Song Lyrics

Verse

I got my snakeskin boots

With spurs hangin’ off the back

Got my blue jeans, leather vest

And my ten-gallon hat

Got my best friend by my side

His name is Black Eyed Pete

He’s the best friend

That I could ever need

Chorus

I don’t know why this cowboy sings the blues

I should be singing songs about the Great Plains

Or losin’ a girl or two

I should be out riding fences

Like Desperados are supposed to do

I don’t know why this cowboy sings the blues

Verse

An owl close by hoots

And turns his head full around

A coyote howls at the moon

His song fills the night’s sound

The campfire snaps and crackles 

Gives the darkness a sign of life

The sky’s so clear

The universe’s stars are rife

Chorus

I don’t know why this cowboy sings the blues

I should be singing songs about horses 

Or losin’ a girl or two

I should be out riding fences

Like Desperados are known to do

I don’t know why this cowboy sings the blues

Bridge

I wonder if she’s up there

She was always my brightest star

I know the constellation that took her

I hope she’s smiling down from afar

Verse

The morning sun says it’s time to rise

Nature’s wakeup call

She says get on with the day’s work

So come on Pete let’s roll

Another day on God’s green earth

I couldn’t ask for a better life

Except one thing

I sure do miss my wife

Chorus

I know why this cowboy sings the blues

I’m singing songs about the Great Plains

And losing my best friend too

I should be out riding fences

Like Outlaws are supposed to do

I know why this cowboy sings the blues 

Verse 1

It’s one of those nights

You find yourself wandering alone

Poundin’ the city pavement

Lookin’ for a heart on loan

Feelin’ torn and tattered

Discarded and disowned

Lost in the crowd

A long long way from home

Verse 2

Floatin’ down the block

One step ahead of the pace

Blowin’ through walk lights

Tryin’ to out run the rat race

Slippin’ ‘tween the gaps

Gettin’ lost in time and space

Need to wash away my sins

Try to save a little face

Chorus 1

Feeling past my prime

A nickel short of a dime

Running low on time

A nickel short of a dime

Got a mountain to climb

A nickel short of a dime

Verse 3

I dive into this club

Lookin’ to drown in drink

To be swallowed up in jazz

So I don’t have to think

Singer eyes me up and down

Gives me a little wink

She sees my eyes swimming

She knows she can make me sink

Verse 4

The music hums

My lungs inhale the bass

My eyes pulse

‘bout to jump right from my face

There ain’t much room to breathe

In this claustrophobic space

I wanna dissipate like smoke

Disappear without a trace

Chorus 2

Then she sang so sublime

To this nickel short of a dime

I’m lost in the singer’s rhymes

A nickel short of a dime

Floatin’ between her lines

A nickel short of a dime

Bridge

Now a working girl sits down

Starts showering me with lies

She may not be book smart

But I knew she was street wise

I hide behind sunglasses

So she can’t see my eyes

Who am I to judge her?

We all live in a disguise

Verse 5

Back up on the street

In retreat from where I was at

Streakin’ through the alley

Tryin’ to blend in with the cats

Dancin’ past the dumpsters

So swift I scare the rats

Chasin’ the full moon back

To the bridge of a million bats

Verse 6

The doorman saw me coming

And gave me a wide berth

As if he’d just seen an eruption

From the center of the earth

I knew he had some questions

Some doubt about my worth

But he just stepped aside

Like he’d witnessed a rebirth

Chorus 3

This city’s stained with smoke and grime

A lot of nickels short of a dime

Felt like I fled the scene of a crime

A nickel short of a dime

Need to clean off this slime

A nickel short of a dime

Verse 7

Sometimes you play the fool

Sometimes you play for keeps

Sometimes you’re on the attack

Other times you’re in retreat

Like Travis Bickle said

From the perch of the taxi seat

“Someday a real rain will come

And wash all this scum off the street”

Chorus 4

Life’s just a victimless crime

A nickel short of a dime

Gotta burn the overtime

A nickel short of a dime

It’s new world paradigm

A nickel short

A nickel short of a dime

Verse

Darkness hangs like a pall 

The cold air stings your lungs 

Your spit freezes mid air 

As soon as it leaves your tongue 

With every breath exhaled 

Clouds obscure your face 

The night feels frozen and stark 

Like deep empty space

Pre-chorus

40 below 

Where the scales cross 

Your eyes burn 

Your guts turn 

As you mourn another loss 

Denial makes you blind 

Sneaks up on you from behind 

It feels like…

Chorus

Absolute zero 

When time comes to an end 

Absolute zero 

We’ve lost another friend 

Absolute zero 

When there are no more heroes 

When there’s no one left alive 

Verse

Here we go again 

Yet another call 

More somber news 

Another one’s taken the fall 

Seems a few go each year now 

Another funeral to attend 

Wondering if yours will be next 

Or if you’ll be in these pews again 

Pre-chorus

40 below 

Where the scales cross 

Your eyes burn 

Your guts turn 

As you mourn another loss 

Denial makes you blind 

Sneaks up on you from behind 

It must be… 

Chorus

Absolute zero 

Our time has come to an end 

Absolute zero 

We’ve lost another friend 

Absolute zero 

When there are no more heroes 

When there’s no one left alive

Verse

You hear “I’m sorry for your loss” 

“You’re in our thoughts today” 

“They were much too young to go” 

And every other tired cliche 

But tomorrow we’ll just move on 

Life goes on but not for all 

There’s some peace in not knowing when 

You’ll take your own final fall 

Pre-chorus

40 below 

Where the scales cross 

Your eyes burn 

Your guts turn 

As you mourn another loss 

Denial makes you blind 

Sneaks up on you from behind 

It’s time for…

Chorus

Absolute zero 

Our time has come to an end 

Absolute zero 

We’ve lost another friend 

Absolute zero 

When there are no more heroes 

When there’s no one left alive

Verse

I’ve been chained up 

Way too long 

I’ve been mistreated 

Treated so wrong 

I don’t even know 

Where I belong 

I need to run away

Verse

I’ve been tortured 

I’ve been cursed 

Don’t know what I did 

To you to deserve 

I can’t imagine 

What could be worse 

I need to run away

Pre-Chorus

I gotta get out 

I gotta run like the wind 

Get out 

Make up for past sins 

I’m running on…

Chorus

Adrenalin 

Running on adrenalin 

I’ve got fire in my veins 

Broke loose from the chains 

Adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

I’m the eye of the hurricane 

A horse without reins 

Adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

A runaway freight train 

Adrenalin 

Thunder in the rain 

Adrenalin 

A man gone insane 

Adrenalin 

Verse

My mind is foggy 

Hangs by a tether 

Try not to nod off 

Ignore the weather 

My memory groggy 

Wondering whether 

Any clues were left behind 

Pre-Chorus

I gotta get out 

I gotta run with the wind 

Get out 

Make up for past sins 

I’m running on… 

Chorus

Adrenalin 

Running on adrenalin 

I’ve got fire in my veins 

Broke loose from the chains 

Adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

I’m the eye of the hurricane 

A horse without reins 

Adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

A runaway freight train 

Adrenalin 

Thunder in the rain 

Adrenalin 

A man gone insane 

Adrenalin

Verse

I’m out of breath 

And on the run 

Running on flames 

That would melt the sun 

My heartbeat’s racing 

From chasin’ the one 

I know I’ll never find

Pre-Chorus

I gotta get out 

I gotta run with the wind 

Get out 

Make up for past sins 

I’m running on… 

Chorus

Adrenalin 

Running on adrenalin 

I’ve got fire in my veins 

Broke loose from the chains 

Adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

I’m the eye of the hurricane 

A horse without reins 

Adrenalin 

I’m running on adrenalin 

A runaway freight train 

Adrenalin 

Thunder in the rain 

Adrenalin 

A man gone insane 

Adrenalin 

Adrenalin!

Verse 1

Wake up each morn’ 

To new aches and pains 

Bones creekin’ like an old screen door 

It gets worse when it rains 

But the heart’s still young 

No matter how much it’s been bruised 

I may be too old for living 

But I ain’t too old for the blues

Chorus 1

Yeah I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

Yeah I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

I got some gas left in the tank 

That I’d sure as hell like to use 

Cause I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues

Verse 2

Well, the road behind 

Is longer than the road ahead 

Better get on living 

Tomorrow you may wake up dead 

Ain’t no heroes in hell 

It ain’t the fate you’d choose 

Fallen souls past redemption 

But not too old for the blues

Chorus 2

Well I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

Said I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

I may not be hip no more 

But my hips have paid their dues 

Yeah I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues

Bridge 

Tomorrow’s gone 

But I got tonight 

Shakin’ in its shoes 

So put down those glasses 

Get up and off your asses 

And breathe in these blues

Chorus 3

Yeah I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

I said I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

Not havin’ much 

Means ya ain’t got much to lose 

‘Cuz I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues

Chorus 4

Yeah I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

Yeah I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues 

Throw these years on the fire 

Go ahead and light the fuse 

Cause I ain’t too old 

Ain’t too old for the blues

Verse

Black thoughts are threatening 

Like an impending storm 

Dark clouds brewing up ahead 

Nature true to her form 

She’ll fill you up with dread 

Even while her rain 

Feels so warm

Verse

You can cover up the scars 

But it’s all that ever really shows 

Hope the pain will subside 

But you know it never really goes 

Best you can do is hide 

But burying the grief 

Only makes it grow 

Chorus

Feeling the aftershocks 

Still feeling the aftershocks 

Aftershocks 

Still feeling the aftershocks 

After the quake another shake 

And you’re left here 

Feeling the aftershocks

Verse

Mornings are the hardest 

When your defenses are down 

You wake up from that nightmare 

Where you feel yourself drown 

Can’t help but feel lonely 

Another lost soul

Living in a ghost town

Chorus

Feeling the aftershocks 

Still feeling the aftershocks 

Aftershocks 

Still feeling the aftershocks 

Sometimes it subsides 

Sometimes your head just rocks 

With aftershocks 

Bridge

The ground is trembling 

Feel a quake coming on 

Buildings are shaking 

They’ll crumble before long 

The earth is opening up 

About to swallow us whole 

Falling into darkness 

Into that black hole

Verse

Can’t believe what’s in the mirror 

Looks like something the cat dragged in 

Looks like death warmed over 

They better notify your next of kin 

How you gonna face the world 

When you can’t even stand 

Living in your own skin

Chorus

Feeling the aftershocks 

Still feeling the aftershocks 

Aftershocks 

Still feeling the aftershocks 

After the quake another shake 

And you’re left here 

Your mind is rumbling 

You can barely hear 

Feeling the aftershocks

Meet the Greek Verse

I took a trip across the pond 

On my way to see The Crown 

I met this girl ‘bout 5 foot 3 

With blonde hair & eyes of brown 

The chances were unlikely 

But fate would intervene 

She said she was Greek 

But when I heard her speak 

She sounded just like the Queen (The King!) 

Pre-chorus

I went from Washington to Heathrow 

Took the Tube into London town 

To the Jewel of the Med 

In Cyprus we'd wed 

Then said goodbye to The Crown 

I stole her from the Brits and Cypriots 

And brought her back to DC 

Yeah she’s all Greek 

She’s all Greek to me

Food Verse

She takes me to Greek Easter 

There's a lamb spinning on a spit 

I try some mystery stew called Stifado 

But it tastes just like rabbit 

There's an endless spread of food 

You can’t help yourself but gorge 

Over by the hill 

Eight guys work the grill 

Half of them are named George 

Pre-chorus

You gotta try the Souvla and Moussaka 

Dolmades and Pastitsio 

As that lamb grill turned 

I just learned 

It ain’t pronounced “gY-ro” 

The cooks they are my heroes 

So carve me off another “Yeer-ro” 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

Chorus

Yeah it’s all Greek 

All Greek to me 

Well it blew my mind 

I thought for all this time 

Tzatziki was a Florida key 

So pass me that cool white sauce 

And taramasalata please 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me

Name Verse

Now all the guests had really long names 

That I can’t pronounce or spell 

It’s like Crossword and Scrabble had 10 kids 

It was Hooked on Phonics from hell 

As soon as I thought I got them down 

My head just up and burst 

To my surprise 

Some of the guys' 

Last names were the same as their first

Pre-chorus

I met folks named Kostolampros 

Karvelas, Papadopolous 

Alexiou 

Karavangelos 

And Spiliotopolous 

I met Drakakis and Xirouchakis 

I’m so tongue-tied I can’t speak 

Yeah they’re all Greek 

They’re all Greek to me 

Chorus

Yeah they’re all Greek 

All Greek to me 

I think I’ll go down ‘round 

To that courthouse in town 

Change my name to Campbellakis 

Now my new name is just as long 

And as far as the eye can see 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

Dance Verse

When the music starts 

It's like the Med Sea parts 

And all the girls dance in a ring 

Some guy near the bar 

Plays some strange "guitar" 

And the rhapsodist begins to sing 

Now the women spin in circles 

To that song that gives me chills 

While the ladies shake 

I hear a few plates break 

And everyone throws dollar bills

Pre-chorus

The band played their Greek kolos off 

They put on quite a show 

While that song enchants 

The women circle dance 

And the men do the zeibekiko 

That guitar I thought looked kooky 

Well they call it a bouzouki 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

Chorus

Yeah it’s all Greek 

All Greek to me 

I don’t understand a word 

In any song I’ve heard 

But it sounds like “Na Chareis” 

Yeah that song is mesmerizin’  

That dance is hypnotizin’ 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

It’s in the Greek ethos 

So pour me another Mythos! 

It’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

Greek Cruise Verse

So we take a trip 

On this enormous ship 

To Greece and the Greek Isles 

A week long cruise 

With a lot of booze 

We sailed for miles and miles 

In every port a gorgeous beach 

All the locals welcomed me 

Till ‘round my leg snapped 

A big tourist trap 

I spent the day trying to break free

Pre-chorus

You sail from Athens to Lefkada 

To Crete and Santorini 

Over to Rhodes 

Down to Mykonos 

Back to Thessaloniki 

Down to Proteras in Cyprus 

Across the Mediterranean Sea 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

Chorus

Yeah it’s all Greek 

All Greek to me 

Watchin’ the Sun rise at dawn 

Over the Parthenon 

At the top of the Acropolis 

Kicking back on this giant felucca 

With drinks that taste like Sambuca 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

I ain’t getting off this cruise no! 

So pour me another Ouzo 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me

Greek Mythology Verse

So I'm feeling loose 

Hanging out with Zeus 

Hercules walks into the bar 

Hermes is on his way 

Chronos is running late 

Morpheous passed out in the car 

Aphrodite's cryin' at a back table 

It's about Adonis again I'm sure 

When Andromeda arrives 

Hades looks alive 

But Cyclops has his eye on her

Pre-chorus

You gotta party like Dionysus 

Go underground with Persephone 

Even Atlas got tired 

Watching Helios light fires 

Tryin' to burn down Penelope 

I don't claim to be no Ethos 

So pour me another Mythos! 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me 

Chorus

Yeah it’s all Greek 

All Greek to me 

Athena's much too wise 

For Poseiden's sea of lies 

She thinks Morpheous is a dream 

To the moon they call Europa 

Raise your glass 

Let 'em hear you scream Opa! 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me

(ONE MORE TIME!)

To the moon they call Europa 

Raise your glass 

Let 'em hear you scream Opa! 

Yeah it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek to me

Outro

Well it’s all Greek 

Yeah all Greek 

I said it’s all Greek 

It’s all Greek 

Well it’s all Greek 

It’s allllllll Greek to me

OPA!!! 

Verse

We woke to more snow

Than we’d ever seen before 

Cars just vague white pillows

Drifts halfway up the door

Open to a silent world 

Embrace her soft allure 

The neighborhood our canvas 

Cold winter’s breath so pure

Up to our waists we moved 

Our bodies penetrate 

Laying on our backs 

Our feelings so innate 

Unknowingly soul mates

Pre-chorus

There we were

Just you and l

Lying there 

Beneath a sky

Falling majestically slow

Making angels in the snow

Angels in the snow

Chorus

Angels in the snow

Carved in the drift

Angels in the snow

From the sky’s crystal gift

Angels in the snow

Spirits set adrift

Like angels in the snow

Verse

Looking up at the falling sky 

Catching snowflakes on our tongues 

Our laughter breaks the silence 

The cold air stings our lungs

We race back home 

Chasing life without a care 

Throwing snowballs at cars 

Our breath floats in the air 

The angels know we were there

Pre-chorus

There we were

Just you and l

Lying there 

Beneath a sky

Falling majestically slow

Making angels in the snow

Angels in the snow

Chorus

Angels in the snow

Carved in the drift

Angels in the snow

From the sky’s crystal gift

Angels in the snow

Spirits set adrift

Like angels in the snow

Bridge 

We used to run in the same circle

Now it seems we only run away 

Simple lives now so complex

Black and white fades to gray

Times were simpler then 

The moments passed so slow 

Now memories melt with time 

Years pass with each wind’s blow

Erasing angels in the snow

Verse

We didn’t speak for years 

The reunion bittersweet 

Nostalgia can tempt hearts 

But the past’s best left discreet

The sky opened up today 

And performed her crystal show 

I watch my kids lay on their backs 

Making angels in the snow

Chorus

Carved in the drift

Angels in the snow

From the sky’s crystal gift

Angels in the snow

Spirits set adrift

Like angels in the snow

Verse

Well it’s vacation time 

Locked in for the long car ride 

We’re barely on the road 

The kids are hoppin’ like toads 

This driver just wants to hide

The wife’s about to cry 

It’s all going awry 

This wasn’t my decision 

This car’s a prison 

Would’ve been better to fly 

Pre-chorus

We’re barely on our way 

And I’m already in regret 

Cuz all I could hear 

From the backseat is 

Are we there yet?!?!? 

Chorus

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet?

Verse

Breakfast was an hour ago 

But they’re looking for food again 

Phones outta charge 

Boredom loomin’ large 

And it ain’t even half past ten

Can’t believe what I’m hearin’ 

They’re sayin’ “I gotta pee” again 

Well hold on tight 

You’ll make it, alright?!?!? 

There’s a gas station up ahead 

Pre-chorus

We’re barely on our way 

And I’m already in regret 

Cuz all I could hear 

From the backseat is 

Are we there yet?!?!?

Chorus

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Verse

Traffic is at a crawl 

This car feels way too small 

My ears are ringing 

With the kids singing 

99 bottles of beer on the wall

I feel like I’m stuck inside 

That Disney Small World ride 

Where they play that song 

On and on and on 

Must’ve heard it a million times 

Pre-chorus

We’re barely on our way 

And I’m already in regret 

Cuz all I could hear 

From the backseat is 

Are we there yet?!?!? 

Chorus

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Are we there yet? 

Bridge

Well I could use a beer 

Right now right here 

Maybe even 2 or 3 

This trip’s end ain’t near 

Stuck in second gear 

We’ve barely left DC 

Verse

Got 500 miles to grind 

Only 50 miles behind 

The kids are driving me mad 

My driving’s gotten so bad 

I may as well be driving blind

Now Smokey is stopping by 

Gonna see a grown man cry 

Another speeding ticket 

All I hear are crickets 

Next year we’re gonna fly! 

Chorus

Are we there yet? (I gotta pee!) 

Are we there yet? (Hey Dad I’m hungry!) 

Are we there yet? (Stop touching me!) 

Are we there yet? (The joke’s on me) 

Are we there yet!!!

Verse

The waitress’s name was Autumn 

I think she was of mixed race 

She wasn’t a classic beauty 

But she had a really kind face

Her cheeks were freckled doll-like 

A ring pierced through her nose 

Tattoos adorned her arms 

One was of a crying rose

Chorus 

Her momma called her Autumn 

‘Cuz she was born November 9 

When the leaves are their most beautiful 

Even though they all are dyin’ 

They proudly show their colors 

Before they make their final fall 

You gotta take a leap of faith sometimes 

Just to get through it all

Verse

She told me about her 3 kids 

How her old man left ‘em high and dry 

She ain’t heard from him in years 

Too busy out getting high

He ain’t providing a dollar 

Not an ounce of help at home 

She’s stuck here working two jobs 

And probably will forever more

Chorus 

Her momma called her Autumn 

‘Cuz she was born November 9 

When the leaves are their most beautiful 

Even though they all are dyin’ 

They proudly show their colors 

Before they make their final fall 

You gotta take a leap of faith sometimes 

Just to get through it all

Bridge 

Autumn is summer’s encore 

Before winter’s chill arrives 

Every Autumn signals change 

And only change survives 

Every Autumn reminds us 

How fragile our lives are 

The leaves show so much pride 

Before they make their final fall

Verse

Summer’s trees are filled with leaves 

For months we enjoy their shade 

Then at Autumn’s end once again 

We rake them all away

Chorus 

Her momma called her Autumn 

‘Cuz she was born November 9 

When the leaves are their most beautiful 

Even though they all are dyin’ 

They proudly show their colors 

Before they make their final fall 

You gotta take a leap of faith sometimes 

Just to get through it all 

Verse 1

Looking down from this bridge 

Darkness hides the ground 

Water laps the base 

Silence the only other sound 

Momentum carries you forward 

No turning back now 

Inertial forces bound you 

Gravity pulls you down

Verse 2 

Blackness rushes towards you 

The wind whispers past 

You realize this path

Will not bring you peace at last

Pre-chorus

No stars left here to wish on 

The high road is gone 

Wish there was a path back 

To yesterday’s dawn

Chorus x2

Can’t wait for yesterday 

Can’t wait for yesterday 

Can’t wait for yesterday 

To come

Verse 3

Morning sun slips through the blinds 

Disrupting sleep’s escape 

For a split second you forget 

Then it hits you in the face 

A new day and life goes on 

The world doesn’t wait 

Dreams can feel so real 

And reality so fake

Pre-chorus

Life moves on 

But full circle comes ‘round 

With each pass around the sun 

We lose a little ground

Chorus x2

Can’t wait for yesterday 

Can’t wait for yesterday 

Can’t wait for yesterday 

To come

Pre-chorus

You disintegrate from inside out 

Pain reminds you you’re alive 

You spend your days pondering 

Did you live or just survive

Chorus x2

Can’t wait for yesterday 

Can’t wait for yesterday 

Can’t wait for yesterday 

To come

Verse 1

Give me a cigarette

So what if I don’t smoke

Give me a blindfold

You don’t seem to get the joke

A cigarette and blindfold

And I can pay for my sins

Line up the firing squad

I’m ready to live again

Chorus

Cigarettes and blindfolds

Crucified with rusty nails

Cigarettes and blindfolds

My mind’s barred in a jail

Cigarettes and blindfolds

Shackles hold me within

A cigarette and blindfold

I’m ready to live again

Verse 2

Give me a cigarette

I need to blow some smoke

Life can be a blindfold

Veils your eyes, shields your hope

It’ll tease you like a stripper

Lure you in until you choke

Give me a cigarette and blindfold

I don’t remember when I broke

Chorus

Cigarettes and blindfolds

Crucified with rusty nails

Cigarettes and blindfolds

My mind’s barred in a jail

Cigarettes and blindfolds

Shackles hold me within

A cigarette and blindfold

I’m ready to live again

Bridge

Life’s knocking at the front door

And the Devil is on his way

He used to come once in a while

But now he’s here to stay

You can take it for so long

Until you can no longer cope

But a cigarette and blindfold

Beats swinging from a rope

Verse 3

Give me a cigarette

I can hear my mind shout

I ain’t coming down to your gallows

Just to hang out

Give me a blindfold

How long has it been

A cigarette and blindfold

And I’m ready to live again

Chorus

Cigarettes and blindfolds

Crucified with rusty nails

Cigarettes and blindfolds

My mind’s barred in a jail

Cigarettes and blindfolds

Shackles hold me within

A cigarette and blindfold

I’m ready to live again

Ready to live again

Ready to live again

Ready to live again 

Verse

Every waking moment 

I feel tied up in chains 

Every waking moment 

I feel left out in the rain 

Every waking moment 

I feel smothered and constrained 

When you flash those crystal eyes 

I feel my soul crystallize

Pre-chorus

The more you try to own me 

The less it feels like you know me 

As if you only want to stone me 

You’re making me…

Chorus

Claustrophobic 

The walls are closing in 

Claustrophobic 

Drowning in my own skin 

Claustrophobic 

Suffocating from within 

Claustrophobic 

Claustrophobic

Verse

Every waking moment 

I can hardly breathe 

Every waking moment 

These bonds make me seethe 

Every waking moment 

I want to cut through like a sheathe 

Yeah I wish you’d realize 

I know you’re telling me real lies

Pre-chorus

Stop trying to turn this water into wine 

Like I’m medicine for your mind 

Your water is too dry

And I’m feeling…

Chorus

Claustrophobic 

The walls are closing in 

Claustrophobic 

Drowning in my own skin 

Claustrophobic 

Suffocating from within 

Claustrophobic 

Claustrophobic

Bridge

You can punish my good deeds 

You can own me if you need 

You can squeeze me till I bleed 

But I won’t cave in

Chorus

Claustrophobic 

The walls are closing in 

Claustrophobic 

Drowning in my own skin 

Claustrophobic 

Suffocating from within 

Claustrophobic 

Claustrophobic

Verse

The worst kind of snake 

Don’t rattle before he strikes 

He lies there in wait 

For his prey to come by 

Surprise is his advantage 

And you’re just his 

Collateral damage

Chorus 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

It’s all too much to manage 

Living with all this 

Collateral damage

Verse

They say that living well 

Is the best revenge 

But when your life’s a living hell 

You got a lot to avenge 

It’s all a disadvantage 

Living with all this 

Collateral damage

Chorus 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

It’s all too much to manage 

Living with all this 

Collateral damage

Bridge 

I hear justice is blind 

But on the streets she sees 

You know she got eyes 

Innocence is never free 

Have mercy on me

Pre-chorus 

It’s all a disadvantage 

Living with this 

Collateral damage

Chorus 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

Collateral damage 

It’s all too much to manage 

Living with all this 

Given all this

I wanna be forgiven for all this

Collateral damage

Verse 1

Went out last night 

Feeling strong 

Thought I was healthy 

Got nothing wrong 

Bumped into her 

Broke out in a sweat 

Pulse starts racing 

Shirt soakin’ wet

Even Verse 2 (A

She touched my arm 

I broke out in hives 

My lips swelled up 

Didn’t think I’d survive 

Came home an addict 

Infected by her charm 

Sick with her disease 

Inflicting its harm

Chorus 1

She’s contagious 

Temperature climbin’ high 

Contagious 

Shivers rockin’ my spine 

Contagious 

Pulse racing speed boat fast 

Contagious 

And she’s got her foot on the gas

Verse 3

She’s my addiction 

I’m all strung out 

An affliction 

I’ve got a raging bout 

My bad habit 

A blonde overdose 

Gotta grab it 

Numb down to my toes

Verse 4

Swimming in her infection 

Drowning in her strain 

Adrift in her affection 

Imprisoned with the insane 

She spreads like radiation 

Got me on the run 

Feeling her fatal poison 

You better call nine one one 

Chorus 2

She’s contagious 

My pandemic 

Contagious 

I’m hallucinogenic 

Contagious 

She’s pathogenic 

Contagious 

I’m feelin’ schizophrenic

Bridge

I’m drawn to her 

Got no resistance 

Ain’t no way 

I can socially distance 

I wanna walk away 

But for her persistence 

I can never let her go 

No no nooooooo

Verse 5

Turn on the TV 

No talk ‘bout an outbreak 

Seems I’m the only one 

Sufferin’ terminal heartbreak 

Temperature’s rising 

Lighting up the thermometer 

Pressure’s driving 

‘Bout to break the barometer

Verse 6

I’m lost in her iris 

She’s tranced me hypnotic 

Adrift in her virus 

I need some antibiotics 

Give me the antidote 

I need a vaccine 

Can’t breathe around her 

I need a lung machine

Chorus 3

She’s contagious 

I’m seeing spots 

Contagious 

She’s got a high R-not 

Contagious 

I can hear my heart rot 

Contagious 

Help me I need a shot 

Verse 7

I got the diagnosis 

Burned beyond recognition 

A negative prognosis 

A terminal condition 

Give me a vaccination 

I need an overdose 

I want inoculation 

I can’t feel my toes

Verse 8

Head spinning slow motion 

I feel mass confusion 

Give me that magic potion 

I need a transfusion 

Give me the paddles 

Check my EKG 

I feel my heart rattle 

I need a CBC

Chorus 1

She’s contagious 

Temperature climbin’ high 

Contagious 

Shivers rockin’ my spine 

Contagious 

Pulse racing speed boat fast 

Contagious 

And she’s got her foot on the gas

Verse

Time is no cheap commodity

Our most precious resource

A nonlinear space oddity

A formidable force

Pre-chorus

Nothing is predictable

Chaotic and mystical

Verse

Survival instinct is primal

Self-preservation is innate

Power is intoxicating

Enrichment the desired state

Pre-chorus

Going faster by the mile

Disaster arrives in style

Chorus

I’m so tired

Feel like I’m counting to infinity

Awake and wired

Adrift in your vicinity

So uninspired

In need of some affinity

I’m so tired

Of counting to infinity

Verse

Reflect on your life choices

Before it’s all gone in a blink

But don’t take it all too seriously

Life don’t care what you think

Pre-chorus

We’ve reached the final stage

Unleashed from the cage

Chorus

I’m so tired

Feel like I’m counting to infinity

Lost in your desire

I need your femininity

Hearts on fire

Floating in proximity

I’m so tired

Of counting to infinity

Bridge

Time is running short

To save this lost castaway

Each day more hope is lost

With every crashing wave

Verse

Abandon hope

All ye who enter here

Three Shades encircle The Gate

The Thinker ponders near

Pre-chorus

Each circle seals your fate

Eternal damnation awaits

Chorus

I’m so tired

Feel like I’m counting to infinity

Weak and mired

A Shade in search of the Trinity

Circumstances dire

In need of Divinity

I’m so tired

Of counting to infinity

I’m so tired

Of counting to infinity

Counting to infinity 

Verse 

This sidewalk is full of cracks 

My hometown has gone to hell 

Broken like mamma’s back 

It’s just a shell of itself

I used to play ball over there 

Now that court’s full of broken glass 

Nets ripped off, rims bent, rusted 

Syringes lay in the grass

We played football on that field 

Baseball in that old lot too 

Now they’re all just ghost towns 

Except for the homeless few

Chorus

Cracks in the sidewalk 

Windows blown out 

Stores boarded up 

Trash blows about 

My hometown don’t look the same anymore 

Cracks in the sidewalk 

Good times are all gone 

Everyone I knew 

Has long since moved on 

Cracks like scars 

Over memories hanging on

Verse 

My old high school is abandoned 

They shut it down long ago 

Couldn’t get no one to teach there 

Even the cops were afraid to go

Just a skeleton of itself 

Half the letters fallen off the wall 

Bullet holes scar the windows 

And still echo down empty halls

Chorus

Cracks in the sidewalk 

Windows blown out 

Stores boarded up 

Trash blows about 

My hometown don’t look the same anymore 

Cracks in the sidewalk 

Good times are all gone 

Everyone I knew 

Has long since moved on 

Cracks like scars 

Old memories hanging on

Bridge 

A stray dog barks ‘neath the overpass 

Searching for food in the park 

Even he’s got nowhere better to be 

Another soul lost in the dark

Sirens pierce the silence 

Something must be going down 

So fierce is the violence 

Here in my old hometown

Verse 

They don’t bother to fix anything 

Nothing new will stay new long 

Ain’t no one new comin’ round here anyway 

No one feels like they belong

Into my car I make my getaway 

That’s the last time I’ll be going back 

There’s nothing left for me there 

Except sidewalks full of cracks

Chorus

Cracks in the sidewalk 

Windows blown out 

Stores boarded up 

Trash blows about 

My hometown don’t look the same anymore 

Cracks in the sidewalk 

Good times all gone 

Everyone I knew 

Has moved on 

Cracks like scars 

Over memories hanging on

Verse

Choose your words carefully son 

You’re backed in the corner now 

All exits are blocked but one 

You’ll need to get to it somehow 

Pre-chorus 

Nights don’t usually start like this 

But this way they often end 

It’s as predictable as the weather 

You can never tell why or when 

Chorus 

When you’re living on edge 

Walking on a ledge 

Your eyes give you away 

With every bet you hedge 

Living on edge 

Walking on a ledge 

You need magical predictions 

You need some sortilege

Verse

Watch your back closely now boy 

With eyes in back of your head 

They’re following from behind sir 

You may be as good as dead

Pre-chorus 

There’s an ambush on the corner 

An assault in the parking lot 

An attack under the streetlight 

One wrong move and you’ll be shot

Chorus

When you’re living on edge 

Walking on a ledge 

Your eyes give you away 

With every bet you hedge 

Living on edge 

Walking on a ledge 

You need magical predictions 

You need some sortilege

Bridge 

Those bad memories you buried 

From the bottom up they dredge 

No you ain’t been found guilty yet 

It’s just something they allege 

All this constant worry 

Divides you like a wedge 

Anxiety carves its fury 

Sharp as the knife-edge 

Chorus 

When you’re living on edge 

Walking on a ledge 

Your eyes give you away 

With every bet you hedge 

Living on edge 

Walking on a ledge 

You need magical predictions 

You need some sortilege 

Repeat chorus and fade out 

Verse

I looked up this morning

And saw an eagle in flight

His grace and beauty

Cut through the low morning light

Gliding gracefully through the air

A symbol of strength and peace

Across a sky-blue canvas

He paints his masterpiece

Chorus

He is Ethereal

A beauty sublime

Ethereal

Free from earthly time

He is Ethereal

An otherworldly paradigm

Verse

In the east the cities are all full

Man has conquered the land

Out west the mountains rule

The dominant presence over man

Snow-capped peaks rule the sky

Looking down from the clouds

Dwarfing all that live below

Standing immortal and proud

Chorus

They are Ethereal