Rockit

You better bring gold if you bring it with me

I’ll hang you on the wall with your integrity

I pick the hits in the solace of my car

I drive it, used

I sometimes win…but I never lose

If I didn’t feel low, I wouldn’t get so high

I know it’s wrong, but it makes me feel right

I’m a shell of myself, in my war with you

I’m losing ground

Just bring it—back me down

Gentle to the touch

It means so much

I don’t care what you say to me

I’ve got a rocket in my pocket that will set me free

I don’t car what you say to me

I’ve got a rock it in my pocket that will set me free….

Real Life

Everybody cares

Everybody listens when they’re scared

Making their lists

Making a fist without you here

Even if we can

Even if we don’t quite understand

Only you know me

No one else knows dick about me

I’m so inclined

To come by

Anytime

A glass of wine

Could set us straight

It’s a date

It’s a real life

These are big shoes

They feel raw and slightly used

Walk them on down

To the edge of this desolated town

Back of the bus

It’s a lonely world but what’s the fuss

I think about my dad

He never wanted the son you're lookin at

Humbled by the rush

Our clock is set too fast for us

Slow it on down

Realize we all end up in the ground

It's a daunting task

(Pro)creation kicks me in the ass

But here I go, I’m

Packing only love down this one way road

Long Way

Love is kind of twofold

She said

You tear it down the middle

And you wrap it around the edge

As you stand out on the ledge

It's a long way down

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the wrong way

Your love is flying blind, she read

She says it takes the right man

To practice what he says

Knows when the light is red

Knows when to stop

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the wrong way

If the party's on then take it

If the job is long then fake it

I'd rather die alone than make it

That's right

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the long way

Everybody takes the wrong way

St. Louis

I’m back home

I feel depressed

I found your clothes

And your new address

Why leave a note?

Why leave a note?

Your words are a joke,

The breeze makes me choke,

And all the time the answers were in front of my face

I try to think about tomorrow, but  I can’t forget today

I found my old records

And all my books

I found my old Bee Gees

But the turntable you took

I called on in to work

I said I can’t make it in today

I’d sleep it off

But I’m too awake

And all the time the jokes that did not make any sense

I finally figured out the punchline…was at my expense

So I’m back home

Or what remains

I watch the snow

Drift off my windowpane

So much wasted spit

So many envelopes

All these silver gifts

With nowhere to go

And all the time the answers were in front of my face

I try to think about tomorrow, but I can’t forget today

Walk it Off

When red changes to blue

What will you do

To covet the medal that’s around your chest

You did your best

But it’s no fun being second to none

And so you

Walk it off

The leaves are changing and the sidewalk talks

And you keep it crazy for another block

Your feet are aching and you wanna stop

But you walk it off

You’re trapped

You played the sap

You designed the map

And now you’re really lost

You know you’re near

Inside your ear

You’re running free

You wanna let it be

And so you

Walk it off

The snow is melting underneath your socks

So you keep it crazy for another block

Your feet are aching and you wanna stop

But you walk it off

When bad

Goes to worse

You take your purse

And you pay a nickel

For another verse

The band, it plays

Remember today

Is the day before tomorrow

And you

Walk it off

The leaves are changing and the sidewalk talks

You keep it crazy for another block

The days are heavy when the nights are long

So you walk it off

Homesick

I can’t stop thinking of her face

And she’s just a few miles away

I’ll probably see her when she gets home today

But I can’t stop thinking of her face

I miss the tender of her lips

And the warm welcome when we kiss

I’ve 3 days yet to practice what I’ll miss

But I can’t stop thinking of her lips

I’m just so homesick already

Thinking how I’ll be denied

I close my eyes to etch her smile

It brands it’s color for a while

It fills me up

I close my eyes

To etch her precious little smile

I’m just so homesick already

Thinking how I’ll be denied

Give me courage to be strong

I’m just no good when I get gone

What she does to me she gets me along

Give me courage to be strong

You see, on Monday I’m going far away

And I don’t know how I’ll get by.

Will I be all right?

Will she be all right?

Will I be all right?

Will she be all right?

Cast Off

I got something in my head

A plate of steel

Oh man they said I was almost dead

I got something in my eye

I’d scratch but the cast

Has my good hand inside

She’s a pretty little catch

I like the way her hair fits right inside her nurses cap

Her breath smells like gum

Juicy juicy fruit if my jaw wasn’t wired I’d have me some

Nothing good happens to me

Yeah nothing good happens to me, yeah

Baby I’m shaking when you take care of me

But it’s alright

Yeah it’s alright

Maybe I’ll make it out we’ll just have to see

That’s it’s alright

Yeah it’s alright

The sun comes up and I’m alive

She holds the door as the throng of visitors arrive

And when it’s dusk she brings me treats

The jello’s old and warm

But her face is young and oh so sweet

Nothing good happens to me

Nothing good happens to me, yeah

Baby I’m shaking when you take care of me

But it’s alright

Yeah it’s alright

Maybe I’ll make it out we’ll just have to see

That’s it’s alright

It’s alright

I will recover in the same way

I learned to ride my bike

I was five

The day it finally arrives

The cast comes off and I am no longer mumified

And there she is but there she goes

Another patient rolls in just as the door swings closed

Nothing good happens to me

Nothing good happens to me

Baby I’m shaking when you take care of me

But it’s alright, yeah it’s alright

Maybe I’ll make it out we’ll just have to see

But it’s alright, yeah it’s alright

Baby I’m bleedin and I’ve broken my knees

But it’s alright, yeah it’s alright

Maybe I’ll fake it and I won’t have to leave

And it’s alright, it’s alright

Codependent

You better get back

Panic attack

It’s always the same thing to me

8 times I’ve tried

But the phone just died

The land line’s jammed

I tried her on her cell

And now I’m talking to myself

Because there ain’t nobody else

Here with me

My old friends

They met my new friends

And now they’re better friends than with me

I’m like a coffee cup

Behind your favorite mug

I sit alone

Get dusty on the shelf

And now I’m talking to myself

The doctor says that I’m not well

Codependency

And I go

Where she goes

And I go

Where she goes

I’m no good without her

It’s not healthy

Let me sing my sorrows

I know I’m freaky

She’ll be home tomorrow

And I’m allowed to be

The lead in my own show

I know it’s a soap

Or maybe it’s a comedy

That’s right

Codependency

And I go

Where she goes

Yeah I go

Where she goes

The doorbell rings

But I’m not answering

I can’t find the words or my pants

I’ve capsized

I’m alone and I’m an SOS

Come get me I’m afloat

And I’m no good on a boat

Yeah the doctor calls it

Codependency

And I go

Where she goes

Yeah I go

Where she goes

1, 2, OH MY GOD

Neurosis

I can really go

I can open up the show

Like a grand maestro

I can get it on

I’m a heading up the fun

I’m a regular clown

I can bring the house down

You might need another round

But that’s ok cause I’m buying

I just want to feel alive

But I don’t

I cant let go

I know it shows

Everybody knows

About my neurosis

I can buy relief

I can take one on the cheek

Like a prize fighter

I can scream and shout

I can ramble from the mouth

Like an orator

I can talk up a storm

You might get kinda bored

But i don’t care 

I’m unaware

i just want to feel alive

But i don’t

I cant let go

I know it shows

Everybody knows

About my neurosis

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na

I can cut the rug

With my dancing shoes tied snug

I can be your stud

If you’re giving out the love

I might need another hug

But thats ok if you don’t got one

I just want to feel alive

But i don’t

I cant let go

I know it shows

Everybody knows

About my neurosis

Only Lyin

Today is no different Than any other day

The shadows above us Are distant and gray

The algae is slimy And the water is dark

I wish we weren't goldfish

I wish we were sharks

And you, you laugh Despite yourself

You're hangin' on you're weak as hell

The beer you drank has left a stain

And you--you're only lyin' to you

I want a do-over I want it erased

Those things kept inside me

The information I've saved

The world beats around me to a different tune

I'm a worthless computer

I wish I was you

Take a picture

It won't look so bad

Don't try to look

In the mirror

Everything is easy

If you ask

The world is so much clearer

You're only lyin' to you

Today is no different

Than any other day

The power is running

The children are safe

Nothing can equal

The love that she adds

You're in first place now

Why do you feel last?

Overachiever

Thoughts in my head

Drift around like lead

Won’t go away

Go away or I’ll be forced to retire

They’ll put my number in the rafters

Why does it rhyme? Does it always have to fit in a box?

I think outside a lot

A hole in my head

And I don’t know where my sledgehammer went.

Make it go away, go away.

But not to far away.

Living like my dad.

It’s no big deal that he’s never here.  And he’s never coming back.

There’s a key there’s a key.

I can’t find it but it sounds good to me.  Open sesame.

I look like a dog, but I’m all cat inside.

I dress like a slob.

There’s no more feeling in my toe

That’s a lie

I can’t tell you why I see all the ghosts

Not in my closet anymore

They’re in my room they’re in my room

They’re in my bedroom

They’re steaming up the mirror

They want us out of here

It’s just like you said

There’s a ghost in my head

You live, and then you’re dead.

Ask my mom and believe her

When she says I was an overachiever, A cool demeanor

In its place there’s a fever

There’s a boy he’s alive

He’s a real eager beaver

Ask my mom and believer her

When she says I was an overachiever

Why did he leave her?

In his place there’s a fever

There’s a boy he’s alive

He’s alive,

He’s a leader.

Prom

Jenny says she don’t wanna be depressed

cause she looks so good in her satin dress

And we’re playing The Prom

Trevor’s sad, he don’t wanna be mad

But his tux got dirty that he borrowed from his dad

And we’re playing the prom

Yeah we’re playing the prom

The jocks all cleaned up we’re all impressed

But who’s that girl and why’s she wearin my dress?

And we’re playing the prom

The gymnasium never looked so good

We’re the best fucking school in the neighborhood

And we’re playin the prom

Yeah we’re playin the prom

Yeah, so grab a girl or grab a guy

You better be drunk cause we’re already high

Yeah we’re playing the prom

We’re gonnna play all the songs from your favorite groups

Rush, AC/DC, Motley Crue

Yeah we’re playing the prom

Yeah we’re playing the prom

Yeah we’re playing the prom

Yeah we’re playing the prom

Undergrad

You know she majored in photography

With a minor in geology

I always thought it was geography

I asked her where I’d find Romania

And she lied

She’d take me for a ride

In her mind I’d follow

Hollow and blind

But I try, I tried

Red faced and mad

I was an Undergrad

You know I carried her backpack one time

I told her it was nothing

I was fine

The only pain I felt was in my mind

And that bitch didn’t even save me a seat

And she lied

She’d take me for a ride

In her mind I’d follow

Hollow and blind

But I try, I tried

Red faced and mad

I was an Undergrad

I went on home with her to meet her Mom

Drank whiskey on the train and got real bombed

She left me alone on the family cot

But that’s ok cause I hooked up with her sister

Love is not a simple fad

When you’re an Undergrad

Love is not a simple fad

When you’re an Undergrad

Yeah, oh yeah

I was surprised when she broke up with

Apparently I was just way too sweet

Besides her heart belonged to somebody

And then I found her with my roommate Larry!

And she lied

She’d take me for a ride

In her mind I’d follow

Hollow and blind

But I try, I tried

Red faced and mad

I was an Undergrad

Make Believe

I'm that guy

Who lives above my parents house

It smells

You think I'm fly

In a retro kind of hobo way

Can you tell?

But it's ok, everybody thinks I'm gay

Another trip and I'll be over it

I can't believe I made so much this week

I'm liable to end up dead

But at least I'm out of the red

Cause every time I call it like I see it it's just make believe again

I think I've found the secret but its just make believe

I'm that guy

Who walks and talks right to himself

There's no one else

My rooms up so high

Greg Brady aint got nothing on me

If you know what I mean

And its ok

Starting to make my way

Just one more trip and I'll get over it

You can't believe the world I see 

When I'm traveling late at night

It's better when you turn out the lights

In my head I'm thinking of you

In my dreams

In my mind

My heart is strong and my love is true

But you don't know me like you think you do

I'm living up way up in the clouds now

I'm that guy.  I'm that guy.

Up so high.  Up so high.

But I'm doing ok, everybody get away

I'm on a trip so get over it.

You can't believe the world I see

When my mind is frying in a pan

And the world is resting in my hands

Starin' At The Middle

Wanting what I cannot access

Wishin that I had you near

It always happens when I see dusk

When light begins to disappear

But I’m Starin at the middle of

Starin at the middle

Starin at the middle of rain

And there’s one more thing

Left for me to explain

I’m pullin at the edges again

The streets so near can barely hold me

The loose threads are bars in my cell

The warden here he clears the signal

I wonder what it’s like in hell

But I’m Starin at the middle of

Starin at the middle

Starin at the middle of rain

And there’s one more thing

Left for me to explain

I’m pullin at the trigger again

I’m wasted like an old train wreck

I’m rusted at the side of the tracks

And nobody notices

Notices

The water pours like a clean shower

The dirt begins to move and drain

The steel it wets and smells like autumn

I think I wanna breath today

But I’m Starin at the middle of

Starin at the middle

Starin at the middle of rain

And there’s one more thing

Left for me to explain

I never wanted any of this