Rolling down that double yellow … half caffeined, semi mellow
Driving Highway Sixty to that same old place
Houses that were orange groves stare down the past, and face the road
And I turn the mirror so I don’t see the new lines on my face
…on my face

… saving grace
Sixty on Sixty looking for a resting place
…resting place

Thinking back to Eighty Three, that big old van, just her and me
Two things on our list, just a beach and a breeze
We looked around and wondered who could feel the changes passing through
The other side of being young and waking up to times like these
…times like these

Doing Sixty on Sixty, looking for a saving grace
… saving grace
Sixty on Sixty looking for a resting place
…resting place

Looking back to when life was a romp And the edges of Sixty were still a swamp
And I laughed at the danger of driving off that road
Now that the blacktop covers the marsh grass the only danger is feeling the harshness
… of ancient winds singing songs that I’ll never know.

Doing Sixty on Sixty, looking for a saving grace
… saving grace
Sixty on Sixty looking for a resting place
…resting place
…resting place
…resting place
        

On a hot, flat Georgia highway
Between Tifton and Adele
The sun beat down on billboards
That warned me about Hell
I was driving toward an ocean
That would almost make things right
To the promised coast ten hours away
From those cool north Georgia nights

I was a long way from the mountains
Where everyone agrees
Where the streets are paved with gravel
And the apples fall close to the trees
Every seeker looks for answers
As our end comes into sight
Seeking our salvation
As all seekers flee the night

I’m headed to that golden beach
An ocean view of Heaven
Where salvation meets the morning shore
And everything’s forgiven

I crossed the land where life and dirt
Are carved by grist and muscle
Air so heavy it soaks my shirt
Hotter than a July tussle
There were stands to sell me peanuts
Salt boiled into the shell
They all sang hallelujah
And then they wished me well

I’m headed to that golden beach
An ocean view of Heaven
Where salvation meets the morning shore
And everything’s forgiven

Driving past Valdosta
As the State line came in sight
I could almost smell the ocean
Where it all would turn out right.

Standing on a shifting dune
I’ve reached the edge of land
I feel the truth that seekers seek
As waves move shells and sand

Young man paddles through the waves
Going ever faster
Old man watches waves roll in,
Hoping for what’s after

I’m standing on that golden beach
An ocean view of Heaven
Where salvation meets the morning shore
And everything’s forgiven
Where salvation meets the morning shore
And everything’s forgiven

She doesn’t want to write another country song
Cause she knows that they all end in broken hearts
She doesn’t want another ‘where did we go wrong’
Cause she’s afraid that she might have to learn her part

And after all she thinks her life’s worth saving
For the day when … she knows what to write about
But her lover knows she’s looking for a haven
Always looking for a quick way out

She knows how to guard her heart and keep it
She knows a heart’s not lost til its misplaced
He’s learned how to write and here’s his secret
Write your life in ink and don’t erase

He doesn’t want to write a ballad in the night
Cause he knows that they all end so sadly tragic
He doesn’t want another ‘let’s just do it right’
Cause he’s afraid that they won’t hold on to the magic

He writes about life looking for connection
Some affection, looking for that special touch
But when he sees her look in his direction
He’s learned not to expect too much

She knows how to guard her heart and keep it
She knows a heart’s not lost til its misplaced
He’s taught her how to write and here’s his secret
Write your life in ink and don’t erase

Together they will write a song that no one’s ever heard
Realizing that to love is just to give
He dances to her music, she inspires all his words
And together they are not afraid to live.

Live your life as if you’ve never seen it
Save your heart inside a special place
When you write your story, tell it like you mean it
Write your life in ink and don’t erase
Write your life in ink … and don’t erase

I could tell that they were sisters
At the Mardi Gras parade
One’s life was paved with blisters
But the other had it made

They all grabbed at flying candy
As the tubas rolled along
They were out with Bill and Andy
Who’d just love to do them wrong

Dark skies, moon pies
Wearing masks to Mardi Gras ball
Plastic fancy ruled them all
On Fat Tuesday night
Anita’s mask was beauty
Bill wore a mask of lust
She felt it was her duty
He’d have it or he’d bust

Judy’s mask was shrewder
Andy chased it to the ball
He knew that she’d be lewder
She knew she’d make him fall

Dark skies, moon pies
Masks they wear most every day
Hiding their desires away
Til Fat Tuesday night

Anita hopped Bill’s shoulders
A live oak with Spanish moss
Then she squeezed her knees together
Just to show him who was boss

Judy grabbed a flying necklace
Andy gave a rebel yell
They’d started feeling reckless
It was time for the hotel

Dark skies moon pies
Masks to hide their inner self
Step into somebody else
On Fat Tuesday night

They stayed high on Fat Tuesday
Til the boys gave their last gasp
They’d all gotten what they wanted
… Then they fumbled for their masks

Dark skies, moon pies
Wearing masks to Mardi Gras ball
Plastic fancy ruled them all
On Fat Tuesday night

I was raised in a congregation called our Lady of Fear and Guilt
In a church with wooden rafters that someone else besides Jesus built
And I prayed upon the kneelers where Italian ladies sang
‘You got to take the good with the bad’… their timeless… Yin and Yang

I was born at the end of Autumn, just after Halloween
When ancient spirits roam the earth And I’ve lived in between
When it’s getting dark real early, And I could see across both sides
Of the daylight and the nighttime… From the place… where I reside

Now I’m lookin for my congregation
Lookin’ for some eye to eye
A Congregation of heart and soul
Makin my way toward the sweet bye and bye

Now I’ve often walked throughout a world of hardess baked in cold
Among the lonely ones who never recognized their soul
Whose congregation chose the path that leads to the quickest gold
Speeding toward the sad horizon, where young turns into old…

Now I’m lookin for my congregation
Lookin’ for some eye to eye
A Congregation of heart and soul
Makin my way toward the sweet bye and bye

In a world of many voices, I’ve Learned to feel as well as know
In a world of many choices, sometimes better to go slow
And choose the simple pathway, watch how the water flows
Ride the grateful highway …Take the highest road

Now, I’ve found the good vibration of hope over despair
Gratitude and kindness, good souls clinging to a prayer
And I’ve found my congregation among those hopeful souls
That I have had the chance to meet along … this holy gratitude road

Now I’ve found my congregation
Lookin’ straight eye to eye
A Congregation of heart and soul
Makin our way toward the sweet bye and bye
Makin our way toward the sweet bye and bye
Makin our way toward the sweet bye and bye

Devil charmer, nature farmer
Ties the loosest knot you’ll ever know

Time connector, sky reflector
Sets his stage, and then he plays his show

High in the hills, far above Monterey He’s traveled from east to the west
“The world connects up” is what he likes to say from Mother Nature’s nest

I fell out of time on a street in Carmel Don’t know when I’ll chance to go back
To join up again in a magical spell with a jester called Monterey Jack

Devil charmer, nature farmer
Ties the loosest knot you’ll ever know

Back in rhythm today
Back in rhythm today
I had Jesus on my left
On my right was Dr. K
Back in rhythm today

Back in rhythm tonight
Back in rhythm tonight
Slipped into the dark
Woke up to the light
Back in rhythm tonight

Back in Rhythm today
Everything’s gonna be OK
Looked outside my window
Saw that lone Blue Jay
Back in rhythm today

Back in rhythm today
Back in rhythm today
I had Jesus on my left
On my right was Dr. K
Back in rhythm today

Well I was lonely       And she was there
I had the evening       She had blonde hair
We had blue feelings       For all to see
No complications, No expectations No destiny

I was the subject       She had the chair
I had the notion       She took the dare /
We had no limits, ‘Cause we were free
No complications No expectations No destiny

Well, she told me not to think about it all that much
Cause all she thought we needed was a little touch
She said that all she wanted was some here and there
Who knows who…who knows where

I had a ticket       She had my seat
I was attracted       To her retreat
We were two vessels       Out on the sea
No complications, No expectations, No destiny

Well, she told me not to think about it all that much
Cause all she thought we needed was a little touch
She said that all she wanted was some here and there
Who knows who…who knows where

Well I was lonely       And she was there
I had the evening       She had blonde hair
Her door was open, I had the key
No complications, No expectations No destiny

Pressin my foot down, staring all the way down the left lane
Headed downtown catchin bugs on my windshield pane
Singing along with the radio tunes, my spirit’s on ice, but it’s nothin like booze
You got me high and I’m flyin down the highway tonight to see you

Lord help me to make some sense, tell the judge of my innocence
I’m drivin under your influence, and I can’t slow down
I’m takin this turn real hard, onto Tunnel Boulevard
In a minute I’ll be at your yard, for another round

I got a head full of buzz, but I haven’t had a drop to drink
I’m on the road to ruin, but I’m speedin faster than I can think
I proofed it up to 90 and I’m callin your name, since you shifted my gears I haven’t been the same
You got me high and I’m flyin down the highway tonight to see you.

Lord help me to make some sense, tell the judge of my innocence
I’m drivin under your influence, and I can’t slow down
I’m takin this turn real hard, onto Tunnel Boulevard
In a minute I’ll be at your yard, for another round

I’m weavin down the road, cause its time for happy hour with you
That’s when I look up and see those blue lights flashin in my rear view
The trooper said I’d better walk that line today He said ‘Just be careful son”, and put his ticket away.
You got me high and I’m flyin down the highway tonight to see you

Lord help me to make some sense, tell the judge of my innocence
I’m drivin under your influence, and I can’t slow down
I’m takin this turn real hard, onto Tunnel Boulevard
In a minute I’ll be at your yard, for another round
I’m drivin under your influence, and I can’t slow down

Made you cry
Today, I made you cry
And when you tried to tell me why
I cried, too

Feeling small, today I'm feeling small
Because I nearly lost it all
And lost you

Someday I'd like to tell you what I really want to say
I'd like to show you all that I can do
If I could hold your life inside my hands for just a day
I'd take all my tomorrows and I'd give them all to you
But I

Made you cry
Today, I made you cry
And when you tried to tell me why
I cried, too

Better than, today you were better than
The hollow place I hold within
Inside me

Someday I'd like to tell you what I really want to say
I'd like to show you all that I can do
If I could hold your life inside my hands for just a day
I'd take all my tomorrows and I'd give them all to you
But I

Made you cry, today, I made you cry
And when you tried to tell me why
I cried, too I cried, too, I cried, too

I stopped in for a beer
I said “It’s awful quiet in here”
For a Friday night inside a local bar
I said “I bet that I could play
A couple tunes, what do you say?”
He told me, “Son, everybody plays guitar”.

I stopped in for a cup
Of cappuccino, “Fill it up”, I told her,
“All my friends will come from near and far.
If played a couple tunes,
I bet this place would fill up soon.”
She told me, “Son, everybody plays guitar”.

Songs are little treasures that you keep inside of you
Dreams are all the heart can understand
Music is the beat that only dreamers’ hearts can feel
You have a plan
It’s in your hands……

Now, I’m back out on the street
I have the world right at my feet, I know that
I should hit the road in this old car.
But I can’t be held to blame
For chasing fifteen minutes fame
Cause no one else can play this old guitar … like I can

Songs are little treasures that you keep inside of you
Dreams are all the heart can understand
Music is the beat that only dreamers’ hearts can feel
You have a plan
It’s in your hands……

Now, I’m back out on the street
I have the world right at my feet, I know that
I should hit the road in this old car.
But I can’t be held to blame
For chasing fifteen minutes fame
Although I know…everybody plays guitar.

Well, I like ‘em rotten, she likes ‘em raw, she’s the best gal that I ever saw
Bananas
We both love bananas
I peel ‘em from the top ‘cause the peelin feels funky
She peels ‘em from the bottom cause she thinks like a monkey
Bananas
We both love bananas

Well I like ‘em yellow, she likes em green, she’s the best gal that I’ve ever seen
Bananas
We both love bananas
I peel ‘em from the top ‘cause the peelin feels funky
She peels ‘em from the bottom cause she thinks like a monkey
Bananas
We both love bananas

Bananas for breakfast, bananas for lunch
My baby knows that I love her a bunch.
We always agree on that particular subject
Cause we got our own little banana republic

Eatin those bananas, we surrender to the feelin’, cause my banana baby is just so … appealin’
Bananas
We both love bananas
I peel ‘em from the top ‘cause the peelin feels funky
She peels ‘em from the bottom cause she thinks like a monkey
Bananas
We both love bananas

Banana peelin is her best feature
Just can’t wait to see my little Chiquita
We got no banana issues, do not fear
When she starts plantain ideas in my ear

Well, I like ‘em rotten, she likes ‘em raw, she’s the best gal that I ever saw
Bananas
We both love bananas
I peel ‘em from the top ‘cause the peelin feels funky
She peels ‘em from the bottom cause she thinks like a monkey
Bananas
We both love bananas we both love bananas, we both love bananas

Devil charmer, nature farmer
Ties the loosest knot, you’ll ever know

You know It’s no longer ‘cool’, just forget about ‘groovy’,
You got to be hip, if you want to talk to me
Better get out on the street, better come out of the kitchen,
‘Cause anyone who’s hip knows today… you say … It’s “dope” or it’s “bitchin’”

If you want to hit a bingo with today’s modern lingo
Don’t try to ‘cop or score’, (no one says ‘phat’ any more)
Better get out on the street, better come out of the kitchen,
‘Cause anyone who’s hip knows today …you say … It’s “dope” or it’s “bitchin’”

Well I saw it on facebook and it’s trending on line
It was just so dope it brought a tear to my eye
It made me wanna scratch just where I was itchin’
‘Cause I found a new word and it really Is ‘bitchin’

If you‘re stuck back in the sixties, then you better cut your hair
‘Cause It’s no longer ‘rad’ and it’s no longer ‘square’
Better get out on the street, better come out of the kitchen,
‘Cause anyone who’s hip knows today … you say … It’s “dope” or it’s “bitchin’”

Well I saw it on facebook and it’s trending on line
It was just so dope it brought a tear to my eye
It made me wanna scratch just where I was itchin’
‘Cause I found a new word and it really Is ‘bitchin’

Now the hippest of the hip never need a hip thesaurus
Cause their words are out of style soon as I can sing the chorus
They’ll be back out on the street, won’t be cookin’ the kitchen,
‘Cause two weeks from … today … nobody will say … It’s “dope” or it’s “bitchin’”
‘Cause they’ll find a new word …… and nobody will be‘bitchin’
        

Everybody’s got eyes, but nobody’s got vision
Everybody’s on the edge of indecision
Everybody’s on their phone, but everybody’s all alone
Everybody’s runnin’ from a drone

We’re going … but we’ve already … been
Time capsule twenty seventeen

You think they’re comin’ for your money, you think they’re comin’ for your gun
Everybody’s a victim, or wants to be one.

We’re seeing … what we’ve already … seen …
Time capsule twenty seventeen

Bring a dish for the table
We’re invited to dinner with the devil
Enjoy the meal while you’re able
The table’s warped but we think we’re on the level

Everybody’s on the run everybody wants their place in the sun
We’ve got plenty, but think we’ve got none.
Everybody’s got eyes, but nobody’s got vision
Everybody’s on the edge of indecision

We’re praying, but its time to choose our sin
Time capsule twenty seventeen

You think they’re comin’ for your money, you think they’re comin’ for your gun
Everybody’s a victim, or wants to be one.

She’s got sand in her shoes
She’s got the news
Wouldn’t listen to her father
Wouldn’t even want to bother
She’s got sand in her shoes, in her shoes

She’s got sand in her toes
Everybody knows
Wouldn’t listen to her mother
Wouldn’t eve listen to another
She’s got sand in her toes, in her toes

Gotta be near the ocean
Gotta be near the waves
Gotta be near the water
Sea shells that she saves
Her life will be the rave…

She’s got sand on her knees
She’s only three
Building castles in the sand
Got the whole world in her hands
She’s got sand on her knees, on her knees

Gotta be near the ocean
Gotta be near the waves
Gotta be near the water
Sea shells that she saves
Her life will be the rave…

She’s got sand in her shoes
She’s got the news
Never had a sister or a brother
But she’s livin’ her life in watercolor
She’s got sand in her shoes, in her shoes

Hey, Old Friend it's been a while
You don't look so good these days
You’re not as fit as when I was a child
Now that twelve score is your age

Back then I could count on you
You were my guiding light
I sang ‘My Country Tis of Thee’
But not so much tonight

After all this time
What made you change your mind?
After all you've been about
When did you cross that line?
Did you cross that line?

You used to say that doing right
…is the right thing to do,
Now you look away from me
and say ‘why should I have to’?

You try to grab all that you can,
and you call it freedom
You judge whoever's different
and you call it Christian

After all this time
What made you change your mind?
After all you've been about
When did you cross that line?
Did you cross that line?

You say we can't afford human
Compassion any more
The need that’s pulling on your sleeve
Keeps you from getting more.

Free market ideology
Beats out the rights of man
You think our constitution
Means to take all that you can

After all this time
What made you change your mind?
After all you've been about
When did you cross that line?
Did you cross that line?

There’s more than enough to go around
Come with me my old friend
Red stripes on your pants, white stars in your eyes
Come back in style again.

After all this time Will you let me change your mind? After all we've been about …

If you smile make me smile
If you laugh make me laugh
In Holiness

If you wish make me wish
If you dream make me dream
In Holiness

wildflowers bloom in open meadow
wildflowers blooming in o-pen heart
the smile of a beginning
the dream of a new start

If you breathe, make me breathe
If you sing, make me sing
In Holiness

Wildflowers blooming on the roadside
Wildflowers blooming in an o-pen field.
Breathing through the tides and seasons
Singing of rebirth and healing

Wildflowers blooming on the roadside
Wildflowers blooming in an o-pen field.
Believing some things are forever
To live and live again eternally

If you live, make me live

If you smile, make me smile
In Holiness
In Holiness

It’s my lucky day for bein’ alive
Here comes the mornin’sun
Shadows dancin’ on the lawn
The leaves are havin’ fun
It’s my lucky day

It’s my Lucky day for bein’ at home
That cookin’ smells so fine
Breezy porch and a sip of wine
And every minute’s mine
It’s my Lucky day

Feels like this is where I ought to be
Right where I’m sittin’ today

Round the bend’s as far as I care to see
‘Cause I know … she’s on her way

It’s my Lucky day for seein’ blue sky above
Its all gonna be ok
Lucky day to have someone to love
‘Cause now every day…
Is my lucky day

Feels like this is where I ought to be
Right where I’m sittin’ today
Round the bend’s as far as I care to see
‘Cause I know she’s .. on her way

It’s my lucky day for seein’ blue sky above
It’s all gonna be ok
Lucky day to have someone to love
‘Cause now every day…
Is my lucky day

I love apples during Apple season
Have a glass of apple cider cause I love that squeezin’
Yeah, its good ol’ Appalachian … Apple action for me
You’re the little apple of my eye
Sweet as grandma’s apple pie
Gonna sample some apples … under the apple tree

In the Fall, it’s time for pickin’
And I knew you’d be quite a catch
But as they say, down in Ellijay
Don’t count your chicks before they’re hatched

Well, that sweet apple cider’s like apple soda
I’d chase you all the way to Apalachicola
You know I’d be your apple troubador
I’d nibble off the tree, just like I was a critter
‘Cause I couldn’t wait around for grandma’s apple fritters
And you know I’d love you, right down to the core

In the Fall, it’s time for pickin’
‘Cause I knew you’d be quite a catch
But, as they say, down in Ellijay
Don’t count your chicks before they’re hatched

Well, you’re the sweetest apple I’ve come across
Hope you and I can make a little apple sauce
I just can’t wait until its harvest time ...
I’d put all your apples in my basket
Anything you want, you just gotta ask it
I’d climb your apple tree, just so you’ll be mine

In the Fall, it’s time for pickin’
And I knew you’d be quite a catch
But, as they say, down in Ellijay
Don’t count your chicks before they’re hatched

I love apples during Apple season
Have a glass of apple cider cause I love that squeezin’

Four Forty gets me into Nashville
If I can tune this Martin by ear.
Pickin’one beat behind
Playin’ out of my mind
Hope to get enough tips for a beer

I was playin’ on the street in Printer’s Alley

She said ‘can you get us out of this place’?
She was askin for a lie
So I promised that I’d try
But I couldn’t keep the smile off my face.

I said, baby, baby, what happened last night?
Eatin Five Guys burgers in the flickering lights
Stevie Ray’s twelve bars ringin in my ears
Can Four Forty get me out of here?

I was tryin to break the lineup at the Bluebird
She said we’re never gonna get in this place
Don’t they ever get bored
Playin those same three chords?
With that twangy country look on their face

I said, baby, baby, what happened last night?
Tunin’ this guitar by the music row lights
Stevie Ray’s twelve bars ringin in my ears
Can Four Forty get me out of here?

Twelve Bars …
Can make me a star
This guitar…
Never knew Four Forty’d get me this far

Now it’s Four Forty headin’ out of Nashville
‘Cause my lyrics don’t rhyme with this town
Tried to play the local sound
But I couldn’t dumb it down
So it looks like we’re north Georgia bound

Now she’s too hot to drop in Chattanooga
And this Martin’s finally sounding sincere
So I’m goin for broke
Just playin’ Blues and Folk
But it’s too early to be drinkin this beer

I said, baby, baby, what happened last night?
Just a little kiss in the pale moon light
Stevie Ray’s twelve bars ringin in my ears
Can Four Forty get me out of here?
Hopin’ Four Forty gets me out of here.
Hopin’ Four Forty gets me out of here.

It’s a wide open country Wide open road
Wide open lifetime, riding all alone…
In this wide open world, lookin’ for a heart to make my home
We’ll call this road of life our own...
You and me, we’re two for the road

No sense in traveling this road alone
With no turning back and no way home
Thru lonely towns and loveless zones
Where Time is a one way street

You and I found a lighthouse on the edge of the sea
Watched the swirling waters churn as the stars broke free
No more yearning, no more searching for celestial code
We’ll call this road of life our own
You and me, we’re two for the road

No sense in traveling this road alone
With no turning back and no way home
Thru lonely towns and loveless zones
Where Time is a one way street

I’ll find place where sunlight meets the showers
On a road where the mountains meet the shore
I’ll take you along and we’ll make them ours
We’ll call this road of life our own
You and me, we’re two for the road
You and me, we’re two for the road
You and me, we’re two for the road

She told me … she’s like a waterfall Tumbling … over edges of stones Never knowing … which way to choose Wand’ring along on a path for home

She told me … I’m like a mountain lake Constant … steady and deep Open to whatever flows in Carefully measuring what to keep

We’ll meet at the rainbow Behind the rain and melting snow … And follow where it flows

We’ll flow … together like water Touching … gravel and grass Riding on the stream and wind Sharing everything that comes to pass

We’ll meet at the rainbow Behind the rain and melting snow … And follow where it flows Together we’ll flow… She told me … she was a waterfall Tumbling … over edges of stones …..

And so, we might meet again some way
And laugh away the day
Once again
With you, I never knew time to go slow
But now I find I know
That it was you
Who made me smile
All the while

And so, words in tune soon pass away
Across the time we play
Harmony
We two played our chords in space and time
Progressions stop their rhyming
But you do
Still make me smile
All the while

And so, if our paths should cross again
We’ll still remember when
Life was new
These days, passing in the golden sun
Through all the tears and fun
I always knew
You made me smile
All the while
You made me smile … all the while

These days some of us get by with out thinking
And swallow the kool aid without even blinking
Just Live your own life … it’s no mysterious riddle
Don’t buy the ideas they take down off the shelf
Take your life in your hands and think for yourself
Life is like garlic, you can’t do just a little

Don’t do just a little, it’s for you and me
Don’t skimp on the spice, don’t skimp on life
That’s my best recipe
Just spice it up, don’t tone it down
Don’t worry how much you’re usin’
Don’t worry ‘bout what anybody else thinks
Just keep doin’ what you’re doin’

Beware of the haters and blamers alike
Who believe what they hear on the news at five
Just smile … til all sides just collide in the middle
Beware corporate sheep in their ivory tower
Whose bottom line is their higher power
Faith is like garlic, you can’t do just a little

Don’t do just a little, it’s for you and me
Don’t skimp on the spice, don’t skimp on life
That’s my best recipe
Just spice it up, don’t tone it down
Don’t worry how much you’re usin’
Don’t worry ‘bout what anybody else thinks
Just keep doin’ what you’re doin’

Beware of the high life and messing around
Just keep your love on solid ground
And try to hit Cupid’s target right in the middle
You can aim your arrow, but never settle
And when you find that someone special
Love is like garlic, you can’t do just a little

Don’t do just a little, it’s for you and me
Don’t skimp on the spice, don’t skimp on life
That’s my best recipe
Just spice it up, don’t tone it down
Don’t worry how much you’re usin’
Don’t worry ‘bout what anybody else thinks
Just keep doin’ what you’re doin’

‘Cause Love … is just like garlic, you can’t do just a little
        

I built this road with gravel
I built this road with stones
I built this road with hopeful heart
I built this road with bones

I built this road with promises
I paved the way as true
I built this road with laughter
I built this road for you

Tried to clear away the sorrows
That the wind blows through the years
I built it so tomorrow
Could keep yesterday near

I built this road with kindness
I built this road with faith
I built this road with feeling
I built this road without gates

I built this road from memory
Of what I barely understand
I built this road to always
Hold you in my hands

Tried to clear away the sorrows
That the wind blows through the years
I built it so tomorrow
Could keep yesterday near

I built this road with vision
And lessons I know are true
I built this road with love
I built this road for you

I built this road with love
I built this road for you

Instrumental

There’s somethin’ about those palm trees
In Cali the sun’s everywhere
Now he’s followin’ his own coyote and growin’ his hair

He’s come to the end of all his land lines
Gave away his northern clothes
In Venice they’ve all got stories that nobody knows

[but now] He’s found a place that’s cooler than cool
Where the ocean is his Golden Rule
And the cruel world isn’t quite so cruel
In Dogtown

Its the place to watch the sun go down
Til the rest of your life comes around.
Some call it ‘the beach’, but the locals just call it Dogtown

Tired of living in the spaces
Between the white lies that he’ll never be
Now he’s rich ‘cause he’s chillin, just sellin his art by the sea

[‘cause] He’s found a place that’s cooler than cool
Where the ocean is his Golden Rule
And the cruel world isn’t quite so cruel
In Dogtown

Ridin’ the five, drivin’ the nickel
Along the coast , out on the cinco
He’s cruisin’ around in a Buick named Freddy,
Down to the beach, takin’ Route Four Twenty
To Dogtown
From creation … to cremation
Livin’ in the Boardwalk Nation
He’s got a PhD in streetwise smarts
He owns his own dreams, ‘cause he’s made a new start
In Dogtown

Now, he’s forgot all about those little white lies
‘Cause his truth just rolls along with the tide
Found peace where there’s nothing left to hide

[‘cause] He’s found a place that’s cooler than cool
Where the ocean is his Golden Rule
And the cruel world isn’t quite so cruel …
In Dogtown

Desert train follows me on my way…my way
Desert train runnin’ Flagstaff to Santa Fe
Tracking over mesa and sand,
Across forgotten land
Desert train is goin’ strong,
Desert train will be runnin’ … long after I’m gone

Desert train follows me on my way…my way
Desert train runnin’ Flagstaff to Santa Fe
On a palette of browns and reds
Tumbleweed and nature’s beds
Desert train is goin’ strong,
Desert train will be runnin’ … long after I’m gone

Desert train follows me on my way…my way
Desert train runnin’ Flagstaff to Santa Fe
Life’s rhythm on the tracks
All along Route 66
Desert train is goin’ strong,
Desert train will be runnin’ … long after I’m gone

When does a story become a story?
Is it only when the tale is done?
the total of our days and nights
all rolled up … into one?

Counted up all my near misses,
All the times I’d thought ‘she’s the one’
misplaced trust and truffles…
all those bursting bubbles … gone
But I can feel you now, on the other side of tears … [tell me]
Where you been hiding that beautiful soul … all these years?

How many moonlights have I held my breath
til my wishes turn to rhymes?
when lost chords and melodies
come back … into time
But I can feel you now, on the other side of tears … [tell me]
Where you been hiding that beautiful soul … all these years?

Just a year ago
As brown leaves piled like sorrows
Little did I see that final chance
You let me know
I had one more tomorrow.
One last romance … A November dance

When does a story become a story?
Is it only when the tale is done?
the total of our moons and suns
all rolled up … into one?
But I can feel a new beginning… when I’m finally winning
Where you been hiding that beautiful soul…
Where you been hiding that beautiful soul…
Where you been hiding that beautiful soul… this story’s just begun
        

Spent last Sunday morning with a book of souvenirs
markers on the road of life I’ve gathered through the years
And I came upon a memory that made me stop and dream
It was a very old picture of a very young me.

Saw my life as many chapters in that dusty photo book
flashed on the adventure in each picture that I took
there were years and tears and silly fears and footprints by the sea
And I re-lived all of those memories of a very young me

Now, I’ve learned what’s inside a mountain, I know why there is a stream
I’ve learned how to see the truth in things from how they often seem
I’ve learned how to hold a baby I’ve learned how to be a friend
I’ve learned how to treat a woman…
But not nearly what I’ll know before I learn what’s at the end

Thought good days would last forever and that dark nights wouldn’t end
I kept following my heart but sometimes had to make amends
I grew a little every day and tried to just be kind
To walk inside another’s shoes and keep an open mind.

There were tales of winter cities and many a long shot bet
There were scores of friendly faces and very few regrets
There were loves I’d lost who’d double crossed me, chances left behind
There was one whose love I still dream of when the moon and stars are kind…

I’d lived life in every chapter of that dusty photo book
treasured each adventure and all the roads I took
there were years and tears and many cheers in a life spent being free
behind that very old picture of a very young me.

Now, I’ve learned what’s inside a mountain, I know why there is a stream
I’ve learned how to see the truth in things from how they often seem
I’ve learned how to hold a baby, I’ve learned how to be a friend
I’ve learned how to love a woman…
But not nearly what I’ll know before I learn what’s at the end.
But not nearly what I’ll know before I learn …what’s at the end

He fixed his tie, grabbed his case; Hurried out the office door
Past the woman with her child camped in a shelter with a concrete floor
With a sideways sneer He said… I got mine,
You must be doing something wrong If you … have to beg for dimes

She looked up with far off eyes, to an image of a recent past
To the memory of the storm, how the walls and ceiling crashed
To the day that she lost everything she had
To the claim letter in the mail … that simply said… ‘too bad’

She said you’ve got yours, but what I _ feel inside is mine
Have you ever had a day when you needed someone _ to be kind?
Go on your way, I don’t mind

It’s nature of the world, he said … and I can tell I’ve won
You can see my time’s important … and I’ve got to run
Cocktails at 5, dinner at the club
If you’d only do a little bit of work, you wouldn’t _ have to grub

She looked up at the misting sky, and down at her smiling boy
Just wanted a bit of a better life, for her heart’s only joy
If Providence were different, and the world hadn’t turned too fast
She might have made it on her own … but the past _ is just, the past

She said you’ve got yours, but what I _ feel inside is mine
Have you ever had a day when you needed someone _ to be kind?
Go on your way, I don’t mind

It’s a fine line between sunshine and the coming dusk
It’s a fine line between yours and mine, We all do what we must
He didn’t think about all those letters he’s signed and sent
Just about the bonus they gave him … he just turned, and off he went

She said you’ve got yours, but what I _ feel inside is mine
Have you ever had a day when you needed someone _ to be kind?

It’s a fine line between yours and mine, We all do what we must…

She was bloggin’ by the sea …
A new start on livin’
down around the gulf coast water.
She was funny and free
Til she got Entangled
In a net … full of mystery that caught her

Maggie knows the best ways to get in trouble
Down South Florida way
She’ll make you smile til you’re bent over double
And say…
Let’s have fun today

She was trackin’ down a lead
that led her into trouble
Workin’ in the Dolphin Park
she was born with the need
to just burst your bubble
so she can’t … keep from teasin’ the sharks

Maggie knows the best ways to get in trouble
Down South Florida way
She’ll make you smile til you’re bent over double
And say…
Let’s have fun today

There’s nobody around
who’s quite like Maggie
spunky in a carefree way
she’s got a twinkle in her eye
that’ll never flag be--
‘cause she’s just… gotta do it her own way

Maggie knows the best ways to get in trouble
Down South Florida way
She’ll make you smile til you’re bent over double
And say…
Yeah, we’ll have fun today

Don’t care ‘bout what I would’ve ….. or could’ve
I’m not worried ‘bout all the things I should’ve
I’m just keepin’ the blues at bay
Holdin’ on to a rainy day

Don’t care if it’s gray, it’s ok
‘Cause there’s a rainbow in every day
I’m just keepin’ the clock at bay
Holdin’ on to a rainy day

I was there … when the First yellow leaf fell
I’ve felt the Springtime beneficial rain
I’ve learned a lesson from … every season under the sun
We’ll all get to heaven … one by one

I’ve got a hunch…..in the crunch
I’ll be eating ice cream for lunch
keepin’ brussel sprouts at bay
Holdin’ on to a rainy day.

I was there … when the first Winter snow fell
I’ve felt the heat when Summer dried the plain
I’ve learned this lesson from … every season under the sun
We’ll all get to heaven … one by one

It’ll be Fall in a while …
and I got a pumpkin smile
cause I’ll be wishing those leaves into a pile
Holdin’ on to a rainy day

Yeah, I’ll be keepin’ those Maples at bay
Holdin’ on to a rainy day

I got a lap full of passion and a head full of booze
Got a tank full of gas and I got nothing to lose
So if you’re looking for something I got something to see
And I’m heading south on Alabama Forty Three

Heading south on Highway Forty Three, yesiree
Where the road goes on to Mobile and the days go on for free
I got beer and oysters waiting and a date with Missus B And I’m …
Heading south on Highway Forty Three

I got a good invitation I got lovin’ in store
Got a wild inclinatIon there’s a little bit more
So if you’re looking for something I got something to see
And I’m heading south on Alabama Forty Three

Heading south on Highway Forty Three, yesiree
Where the road goes on to Mobile and the days go on for free
I got beer and oysters waiting and a date with Missus B And I’m …
Heading south on Highway Forty Three

I got an old pickup blocking, so I’m gone l ike a flash
Got my hand on the shifter, and my foot on the gas
I don’t care for the limit, I’m just dying to pass
Got my head out the window and I’m talkin’ some trash, and I’m…

Heading south on Highway Forty Three, yesiree
Where the road goes on to Mobile and the days go on for free
I got beer and oysters waiting and a date with Missus B And I’m
Heading south on Highway Forty Three

Seasons pass, styles and minds have changed
The world that I had known’s been rearranged
I woke up to september … leaves had turned before my eyes
Becoming old before their time

Watched old friends grow older than their years
That twinkle in their eye became a tear
But my heart’s younger than the rest of me, … I remember how to shine
I want to be young before my time

When your spirit gets too heavy, that’s the time to let it fly
We’re more than dust and leaves in the wind
Livin’ every moment … keep that twinkle in my eye
We’ve only got this moment to begin

Got an Autumn heart inside me that’s not gonna wait
For that first pearly glimpse of Heaven’s gate
Won’t spend the rest of my time … waiting for that Cadillac ride
I want to be young before my time

When your spirit gets too heavy, that’s the time to let it fly
We’re more than dust and leaves in the wind
Won’t pass up any chances … keep that twinkle in my eye
We’ve only got this chance to begin

Got a list of buckets far as I can see
I’m gonna save the best of me for me
Gonna take what’s left that’s mine,…. Paint my own road signs
I’m gonna be young before my time
I’ll be the ‘after’, not the ‘before’ … Look for ‘better’, not for ‘more’
I’m gonna be young … before my time

Instrumental

She pushed the bottle back across the table, sat back smiling
She said “you’ve got a self-interest in this conversation”
But as she said her goodbye’s, she would never meet their eyes
And spent still yet another night in her self-preservation

Double dealing double meanings through a double drinking evening
She drank doubles like she’d never get the chance to drink again
She danced nimbly ‘round the meanings of their double talking leanings
To the shelter of her feelings from self-interested men

It was cold in dairy country and the night was frozen cheese
Everybody out to seize whatever pleased them
There was frozen water flowing from a well no one had known
And though, apparently full-grown, she had to tease them
Had to freeze them, had to tease them into thinking she would please them

They could tell that she was lonely, and her whiskey glass was only
Just another sip away from where she’d set her keys and phone
She’d become a local star, sitting in that crowded bar
But they never knew that she was in that crowd to drink alone

It was cold in dairy country and the night was frozen cheese
Everybody out to seize whatever pleased them
There was frozen water flowing from a well no one had known
And though, apparently full-grown, she had to tease them
Had to freeze them, had to tease them into thinking she would please them

She pushed the bottle back across the table, almost empty
Fooling herself into putting on the lid
She won’t regret their passions cooling, won’t regret the things she’s doing
But her true regret is saved for all the things she never did

She pushed the bottle back across the table…

Springtime, / sky of blue, / life’s promise, / me and you
Summer roses, / red and carefree, / you and I / turn into We
Autumn’s orange / changing leaves, / bring surprises / and belief
In -- what’s -- to -- come

Each season has its colors, each time of day its hue
you and I will live those colors, and as seasons pass our view
And I’ll know that each day of -- my life,
my favorite color is you

Winter time, / browns and whites, / glowing in / the early night
Golden sunsets / reminders of / how we’ve received, / wisdom and love
From those who’ve made us and / gone before / …to share with those / we’ll make
To carry on once more.

Each season has its colors, each time of day its hue
You and I will live those colors and as seasons pass our view
And I know that each day of -- my life,
My favorite color is you

Sunrise, / mauve and pink / promise of our / new beginning
Yellow heat, / noon of day /work together /along the way
Purple clouds / at evening’s close, / we’ll share between us / all of those
As each -- day’s re -- born

Colors of the rainbow reflected in your eyes
Each passing day will bring us something new
And I’ll know that each day of my life
My favorite color is you

My favorite color is you

Kiss my lips, the way that you do
Kiss my lips, it’s how I remember you

It’s not how long you sleep, it’s what you dream
It’s not just what you keep, it’s how you seem
It’s not how long you stay, it’s in your eyes
It’s not just what you say, it’s the surprise

Kiss my lips, the way that you do
Kiss my lips, it’s how I remember you

It’s not how long you pray, it’s what you feel
It’s not just another day, your love’s still real
You’ve danced through Heaven’s gate, that’s in the past
We’ll laugh (dance) together, one sweet day, at last.

Kiss my lips, the way that you do
Kiss my lips, it’s how I remember you

It’s how I remember you

I heard the starting gun go pop
Your voice is telling me to start then stop
Un…re…solved emo…tions
In…ter…rup…ted motion
Un….der…sta…ted notion
You Proceed … with reckless caution

I want to see you in the flesh and bone
I want to know for sure that somebody’s home
…Don’t think that I can do this whole thing alone
Any more……

You let me call you on the phone
Assuring me that you were alone,
Con…flic…ted intentions
Mul…ti…ple dimen…sions
your cre…ative tension
You Proceed … with reckless caution

…I want to see you in the flesh and bone
I want to know for sure that somebody’s home
…Don’t think that I can do this whole thing alone

Promises freeze, intentions melt
You’ll never see just how I felt
Words can steam and looks can thaw
You’ll never feel just what I saw

I’m hoping for a happy end
are you a lover or just a friend ?
you might … not… get …what you ought to
if you Proceed … with reckless caution
Proceed … with reckless caution
        

Little mountain girl on the old home place
She got a barefoot soul, and a pretty face
She Got her daddy’s heart
Her daddy’s heart
daddy’s heart
And her mama’s grace
Her mama’s grace

She wonders where she’s goin’
But knows where she’ll always be
Speaking with the hemlocks
and singing in her own key

Little mountain girl on the family land
She got a book of songs, and a baby grand
She got music in her heart
music in her heart
music in her heart
And healing in her hands
healing in her hands

She wonders where she’s goin’
But knows where she’ll always be
Speaking with the hemlocks
and singing in her own key

I just want to hear what you have to say
I just want to hear what you have to say
I just want to hear what you have to say
Today………..

Little mountain girl hopin for a new start
She got a smile in her eyes and a fragile heart
We’d shed the same tears
Shed the same tears
Shed the same tears
If it breaks apart
That fragile heart

She wonders where she’s goin’
But knows where she’ll always be
Speaking with the hemlocks
and singing in her own key
…her own key ...her own key …her own key

I hear voices in the music, voices in the wind in my trees
Voices that remind me you’re not the one I need
But we can still share all our goodbye’s with a smile
We’re just a flash in the pan, but that pan was pretty hot for a while
You speak to me in pictures, and your pictures say ‘I’m just not sure’
You paint pictures of a longing but you don’t think I’m the cure.
But we can still share all our goodbye’s with a smile
We’re just a flash in the pan but that pan was pretty hot for a while

just a flash in the pan … a twinkle in the eye
we helped each others’ lonely days go by
Talking like lovers,long distance calls
Wishing for memories we’d never share
Your way and my way barely crossed at all
But such a sweet short time to be there ……….

just a flash in the pan … a twinkle in the eye
we helped each others’ lonely days go by
Some Voices speak of Heartache, And every picture tells a tale
But we were smart and didn’t start what would have sadly failed

Now, there’s no use thinkin this thing over and over
let’s just remember the day you gave me that four leaf clover
But we can still share all our goodbye’s with a smile
We’re just a flash in the pan but that pan was pretty hot for a while
… just a flash in the pan but that pan was pretty hot for a while

I was fit as a fiddle, til you decided to call
You think that I’m still mad at you And you want to clear it all
In your screaming, angry letters, you’d ripped me all to shreds
You made it plain, as you explained, it’s all about you instead…

[but now you say] Let’s meet in the middle
Let’s agree to disagree
You’ll overlook how long it took
For me to finally see …
Let’s meet in the middle
Let’s agree to disagree
If you’d spoke those lines back another time
We might still be Us…and not you and me.

You told me that it broke your heart, when you dumped me in the street
But you‘ll still be friends, so you can choose the parts of me to keep
You cried and said you missed me; so sad that we’d gone wrong
But you ditched our happy times to sit at home and write bad songs

‘Cause you’re the one who baked the tears, into that recipe
You left me dyin’, and you’re still cryin’ -- ‘But what about ME’
you’re stepping on my only lines, you’re stealing all the pain
You’re sad and teary til you get weary, Then you’re back to Ms Perfect again.

[you said] Let’s meet in the middle
Let’s agree to disagree
But It won’t be long til I’m just wrong
As you re-write history …
Let’s meet in the middle
Let’s agree to disagree
If you’d spoke those lines back another time
We might still be Us…and not you and me.

You said let’s play some music, just bought an upright grand
You want to write, not get uptight. You want to extend a hand
But you won’t extend those other parts, that I once shared with you
Those legs and feet and body heat, where I met in the middle with you

[You wouldn’t] meet in the middle
You just love to disagree
By tomorrow night you’ll still be right
And I’ll still just be me
[You wouldn’t] meet in the middle
No Half and Half in your coffee
If you had more sense and took down your fence
We might still be Us..and not you and me
If you had more sense and took down your fence
We might still be Us..and not you and me
They say that forgiveness is a virtue,
usually right after they hurt you,
You have the right to remain silent
anything you say will be written in a song about you.

She said “Gosh, I feel like a roll right now”
And it’s a feelin’ she just can’t fight
Drivin’ a hot rod heart down that red clay road out of town
Pushin’ forward to the great unknown
she’s usin’ her best hindsight
Keepin’ it grounded just to hold her own ‘cause its only… the beginning … of the night

She was jumpin’ in the stream, dancin’ on the water
Scarin’ all the snakes away
She got a devil of a smile for a preacher’s daughter
And it’s only…the beginning of the day

She only knows what she feels
she’s got a heart that can heal
She doesn’t need any numbers to know what’s real

She said “I feel like I’m on a roll right now,
And when you feel it, you know that its right”
She got her water and her fire in line somehow
And it’s only … the beginning … of the night

That was when she promised to tell me some lies
And her lies came straight from the heart
She got more words than I got replies
the evening … is just about to start

She only knows what she feels
She’s got a heart that can heal
She doesn’t need any numbers to know what’s real

She only knows what she feels
She’s got a heart that can heal
She doesn’t need any numbers to know what’s real

She said “Gosh, I feel like a roll right now”
And it’s a feelin’ she just can’t fight
Drivin’ a hot rod heart, down that red clay road out of town
Drivin’ a hot rod heart … down that red clay road out of town

Oh, how I wish my life could be as fine
As all my friends who live their lives on line
Talkin ‘bout their good times , or just their stream of mind
Wish my life could be like my friends on Facebook

I’d like to let the world know me
through little colored boxes with my philosophy
Share everything I do or think, my laptop’s like the kitchen sink
I’d make my life into a link on Facebook

I’d say:….
I’m standing here at Niagara Falls
My kid just pooped her pants
Don’t you think my pet is cute?
I’m having such fun, too bad you can’t…
I’m standing in line at walmart,
and I know God has a plan
Look at me and my smiling friends
click here if you ‘like’, there’s never an end

I’d like to give you all a quiz you to see
What kind of super hero you’d really like to be
if you really care, you’ll post my cause, here’s a video of kittens with Santa Claus
My Life would be much better ‘cause … its on Facebook

I’d say:….
I’m standing here at Niagara Falls
My kid just pooped her pants
Don’t you think my pet is cute?
I’m having such fun, too bad you can’t…
I’m standing in line at walmart,
and I know God has a plan
Look at me and my smiling friends
click here if you ‘like’, there’s never an end

if only I could do that, too… I’d share every bit of me with you…..

I’d show everyone the crap I love the most,
I’d share it all with you each time I post
My smallest feats would be magnified, I’d be the star of my own life
Wish my life could be like my friends on Facebook
I’d like to live the good life on Facebook

And so, we might meet again some way
And laugh away the day
once again
With you, I never knew time to go slow
But now I find I know
that it was you
Who made me smile
All the while

And so, words in tune soon pass away
Across the time we play
harmony
We two played our chords in space and time
Progressions stop their rhyming
But you do
still make me smile
All the while

And so, if our paths should cross again
We’ll still remember when
Life was new
These days, passing in the golden sun
Through all the tears and fun
I always knew
You made me smile
All the while
You made me smile … all the while

I was losin hope, cause it’s been a while
Since I felt this good, but now I’m wearin a smile
I just met her today … Blonde hair right in style
She got big green eyes, She’s funny and smart
That face could jump right off a work of art
I just met the next gal… Who’s gonna break my heart

Break my heart, she’ll break my heart
But I live for this sweet hopeful feelin’ right at the start
Break my heart, she might break my heart
rather be lucky than smart
Hope she doesn’t break my heart

Forget those days of makin safe bets,
Gonna spin the wheel, hope for the best.
…maybe I’ll just hit the best number yet
Hope is eternal, like fire and flood
One look from her, she gets into my blood
Beware what you hope for, it’s just what you might get

Break my heart, she’ll break my heart
But I live for this sweet hopeful feelin’ right at the start
Break my heart, she might break my heart …..
rather be lucky than smart
Hope she doesn’t break my heart

She snuck up and tapped me on the shoulder
with the smile that I’d been hoping to see
offered me a lucky four leaf clover
and said I think… you might…. be looking for me

Break my heart, she’ll break my heart
But I live for this sweet hopeful feelin’ …………………
Break my heart, she’ll break my heart
But I live for this sweet hopeful feelin’ right at the start
Break my heart, she might break my heart
rather be lucky than smart
Hope she doesn’t break my heart
rather be lucky than smart
Maybe she won’t break my heart

Instrumental

Keep me in your keepin’ room
Keep me quiet, keep me tuned
Keep me til I go too soon
From your keepin room

Keep me in your keepin’ place
Keep that look upon your face
Keep me in amazing grace
In your keeping room

I don’t know much, but I can check
All the ways I can stick out my neck
I don’t know much, but I know this
Baby, you’re a calculated risk

Keep me in your keepin’ hall
Keep your chimes behind your wall
Keep that Alabama drawl
In your keepin room

Keep me in your keepin’ time
Keep yourself in perfect line
Keep your secrets there with mine
In your keepin room

I don’t know much, but I can check
All the ways I can stick out my neck
I don’t know much, but I know this
Baby, you’re a calculated risk

Keep me in your keepin’ place
Keep that look upon your face
Keep me in amazing grace
In your keeping room

I went to see John Prine last night he looked like you and me
He was getting there slow, but wherever he’d go he’d play it in the key of G
With the feeling of a man who’d lived all those chords
And knows it’s about a simple key
No need to shout, he’s playing it out in your basic G, C and D

He’s been down and around and inside himself
He’s living inside you and me
He’s been on our trip and we’ve been on his
Though most ride by and don’t see
We’re reading the map but missing the lakes
And mountains of scenery
But he’s playing along in his personal song
In your basic G, C and D

I went to see John Prine last night he looked like you and me
we all shared some joy with that sleepy eyed boy whose name is up on the marquis
his words made me laugh, his lines made me smile his songs brought a tear to my eye
and anyone there, ever picked a guitar thought ‘I wish I could be like that guy’

He’s been down and around and inside himself
He’s living inside you and me
He’s been on our trip and we’ve been on his
Though most ride by and don’t see
We’re reading the map but missing the lakes
And mountains of scenery
But he’s playing along in his personal song
In your basic G, C and D

I went to see John Prine last nignt he looked like you and me
He smiled at our eyes and met our surprise playing stories of our lives as they be
With the feeling of a man who’s been biding his time
Watching life from his front porch seat
No need to shout , he’s still playing it out in your basic G, C and D
But he’s playing along in his personal song in your basic G, C and D

Sitting in a café
Sipping mocha latte
Every day’s a good day
But you’re not here
Hey, whatever happened to romance?
Whatever happened to my last best chance?
Whatever happened to romance?
Now you’re the girl who doesn’t want to dance.
I can hear the music blare
Got a life I want to share
But all I see’s an empty chair
Cause you’re not here
Hey, whatever happened to romance?
Whatever happened to my last best chance?
Whatever happened to romance?
Now you’re the girl who doesn’t want to dance.
You used to laugh when I came to your door
Now you never even smile for me anymore
your heart’s not with me like before,
before…

Now I just catch you on the run
Only see you when you’re under the gun
And I’m not having any fun
Cause you’re not here
Hey, whatever happened to romance?
Whatever happened to my last best chance?
Whatever happened to romance?
Now you’re the girl who doesn’t want to dance.
Now you’re the girl who doesn’t want to dance
You used to be the girl….

Now that we’re lovers
Livin’ in our different states
We don’t have to talk around it … just tryin’ to find a way
How we’re gonna make it work across the miles ‘tween here and there
How we’re gonna do the day to day if we’re never anywhere
Close …
Baby, Let’s be close enough to dodge the cars on Highway Five
Close enough to come this far to feel like we’re alive
Close enough to share a gentle touch before we die
Maybe we’ll discover you and I
Close enough is better than goodbye
That look in your eye
The tone of your voice
Tell me that you’re thinkin’ … we might not have a choice
Maybe we can see it clear if we try not to look too far
Maybe we can share a moment riding on this shooting star
holding close, …

Baby, Let’s be close enough to dodge the cars on Highway Five
Close enough to come this far to feel like we’re alive
Close enough to share a gentle touch before we die
Maybe we’ll discover you and I
Close enough is better than goodbye
Don’t know where this journey’s goin’, or if I’m bein’ smart
But I know I’ll be on the road followin my heart
Baby, Let’s be close enough to dodge the cars on Highway Five
Close enough to come this far to feel like we’re alive
Close enough to share a gentle touch before we die
Maybe we’ll discover you and I
Close enough is better than good bye
Close enough is better than goodbye

Who took the T out of Lost Angeles?
I’m so lost and lonely but the angels don’t see
To get yourself found, you got to pay a fee
But in the city of angels, you get lost … for free
Came out to the coast to play a few sets
Packed up my songs and hedged all my bets
Tomorrow I’m gonna take what I can get…
But I haven’t left yesterday yet
Haven’t left yesterday …
Who took the T out of Lost Angeles?
I’m so lost and lonely but the angels don’t see
To get yourself found, you got to pay a fee
But in the city of angels, you get lost … for free

Made up my songs as I made all my rounds
But my music didn’t seem to make a sound
Thought I was up cause I was facing down
And you got to be pretty in this homely town
Got to be pretty …

Who took the T out of Lost Angeles?
I’m so lost and lonely but the angels don’t see
To get yourself found, you got to pay a fee
But in the city of angels, you get lost … for free

Fell out on the Boardwalk when times got hard
Met the ghost of Zevon on the boulevard
His songs were perfect, in the switchin yard
‘Bout wet streets and neon and tarot cards
My fame and fortune are still within reach
Long as I never leave Venice Beach
Where you play for loose change or you learn how to preach……
And every lost soul has a lesson to teach
very lost soul……

Who took the T out of Lost Angeles?
I’m so lost and lonely but the angels don’t see
To get yourself found, you got to pay a fee
But in the city of angels, you get lost …
Who took the T…..out of Lost Angeles

You wrote me that message, but I didn’t know why
Was it straight from your heart, or just another white lie?
Since we’d gone wrong, all the good things you said
betrayed by the demons that live in your head
I’ve kept your white words… in a box, on the shelf
Is it really a lie… if you believed them yourself?

Is it really a lie … was this love ever real?
Does it mean that I have to forget all the love that I feel?

I couldn’t slow down, we were falling too fast
You burned down our bridge, stranding love in the past.
My tears couldn’t put out the flames, and our hope
Was lost, as I watched your life go up in smoke
I heard you say … you didn’t need… my help
Is it really a lie… if you believed it yourself?

Is it really a lie … was this love ever real?
I’d rather believe any lie that would save that old feeling…

I’m trying my best to keep up and move on
All the little white words …of our story are gone
Now I’m under the radar, but still on the grid
I’m living my life, but I’m keeping it hid
I’ll write a new ending … that turns out quite well
Is it really a lie if I believe it myself?
Is it really a lie… if I believe it myself?

Watchin rain from my front porch
Keep learning the same old lesson
Got to break loose from this old routine
I’m in a tropical depression

Been too long since the road and I
Had a top down radio session
Guitars crankin’ while I’m headin’ south
Might help this tropical depression

I want to smell the sea and hear the palm trees
Whispering their promises
I want to watch the stars and just be me
And not care what tomorrow says

Lovely ladies on the beach
Demanding my attention
Don’t matter if they’d never even speak to me
They help me out of this tropical depression

I want to smell the sea and hear the palm trees
Whispering their promises
I want to watch the stars and just be me
And not care what tomorrow says
Now I’ll stay a while in this little town
Where it’s illegal for stress or tension
Pina colada as the sun goes down
South of this tropical depression
[I’ll have a] Pina colada as the sun goes down
South of this tropical depression

Just so you know
You’re making it so easy
Just so you know
I’m not trying all that hard
Just so you know
your quiet talk is pleasing
Your voice can tell the story
Of subtle southern breezes from your heart

Just so you know
You think I’m good at talking
Just so you know
You bring it out of me
Just so you know
You’re dancing while I’m walking
Your eyes can tell the story
Of a long awaited journey ‘cross the sea

We just met
At nobody’s introduction
We just met
Two heartbeats through the wire
We just met
At nobody’s introduction
Whoever said that we were
All that smart?

Just so you know
I’m thinking of you quite fondly
Just so you know
The thought snuck up on me
Just so you know
It came while I was dreaming
My heart can tell the story
Of taking that first step across the wire

We just met
At nobody’s introduction
We just met
Two heartbeats through the wire
We just met
At nobody’s introduction
Whoever thought that we would find our heart?

Just so you know
You’re making it so easy
Just so you know
I’m not trying all that hard
Just so you know
You’re making it so easy…

Rolling down that double yellow Half caffeined, semi mellow
driving Highway Sixty to that same old place
Houses that were orange groves Stare down the past, and face the road
and I turn the mirror so I don’t see the new lines on my face
…on my face

Doing sixty on sixty Looking for a saving grace
… Saving grace
Sixty on Sixty Looking for a resting place
…resting place

Thinking back to Eighty Three That big old van, just her and me
Two things on our list, Just a beach and a breeze
We looked around and wondered who Could feel the changes passing through
The other side of being young And waking up to times like these
…times like these

Doing sixty on sixty Looking for a saving grace
… Saving grace
Sixty on Sixty Looking for a resting place
…resting place

Looking back to when life was a romp And the edges of Sixty were still a swamp
When I laughed at the danger of driving off that road
Now that the blacktop covers the marsh grass the only danger is feeling the harshness
of ancient winds singing songs that I’ll never know.

Doing sixty on sixty Looking for a saving grace
… Saving grace
Sixty on Sixty Looking for a resting place
…resting place

You say you’re leavin me cause you think I don’t put you first
As you got up and stomped away, you looked at me and cursed
No wonder I can’t make myself feel like I used to do
How can you be my number one when you treat me like Number Two.

So, goodbye Ms Perfect, it’s been fun
I’m sorry if I’m not the one
You’ll be ok, just look around
You’ll find the perfect man, cause there’s one standing
On every corner downtown.

You’re mad that I’m not perfect and you’re mad when I have to go
You’re mad I don’t agree with everything you claim to know
You’ll buy a ticket to anywhere, just to get away from me
Don’t be surprised when the Friendly Skies charge you that baggage fee

So, goodbye Ms Perfect, it’s been fun
I’m sorry if I’m not the one
You’ll be ok, just look around
You’ll find the perfect man, cause there’s one standing
On every corner downtown.

You said our time’s expired, and I’ve just got to accept
This tragedy, return your key and leave with no regrets
Now I’m lookin at my wristwatch, time controlled by satellite
I named that wristwatch after you, because it’s always right

So, goodbye Ms Perfect, it’s been fun
I’m sorry if I’m not the one
You’ll be ok, just look around
You’ll find the perfect man, cause there’s one standing
On every corner downtown.
You’ll find the perfect man, cause there’s one standing
on every corner downtown

Trailing monolog:
They say that the perfect is the enemy of the good.
Well, I’m not perfect, but I am pretty good…..
what was that perfect body part that you called me? …
I might not have perfect pitch, but you can certainly be a perfect…

There was a time I’d stay out til the hours were very small
In the early Springtime of my life
Thought I was so special, and could always have it all
Didn’t get much rest those sleepless nights
[all those] Sleepless nights, living different feelings
through the other half of every day.
Lived my life, didn’t know I was revealing
how the seasons might play out this way….

A woman came into my life, blessed me with her fashion
Brought the sun and made me feel so right
Summer nights we spent the darkness playing out our passion
Those were my favorite sleepless nights
[all those] Sleepless nights, living different feelings
through the other half of every day
Lived my life, didn’t know I was revealing
how the seasons might play out this way….

But seasons overtook us , and her shadows came to call
I tried so hard but couldn’t set us right
Now twilight plays upon the leaves that gather in the Fall
bringing on my saddest sleepless nights …
Twilight plays upon the leaves that gather in the Fall
bringing on my saddest sleepless nights .

Will it help if I pray?
I so want to know
If you can live another day
So we can learn to let you go

Used to wish I could feel
The innocence to believe
What you seem to understand
As you prepare to leave

Now, you’ve made me a believer
That there’s angels in the sky
With your saintly demeanor
And that devil in your eye

Now that we’ve shared
One last good time
I feel I understand
This fragile life you leave behind

Now, you’ve made me a believer
That there’s angels in the sky
With your saintly demeanor
And that devil in your eye

Will it help if I pray?
I don’t really know
But you’re alive with us always
And we don’t have to let you go
You’re alive with us always
And I don’t have to let you go