Father sent me crying and away 
I wanna feel something more
Father sent me crying and away 
I wanna feel something more

Say you want it more
I can't waste my time
Say you want it more 
I can't waste my time

Father sent me crying and away 
I wanna feel something more
Father sent me crying and away 
I wanna feel something more

Say you want it more
I can't waste my time
Say you want it more 
I can't waste my time
(Father sent me crying and away)
(Father sent me crying and a-)

I wanna feel something

(more)

I can go where I want to go
I can go where I want to go
I can go where I want to go
I can go where I want to go

He could give me some peace of mind
Instead of signing away his life
He could give me some peace of mind
Instead of signing away his life

There he is in his paradise
Oh boy, does he take his time
Oh boy, does he take his time
Oh boy, does he take his time

Are you real?
Are you real?
Are you real?
Are you real?

Who are you to want to know?
Who are you to want to know?
Who are you to want to know?
Who are you to want to know?

I could be a movie star
I could be a movie star
I could climb up on the cross
I could climb up on the cross

What kind of mess am I?
What kind of mess am I?
What kind of mess am I?
What kind of mess am I?

thomas won't apologize (for his badness)

(Now you've had it all to yourself)

Let it go when you lose something
Let it go when you lose something
Now you've said all you could say
Now you've said all you could say

Let it go when you lose something
Let it go when you lose something
Now you've had it all to yourself 
Now you've had it all to yourself

Let it go if it hurts that bad
Let it go if it hurts that bad
Let it go if it hurts that bad
Let it go, let it go

Let it go if you lose something
Let it go if hurts that bad
You know everything leaves that stays
Let it go, I don't wanna be saved

I know, 
It's gonna take a long time 
For my soul to get ready, 
But there, I go

In a long time
Maybe in the next life
I could stick around just a minute
To (be)
In a long time
Maybe in the next life
I could stick around just a minute
To (be)

I know, 
It's gonna take a long time 
For my soul to get ready, 
But there, I go
It's gonna take a long time 
For my soul to get ready
But there, I go

Now you've had it all to yourself

In a long time
Maybe in the next life
I could stick around just a minute
To (be)
In a long time
Maybe in the next life
I could stick around just a minute
To (be)

(be)

When I wake up in the morning
I'm amazed by all that I don't know
I want to run
If I could I'd try to tell you
All the reasons why I take it slow
Let's have some fun

And I wanna know who turned me upside down

When I'm falling off a tightrope
I believe I'm living in a dream
I'm in a daze
When I realize that I'm destined
For a future I can't even know
I'll run the race

And I wanna know who turned me upside down

And I don't have to say it to get you to know how I feel
And I don't have to say it to get you to know what is real
I need a connection, you're keeping me guessing in vain
I'll shoot for tomorrow and keep my head in today

And I wanna know who turned me upside down

Perspective

Dust I waited in
(be) just because
I've been melting into 
My favorite movie scene
Since I lost trust

And I think I got a knack for
Normal conversation, I
Think I got a knack for 
Normal conversation, I
Think I got a knack for it

Dust I waited in
(be) just because
I've been melting into 
My favorite movie scene
Since I lost trust

And I think I got a knack for
Normal conversation, I
Think I got a knack for 
Normal conversation, I
Think I got a knack for it

knack

you would find no symptoms in my book
i think im comin down with something i cannot feel yet
my daughter peddles trinkets with the filth down at the docks
I go out and drink my fill of whiskey after dark
and yell at my wife
In fits of rage, alright!

i wake up and my heads a sunburnt rock
her stupid trembling timbre just makes it so much 
worse / into my polyester skin / 
Then i emerge to see my offspring is disturbed 

I storm out in a hate and murder mood
but then i settle for some californian dope
and now that every detail twists and blurs
i stop and smile as i brush a broader stroke.

i would find a cozy little nook
waiting to be bound by feelings i had not felt yet
back when girls were pretty to me
and i found myself a fair one 
she had her hair done
up in a net and she made breakfast lunch and dinner for 
divorcees children and army vets..

And if i forfeit the war
Im just my beady eyed daddy with the 
chapel floor absorbing his knees
no wooly bleating from me
Cause im cowboy baby and im bowing
to whoever i please
And if i forfit the war 
Im just my black and blue mommy
who cowers in the corner with me 
no little whimpers from me
cause im a big man baby
and im messin up
whoever i please

Please please please please please please

and on my way back down 
i never was to bright 
theres all these things i know 
ill never know in time
and i will stick around
but i wont be too nice!
i think ill have you 
live your childhood nightmares twice
gnashing teeth and beans and rice

and on my way back down 
i never was to bright
I think ill take my chances 
toss your bones like dice
i would stick around 
but i wont be too nice

i wish that i could melt and sculpt you
just like i
but heaven hell and paradie 
must be nice

in a hate and murder mood

the way I see it my friday is back yard sit in the summer shade
the sound of ending the old day living in my own way
the way I see it a saturday morning is rolling out of bed to the coffee pouring 
sound of beck in the speakers the rest is left to the dreamer

I know I say it a thousand times but that won't make it bound to happen the way I want it to
but I can't seem to stop myself from trying and can you blame me 
the future looks so good the way I see it

this and that there's a lot to learn before I can tell my conscience let him discern all the in's and the out's and excuses for why I'm still considered a nuisance and I
hate the things about me that no one loves and I still think that life is a game of shove and I push it off to a later date and I say what was that I can't relate now

Shafer Green's Album

The Way I See It

Encoder

I was playing this the first night I saw your face
shaking in a coffee shop staring at you my foot trying to keep pace
then you started singing with me kinda blew my mind 
I said girl you don’t seem to mind all the eyes on you and she said 

do you hear that echo echo telling you to let go let go 
of all of your cares just for just for tonight
this could be the start though start though the are you ready set go set go 
there’s no better time when you feels like it’s right 

five hours later I still didn’t know her name 
but we talked there ’til they closed and then later on the road when we took a right down main
we struck up a rhythm and I started singing my song
three am the crowd is singing along now I see what she means and I ask you

Echo

happy 19th, karis anne :)

oh Ms. Anne of mine let me write you a song
line by line entwine showing that each one belongs

oh Ms. Anne of mine let me play you that tune
I'll sing it soft and slow like this rain like you hand

oh Ms. Anne of mine soon you'll see soon you'll know
what you mean to me and how I feel when you must go

someday when your skies are grey come and meet me under the golden rays cause you'll hear me say

oh Ms. Anne of mine when you're scared think of this
though your heart may hurt songs were made nature's kiss

Oh Ms. Anne

took a walk the other day it let me down the road out of my town singing “wood de doop doop” and suddenly it cam back around
in a tree up on the left a mockingbird singing my song she said “pardon me sir but whatcha doing there on the ground”

you don’t stop moving when you’ve started to soar there’s no coming back now
mock mock mockingbird you always want more than this old world can give 
but please don’t turn and fly away cause the song that you sing and the words that you say
how can I start to believe another 

when we get together we find our favorite spot on the lake pier I bring sandwiches she brings a lemon and a bottle of… clear blue liquid 
I said “why’d you bring a lemon? aren’t those pretty sour?” she said “why yes they are but don’t you know the old saying when life gets you make lemonade”
so we did

give me a hand I don’t want to miss this world I always seem to
I guess I suppose I’m as near as it gets without sinking the ship or flying the coup 
give me the key I don’t want to miss seeing if the city never sleeps
up and up up here we go I see what she means

Mockingbird

Keylon Almond is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Temple, Texas.  His sound, reminiscent of John Mayer, flor, and Valley, draws from a variety of musical styles and puts a jazzy twist on alternative rock and roll.  He is currently working on a self-produced debut album.