This is for the malcontents, and the years misspent
Bumming cigarettes off phony Vietnam Vets
Jamie and Elizabeth, with all the school they’d miss
Couldn’t chip in on a 99 cent breakfast

Now don’t you know me?
I could have sworn you saw me sitting here
When you came walking in
Go - just ignore me
I’ll be right here where you left me
In the crooked booth down the end

This is for the elderly, peeing publicly
No one gives a fuck where they’re supposed to be
Gustav the city cop got no job
He couldn’t seem to figure out the routine

Now don’t you know me?
I could have sworn you saw me sitting here
When you came walking in
Go - just ignore me
I’ll be right here where you left me
In the crooked booth down the end

Blacked out windows
Wine from a cracked plastic glass thanks I’ll pass
Come on in, embarrass me anytime

I’ll be right here where you left me
in the crooked booth down the end

Right Here Where You Left Me

The sky was getting bluer
I was just as drunk as you were maybe more
Our kite came crashing down to earth
We got our dollar fifty’s worth I’m sure

Smoke and crumple right in front of me
Cross your fingers and turn the key

We’re not gonna be close like this again
At least I’ll know you your whole lifetime
How’s it gonna be - not like this again
Will you remember crashing kites with me?

The sky was getting lighter
Tried to hold a little tighter arm’s asleep
I can’t hear what you’re whispering
The Strummer CD’s still in on repeat

So glad you stumbled in on me
Cross your fingers you lost the key

We’re not gonna be close like this again
At least I’ll know you your whole lifetime
How’s it gonna be - not like this again
Will you remember crashing kites with me?

The sky was getting lighter
The sky was getting lighter
You lost the key
You did everything you could to fuck up you and me

Crashing Kites

I got demoted recently
The last job at the factory
The new kids are always getting high
It’s nothing like it used to be

On the disassembly line

I lost control of the radio
They never used to tell me where to go
Since ’95 but barely getting by
There’s no one there to know

On the disassembly line

Blacked out in the corner knocking at the door
Failed to see the sign up above
Ordering another from the floor
Want to quit your job well join the club
But if you need me I’ll be back come Monday

On the disassembly line

Disassembly Line

The worst of it was piled up on me
Plain bad luck neurotic urgency
Like a dead battery summon up no power
Like a dead battery a dead battery

You and me we must’ve been some sight to see
Crawl out of bed and bring on the weekend
Found the van back where it all began
Those things you said - I won’t repeat them

It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me
Why try in vain; some things never change
It’s all the same to me

We laughed out loud at the after-work crowd
I heard they were pissed when they were leaving
We had another two or three
The rest of the night is a mystery to me

How did we get home was it getting light?
I wonder how you got that bruise on your thigh

It’s all the same to me
It’s all the same to me
Why try in vain; some things never change
It’s all the same to me

All The Same To Me

If you unplugged the clock down at the bar
Could we stay there forever?
When I finally forget who you are
Would you help me remember?

We’ve got 75 cent protection
But I can’t read the splatter on the wall
It’s not like I’ve got anywhere else to be
Enemy, enemy, enemy

Will you play your music in my car
Once we manage to find it
Was it tonight yesterday or last week
We parked it up on the sidewalk

We’ve got 75 cent protection
I just can’t read the splatter on the wall
It’s not like I’ve got anywhere else to be
Enemy, enemy, enemy

Enemy

Just another day
Fresh Pond Parkway
Close my eyes and follow

Lost along the way
Did you leave too late -
Have somewhere better to go?

One step closer, so much further now
I’ll sit here and wait for you
As long as I have to

While I whiled away
Turned the night from day
Tremble in the shallow
Pack of butts or more
Outside my car door
Maybe see you tomorrow

One step closer, so much further now
I don’t know what I should do
One step closer, so much further now
I’ll just sit here and wait for you
As long as I have to

How did I wash up here without you?
I guess it’s best we break our promises alone
Haven’t I been here before trying to will you through the door
A couple few more pops I’ll be heading home
Without you

Fresh Pond Parkway

I’ve got my telephone ringing in the corner
I really don’t care who placed the call
I’ll let it ring and ring until the light of morning
Until from the sky every star does fall

Tonight I am a solitary man
I’ll keep the voices out any way I can
Tonight I am a solitary man
When the sun comes up I’ll be back where I began

There’s a stranger out there standing on my doorstep
He pounds his fists relentless on my door
He could be bringing fame and countless millions
He can pound and pound until his fists are sore

Because tonight I am a solitary man
I’ll keep the voices out any way I can
Tonight I am a solitary man
When the sun comes up I’ll be back where I began

Right back where I began

And there’s a beauty out there underneath my window
She’ll end it all if I don’t let her in
How she packed up left her man and ran right over
But I don’t get involved with other people’s sin

I’ll keep the voices out anyway I can
Tonight I am a solitary man
When the sun comes up I’ll be back where I began
Tonight I am a solitary man
I’ll keep the voices out any way I can
Tonight I am a solitary man
When the sun comes up I’ll be back where I began

Solitary Man

Alone in the Motel Sunrise Inn
And I’m wide awake
I’ve been up all night trying to take
My mistakes away

The maids in the hall are gathering
They got beds to make
A million maids and janitors
Couldn’t wash my mistakes away

Now I’m trying to get home
But I can’t find the on-ramp or the interstate
I’m trying to get home
But all the signs say - what’s the point?
Yeah I’m trying to get home
But I don’t have the gumption or the wherewithal
Yeah I’m trying to get home
But all the signs say - what’s the point?

Alone in the Motel Sunrise Inn
And I’m wide awake
I’ve been up all night trying to take
My mistakes away

A Million Maids & Janitors

I used to be so solid
At peace inside
I never worried about death or health or
The whites of my eyes

Now I’m in trouble
Tapping out that code
It’s hard to move forward while losing control

Shutting down the radar
Pray for luck when the going’s tough
And if I still believe come Monday morning
That would be good enough

Right there did you see me stumble
Just now my hand went cold
It’s all in my head or
So I’ve been told

Now how did I get here
Where did the old me go?
I lost three friends in the twitch of an eye
Jake was 22–years-old

Shutting down the radar
Pray for luck when the going’s tough
And if I still believe come Monday morning
That would be good enough
Shutting down the radar
Pray for luck when the going’s tough
And if I still believe come Monday morning
That would be, it would have to be

Good enough, no more no more
Good enough, no more no more

Farewell my dear sham maladies
You really made a mess of me
No more no more, no more no more

Not sure what lies ahead of me
The only thing I know is
Good enough just isn’t good enough anymore

Shutting Down The Radar

When she came to me
She came crashing like a car wreck
Crumple in a blink

Broke down in front of me
Bare shoulders
She had 30 words scrawled in tattoo ink
It said -

We are the ones
Born to chase the sea and the sun
As long as we have a laugh along the way
It doesn’t matter where we end our days

The only thing I gave her
Was something that I made her
Something I made her out of wood

A shitty little table
Crooked and unstable
I hope she knows I did the best I could

We are the ones
Born to chase the sea and the sun
As long as we have a laugh along the way
It doesn’t matter where we end our days

We didn’t know where we were going
It doesn’t matter when you got nowhere to be

Weekend after weekend
She’d drive up to see me
In the car that missed the exit for the heap

She was proud I was able
To steal the neighbors cable
Amenities 101 on the cheap

We are the ones
Born to chase the sea and the sun
As long as we have a laugh along the way
It doesn’t matter where we end our days
As long as we have a laugh along the way
It doesn’t matter where we end our days

Avoid One Thing

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