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You know it's been a long time now
Since Pangea I'd like to think
That the whole world started to fall apart
And whole hearts started to sink
And people are making a big fuss of it
Like we're all headed to our doom
But this storm's been raging for a long time now
Why am I the only one who sees that it ain't nothin' new?
Oh, nothin' new
So some joker asked me my opinion
And so I asked him, "What's it to you?"
So he says, "I dunno, nothin' really"
So I says, "Guess we share the same point of view"
I don't take to believing in anything
And I don't read too much into things these days
I mean, it was just the other day that you needed the Man to make a break
Man, times have changed
Oh, they've sure changed
Speaking of days gone by
Because you know how we love living in the past
It was just the other day I saw the former love of my life
If I only knew then that nothin' ever lasts
Like all the hair on my father's head
I'm sure he misses it now that it's gone
For now, I guess I'll still take these luxuries for granted
Like I always say, use'em while you got'em
While you still got them
I try not to worry 'bout anything, really
I mean, what's the point in stressin' over spilled milk?
Quit your cryin' and just mop up the mess, son
We don't got all that much time left to kill
I guess if there's one thing I do believe
If there's one faith that I can preach
If there's just one lesson that I would teach
Just go have some fun already
Just have some fun
While you're still young
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2. |
Mary Never Had A Chance
02:47
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You're saying it's just one more murder
No one'll care how bad you'll hurt her
She's just one more notch on your belt
It's her own damn fault that she fell
You've got grace and you've got poise
It's always been their own choice
You've got money and you've got charm
Now if you only had a heart
Mary never had a chance against the likes of you
With your warm words and your smooth moves
Mary never had a chance against the likes of you
Look out, Mary, there's a snake on the loose
And there ain't no lie too cold
No
There ain't no blow too low
No
And there's no being too cruel to any fool trying to be pretty enough for you
Mary never had a chance against the likes of you
With your warm words and your smooth moves
Mary never had a chance against the likes of you
Look out, Mary, there's a snake on the loose
Oh, Mary, Mary, what are you gonna do?
Mary never had a chance against the likes of you
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3. |
And I Was
02:57
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Something has just been brought to my attention over what we fought
I never ever say what I probably ought, it's always leaving your eyes a little bloodshot
But let's not lie that you're any better what with you always acting so red letter
Measure each tremor multiplied by Richter, but sweet tea shouldn't taste so bitter
I don't know why there needs to be something wrong, but there does
I guess it's proof that you can only be happy for so long, and I was
Until you made a claim for some time and space, to which I could only acquiesce
Pack up my things and head outta this place, but I should've known you'd never give up the chase
So am I really the one who's crazed when you're the one who seems to think conflict's so great
Like folding while holding a pair of pocket Aces, the joke's on us
I don't know why there needs to be something wrong, but there does
I guess it's proof that you can only be happy for so long, and I was
And I was
We can always come to a compromise
But we can never give up the fight
We can always put our burns on ice but we'll shortly blame the freeze for our next blight
If we can maintain a peaceful state of mind, let's heal up these cuts and bruises or at least try
I don't know why there needs to be something wrong, but there does
I guess it's proof that you can only be happy for so long, and I was
And I was
And I was
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4. |
Through the Static
03:39
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I can't see through the static on my TV
All this white noise buzzing erratically
The shapes and the colors all seem to bleed
I can't see through the static on my TV
Why do I feel like I've been here before?
It's the same road, traveled twice more
But this time at a price they won't have to afford
When the map's already been charted before
Has the well run dry? Or have we lost the will to try something new?
I can't listen through the static on my radio
All these poets emptying out the secrets of their souls
While their chords blend into a tried and true 2 note joke
I can't listen to this cookie cutter FM radio
Has the well run dry? Or have we lost the will to try something new?
Has the well run dry? Have we come across the time where there's nothing left to do?
I can't listen through the static on my radio
Can't listen through the static on my radio
FM radio
I can't see through the static on my TV
All this white noise buzzing erratically
The shapes and the colors all seem to bleed
I can't see through the static on my TV
I can't see through the static on my TV
I can't see through the static on my TV
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Got an itty bitty song in my head
Got an empty paper and a confused pen
Can't write it down, can't dictate it
Can't get it out despite inspiration
I meant to write it as a testament true
I meant to write it for one such as you
I meant to write it but I can't find a start
I meant to write it but it's suddenly so hard
It was a love song that didn't involve me or you
It was a love song that took a Shakespearian cue
It would've been easy if I knew Shakespeare more
But I'm not an educated playwright hailing from Oxford
Unless you go to Oxford to study something else
Then I guess I need a new excuse for myself
I could claim it's a trivial and useless anciently outdated piece
But then you'd just get angry at a notion that I don't really believe
I can listen to all the right songs
To help me focus on what I want
To develop an art to entertain you
Something superficial and overused
I guess in my lyricist's block I wrote something else
A song that I'll probably have shelved
Like a record mogul owning an artist's soul
Who doesn't find the art too marketable
Or maybe I'll find a use for it and find a place
I guess I can save it for a rainy day
I guess I can save it for a rainy day
I guess I can save it for a rainy day
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Dolly Dolly
03:41
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Well well well oh what the hell
Seems it's only been a spell since she last rung my bell
Driving me up and down, Dolly Dolly, you keep me flailing around
The hell do you want and the hell are you on?
The room keeps spinnin' like my head has been kickin' it
Oh why don't you stick a brick in it before I start breakin'...
The girl's gone crazy like she's got a score to settle
Here she comes now, like a bat outta hell
Somebody hide me, somebody help!
The girl's gone crazy
The girl's gone crazy
Droppin' the line and losin' the phone
Packin' my life and leavin' my home
In the futile hope that she won't know
Where the hell to go when my face won't show
But she knows just where to find all the secret places I hide
Like a god damn sleuth or a private eye
From Bangkok to Beirut, from Kaohsiung to Timbuktu
Dolly Dolly, there's no escaping you
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My Dear Friend
02:24
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My dear friend, won't you come around
And have a seat by me
Seems something's turned you upside down
Got you feeling weak
Won't you come and have a seat by me
Let me see if I can give you what you need
Shadows cast themselves so unexpectedly
Even in the brightest sun
But my dear friend, there's no need to run
When you've got a shoulder you can lean on
My dear friend, won't you recall eleven numbers
And have a chat with me
A friendly ear isn't all that costly to offer
It could help put your mind at ease
My dear friend, call and have a chat with me
Let me see if I can give you what you need
My dear friend, come have a seat by me
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8. |
The Succubus Shuffle
02:50
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Hey there, baby, take a look at you
Looks like you're dressed to kill
The poor boys'll never know what to do
You'll leave those suckers faint and ill
Go ahead and blow them a little kiss
You'll have'em all under your thumb
You'll have a chance to clench an iron fist
Before they realize they should've run
Roses are red, and you are, too
With your little horns and a pitchfork to boot
Now tell me tell me, honey, tell me it's true
You're the only one who means anything to you
I suppose I could be a gent and try to warn you
Before you go off and take it too far
You keep this act up with all these clueless fools
They won't be the only ones with battle scars
'Cause it's only a matter of time before the dumb get wise
They'll find the pattern in your rhymes and find a way to reply
And you ain't gonna like it, I ain't gonna lie
They'll team up and turn on you, leave you hangin' high and dry
When they find you're just a parasite
Roses are red, and you are, too
With your little horns and a pitchfork to boot
Now tell me tell me, honey, tell me it's true
You're the only one who means anything to you
Roses are red, and you are, too
With your little horns and a pitchfork to boot
I'll tell ya tell ya, honey, tell ya it's true
Pretty soon it'll all catch up to you
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9. |
Simply Strange
04:59
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What's going on with my world today? Is it something profound or is it simply strange?
I really can't tell, so might you suggest an easy way to help me make sense of this mess?
It's okay if you can't, I've been here times before; I survive each time and there'll be many more
It just takes a strong will, or a stubborness; I've got the latter but is it all worth it?
You tell me, "YES!" but I just can't concur when all the world talks about is, "who got hurt?"
And speaking of hurt, why do you still stay? Dealing with a fellow who is clearly not sane
These thoughts consume me and make me stay up real late
Thinking of failures and choices I hadn't the strength to make
I remember you and those of who that I looked up to once
And now I can't help but wonder where have all my heroes gone?
Remember the time that I disappeared? No one does and that's a point that I've always feared
Since my conception as a human being, birthed from a woman who claims she loves me
But how can I know if it's the truth or not when I've been lied to before like with the Santa Claus
Who still brings gifts to those who disbelieve hoping that maybe someone someday will return the deed
But givers can't receive, they only seem to lose despite being the greatest of people who do prove
You don't need a reward to be considered good; it's a reward of the heart, I know this much is true
These thoughts consume me and make me stay up real late
Thinking of failures and choices I hadn't the strength to make
I remember you and those of who that I looked up to once
And now I can't help but wonder where have all my heroes gone?
I lost the point somewhere inside these words but does it matter if it's a point that no one heard?
A tree falls in the woods and then someone dies, or maybe that's just the leaves telling us all lies
I don't believe there's a way we can ever know so we might as well start up the car and go
Somewhere far away where the crazies can play; a place where I can feel at home and not feel insane
It's a haunted feeling of being completely trapped; it's time to escape and break free of this lapse
And maybe make the world a better place for me and you; It might help me out to do something good
These thoughts consume me and make me stay up real late
Thinking of failures and choices I hadn't the strength to make
I remember you and those of who that I looked up to once
And now I can't help but wonder where have all my heroes gone?
Where have all my heroes gone?
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Playback
03:12
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At first it seemed so great, it took a single serenade
And I was as good as laid
Didn't matter if they were hot, had a steady guy or not
Three chords later they were caught
By a soothing song and strum that outmatched Apollo
You could call it bragging rights, all my friends throwing high fives
Everybody asking for advice
But now I'm not so sure if it's a blessing or a curse
After twenty missing shirts
And the phone calls that just won't stop
Play the game and the game will play with all your fame until it takes all you've claimed
You play the game and the game will play you back
I never thought there'd be a time that every conquest would get wise
And turn adventure into crime
I never planned a contingency, now I know Hell really hath no fury
Like a hundred women out to get me
They're all up in arms and now I'm as hot as a leper
Play the game and the game will play with all your fame until it takes all you've claimed
You play the game and the game will play you back
You play the game and the game will play you back
And another fifty more who won't let me forget their names
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Blindsided
04:24
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Living with the lights out lends a satisfying ignorance
Some might even call it bliss
Looking through the glass and onto the other side
The view makes me want to hide
But I can't turn around
There was never a warrant out for your spark to arrest
But I'm not asking for the check
Desire seems to direct this energy into waves unsound
But I can't turn around
I never wanted this, but now that you're found
I can't turn around
I can't turn around
This little globe keeps me spinning about
I was hoping my world would stay flat
But all I've known has been turned upside down
Yet you left all the monsters on the map
Poised to attack
Combination cracked
Senses has been sacked
No turning back
No turning...
I never thought of this
I never bought up this
I never wanted this, but now that you're found
I can't turn around
I can't turn around
Oh, now that you're found
I can't turn around
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Revolving Door
04:30
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Could you pass me the bottle and pass me a glass
So we can make a toast to the fact that all things must pass
Now that the moment has come for the two of us at last
Could you spare a minute to sing along with one last track
It's hard to give up a treasure once the X has been found
So let's just hang on to more time than we've been allowed
Try to stretch out the now 'til we collapse passed out
Just let me wake in the morning in the arms of an empty couch
Because you know it's so hard to say goodbye
Trying to survive the ravages of time
But I'll make sure to keep you in my mind
Until the day you walk back into my life
I could spend all my time wishing for just one rewind
But that train of thought is such a cliche line
And it's not like we'll never share another rhyme
So I'll save you this match next time you need a light
'Cause this door we all walk through swings both ways
So you won't find me wasting time counting down the days
Because it's not like my feet are cemented in place
And I know I can always try to shorten the range
Because you know it's so hard to say goodbye
Trying to survive the ravages of time
But I'll make sure to keep you in my mind
Until the day you walk back into my life
You'll find time is a wild river that always flows true
You can divert it but you can't keep it from rushing through
It'll run its own course no matter what you try to do
But don't let that futility discourage you
'Cause time not only flows but it does something more
Sometimes it comes along in the form of a revolving door
One big wheel that brings us all back to where we were before
So I'll watch for your ship to sail back to this shore
So while it's so hard to say goodbye
Trying to survive the ravages of time
I'll still make sure to keep you in my mind
Until the day you walk back into my life
Because you know it's so hard to say goodbye
Trying to survive the ravages of time
But I'll make sure to keep you in my mind
This revolving door'll bring you back on the rewind
So I'll do my best to survive the ravages of time
Until the day you walk back into my life
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Monkeys In A Barrel
03:08
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So I catch it on the TV and it's callin', it's hollerin' right back, back to me
Or back at me, I can't remember
Maybe it's just that I'm not really sure
What do you want? I ain't got no time for talk
And if I wanted to talk, don'tcha think I woulda done it by now?
So I catch it in my fish tank
I'm tellin' ya, hook, line and sink, like monkeys in a barrel
Who you callin' a monkey, anyhow?
What do you want? I'm asking you, what do you want?
I ain't got no time for talk
And if I wanted to talk, don'tcha think I woulda done it by now?
Maybe I'm just tired, but it doesn't hurt to speak these things
No it don't, but I don't wanna talk
No, I don't wanna talk
No, I don't wanna talk, you can't make me talk, you can't make me
Oh, what do you want? I ain't got no time for talk
I'm asking you, what do you want? I said I ain't got no time for talk
C'mon now, what do you want? I already said I ain't got no time for talk
And I if I wanted to talk, don'tcha think I woulda done it by now?
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14. |
Sunshine Days
08:32
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Where was it that you said I was supposed to draw the line?
Before the ashes of good intent blot out every last inch of white?
These hands were built to repair our bridges that fell
But all I can hear is the blaring silence of the bells
And while I wear this halo upon my head
It seems my direction was mislead
I've burnt down what I set out to save
So often I've been misconstrued
But I never gave up for fear of what I might lose
Until the marble cracks, then what will I do?
I'll carve it into something new
I'll wear this halo upon my head
Though my direction was mislead
I burnt down what I set out to save
But I'll bring it up from the ashes
I'll bring it up from the ashes
I know I lost my rhythm and rhyme
I know I fell short so many times
But I can feel this energy on the rise
And this time
I think I can bring back our sunshine
So I'll wear this halo upon my head
I'll let my direction be misread
I'll wear this halo upon my head
I'll see this lake of fire to its end
Even after it burns down what I set out to save
I'll bring it up from the ashes
I can feel this energy on the rise
And this time
I'll bring back our sunshine
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Zephyr
04:44
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Sitting in the cafe with a cup of coffee to my name
Observant of all things dead and mundane, watching all the children play
Grey sky monotony breaking up the harmony
Of a lackluster astrology, another triviality
In the grand scheme of things
Disenchanting humility
Wake me from this dream
Insects on a single plane, riding on a one way train
Looking for proof it's not all in vain, just a way to kill the pain
Waiting for a westward wind that'll send me onward to the fringe
Allow myself to abscind, trying to find some deliverance
From feelings of significance
Disenchanting humility
Feel it flowing from the east
Won't you set me free?
Wake me from this dream
Opened eyes that finally face what looks a truly wondrous place
Full of vibrant color and sugar taste, a melody that resonates
Stars that only ever guide the direction home and not my life
The only thing that will decide where my future will arrive
The place that my heart resides
Disenchanting humility
Feel it flowing westwardly
Won't you set me free?
Wake me from this dream
Won't you set me free?
Wake me from this dream
Won't you set me free?
Wake me from this dream
Wake me from this dream
Wake me from this dream
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David Lee Boston, Massachusetts
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