Free Up Your Mind
Look at me
And try to believe that I'm for real
Cuz I always have to climb
Footlands and tidelands
Through this gambler's jail
I don't mind, being a fool over you
If that's what it's gonna take
For you to free up your mind
When I can see, your hair frame your face I forget the breeze
Nervous hesitation, is racing through my bones at pinball speed
I don't mind, trippin like a fool over you
If that's what it's gonna take
For you to free up your mind
Well I'll build a cabin in the willows
And I'll fill it with trampolines and pillows
And when our feet are back from the bounce
All ya hear is my love in the ground
My foolish sound
Well I know that sometimes
I give my heart away to the opening bid
But I know this ain't the case
Cuz you're the only one who's drawn a bubble bath in my head
I don't mind, being a fool over you
If that's what it's gonna take
For you to free up your mind
Heart of Yours
Let's go to sleep tonight
I don't wanna fight
Let's go inside, inside now
Let me see that heart of yours
Let's turn ya inside out
I climbed the top of a mountain long ago
I ate potato noodles and washed it down with snow
I squeezed inside myself, but then I was out somehow
Let me kiss that heart of yours
That's how I turn inside out
You call it as it is
Love is madness for foolish kids
So let's dive inside the mouth
Inside now
I wanna lose myself in your sun
And the shadows it makes through the clouds
I don't wanna fight
No, I don't wanna fight
Just stay in that heart of yours
Just stay in that heart of yours
Gold Fever
It's a common mistake, that you are the one for this heartbreak, but you got me reeling
On your sporting line, you know, just how to bait a hook
I wanna plant you in the ground, and watch you grow through the turning leaves and the big black snow
Bewilderbeastin at a steam train captain, billowin "am I boarding yes or no?"
And babe, all it really takes is one piece of gold, to spark the fever in my soul, so whatchya thinkin'
Ride out west as fast as we can, you and me girl, handerkerchief balloons flying from our limbs
And I've never met a girl who can torture me, just like the way that you seem to do, and I'm feeling
Like runnin' up a mountainside, and skippin' down, with pockets full of gold
This ole' gravy train has lost its brakes, rollin' too fast down the tracks, oh my baby
Oh no jump a duck roll, don't let go, I love you city girl
Strollin' into town, and I don't care, 'bout all these other fools, with their oogles
Hey ho, steady up slow, watch that temper, I just wanna keep ya safe and close
And it ain't no mistake, that you are the one for this heartache, and you got me reeling
To be a trappin', gunfightin' man, I'll do anything, for you my city girl
And you can count on me, I already feel the west in my veins, and I'm feeling
Like blowin' up a mountainside, and skippin' down, with pockets full of gold
Cicadas Wood
If I was a tree and you cut into me, could you count all the rings to tell me the time?
Cuz out here in the wood, in the hot cicadas wood, my mind forgets the marks and the signs
Oh in the tallest of grass, white cotton dress, my cheek to your breast
And your heart playing in my head
Well it's just like you said, that night on the makeshift bed, ride each other through the feathers and the rocks
I found life in the juice, you found art in the bruise, but oh we were a pair of blind circus players
Oh in the crown of caves, your silhouette dancin' on my breath
And your heart playing in my head
Freakshow caravans, peanut shells, I couldn't even buy a bath
Well you took me to the cicadas wood, and now I got no need to clown for cash
And you said an alley's not a home, and a meal is not a soupbone, and love and money don't belong on the same arm
I said that's fine by me, shall we hitchike to the sea? But you said you prefered the evergreen
Oh in the gold of the night, my body's blessed, with your moonlight chest
And your heart playing in my head
Snowman Suit
Last night, I freaked out, I lost my snowman suit
Through the melting, and through the water, rose a ten-foot tidal dispute
Well I don't know the way you feel tonight, cuz I can't finish drinkin' up your eyes
And I hope that we can still make it right, cuz you taught me the definition of sublime
Findin' out, that you jumped in love too soon
Is a product of doubt, I'm gonna try to change for me, for you
So let's destroy our presets, cuz mine only tune me in to being alone
And I can't stand my mindsets, either self-destruction or romance poems
And I know that I'm a fool for all that, but I'm also a sucker for what you have
And I'll win ya back every day, if you never let me run away
Findin' out, that you jumped in love too soon
Is a product of doubt, I'm gonna try to change for me, for you
So if I sound like a heart attack, it's probably cuz I lost my snowman suit
Cuz when there's ice inside your heart, you replace cool for everything that's real
But now my muscle, is a vessel, for your love, and you can pump it with whatever your thinkin' of
And you can leave your coats and mittens with your skis, cuz you'll never catch cold with me
Findin' out, that you jumped in love too soon
Is a product of doubt, I'm gonna try to change for me, for you
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Running to His Grave
Sittin' on the frontporch of a two-story home
Wonderin' why you had to go?
Davy Crocket's jungle, this time of year
Reminds me of how we dug up all of our fears
Put me up on your horse again
So I can try to remember when
Pictures were filled with smiles
On our fridges, not locked in files
Well he's runnin' to his gave, from the woman he loves
I was just a little kid, wonderin' where my grandfather was
They used to lock me in the dark
But I made friends with the lambs and the sharks
Oh mama, mama, can't you see?
I'm comin' home with a back full of teeth
Got myself a tiny, shiny bumblebee
Buzz, buzz, buzz in my heart, until I'm free
Cuz I got a world to grasp
And when I fall, I'll be sure to laugh
Well he's runnin' to his grave, from the woman he loves
I was just a little kid, wonderin' where my grandfather was
They used to trap me with no light
Chained to porcelain, away from the fight
Just like a calf taken from his home
Lock me in a cage of my own piss and moan
Then I will walk out fine
As cool as plastic fruit, hangin' from the vine
When I talk towards the floor
You're so small you can't hear me anymore
Well he's runnin' to his grave, from the woman he loves
I was just a little kid, wonderin' where my grandfather was
Where did the typewriter go?
Ten-page stories, fantastic and rolled
Voices never again, to be found
Davy's jungle has burnt to the ground
Why did you leave me so fast?
So quick I had to fill up, the holes in my past
Well I never been to the south
Will you die there, with your heart in your mouth?
Through My Window
All in an instant, light shines through my window
And I'm bothered, by the thoughts of another day
But oh, my heart is breakin', it breaks for her she's so quiet to me
And I don't know what I've done, to make her run
And oh, how did it get so hard, to hear every word, that came from her mouth?
Her temper runs short, but her reach goes long, and even when she's gone, I still see her through my window
And I feel all knocked up, like a hangdog pup
Although so much glass has, shattered across the sidewalk
My mind is still intact, at least the better half
And oh my darlin' baby, well I know that we're crazy
But I cannot allow, you to walk on out
Oh, so if you want to play it rough, malicioius wit, the below the belt hits
And I don't even know what we're saying
My heart is changin'
You Were a Child Once
How they make them so young, into the fold
Were our futures set, at twenty-years-old
Oh what are we workin' towards?
And it happens at least, once a day
I know you can't be, happy this way
Livin' road to road, we climb to fall
You were a child once
Passion and ignorance
Was that the rub? prunes in the tub
And you are so jaded
With this placement
Oh who decides, not you and I
In this world
Some seem to always do, as those before
Bow down their heads to the metaphors
That their fathers learned, it's safe when it's the same
But oh there's hope to expand your mind
Not everyone has the benefit of time
So let's make this worth it, let's learn to feel right
You were a child once
Passion and ignorance
Do you still scream in the night?
And it's gonna be a long day
When you breathe this way
Oh what a curse, to taste the hurt
In this world
All That We Need
I pumped air in our bikes today
So we could ride the sun to watch it set on the bay
And you could stand so tall
In your self-acclaimed Devendro sandals and all
I want to live
With you always by my side
I'd like to know
If you'd entertain the thought of exposin' your toes
To the salt of the beach
I wanna taste the salt with the sweetness of your teeth
And I wish we could
Be a bird or some flyin', winged-out beast
So let's go to the mall
Just to watch people get excited over things they'll never need
And we could stand so tall
In our binds and ideas knowin' that truly
All that we need
Is each other ridin' side by side
With some land I'd grow an orchard
Nurture up my favorite beans and things
Then light a fire and gather up a feast
And invite all my selves who I'll never get to be
But oh that's alright
Cuz I'll meet them all before I go to sleep tonight
Face
Last night at the high school play, I tried to ask you if you were okay
But my tongue got stuck in the akwardness, you were too tired to talk I guess
And the people cheered in the seats below
They called your name, but you did not show
I wonder if ya knew the end was near
Was it Death or God whisperin' in your ear?
I thought about you today
And what made me afraid
I couldn't see your face
No, I couldn't see your face
When I had you I loved you so, but you left me for a life that I'll never know
We used to dance to an old disco tune, with your hands in the air and my eyes on you
We used to be so hopped up, could we have been in a sober love?
I don't know the last time we talked on the phone
Don't know how you felt, now I'll never know
I thought about you today
And what made me afraid
I couldn't see your face
No, I couldn't see your face
I'm sorry babe I can't stay the night
Can't sleep in your bed, you hold me too tight
I've lied to you so many times
I thought they were white, but that don't make it right
And all these regrets that I have to hold
Will say with me til I am grey and old
The men in my tree have all done the same
Why should I be different when it comes to shame
I thought about you today
And what made me afraid
I couldn't see your face
No, I couldn't see your face
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