I need to say a few things 
that will surely help 
the future me and you 
you may see me act in ways 
that seem strange, I deal with life 
in disarray 

to let the strife pass on through 
I do what I need to do 
to umbrella the rain 

and if I get on up from 
the table and I'm stone-faced 
please don't attribute it to you 

and if we lie next to each 
other and I don't hold you 
please don't attribute it to blues 

and if that happens soon 
pull up this conversation 
don't let your mind conclude 
to the twisted places your head goes 

and if that happens soon 
pull up this conversation 
don't let your mind conclude 
to the twisted places your head goes 

all the pieces of me aren't 
shiny like wedding stones 
lining your insides 
I do my best to wipe and 
buff scuffs off my own rocks 
and polish all the building blocks 

and when it all gets old 
don’t be afraid to scold 
there’s stuff I can control 
I just need to be told 

and if that happens soon 
pull up this conversation 
don't let your mind conclude 
to the twisted places your head goes

All The Building Blocks

as we age
our skin crimps
we eat shrimp
pull the tails off
on our day time boats
out in the bay
under the ray
sunglasses on

we kiss our
classy wives
they take sips
lick their lips
in their springtime hats
teeth are so white
the weather's just right
cocktail I just might
then we talk about

rock and roll 
new and old friends
children and loans
our jobs and our phones
we droned on way too long
the days we sold to the pawn shop

as we age
our skin crimps
we eat shrimp
pull the tails off
on our day time boats 
out at sea
staring back at the beach
sunglasses on

we kiss our
classy wives
they eat shrimp
with lemon juice
in their springtime hats
teeth are so white
the mood is just right
cocktail I just might
then we talk about

rock and roll 
new and old friends
children and loans
our jobs and our phones
we droned on way too long
the days we sold to the pawn shop


so many people who should
have grown old with me have 
faded from the page

as we age
our skin crimps
we eat shrimp
pull the tails off
on our day time boats
out in the bay
under the ray
sunglasses on

we kiss our
classy wives
they take sips
lick their lips
in their springtime hats
teeth are so white
the light is just right
cocktail I just might
then we talk about

rock and roll 
new and old friends
children and loans
our jobs and our phones
we droned on way too long
the days we sold to the pawn shop

so many people who should
have grown old with me have 
faded from the page

As We Age

my thoughts don't change 
just ones in need of healing pills 
I'm a joke 
who I want to be 
waits peaceful there 
blurry in the distance 

now in the pain 
that I'm feeling 
there's a room 
and it's spinnin’ 
a car won't 
suffice tonight 
fly pilot you fool 
a star ride's length away 
from this 

I thought I knew who she was 
I thought I knew who she'd become 
but I don't and I won't 
we haven’t spoken at all 
she lay peaceful there 
blurry in the distance 

and in the pain 
that I'm feeling 
there's a room 
and it's spinnin’ 
a car won't 
suffice tonight 
fly pilot you fool 
a star ride's length away 
from this 

for many days 
I thought I knew who she was 
in many ways 
I thought I knew who she was 

and in the pain 
that I'm feeling 
there's a room 
and it's spinnin’ 
a car won't 
suffice tonight 
fly pilot you fool 
a star ride's length away 
from this

Pilot

you like that science stuff 
I'm more a feeling man 

gills on land 
wings on ground 
round with squares 

at 105 
I'll keep you alive 
with the things 
you don't vibe 
with just yet 

the antique mug 
you drink 
life out of 
needs to 
fall-off-table crack 
snap your stance's 
handle off 
you're singing 
the rat pack 

they're great but times have changed 

you prefer me PC 
hard to change when 

this how it's been 
how it'll be 
till I'm complete 

the antique mug 
you drink 
life out of 
needs to 
fall-off-table crack 
snap your stance's 
handle off 
you're singing 
the rat pack 

in my raincoat 
pockets 
filled with picket signs 
"PLEASE DON’T INFLUENCE 
OUR GRANDCHILDREN" 

I know where 
you're from and it changes 
which words fall 
from my mouth 
down to you 

the antique mug 
you drink 
life out of 
needs to 
fall-off-table crack 
snap your stance's 
handle off 
you're singing 
the rat pack 

in my raincoat 
pockets 
filled with picket signs 
"PLEASE DON’T INFLUENCE 
OUR GRANDCHILDREN"

Grandchildren

baby you write good songs 
lyrics read thoughtful and strong 
good enough to hold a mountain up 

remember 
if something's wrong 
water flooding your blinks 
thinking way too much 
you can take emotion 
and turn it to song 
bend negative benevolent 
for those in far away lands 
that will hear your music 

and your smile 
they'll hear the 
upward curve in your bottom lip 
while you sit at the piano 
and touch chords 
with your love press 

remember 
if something's wrong 
water flooding your blinks 
thinking way too much 
you can take emotion 
and turn it to song 
bend negative benevolent 
for those in far away lands 
that will hear your music 

when you are so old 
that you won't even know it's your own 

and when you sit and play and wonder why you even do this at all 

remember 
if something's wrong 
water flooding your blinks 
thinking way too much 
you can take emotion 
and turn it to song 
bend negative benevolent 
for those in far away lands 
that will hear your music 

for everyone around you 
and in far away lands that will hear your music 

when you are so old 
that you won't even know it's your own

Far Away Lands

RSVP to the
Neptune Chariot Race
heroes save their glow

hover near me at the
Neptune Chariot Race
I'll teach you the rules

crowds stir they rumble
pilots rev silent motors
MC gets us high, then we rise

tension is screamin'
robot parts intertwined 
like oldies holdin' hands

truth is I want you out
with me while crowds are cheering

truth is I want you out
with me while fire's pinning us back

RSVP to the
Neptune Chariot Race
heroes save their glow

hover near me at the
Neptune chariot race
I'll teach you the rules

Neptune

Penny Tuscan sings songs 
for all the people walking by 
so they can nod their heads 
then toss their coins and paper 
she takes a drink each 
3rd train toward ny, ny

sometimes water
but usually whiskey
never faced her fears
sans flask or greens or
some other super powers
she's broke but cash 
is found for the necessities
all the dudes ask her on dates
to coffee shops and bars 
around the city 

"that's sweet of you thank you
there's an email on the sign
if you want to next week, 
please feel free to write"

when I watch her fend 
off guys or play guitars
this hustle bustle feels 
like home, it felt right 
to pull her aside,
"I found you online and 
I have been listenin'
thank you for your music"

she smiled seemed grateful 
asked for a request, I said,
"oh please whatever you'd 
planned is alright for me"

I would throw this cushy life 
away to chase the passion 
I don't even know about yet if 
I could live the high on Penny's face

4 years out we'll see her name 
in marquee lights above trend-chasers
I'll long for songs sang straight to me

Tuscan

there's magma
in the moment
even if I made it up
and the walls keep
speakin' to me
till their bricks
fall babe

sandwiched between
red and black horizon
don't need convincin'
I know

there's magma
in the moment
even if I made it up
and the walls keep
speakin' to me they do
till their bricks
fall babe

Riff No. 1

older than the tv athletes
older than the bands on the radio
where did the time go 
and what did we do with it

Eddie's Packin' Heat

Like honey on a soft diagonal 
we flowed nice and slow 
with more rapport 
than our past accounted for 
healthy springtime nature eyes 
on clouds, in pleasure, 
rolled so she faced me and said, 
"you really are the best lover ever" 

while I courted her I tried 
to come up with lines 
that'd spoon out her heart 
and coat it with shimmer 
two times at night and oh 
so once in the mornin' 
and by spoon I mean shovel 
and by heart I mean soul 
if you believe in one 
and by spoon I mean shovel 
and by heart I mean soul 
if you believe in one 

like 1,2,3 season change 
things are cold, then not, 
then hot, or warm then hot 
then not, or cool then cold 
then fools, going back and forth 
like Ping Kong or love 
shake-shake-cuddles 
numb nail-gun-skin apathy 
swallowing time 
my most precious commodity 

while I courted her I tried 
to come up with lines 
that'd spoon out her heart 
and coat it with shimmer 
two times at night and oh 
so once in the winter 
and by spoon I mean shovel 
and by heart I mean soul 
if you believe in one 
and by spoon I mean shovel 
and by heart 

but when you carry her on your back 
to the kitchen for a late night snack 
there she'll lean, like a queen, 
the way she’s supposed to be 
the girl of your dreams 
with her cookies and cream 
on a weeknight, in the summer 
on college or human break 
sometimes feels fake 
at its best even faker 
and in that moment 
you'll appreciate her 
for everything she is and 
everything she's not and 
you'll continue playing metronome, 
in time until the tick tock stops

GoneQuiteMad

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