POCKET JESUS I put Jesus in my pocket, took him to the store. Jesus bought me what I wanted – but I just kept wanting more. Pocket Jesus took him out and to him prayed. Pocket Jesus, give me what I want today… okay? I don’t know why I feel like this, something here is still amiss Brought before your Pontius Pilate, I still feel that Judas Kiss Pocket Jesus, be with me I humbly pray. Pocket Jesus, give me what I want today… okay? I can hear those thirty pieces, jangling down in there with you Pocket Jesus, is there room… or will I have to now get rid of you? I can feel the rope around my neck. Pocket Jesus, if you’re at my beck and call… don’t let me fall… don’t let me fall Pocket Jesus, be with me I humbly pray. Pocket Jesus, save me from myself… today.

SPOKEN: Well, the skin is growin’ thin on the devil’s black balloon. Just off through the trees I hear the guns of the South. I can smell the burning powder, taste the fear in my mouth Every day they’re trainin’ for a war they hope comes soon I can feel it risin’ higher like the devil’s… black balloon. CHORUS: It’s fillin’ up the sky to the horizon… Beelzebub has filled that thing with pain And I wonder what this risin’ means for my sons I wonder if love will still remain ///The devil’s black balloon/// … is comin’ soon Politicians lyin’ from the North and West and East You could burn the whole thing down, I wouldn’t mind it in the least But they are not the ones who’ll pay in the judgment comin soon I can see it risin’ higher like the devil’s… black balloon. CHORUS SPOKEN: To me it’s clear as day that we deserve this. We’re only reaping what we’ve always sown. SHOUTED: But my sons are innocent as baby serpents! I’d rather die than see that innocence has flown! CHORUS

Every day’s exactly like the day before – Always wishin’ that I had a little more. When will this be over? When will we have passed on through? I’m startin’ to wonder If a single thing I once believed is really true. Everything I’ve ever wished is passing me by. Somedays I just sit around the house and cry. When will this be over? When will we have passed on through? I’m startin’ to wonder If a single thing I once believed is really true. I stop to breathe. Remembrin’ that freedom lives inside of me. I know it’s true. That one thing that’s the same Is all the love I feel from you. Things may not change. But that just means That what we have always will remain. Your love knows my name. Our love will remain Your love knows my name. Our love will remain. Our love will… remain.

Jane does all her cryin’ standin’ in the rain. She’s hidin’ all her pain… from me. Starin’ down a bottle, hopin’ for a break. She’s had all she can take… today. La da da (etc.) Jane has never met a fight a fight she could not win. She always goes all in – with me I’m starting to wonder if she was born for this. Always fightin’ for each kiss – each day I step out into the rain with her. I step out into the rain. Never been enough of life that I could give to her But I could step out into the rain La da da (etc.) I step out into the rain with her. I step out into the rain. La da da (etc.)

I was raised in the Amazon, in the jungles of Perú. But that whole life has come and gone and left me here with you. Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti. Mi corazón llora si. Barefoot, runnin’ wild and free, in the jungles of Perú. Lookin’ back now, I can’t believe all the crazy things we’d do. Piraña fishin, moto tag – how I wish I could take you there. Mango trees and a jungle breeze, hibiscus in your hair. Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti. Mi corazón llora si. I wonder if you’ve lost someone, or something you held dear. A bitter pain that you carry now, an always falling tear. But what if tears are just a grateful heart that’s breaking through? A way to take a part of what you had along with you? Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti. Mi corazón llora si. Ay ai ai. So far from you. My heart cries out, “I love you.” So long gone but still I long for what I had with you. My childhood home, mi corazón – mi querido Perú. Ay ai ai. Tan lejos de ti. Mi corazón llora si. Ay ai ai. So far from you. My heart cries out, “Te amo, Perú.”

We were alone, surrounded by a thousand wings. Where nobody sings – they just fly away. Took to the sky. But then we settled for the simplest things. //When can I fly away with you?// Alone with you. I’ll fly away. Alone with you – I’ll fly. My lover shines. Her feathers flashing in the morning light. And I think we might – have to fly away. Take to the sky. We’ll test our mettle and the strength of our wings. //When can I fly away with you?// Alone with you. I’ll fly away. Alone with you I’ll fly.

Nobody has to love you. She was always crazy, crazy about me. I was kinda lazy. Guess I couldn’t see. Nobody has to love you, now I understand. And nothin’ lasts forever, gonna love her while I can. There will always be another, just around the bend. But if you chase perfection, that’s never gonna end. Every little daydream’s just a path you didn’t take. Don’t spend your life on dreamin... that’s just love that you can’t make. Nobody has to love you, so let them if you can. Let someone be your woman— let someone be your man. She was always crazy, and I was crazy, too. But now it doesn’t phase me. Cause now I know it’s true. Nobody has to love you, now I understand. And nothin’ lasts forever, gonna love her while I can. Nobody has to love you. Nobody has to love you, so let them if you can.

LYRICS: There’s a man out on the street, and he’s cryin’ from his eyes while he lies in his sorrow out there Once upon a time he was a man of means, but now that’s all gone, cuz life’s not fair He’s a man without a name A man without a name Well, I heard him cry as I walked on by, sayin’ “brother can you spare me some change?” But I did not even try to look him in the eye, and for that I will always be ashamed What I could not say as I hurried away, is you’re a mirror, and we are the same— What I could not say as I drowned in my shame, is brother, we both are the same And I do not even know your name. No I don’t even know your name There’s a man on the TV he’s cryin’ out for love, with every word that he says I can see by his clothes that he’s a man of means, but to me that means nothin’ today He’s a man without a name A man without a name There’s a light in her eyes, but I’m cryin’ in the dark. I’m afraid—and my fear makes me run. That woman gives her all, I don’t know what that means, Oh my God, what have I begun? What I could not say as she came my way, is you’re a mirror, but we’re not the same— What I could not say as I drowned in my shame, is “lover, will you tell me my name?” Cuz I don’t even know my name. I’m a man without a name. No I don’t even know my name.

LYRICS: All good things must end. But it’s too soon, my friend. They say to let you go. But I think I’ll just take that slow. Where did you go when you went away? They all claim to know—but I’m afraid. I’m afraid. What if til now, is all we have? Our tears and our smiles to take us back. I wanna believe we’ll meet again… my sweet friend. They say that all good things must end. But it’s too soon, my friend. They say to let you go. But I think I’ll just take that slow. Now as the days keep goin’ by, you fade to the past and so do I. Wondering where you’ve gone my friend. And why is it all good things must end?

LYRICS: Listen up now, babies, I’ve got something I gotta say, bout America, the place where I am livin now, today. There’s a belt, they say, of Bibles, with a church on every street. And a little cross around the neck of everyone you meet. Where everybody always knows exactly what God meant, when he sent the holy scriptures of his holy testament. And they’re dyin now to tell you—oh, they’re dyin just to say, exactly what this means for how you ought to live today But I gotta say, I have my doubts, I’m not sure that it’s true. That any fool American knows what our Lord would do. CHORUS: //What would Jesus do? Oh what would Jesus do? I don’t know what Jesus would do.// Well, I reckon he would head on down to Wall Street, for a start, and light a match to burn away our money-lovin heart Next he’d burn down Facebook, and then maybe just for fun. He’d burn the whole dang country down—or no, wait, I guess that’s already been done. CHORUS Maybe he would open up the banks up to the poor, and give and give and give, until they begged him for no more. Maybe he would gather up our hundred billion guns, and then he’d toss the lot of them directly in the sun. Or maybe he’d just throw a party with a ton of wine, and hand out special brownies till we all were feelin’ fine. CHORUS

LYRICS: Hey diddle diddle, the dog tripped a little. As the cat and the monkey did spoon. The little dog laughed as he ate more mushrooms, and the cow made out with the moon. Everything that you feel. Everything that you feel. Everything that you feel. Everything is real. I saw a woman made out of starlight. Fire in her hair, in her eyes. We spoke not a word, but all words were spoken. And not a single one was a lie Everything that you feel. Everything that you feel. Everything that you feel. Everything is real. Hey diddle diddle, God played a fiddle. While Rome and its children were burned Absolute power, corrupts absolutely, and a man with none woke up spurned. It’s all topsy turvy and I’m gettin’ nervy – wondrin’ what madness might ensue The Fox’s in the henhouse, but we’re online shopping, and the bill’s about to come due. Everything that you feel. Everything that you feel. Everything that you feel. Everything… Everything Everything Everything… is real.

LYRICS: You’re almost beautiful, I said to the face in the mirror in my head. You’re almost beautiful, I lied. Holding on to the pain that I felt inside. Why can’t I just love myself the way that I love you? Why can’t I believe you when you say that it’s all true? Why is everything I try never quite enough? Why can’t I believe in your love? You’re almost beautiful, it said - little voice that taunts me in my head. Work a little harder now, it cried. Maybe then you’ll feel the love inside. Why can’t I just love myself, the way that I love you? Why can’t I believe you when you say that it’s all true? Why is everything I try never quite enough? Why can’t I believe… in your love? You’re almost beautiful. Just try a little more. Just make a little higher score. //Almost beautiful.// Why can’t I just love myself, the way that I love you? Why can’t I believe you when you say that it’s all true? Why is everything I try never quite enough? ///Why can’t I believe///… in your love?

LYRICS: I planted a half a million trees. Wore out my knees for a few bucks a day Went up a mountain and left them behind. But I think you’ll find it’s an honest day’s pay I’d like to say that I was saving the planet, cuz I do love the planet, but that’s not what it was. Well the truth is… yeah, the truth is. The truth of the matter is the fat cats get fatter And the poor people do what the rich people say. Every day. Every day. Every day. Ten long years. I ran some crews, that put in millions of trees. Faced some fears. Pounded real hard till I found some release. Now I’d like to say that I was saving the planet, cuz I do love the planet, but that’s not what it was. Well the truth is… yeah, the truth is. The truth of the matter is the fat cats get fatter And the poor people do what the rich people say. Every day. Every day. Every day. Yeah, the truth of the matter is the fat cats get fatter And the poor people do what the rich people say. Every day. Every day. Every day.

LYRICS: I’m so connected to you. Socially connected to you. I sit alone and cry, but it’s ok. Cuz I’m socially connected to you. This is why we cannot have nice things This is why we cannot have nice things ///This is why/// This is why we cannot have nice things This profile that I made fits like a drug. Cuz somehow, I’ve equated likes to love. But every time I log back in, it’s never quite enough. And I can’t quite remember who to trust. CHORUS I know we used to be the best of friends. But let’s agree it’s best if that all ends. It’s just so much work to try and make amends. Better we just break, than try to bend. Yeah, better we just break, than try to bend. I hate everything about this. I hate everything. I hate everything about this. I hate every thing. CHORUS I’m so connected to you. Socially connected to you. All day I cry, but it’s ok. Cuz I’m socially connected to you. I’m so lonely without you. But I’m socially connected to you. Won't let you see me cry But it's okay cuz I'm socially connected to you

LYRICS: I know you won’t believe me, but I swear I wouldn’t lie to you. Everything I’m about to say, is entirely true. Well, I’m the only man that I’ve ever known, who’s punched himself in the testicles. But life was just too good, you see. I couldn’t wait around for a tragedy. So I raised my fist, and I brought it down. Then I dropped right there, right to the ground. Now you might think I need therapy, but it amused all my friends who were there with me. And I hear that they still tell the tale, of the man who punched his testicles. Yeah, I hear that they still tell the tale, of the man who punched his testicles. But that’s just one of many tales that I have about some testicles. Well, my landlord’s prostate test came back with cancer, so I baked a pie. Brought it round that very day. Thinkin’ I’d do something nice. Told him I was sorry ‘bout his test results, but he thought that I’d said testicles. SPOKEN: after an awkward pause, this dignified, older gentleman was like, “actually, it’s my prostate – not my testicles” …we had a good laugh But that’s just one of many tales that I have about some testicles. Guy I knew met his wife, he said, when he flipped a four wheel ATV Fell right off and he knocked his head, but he also tore his sack, you see SPOKEN: OUCH! Just testicles hangin right out there in the wind The medic was a lovely lass he only just then met She cupped his balls in the ambulance, it was a meet-cute they’d never forget. The doctors stitched him up and then, he asked that medic on a date. They’re married now, and they’ve got three kids, so I guess. his tes…ticles… still work great. But that’s just one of many tales that I have about some testicles. SPOKEN: Of course there’s also that erotic dancer I met… Deborah. She called me over to show me her big, shaggy dog, had THREE testicles. No word of a lie, my friends. One hundred percent verified fact. An erotic dancer named Deborah with a three testicle dog. You can trust me on that. But that’s just one of many tales that I have about some testicles. Yeah that’s just one of many tales that I have about some tesss…………..tickles.

LYRICS: Keep Your Eyes Closed Hope springs eternal when your eyes aren’t open, so I guess don’t leave them open – keep your eyes closed. Keep your eyes closed. Katie went to school and started reading lots of Nietzsche and dressing all in black, for the parties where everyone’s so serious. And no one ever smiles because life’s an endless trial and then you die and after all, what’s the point? Spring Break she goes home because Daytona’s such a joke, she says And also cuz that guy she likes won’t be there. But now her mom’s hid all the knives And calls up Dr. Deepak who prescribes some little blue pills she should take – to feel all right. He says: Hope springs eternal when your eyes aren’t open, so I guess don’t leave them open – keep your eyes closed. Keep your eyes closed. Marcus went to Harvard where he made a documentary about the ways his country Screws the poor six ways from Sunday and he swore he’d fight this cancer till he died But then Marcus got married and his wife was used to money and his kids’ teeth weren’t perfect, though they tried So Marcus lied. He said he’d get back to it, but the truth is you can’t do it. When you close your eyes a part of your heart dies Deep down inside but that’s okay, cuz the fact is nothing stops the swill from running down the hill, A big wave of crap that kills, it’s a disease. But now Marcus sees… That hope springs eternal when your eyes aren’t open, so I guess don’t leave them open – keep your eyes closed. Keep your eyes closed.

LYRICS: Every day we’re rushing towards the wall. Believing that we are exceptional. Rules are not for emperors like us. So kindly, friend, refrain from making a fuss. As you take your place directly under the bus. Every day, they say fifteen thousand children die hungry, and that’s not okay. But it’s not like any of those kids are mine. What the hell can I even do? If the only way to change is to let the animals out of the zoo. Yeah, let the animals out of the zoo. You’ve got to let the animals out of the zoo. I need my comforts. I need vacations in the south of France. I need my iPhone. I need another pair of top designer pants What the hell can I even do? If the only way to change is to let the animals out of the zoo. Yeah, let the animals out of the zoo. We’ve got to let the animals out of the zoo. Open their cages! Open their cages, and let them roam! Open those cages, let the wild things take back their home.

LYRICS: My baby takes my phone to call up a friend. He’s only two years old – but he likes to pretend. Baby… who you gonna call? Baby… call anyone at all. My baby’s got no hopes, and he’s got no dreams. He’s made no twisted plans, no wicked schemes. Baby, I don’t quite know how. But Baby… you’re livin’ in the now. Yeah, Baby… you’re livin’ in the now. And I don’t know if you’ll even care. But I’m tryin’ hard to be with you, there. ///Baby/// My baby hands back the phone, as sweet as can be. He says a tiny hello, while he’s lookin’ up at me. Baby… Just one thing I’m sure. That Baby… this moment is pure. ///Baby///

LYRICS: You’ve grown a little more opaque, and now I can’t see through ya. Maybe it’s just always been this way, but now I’m afraid I could lose ya. Where did I go wrong? What if this is all a big mistake? Would you make it all again if you could try it? Had a little more than you can take, guess I’m glad you’re trying to deny it. Where did I go wrong? Lover, what we have’s a mystery, could be I’m too lazy to see through it. Every time you open up to speak, I try to listen – but I just can’t do it. So wrapped up in myself. Left you on the shelf. That’s where I went wrong.

LYRICS: Sometimes everything that I need to say can be said in one line. I could drag it out, but the truth is that everything is fine. Don’t you worry ‘bout the holes up in the sky. Just head to the store and buy just buy, buy, buy. Cuz everything is fine. Everything is fine.

LYRICS: I’ve been searchin’ for hope in all the lonely places. I’ve been told it’s still there, behind the lonely faces. And I see traces everywhere. Floatin’ like dust motes in the air. Everywhere! Everywhere. Everywhere. If hope’s the thing with feathers, feels like it’s flyin away from me. But I hear those wings beatin, even when I cannot see. And I hear feathers everywhere. Tracin’ their patterns in the air. Everywhere! Everywhere. Everywhere.

I am starting to suspect that I don’t like you all that much. I don’t miss your starin’ faces, I don’t miss your desprate touch. Humanity. I like you at a distance – just don’t get near to me. Humanity. I like you at a distance – just don’t get near to me. I am starting to suspect that you’re as bad as you had seemed. With your phones up in your faces, while the world around you bleeds Humanity. I am starting to suspect that I’m as bad as bad can be I just want your views and likes, I just want you to love me Humanity. I like you at a distance – just don’t get near to me. Humanity. I like you at a distance – just don’t get near to me.

I wrote you a tiny little song for the tiny little room ya hid deep down inside the heart of you Deep down where no one ever goes, where the fear just grows and grows You know what to do Open a tiny little door and let the song come through

LYRICS: Alabama, here I come. You’re the one for me. Got a feelin’ I belong in Alabama. Alabama. Alabama. Drivin’ hard down eighty-five, crossin’ a few state lines. Sun is shinin, weather’s sweet, and I am feelin fine. Alabama, here I come. You’re the one for me. Got a feelin’ I belong in Alabama. Alabama. Alabama. Headin’ for the gulf coast, guess I’m gonna try my luck. Don’t know if I’ll make it in this rusty stolen truck. Alabama, here I come. You’re the one for me. Got a feelin’ I belong in Alabama. Alabama. Alabama. Now please don’t take my picture and post it to your feed. There might or might not be a po-lice warrant out for me. Back up North where I come from. The cops are missin’ me. Got a feelin’ I belong in Alabama. Alabama. Alabama.

LYRICS It’s okay to lose your mind. I lost mine, and I feel fine. It’s okay to go insane. To watch your marbles roll away from you. What else can you do? Larry ran a huntin club for men with lots of guns. And I came round to clean the place, cuz I was short on funds. Dustin’ sweepin, wipin off the trophies that they’d killed. This of course was normal, to ignore the blood they’d spilled. Sanity meant shootin things for fun. Couldn’t see how this made sense to anyone Cashed my paycheck headed down to spend it at the mall. Joined the feeding frenzy, there, and felt so very small. Everybody desperate to buy a little peace. Everybody chasing it, and finding no release. Sanity meant buying things for fun. Couldn’t see how this made sense to anyone It’s okay to lose your mind. I lost mine, and I feel fine. It’s okay to go insane. To watch your marbles roll away from you. What else can you do?

LYRICS: Early in the morning back on January one I sat down to write a song for you to hear. Now it’s six months on and I’m halfway done, I don’t know if I can make it through the year Halfway done, I am halfway done. I don’t know if I can make it to the end. Halfway done, I am halfway done. Seen that long, black cloud comin’ down again Seems like yesterday I was born into this land, with a song upon my lips I had to sing Now I just can’t understand, how I grew to be a man but I still don’t understand a single thing Halfway done, I am halfway done. I don’t know if I can make it to the end. Halfway done, I am halfway done. Seen that long, black cloud comin’ down again Sometimes I feel that I’ve only just begun, but I’m already halfway done. Yeah I’m already halfway done

LYRICS: Hello, my love. Who do you think that you are? You look in the mirror, you see nothin’ much at all. But I see a shootin’ star. Hello, my love. Everybody thought you were happy, inside. But I knew you were cryin in the rain. They just looked to see if you were smiling. But I saw through it all to your pain. Hello, my love. I know it can be hard to go on. But I believe that love can see you through to better days. I believe you’ll find where you belong. Hello, my love.

LYRICS: I will love you, even when I hate you. I will say it again and again. You can play me for a fool, if you want to. I’ll just say it all over and then… I’ll walk away, if you say. But please, lover, let me stay Cuz I don’t have to feel it now to know – I just have to show it again and again. That I will love you, even when I hate you. I will say it again and again. I will love you even when I hate you. Let me stay and I’ll show you, how it is. Love is not just a feelin. Love is more than some Hollywood romance… So I will love you, even when I hate you. I will say it again and again. Yeah I will love you, even when I hate you. Please believe me, my lover, and my friend.

LYRICS: One day you called up your friends to come out and play for the last time. But you didn’t know. Cuz nobody knows. When it’s the last time. One day, you’ll say goodbye. You’ll hang up the phone on your father and cry – won’t know why. Cuz no one knows why. When it’s the last time. The last time. One day this will all go away. Feel your breath drift away, for the last time. Without knowing why. Cuz no one knows why. When it’s the last time. One day our last kiss will end for the last time. One day, I will hold your hand for the last time. Lover, I’m afraid of the last time. What if this, today, is the last time? The last time.

LYRICS: I’m gonna take my clothes off and write you a song. I’m hopin’ you’ll take your clothes off and sing along. I just can’t wait to get naked and do it with you. Cuz naked’s the best kinda singin’ two people can do. Let’s take our clothes off. Let’s harmonize. Let’s sing a duet while we stare into each other’s eyes. Let’s take our clothes off. Let’s find our tune. Let’s croon in the nude in the light of the shimmering moon. I know that it’s cold out, you’re worried you might catch a chill. But I promise if we both start singin’ that you never will. You’ll have to come close so the neighbors can’t possibly hear. And I’ll start singin’ softly, right into your ear. Let’s take our clothes off. Let’s harmonize. Let’s sing a duet while we stare into each other’s eyes. Let’s take our clothes off. Let’s find our tune. Let’s croon in the nude in the light of the shimmering moon. Now, preachers and priests might tell us our singin’s a sin. But naked with you is the happiest I’ve ever been. And it’s not just your voice that I love, that sets me so free. I’m also quite fond of your personality. Let’s take our clothes off. Let’s harmonize. Let’s sing a duet while we stare into each other’s eyes. Let’s take our clothes off. Let’s find our tune. Let’s croon in the nude in the light of the shimmering moon. Yeah, let’s croon in the nude in the light of the shimmering moon.

LYRICS: If you’re not afraid, then you’re a fool. There are no exceptions to this rule. And if you find these words of mine inaccurate or cruel, then yes my friend—I’m calling you a fool. If you’re not afraid, then you are a fool. Cuz there are no exceptions to this rule. Believe, or not—I don’t right care if you don’t or do. But if you’re not afraid, then you’re a fool. If you are afraid, don’t play it cool like some stuffed shirt brain dead corporate tool. Forget the lies they tried to teach you when you were at school. America has played you for a fool. America. It’s okay to be afraid— you’re not broken, just awake in America. No you’re not broken, you’re just awake in America. Before I go, well this also is true: that it starts with what you feel, but it ends with what you do. And love will bring you through. Love will bring you through. Love will bring you through. Now is not the time to give up— there’s so much more to do. And love will bring us through.

LYRICS: I hate the sound of my instrument, I hate the sound of my voice. I could work hard and learn the guitar but not everything is a choice… Not a choice. Trying to be what you want. But I’m just me. And I am not that much… What if I was? What if I was something special? What if I was? What if I sang like an angel? What if I was? What if I spoke in the language of God? What if I was? What if I wrote like I knew I was enough? What if I was? What if I was something special? But I’m just me, makin’ this noise. Hopin’ you’ll hear me. And I have no choice. And this is the sound… of my voice.

LYRICS: I wrote a love song for myself, when nobody else would. I got a feelin’ that I’m not the only one who could use a little love song, written just for you. So if you listen now, your song has just begun. I wrote you a love song. I swear to god that it’s true. It’s not a song for some-body else. This love song’s for you. I wrote a love song cuz I could, but maybe you’re afraid. You got a feelin’ that you don’t deserve a song But what you think and what you are are often not the same. You’re beautiful, and true, and kind, and strong. So I wrote you a love song. I swear to god that it’s true. It’s not a song for some-body else. This love song’s for you. This love song— I wrote you a love song. I swear to god that it’s true. It’s not a song for some-body else. This love song… is just for you.

LYRICS: Caleb ran away to the top of the world. Not a lot to say – he just ran away. Where are you now? Caleb can you hear me somehow? I need you to know… Caleb, I love you so. SPOKEN: Life can be so cruel when you don’t feel quite seen. And you know, I got a feelin’ that you know just what I mean. I know that it’s so hard and you sometimes feel alone. But you know I’ll always love you – and that love can guide you home Where are you now? Caleb can you hear me somehow? I need you to know… Caleb, I love you so. Caleb ran away to the top of the world. Not a lot to say – he just ran away.

LYRICS: Karen got sad and then she got mad cuz they didn’t have her favorite tea She’d come all the way in and was American, and she needed it, couldn’t they see? Well she stomped in place and yelled in the face of a petrified young teen Who wasn’t to blame for a single thing that Karen proceeded to scream But she yelled: Won’t somebody show me somebody that I can hate… Cuz I can’t bear to look in the mirror and see the problems I have made Need somebody to blame. Eddie woke up and he filled his cup with some caffeine and some booze. His woman had left and he felt so bereft that he just didn’t know what to do. So he got online and he started to whine about the socialists in d.c. Drinkin’ all the time and feelin’ quite fine in his new community He said (CHORUS): Simon felt weak cuz the world was bleak and his parents were richer than him Sure, they paid his bills, but he wanted to kill the system that they’d voted in It was so unjust, that he knew he must show the world he was above it all So he waved a sign, and he crypto mined and he waited for it all to fall He cried (CHORUS)

LYRICS: You are not alone. So please turn off your phone. Open up yourself to be made whole. Cuz there’s a whole wide world waitin’ out your door. You are not alone You are not alone. There’s a hand right here, for you to hold. There’s a place for you, right here in my heart. It doesn’t matter if we are near or apart. You are not alone

LYRICS: Somewhere out west, the sky is on fire. And over on the coast, the ocean’s getting’ higher. The rivers and the streams and the soil beneath our feet are slowly dying now, but no one wants to see Nobody wants another sad song. Nobody wants to hear. Everyone’s got eyes, but no one wants to see. Cuz blindness is easier than fear Somewhere up North, winter’s fading fast. And every new day comin’s so much hotter than the last All these little miracles are dyin’ one by one. And I can’t bear to think what’s left when all of them have gone. Nobody wants another sad song. Nobody wants to hear. Everyone’s got eyes, but no one wants to see. Cuz blindness is easier than fear. Yeah, blindness is easier than fear.

LYRICS: //I’m afraid that you won’t love me if I don’t give you what you want.// I wanna make you laugh, make you cry, make you feel you’re so a live. I wanna make you come to me all day and I’ll say: every little thing is gonna be okay. //I’m afraid that you won’t love me if I don’t give you what you want.//

LYRICS: I could change the world if I could just get out of bed. But I can’t shake these words runnin’ round here in my head. I could make you see if I could take you there. But I can’t make you be, the kinda lover who’d care. Somedays all that I can do is sleep and breathe. Hopin’ you might push on through and not give up on me. Will you still love me forever? Will you still love me if I never get better? Where do you find your hope? Can spare a little for me, please? I’m at the end of my rope. I’m fallin’ down on my knees. On the outside, I’m lookin great. But inside, I’m kinda broke. Crushed beneath all of this weight. Of all the words I never spoke. Somedays all that I can do is sleep and breathe. Hopin’ you might push on through and not give up on me. Will you still love me forever? Will you still love me if I never get better?

LYRICS: Sing now, bright sky. Just sing out, don’t cry. Why ask why a song just might lift you from the shadows? Why ask why a melody could dry your rainy skies? Miracles are happening, everywhere you look now. You don’t need a reason. You don’t have to ask why. Just sing now, bright sky. Just sing out, don’t cry. I know your heart is troubled, and the sun seems far away. But there’s enough of love in life to see to brighter days. Just sing now, bright sky. Just sing out, don’t cry. Just sing now don’t cry Just sing now, don’t cry.

LYRICS: I am only half a father. You are only half a son. Half our time was taken from us. When we’d only just begun. Now a decade’s gone by. And I’m afraid that half is not enough to hold you to my heart Where is my son? Where has the other half gone? Where have you gone? I am only half a father. Pretend with me, it’s okay. No one even has to notice. Half my son has gone away Now a decade’s gone by. And I’m afraid that half is not enough to hold you to my heart Yeah a decade’s gone by. And I’m afraid that half is not enough to hold you to my heart ///My heart/// Where is my heart?

LYRICS: Okay, I admit, I love you. As much as I still hate romance. You flew on by and then you caught my eye, so I thought I’d give lovin’ a chance. You are as wise as an old crow, or an owl who lives by the sea Fly right on in and I’ll call it a win. If you’ll rest here and nest here with me. Some days, I’m afraid. I am lost in the wind, all alone. But you--you guide me back. Flyin’ straight all the way to our home. You have the wings of a mother. With your sights on the heights where we’ll soar Romance may be dead – but it was all in our heads. Now we’re flyin for oh so much more Some days, I’m afraid. I am lost in the wind, all alone. But you--you guide me back. Flyin’ straight all the way to our home.

LYRICS My wife said I should write a song for our young son who’s not yet three. Somethin’ simple he could sing along, the whole day long, just him and me. But I don’t know what a two year old likes and wants to hear. SPOKEN: What do you care about, son? He says… Up, up, up, up, Dadu, Dadu pick me up. Up, up, up, up, Dadu, Dadu pick me up. SPOKEN: And then he adds: Step outside, Dadu. Just outside the door. Do what I said and take a few steps, then take a few steps more. SPOKEN:To the gate, yo! The gate? …Oh! Okay. Up, up, up, up, Buddy, Dadu’s gonna pick you up. Up, up, up, up, Buddy, Dadu’s gonna pick you up. SPOKEN: What was that next part, again? Step outside, Dadu. Just outside the door. Do what I said and take a few steps, then take a few steps more. But why the gate, son? Why the gate? SPOKEN: He said Step outside, Dadu. Just outside the gate. Do what I said and take those steps, everything’s gonna be great. But what if I lose you? What if you run? There’s a whole wide world out there, and you’re so very young. SPOKEN: He just looked at me with trust in his eyes and he said: Up, up, up, up, Dadu, Dadu pick me up. Up, up, up, up, Dadu, Dadu pick me up. So I picked him up. Yeah, I picked him up.

LYRICS: Where is the wind? Have you seen the wind? Nothin' round but water as we float beneath the sky. I'm at sea with my lover, and there's no land in sight. Everything is rationed and there's slack in every rope. Driven here by passion - now we're left with only hope. Why can't I seem to ever love you right? //Let me stay on board one more night.// Blood is in the water and the sharks are drawing near. It's so hard to listen when I'm filled up with fear. I love you so badly every single day. But I will do it gladly even if you send me away. Chorus X2

LYRICS: I don't wanna grow old with you I just wanna stay young. Running around like kids all day, playin, and havin' some fun. They say, time to grow up - all good things must end. But I think they don't know what's what, cuz all good things depend on love. Love, love, love - sweet love. Growin' old is just for all those things we know will die - not you and I. I don't wanna grow old with you I just want to stay young.

LYRICS: It could be possible that I have wasted every single moment until now. Maybe I've said some things. Maybe I've done some things. Maybe it's nothing but a pack of filthy lies. Maybe it's time. For you. And me. It could be possible that I have stopped myself from telling you the truth of how I feel. It could be possible. Maybe it's possible. It could very well be possible that I'm afraid of what you'll make of me if you really see You, and me. It could be possible that now's the time for me to finally break free of what I fear. The moment is here. It's just you and me. I'm just gonna say it. Maybe I'm afraid to say... I love you so badly. I love you so very, very badly every minute of every day. I hope that's okay. And maybe it's possible. I hope that it's possible. Maybe you'll love me badly back.

LYRICS: I remember roses on your wedding day - up there with your best friends, dressed in green and gray. The sun set gold behind you as you spoke those hopeful vows. It was a lovely day until the sun went down. Nighttime's chill was coming fast as you took me aside - held me there with hope and kindness shining in your eyes. We cried out our fond goodbyes and I sent you on your way. It was a lovely day until the sun went down. Hey! Where did you go? You were my friend, but then you left and now I don't know. Hey! Will you come back again? What did I say to make you feel that this had to end? You were my friend. You were my friend. And it was a lovely day until the sun went down.

LYRICS Sky above and the earth below. And in between all the folks we know. Blue and black and white and brown. And I’m here wondering when it all falls down. Yeah, I’m just wondrin’ when it all falls down You say I think too much. You think I should have some fun. Pour out the pain that’s filled my cup. Grab what I can fore it all burns up. Ridin’ high on a volcano. Sky above and the fire below. People laughin’ like they just don’t know. But I’m here wondrin’ when it’s gonna blow. Yeah, I’m still wondrin’ when it’s gonna blow. You say I think too much. You think I should have some fun. Pour out the pain that’s filled my cup. Grab what I can fore it all burns up. Preacherman talkin’ like he’s got the key. But he’s so blind that he just won’t see that he’s a slave and a Pharisee. Go with him and you’ll never be free. Yeah, go with him and you’ll never be free. You say I think too much. You think I should have some fun. Pour out the pain that’s filled my cup. Grab what I can fore it all… burns up.

LYRICS: Well, the truth is that God is a woman. And her name, or so she claims, is Marlene. She likes to laugh, and she only eats vegan, but her language is sometimes quite obscene. CHORUS Hey, Marlene. Get outta my head. I’m afraid… are you happy now? I first met her at a New York City Diner, where she stopped me from killin’ a man. She claimed to have proof that he and I were one and the same in her ce-les-ti-al plan. CHORUS Hey, Marlene. Get outta my head. I’m afraid… are you happy now? Knocked me right out with her little white satchel, told me secrets that only God could know. When I woke up, that is, which I finally did – in the back of her stolen Lambo Well, she said she was Jesus, and Buddha, and God, as she turned my water bottle into wine. Never claimed to be no monk. So yeah, I got drunk. But I swear on the Bible this time. Yeah I swear on the Bible she’s Divine. CHORUS Hey, Marlene. Get outta my head. I’m afraid… are you happy now? I can hardly recall all the things that I saw as I drove across this fair land with Marlene. But what I saw the most was my own holy ghost, all I was or I evermore could be. When our ridin’ was through, I knew that what she’d said was true – that the man that I hated most was me Well the bitterest of all pills was that the man that I’d planned to kill, like she’d said all along, was just me. How I wish she had just let me be. CHORUS Hey, Marlene. Get outta my head. I’m afraid… are you happy now?

LYRICS: I got up, wrote this song, everyone came along – said, “Who the hell are you?” I don’t know. I just try to make my mark before I die. And maybe I make my mark on you! There ain’t nothing else to do. I just gotta be seen. Seen for me alone. I don’t want your machine grindin’ on my bones. Do you feel me? I got up, wrote this song, everyone came along – said, “Who the hell are you?” I don’t know. I just try to make my mark before I die. And maybe I make my mark on you! There ain’t nothing else to do. //You just wanna be seen. And I am just like you. I may not know your name. But I still know that it’s true//that/and I can feel you. I can feel you. I can feel you. I can feel you. We got up, sang our song, everyone came along – singing, “Now we can hear you!” Not alone. Now we’re free, you and me – becomin’ “we.” My friends, I know that it’s true… This is all we have to do.

LYRICS Hello and welcome to the America Hotel. Only the lonely live here. In a room all his own a man stares at the phone wishing he had someone he could call. As just next door a woman stares at the floor thinking of ending it all. Hello and welcome to the America Hotel. Only the lonely live here. And right about here another lonely pair with arms and legs entwined. She’s lookin’ right at me but I don’t even see cuz I’m miles away in my mind. Nobody looks out their door. No one seems to know what the outside is for. And no one ever looks out their door. Hello and welcome to the America Hotel. Only the lonely live here.