B - lyrics
Kid
I wonder where the kid went
Is he buried under here
Under the years
I wonder where the kid went
Did I lose him along the way
Pushed aside, for the real life, better days
I remember him looking at the world
Content with box and a ball
Look at me know shit stuffed to the walls
I remember motorcycle wallpaper
He always liked the dirt bike racer
With the big wheel he traveled the world, and always saved the girl
What seemed like a castle then with a moat and the drawbridge
Was a duplex on the edge of town
You can still see it in the background
Filling the gaps in, shading my best days
Bright greens and dark reds
Around the edges, with a hint of gray
A touch of sorrow to bring out the blue
Madeline
Madeline, it’s September and time to go
Where I write, where I settle, wherever the wind blows
But still for me, the world of the heart is home in me
This place a shelter, where the go goes feeds, forks its misery . . . in me
Madeline remember, a long night under stars
Wrestling with and defending who we are
You said, I’m to busy for you
I felt to pulled to be true
You asked I’m fine, curled up in mine
I’ll be just fine here
For now, for me, the world of the heart is where I’ll be
This place a shelter, where my ego feeds, courts its misery . . . in me
Don’t want to live life lonely, live life only, only for you
Don’t want to hold to tightly, to those that love you, to afraid to lose
Don’t want to get to close to, anything that might take you, close to you
Don’t trust me with it, don’t want to giver it, give it away
Madeline it’s September and time to go
What you said, what you felt then, where will you go
Black Widow
Quite the curious cat, walking on your tiptoes
Guided by the wire, sleeping giants below
Don’t wake the beast, but she’s on our side
FYI, she’s guarding your rights . . . guarding your rights
I’ll set you free, mired in hypocrisy - beaten by the envy, now surrender
Wade in my water, walk out to me - you know the voice, trust me
Follow the watch, follow the plot lie
News or the movies, truth or disguise
Drink from the ladle, it’s good for development
FYI, we’ve lost the line . . . lost the line
I’ll set you free, mired in hypocrisy - beaten by the envy, now surrender
Wade in my water, walk out to me - you know the voice, trust me
You believe what you want
You’re gonna see what you see
Spinning in the box, you’re hanging yourself
Blind as a bat, busy as a bee
I’ll set you free, mired in hypocrisy - beaten by the envy, now surrender
Wade in my water, walk out to me - you know the voice, trust me (repeat)
Captain Answer
Where does the sky end
What happened to the snake’s legs
How can the earth spin beneath these red keds
Can fish blink
Why do we call toes, toes
Why have two ears, but only one nose
Sitting here sitting still
A head full of questions, waiting for my ship to come in
I’m sitting here, sitting still
I’ll wait on Captain Answer to fill me in
Where do I fit
Does math make sense to anyone
It’s gonna get better right
Is anybody listening
What’s up with the ozone
Will I use the colon in the real world
Captain Answer, can’t you hear me
Look to the sky
I’ll send the beacon, send a pigeon
Whatever will fly
The puzzled look, lost in the eyes
In a crowd like this
I’m not hard to find
I’m just . . .
Where did the time go
Is this what life is
How does mom know
Just what state I’m in
What’s the down payment
What should we name it
How did I get here
And where am I going
Beneth the Noise
Lost soul in a big, big world
Found a savior in a smoke and a bowl
On your knee’s boy worship in haze
This is where your gods, go this is were they play
Lonely soldier with a gun to his head
Wages war to keep the demons fed
Pride and hate are the weapons of choice
Soul’s voice rings from beneath the noise
Can you hear . . .
Please don’t leave me alone in here
Please don’t leave me I’m lonely and a scarred
Please don’t leave I’m alone in this big, big worlds
But you push it away, the whisper fades, beneath the waves
Lovely face, all empty inside
What you see what you get all on the outside
Beauty first, all skin and bones
She screams, there’s more to me than you know
Lonely soldier with a drink in her hand
Found a friendship befriending a gin
Sees life through a fractured past
Soul’s voice rings from beneath the glass
Can you hear . . .
Please don’t leave me alone in here
Please don’t leave me I’m lonely and a scarred
Please don’t leave I’m alone in this big, big worlds
But you push it away, the whisper fades, beneath the waves
Solomon's Mine
On a stool by the wall, she watches the bar
Tell you their stories by heart
Stories in the eyes, lost love, funny nights
Lives always rest in her arms
Fact and fiction paint a picture
All find rest here
All find a place here
Fact &fiction, paint a picture
All find a home here
In Solomon’s mine
So Tom in the corner, calls himself the widow
Comes down from uptown
Never married but says, there was one that loved him
Put a thorn in his side
Then there’s Eunice playing pinball
Left home when she just twelve
Took to the streets, found life in the bar
Dreams of the ocean, didn’t get far
Fact and fiction paint a picture
All find rest here
All find a place here
Fact &fiction, paint a picture
All find a home here
In Solomon’s mine
What about Rita, she could talk your head off
Drink you into the floor
Cat’s named tiger, thinks God’s a liar
Two strokes, one breast, 9 toes, and there’s more
And the sign says welcome home
You lost and wandering soul
Leave your work by the door,
Come on in, out of the cold
Pitcher’s full, pool table cracks
Smoke sways to the jukebox jam
When bar talks, bend your ear
Stories pour here like the beer
Vagrants, and the gray suits
Leather coats, the mini skirts
Tonight they rest in her arms
On the stool by the wall, she watches them all
Tell their stories by heart . . . fact and fiction
Tales of a Boy
Got a patch on his eye, thinks that he’s a pirate
With plastic sword he’ll slay all the dragons
With flowing cape, he’ll rescue the day and fly away . . .
Soaring over the land and the sea, skimming the mountains and the trees
The rubber band gun back fired again, cops lost the robbers in the closet again
They always get away, when the world was his toy . . . the tales of a boy
Hitchhiked in his head, till he found a place
Wasn’t his or her’s, just a place to put his cape
A place to stay, to try and figure out, wants to fly again, but lost the boy in the crowd
Soaring over the land and the sea, skimming the mountains and the trees
The rubber band gun back fired again, cops lost the robbers in the closet again
They always get away, when the world was his toy . . . the tales of a boy
Stuck to the light, lost in the box, jealous of the dark
Ignorance is no consolation when the hindsight attacks the heart
I kick myself, If I could do it again, I swear it’d be different, one chance - one chance
To turn back time, take back life, all that a boy thinks all in a man’s life
Soaring over the land and the sea, skimming the mountains and the trees
The boy dreams back fire again, back into boxes, to the closet again
They always get away, when the world was his toy . . . the tales of a boy
. . . . . . when the world was his toy . . . the tales of a boy
. . . . . . when the world was his toy . . . the tales of a boy
Breathe
This is the place you’ve seen in pictures
This is they warned you about
This is the world that won’t wait for you
This is it are you in or are you out
…are you in or out
This is the real thing believe it
This will surely kill you
The time has come for you to become
Let go of me and run
…carry your own home
This is the life you thought you wanted
This is the life you’ve dreamed about
Dreams become jobs, another day at the office
Everybody running to be someone else
Catch your breath, sit, stay for a while
Do you know where you are
Catch your breath, come look in the mirror
Do you see how far you’ve come
Catch your breath boy, your breathing hard
Do you really have control
Fallen
Slow down, beauty is blurring
This love is like whirlwind
In the clouds my head is spinning
Not sure just where I’ve been
I’m falling, falling, falling, heart over head for you
I’m falling, falling, falling, it’s not what I meant to do
In her gaze I could stand there forever
One look could sweep me away
In her arms, I could stay here forever
The hours turn into days
I’m falling, falling, falling, heart over head for you
I’m falling, falling, falling, it’s not what I meant to do
But I followed my heart here, and here I stand
Knocking at your hearts door, with flowers in hand
Can I be your man
I like you here, here with me
Can ewe dance the night away
With your hand in mine and my heart in yours
Cold we dance this life away
I’m falling, falling, falling, heart over head for you
I’m falling, falling, falling, it’s not what I meant to do
Lullaby
Day was long, but know you’re here
Lay in my arms, let go of your fears
I am here, and I will here
What’s on your heart, love is near
This song, is a lullaby to sleep by
These words, are a bed of love to dream on
Close your eyes, and fall behind these doors
Leave your troubles behind
You feel alone, tonight in the dark
Wrapped in your thoughts, and the answers you know
Out of your window, Orion is shining
And the man on the moon, is smiling down on you
This song, is a lullaby to sleep by
These words, are a bed of love to dream on
Close your eyes, and fall behind these doors
Leave your troubles behind
Fighter
What’s become of the hero, from days of old
Brandished integrity with a shield and sword
What’s become of the heroes, what become of the hero
I need a helmet for my head
I’ll take some armor for my heart
I need a horse to run with the wind
I need the courage of a brave man
To the fighters of the world, that are running down
Don’t lose the hope, don’t give up the ground
That is red from the blood that’s been poured all around
Remember the reasons that you chose to fight
The wrongs that rained, the wrongs to your rights
The greed that starves poor, that chokes out the old
Promise of politics that destroyed what we fought so hard for
The red tape, and loose tongues, the racist hand keeping the other down
Ceo’s getting fat off, the workers they laid off
Trust you why should I you’ve done nothing for me
The only reason you know of me is you see marks you left on me
Paid police walking the street turning a blind eye to rape and crime
Your broken promises, your lies, your ego’s so huge it takes up the sky
Come back to earth, look in the mirror, you shit like I do, in fact I do it better
Don’t talk values to me, you’re the one beating your wife, and then bragging to the boys
Don’t talk morals to me you’re the one, bible in your hands, but lips and hips in the gutters
Don’t talk, don’t talk just shut and listen, this is my stage you had your turn and you wasted it
You’re a waste of a man, the shell of a soul, an empty rotting carcass getting old
We’re all the same, but your bigot eyes are blind, you poor tortured useless fool
Your universe spins around you, but no one gives a flying f%& about you
Just remember you can’t keep the fighter down, you can’t keep a fighter down
I need a helmet, and a horse with some speed
My heart’s in the ring, and my head’s full of steam
It’s brothers blood now, and now it’s a family thing!
