"I Need You Here Tonight"

I need you here tonight. I need you more than ever.
This time it will be right, this time it is forever.
Fingerprints on my body, and it feels so much like rain.
And I’m glad you’re here now, but will I see you ever again?
I just want you to tell me, all the lies behind your truth.
If I stand in your way, love, just tell me and I will move.
I need you here tonight. I need you more than ever.
This time it will be right, this time it is forever.
And I’m glad you’re here, love, so snuggled up real near.
Come in real close now, I will tell you what you want to hear.
Because I miss you my darling, that’s all that I can say.
And I pray to God, love, I just pray that you will stay.
I need you here tonight. I need you more than ever.
This time it will be right, this time it is forever.
Now you get up my darling, and tell me that you have to go.
I’m so sick of this treatment, so I shake my head and say no.
Baby when will you realize, my heart is not a game.
Will you answer one question: “Why do I love you all the same?”
I need you here tonight. I need you more than ever.
This time it will be right, this time it is forever.

"Speak For Yourself"

Now first of all, we all became what we never really wanted to be.
We caught on fire and burned awhile
before drowning ourselves in the sea.
I had a dream of the scene from a while ago,
it chilled me right to the core,
but before I could think twice
another brother rolled the dice
and he knocked my ass out on the floor.
Now my ears are ringing, my mouth is dry, and my vision is fading to black.
The devil took my soul (he was expecting a meal, but barely even got a snack).
I tried to hold on tight to the night and fight the overwhelming urge to beat,
but before I could think twice another brother rolled the dice
and he knocked my ass flat on the street.
Speak for yourself, with out help,
because you’re getting none of that from me.
Speak for yourself, because it helps
to turn you loose and set me free.
Now second of all, we all come to follow the people who we used to fear.
We’re straight blowing them up to the size of gods,
and not letting our kids go near.
I felt bigger then and smaller when I was held and compared to some,
but before I could think twice
another brother rolled the dice
and asked me point blank where I came from.
Now the time has come to get serious,
and the time has come to get grave.
The time has come to stop having fun,
and try to salvage anything we can save.
I was scared that all we’d do is become what we never really wanted to be,
but before I could think twice another brother rolled the dice
and started sock-sock-socking it to me.
Speak for yourself, with out help,
because you’re getting none of that from me.
Speak for yourself, because it helps
to turn you loose and set me free.

"It's Too Bad"

It’s too bad that we all can’t be what we wanted to be.
It’s a shame that we all can’t have an original name.
It’s so odd how the telephone rings like so many other things.
It’s too bad that we all can’t be what we wanted to be.
The clock tolls true just for you. Just for you.
The clock tolls true at half past two just for you.
It tells you the time, and doesn’t ask you why, like I would.
If it had ears and eyes and a mouth it would. It would.
It’s too bad that we all can’t be what we wanted to be.
It’s a shame that we all can’t have an original name.
It’s so odd how the telephone rings like so many other things.
It’s too bad that we all can’t be what we wanted to be.
Faceless wonders walk right by me all around.
They don’t care one bit, they don’t give a shit how you sound.
With their faces pointed down, down to the ground, they hear.
But I am faceless too and I will stay that way I fear. I fear.
It’s too bad that we all can’t be what we wanted to be.
It’s a shame that we all can’t have an original name.
It’s so odd how the telephone rings like so many other things.
It’s too bad that we all can’t be what we wanted to be.

"Brand New Soul"

I’ve got brand new gear and a brand new soul.
I’ve got a brand new axe made of thirty karat gold.
I’ve got a brand new amp with lots of effects,
and I still haven’t opened my new light-gauge strings yet.
Why bother, when you now I’m going to break them.
They pop like corn kernels when you micro-bake them.
Microwave is what I meant to say,
but I can’t hear myself through this crappy P.A.
The group is going to disown me now for sue, but I need the points, dude.
Humility. I’m feeling due some humility.
It’s time to demonstrate my ability
to give the industry a slap in the face,
and prove that no one hears you scream in out space.
I’ve got so many phobias. I’m scared of so much shit, that I won’t sit.
I won’t quit. I won’t think. I won’t drink.
I’m scared that this boat will sink, so toss over that life preserver.
I need something to make it all safe.
I need something to make sure I won’t break down.
Clowns scare the shit out of me too,
and I’m scaring myself because it all could be true.
The sun’s burning out in two million years.
I’ll be dead by then, but it’s still one of my greatest fears.
Along with spiders and biters, fires
and getting tired of the world and all the pain
that drains my psychological capacity.
Now you all are getting mad at me.
The group is going to disown me now for sure, but I need the points.
Humility. I’m feeling due some humility.
It’s time to demonstrate my ability
to give the industry a slap in the face,
and prove that no one hears you scream in out space.
I’ve got brand new gear and a brand new soul.

"The Wedding Song"

You think you’re merry. You think you’re clean.
You think that you’re better than the rest of us.
You think you’re pristine.
Tell me now, what lies behind the door.
Tell me now, because I know that I’ve taken this road.
I’ve taken this road before.
You think you’re merry. You think you’re clean.
You think that you’re better than the rest of us.
You think you’re pristine.
Ask me to tell you, and I will give the same reply.
Ask me to tell you, and I will tell you no. I will not tell you again.
You think you’re merry. You think you’re clean.
You think that you’re better than the rest of us.
You think you’re pristine.

"All I Ever Needed Was a Hug"

All I ever needed was a hug.
I just needed some love, none of the shrugs that you gave me before.
I know that you loved me back then, and then again, you’ll love me once more.
But now I’m just waiting, anticipating.
I’m saving all my pennies for a rainy day,
and I know one day you’ll come back to me.
I know one day you’ll open up your eyes to see
that it was me you were looking for, me who you need.
You’ll bleed over that need
until you find yourself doing the deed, with me.
You see, I’m not that bad. I don’t cry about the things that I never had.
But I had you once, until push came to shove.
I’m sorry. All I needed was a hug.
All I ever needed was a hug. I just needed some love,
none of the shrugs that you gave me before.
I know that you loved me back then, and then again, you’ll love me once more.
I’m feeling down and out about the things you said.
I’m feeling pain and shame all up inside my head.
I feel you don’t even want to be my friend.
I wonder if you’ll ever show up on my doorstep again.
I’m sorry that I missed you yesterday at the park,
but I was living in oblivion and lost in the dark.
It’s not my fault, I just wanted some love. I’m sorry. All I needed was a hug.
All I ever needed was a hug. I just needed some love,
none of the shrugs that you gave me before.
I know that you loved me back then, and then again, you’ll love me once more.
La da da da da da da. La da da da da.

"When It Comes Down To It"

When it comes down to it, are you there to see me fall?
When it comes down to it, are you there to see me crawl?
When it comes down to it, are you really there for me?
When it comes down to it, do you really want me to succeed?
Well how can it be right
if every single night you tell me “turn on the dark,
I’m afraid of the light”?
I just might get up, and get out of bed.
I’ll knock that fog right out of my head.
Well how can it be right
if every single night you tell me “turn on the dark,
I’m afraid of the light”?
I just might get up, and get out of bed.
I’ll laugh that fog right out of my head.
There’s no need to scream, I can hear you fine where you are.
When it comes down to it, are you there to see me fall?
When it comes down to it, are you there to see me crawl?
When it comes down to it, are you really there for me?
When it comes down to it, do you really want me to succeed?
Well it was strange and it was sad,
that whatever we had went bad.
But I’d die to give you something to erase,
I’d die to get you out of this place.
Well it was strange and it was sad, that whatever we had went bad.
But I’d die to give you something to erase, I’d die to see your face.
There’s no need to scream, I can hear you fine where you are.
When it comes down to it, are you there for me?

"Dinero"

Turn around, baby.
I don’t need you anymore.
On your way out, don’t get hit by the door.
Because I got your money, and I’m on my way,
wherever I want to go, and I don’t have to pay.
Because I got your money, because I found your stash.
I’m on a plane to Mexico, loaded with cash.
Pockets of dinero, just to have a good time.
You’re out in the freezing cold, I’m drinking the wine.
I know you never loved me, but I never loved you back.
But your wealth made up for it, because it’s money I lack.
By this time tomorrow I’ll be swimming in the sea.
I’ll be leaving you to eat my dust until you find another me.
Because I got your money, because I found your stash.
I’m on a plane to Mexico, loaded with cash.
Pockets of dinero, just to have a good time.
You’re out in the freezing cold, I’m drinking the wine.
I’m drinking the wine.

"The Candlestick Maker"

I am the butcher, I am the baker.
On your lawn the leaves, I am the raker.
I am the butcher, I am the baker.
When the earth it shakes, I am the quaker.
If I could be you for a day, everything would be all right.
You for a day, I would lay awake all night.
I’d smile at people, and they would smile back happily.
Being you sure beats the hell out of being me.
And the wise man told me to turn my tail and run,
because he knew the truth: he knew you were not the one.
But what does a wise man know?
Not half as much as me, because he walks alone, without any company.
If I could be you for a day, everything would be all right.
You for a day, I would lay awake all night.
I’d smile at people, and they would smile back happily.
Being you sure beats the hell out of being me.

"Friends With Benefits"

The clock struck eight a.m.,
I walked through the school’s front door.
I had one thing on my mind,
I had something special in store.
It wasn’t books or any class, or even my favorite teacher.
Just this eighteen-year-old ass. This girl, I could wait to meet her.
At lunch I approached her, said, “Hi, my name’s D-Money.”
She said, “A name with a dollar sign. Isn’t that funny?”
I looked her in the eye and said, “I can’t wait to see you again.”
That’s when she responded, “I thought we were just friends.”
Well let’s take it farther, but keep it on the down low.
I know this sounds forward, but I want you to know.
Life’s a bowl of cherries, until you hit the pits.
Let’s be friends with benefits.
Then one day after school, she asked me to drive her home.
I got a little nervous, I had sweat like a Benz got chrome.
I opened the passenger door, wiped the back of my neck,
then I looked down at my pants. I had to keep my bone in check.
I put the key into the hole and started the ignition.
I said, “Damn, girl, your ass looks good.
I want to pump it like a Michelin.”
I said that out loud, though I had only meant to think.
She said, “Gee, that’s real nice. Want to come over and pop the trunk?”
Well let’s take it farther, but keep it on the down low.
I know this sounds forward, but I want you to know.
Life’s a bowl of cherries, until you hit the pits.
Let’s be friends with benefits.

"Into the White"

Into the white. Into the colorlessness.
Into the bright light’s whiteness.
I gave you a reason, gave you a time.
I gave you balance on the tightrope line.
I gave you an answer, gave you a cure.
I gave you the weight until on the floor
you cried out for it all to stop.
You cried to come own from up on top.
It was high enough to make your ears pop, so we had to go.
Into the white. Into the colorlessness.
Into the bright light’s whiteness.
You want to see what others see,
and now you want something more from me.
You want to burn the whole place down,
you want to stop and turn around.
Life just ain’t what it used to be.
You’re not living comfortably.
You had to pay for what was free, and so now we go.
Into the white. Into the colorlessness.
Into the bright light’s whiteness.
Now the colors blend once again.
Your vision bends, baby.
Now once again you think it ends, but it all begins, baby.
So this is what it’s all about: getting up, taking the garbage out.
Maybe it will go away.
Maybe we won’t have to say all the things left to discuss.
Those matters coming between us.
Take the taxi, not the bus, so we can go.
Into the white. Into the colorlessness. Into the bright light’s whiteness.

"9 to 5 Scam"

Sunrise on this beautiful day. It’s time to go,
it’s time to start the race. The rivers we see,
they continue to flow, while our own little world
is not the one we know. Is it possible to change our self-perception,
always stuck in a rut of truth and deception.
Who are these people that we live with in our homes?
I got to be somewhere but I know I’m destined to roam.
I know I’m destined to roam.
I don’t claim to be a rebel, that’s not what I am,
but I don’t fall into the nine to five scam.
I’m never in a rut from day to day,
everything is good and I’m just glad it is that way.
I couldn’t be happier day to day.
Light from a lantern, an unnatural flame.
Mine burned out long ago, but I can still claim
that I care about life, and everything around.
My feet are what keep me fastened, fastened to the ground.
I don’t claim to be a rebel, that’s not what I am,
but I don’t fall into the nine to five scam.
I’m never in a rut from day to day,
everything is good and I’m just glad it is that way.
I couldn’t be happier day to day.

"Bitchcraft"

So who understands the ways of the world?
See, awhile ago I was left with some girl.
It was kind of a shock, and I am brought to shame
every time her eyes would glimmer when I mentioned that other girl’s name.
Well I can’t get it and I don’t mean to pout,
but her face would be so bright whenever we went out.
I am truly sorry, but right now I need a friend,
because my baby girl turned out to be a lesbian.
At first I was calm when I heard the news,
but later I would cry and sing the blues.
Then I got angry, what can I say?
You never had to deal with your girl being gay.
So who understands the ways of the world?
See, awhile ago I was left with some girl.
It was kind of a shock, and I am brought to shame
every time her eyes would glimmer when I mentioned that other girl’s name.
Well she was quite the doll with her legs so high,
but now she’s shaking for someone else, and making me cry.
Friday nights they pass, week after week.
And now all my friends think I’m some sort of freak
because I drove a girl out. I drove her away.
I drove her to another woman, I made her gay.
My mother said it doesn’t matter, I shouldn’t be sad,
because not too many people ever had what I had.
So who understands the ways of the world?
See, awhile ago I was left with some girl.
It was kind of a shock, and I am brought to shame
every time her eyes would glimmer when I mentioned that other girl’s name.