Young Man's Dream

She Grows Her Own Hell and She Waters it Well (an Ode to Showtime's Weeds)

Break Free

Silence, You've Sold Me

Man I Am (take 5)

Amin7dropC tuning capo 3rd
C-A-E-G-C-E

The Fountain Behind the Setting Son

All my holy grievances 
will take lifetimes to avenge
My fallen brother’s wail
Tell of horrors at the end


At the twin peaked valley
the scorpions heard my plea
Now I beg of you direction
A beast you think of me? 


CHORUS
Civilized? Ma’am, I've civilized
I left the power of its fame for this garden past the sky
I'll cheat death before this day is done
At the fountain behind the setting sun


I'm running through the sunset
To the man who never died
Some ancient mystic mariner
Who the gods immortalized


CHORUS


Bridge
Won't you Give me safe crossing
Beyond this wicked sea
Enlighten my desires
Won't you release me
To the other side 
satisfy my pride


*inspired by Gilgamesh

The Fountain Behind The Setting Sun

You can't keep this hold on me
We weren't born to live with fame or riches
You didn't incline to be a son of bitch, it's 
Not so easy for me to desert this loving cup
But you're not my home, you're where I grew up


You were so much smarter when I met you
If you had to make a change why'd you have to let me lose respect for you?
You break promises at the first sign of desire 
Like a pot to hot to touch but you still put your hand to the fire


Pre-Chorus
When I remember you
Can I trust your laughs enough that they came from me?
Or should I have read between the smiles? Does it even matter? 
Old lover, take me home or set me free
Chorus
You can't keep this hold on me 


I put miles in these shoes you bought me years ago
I can't seem to close the distance between you and me the friends we used to know
And yet your presence can sneak up on me when I'm all alone
Like the shallow breathe the wind takes before a cyclone


Pre-chorus
Chorus


Bridge
I sense you near me
When I'm all alone
I hope you call on me
When I'm not home
Won't you Call on me?
Don't Let me be -
Won't you Call on me?
Don't Let me be (home)


Chorus

You Can't Keep This Hold On Me

Long Ears and a Short Tongue (in Am7 drop C, capo 3)


I said some kind words at my fiance's wedding. 
She doesn't know me but I'm sending all my love
The room got quiet just to listen to me. 
They just met me but I'm sure they know it's true.


To be honest, I may be confused
The work on this heart is never done
I can promise I will always listen to you
I’ve got long ears, baby, and a short tongue


I don’t ever ask if,  I ask when
And if we’re not right right now it’s not time
I don’t ever ask why we’re not even friends
I know you’ve always got me on your mind  


Chorus


Bridge
If you want a ride
If you need to hide
You might need a ride
A place to hide
I’ll be right outside.

Long Ears Short Tongue #2

Yearning


You put a fan in your south side  window
But all it does is blow smoke on the floor
And maybe that makes you nervous
It’s alright, ma’am, the fire’s next door


In my den my heart is burning
I feel I'm always on display
In some way that exploits my desires
And billows nonsense with every word I say


Chorus
Everyday she calls my attention
In Every way she wins my affection
Sound the alarm. My heart's burning
I'm yearning


sometimes I wish I was burning
Send my carbon to the atmosphere
And someday you could breathe me in
and we could be together, my dear


But I could never be the oxygen
That makes its way to your heart
I am just an inert gas
Drifting around a work of art




Chorus

Yearning #3

Tuned to Low C A E G C E capo third fret.  Lyrics previously posted.

I've Got Mother Nature on My Side (in Eb Ab min7 tuning)

01 Silence Of The Hive

Good Reasons 96 bpm 
Sandy came and took my home
Brought me down a world of Woe
Family soon to grow to four 
(Mama had to tell me, Lord)

You might feel broken you might feel ashamed
You might count up all the bad reasons you can name
Wake up, son! don't be angry anymore 
You got to find a good reason for everything, that there's a bad reason for. 

Came some helpful hands that's true
Thoughtfulness and gratitude
Family helped me all along 
I never felt so weak and so strong

CHORUS 

I won't kick you when you're down
Hard times humble
You know that good times come around
Even if you stumble 

CHORUS 

You've got to find a reason
Maybe it's a friend you haven't seen in awhile
You've got to find a reason
I hope you find them and share a smile
You've got to find a reason
Even the house plant has told you
You've got to find a reason 
What a little positivity can do for you

Oh! Good times come around 
Yeah! Good times come around

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But if you can pick yourself up and walk through the door
You might do things out of hate you might do it for love 
You might need to make a confession or speak to the lord up above
Cause you never know when you're gonna walk through that door
There's a mighty good reason for everything that there's a bad reason for


He won a million dollars
He spent it all in one night
He gave it all to charity 

She robbed a local store
She had to buy medicine for a veteran

She drove over a man twice

I can't judge a person whose down
Who's been beat up and messed around
These hard times humble


We got to find these souls help them to their feet
Give good shelter and food to eat

One bad deed achieves another

You make Solomon pull an all nighter

Came some helping hands from the shore
Moved more times than I can be sure
The hands of friends pushed me along
Taught me how to be strong
Let god judge


E D A
F# A

05 You Got To Find A Good Reason For Everything There's A Bad Reason For #2

My X-ray eyes
Uke or Capo 5.  C Csus4 Cadd2 G.   Am F G F

The vultures of monmouth are circling my head
I dare not look up, I shake off the threat
For I'm certain that my morbid story lines
Must call them to this place where I trouble my mind

A mystic I freed from some New Jersey diner 
Gave me fantastic sight but now I can't find her 
And oh god! what has she done to me?
I never asked for such responsibility

I can't dream
Nothing's as it seams
I see no surprise
This world is no match for my X-ray eyes


At a card game in AC, I knew I could win
The gamblers smelled a cheat cuz a sinner knows a sin
So I took myself to college because everybody knows
That if you want to be a fraud it's a place to go

I met you at a party for a mutual friend
I told you my story and you believed me then
Push came to pull came to pull away
You hung on to everything here but me

You're standing strangely at my dresser
Letting go of some strange letter
What can words say?
 What can I say?

I can't dream
Nothing is as it seems
I see no surprise
Your dear john letter is no match for my x ray eyes

How can I dream without you in my bed?
The vultures of monmouth are circling my head
I watch them spin through my transparent ceiling
I'll never write another story and I'll never lose this feeling

I can't dream
Nothing's as it seams
I see no surprise
This world is no match for my X-ray eyes

07 My X - Ray Eyes

What kind of love do you want from me
(2/11/18)
I'm a bird
I'm a burden
Wanna fly
But I'm a hurtin
Wanna love but
I am learning to live on my feet

If birds
 of a feather
Really 
Hold together
i am a chicken
I risk nothing ever

You don't want me to speak tough
When I'm tender it's never enough
So tell me---
What kind of love do you want from me

I am love
I am not loved
I am cursed
I am crushed
You are everything I ever needed
You say hush

CHORUS

In a full moon
I’m a fever
Another mystic
Deceiver
I won at bingo
But I believe I lost you in the heat

I brought my ego
To the gun fight
Full moon bark
At you all night
I wanna explain
But I’m learning to keep my finger off the trigger

When I go far
You go further
It ain’t natural 
To nurture
Cause to a crow
Love is a murder 

Your hollow eyes 
Don’t nurture 
Nobody grows
And you crow
Love is a murder

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