michael Hawk
For he’s very rash
that Michael Hawk
Have him for breakfast
Michael Hawk
Make him supper
Michael Hawk
Introduce him to your
sister and mother
Michael Hawk
But not your father or brother
Michael Hawk
He reminds me of a pirate,
Michael Hawk
For he’s only got one good eye
He’s made many girls go blind
Other girls quiver
and other girls cry
If you ever come across
Michael Hawk
Don’t hesitate to
give him a kiss
Just so long
as you don’t mind
The slight taste
of salt upon your lips
CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Tom Jensen
As you're getting sleepy in your bed
Busy staring at the walls
My head is still spinning
As I'm pacing up and down the halls
I just need one more line only one more verse
And when I finally fall asleep it only gets worse
Yea lately I've been losing faith
Been having trouble thinking straight
What I thought I'd found has been misplaced
What I've been giving out
Well, I finally got a taste
When I woke up I couldn't see my face
Time to take a clean wipe to the slate
The past has now been erased 
No right path to follow
No lines left to trace
I see no yellow lines on the highway
I've done it your way now I'll try it my way
There's a road not yet paved in stone
No one left to follow when you're alone
No shepherd to guide you
No shadows to hide you
No need to ask directions 
When you're heading home
Every sign you've seen has led you astray
When you stuck out your thumb 
no one was going your way
The highway you stand upon
Winds so violently and looks so long
You've just gotta be strong
Keep writing and singing your song
Time to take a clean wipe to the slate
The past has now been erased 
No right path to follow
No lines left to trace
I see no yellow lines on the highway
I've done it your way now I'll try it my way
CRYSTAL BALL By Tom Jensen
Indecisiveness has got a hold of me
Should I stay, should I go?
The high road, the low road
So many forces
That push and that pull
They act as they will
And they're acting now still
Just one of the choices
That I have to make
How much more can I take?
Couldn't sleep
For the last month and a half
Need a crystal ball
Because I shattered the glass
Was it half full or half empty?
But I can get it refilled they got plenty
Or at least they tell me so
But just where it is I still don't know
Maybe around the corner
Maybe half-way around the globe
Still feeling like a foreigner
Living the life of Job
I don't feel disgraced
I'm just losing my faith
Finding more questions than answers
As the hour's getting late
PARDON ME By Tom Jensen
I just got a pardon from the president
Because I did not admit 
to what I knew they'd submit as evidence
And I just made a friend 
who will do what it takes
And be there to the end 
or at least until he fixes mistakes
I think we may have just set 
a new precedence
Since it is so clearly evident
That politics is no place for benevolence
When we can't trust the president
That means we can't trust the government
Who often sells out its residents
Giveth and taketh on false precedents
Since some just take whatever they need
With greed...
what's important is the numbers on
Not the names of dead presidents
I have come to believe
Not everyone is entitled to be free
Because a handful of money is all you need
To put people in your pocket to guarantee
That when trouble comes it'll let you be
When you buy a judge 
You can throw out the jury
The system's become corrupt
Manipulated through misdeeds
Someone should do something
'Cause there's a document I've seen
Saying they're vetting Ann Coulter 
and Satan
To run together in 2016
Just remember that
Every candidate has a rhyme
Around election time
Saying we'll do just fine
If you wave this sign
Standing on a pedestal
Waving a fake gold medal
Just rubbing on their crystal ball
Saying they've been here and there
They've seen and done it all
Only after the choice has been made
And you've dealt them the ace of spades
While thinking that politics isn't a game
And you haven't been played
But finally after all the promises 
have been made
You found that the scale of honesty
Has never been weighed
As they've forgotten all that they've said
Speaking this while doing that 
They placed one foot on the platform
And then they fell flat
The train they boarded straight to the top
The engine failed; the track got derailed
And when the conductor was jailed
The bail they collected was never mailed
Yet every opinion they stated
Was quoted as fact
Saying that proof was in the eye
And they said it with such tact
Even though no
Evidence ever backed
But numbers can lie
Once you've developed the knack
So everyone signed on the dotted line
Without ever reading the pact
And now you're complaining
About paying so high a tax
Once you sign a deal with the Devil
There's no turning back
However, there's a new path unpaved…
So it's up to me and you
We've been taught to
follow the leader
Sadly, it's true
It can't be that way anymore
Time for us to settle the score
Start pushing the stale old values aside
No more can we run and hide
The government that rules us
practically everyone is a liar
Words catching on
And now it's spreading like a fire
They've talked and talked
Talk, talk, talk 'til they're blue in the face
Just follow me and I'll show you the way
Going to Washington D.C.
Time to see the true enemy
But beware...for their twisting tongues 
will tell you it's me
Don't listen to them if you want to be free
Join us - every color and race
Speed up! - We've got to quicken the pace
Million man march - huh – 
multiply that by ten
History, we're going through it again
Do it for the homeless you meet
Do it for the children on the street
Think about the hungry, the ill, and the sick
We'll dismantle the system brick by brick
Tell it straight 
and don't beat around the Bush
We tried to pull now it's time to push
It's nine for them and one for us
It's their turn to sit on the back of the bus
The politicians look us right in the eyes
While their words are full of lies
So it should come as no surprise
What happens to them after they die
They care not for us only I
They tell me, "Well, just because..."
When I ask why
They say,
"They learned it from their peers...
That true honesty has disappeared."
So true has come our biggest fears
There's no one left who really cares
I'm going to give each one a mirror
So they can see what we see
Then I'm going to run for president
So I can show what's evident
I will answer questions truthfully
And you can think what you want of me
I'll hide behind no mask at all
Not forced to sit I will stand tall...
I'll be myself and wear no veil
With my left hand on the bible:
"I smoked pot and I inhaled!"
COMPLICATED SUBJECT By Tom Jensen
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
BREAKING HER HEART
by Tom Jensen
Your heart breaks with every tender touch
You think to yourself
You don't love her all that much
The moon and the stars
She'd give them all to you
So with a tear in your eye you continue...
Skin so soft and light brown hair
She stares into your eyes without a single care
You have become her shelter from the rain
Yet while she's filled with love you're filled with pain...
Reality screams into your ear
So you try to collect yourself 
You try and calm your fears
How long can you play this game?
How much longer can you simply hold your shame?
Life is anything but a fairy tale
And before you pass sometimes you fail
They say it's better to have loved and to have lost
Then never have played so we pay the cost 
Every passing day you sink in sand
Becomes even harder when she holds onto your hand
You can't be the one who shatters her dreams
So you make her believe everything is as it seems
It's never easy when the time has come
It's never easy but you had your fun
Do not feel sorry for what you've done
For after the rain soon comes the sun
Life is anything but a fairy tale
And before you pass sometimes you fail
They say it's better to have loved and to have lost
Then never have played so we pay the cost
HURTING HER KNEES AND PRIDE 
by Tom Jensen
My girlfriend's house...
Her parents are home
They don't like me much...
So we're never alone
I'm sitting on the sofa...
And she's looking so fine
We've been dating so long...
Don't they know she's mine?
They think she's so pure...
And that she can wear white
An innocent girl...
A parents' delight
I'm so sorry...
She didn't tell you what's right
Like what she does...
When she spends the night
Because of these lies...
By your law she abides
Because of these lies...
In the bushes we hide
Because of these lies...
We make love outside
Because of these lies...
We take the car for a ride
They say what's unknown
Doesn't hurt you
And that the truth shall set you free
But if they only knew what I've taken
They'd take you away from me
This is our little secret
So we'll play our charades
We'll keep singing our song
Until the music fades
Come for a ride and I'll take you away
It's finally our turn
In this game that we play
Yeah I'm feeling good
I really got it tonight
Let's drive somewhere
And turn off the lights
Love has its prices
And love has its costs
I'll unbutton your shirt
While you watch out for the cops
Though she can't by wine
She can still buy smokes
Is she old enough to love?
Don't ask her folks
Their old school values
And their old school style
Today I'd place 'em
In an old school pile
Because of the old ways...
They try to keep me away
Because of the old ways...
They never let me stay
Because of the old ways...
This is the game we play
Because of the old ways...
They think we'll wait 'til our wedding day
When she's at college
They never see me at all
And they never hear us rattling the walls
But when she's home
In the window I crawl
Better not get caught...
I hear that dad's gotta gun
I smoke a pack a day...
Don't get far when I run
Too great the risk...
I don't wanna get caught
I think it's time to head
Out to the parking lot
Yeah, out in the corner
And in the shadows we hide
She says,
"It hurts her knees...and it hurts her pride"
NEVER EXPECT IT By Your Wife Tom Jensen
My wife’s a b*tch… That’s why she gets hit
When I get upset… I just raise my fist
She knows it well… She gave me hell
Then down she fell… Now she ain’t well
My wife’s a b*tch… That’s why she gets hit
When I get upset (click sound)… I just raise (bang!)
(pause)
My husband’s dead… I shot him in the head
That’s the last time I said… Now the floor’s all red
Now I’m going off to bed… Later I’ll clean all this mess
Decide whether to confess… Or go and burn this bloody dress
(humming)
My husband’s dead… I shot him in the head
That was the last time I said...
CALL IT FATE By Tom Jensen
Birds circle around your home
Say it one more time...
Why won't they leave you alone?
They flap their wings from side to side
But from Mother Nature no man can hide
Being punished for crimes --
Well, that may be
For crimes against humanity
Just when you thought
There was no one to see
Now you look at your life
And who is to blame?
You can call it fate
You can call it a shame
As your family boasts:
"You're in the prime of your life"
You go under the doctor's knife
For cancer has no name or face
Unfortunately for you it's too late
Enter the hospital a dying life
Exit the church a crying wife
Now you look at your death
Pondering who is to blame?
You can call it fate
You can call it a shame
In the next room of the hospital
Is a mother's joy
The prize of a life - a baby boy
The parents counted the fingers
Then the parents counted the toes
But what's in the soul nobody really knows
Food, love and shelter - baby got his fill
So no one knows why he grew to kill
You can look at their deaths
And who they blame
You can call it fate
You can call it a shame
A man dresses in the mirror
As he flashes a smile
In a two-thousand dollar suit
He'll wear at the trial
He asks the judge to cut his client a break
Starts preaching about
How we all make mistakes
The judge, on these words, reduces bail
Keeps a guilty man away from jail
His freedom is gained but what's been lost?
Will he do it again?
                                                 They keep their fingers crossed                                                                                

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COME FOR A RIDE 
by Tom Jensen
Hey baby, 
Come for a ride and I’ll take you home
But then I’ll have to leave you on your own
I can never be the one for you
Sometime, somewhere you’ll see it too
I tried to stay as long as I can
But you’ll find another to be your man
Someone to love you like I couldn’t do
One who brings candy and roses, too
Hey baby, 
Come for a ride and I’ll take you home
But then I’ll have to leave you on your own
I can never be the one for you
I could never promise my love was true
I tried to stay as long as I can
But I cannot change the man I am
I won’t lead you on 
It’s too weary for the heart
I should have seen it coming 
Right from the start
Hey baby, 
Come for a ride and I’ll take you home
But then I’ll have to leave you on your own
I can never be the one for you
Sometime, somewhere you’ll see it too
I tried to stay as long as I can
You’ll find another to be your man
Someone to love you like I couldn’t do
One who brings candy and roses, too
Hey baby, 
Come for a ride and I’ll take you home
But then I’ll have to leave you on your own
I can never be the one for you
I could never promise my love was true
I tried to stay as long as I can
But I cannot change the man I am
I won’t lead you on 
It’s too weary for the heart
I should have seen it coming 
Right from the start
Hey baby, 
Come for a ride and I’ll take you home
But then I’ll have to leave you all alone
AS FOR ME
by Tom Jensen
Kisses and drugs
Make the world go round
Angry eyes and frowns
Just keep us down...
Booze and hugs help take off the edge
It's great to escape every now and then...
As for me... (as for me)
Well I'm glad you asked
When I look at my reflection I see 
many faces looking back 
from the shattered glass
back from the shards 
of shattered glass
back from these shards 
of shattered glass
Religion puts us all in boxes and rows
Though we know it's hard to open
a mind that's closed
In politics half the people are wrong
Half the people are right
Some enjoy a good fight
As for me... (as for me)
Well I'm glad you asked
When I look at my reflection I see 
many faces looking back 
from the shattered glass
Back from the shards of shattered glass
Back from these shards of shattered glass
Some people are strong
Others weak inside
So they hide behind 
a hollow wall of pride
(That's what they/we do)
Some people are greedy
Others feed the needy
Still more are shady
And some just plain seedy
As for me... (as for me)
Well I'm glad you asked
When I look at my reflection I see 
many faces looking back 
from the shattered glass
back from the shards of shattered glass
back from these shards of shattered glass
I don't judge myself on what I've done...
(Don't judge yourself on what you've done)
But on the things I've yet to do...
(There's so much out there that you can do)
I know somehow I've failed someone...
(You can't go pleasing everyone)
I'm just not yet sure if I know who...
(Sorry, but you will have to choose...)
APPLIED FAITH by Tom Jensen
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
NOTHING AT ALL By Tom Jensen
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
FENCES By Tom Jensen
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
F THE W By Tom Jensen
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?
LIGHT By Tom Jensen
My world is empty
As strangers pass 
I imagine myself 
endeared in their eye
They never stop, 
just go about their daily routine
Never wondering what 
an unknown figure 
could ever do for them
Perhaps make every dream come true
Perhaps give them the sun 
and place it in their hands
They walk by 
and their lives are changed forever, 
unknown to them
I could have been their everything
My life remains the same, alone
I am willing to love
Yet they never stop, 
just go about their daily routine
Sometimes I try to be noticed, 
I shout and wave my hands
And make promises I fully intend to keep
But they do not stop, not for me
Desperate, I keep on searching
Filling my void with whatever 
I find to make the day pass
Night falls and covers 
my weeping eyes and damp cheeks
Despair fills my heart 
just as darkness fills the air
Alone and in the dark 
my eyes catch sight of a distant light
So far in the distance 
and so high atop the sky
Seemingly a kin to the mountains 
it is so unreachable
Yet I must try
What have I to lose 
except the pain of tears?
With every step closer 
my sorrow is lifted
I walk long miles 
yet my legs do not feel heavy
My heart begins racing 
as the light does not fade 
as I get closer
So many times before my dreams crushed 
right before my eyes
Maybe once I will succeed to reach the top
After what seems like 
an eternity of traveling I reach the summit
The light, once distant and small, 
now encompasses me
I stand before it, anxious to touch it
I extend my hand in friendly greeting
The light enters my fingertips 
and explodes into my body
A body once cold regains warmth
Each sense more excited than the next
All pain ever felt before 
is exiled back to where it came
My spirit returns and I feel alive
The light I now hold within guides me
Through darkness
Through worry
Now as I have found the light 
I will never be alone
The light I have found 
is you
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY by Tom Jensen
Graffiti scribbled on the side of a building
Obscenities aimed at the passing children
Yet these simple words can have
Such a complicated effect
On an empty vessel of thought
Dependent on a world filled with neglect
With the wind picking up
There's trash blowing all over the ground
There's three guys under 'neath a bridge
Passing the bottle around
I see weeds sprawling across the sidewalk
Crawling up through the cracks
I watch a kid on his way home to a broken home
Walking alone along the tracks
Things are heading south
No matter which way you face
What is bitter to your eyes
Can give your mouth a bad taste
Seems that everywhere I look
There's something that hurts my eyes
They say another day, another dollar,
Which each new day comes a new surprise
It's not just the inner city
Where things are getting worse
When the intellectual property of so many
Needs to be torn down or reinforced
ADVICE By Tom Jensen
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?
PLAYING CHESS By Tom Jensen
Burning up...Burning out...
Sitting in an ashtray...
With no way out...
Walking in circles...
Across hot coals...
Something landed on my lap...
What? Only God knows...
This is some new sh#$...
Highly funky...
Caged like a monkey...
Start by turning one key...
End up as a junky...
You may say highly unlikely...
But you could end up just like me....
If you say yes...
Would your life be a mess?
It's anyone's guess...
Well, life's like playing chess...
Let me explain my life
In a way that you can see it
I'm fighting a battle
I'm playing a game
But I know I’ll never beat it
So many moves though
I proceed with caution
While I’m weary of hesitation
Each step must be wise...
Just to escape total domination...
In that there is no compromise
All the devils have eyes...
Some wear suits and ties...
And tell dirty lies...
Some things just won't die
Someone watching
From way up high
Is playing chess with my mind
And I think the general
He wants me to die
As he sends me to the front
Of the battle lines
I've been a pawn
For far too long
Even though I'm still fighting
I don't know which side I'm on
Every time I look behind me
The general's gone
I hear checkmate
I now stand alone
And half-way around the world
Is a long way from home
Somehow I was taken
And played just like a fool
And I was mistaken
Thinking everyone plays
By the same set of rules
When I smash the board
I'll free myself
When I drop my gun
They'll enlist someone else
For I am no hero
I've lost all hope
Of saving mankind
If I can save myself
Then at least
I won't be wasting time
If I ever get that far
Then I'll try to free the others
One at a time
Show them what to be weary of
And all the warning signs
For even on top of the world
There are still mountains left to climb
SHADOW OF SMOKE By Tom Jensen
Just a shadow of smoke
That's how I appear
Try to reach out and touch me
What you see disappears
No living soul can reach me
First you see my face
Vanish into thin air
And then gone without a trace
Just another mystery
A puzzle no one can solve
First I am there
And then I dissolve
Just a castle of sand
Before the tide comes to me
And after a warm embrace
Carries me out to the sea
So back into the fog I fade
My own little solitary parade
Back into the waters I wade
Unable to undo all I have made
I've lost my soul
Through the horrors I've seen
Along with my past desires
Of all I could have been
To the days of old
I can never return
Time passes slowly
When the memories still burn
As I see children laugh
And young mothers dance
I know I've lived my life
There is no second chance
Just a shadow of smoke
That's how I appear
Try to reach out and touch me
What you see disappears
SHADES By Tom Jensen
What color are your eyes?
To me that’s as important
As the color of your skin
About this I am quite certain
What color are you inside?
That’s what really matters
What we can see outside
Are just shades and spatters
Shades from mighty bright white
To midnight black or blacker
To me it’s a mitigated factor
Much like the clothes of a good actor
For it’s just a tiny fraction of the whole
Something that’s beyond all of our control
Gives no insight to the depths of the soul
Might show where we’re from -
But not where we’re gonna go…
FIRST GLANCE by Tom Jensen
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
SHADOW BOXING By Tom Jensen
Maids in the morning sweeping up broken glass
Long lost dreams of a shattered past
As a cup full of life is spilled to the floor
A man who once had riches now lives poor
Walking down the spiral staircase that is my mind
Passing all the memories that I've left behind
See the same things enough soon you'll grow blind
Be careful of what doors you open and what you will find
Some patterns are so hard to break they end up breaking you
Anyone who's ever worn these shoes knows this is true
See enough dope and you're bound to give it a try
See murders every day and pretty soon you won't cry
There's blood on the sidewalk
The scent of death in the air
Yet you stroll right past
While others stop and stare
Some men live long and some die young
Some carry heavy burdens, some carry none
When you're shadow boxing you sometimes bruise
When you fight yourself sometimes you lose
BIRTHRIGHT By Tom Jensen
I had a glass of wine and I felt fine
Yeah, so I had a couple more…
I went out looking for a good time
Like Marco Polo – I wanted to explore…
Had no idea what it would bring
Maybe something great 
or perhaps nothing…
The only difference 
between the pauper and the king
Is just birthright 
and the size of the diamond ring…
Change the substance not the shadow
Or else you’ll find that change is hollow
Let the light in open the window
Lead the people and they will follow
What do I do…
If not this?
What do I share?
If not this gift?
What’s the best present
To give to our kids?
I say a future world 
Left better than when we 
First came into it?
But leading by example 
Is the hardest thing to do
To reserve and hold your judgment 
Until you walk one day without shoes
Singing the song of someone else 
Well, it only goes to prove
That one man’s country song
Can be another man’s blues
What do I do if not this?
I could go back to being a hypocrite
Hello dear…(fake smile)
Hi my love…(kiss, kiss)
Change the substance not the shadow
Or else you’ll find that change is hollow
Let the light in open the window
Lead the people and they will follow
Here’s something those of you
With two jobs already know
This bitter pill has become 
Too hard to swallow
Healthcare’s gone for good
And Social Security will follow
They want you to pay for today
So they can own you tomorrow
Overworked and underpaid
Slowly dying from minimum wage
Swimming in debt as the cost of living
It rises over your head…
so you try to forget…
But I won’t let you forget:
Change the substance not the shadow
Or else you’ll find that change is hollow
Let the light in open the window
Lead the people and they will follow
BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Tom Jensen
I can see by that look in your eye...
That you're longing for something to believe in
You can see as you look back at me...
That I'm trying to find some kind of reason
For you to hang on
And for me to be strong
Maybe if we put our heads together
We can tell where things went wrong
One fresh breath of inspiration
Of flickering illumination
To spark the motivation
And bring back the love
That now seems to be gone...
To be gone...
The love of all the beauty
That lies within our beasts
The fulfillment of our goals
That we see inside our dreams 
The return to balance and moderation
Between these two extremes
Summoning the inner wisdom within ourselves
That lets us flow as we become one 
With the supreme being In harmonious love...
With all living things
La... la...
la la la la la la
La... la...
la la la la la la
WORTH THE WAIT by Tom Jensen
By the time I got to my paper
My pen was too tired to write
My eyes they started closing
And then I lost my sight
I don't quite remember 
Just what I was thinking of
It had something to do with you
And it had something to do with love
Blah blah blah blah…
The words all sound the same
Ha ha ha ha 
Even silence sings your name
Na na na na…..
There's no one that I blame
La La La La ……
I'm just so happy that you came
 Some say that absence
Makes the heart grow fonder
But I wasn't waiting 'round much longer
And though I've never been good at predicting fate
You were well worth the wait
Now that I've grown 
I've learned how to play the game
To finally win in the end
I found myself being tamed
Now that I've grown
There’s nothing I can't take
And since I learned how to bend 
I know I’ll never break
Some say that absence
Makes the heart grow fonder
But I wasn't waiting 'round much longer
And though I've never been good at predicting fate
You were well worth the wait
HE SAID SHE SAID By Tom Jensen
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
THE SPOT by Tom Jensen
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 sh*t 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
LOOK HER UP by Tom Jensen
You fell in love
But she wasn’t a ten
Now you’re wondering
What if you went back again…
Would you look her up 
Just to f*ck her hot friend?
Yeah, that’s the question
Most asked amongst men
Some live to run themselves
Straight through the ringer
Keep falling in love
With all these unplugged singers
When they’ve already heard the story
As we count the fallen seeking glory
TRASH CAN by Tom Jensen
Here is where I stand
Beside a burning trash can
Found a way to relieve my pain
Gathered everything that 
reminds me of your name
Ooh...Whoa...
Ooh...Whoa...
Every picture of you and I 
And all of the precious possessions 
That you left behind
As if a priest I now preside
In leading the funeral procession
My tears over these lost years
Have replaced the
bittersweet tasting wine
Ooh.... Whoa...
Ooh... Whoa...
Ooh... Whoa...
Since I am already pale 
Having found I lost my host
I find no further reasons
To invoke the holy ghost
Hoo...
Here is where I stand
Next to everything that you left
Beside a burning trash can
It's the only way that I'll ever forget
Hoo... Ooh...
Hoo... Ooh...
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