You think you’re walking down a dead end street
Your ego’s talking but you can’t compete
A hunter stalking for his winter meat
But it’s just a bone

You heard the story how the west was won
The second coming of the favorite son
He’s counting down the ending three two one
On a microphone

No wrong answers
You’re stuck in your mind
On questions meant to keep you under
Woke from a daydream
Starting to find
How many roads can carry you home

You gave your all before you lost your luck
On the flatbed of a pickup truck
Now you’re down and out but stuck
On a broken trampoline

There’s a monkey riding on your back
Ever since you left your shotgun shack
Shake him off before you fade to black
Like a tv screen

No wrong answers
You’re stuck in your mind
On questions meant to keep you under
Woke from a daydream
Starting to find
How many roads can carry you home

Pages missing from your favorite book
Songs repeating no refrain or hook
The confirmation lessons never took
To your mom’s chagrin

But see the writing on the western wall
About the mysteries of life and all
The seven sirens you can hear them call
When the night begins

No wrong answers
You’re stuck in your mind
On questions meant to keep you under
Woke from a daydream
Starting to find
The kinds of clues that make you wonder

No wrong answers
You’re stuck in your mind
On questions meant to keep you under
Woke from a daydream
Starting to find
How many roads can carry you home


No Wrong Answers

Winter’s coming haven’t seen you round here for a while
Frost has covered the ground where you walked away
Fevered strumming like a new religion on trial
Down and out about the time I tried to make you stay
Corner table
At the Cafe

New endcap name your price so we can hang a sign
Go low but don’t step over the invisible line
Straight shot, now you can toss it in the cart with mine
Two for one as long as the numbers end in ninety-nine
We might be here
By design
But if I had my way
It could be
Different this time

Three ring binder you can track all the miles you lost
Good reminder but it might not be worth the cost
Starting over when a new script’s already been tossed
Tried to find her but your signals got crossed
Now you’re a loss leader
Taking it day by day
Yeah you’re a loss leader
You’re just giving it all away

You’re giving it all away
You’re giving it all away
You’re giving it all away
You’re giving it all away


Loss Leader

Here come the loss leader
Here come the hard dealer
He cut into the bag
He a silky smooth speaker
Here come the wheel squeaker
He throw in the shag

Yeah the first one’s for free
But the next one won’t be so sweet
Till you’re a fait accompli
On his balance sheet

Here come the loss leader
Ice cold heatseeker
Here come the loss leader
Gonna make the deal sweeter

Here come the no doubter
he keeps the dry powder
Till he gets wet
He prepared to get louder
He loves the down and outer
He take credit and debt

Yeah he’ll be your best friend
He got a hand he can lend
He take an interest and then
he’ll collect in the end

Here come the loss leader
Ice cold heatseeker
Here come the loss leader
Gonna make the deal sweeter

He knock on your door, he ask for your time
He taking what’s yours, and he’s taking what’s mine
And if you he confuse you, well pay that no mind
It’s too good to refuse, and hey that ain’t no crime

Yeah the first one’s for free
But the next one won’t be so sweet
Till you’re a fait accompli
On his balance sheet

Here come the loss leader
Ice cold heatseeker
Here come the loss leader
Gonna make you repeater
Here come the loss leader
Ice cold heatseeker
Here come the loss leader
Gonna make the deal sweeter


I’ve got a secret
That fits in my hand
And I mean to keep it for now
You understand

And I’m on an airplane
And you’re on the sea
And one day we’ll marry
Underneath the sycamore tree

Laughter lasts like late summer rain
Thistle and down dance in auburn hair
You blithely beg me to please explain
But when I open my hand 
There’s nothing there

I’ve got a secret
If you’ve got a dime
But I aim to keep it for now
While we’ve got time

And lost in the mountains
High on the plains
And I think I might need you tonight
Like the blood in my veins

Laughter lasts like late summer rain
Thistle and down dance in auburn hair
You blithely beg me to please explain
But when I open my hand 
There’s nothing there

Laughter lasts like late summer rain
Thistle and down dance in auburn hair
You blithely beg me to please explain
But when I open my hand 
There’s nothing there

I’ve got a secret
If you’ve got a dime
But I’m going to keep it for now
Cause we’ve got time
Yeah we've got time

The Secret

It doesn’t even hurt
And I’m not even scared
It’s hard to put in words
It’s hard to even care

Like looking through a veil
Detail’s hard to see
Every color bleeding pale
Is it the world or is it me?

I used to dream when i slept
Have hope when i wept
Now what future is left
When that part of me dies
I used to smile when I woke
used to laugh at the joke
But now the punchline is broke
It’s just a hollow surprise

Just another day
Just another night
I’d rather be awake
I’d rather be alright

And I don’t like the way
That I must seem to you
If I could only say
And if you only knew

Hope you never understand
‘Cause then you’d be the way I am
Feeling pain and feeling numb
Nothing new under the sun


Hollow Surprise

You’re riding on the L train
You’re studying a new maze
You’re up until the sunrise
You’re headed to the next phase
Moving up the ladder  
Fighting through some old ways
Open up the curtains
You’re headed to the next phase

One day your stitches will be but a scar
(you’ll wear them like a badge of honor)
And you know you’ve already come so far

Now you’re riding on the L train
Not thinking bout the old days
Emerging from the shadows
You’re headed to the next phase
You’re moving up the ladder
You’re borrowing a new phrase
Open up the windows
You’re headed to the next phase

It’s time for you to make it on your own
(without the weight of indecision)
All the birds that came from here have flown
(but in the end they’ll make their way home)

Now you’re riding on the L train
You’re firing a new glaze
You’re handling the pressure
You’re headed to the next phase
You’re moving up the ladder
You’re trying out a new gaze  
Go tell it on the mountain
You’re headed to the next phase

You’re riding on the L train
You’re studying a new maze
You’re up until the sunrise
You’re headed to the next phase
Moving up the ladder
Fighting through some old ways
Open up the curtains
You’re headed to the next phase

Now you’re riding on the L train
Not thinking bout the old days
Emerging from the shadows
You’re headed to the next phase
You’re moving up the ladder
You’re borrowing a new phrase
Open up the windows
You’re headed to the next phase


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Burn the boats
No going back to where we came from
No talk of change 
We must be brave
We’re entering a new phase

Up in smoke
We left our past in behind in ashes Seven lashes 
for the man Who bucks the plan
We will behave
In the new phase

Fly a flag, like a hawk, 
The prey deserves no prayer in clutches caught
Naught but food for thought
mouse in a maze
entering a new phase

Lunar arc, crescent moon
broken heart, waxing dark
Soon it will be new
Another trip around the earth
Chasing yesterdays
Every death a rebirth
of another phase
of another phase

The wheel has turned
All we yearned for is on the table
What we craved
All these days
Can be remade in the new phase

Sweep away
The follies of our darkest days
That wasn’t us
Oh what’s the fuss
The balance paid
Welcome the new phase

The New Phase

Tennessee’s been calling to me for a little while
I’ve never been more than taking a spin down a country mile
At night I go there in my dreams
Float above cool mountain streams
Nothing had ever been as it seems
Until I seen you smile

I’ve watched the stars come out one by one on a winter night
I’ve seen fireflies dance on a meadow in the moonlight
If it’s too forward, then I beg your pardon
But if you want to see an old heart unharden
Take me to your secret garden
Tonight

You used to tell me bout your summer on the beaches of mexico
I’ve never been and I know I can’t go everywhere I wanna go
But one thing I know is true
I’m so in love with you
I’d go anywhere you tell me to
You already you know

If it’s too forward, then I beg your pardon
But if you want to see this old heart unharden
Take me to your secret garden
Tonight

Secret Garden

Well I guess it's gonna be one of them nights
5 bands have played and we're on 9th
I'll call you when 
I'm on the road again
But it might be sometime after midnight 
I don't know, maybe later

Or maybe I just say goodnight now
I'll see you tomorrow and we can drive
Now the curtains down
And the bands all checked
Red, green, gold and pink
Takes me back, makes me think
To a time, before you mine
Before you were my love

I know we've some dark days
But can't get darker than this
We're growing old and listless 
Watching the Young & Restless
I wrote it in a song, but when I played it
It was wrong, and it was bad

My love was for you, and always will be
Always the one, and always will be 
With your love, I will get by, I will concur 
My love is for you, and always will be 
You always will be my love! 

Well I Guess Its Gonna Be One Of Them Nights

MAttoto

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