I and Love and You

I and Love and You

Load the car and write the note
grab your bag and grab your coat
tell ones that need to know
we are headed north

One foot in and one foot back
but its okay, to live like that
so i cut the ties and i jumped the tracks
for never to return

brooklyn brooklyn take me in
are you aware the shape im in
my hands they shake my head it spins
brooklyn brooklyn take me in

when at first i learned to speak
i used all my words to fight
with him and her and you and me
oh its just a waste of time
its such a waste of time

that women shes got eyes that shine
like a pair of stolen polished dimes
she asked to dance i said its fine
ill see you in the morning time

brooklyn brooklyn take me in
are you aware the shape im in
my hands they shake my head it spins
brooklyn brooklyn take me in

three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
what you were then i am today
look at the things i do

brooklyn brooklyn take me in
are you aware the shape im in
my hands they shake my head it spins
brooklyn brooklyn take me in

dumbed down and numbed my time and age
you dreams to catch this world the cage
the highway sets the travelers stage
all exits look the same
three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
I and love and you
I and love and you

January Wedding

She keeps it simple
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin�
�Cause it�s simple

No longer do we wonder if we�re together
We�re way past that
And I�ve already asked her
So in January we�re gettin� married

She�s talkin� to me with her voice
Down so low I barely hear her
But I know what she�s sayin�
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we�re gettin� married

And I was sick with heartache
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
But we would both surrender
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don�t ever turn it down

I hope that I don�t sound to insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don�t feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I�m missin�
And in January we�re gettin� married

No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
She knows which birds are singin�
And the names of the trees where they�re performin� in the mornin
And in January we�re gettin� married
Come January let�s get married

Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise

There�s a darkness upon me that�s flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what�s wrong and what�s right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I�m frightened by those who don�t see it

When nothing is old, deserved or expected
And your life doesn�t change by the man that�s elected
If you�re loved by someone you�re never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it.

There was a dream
One day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage a broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid, with a head full of doubt
So I scream till I die and don�t ask for those bad thoughts to find me out

There�s a darkness upon you that�s flooded in light
In the fine print they tell you what�s wrong and what�s right
And it flies by day and it flies by night
And I�m frightened by those who don�t see it

And it Spread

There was light in the room
Then you left and it was through
Then the frost started in
My toes and fingertips

And it spread into my heart

Then for I don�t know how long
I settled in to doing wrong
And as the wind fills the sail
Came the thought to hurt my self

And it spread into my home
And it spread
And it spread into my soul

Well there are no lines
Separating the truth from the lies

Then you came back from space
With a brand new laugh and a different face
You took my hand and held it up
And shot my arm full of love

And it spread
And it spread into the world
And it spread
And it spread into the world

The Perfect Space

I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I�ve become not the man I was.
I wanna have friends that will let me be
all alone when being alone is all that I need.

I wanna fit in to the perfect space,
feel natural and safe in a volatile place.
And I wanna grow old without the pain,
give my body back to the earth and not complain.
Will you understand when I am too old of a man?
And will you forget when we have paid our debt
who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from?

Okay part two now clear the house.
The party�s over take the shouting and the people,
get out!

I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to.
I do not care what you assume or what the people told you.
Will you understand, when I am too old of a man?
Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from? Who did borrow from?

I wanna have pride like my mother has,
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad.
And I wanna have friends that I can trust,
that love me for the man I�ve become and not the man that I was

Ten Thousand Words

Ten thousand words swarm around my head
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed
I wrote or read them all when searchin� in the swarms
Still can�t find out how to hold my hands

And I know you need me in the next room over
But I am stuck in here all paralyzed
For months I got myself in ruts
Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls

Ain�t it like most people? I�m no different
We love to talk on things we don�t know about
Ain�t it like most people? I�m no different
We love to talk on things we don�t know about

And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
And says I�m too caught up
They say young is good and old is fine
And truth is cool but all that matters
Is that you have your good times
But their good times come with prices
And I can�t believe it when I hear the jokes they make
At anyone�s expese except their own
Would they laugh if they knew who paid?

Ain�t it like most people? I�m no different
We love to talk on things we don�t know about
Ain�t it like most people? I�m no different
We love to talk on things we don�t know about

And after we are through ten years
Of making it to be the most of glorious day dues
I�ll come back home without my things
�Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear �round you
And they�ll be quick to point out our shortcommings
And how the experts all have had their doubts

Ain�t it like most people? I�m no different
We love to talk on things we don�t know about

Kick Drum Heart

The footprints over the snow
the fabric of all the lonely
C-Covering only
the fables and hands
the rest is out in the cold
holding the last of the season
F-F-F freezin� Yeah

My my my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My love like a voice

We�re walkin� in to the fields.
We�re walkin in to the forest.
The moon is before us.
Up above
We�re holdin� hands in the rain
S-sayin� words like I love you
D-d-d�you love me? Yeah

My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my heart like a kick drum
My my love like a voice

Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
Although we didn�t make a sound.
There�s nothing like finding gold
within the rocks hard and cold
I�m so surprised to find more
Always surprised to find more

I won�t look back anymore
I left the people that do
Its not the chase that I love
Its me following you

Laundry Room

Don�t push me out,
just a little longer
Stall your mother,
disregard your father�s words.

Close the laundry door,
tiptoe across the floor
Keep your clothes on,
I�ve got all that I can take.
Teach me how to use,
the love that people say you made.

Stop your parents� car,
I just saw a shooting star.
We can wish upon it,
but we wont share the wish we make.
But i cant keep no secrets,
I wish that you would always stay

Last night I dreamt the whole night long,
I woke with a head full of songs.
I spent the whole day,
I wrote em down but it�s a shame.

Tonight i�ll burn the lyrics,
cause every chorus was your name

Break this tired old routine,
and this time dont make me leave

I am a breathing time machine,
i�ll take you on for a ride

I'll With Want

I am sick with wanting and it�s evil and it�s daunting
How I let everything I cherish lay to waste
I am lost in greed, this time it�s definitely me
I point fingers but there�s no one there to blame
A need for something, now let me break it down again
A need for something but not more medicine

I am sick of wanting and it�s evil how it�s got me
And every day is worse than the one before
The more I have the more I think I�m almost where I need to be
If only I could get a little more

A need for something, now let me break it down again
A need for something but not more medicine

Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I don�t wanna be
Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I know isn�t me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

Temporary is my time, ain�t nothing on this world that�s mine
Except the will I found to carry on
Free is not your right to chose
It�s answering what�s asked of you
To give the love you find until it�s gone

A need for something, now let me break it down again
A need for something but not more medicine

Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I don�t wanna be
Something has me, oh something has me
Acting like someone I know isn�t me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed

Tin Man

You can�t be like me
But be happy that you can�t
I see pain but I don�t feel it
I am like the old tin man

I�m as warm as a stone
I keep it steady as I can
I see pain but I don�t feel it
I am like the old tin man

I miss that, I miss that, oh, I miss that feeling of feeling

I used to feel the sky around
With happiness and joy
I had news to give the wind
To keep my cells and heart employed

I felt people move around me
I felt loneliness and shame
Back then every day was different
Now each moment is the same

I miss that, I miss that, oh, I miss that feeling of feeling
I miss that, I miss that, oh, I miss that feeling of feeling
The feeling of feeling

The wind above my face
And carrying what it brings this way
The feeling of feeling
The minutes pass away
And carrying what I do with them (Oh)
Maybe bring me love or something else

And so it goes, a man grows cold
Some would say a man grows strong
They say life only grows short
I say the road only grows long

But as long as there�s a road
My feet will never touch the ground
And if you won�t give my heart back
I�ve no need to stick around

I miss that, I miss that, oh, I miss that feeling of feeling (Yeah!)
I miss that, I miss that, oh, I miss that feeling of feeling
The feeling of feeling
The feeling of feeling

Slight Figure of Speech

They say you�ve got to lose a couple fights to win
It�s hard to tell from where I�m sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
I guess it�s time that I was quitting

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

They said "I hope that you will never change"
I went and cut my hair
They say "Don�t take your business to the big time"
I bought us tickets there

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

What did you expect
And what did you forget
That to live you let go of me with each step
It becomes a progression I won�t let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what I�ve been? What I am? Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around �cause you�re
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
It�s not you, it�s not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I don�t want to fight
I just ask let me be
I won�t give the chance to be my enemy
So go home
Think it through

A jet plane and a big idea
I jump over the sea
What ifs hot on my trail
But that can�t catch me, no

A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like I was hoping now?

It Goes On and On

I lost my fear in your arms
I lost my tears in your car
I lost my will in your candle-lit eyes
and all my love in your yard

Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up.

No way am I
It goes on.

Violent is the motion in my heart and in my body and mind
And silent is the feeling that I lost but I�m determined to find
And love is but an ocean, unrealistic notion
But I cling to her devotion and I let it pull me down to the floor

It goes on, on, on, on
It goes on, on, on, on
It goes on, on, on, on
It goes on, on, on

I found my will in your car
I caught my tears in your arms
I found my self on that poor county drive
and found my love in your yard

OH! Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up.

No way am I

It goes on, on, on, on
It goes on, on, on, on
It goes on, on, on, on
It goes on, on, on. It goes on, on, on.

Incomplete and Insecure

I haven�t finished a thing since I started my life, I don�t feel much like starting now.
Walking now lonely has worked like a charm I�m the only one I have to let down.
But watching you makes me think that that is wrong.
I can go on with my insecure nature I can keep living off sympathy.
I can tell all the people that all that sucks has a direct reflection on me.

But watching you makes me think that that is wrong,

What is important, what�s really important?
Am I not to know by my name?

Will I ever know silence, without mental violence
Will the ringing at night go away?

It�s up to you, my father, call on me.

I haven�t finished a thing since I started my life, I don�t feel much like starting now
I haven�t finished a thing since I started my life, I don�t feel much like starting now
I haven�t finished a thing since I started my life, I don�t feel much like starting now
I haven�t finished a thing since I started my life, I don�t feel much like starting now

I haven�t finished a thing since I started my life
I haven�t finished a thing since I started my life

More of You

Saying hello, holding your hand
Babe can I ask, babe can I have
More of, More of, More of, More of,
More of, More of, More of, More of you, you

Wondering what this life's all about
But I can't see myself living without
More of, More of, More of, More of,
More of, More of, More of, More of you, you

I get your number
What will you say?
I get your number
With no kind of game
I get your number
I don't want to wait
I get your number
I call you today

Out on the road hungry and tired
No way to stop, nowhere to hide
A booth in the corner, a place for the night
I stood up to leave unsatisfied
I cannot forget her, I promise I've tried
I looked through the glass between me and the night
I asked what it is, my reflection replies

More of, More of, More of, More of,
More of, More of, More of, More of you, you

I get your number
What will you say?
I get your number
With no kind of game
I get your number
I don't want to wait
I get your number
I call you today