It's hard to feel like the sky is fallin 
When your head's in the clouds 
It's hard to feel like somebody's watchin 
When there's no one around 

You hold the only part of me 
That I don't want to throw away 
Most days 

When you hit rock bottom 
It's hard to get up and step away 
From such a firm foundation 
When you're down and dreamin 
It's hard to wake up and walk away 
From such a deep sensation 

You hold the only part of me 
That I don't want to throw away 
Most most days 

You are the only part of me 
That I don't want to go away 
These days 

The tide of faith is so easily turned 
Bipolar days lead to sleepless nights 
The facts of life are not easily learned 
When stars and eyes only mesmerize 

You hold the only part of me 
That I don't want to throw away 
Most most days 

You are the only part of me 
That I don't want to go away 
These days

These Days (Demo Version)

I find my lack of confidence unfounded 
I find my blessing left uncounted 
They are not few 
Number one is you 
But more than anything I've ever wanted 
It's to be the best man I can 
It's what you see 
When you bring it out of me 
Because you're the woman of my dreams 

It's been years since I've felt this way 
Don't want to throw it away 
Because I don't love myself some days 
It's time for a change you say 
And I agree 
Because you're the woman of my dreams 

If she's the one go get her son 
But you better run 
Because the race of your life has just begun 
Just let her be 
It's what she needs 
She lives so independently 
That's why she the woman of my dreams 

Last night I dreamed of your perfect body in the twilight 
I was holding you tight 
With your eyes in mine 
I thought damn she's fine 
But more than that, she's one of a kind 
Such a simple thing 
It was just a dream 
Holding you there 
Eyes locked in a stare 
Sensed buried in your hair 
Waiting to share a love 
We dare not let go of 
And all this means 
Is you're the woman of my dreams 

As unlikely as it seems 
If I don't give up on me 
You just might see 
You just might see 
You just might see

Woman of My Dreams

call the folks back home where you were never known 
frozen in time it don't exist if you're not shown 
hate everything you've earned watch the bridges burn 
shun everyone you've known lament the seeds of love unsown 

it's time for you to go 
whatever you become they'll never know 

she took everything I though I knew 
turned color to light black and white to broken hue 
singin life is what we choose 
jesus don't got no hold on you 

just try somethin new 
discover who you are what you can do 

call a new place home now you're on your own 
say goodbye to everyone who made you feel so alone 
show them how you've grown oh they'll never know 
how to feel alive you lived in bars they died in dives 

stop wastin your time 
go out and find your own kind 
just open your mind 
don't shed the yoke of youth before it's time

They'll Never Know

I went back home for the summer 
To find my sea legs 
Drownin in the kegs 
Don't give you much of a chance 
To say what you need to say 
To change what you need to stay 

I wasn't at home much this summer 
Got myself a job and a lover 
Drowning in her legs 
Don't give you much of a chance 
To say what you need to say 
And change is gonnna come anyway 

I put down some roots this summer 
Spittin the seeds of hate from my father 
Takin' it in the mouth 
Don't give you much of a chance 
To say what you need to say 
I love you dad but you ain't gonna chance 

Just another homeless summer 
I tore down the house of my mother 
I'm lassoin' me a cloud 
And I ain't comin back 
Gotta find a better way 
I love you mom but I ain't gonna stay 
I think I found the word to say 
I'll miss you friends and that ain't gonna change 
Ain't gonna change

Homeless Summer

don't know if i'm crazy or if i'm stupid 
was love ever meant to be mutual 
as kids we always cuddled up with cupid 
but sacrifice becomes unusual 

constable can't make me feel alright 
about the punches thrown without a fight 
but now i get off straight without a trial 
and cuddle up for days with my denial 

trust the surgeon man who knows the heart best 
tell him you been bad and get your heart blessed 

care for everything as if it's nothin 
drive through lover's lives and leave them somethin 
tax time comes and goes you count your wishes 
bury all your hopes i'll dig the ditches 

trust the surgeon man who knows the heart best 
tell him you been bad and get your heart blessed 

impose yourself on those who get you nowhere 
wake up blind one day and learn to see 
the saints are begging you just to show her 
that love without desire can never be 

trust the surgeon man who knows the heart best 
tell him you been bad and get your heart blessed 

trust the surgeon man who knows the heart best 
tell him you been bad and get your heart blessed

Trust the Surgeon

You may tour the world just to be misunderstood 
or you may never get out of your neighborhood 
they'll only put you down if you go to school 
but once you figure it out you'll be more famous 
than they ever thought you could 

but your boyfriends will under-appreciate you 
and all of your peers will underrate you 
but rock n roll girl i will always love you 

your sisters did everything right dressing up so fine 
but they only want a man to pay for their iphone plans 
you're doin this on your own every night playin shows 
haulin gear with the band messing up those pretty little hands 

but your boyfriends they under-appreciate you 
and all of your peers they underrate you 
but rock n roll girl i will always love you 

you may piano or maybe guitar 
you may work at taco bell or maybe you're a movie star 
you may have a perfect smile or you might have fucked up teeth 
but your voice it melts my heart more than you'll ever see 

and your boyfriends they under-appreciate you 
and all of your peers they underrate you 
but rock n roll girl i will always love you 

we got married on the fourth of july 
but it wasn't independence day we were living a lie 
after some years building a house and raising some kids 
you turn to me and say it's saturday nite and i want to go home because the stage is where i live 

well your husband did his best to appreciate you 
and i know i know i know our peers they feared and hated you but rock n roll girl i always loved you 

i hate you see you suffer but i know it's necessary 
because the difference between making art and making a dime is how much you bleed 

but your boyfriends they under-appreciate you 
and all of your peers they underrate you 
but rock n roll girl i will always love you

Rock n Roll Girl

Gotta couple of basic tensions 
Been weighin on my mind 
Is boredom just time not keepin up 
If livin is what we're doin 
But life happens to you 
Is suffering just losing the right to choose 

There's so many things that I would change 
I'd find a new interest in things 

Gotta couple of questions 
Been runnin round my brain 
Is karma just driving people insane 
Are open minded and close minded 
Just words that people use 
When kindness of heart is the only living proof 

There's so many people that I would change 
They take no interest in these things 

Well I looked into her eyes 
And saw just what I am 
In love with god 
But barely a man 
You can ship your mind 
Through someone's eyes 
On out to eternity 
But can a wundur junkee really love anybody 

There's so many things that I would change 
About my past starting with my name 

Meeting you begs of me just one question 
Happens to be the pinnacle of my frustration 
Why oh why was I born into these times?

Wundur Junkee

walked into freddie's one grey afternoon 
said freddie you gotta doctor in this here saloon 
jack daniel's is your remedy and that all he's got 
and i like me some whiskey so just give me a shot 

better not better not don't give me that shot 
it will drown my troubled mind 
it won't mend my broken heart 
that remedy don't suite me 
so like it or not 
i'll go down to the corner 
and go find me some pot 

down to the corner just lookin for weed 
the man there says that he has is the seed 
he's got needles a plenty and that's all he's got 
and i like me some heroin 
so just give me a shot 

better not better not don't give me that shot 
it will fry my troubled mind 
it won't mend my broken heart 
that remedy don't suite me 
so like it or not 
i'll just keep on walkin 
and go find me some pot

(Don't) Give Me A Shot

It's the simple things in life 
That make it worth spending the time 
That make it seem like more than just gettin by 
Let's ditch our plans tonight 
Your friends will understand 
and if they don't its because 
they're afraid that what we have 
was written in the stars 
but all their jealousy will never ever be as big as our love 

the moon only tells me i'm alone and i feel the weight of despair when i'm livin at my wit's end i think of all my friends and how all my broken dreams will never ever be as big as their love 

my baby's goin back east she's the one who loves me the most she was always there for me but all of the distance from coast to coast will never ever be as big as our love 

i see the old men at the bar drinkin for their lonely hearts i hear the young girls at work screamin out their pain and hurt but all of their poorly chosen words will never ever be as big as their love 

in art we blur the lines of yours and mine and cruel and kind of space and time but for all our big ideas they'll never ever be as big as our love

As Big As Our Love

I made a pillow out of frozen stones 
I had a sunbeam to call my own 

don't knock it or give it up 

I was a monster in a lonely dream 
I was a wordbook bursting at the seams 

don't knock it or give it up 

Some fish want to be bigger than their streams 
A death wish till you make it out to see 

don't knock it or give it up 

Well Daniel I wish I knew we could lose 
Lose it together by the waters blue 

don't knock it or give it up 

Some lights don't go out till you make the switch 
Some loves don't burn out even past the itch 

don't knock it or give it up 

You were the wonderwall I couldn't climb 
I was the promise broken every time 

don't knock it or give it up 

I wasn't clever till it all went wrong 
She sang forever and I came along 

don't knock it or give it up

Don't Knock It

A life of many moments packed into years, a moment of many years packed into song, a song of wonder and desire conjured from a heart too old for its time and too young for it's age.

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