On My Own
Come to, the day is new, hit the floor, crack the door and what do I see?
Strange kid standing there, Who is that in the mirror — Could it be me?
Someone opens the bedroom door, somebody wanders the hall
someone’s crossin’ my kitchen floor. Wasn’t there somebody I loved
who lived here before?
Ah! What am I missing here? Ah! Something has disappeared
Cause I’m all alone like a leaf that’s blown into the great unknown
On my own
Stumbling down the stairs, run my hands through my hair
What did I say that night?
Old friend weren’t you with me then promising to hold me tight
Outside where the day is bright but nothing is real
I wander the city streets trying to remind myself how it felt to feel
Ah! What am I missing here? Ah! Something has disappeared
Cause I’m all alone like a pebble thrown into the great unknown
On my own
Maybe I’ll change my style
Try to be nice for a while
Paint on a sincere smile
Get in touch with my inner child
Ah! Something is missing here Ah! Something has disappeared
Cause I’m all alone like a bird that’s flown into the great unknown
On my own
The rhythm of everyday life propels us through constant change until a moment of epiphany, such as waking up disorientated, the feeling of deja vu, any virtual slap in the face. Suddenly, old ways of thinking are no longer tenable. So we adjust our perspective, especially on ourselves, at which point comes the crucial decision to carry on.
Down On Me
My job’s gone missing, insurance is a fail
Credit cards stopped coming, my attorney’s in jail
Just broke a law I never heard of before
Landlord thinks I’m made so he bust down my door
Used to think I was pretty damn smart
smart enough to see I’m falling apart
I keep going down down down
It’s all coming down on me
My little bit of self esteem has gone up in flames
Teenagers getting wealthy playing video games
The local beat cop keeps giving me that look
Don’t even know what drugs I just took
The more I run the more I end up where I start
stuck in the same place tearing myself apart
I keep going down down down
It’s all coming down on me
I remember back in Waikiki
Doing the Limbo by the sea
“How low can you go?”
the cabana boys teased
Now I’m down on my knees
Can’t keep this up But I hear it’s worse to stop
If I dry out lay me to rest at the corner coffeeshop
I don’t feel brave And I don’t feel free
my only chance at winning is in the lottery
Used to see myself above it, Set myself apart
Now I’m stealing mini-vodkas from the Mighty Mart
I keep going down down
It’s all coming down on me
Partytyme
Sally had a cigaret she wanted a doob
Bob said “you’re an addict.” Sally said “well, that’s true.”
Bob said “Sally, tell me, What’s so frightening to you?”
“Well, just being in this city and sitting here with you.”
A rag tag rehab clinic ain’t nowhere to have fun
The TV’s always blaring something really dumb
The Attendants and the nurses all have clubs and guns
And the windows all got painted so we never see the sun
This is Party Time! Try to Remember It’s Party Hearty Time!
This is Party Time! Let’s get together
Got to Have a Party Hearty Party all the Time!
Outside the dogs are fighting There’s screaming in the dark
The sound is terrifying — it puts me into shock.
My fears start taking over and growing on my mind
Then the nurses bring more medicine and I lose track of time
“I’m a little concerned,” Bob said, “because it seems to me
you really ought to integrate your personalities.”
Then Sally said, “But if you listen, Bob, I’m sure that you’ll agree,
sometimes there’s sense in madness and none in sanity!”
This is Party Time! Try to Remember - It’s Party Hearty Time!
This is Party Time! Let’s get together
Got to Have a Party Hearty Party all the Time!
Some of us are in here ‘cause we needed out
Some have all the answers, some have all the doubt
Some have seen too much to remember who they are
We’re all just getting better we’ve all come so far
I mind my own business In my own little way
My roommate gets the tremors Everyday
But i don’t even notice I’m so far away
I’m a chemical experiment but I think I’ll be okay
This is PartyTyme! Try to Remember - It’s Party Hearty Tyme!
Yeah This is PartyTyme! Try to Remember - Got to Party Hearty
Party all the Time!
Anthem
The birds they sang at the break of day
Start again I heard them say
Don't dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be
Yeah the wars they will be fought again
The holy dove she will be caught again
Bought and sold and bought again
The dove is never free
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
We asked for signs the signs were sent
The birth betrayed the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood of every government
Signs for all to see
I can't run no more with that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud
And they're gonna hear from me
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
You can add up the parts You won't have the sum
You can strike up the march There is no drum
Every heart, every heart to love will come
But like a refugee
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
All My Heroes
Here I am awake in a wilderness of lies
Trying to assemble a suitable disguise
Bleary eyed and seeking a sign I recognize
Someone I can count on to be there as my guide
All my heroes were failures in their eyes
Losers, Drunkards, Fallen saints, and Suicides
I feel a fever break underneath my skin
The earth begins to shake, trees bending in the wind
The world is always changing It’s changing in my sleep
For the first time I am praying for my soul to keep
All my heroes were rebels on the run
Plagiarizers, Vagabonds, Vagrants every one
But they lit fires in the shadows, all my heroes
Cut pathways through the narrows, all my heroes
What am I to do, where am I to go?
How am I to pay the debts that I still owe?
How am i to shift and rise above the tide
How am I to live without them by my side?
All my heroes were smaller than they seemed
Malcontents, Dreamers, Ghosts in the machine
But they lit fires in the shadows, all my heroes
Cut pathways through the narrows, all my heroes
On A Sunday Afternoon
Nobody’s causing any trouble Nobody’s trying to pick a fight
We’re all just soaking up this Sunday summer sun Feeling glad to be alive
Ain’t gonna worry bout tomorrow And even less about today
We’re gonna watch the light go down on the horizon Let ev’ry moment slip away
Jesse tore up his apartment Just why he wouldn’t say
Now he sits there in his bedroom and he won’t come out to play
Oh, yeah It’s a Sunday Afternoon
Got Cap’n Crunch and Reefer and old cartoons
When I get up tomorrow It’ll be too soon
We’re lazing on a Sunday afternoon
The daily news keeps getting stranger But medical Mary keeps me cool
They all used to say I’d be a failure but I’m breezin’ Although I know sometimes
I get a bit confused
Everybody needs a purpose Some kind of driving force in life
I ain’t gonna have the admiration of the world but I’m already famous in my mind
Martha hitched from San Francisco back to her parents’ by the Bay
She’s doin’ mandalas and boxing at least that’s what the doctors say
Oh yeah It’s a Sunday afternoon
Got Cap’n Crunch and Reefer and old cartoons
If the aliens are comin’ Hope they come soon
We’re lazing on a Sunday afternoon
The Brand New Deal
Yes, it’s fun when you’re young beneath an innocent sun
And the unicorns play in the fields
And your Daddy drives slow with his Cadillac soul
His big strong hands on the wheel
And life is a dream of serene machines that all seem to care how you feel
But then you grow up and it’s never enough
And money’s just something to steal
It’s every man for himself so grab the wealth
Feel the poor under your heel
It’s a brand new deal
Then you learn it in school between the lies and the rules
the fairy tales and the charades
they must think you’re a fool you know none of it’s true
it’s all a rigged game we play
And the banks are thieves with infinite greed and power is the coin you pay
Then countries are done it’s just money and guns
and cocaine and hookers for days
It’s every man for himself so grab the wealth
Feel the poor under your heel
In the brand new deal
You know the law’s on sale when you’re too big to fail
and every congressman comes with a price
and the streets are a jail for the weak and the frail — a predator’s paradise
yes we all know how the cold wind blows and cuts like the blade of a knife
it’s a zero sum game you gotta learn how to play
learn how to load the dice
It’s every man for himself so grab the wealth
Feel the poor under your heel
In the brand new deal
Yes it’s
commodification,
consumerization,
deregulation,
privatization,
objectification,
sexualization,
rationalization,
overcompensation,
disinformation,
discrimination,
under-education,
de facto segregation,
homogenization,
criminalization,
desensitization,
mass incarceration...
Lullaby - CancióN de Cuna
I’m afraid The oceans wide I’m small
Memories Haunt me Of a time before the war
Blue wind rolling Red sky dawning
Warm skin glowing Strange thoughts haunting
Sing with me your lullaby
baby please don’t cry
I’ll sing it with you until I die
baby please don’t cry
This boat that I row I paddle and row T’wards what I don’t know
Theres only one thing That keeps me alive My love for you
Blue wind rolling Red sky dawning
Warm skin glowing Strange thoughts haunting
Sing with me your lullaby
baby please don’t cry
I’ll sing it with you until I die
baby please don’t cry
Ojalá tuviera las palabras para describirte corazón de mi corazón
Mi mente es débil, ningún lenguaje puede decirle corazón de mi corazón
Sing with me your lullaby
baby please don’t cry
I’ll sing it with you until I die
baby please don’t cry
Canta tu canción de cuna
No llores mi monada
Lo Cantaré siempre hasta que muera
No llores mi monada
Baby please don't cry
Honey Party
I saw a handsome dancing bee under the flow’ring Apple tree
raising his butt up to the sky shaking his wings like a firefly
He wants to dance
He wants to share romance
Cause he's going to a honey party
I asked him please show me the way to his field of flowers by the bay
But he would not let me follow behind until I danced with a different mind
He said: You’ve got to dance
You’ve got to share romance
If you're going to a honey party
And I woke up behind the sky in the arms of a man with a golden eye,
the place a-buzz with every kind of sweet love, laughter and honey-wine
And I did dance
I did share romance
And I know about the honey party
Now I think back to that summer of song I thought would last my whole life long
I remember the love that made me strong and I’d be so glad if you’d come along
You’ve got to dance
You’ve got to share romance
If you're going to a honey party
The Ghosts of Tomorrow
Here we are
Gathered here
Dressed in our finest drinking whiskey and beer
Gathered to pay tribute
To the Ghosts of a Tomorrow
That never comes
Hey bartender
Put that bottle down
My head’s already spinning way too fast around
But I’ll make one final toast
To the Ghosts of a Tomorrow
That never comes
May you all be healthy
May you all be strong
May you always find yourself where you belong
May your adventures take you there
When the troubles come may you be spared
Now I never watch the time
But time is watching me
I’ve had enough of running from my memories If I stay here I’ll be one
Of the ghosts of a tomorrow
that never comes.
We Might As Well Dance
It’s easy to see the things going wrong now
It’s easy to wallow in a sad song
It’s easy to cry over all that is gone now
But I believe that we must carry on
I hear you saying that our best days are past us
I’ve seen you walking through the rubble and stone
Yes I know there’s list of disasters
But time is gonna soothe the soul
So we might as well dance in the light of the moon
we might as well dance we’ll be leaving here soon
we might as well dance while the river is high
we might as well dance before you kiss me goodbye
The times are changing and tensions are rising,
But fear can never be our guiding light
I’m not a fool, I know what hate is disguising
And only love can bring the will to fight
So we might as well dance in the light of the moon
we might as well dance we’ll be leaving here soon
we might as well dance while the river is high
we might as well dance before you kiss me goodbye
Liberté
Sur mes cahiers d’écolier
Sur mon pupitre et les arbres
Sur le sable sur la neige J’écris ton nom
Sur toutes les pages lues
Sur toutes les pages blanches
Pierre, sang, papier ou cendre J’écris ton nom
Sur les images dorées
Sur les armes des guerriers
Sur la couronne des rois J’écris ton nom
Sur la jungle et le désert
Sur les nids sur les genêts
Sur l’écho de mon enfance J’écris ton nom
J’écris ton nom
Sur les merveilles des nuits
Sur le pain blanc des journées
Sur les saisons fiancées J’écris ton nom
Sur tous mes chiffons d’azur
Sur l’étang soleil moisi
Sur le lac lune vivante J’écris ton nom
Sur les champs sur l’horizon
Sur les ailes des oiseaux
Et sur le moulin des ombres J’écris ton nom
Sur chaque bouffée d’aurore
Sur la mer sur les bateaux
Sur la montagne démente J’écris ton nom
J’écris ton nom
Sur le tremplin de ma porte
Sur les objets familiers
Sur le flot du feu béni J’écris ton nom
Sur toute chair accordée
Sur le front de mes amis
Sur chaque main qui se tend J’écris ton nom
Sur la vitre des surprises
Sur les lèvres attentives
Bien au-dessus du silence J’écris ton nom
Sur mes refuges détruits
Sur mes phares écroulés
Sur les murs de mon ennui
Sur l’absence sans désir
Sur la solitude nue
Sur les marches de la mort
Sur la santé revenue
Sur le risque disparu
Sur l’espoir sans souvenir J’écris ton nom
Et par le pouvoir d’un mot
Je recommence ma vie
Je suis né pour te connaître
Pour te nommer Liberté