I've been on this stage for way too long
The microphone's unplugged
The amp's blown a fuse
The broken guitar strings, out-of-tune with the keys
But I can't complain
I hear the song in my head
And you can't stop me from playing

Though the show is over
Now the show is over
Keep playing, though the show is over
Now the show is over now

I'll hang on a chord; sustained decay
You told me you'd come back
Though I shouldn't wait
I'll make my own choices, and my own mistakes
So you can't complain
You hear the song that we'll dance to
It's in a minor key
But I can't stop you from playing

Though the show is over
Now the show is over
Keep playing, though the show is over
Now the show is over now

Keep playing, though the show is over
Now the show is over now

The Show Is Over Now

Sitting there in your easy chair
Drinking beer while you're loosing hair
Gotta house with a loan rolled back
Gott heart set for an attack, oh well
Oh well, oh well...

Dying like a bird in a cage

Gotta run from defeats in the past
Hand in hand over broken glass
Got nothing where love should be
Won a contest for a shopping spree, oh well
Oh well, oh well...

Dying like a bird in a cage

You were born with the gift of flight
Clipped your wings for a lonely night

Dying like a bird in a cage
Dying like a bird in a cage

Bird In A Cage

Mutilate your body
Tell me who you are
Faded ink and clothing
Covering old scars

Does the size of your bass drum
Match the sound of my guitar?

You've got American rust
On your American car
Did your American lust
Break your American heart?

Show the world your body
Now that you're all grown up
Cast your ballot correctly
Prove you're one of us

Is this a physical place
Or just an emotional state?

You've got American rust
On your American car
Did your American lust
Break your American heart?

To have and to hold
For better or worse
In sickness and health
Till death do us part

You've got American rust
On your American car
Did your American lust
Break your American heart?

American Rust

If you ever find your way to my house, to my house
May you never find the door wide open, wide open
I'm alive inside, running away, away
To a better day

If you ever find your way to my brain, to my brain
May you never find my thoughts in the way, in the way
All ideas aside, floating away
To a better day

I remember a better day

If you ever find your way to my world, to my world
May you never, ever find yourself in sadness
All this world is yours, I'm giving it away, away
For a better day

I know everyone's universe is not the same
Still I wish I could find my way to yours

If I ever find my way to your heart, to your heart
May I never, ever find a better place, there's no better place
And I'll be there for you on the worst of days
And I'll be there with you on the better days

Oh, I remember a better day
Oh, I remember a better day

I Remember A Better Day

Venus In Furs (Velvet Underground Cover)

I've been callin' you, but no answer
I wanna be there, talkin' from up close
Can't even promise you any riches
Can't even guess; how's this gonna go?

Baby, let's put one foot before the other
Maybe we're just friends before lovers
But I wanna know: how's it gonna go?

Say yes, or say no
Say yes, or say no
Say yes, or say no
Say yes, or say no

Can't stand it anymore, in silence
I can't sit and wonder from afar, no more
I can save the seat next to me
But darlin' can I guess where you are?

Baby, let's put our numbers in our phones
Make each other laugh while I walk you home
But I gotta know: how's it gonna go?

Say yes, or say no
Say yes, or say no
Say yes, or say no
Please say yes, don't say no

Say Yes (Or Say No)

I had a turtle, I would give him his food
His head and feet would disappear when he was in a bad mood
But one day he died; all I have is an empty shell
It only hurts when I look at it, but I know all is well

Then I had a bird, he would sing me sad songs
Swingin' on his trapeze, he was so happy, but a cage is all wrong
So one I day I let him go; all I have is a feather
It only hurts when I hold it high, way up in the sky he flies...

I found a caterpillar, he was fuzzy and green
He would crawl along my finger, and slept in the leaves
But where did my friend go? I have an empty cocoon
Well I hope he's doin' all right, and we'll be together soon

And I never used to cry
Till I saw this butterfly
And as the years go by, and the young grow old
I find myself believing a hope

Now I met a girl, who's so much better than I
I could ask her to marry me, we could share our whole lives
But I had to let her go; she had all her dreams to live
It only hurts when I think that I had nothing to give

Then one day she came to
And she gave to me her love
'Cause I broke the chains that bound her heart
And now she lives free
And I never used to cry
Till I saw this butterfly
And as the years go by and the young grow old
I find myself believing a hope

The Caterpillar Song

Let the blind man see
Rising light of day
Invisible ones
Let their freedom ring

Let the songbirds sing, oh the songbirds sing
Hear the songbirds sing, Oh the songbirds sing

Let the deaf man hear
Sweetest melody of life
The shape of notes a gift
In my hands I bring

And the songbirds sing, oh the songbirds sing
Hear the songbirds sing, Oh the songbirds sing

Make the high ones low
Feel the wind as we fall
Thank you for giving
All the pretty things

Let the songbirds sing, oh the songbirds sing
Hear the songbirds sing, Oh the songbirds sing

Wake the sleeping giant
Let us not destroy
The greatest joys
Of his lonely dreams

Let the songbirds sing, oh the songbirds sing
Hear the songbirds sing, Oh the songbirds sing

Songbirds

It was a blue collar love
In Monterey, California
Fell in love at 22
We're the ordinary, Indiana

Wrote a song for a housewife
When she fees miserable
Happy days are here again
You think you're radical

I'm a star flyer, baby
Can't hold me down
You're a star flyer, honey
Can't hold you down

All my friends who play guitar
Only play the C chord
Can you play the drums?
When I learn to sing?

Got a new wife, got a new life
After my first heart attack

I'm a star flyer, baby
Can't hold me down
You're a star flyer, honey
Can't hold you down

(Don't leave here a stranger
Everyone makes mistakes
I have the Portuguese Blues
What's the point of living, if I can't make a good living?)

I'm a star flyer, baby
Can't hold me down
You're a star flyer, honey
Can't hold you down
Can't hold you down
Can't hold us down

StephenBerry