To Die For

Friends heard this one and called and asked if I was okay. Sometimes dancing in the darkness is just what the soul needs to find the light.

I find myself standing in the dark after years of sunshine

It's been a walk in the park this crazy old life of mine

And I have no more now than when I started

and I'll have no more when I leave

My memories will be nothing when it's over

Ain't it enough, just to bleed

Give me something I can die for, Something I really need

Give me something I would cry for, Ain't it enough just to breathe

When I think about my moments I can't forget the pain

The pain has shaped me what you see is what remains

Give me something I can die for, Something I really need

Give me something I would cry for, Ain't it enough just to be

And I know no more now than when I started

and I'll know no more when I leave

My memories will be nothing when it's over

ain't it enough just to see

Break Free

Come along take a trip and see Here to there and eternity

Wave goodbye and say hello You’ll never know when you go down that road

Feel the fresh air Feel the wind in your hair

Break the chains holding you Let yourself be free

I can’t believe What I have seen I will break free

Walk a mile walk around the world see the shackled minds

always searching hoping to find what will you do with your time

I can’t believe What I have seen I will break free

Wow

Sometimes getting a good deal gets interesting. I got a good price to sand my floors if I could do it at night. He showed up around midnight and didn’t start working until 4 am.

Do you believe in Jesus, asked the man doing my floors

Then he spoke for hours, without asking anything more

I work the late shift, leaves time to know the Lord

I used to have it all worked out, really thought I knew it all

Then my thirtieth year I felt I needed something more

Then he asked do I believe in miracles

And I said Wow every second in life is a miracle

Guess its possible to always make the right choice

It's an easy equation, speak out in a clear voice

There's only one thing we can do, you got to love your brothers and sisters true

Spent ten long years thinking about myself, left me about as empty as a shelf

That used to hold some sacred things like a book or symbols or a bird that sings

Huh,could a miracle happen to him

And I said Wow every second in life is a miracle

Guess he didn't hear me, Just kept talking about himself

Said his parents planned his breakdown from the age of twelve

I can't understand them war came from the sky on Jerusalem

Couldn't they see the design, I've brushed with death many times

Now I understand my life is not in my command

As he put away his tools he said we are all God’s fools

I said Wow every second in life is a miracle

Times Like These

Times Like These

Why am I such a f'ked up guy

everyone only sees my bold disguise

Times like these I feel like it's wearing thin

How can I keep on hanging on

when I was younger I felt so strong

Times like these I feel I need a helping hand

CHO

Times like these I feel nothing's gonna go my way

Times like these I feel nothing's gonna work out easy

Times like these I feel kicked by the wind

Why am I such an easy mark

do you want something from me

Times like these I feel I got nothing I can give for free

Tell me what was going through your mind

when you broke our warm embrace

Times like these I wish I could see your pretty face

CHO

Times like these I feel I don't know what I need to win

Why am I such a fucked up guy

all I want to do is run and hide

Times like these I feel like I'm living a lie

CHO

Times like these I feel I don't know what I need to win

Lose Control

Wish I could take your pain from you, I can see it's bringing you down

I feel helpless but all the same, You say I'm good to have around

But what I don't understand, is you won't let go

I would hold your hand and never let it go

Wish I could take your sin from you, Take the veil from your eyes

Throw a line and rescue you, From the black pull of the tide

But out there in the waves you won't grab hold

Do you want to be saved, come in from the cold

CHO

No need to be afraid, you're gonna be ok, Yes I' m talking to you

You're gonna be alright, we all have a moment in flight When we lose control

I wish I could share all I've seen, Make it easy for you

I know it must be hard, After all that you've been through

But what I can't explain is how you keep it so close

You never forget your pain, never let it go

CHO

Left Side Down

Somewhere in the dark, I heard a baby cry

or was it just a sigh, As if someone was about to die

Further on down the hall, with torches burning bright

stopped and asked which way to go, and heard "Take the left side down"

Never heard from again, The church bells chimed ten times

For each one of their lives, Tell me did they ever die

Tell me did they ever die

Everybody wanted to know, what ever became of our little band

are they lost somewhere, will they ever come home

will they ever come home

Andrew’s Song

I want to run away, find a safe place to hide my love away

There will come a time when my friends will be mine forever

Who could have known, this would be the final stone, to bring you down

Anybody but me, but surely I could see through the lies

I dreamt last night, you were ready for a fight

There's no fighting now you are off riding on clouds

Another one down, brightest and best getting kicked around

Just checked out

I want to run away, find a safe place to hide my love away

Delilah

Delilah got so stoned drunk

she couldn't find her way home

Delilah got so stoned drunk

she slept out in the road

My dog found her

in the morning light

My dog found her

Lordy what a sight

She went to party

the drinks they went around

she went to party

couldn't keep her liquor down.

Max

Last time I saw him I was with you but now you're dead every word you said

Haunts me like those of a legacy always saw you calm in a stormy sea

Kidded 'round you were just like me now I know you're what I wanted to be

I'm not one to be afraid but a spirit like yours never fades

You always fully understood every move you made

You always new just which one could turn the sunshine to rain

You always fully understood every move you made

You always knew which one would bring on the most pain

You never let it rain on your parade, never felt the slightest hint of pain

As you grew old to make the scene, your methods grew more extreme

I remember asking why you wore long sleeves in July

I'm sure you knew how much to take it's hard to imagine there was no mistake

You always fully understood every move you made

You always new just which one could turn the sunshine to rain

You always fully understood every move you made

You always knew which one would bring on the most pain

Where Do I Go

How can I be so alone warm and safe in my own little home

Nothing I can do or say can change the way I feel today

I just got a call from an old friend

Saying she was sorry for the dead-end

But she took everything and she went

To be an acrobat under a circus tent

No where to go, she had no where to go

Thought it was gonna be easy

The way I felt about you and you about me

We were travelling at breakneck speed

I swear I could see all eternity

Then one morning you said you were feeling low

Something's wrong inside and I've got to go

You left me feeling like a spectacle

The kind you see at a carnival freak side show

Where do I go, Where do I go

Now that you are gone

Where am I gonna go.....

Now I am trying to see your face

Through the telephone line

I know it's not the time or place

So I tell you I am doing fine

I'm doing fine

I always could lie about the way I feel

Because the way I feel changes every day