introductions

everybody has a rhythm
some move fast and some move slow
but everybody’s got a rhythm
it doesn’t really matter how far you go

see I’ve been feeling like it’s time for me to twist my head on a little bit tighter
some days you can’t escape the wait of fixing your life
now I see that being different is never less or better than the next
so you do your thing cuz I’m gonna do mine

everybody has a rhythm
some move fast and some move slow
but everybody’s got a rhythm
it doesn’t really matter how far you go

if you would elect to change the world well welcome to the party
there’s nothing wrong with turning the light on in somebody’s room
but I’m scared that you’re prepared to do whatever’s necessary
to change a stranger into somebody just like you
well that just might be the worst thing you could do

because everybody’s got a rhythm
some move fast and some move slow
but everybody’s got a rhythm
it doesn’t really matter how far you go

I’m on a roll
I’m keeping it loose but it’s under control
whatever I do I’m standing right where I should while the world gets smaller
you and I both
we gotta be cool baby cool
how do you know what you’re capable of
everyone deserves a bigger better bite of love


deeper

take a look inside the mind of this girl
she was born with good intentions
wanted to take on the world
but somewhere outside the frontline her bible got burned up
in the mystery of evil things

well they tell you that it’s going to be fine
but it’s hard to start to get over it when a part of you’s died
sometimes you just need somebody to look you in the eye
and say I love you really love you
and say I love you really love you

she wanders through the radio while she breaks down 
searching for a sympathetic sound
something to get you through to the unshaky ground
you’re allowed to be proud
you’re supposed to be loud

who are you I’d like to 
come over and find you
I’ll be anyone you want me to be
but it’ll bring you to your knees
we’re going deeper

spinning around and around and I’m wiping the tears from her face
disgrace and desperation are ever laden with an aftertaste
there’s a lot of you that you want to replace
but I love you really love you
I love you really love you

she wanders through the radio while she breaks down 
trying to turn this whole thing around
somewhere you can discover who you’re supposed to be now
you’re allowed to be proud
you’re supposed to be loud

who are you I’d like to 
come over and find you
I’ll be anyone you want me to be
but it’ll bring you to your knees
we’re going deeper


gasoline

you said “is she pretty  would you like me more if I looked like that” 
I said “what you’re crazy -  she’s a maybe but you are a definite”
with forever hanging right beside me 
dazed and perfect and wonderfully obscene
I said “if my desire is a fire then you are the gasoline”

you said when I’m in focus I’m still hopelessly a blur 
and I said “I can’t help it that’s my favorite color”

it seems I said something wrong
made you upset but trust me she’s not you
see right there she’s more dangerous than double-dare 
but you’ve got something too 
and she’s got nothing on you

I try to lead myself out of this touchy situation 
for the ways that I wonder I’m pinned under and taking fire 
well every question has a good-enough answer 
I take my chances and steal another glance 
her worst mistake was changing shape, 
and I don’t really dig girls who wear that much make-up

it seems I said something wrong
made you upset but trust me she’s not you
see right there she’s more dangerous than double-dare 
but you’ve got something too 
and she’s got nothing on you

walking hand in hand 
through the hills of Neverland
you’re my Wendy-bird 
and I’m your Pan the Man

and you said
if my desire is a fire you’re the gasoline

it seems I said something wrong
made you upset but trust me she’s not you
see right there she’s more dangerous than double-dare 
but you’ve got something 

seems I said something wrong again 
I take it all back I do 
‘cause double-dare over there won’t be dusting anywhere we’re dusting to 
cuz she’s got nothing
she’s got nothing on you


done

done with feeling anything revealing ‘bout the contents of my head
done with knowing everything I’m going through is just my heart misled
I don’t see a reason to believe in any part of what you said
I got something better going on and you’re never comin’ back again

so I’m gonna drop down turn it around
I’ve got a bullet on my brain (I’m done)
drop down turn it around
I’ve got to put it through your name (I’m done)
drop town turn it around
I’ve got a bullet on my brain (I’m done)
drop down turn it around
go back to where you came from

done with such an angry kind of love I’ve got to move on to something better
I don’t need to keep it even even if what I do believe in is analyzing every letter
try to stay focus I’ll die if I don’t  it’s time to find rope and climb to high hopes
and maybe slip slide down on my face at least I’m out of this place

so I’m gonna drop down turn it around
I’ve got a bullet on my brain (I’m done)
drop down turn it around
I’ve got to put it through your name (I’m done)
drop town turn it around
I’ve got a bullet on my brain (I’m done)
drop down turn it around
go back to where you came from


this old thing

we went walking 
though we had nowhere to be
but I had your company on my mind
we went walking
just to find a little space 
to find a better place to try on

it’s not that I don’t see this crowd
but we could be the only ones around
‘cuz they don’t hold a candle to you
they don’t hold a candle to you
they don’t hold a candle to you now

this old thing  be still my heart
worlds could fade away
but to rest my eyes would be the hardest part
I need to see you
I need to see you

I would listen
while you shared your favorite songs
declare the easy meaning and then dare to go beyond
we could watch each other for an hour trying not to sleep
and smile while our eyelids are getting heavier

it’s not that I don’t see this crowd
but we could be the only ones around
‘cuz they don’t hold a candle to you
they don’t hold a candle to you
they don’t hold a candle to you now

this old thing  be still my heart
worlds could fade away
but to rest my eyes would be the hardest part
I need to see you
I need to see you


77

I fell in love with the girl downstairs when I was seven years old
she wasn’t much to look at but she smelled like cinnamon rolls
but she declined the offer to be my Billie Jean
it took a while to get over and soon I was seventeen

baby I don’t know what to do
I’ll never get anything done if I fall for you

seventeen began pretty lonely   I made a lot of model planes
but soon I found me a one and only   a girl who loved candy canes
but when the holidays were over she called me to have a word
stopped my heart in a parking lot and  ten years later I’m cured

baby I don’t know what to do
I’ll never get anything done if I fall for you
baby I’m a sucker it’s true
I’ll never get anything done if I fall for you

twenty-seven  thirty-seven 
these casualties of youth
forty  fifty  sixty-seven
it’s all leading up to

so what’s it like
if you do just what I did and your heart doesn’t mind it it’s like a kite to a blind kid
you gotta feel it feel it
feel it feel it
it’s a touched up world

twenty-seven  thirty-seven 
these casualties of youth
forty  fifty  sixty-seven
it’s all leading up to

seventy-seven and my doors are open again
I got a date she’s looking pretty great  she’s a friend of a friend of a friend
we’ll grab a meal and seal the deal and share a bingo card
love is pretty easy  it’s the in-between that’s hard

baby I don’t know what to do
I’ll never get anything done if I fall for you
baby I’m a sucker it’s true
I’ll never get anything done if I fall for you


higher ground

I was searching for myself tonight
I stumbled across the tired look in her eye
a lot of people living in the same dark cloud
she said we ought to make our way to higher ground
‘cause with a sunburn comes a new layer of skin
let’s pull out the staples that are holding us in
when did the future change from promise to threat
that’s when I took a deep breath and I said

well I get the feeling that I’m trapped underwater
I can’t get out but I gotta ‘cause see my reflection’s on a long holiday
and I wanna come celebrate with him too
it’s like I’m missing out on even what I get to do
so that’s great  it’s settled  set a date and go
she said that’s not enough by a long shot no
we gotta drive tonight  we’ll arrive first light
and trust me you’ll be feeling alright

so won’t you take me to higher ground
heal my soul and let me quiet down
show me where to find it now
this love

we’ll I’m a sucker for a pretty face
but they’re usually painted on a headcase
I opened up the fortune and the cookie states
things are getting better oh and by the way
you need to get it together and learn to say hey whatever
it’ll be gone for good someday but that’s okay
just don’t forget to play and dream 
and make your sleep a slumber party

so won’t you take me to higher ground
heal my soul and let me quiet down
show me where to find it now
this love

like a sweet tooth hiding in the perfect mouth
staying in the bathtub while the water runs out
find yourself enamored over someone’s eyebrows
putting a lampshade on a lighthouse
it’s living day to day in a world like this
never seeing parts that we forgot exist
but you never miss until you’re just this close

so won’t you take me to higher ground
heal my soul and let me quiet down
show me where to find it now
this love


come over

well I drove around for hours
and I ended where I started from
still I’m a million miles away from here

see all I think about is you
and how soon you’re coming through
when the only thing on my list to do
is see you

so I wanna I wanna come over yes I do
I wanna come over and fill the time with you
I wanna come over to you
I wanna come over

and I know your nights might be busy
but you are worth the wait 
and you are free to make up your mind

well the closest distance between two things is where it’s always been 
where the sweat collects between our skin
it’s in you and me baby
this is you and me baby

so I wanna I wanna come over yes I do
I wanna come over and fill the time with you
I wanna come over to you
I wanna come over

well you do what you gotta do
you do what you gotta do
I’ll do all you ask me to
you do what you gotta do
you do what you gotta do go ahead

so I wanna I wanna come over yes I do
I wanna come over, you know I’ll twist my arm for you
I wanna come over to you
I wanna come over


mistake

so I guess it’s up to me
I never had it so good before
but you worked it flawlessly
hanging over like a perfect score

you could say I’m a friend of honesty
but ever now and then we lose touch
you pretty much assaulted me
that’s a lie, but it’s a comfortable crutch

I told you to go, but I want you to stay
I need you to leave it’ll be better that way
I’ve been on a roll, playing it safe
but you’re the mistake I’ve been dying to make

you can taste so god damn good
but isn’t that just the way it goes
when you wanna believe that you can’t   but you could
and you would   and you hope nobody notices

what is this knocking at my door, what you gotta do that for
you say that I could have more and your jacket hits the floor
I’m enraptured to the core   will  I fracture like before
I use to be so sure   but I don’t know anymore

I told you to go, but I want you to stay
I need you to leave it’ll be better that way
I’ve been on a roll, playing it safe
but you’re the mistake I’ve been dying to make
I told you to go, but I want you to stay
I need you to leave it’ll be better that way
nobody knows the things we don’t say
you’re the mistake I’ve been dying to make

well I know she loves me, and I don’t want to do her wrong
yes I know she loves me but it won’t be long
I’m not that strong
and you won’t leave 
until you come

I told you to go, but I want you to stay
I need you to leave it’ll be better that way
I’ve been on a roll, playing it safe
but you’re the mistake I’ve been dying to make
I told you to go, but I want you to stay
I need you to leave it’ll be better that way
nobody knows the things we don’t say
you’re the mistake I’ve been dying to make

but you didn’t go
no, you didn’t go


rebound

“oh well, maybe another night” I said right before she hung up on me
strung up on me she’s not 
well there’s nothing I can do about that
and I don’t know why ‘cuz I put my best foot forward for her
maybe it’s time I get over all the things she said to me that night

I got my dancing shoes on kickin’ I got my party pants on
I got the time the place you got the face you got the taste I wanna roll in my mouth
I just hit the floor and in five seconds I’ll be back for more
so won’t you shake your shimmy-shammy over to me I’m on the rebound

oh babe I think I’m falling in love with the way you press your lips against me 
hips against me back behind the pool-house
I’m gonna wanna make you mine 
thinkin’ crazy as you climb right on top of me and sigh that
a little goes a long way sometimes

I got my dancing shoes on kickin’ I got my party pants on
I got the time the place you got the face you got the taste I wanna roll in my mouth
I just hit the floor and in five seconds I’ll be back for more
so won’t you shake your shimmy-shammy over to me I’m on the rebound

so I’ll drink from your glass you can drink from mine
you can help yourself to any part of me I don’t mind
we’re gonna intoxicate all night tonight
and in the morning I hope I wake up alive

I got my dancing shoes on kickin’ I got my party pants on
I got the time the place you got the face you got the taste I wanna roll in my mouth
I just hit the floor and in five seconds I’ll be back for more
so won’t you shake your shimmy-shammy over to me I’m on the rebound


opposite of empty

all I know is I was never scared
loving you can be a heavy load to bear
but leaving you is like falling down the stairs
yeah it hurts but it’s supposed to

the opposite of empty is the opposite of me
the opposite of good is where we are
but you can run on home to safety when you start to see
that lovers will tear your world apart
and some are even meant to break your heart

funny how it lifts you off the ground
and words like “beautiful” get tossed around
but you could bring the dictionary down
if I were to search to define you

the opposite of empty is the opposite of me
the opposite of good is where we are
but you can run on home to safety when you start to see
that lovers will tear your world apart
and some are even meant to break your heart

so who are you   
you’re the only thing I’ve seen I’ve seen that could move right in and conquer me
while it’s true that I believe my heart will find a stronger beat
few goodbyes will bleed as dark as yours did baby

the opposite of empty is the opposite of me
the opposite of good is where we are
but the opposite of easy is how it has to be
when lovers will tear your world apart
some are even meant to break your heart


cigarettes

cigarettes and whiskey breath
a wrinkled business suit 
red evening dress
she licks her lips the shade of rust
living loving lust

it’s getting late   
the bar is closed
I’ve got a place where we can go
so lead the way if you must
living loving lust

onto the street 
into my coat
give me a taste just so I know
and through the haste we float like dust
living loving lust

and in the cab the air is thick
we’re almost there consume me quick
I’ll chase the hours through the towers in the clouds
until we’re hunted out shackled down again
living loving lust

and in the elevator against the empty wall
she looks up at the mirror so she can see it all
I watch her bite her mouth
she stares down at us
living loving lust

the elevator stops the doors slide open I don’t care
there’s no one else to see us ravaging in the corner there
her body wrapped around me tighter 
than I’ll ever dare to trust
living loving lust  

yeah I could never go
if you leave me now I’ll never recover
the thought of you
what I meant to do
well I could never find another way


separations 

if I have to let this go
walk away from what I know
how do you separate the different phases of your life

I could hide where green things grow
give my blood a chance to flow
go redefine my soul
need to be done with the past
if it’s fun it won’t last
that I know

there’s a lot to learn
when your dreams can burn
and the world keeps turning even as you drown
but wherever you are now
wherever you are
I’m always a part of you
wherever you are

and I 
I need more time
I need more time