Curse The Dark

Well I tried to take a different road

But they all led back to you

I’ve never lived with much regret

Some shit happens what can you do

 

Well I’ve been out packin’ on the years

Mighta picked up a couple pounds

I’ve kicked, I’ve starved, I’ve went for bust

Lookin’ for something I could trust

And I know ah hell what can you do

Curse the dark and start anew

 

Well the tales that a soul can tell

Often times it never should

No fear of the fire below

Nary a care for the common good

 

Tell it like you think it is

Or how you wish you thought it was

Live it like you thought it is

Die like it was worth the cause

And I know ah hell what can you do

Curse the dark and start anew

 

Well I tried to take a different road

But they all led back to you

I’ve never lived with much regret

Curse the dark and start anew

 

Time Waits For No One

I got a woman

Ya she’s crazy ‘bout me

I got a woman

She really sets my mind free

 

When she looks me in the eye

I start to feel so good

I give her everything she needs

Just like a good man should

 

And I know that it’s only begun

And time waits for no one

 

I got a woman

She’s a bad ass alley cat

She’s the perfect definition

Of where everything’s at

 

She got a wiggle to her walk

My heart jumps to it’s beat

I got a woman

She knocked me off my feet

 

And I know that it’s only begun

And time waits for no one

 

Paid Confusion

Sittin’ and searchin’ for the way

Waves ripple my mind

The daily news ain’t good for nothing but sinnin’

And giving you an axe to grind

 

The lines are straight but the edges are blurred

They distort the true color below

The promise of healing for something not cured

Watch the fools line up in a row

 

Oh I know I have eyes too

I take a deep breathe and I look around

And it doesn’t take too long to see

That everything is fucked

 

You know it wasn’t that long ago

When thought was as free as the land

Now it’s the dawn on the curse of man

Walkin’ the streets of ruin

Brought to you by paid confusion

 

The Gift

I can’t reflect the scenery

Everything is far outta reach

I can’t deflect the misery

I can’t put my thoughts to speech

 

I fought the lies the best I could

The truth stood

Noble, silent and still

The gift is free will

 

Respect is the root of humanity

And only in mortal law will grow

Age may hinder everything

But my ability to know

 

Fight the lies the best you can

The truth stood

Silent, noble and still

The gift is free will

 

Cry Baby

Cry baby X2

Don’t ya cry baby no more

That’s the way

It really is

This is how it goes

This is where

It really lives

This is where it really shows

Cry baby X2

Don’t ya cry baby no more

 

If you go to look for this rounder

Well you know I won’t be there

I’ll be around the corner by the jukebox

Puttin’ a couple quarters down

Cry baby X2

Don’t ya cry baby no more

 

I’ve soaked every midnight in my pours

Ah it’s fine but it’s hell

My guitar plays like a radio signal

What song is next no one can tell

Cry baby X2

Don’t ya cry baby no more

  

North Of The Thorn

The night is on fire

I got you by my side

Every urge that I got

You satisfied

 

The smoke’s gettin’ thick

We can barely see to drive

We were lookin’ for shelter

and trynna survive

 

And you told me you’d always be there

There was no signal to warn

You told me you’d always be there

 

I can’t receive what has been lost

What message can you seem to not get across

It was north of the thorn when we finally split

After lovin’ so long is this finally it

 

And you told me you’d always be there

There was no signal to warn

You told me you’d always be there

North of the thorn (Repeat Out)

 

Wild As The Wind

Wild as the wind blows

Kickin’ up trash in the street

Reflections in windows

In the halls of concrete

Wild as the wind blows

Just as high as the wind know

A change is movin’ in

 

Steady as my hand knows

Not to make a mistake

While is heavy under pressure

With all the chances I take

Steady as my hand knows

It’s as wild as the wind blows

Steady as my hand knows

A change is comin’ in

 

Rough as the road goes

Gotta be tougher than that

When you’re in the belly of the beast

You got no time to chew the fat

Rough as the road goes

Wild as the wind blows

Steady as my hand knows

It’s wild as the wind blows

Just as wild as the wind

Wild as the wind

 

Scrapbooking

It wasn’t like you

Committed some kind of treason

But you said some things

And I got my reasons

 

It’s been so long

About half a dozen seasons

Now your hollow words

Have lost all their meanings

 

There’s enough air between us

I can finally breathe

The best thing you ever did

Was to leave

 

Quick now don’t surrender

Your inhibitions

Go find yourself

Some other kind of magician

 

Don’t move too fast

You’re gonna miss the whole scene

I guess you shoulda stayed

Where you money was green

 

Life is a dream

But your actions are not

I don’t know about you

But I for one ain’t forgot

 

The snow out my window

Continues to collect

It’s piling up

Like your lack of respect

 

I could say a couple more things

And I just might

But I’m getting too old

To keep a dog in this fight

 

The ghost of our past

Is music to my ears

What have you been up to

What have you been doin’ all these years

 

I’ve heard your stories

 I heard the discrepancies

I’m privy to all your

Habitual tendencies

 

The rules of the road

Can’t be found on no map

The blessings of heaven

The eternal riches

They won’t just fall into your lap

 

The hard work you do

When you roll up your sleeves

It can make even me want to believe

I catch myself driftin’

And I’m lookin’ for a way to leave

 

Cause you know I’ve been there

And I’ve walked on that dirt

I even got the all I got was this lousy t-shirt

 

The glasses I wear

They ain’t rose colored red

Sometimes I wonder

What kind of books you’ve read

 

Did they have a hero

Did they have a fraud

Did they bow their heads to God

 

Now there’s a chapter

That I could really read

What patriotic colors do you bleed

 

When did it start

How did it end

I thought music was your only friend

My friend

 

How’s your spirit

Is it refined

Tell me today

What weighs heavy on your mind

 

Does it exist

Or is it a mythical scheme

Is it all for one or all for you

Is it the American dream

 

Has it been too long

Or is it too soon

Can’t we lay side by side

‘neath the light of the moon

 

Read my cards tell me my fate

How much longer do we have to wait

Can it be this hour

How’d it get that late

Please gimme a second I need to concentrate

Ah there it is what you were thinking before

It’s rotten to the core

 

Ride that old rail

If it takes you anywhere

Mind your own business

And pretend not to stare

 

Opinions are welcome

As long as they’re the same as mine

You can’t have the freedom

If you ain’t commit the crime

Is there any answer do you dare

Why do I still care

 

Guilty, oh guilty feelings

Got nothing on me

Which law of friendship do you decree

 

Are you Wyatt

Are you Doc Holiday

You’re gonna get what heads your way

 

Let the whole thing go

Release your mind

Tell me all about

The secrets that it’s left behind

 

The line it is drawn

There ain’t no goin’ back

You fancy yourself

A good roll in the sack

 

The burden of action

It has no relief

Tell what you think that you lack in belief

 

You were a friend

Almost my next of kin

Never thought you’d go into deceivin’

 

Again is this real

Am I left in a fanciful thought

What reality have you bought

 

It’s all so simple

What more do we crave

Whose payin’ for the headstone on yer grave

 

That’s the present

Be sure to mind the past

How much longer

Is this thought gonna last

 

Just a few moments

Why do you ask

It’s just for a friend behind his mask

 

Better wrap up this bitchin’

Before I can’t stand myself

Put all these old ideas on the shelf

 

I’ve already walked away

It’s far behind my back

I had an idea

But now that idea’s gone a little

Off of the track

 

I guess that’s ok

Will it matter anyhow

Nothing I say will change the world

 

That’s alright with me

I got no need to flex

I just keep rolling

With whatever happens next

 

Ridin’ that river of life

Keepin’ my ship afloat

Stayin’ up till the midnight hours

With everything I just wrote

 

That’s alright

Ya that’s ok

Nothings ever perfect anyway