City and Sand
Go to the Light
When darkness starts to fill your life
And the whole world has it's lost its mind
There’s just one place you can go tonight
Go to the light
Go to the light
Gonna be alright
If you go to the light
Haters don’t like seeing the light in your eyes
But we won’t let them drag us down this time
Not gonna listen to them criticize
Not gonna listen to the little lies they multiply
Not gonna listen to them dramatize
Not gonna listen to the spreading lies they canonize
With a blindfold that covers your eyes
You feel the water, but your hands are tied
You’ve got to break the bonds and
Go to the light
Go to the light
Gonna be alright
If you go to the light
Let’s go tonight
Let’s go to the light
They try to tell you a story, about why it is okay
For them to come around and take it all away
Not gonna listen to them criticize
Not gonna listen to the little lies they multiply
Not gonna listen to them dramatize
Not gonna listen to the spreading lies they canonize
When the whole world has it's lost its mind
There’s still one place you can go tonight
Go to the light
Go to the light
Gonna be alright
If you go to the light
It’s time to restore your faith
And feed your mind
You’ll find it's easy if you try
Just open up and let yourself go
Go to the light
Go to the light
Gonna be alright
If you go to the light
Go to the light!
20 Years
Ghost in my Head
We gather here today
Grab your old guitar and play
Feel rich to know you’re there
Trying not to stare
Please don’t you leave
I finally do believe
You’re right there in the wind
If I call, you come right in
It’s nothing we should fear
But I feel you standing near
For once I was not wrong
Never are you gone
On and on, on he goes again
Ghost in my head, telling me what he thinks
On and on, on he goes again
Ghost in my head
Ghost in my head
I can hear your words inside
Much more since you died
They echo in my brain
Really could drive a man insane
But it is not you inside
Just a memory alive
Wanting to survive
Tries to claw its way outside
It’s gonna break me down
Gonna rip myself away
If I don’t let it go
Let you go and float away
So I go out all alone
I leave my ghost at home
Try hard not to take a dive
I think I just saw you walking by
On and on, on he goes again
Ghost in my head, telling me what he thinks
On and on, on he goes again
Ghost in my head
Ghost in my head
I can talk to you at night
When the feeling is not right
And you tell me what you’d say
If you were here today
If you were here today
Out To Sea
Sally woke up on a Saturday torn,
Knows if she goes, she will feel their scorn
She’s been hiding behind the roses
Between the concrete and supposes
But they only give what they want to receive
They never even try to give her what she needs
When the night gets quiet, she starts to drink
The thoughts spin around until she starts to sink
I’m heading out to sea
I can take you with me
Flash the light twice tonight
Pack your bag, pack it light
Now her dad Joe, acts like he’s CEO
keeps giving out answers,
but they never really know
Was he the best in class, or is it just a dance?
Is his heart full of stone,
does he ever take a chance?
Well, I could not find my way without her today
But he is telling me to go away
So I hide on the other side of the engines
And listen to what they say
I’m heading out to sea
I can take you with me
Flash the light twice tonight
Pack your bag, pack it light
Don’t you talk too proud
There’s a monster underground
And he wants to pull you down
Don’t you talk too proud
There’s a monster underground
And he wants to pull you down
Where you’ll never make a sound
I’m gonna get the words right
I’ve got to get to you tonight
I try to reach out, but step on your hand
How can I make you understand?
I do promise, I will stay
All my time, all my days
All my nights, all our fights
In the dark and in the light
It’s not much, I do confess
I’m not right, I am a mess
But I will stay with you forever
Wherever you want me to be
Yeah, I will stay with you here forever
If that’s what you want from me
I’ll stay right here with you forever
If that’s what you want from me
I’ll stay right here with you forever
If that’s where you want me to be
Radio
I like turning on the radio
When I’m running a little too low
Hear the melodies that came before
Stretching out across the floor
When the signal is coming in
I remember how to live again
But all the talk is getting old
It sounds like mind control
Gimme no more lies, no more hysteria
No lies, coming through in stereo
No lies, no more hysteria please.
I want no more lies, no more hysteria
No lies, coming through in stereo
No lies, no more hysteria please
When you start to get long in years
Pretty soon you got to change your gears
If you got to break down in tears, go ahead
There is nothing stopping you here
When I want to get outside the crowd
Turn on that radio, clear and loud
But I’m only finding talk today
And I don’t care what they say
Treat the world like it’s some kind of zoo
Feeling clever in the interview
But the guests are just versions of you
Repetition doesn’t make it true
Keep telling lies on the radio
Try to spread the fear, they got a lot of fear
I really want to listen to what I don’t know
Got a lot to hear, there’s a lot to hear
I love any song that stirs the soul
My spirit was raised by rock and roll
It’s not a game, so stop keeping score
I don’t want to listen to you talk no more
Gimme no more lies, no more hysteria
No lies, coming through in stereo
No lies, no more hysteria please
I want no more lies, no more hysteria
No lies, coming through in stereo
No lies, no more hysteria please
20 Years Gone
It’s 20 years gone and you’re feeling fine
Everybody thought you would lose your mind any day
but you made but you made it okay
You step around all the sideline fights,
everybody's seeing that you’re keeping it right
It’s 20 years gone, 20 years today
Turn to face your fear, don’t you run away
Break down the words, and you throw out the lies
Take it easy, it’s the fourth of July, everyday
It’s bombs away, so you pray and pray
It’s not easy just to change your mind
Too many opinions can make you go blind
All light is gone and you can’t find your way
Close your eyes until it’s a brand new day
When the bombs keep dropping, taking your breath away
light is gone, you can’t find the words to say
Just close your eyes until it’s a brand new day
Heart’s sinking down like an elevator going underground
He keeps trying to go a little bit faster
Taking swigs from a recipe of disaster
but we don’t make a sound
It’s 20 years gone, it’s 20 years today
Turn to face your life, don’t you run away
Line them all up, shake the rust into dust,
Everybody needs somebody to trust
They try and crush what they cannot sell, they want more
It’s 20 years gone, 20 years today
Face down on the concrete is not okay
20 years gone, 20 years today
Close your eyes until it’s a brand new day
20 Years (cont'd)
Heart Thru School
I’ve been asking you questions
And I’m getting back lies
I never hear nothing
that does surprise
You’ve been selling stories
You’ve been selling dreams
Watching our world
Fall apart at the seems
Please don’t you throw me to the wolf
Don’t you throw me to the wolf
Please don’t you chain me to the fool
Don’t you chain me to the fool
I got a hard enough time
just to get my heart through school
I got a hard enough time
to avoid you looking so cool
Ready, steady now I go
Learned it from a video
Now I’m putting on a show
Please don’t you throw me to the wolf
Don’t you throw me to the wolf
Please don’t you chain me to the fool
Don’t you chain me to the fool
Got a hard enough time
to avoid you looking so cool
I got a hard enough time
just to get my heart through school
Taking a break again
gonna run for the minimum
Better rent you a gentlemen
Who can yell at me again and again
Don’t take it back, get it right
if you want to shine a light
Look at us, living life
don’t you want a slice?
Flip the script, take a bite
Why do you want to fight?
Take a chance, you can dance
You might find it nice
You might try it twice.
Choked Up
My friends told me to stay away
but not the reasons they felt that way
Couldn’t listen to them throwing shade
Telling me that we’re not gonna make the grade
(Okay, okay)
She keeps dishing out the alibis
can’t she see, I see through the lies?
I saw her car on Dillon’s drive
didn’t stop to ask her why
(I roll by)
I choked up. So what?
I woke up, just as she’s walking away
So what? I choked up, watch her leaving today
She came around here, she didn’t hesitate
I played along like it wasn’t getting late (stay awake)
I turned around, she wasn’t there
Ran out the door and down the stairs
Bright lights buzzing like a hive.
She slides up
I come alive
I choked up. So what?
I woke up, just as she’s walking away
So what? I choked up, watch her leaving today
There is no reason for me to stay, so I’m sailing away
Here comes another, so make some room
She amplifies the attitude
Said yesterday is ancient history
She tries to burn all our memories
I feel my mind reel, I feel it spinning away.
I see her lips moving, I can't hear what they say
I can’t hear the words she say,
I can’t hear a thing today
I choked up. So what?
I woke up, just as she’s walking away
So what? I choked up, watch her leaving today
Fires From Space
I wake up, I go down, start clearing off the ground
I don’t mind, I’m just picking up sticks,
Filling up those barrels, and I’m filling them quick
Building fires so high you can see them from space
Keep doing it fast like it’s some kind of race
I can taste the smoke going down to my lungs
I listen to the echoes of the songs we sung
Get yourself out of the way,
Get yourself out of your own damn way
She’s waiting to take you away
Taking you to a new school today
Go and learn all you can,
you don’t have to understand
Give her all that you have
give her all you can give
What she’ll give you back
is the best reason to live
The fire goes up, the smoke falls down,
It’s time to leave, no messing around
The flames are coming, burning trees like sticks,
it’s burning houses, it’s burning ‘em quick
The fire’s so high you can see it from space
Leaving here fast like it’s some kind of race
I taste the smoke going down to my lungs
Spitting out the ashes that land on my tongue
Dig It Up
Dig it up, dig down as far as you know (x2)
You dig deep, pile it up wherever you go (x2)
Hey little sister, don’t you listen when they tell you where to go
Keep on driving and you’ll find your road I know
Everybody thinks that you’re going too slow
But the jokers and the chokers just can’t go with the flow
She keeps on digging, she really is starting to glow
Does it on reflex, don’t know where it’ll go
She just keeps smiling, finally found a place to call home
Dig it up, dig down as far as you know (x2)
You dig deep, pile it up wherever you go (x2)
Hey my brother, I know you’ll find another
don’t you let it break you down
You got to keep on moving, keep on making your sound
You’ve been digging all night, and now you’re completely out of sight
He keeps on digging, he really is starting to glow
Does it on reflex, don’t know where it’ll go
He just keeps smiling, finally found a heart of gold
Dig it up, dig down as far as you know (x2)
You dig deep, pile it up wherever you go (x2)
They keep on digging, they really do put on a show
Do it on reflex, don’t know where it’ll go
When love will strike, you never really know
Me I’m just watching, I’m waiting for a UFO
Broadway Rose
This story starts on a peaceful evening
We all know looks can be deceiving
A band was playing down at the Street Scene
When the crowd got big, some people got mean
It was some kind of protest, some kind of rally
When a bomb exploded in the alley
Police are coming on the left and right
Smoke is clouding out the light
Stage caught fire, I can feel the heat
Running for our lives down on Main Street
A bus pulls up. Yeah, we jump right in
Pretty soon, we can breathe again
Come to stop a few miles away
finally see who saved the day
and she’s singing a beautiful song
grab a guitar and play along
We keep playing on until the dawn
with Broadway Rose
Don’t you know what hate can do?
Turn up the heat until you blow a fuse
Give you a tip, try something new
might find a good friend when you do
We’ve been out in the Redwood trees
Saying thank you, saying please
All the people living in peace
But when we get back to our town
Everybody’s tearing each other down
People talk about all their wishes
Think they’ve got it a little bit twisted
But She, she’s singing everyday
Makes our blues just melt away
The band is loud, the dancers sway
In our city by the bay
Its Broadway Rose and Omega Tones
It’s Broadway Rose and Omega Tones
They’ll shake your what?!
Gonna shake your bones!
Don’t you know what love can do?
It’s good for me, it’s good for you
can lift you up from the hole you’re in
Remind you how to smile again
Some people say that we’re not right
Keep telling us they want to fight
So all our friends are stepping out
Stand in a line, don’t have to shout.
The bullies run as fast as they can
Wave at them with the back of our hands
People talk about all their wishes
Think they’ve got it a little bit twisted
But She, she’s singing everyday
Makes our blues just melt away
The band is loud, the dancers sway
In our city by the bay
Its Broadway Rose and Omega Tones
It’s Broadway Rose and Omega Tones
They’ll shake your what?!
Gonna shake your bones!
Dominos
Woke up to trouble,
Johnny better get your guns
They rolled into town, hoping we would run
They try to take all that we own
But nobody here stands alone
They’ve been bombing bridges along the way
Only care about yesterday
But we’ve got the light that we need
Shine it down upon our seeds
How the mighty fall
You don’t take nothing from this life
But you still try to cut a slice as you go
How the mighty fall - All fall like dominos
Now they all will fall - All fall like dominos
Keep on drifting from all you’ve known
What’s inside you’ll never show
When all is well, you raise a toast
But don’t say a word when we need you most
How the mighty fall - All fall like dominos
Now they all will fall - All fall like dominos
We don’t want to be a part of you
Now we know what we must do
Bring the fight right to your coast
Yeah, it’s time to vámonos
Let’s go!
How the mighty fall - All fall like dominos
Now they all will fall - All fall like dominos