Patriot

I won’t go

Drag me screaming into  darkness

I won’t go

Stand against this injustice

I don’t want to think things will shatter so fast

--panes of glass in the eye of a storm

 

Chorus: It shouldn’t take war to remind us (what is precious)

It shouldn’t take tragedy’s strike

Tomorrow hasn’t happened

And if it never does

I don’t want to see I wasted my life worrying

 

I know the anger lives deep inside

I know there’s no where to run or hide

Hold it in or take it out on the targets that surround you

Tell me, what did we do?

 

Chorus: (repeat)

 

Bridge: So do we fight or turn the other cheek,

Watch the strong murder the weak?

Walk away or take a stand,

Tell me, what would you do?

 

I won’t go

Drag me screaming into darkness

I won’t go

Stand against the injustice

I don’t want to think

Things will shatter

So fast

--panes of glass

In the eye of a storm

Friend

So much I want to tell you

So much I want to say

What else can I tell you?

I'm happy you came this way

So good to see you

It had been a lifetime

So good to see you

And I'm happy you came this way

 

Chorus: Even though there've been tears I've cried

Even though I've often wondered why

Pride's pain sometimes so hard to hide

I'm still happy I met you

 

And to know you has been a pleasure

Memories to treasure

Inspiration forever

And I'm happy you came this way

And sometimes something inside

Sees pasts side by side

Memory in the eyes

And I'm happy you came this way

Yeah, I'm happy you came this way

 

Chorus: (repeat)

A Minute Forty

We all look towards the future

We all remember the past

But what if all there was, was happening now

In this time that never lasts 

 

Like water running through fingers

Like holding onto sand

It scares me sometimes that nothing’s the same

In this time that never lasts

 

Bridge: But what if all there was was happening now

But what if all there was was happening now (forever)

 

Maybe it's no great mystery

Maybe it’s easy to see

That now and forever is happening now

In this time that always lasts

Chorus: (repeat)

JohJohn and Yoko

She sees me with her eye unseen

My wish, my hopes, my dreams

She makes all of these things come to light

She graces all that she pursues

I know, I've seen her pay her dues

And by her I'll always do right

 

Chorus: And if I had to do it my way

I'd lay in bed all day

And there with her I'd stay

 

Her smile could brighten any room

Crave the smell of her perfume

She'd bring any man down to his knees

It's all these things that make me smile

And for a kiss I'd walk a thousand miles

One thing's for sure

My love will never cease

 

Chorus: (repeat)

Dreams

Where do we go when we sleep?

Tell me

Where do we go when we sleep?

Tell me ,'cuz I thought I saw you there last night

Where do we go when we sleep?

Do we travel the universe deep?

Or are we just neurons and synapses in the mind?

I don't know...

 

Chorus 1: But  I never thought I'd see you

While I had breath

But I did I saw you

Last night

I saw you last night

 

Where do we go when we sleep?

Are we brain waves, machine beeps?

Or are we sometimes traveling without space and time?

And if so

Could you tell me why

We make ourselves so blind

Forgetting all of the places we've left behind

But this I know...

 

Chorus 2: It was real as real

I could touch and feel

As real as real gets

Last night

When I saw you last night

And it was just like old times

When I saw you last night

The Road

This road I’ve traveled

Paved with gravel

I stop and I think is this a wrong turn

As I shy away from memories of past battles

I worry, have I been here before?

But still I walk tall on this ghost gravel highway

An Illusion

A spiritual melt down

And I promise myself that I will not fail

No, I’ll never fall down

 

Chorus: Because this, this is me

But we are so much more than we seem

So don’t give up

Don’t give up

We are so much more than we seem

 

This road I’ve traveled has been a battle

Each victory fought hard won

Always fighting the armies of illusion

Well, shouldn’t illusions be fun

And so I walk tall on this ghost gravel highway

An Illusion

A spiritual playground

And I promise myself that I won't fail

No, I'll never fall down

 

Chorus: (repeat)

So don’t give up

Don’t give up

We are so much more than we seem

Lessons

Please let me do it again

Because I know how I would begin again

And what I'd do differently

If I could just do it again somehow

 

Chorus: But there's no point in regretting

Life's a game we choose to play

And if I could just pull myself up high enough

Maybe I'd see that there are no mistakes

 

But I know

It's hard to understand sometimes

Why we'd make pain part of the plan

Why would we make pain  part of the plan?

 

Chorus: (repeat)

 

Bridge: It's all lessons my friends and if I could do it over again I would, and I wouldn't do it differently

No I think I'd do it all just the same, just the same

 

There's no point in regretting

Life's a game we choose

And if we could pull ourselves high

Maybe we'd see  we can't lose

 

Bridge: (repeat)

Joust

Confusion rang as the minstrel sang

A tale of two hearts in a vine

I walked a thin line between belief and what I know

As I heard him sing this line

 

Chorus: The words were clear

Don't let it end in a tear

Don't let it get you down

How can you my dear, with friends still so near?

Don't let it get you down

Don't let it get you down

 

But as the knights appeared

I thought that I saw tears

And I couldn't help but wonder why

Why if love is the name, did we have to play these games?

I asked the stars in the sky

I asked the midnight sky

 

Chorus: (repeat)

 

Bridge: So from the maiden's hand fall the promise of this land (blue silk sorrow and diamonds sworn)

Never be torn, not the reason you were born, said the banner from the herald's horn

 

Chorus: (repeat)

 Gun Shy

I know we’ve all been to cloud nine

I know we’ve seen  worse than this in our time

I don’t know why

On a wave of ups and downs we’ve built a playground

Can’t even stand mine sometimes

Because that’s what life has shown me

Is it a wonder I feel gun shy

Why I choose to play the captain when I am the tide

 

 I don’t know why things bother me

When I know this is not my reality

That I’m the maker of what I see

So why do I let things bother me

But as I see this is my plan

I choose a strong stand

And I know just what I’ll do

I know just what I’ll do

 

 Chorus: I’ll choose to live on cloud nine

To make the best of the worst of times

I don’t know why

On a wave of ups and downs we’ve built a playground

Can’t even stand mine sometimes

Because that’s what life has thrown me

Is it a wonder I feel gun shy

Why I choose to play the captain when I am the tide 

 

And you, does it bother you?

Or do those waves roll right off

Because I tell you, man, just the fear alone has made me want to call it off

But as I see and take your hand

I choose a strong stand

And I know just what I’ll do

Yes, I know just what I’ll do

 

 Chorus: I’ll choose to live on cloud nine

To make the best of the worst of times

I don’t know why

On a wave of ups and downs we’ve built a playground

Can’t even stand mine sometimes

Because that’s what life has thrown me

But I promise that I’ll try

Try not to be gun shy (3x's)

State of the World

Hello countrymen

Grab your pens

I'm here to report on the state of the world

Don't worry, my friends

We'll see it all to the end

There isn't a chance in hell we'll ever let goodness go

 

Chorus: Let's fix the state of the world

Let's fix the state of the world

 

Oh, are we a blessing or are we a curse?

In a race to see who can be first to infest the universe

Don't you think we should fix this world first?

Or are we just insects who hail from the planet Earth?

 

Chorus: Is this the state of the world?

Let's fix the state of the world

Is this the state of the world?

Let's fix the state of the world

 

So here I am to make my report

There's starvation, there's war

But there's beauty to live for

So if you have questions

I'll hear them now

Be strong, be firm, be brave

If you have something to say

 

Chorus: (repeat)

Mirror Game

How can I tell you what a girl feels

I can tell you she feels pain

When she sees the generations following suffering from the same

Trying to play this acceptance game

This acceptance game

 

And I know because I looked into the mirror as she wondered why she would treat herself this way, knowing that she' s her own worst enemy in this life's little play

In this life's little play

 

She looks into the mirror  with a hatred in her  eyes for what she can't change

Not seeing any of the beauty that's staring back

Just hating herself in a rage

Why can't she see we all have angles that make us unique

This should be no mirror game

But why everyone's a critic in this fun house maze

I cannot say

I cannot say

 

(I wish you could see what I see when I look at you)

 

But I think if we ignore this it will go away

If we refuse to partake in these hurtful games

Is everyone a critic?

I cannot say

But I can beg you not to change

I can beg you not to change