What will I leave you, my child
I’ve struggled for my life
I will leave you my faith and prayers

The skies burn
The waters rise
Can no one discern
The deceiver is wearing no disguise

What can I give you, my child
You always have my heart
I can give you my memories

The skies burn
The waters rise
Can no one discern
The deceiver is wearing no disguise

What have I taught you, my child
From watching what I do
Clothe, feed, and love all those who need

The skies burn
The waters rise
Can no one discern
The deceiver is wearing no disguise

What can I leave you, my child?

The Skies Burn

When the morning sun
Pries open your eyes
You light a smile
And you burst the sky

Has it been this long
We can’t be wrong
We’re right where we belong

Have I ever told you
How good it feels to be with you
If I’ve never told you
I don’t need words to say I love you

In the breath of night
Dancing with the daffodils
Blissful stolen kiss
My heart overfills

Has it been this long
We can’t be wrong
We’re right where we belong

Have I ever told you
How good it feels to be with you
If I’ve never told you
I don’t need words to say I love you

To Be With You

See the man 
waiting at the gate
Let him in 
before it gets too late

Tear down the wall
Around your heart
Faith, Justice, Mercy
Must play a part

We can’t be part time Christians
And hear only what we think should be heard
We can’t be part time Christians
We need to see every word

See the woman 
who’s walked a thousand miles
Just to feed 
the hunger of her child

Tear down the wall
Around your heart
Faith, Justice, Mercy
Must play a part

We can’t be part time Christians
And hear only what we think should be heard
We can’t be part time Christians
We need to see every word

I was hungry, and you gave me food
I was thirsty, and you gave me drink
I was cold and naked, and you clothed me
Entertain angels unawares    

See the boy 
with eyes much too old
Searching for
 a kindness he can hold

Part-Time Christians

I wear orthopedic shoes
And a cardigan sweater
Spend all my time
Trying to make your life better
This time, I think you’ve gone too far
Little bastard, get out of my car

Prophylactics
Lying on the floor
A boy sets fire
To the girl next door
Going home, I’m gonna stop at the bar
Little bastard, get out of my car

Get out of my car

Locked open rooms
Become Noah’s Ark
Hallucinogenic
Vapors in the dark
Moonlight streaming in a jar
Little bastard, get out of my car 

Get out of my car

Goose stepping parents are out of their minds
Can’t leave Confederate generals behind
Living in a book burning hegemony
Marching for the white man’s destiny

I wear orthopedic shoes
And a cardigan sweater
Spend all my time 
Trying to make your life better
This time, I think you’ve gone too far
Little bastard, get out of my car

Get out of my car

Get Out of My Car

Get Out Of My Car

I can’t say there’s anything left to say
There’s nothing left
at the end of the day
With you, two and two ain’t four
The game is over and
you don’t know the score

I know this might not be your first
I got to get over this curse
I can’t take you for better or worse
I’m gonna send you this love song in reverse

The whispered way between a boy and a girl
You take it and make it 
the news of the world
Won’t take my time walking out the door
Silence is gold and
That’s why you're so poor

I know this might not be your first
I got to get over this curse
I can’t take you for better or worse
I’m gonna send you this love song in reverse

Love Song in Reverse

Love Song In Reverse

If I could hold onto our dreams
If I could hold together the broken seams
2 a.m. and my friends have gone
I ‘ll walk away toward the edge of dawn

You’ve become everything you said you wouldn’t be
I think maybe it’s you ‘cause I know that it’s not me
I’m always wrong whenever we start to fight
I’ve tried so hard to love you, but I just can’t get it right
I’m not coming home tonight

If I could hear you laugh once again
If I could see you smile like you did then
2 a.m. and our friends had gone
We held each other ‘til the break of dawn

You’ve become everything you said you wouldn’t be
I think maybe it’s you ‘cause I know that it’s not me
I’m always wrong whenever we start to fight
I’ve tried so hard to love you, but I just can’t get it right
I’m not coming home tonight

There’ll be no
Please come back
Please come back

You’ve become everything you said you wouldn’t be
I think maybe it’s you ‘cause I know that it’s not me
I’m always wrong whenever we start to fight
I’ve tried so hard to love you, but I just can’t get it right
I’m not coming home tonight

I'm Not Coming Home Tonight

Blood-stained glass
Flickering twilight
All things must pass
In the blistering night

Sifting through the catacombs
Drifting out from ancient tomes

Riding a one-eyed horse back into town
I am living on the upside of down
No signs and wonders left to be found
In this shallow hallowed ground

Echos ring hollow
In this vacant hall
I won’t follow
Your exalted fall

Sifting through the catacombs
Drifting out from ancient tomes

Riding a one-eyed horse back into town
I am living on the upside of down
No signs and wonders left to be found
In this shallow hallowed ground

Purgatory has left you damned
The hysteria of the seduction
Pray to your patron saints
Of chaos, greed, and destruction

Patron Saints

Sam I am
Sam I am

I would not could not throw you shade
I would not could not raise your grade
Points aren’t given away for free
Please go away and let me be

I’m Sam I am
I’m a 19th century man
I am
Sam I am
Sam I am

The grading policy is a load of hooey
I’m a faithful follower of brother John Dewey
I love my birds. I want a duckery.
I cannot stand any dumbfuckery

I’m Sam I am
I’m a 19th century man
I am
Sam I am
Sam I am

Professor Samwise Gamgee:

Your essay is unintentionally comical
Your arguments are absurdly illogical
You’ve barely the skill you need to get by
Oh, for God’s sake, don’t start to cry

I’m Sam I am
I’m a 19th century man

My students say I ain’t got no soul
But I’m the Will Speare-shaking
The box beat breaking
The white bread baking
Vanilla Coal

I’m Sam I am
I’m a 19th century man

Sam I Am

I’ve been stirring the waters into wine
Send your leather-bound scriptures for me to sign 
Close your eyes and your ears and march into line

I’ll do what I want to do
I’ll say what I'm going to say
It doesn’t matter to me
As long as I have my way
I always need to have my way

Bend the knee and glorify my name
Take the leap. I’ll give you power and fame
Follow me and I’ll leave you all of the blame

I’ll do what I want to do
I’ll say what I'm going to say
It doesn’t matter to me
As long as I have my way
I always need to have my way

Kiss the ring in obeisance
While I stoke anger and fear
All the truth has been forsaken
The skies bleed with angels’ tears

The False Prophet

Sunrise on the mountain
With you at my side
We danced in the constellations
We glittered the sky
I can't go back 
I can't go back

I wouldn’t ask you to wait for me
Or look for a sign from above
Keep your memories under lock and key
But don’t forget that we once loved

High tide on the ocean
Salted kiss in the breeze
‘tween the shore and the sunset
I sank to my knees
I can't go back 
I can't go back

I wouldn’t ask you to wait for me
Or look for a sign from above
Keep your memories under lock and key
But don’t forget that we once loved

I followed you into the night
Like the Cranberries’ song “Linger”
You had me wrapped around your finger
Waking up to the scattered light
From a foggy outdoor slumber.
We sang our song of summer

I wouldn’t ask you to wait for me
Or look for a sign from above
Keep your memories under lock and key
But don’t forget that we once loved

Song of Summer

Song Of Summer

Night has broken
Hearts haven’t spoken
Waiting for the other one to call

Hiding from my fear
Wishing that you were here
Wondering if we could love at all

Too much time lost in you
Shadow on the light of everything I do
Too much time lost in you

As I drive away
Hoping for another day
When I can hold you again

Deep into the night
Giving up without a fight
Knowing that this may be the end

Too much time lost in you
Shadow on the light of everything I do
Too much time lost in you

Daylight pulls my senses through
Close my eyes, picture the view

Too much time lost in you
Shadow on the light of everything I do
Too much time lost in you

Lost in You

Lost In You

Butterflies be damned
You hold the future in your hands
Electric blue in the mire
Trampled down by your desire

If you could go back in time
With everything he’s done and said
Would you cross your moral line
And put a bullet in his head

Chances are less than zero
You’re not crazy, you’re a hero
Electric blue in the mire
Trampled down by your desire

If you could go back in time
With everything he’s done and said
Would you cross your moral line
And put a bullet in his head

Does it matter what you do
With the head of the hydra twice renewed
You can shuffle and rearrange
Nothing’s ever gonna change

If you lived in ‘39
With everything he’s done and said
Would you cross your moral line
And put a bullet in his head

A Sound of Thunder

A Sound Of Thunder

Last Monday night I went to Sunday’s Bar
I talked til Tuesday. I didn’t get very far
Got home at 3:15; my wife was waiting at the door
She said don’t bother coming home any more

I can’t stop the sky from falling on my head
I can’t go down hill any faster
My mouth don't follow anything I've said
I'm always a dollar late and a day short of disaster

Early Wednesday morn, I was cruising in my truck
Sheriff McCallister said that I was out of luck
He’s gonna seize my vehicle, gonna lock it in the pound
Ain’t got no license for driving myself around

I can’t stop the sky from falling on my head
I can’t go down hill any faster
My mouth don't follow anything I've said
I'm always a dollar late and a day short of disaster

I stumbled from my job
And I don’t know where to land
I’m doing what I can’t
When I think I can
Spending all my time
Running from the repo man

I can’t stop the sky from falling on my head
I can’t go down hill any faster
My mouth don't follow anything I've said
I'm always a dollar late and a day short of disaster

A Day Short of Disaster

A Day Short Of Disaster

When the morning doubt sets in her eyes
When the darkness is no longer a surprise
When she empties her alibis
She runs away

When she’s wading through all of his lies
When she begins to epitomize
The cinematic lover with tortured eyes
She runs away

Tea and cake and a bit of gin
The king’s horses, the king’s men
Who going to put her back together again

When there’s no gravity left to defy
No more accusations for her to deny 
When her dreams bleed, wither, and die
She runs away

She's Runs Away

She Runs Away

She’s a peanut butter mixer
And you can’t fix her
She’s a peanut butter mixer
An optical elixir

Jelly bellies bouncing
Uncle Skippy's pouncing
Crunchy and creamy
Smooth and dreamy

She’s a peanut butter mixer
And you can’t fix her
She’s a peanut butter mixer
An optical elixir

Caterpillar eyes
Liposuction thighs
Radiation tracksuits
Politicians on mute

She’s a peanut butter mixer
And you can’t fix her
She’s a peanut butter mixer
An optical elixir

Twist and twirl it
Then you swirl it

Peanut Butter Mixer

The earth shatters
and drags you down
Nowhere an escape
is to be found
Memories fade and jumble
Crossroads crack and crumble

I am here
if you’re asking
I am here
I am now
Walk away or turn around
But you must know
I am here

Your shame burns through
and scars your mind
All the good things
get left behind
Memories fade and jumble
Crossroads crack and crumble

I am here
if you’re asking
I am here
I am now
Walk away or turn around
But you must know
I am here

I might not be the rainbow
At the end of the storm
But I could be the sunlight
That keeps you warm

I Am Here

I’ve been loving her inside my head
I’ve been living on the things she said
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess
She’s my myth

I’ve been looking for the subtle signs
Reading over and in between the lines
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess
She’s my myth

And when the morning breaks
I know she’s the one I’ve been searching for
Although I’ve made mistakes
She’s always waiting at my door

She’s been ruling me with her hallowed power
Haunting all my dreams in my darkest hour
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess	
She’s my myth

And when the morning breaks
I know she’s the one I’ve been searching for
Although I’ve made mistakes
She’s always waiting at my door

I’ve been loving her inside my head
I’ve been living on the things she said
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess
She’s my myth

And I don’t believe it

She's My Myth

Dance Nonsense
Chicken and cheese, chicken and cheese
Gotta have some chicken and cheese…
Have you heard of the chicken and cheese
Have you…

Verse 1
I don’t want kidney beans
In my chili sauce
Don’t squish my summer squash
Mama, I’m begging you please

Chorus
Have you heard of the chicken and cheese
Tell me have you heard of the chicken and cheese
Tell me have you heard of the chicken and cheese

More Dance Nonsense

Verse 2
Why help the hamburger
Now that’s the question
It only helps give indigestion
Mama, I’m begging you please

Repeat Chorus

Even More Dance Nonsense

The Chicken and Cheese Song

The Chicken And Cheese Song

I’ve binge watched every Netflix show
Gonna give Amazon another look
Clock on the wall moving much too slow
I’ve read seven times ev’ry Harry Potter book

I’m stuck here at home
Endless meetings on the telephone
Don’t think I’ll survive this caper
With two rolls left of one-ply toilet paper

My wife’s hair now has turned to gray
My belly boasts 10 more pounds of lard 
I’m worn slap out, can’t last another day         
They’re gonna find my children buried in the backyard

I’m stuck here at home
Endless meetings on the telephone
Don’t think I’ll survive this caper
With two rolls left of one-ply toilet paper

Zooming with the boss on the internet
It’s 9 a.m. and I don’t care
Wearing a shirt and tie is my best bet
Nothing else on but faded holey underwear.

I’m stuck here at home
Endless meetings on the telephone
Don’t think I’ll survive this caper
With two rolls left of one-ply toilet paper

Wylodine, 
the gov’ner says we can go out
unlock them kids from their cages
And put on your britches
Gonna grab a root at Cracker Barrel
Who-eee, no more cans of Chef Boyardee

I’m stuck here at home
Endless meetings on the telephone
Don’t think I’ll survive this caper
With two rolls left of one-ply toilet paper

Down in the One-Ply Holler

Down In The One-Ply Holler (Housebound 2020)

Nazi freaks and libtards
A fifty-foot fence in my backyard
Snowflakes, homophobes
Aliens and their anal probes

It’s a whole lotta stupid

Everybody anything goes
See how my tolerance shows
I’m open minded through and through
As long as you all just think like I do

It’s a whole lotta stupid

If you’re left, you’re not right
If you’re right, you are wrong
If you’re anything but white
Don’t come here ‘cause you don’t belong
Stupid

It’s a whole lotta stupid

What’s a few dollars with a few deaths
The sanctity of life in the same breath
Arrogance and ignorance
Choking on mental flatulence

It’s a whole lotta stupid

Hoaxes, conspiracy theories
Reporters with their “nasty” queries
Save this democracy
From exponential idiocy

It’s a whole lotta stupid

If you’re left, you’re not right
If you’re right, you are wrong
If you’re anything but white
Don’t come here ‘cause you don’t belong
Stupid

It’s a whole lotta stupid

Whole Lotta Stupid

What took you so long
I’ve always been here
I gave you my song
You gave up your fear

No longer
resistant
Just a little
hesitant

The night is over and you’re still beautiful
If we had a thousand years, 
When all the stars would clear
There’d still be everything wonderful
About you

You shine ever so bright
Empyreal flame
Warm me on a winter’s night
Love me in a summer rain

No longer
resistant
Just a little
hesitant

The night is over and you’re still beautiful
If we had a thousand years, 
When all the stars would clear
There’d still be everything wonderful
About you

There’s one thing that I’ve found
I’m never lost when you’re around

The night is over and you’re still beautiful
If we had a thousand years, 
When all the stars would clear
There’d still be everything wonderful
About you

Wonderful

She comes ‘round here
On the moonless nights
In the melting starshine
Holds me in the dark

She comes ‘round here
She’s my whisper dancer
With her windswept movements
Glides me through the air

I can turn a phrase
But I can’t turn around
To find my way back to her

She comes ‘round here
With her black skirt swirling
In a blinding circle
Leads me out of sight

I can turn a phrase
But I can’t turn around
To find my way back to her

I go through my mind
To places we have gone
I give up my ghosts
And take the last ride home

She comes ‘round here
Velvet light and shadow
Virtuosic beauty
Takes her final bow

I can turn a phrase
But I can’t turn around
To find my way back to her

She comes ‘round here

Ezekiel's Storm

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