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Lonesome Way

Come with me, come with me

Come along with me 
In my lonesome misery 
Where everything I say
Is painted blue and gray
And the sun that’s burning red? 
Such a sun puts me to bed!
In my lonesome misery
Won’t you come along with me? 

’Twas a joke that I told 
When I wasn’t all too old
About a man who couldn’t see 
Near as good as me
And I laughed then I smiled
All those howling wolves of wild! 
They sang a song for me 
When I was just a child

When the final page was turned 
Just before the book was burned
Did you feel it down your spine
Did you take it as a sign?
That the end is always near 
And you’re always stuck right here! 
In such lonesome misery 
Perhaps I’ll come along with thee

Come along with me 
In my lonesome misery 
Where everything I say 
Is twisted in some way
And the sun that’s burning red
Did you listen what I said?
In such lonesome misery 
I am my own worst enemy 

Oh, What a Morning

Oh, what a morning, oh, what a day
Why won’t you come out to play with me? 
We’ll climb that big oak tree
We’ll ride our bikes real fast
And we’ll make the sunshine last

Oh, what a morning, oh, what a day
Why won’t you come out to play? 
We’ll take a walk 
Past our neighbor’s barn 
To that old graveyard
Life don’t have to be so hard

Through the window pane 
The scene is all the same
But come outside 
You can feel the sun and taste the rain
If you stay indoors 
You will likely go insane 
But come outside 
We’ll sing and play a fun, fun game

Oh, what a morning, oh, what a day
Why won’t you ever play with me? 
We could be so happy
I’ll show you my new dance
But I need you to give me a chance

Oh, the Hillside

Oh, the hillside is a sweet ride
From the bottom to the top 
In the winter roads are slicker 
You slide down and you can’t stop

Hear the bells of dear Old Central 
Ringing clear throughout the town 
See the freighters swiftly gliding 
See the bridge go up and down

The wind howls, blows your hat off
And the pigeons do a dance 
Pluck the breadcrumbs from your lunch box
‘Neath the street light’s sweet romance

The little lighthouse on the pier
Stands so solemn and alone
In the winter when the tourists 
Have all left us and gone home

The train whistles past the Lakewalk 
Up the north shore it does go
Past the Fitger’s and the roses
It chugs along so nice and slow

I have read about that great 
Unsalted sea of majesty 
Oh, the storms and ships and people
Oh, that lake has mystery

Oh, the hillside is a sweet ride
Overlooking that old lake
Stop along skyline parkway
How many pictures can you take?

Bulletproof Vest

[Chorus]
Going south, south for the winter
That’s what I’m gonna do next year
Going south, south for the winter
That’s what I say every year

The old man, he is finally at rest
He wrote his own obituary and it is the best
He says, “Look at me now with my bulletproof vest,”
“My mind is free but it once was possessed!”
[Repeat Chorus] 

The old man, he is finally at rest
He owes it all to the heart in his chest
He says, “Look at me now with my bulletproof vest,”
“I once owned my home but it’s been repossessed!”
[Repeat Chorus] 

The old man wonders why they are upset
They cry over his grave and try not to forget 
He says, “Look at me now with my bulletproof vest,” 
“Put a smile on your face, that’s my humble request!”
[Repeat Chorus]

 Sun Beats Down

Don’t be a lazy fool of a boy!
Share with your sister your favorite toy
When the playing is done put your stuff all away
Don’t put off for tomorrow what may be done today
My mother said that ‘life’s a bitch’ 
Oh, and fuck it if she’s right!
That don’t mean that everyday
must be an endless fight
Those jerks will bake a pie
just to throw it at your face
But you just take your finger
Give a lick, how does it taste? 
(How does it taste!?)

Not bad at all! No! Not bad indeed! 
Yeah, you can make some sugar
from any type of seed
It’s just the way you see it
Your perspective, point of view
Don’t do just what you’re told
but what you’re really supposed to do
(What does that mean? What does that mean!?)

You can do it, you can do it! You can try real hard
Take the bull by the horns
and show ‘em who’s in charge! 
Give a hoot and a holler and just find a place to start
The mainstream isn’t so clean
Follow what’s inside your heart!

When will you know about the flow? 
Or know which way to go? 
Or when to take a tow?
Or abandon ship, so sick of it, the fog too thick to go
What if the pipes they burst and see? Life hurts! 
Like everything is cursed?! 
Silly efforts done in haste, well if that’s the case
You just take your finger
Give a lick, how does it taste? 

Rebel Robin

[Chorus]
Rebel Robin, Rebel Robin, Rebel Robin
She don’t take no shit from no one, no!
She’ll make it up even if she don’t know

Rebel Robin goes bop bop boppin’ 
Hip hop hoppin’ along the lane
Rebel Robin she is kind of crazy
Flip flop floppin’ loving the clouds and loving the rain
Everything is just one stupid little game
[Repeat Chorus]

Hear her singing when the sun comes up
Hear her singing when the sun goes down
Hear her whisper a secret from afar
The twinkle in her eye is the twinkle of a star
She always rides her bicycle she never drives a car
[Repeat Chorus] 

Hear her singing at breakfast time
Hear her singing when the school bell ring
Hear her whisper a secret from God above
She’s got the heart of a lion and the wings of a dove
And everyone say that she’s the one that they love
[Repeat Chorus] 

O GIVER OF DREAMS

O Giver of Dreams
Keeper of the Fate
Of all the good things 
That don’t always seem so great
From small speck of sand 
To the ocean and great mountain top
The flame is ablaze 
It so burns and it turns and won’t stop

A shrug of a shoulder 
Long and tired sighs
Can’t see beyond the nose 
From one’s own eyes
The days are diminished 
Or so it seems to appear
Through the palm of a hand 
There it slips all the years

With shining armor 
Such grand display 
The borders drawn neatly 
Showing predator, prey 
A fundamental right 
Is named and proclaimed with all might
There’s always an excuse
An excuse for any old fight

The rule book teachers the victory keepers 
The ra-ra and shout hooray the sore loser weepers
The fantasy league and the dream team game 
They thinking they all different when they all the same!

High on the hog 
At the bottom of the hill
Unwavering 
Such devoted will
Well maybe he don’t know 
His head from the hole in his ass
If you have a question
Please pause, take a moment, and ask

Runtchkin Love

I plucked my eyebrows 
To a shape of pity and despair
I searched the mountains and the valleys 
Looking for a care
There upon the television
Beauty pure and rare
Something tells me a load of bullshit
Stinky and unfair

I wore a new dress 
Made from finest Chinese silken thread
A dress made to wear on my wedding day 
Or maybe when I’m dead
The rose petals fall 
They fall so gently one by one
All that is left is a stem 
The rose is simply done

But I’m not pretty ma, I’m not pretty, no!
I don’t even care about my clothes
I’m not pretty ma, and someday I will die
I am more than what meets the eye!

When I first learned how
How to make a real friend
My imagination proved to be 
A true love without end
But when I grew up 
I got stupid in my head
Swallowing bullshit
All the bullshit that I had been fed

But I’m not pretty ma, I’m not pretty, no!
I don’t even care about my clothes
I’m not pretty ma, and someday I will die
I am more than what meets the eye!

I’m not pretty, ma, I’m not pretty, no! 
And I don’t even care about who may know
I’m not pretty ma, and someday I will die
I am more than what meets the eye

What’s Wrong With Me?

[Chorus]
What’s wrong with me? 
What’s wrong with you? 
And everyone that we ever knew? 
I’d like to say that you done me wrong 
But that’s the same damned song
Sung by everyone

I just read a sad sad book 
I’m seeing them everywhere I look
Holds tightly to my heart it won’t let go
I was lost to another place
Upon return I see a brand new face
Reflecting back at me, how did I not know? 
[Repeat Chorus]

The winter’s long but the days they pass
One by one they slip away too fast
By summertime another year gone by
I had dreams and great big hopes
But they really seem to be such stupid jokes
By this time next year let out another sigh
[Repeat Chorus]

What is wrong with me today?

Will You Go?

Will you go someday?
Will you go away? 
Will you go someday near?
Someday near you’ll leave me here

Yes I will go someday 
Yes I will go someway 
Yes I will go someday soon
See my face smile from the moon

I’ll say goodbye someday 
I’ll say goodbye someway 
I’ll say goodbye 
Will you hear? 
Will you laugh or shed a tear? 
Will you love or will you fear? 

Will you join me at last?
Someday when you have finally passed
Will you come and join with me?
One leads the way who will it be? 
One leads the way either you or me
I guess that we will wait and see