Music & Lyrics

Off the chart
Is the new normal
Paradigms will shift

Cut a path
Through all the brambles
Common ground will lift

We’re here to find our place in time
And let our minds run free

(CHORUS)
We’re on the edge
Of tomorrow
We’re on the edge
Of discovery
We will stand with the dreamers
Unafraid of what we’ll see
We’re on the edge
You and me

Just out there
Is an incredible something
Waiting to be known

Take my love
Warm like a jacket
Let it feel like home

There’s at least an even chance that we
Might change some history

(CHORUS)

We’re here to find our place in time
And let our minds run free

(CHORUS)

Came from the baddest part of town
Lost his future in the stockyards
His Mama let him down

He was a goner, didn’t stand a chance
But somehow he learned to dance

There was only one thing he wanted,
I often heard him say,
When the credits roll
At the end of the day

I wanna ride into the sunset
With no worries at all
Ride into the sunset
I’m gonna ride ‘til I fall

I’m goin’ far beyond the horizon
Where no one disagrees
And no one ever has to get down on their knees.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
Sometimes you go along
Sometimes you get to choose

He said, I try to hit it straight
Straight down the line
No time to look behind

Don’t need no commendations
My virtues to extol
When I’m puttin’ out
On the nineteenth hole.

I wanna ride into the sunset
No more dues to pay
Ride into the sunset I’m gonna ride on away

I’m goin’ far beyond the horizon
Where no one disagrees
And no one ever has to get down on their knees.

You can’t ask much more from a man
Than to do the best he can
And when I go my way
If that’s what they say about me
That’d be all right, that’d be all right

(Gonna wanna) Ride into the sunset
Without a care in my mind
Hopin’ that I left something good behind

When I’m far beyond the horizon
When my job is done
I’ll ride into the sunset
Gonna ride ‘til I’m gone

I wanna ride into the sunset
At the end of the day
Ride into the sunset
Gonna ride on away

You can trust
everyone,
this is true
Trust them to do just what
They’re gonna do

When they’re out there sland’rin your name all over town
Don’t break a sweat
Don’t let ‘em get you down

Just be cool
Just be cool
Just be cool
That’s what you gotta do

Just be cool…
That’s the only golden rule:
Be cool

Sticks and stones
Break your bones
Words do too
And sometimes you find those kind of words
Come from you

Most of what seems malice is just stupidity
Just keep your head
Like my friend said to me

Just be cool
Just be cool
Just be cool
That’s what you gotta do

Just be cool…
That’s the only golden rule:
Be cool

Decompress, de-stress
Mellow out, loosen up and just unwind
Take a chill pill if it will still your
Troubled mind

Don’t bring yourself down to the ground
Don’t let ‘em make you fight
Stay above the fray
You’ll find a way to make things right

Just be cool
Just be cool
Just be cool
That’s what you gotta do

Just be cool…
That’s the only golden rule:
Be cool

In a trance at first glance, I start fallin’
Like summer rain in the sun
Then I part with my heart, I go all in
That’s how we two became one

And though at times our souls get tried
There’s not one day goes by
Where I’m not glad that I said “I do”

For I still love you
Even after all this time
I’m so glad that you are mine
And I will love you
Whatever life may put us through
I will still love you

Hand in hand, we make plans to grow on
And see how high we can climb

Though some years may bring tears, we go on
Takin’ one day at a time

But even when we’re on a roll
There’s so much we can’t control
But worries fade away each time I hold you

And I still love you
Though at times my future past
Seems like it’s runnin’ by so fast
And I will love you
Even if you break my heart in two
I will still love you

I know that we have quarreled some
But we’ve surely had our fun
We built a dream and made it come true

So, I still love you
Even after all this time
I’m so glad that you are mine
And I will love you
Whatever life may put us through
One thing I know is true
I will still love you

Sittin on the barstool
Gonna have myself a drink
Need a little time away
A little time to think

Then she sorta caught me by surprise
When she kinda looked into my eyes

I didn’t know where this was gonna go
But so far I was goin’ with the flow

This was somethin’ that I’d been through many times before
But things like this, these days, don’t hardly happen anymore

Then she threw back her long, black hair
As she caught me tryin’ not to stare

As surely as I know the face of Lincoln
I’m pretty sure I know what she is thinkin’

“Who’s that old man?
Y Z lookin’ at me?
‘Cause I’m young and wild and strong
And he’s about, sixty-three?

Now his life is almost done
While mine has just begun
What makes him think that he can just look at me?
Look at me”

Now, wait a goddamn minute
How do I know that’s what she meant?
Gonna find out if I’m a fool or if she’s heaven-sent

Then she got up when some guy asked her to dance
As she waltzed off I knew I’d missed my chance

Serves me right for holdin’ back, delayin’
Worried if somewhere someone is sayin’

“Who’s that old man?
Y Z lookin’ at me?
‘Cause I’m young and wild and strong
And he’s about, seventy-three?

Now his life is almost done
While mine has just begun
What makes him think that he can just look at me?
Look at me”

Splash some cold water in my face
Pound some scotch without a chase
A slap upside my head could not be clearer

Get it through your head, that shit’s not real
We ain’t no older than we feel
So I took a good hard look
Into the mirror

Who’s that old man?
Y Z lookin’ at me?
‘Cause I’m young and wild and strong
And he’s about… a hundred-three?

Now his life is almost done
While mine has just begun
What makes him think that he can just look at me
Look at me
Look at me

Who knows – what hides behind the light?
Who goes a-bumpin’ in the night?

Devils you must exorcise
Swaddling us in clothes of lies
Secret worlds inside your eyes
Dreams you over-analyze
Reality’s been compromised
We’re prisoners of our own devise

Dead souls
Haunt us from within
Death tolls
Did anybody win?

So many cities we have burned
Olive branches we have spurned
Assuming grace we never earned
Your adrenaline is churned
Believing spirits have returned
It’s always taught, and always learned

Tripped-up and trapped for our whole lives
In a Demon-Haunted World

Real lies – does anybody care?
They don’t realize – there’s really nothing there

They feed it to us in our schools
Strap it on our backs like mules
We’re bad machines with broken tools
The prophets know that we’re all fools
We offer them our finest jewels
Who takes the gold makes the rules

Locked in illusion for all time
In a Demon-Haunted World

The void we’re told that we must fill
By swallowing a magic pill
But it won’t always cure your ills
No matter how they say it will

And they will tell you that we still
Need gods to tell us not to kill
But that did not help Emmett Till
Will your blood be the next to spill?

Gods and monsters hypnotize
Cloud our minds and blind our eyes
Ancient fears are well-disguised
Ignorance is evangelized
Exaggerate and terrify
It’s how they keep us down to size
Will time ever make us wise?

Locked in illusion for all time
Tripped up and trapped for our whole lives
Wrapped up like a holiday surprise
Will we ever realize
It’s a Demon-Haunted World

The things that I’ve lost fill up all the rooms in my head
Might have to move them outside to the shed
Might have to leave all those failures behind
At least insomuch as they live in my mind

There was that time my friend told me right from the start
“Buddy, I’ve got your best interests at heart”
Then he went off and took the other guy’s side
It’s hard not to think of it, god knows I’ve tried

But I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow
And just keep letting go

That guy with in that book says, “I’ve got the magical key
“And I’ll give it to you if you’ll just follow me
“But there are some people we kind of despise
“We’ll put their heads on a stick like The Lord Of The Flies”

Then there were those nights when my little head led me astray
And I almost threw my whole family away
I was treated unfairly, but now I know why
Nothing’s worth doing if it starts with a lie

But I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow
And just keep letting go

That guy in that house put us in that godawful war
Just like the fellow who lived there before
We thought that this one might break up the game
Still hopin’ for change, but so much is the same

Lyin’ awake, wond’rin’ how to keep food on the plate
This starting-all-over comes just a bit late
Well, if I’m going nowhere, at least I’m goin’ there fast
I may not be the first but I won’t be the last

So I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow
And just keep letting go

I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow –
And just keep letting go

Dark sunglasses
Though the sky is grey
She said her eyes
Didn’t look right that day

She must put her best face forward
Pretty paint to hide the lines
It’s 10:30 in the morning
And she’s dressed up to the nines
She does this all the time

You shouldn’t have to try so hard, Eugenia
To prove you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful

Bright red lipstick
On the coffee cup
Her glasses off now
Dark eyes looking up

Does she need all that preparation
Just to face the day?
Or is it her age that makes her see herself that way
I wish I could say

You shouldn’t have to try so hard, Eugenia
To prove you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful

You shouldn’t have so much to do
To show us who you are
You are beautiful
You are still beautiful

You’re never supposed to ask a woman her age
They say it’s not polite
But I don’t understand
Why the years can show on a man
But a woman has to keep it all from sight?

You shouldn’t have to try so hard, Eugenia
To prove you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful

And you shouldn’t have so much to do
To show us who you are
You are beautiful
You are still beautiful

Where have all our statesmen gone?
Seems their kind have all moved on
Long ago, and so far away

Where once we had great debaters
Now we get loudmouth haters
Twenty-four noisy hours every day

Of all the greats from way back when
There’s one I wish could be here again

We need a man like Abraham Lincoln
Generous, yet strong
Honest as the day is long
He’d show those jerks how things should work
At least that’s what I’m thinkin’
Yes, we need a man like Abraham Lincoln

Abe would never, ever preach
Nor would he flub up a speech
Getting’ all his words in a mess

No PR firm would need to handle
Some humiliating scandal
Like telltale stains on a dress

He would never claim that god
Had chosen him – and Mary Todd

We need a man like Abraham Lincoln
We’d all jump for joy
If we had that man from Illinois
To navigate our ship of state
And keep us from sinkin’
Yes, we need a man like Abraham Lincoln

The kind who’d never bleat or bluster
Or misuse the filibuster
Or proclaim Emancipation
For dishonest corporations
Wouldn’t gut the public schools
Wouldn’t make up his own rules

Yes, we need a man like Abraham Lincoln
With no doubt in his mind
That freedom’s meant for all mankind
Those days when kings and popes run things
Are surely shrinkin’
We need someone to point the way
That just might be a gal someday
We need someone like Abraham Lincoln

(CHORUS)
Today you are a man, my son
And you’ll take up the fight
There’s a war that must be fought and won
And we know our side is right
We don’t recall who started it, but you must do or die
You were born to fight your father’s war
And take one for the tribe

Each new son hears the story of who did our people wrong
It’s told in every hearth and home
In story and in song
Of those barbaric hordes who stole
Our lands and wrecked our lives
And the names of sons and fathers who have died
Yes, all the sons and fathers who have died

Now our foes tell this same story to their sons with just one change
A little twist in facts to say it’s we who are to blame
They’ve been robbed, they say and point to us as if we were the ones
‘Twas ever thus and cannot be undone
‘Twas ever thus and cannot be undone

(CHORUS)

Though we all look the same
With the exact same DNA
For us all the most important thing is what our good books say
Ours tells us we’re anointed
Says we own this swath of land
But our enemies will never understand
No, our enemies will never understand

We all say there’s just one god and we’re the ones he likes the best
We believe our loving god just wants to put us to the test
And by passing on this fight we shall fulfill our sacred trust
And we’ll burn the whole damn world if we must
We’ll burn down the whole damn world if we must

(CHORUS)

But who’ll be left to give a damn
Once everybody dies?
We were born to fight our father’s wars
So take one more for the tribe

You started out right
Lots of smiles all around you
Loving arms to surround you
To keep you warm in the night

But under your door
Sometimes the wind can push through
The dark and cold can push you
‘Til you can’t hold on anymore

But when you face the hard rains of December
Some things I want you to remember

You’ve got to live like there’s no tomorrow
‘Cause someday that will be true
You’ve got to love even when there’s sorrow
And help someone make it through
You’ve got to live, love, and laugh every day of your life
These are three true things that I’d like to give to you

I made some mistakes
I went down some blind alleys
A few peaks but lots of valleys
I couldn’t seem to find a break

Though we were apart
Your Mom and I tried our hardest
Worked at our jobs and did our best
For you were always in our hearts

I love you, maybe not all your decisions
But love doesn’t come with conditions

You’ve got to live like there’s no tomorrow
‘Cause someday that will be true
You’ve got to love even when there’s sorrow
And help someone make it through
You’ve got to live, love, and laugh every day of your life
These are three true things that I’d like to give to you

A long time ago, that summer on the lake
We took the boat and we stayed out all day
But somebody that night
Forgot to tie the boat up tight
So the little boat just floated on away
The little boat just floated on away

So as you drift in search of direction
Always remember our strong connection

And just live like there’s no tomorrow
‘Cause someday that will be true
Try to love even when there’s sorrow
And help someone make it through
You’ve got to live, love, and laugh every day of your life
These are three true things that I’d like to give to you

These three true things
I give to you

The streets of my hometown were always clean and bright
Rows of Craftsman houses, fences painted white
Dads would work, Moms stayed home, schools filled up with kids
Sunday mornin’ we’d go to church, ‘cause that was what you did

Rainbirds watering the new-mown lawn
You could leave your front door open when you were gone
And we all felt like we belonged there in my old hometown

Seemed like every avenue was pretty much the same
You knew all your neighbors, knew ‘em all by name
Friendly people, wavin’ hello
On the streets of my old hometown

But when we watched the evening news
On our black and white TV
I saw some folks in some other towns
Didn’t live like me
We’d see all these… colored people,
Tryin’ hard to have their say
But state police and governors kept standin’ in their way

But that was deep down South, that didn’t happen here
Nobody was marchin,’ our streets were clear
I wondered, what could someone have to fear, here in my old hometown?

One day my step-Dad, Jim,
Picked up a Negro man
Hitchhikin’
His way out of town
Jim asked him “Where do you wanna go?”
The man looked surprised and said, “Don’t you know?
Mister, please
Just get me
Off the streets by sundown.”

Seems my hometown had a law
But not the written kind
They enforced it with a vengeance,
They didn’t need a sign
It said no Negro man is free to roam
The streets of my old hometown

But now the Glendale streets are different
From the way they used to be
We got every color, every creed, and nationality

My friend, he’s a Glendale cop, half-black, half-Japanese
He upholds the law with an even hand, for each person equally

Now, we got Armenians, and Persians, and Vietnamese
Some are black, some are brown, and some look like me
We’re just one more minority, here in my old hometown

And those rows of Craftsman houses, they still look the same
You try hard to pronounce your neighbor’s name
Friendly people wavin’ hello
Free to go where they wanna go
Every color of the human rainbow
On the streets of my old hometown

You say you found all the answers
A solution for the human plight
You say it’s been right under our noses
Wisdom hidden in plain sight

You’ve cracked the code, you found the key
To everyone, including you and me

But you don’t know
No, you don’t know
Don’t say “true”
When it’s “just suppose”
The fact that someone thought it up
Doesn’t make it so
You don’t know

You say it’s a wave of revelation
Risin’ up stronger than the tide

Exploding just like a volcano
Helpless villagers, step aside

You’ve found the cure, you feel secure
But I’d prefer much more uncertainty

‘Cause you don’t know
No, you don’t know
Don’t say “true”
When it’s “just suppose”
The fact that someone wrote it down
Doesn’t make it so
You don’t know

Although we’ve seen this all before
People keep comin’ back for more

You see conspiracy so clearly
You think everybody else is blind
You swim in deep reverberation
The echo chamber of your mind

To you it’s all in black and white
“They” are wrong and you are right
If we could only see the light
How perfect things would be

But you don’t know
No, you don’t know
Don’t say “true”
When it’s “just suppose”
The fact that someone made it up
Doesn’t make it so
Until you’ve got some work that you can show
I think you may still have some ways to go
You don’t know

I wanna rock the night like a hurricane
Hoot and holler and a-raise some Cain
Gonna keep on rockin’ ‘til the last cow comes home
I ain’t leavin’ ‘til they turn out all the lights
Baby, hop on, it’s a non-stop flight
I wanna take hold of this night and never let go.

I’m gonna grab each day like it was a pot o’ gold
And when I’m gone there better be some damn good stories told, I’m gonna
LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST
And die very very old

Though some things change, some stay the same
Like what a woman’s skin does to your brain
Or when you’re pedal to the metal in your brand new car
So come on, Henrietta, kick your shoes away
We’re gonna make time stop until the break of day
Blinkin’ like the broken display on a VCR

Can’t forget your troubles, but you sure can put ‘em on hold
And when my name is written, I want the typeface to be bold
I’m gonna
LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST
And die very very very very very old

Now when your chips are down, and your luck has all grown cold
Time to raise the stakes, double down and never fold
I’m gonna
LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST
And die very very old

At times things got too hot, there’s no doubt
But I ain’t been burned enough to (ain’t been burned enough)
To have been burned-out.
I’m gonna
LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST
And die very very
LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST
And die very very
LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST, LIVE FAST
And die very very very very very very old

I’m very, very sure of myself
I’m always right where I belong
I’m very, very sure of myself
And I won’t let anyone tell me I’m wrong

Got somethin’ special, it’s safe to assume
There’s instant attention
When I walk into a room

When I ask for something, the answer is yes
Don’t know how I got this way
Just lucky, I guess

Everybody has questions
They wanna know what I think
Stephen J. Hawking
Wanna take me out for a drink

My future is rosy
And my prospects are good
And you’d like to have sex with me
If only you could.

I’m very, very sure of myself
I’m always right where I belong
I’m very, very sure of myself
And I won’t let anyone tell me I’m wrong (I’m wrong)

Got somethin’ special
It’s safe to assume
I get so much attention
When I just walk into a room

My future is rosy
And my prospects are good
People love me
I think that’s understood
Now you wanna have sex with me?
Well, I think you should.

I’m very, very sure of myself
I’m always right where I belong
I’m very, very sure of myself
And I won’t let anyone tell me I’m wrong

I’m very, very sure of myself

When I was just a young man
My daddy said to me
“There’s a goal for which you ought to strive,
It’s called fidelity”

“Now son, I learned the hard way
And the price I’ve paid is steep
That’s why I’m on marriage number five
So listen carefully:”

You can love that girl
And you can love another
You can love somebody’s wife
And even someone’s mother
You can fall in love
With any girl you want…
But you just can’t fuck her.

Now I’ve laid around and played around
Lived life on the run
Roamed as far as I can roam
Had good times by the ton

Then I finally found a girl
I knew she was the one
‘Til she says, “Hey Honey, bring another girl home,”
My playin’ days are done

My Daddy said,
You can love that girl
And you can love another
You can love somebody’s wife
And even someone’s mother
You can fall in love
With any girl you want…
But you just can’t fuck her.
(You better not)

Now I truly love my wife
So I mind my Q’s and P’s
Though I have not been a perfect man
That’s very plain to see

But life is made of choices
I don’t live in a commune
Don’t want my life to go away
And fall to rack ‘n’ ruin

And I remember what my Daddy said to me:

You can love that girl
And you can love another
You can love somebody’s wife
And even someone’s mother
You can fall in love
With any girl you want…
But you just can’t fuck her.
You better not…fuck her

I wrote a little song to say
I don’t think I know how to write a song
‘Cause I still write bad similes
Like “a bird in hand is like the day is long”

I started a career but all I do is worry I have no career
I get invited to a party but all I’m thinkin’ is,
“What am I doing here?”

When I seem to be most comfortable,
I’m really wishin’ I was still in bed
I’m always so surprised that folks don’t realize
I’m just hangin’ by a thread

Shouldn’t it be easier by now?
Shouldn’t I have this down?
Shouldn’t I be shinin’ through, collectin’ all my royalties
Shouldn’t I be sure that I know how
Shouldn’t I own this town?
Shouldn’t I be able to depend on all my loyalties and friends
Shouldn’t it be easier by now?

When I talk opinions
I jump right off the deep end like a jerk
I’m bad at self-promotion and I sound desperate
When I talk about my work

Ask me what I’m doin’,
All that I can do is tell you what I did
Tried to avoid mistakes my folks made
Yet I think I might be screwin’ up my kid

When I think I’ve found the perfect way
Somehow I still wind up lost in space
In a house without a floor, in a sea without a shore
Tryin’ not to lose the human race

Shouldn’t it be easier by now?
Shouldn’t I have this down?
Shouldn’t I be shinin’ through, collectin’ all my royalties
Shouldn’t I be sure that I know how
Shouldn’t I own this town?
Shouldn’t I be able to depend on all my loyalties and friends
Shouldn’t it be easier by now?

Everything is perfect
Everything is so – ideal
Everything is perfect
Even though you know – it’s not real… real… real…

Time in a schoolyard – games to play, I never would
Life’s not cotton candy, but somehow it tastes almost as good
You meet a girl who’s crazy, but you’re just in it for the fun
Let in a little lie, and suddenly she’s the one

Now, everything is perfect
Everything is so – ideal
Everything is perfect
Even though you know – it’s not real… real… real…

Thought my life had meaning, but then again, maybe it does
Wished I’d been a winner, but looking back – maybe I was
Making my way now, I think it’s almost half past ten
There’s no need to worry, I know I’m back home again

Where everything is perfect
Everything is so – ideal
Everything is perfect
Even though you know – it’s not real… real… real…

Sometimes a little lie’ll soften the glare of what is true
A healthy helping of denial might just be good for you

Everything is perfect
Everything is so – ideal
Everything is perfect
Everything is so – ideal
Everything is perfect, perfect, perfect

What could make a poet wanna rhyme?
What could make John Gotti give up crime?
What can soothe a savage breast
And make it feel sublime?

Imagine Donald Trump without the greed
Looking for some children he can feed
You may think the answer’s love,
but there is one more thing you need

You need some

Harmony
Yes, yes, that’s the key
Just sing along
And we’ll be strong
Isn’t that the way it oughta be?

What can change old enemies to friends?
Have Taylor Swift and Kanye make amends?
Sing it good, for brotherhood,
And listen how it blends

What could make the red states love the blues?
And what might make those Muslims love the Jews?
Just lift up your voices,
How could anyone refuse?

To live in

Harmony
Yes, yes, that’s the key
Just sing along
And we’ll be strong
Isn’t that the way it oughta be?

Call me a hippie, call me naïve
Call me Pollyanna, if that’s what you believe
So what if it’s simplistic? Let’s make a war on hate
Come on, come on, come on, it’s not too late

To live in

Harmony
Yes, yes, that’s the key
Just sing along
And we’ll be strong
Isn’t that the way it oughta be?

What happened to the girl that I once knew?
There wasn’t anything she couldn’t do

You went to the finest schools all right, Miss Lonely
But you use your good fortune like a knife
You think the world revolves around you only
I’m so glad you’re someone else’s wife

She’s too smart for her own good
And too damn stupid to know
She’s too smart for her own good
She’s too smart for her own good

Remember when you said that we were friends?
Back when the means could justify your ends

You say you run with stars and walk with giants
Pretending you’re not desperate to impress
You think you’re always blinding us with science
But you still don’t know we can see right through your dress

She’s too smart for her own good
And too damn stupid to know
She’s too smart for her own good

You think that nothing good goes on without you,
You’re so vain, you’ll never think this song is about you,
Will you? Will you?

She’s too smart for her own good
And too damn stupid to know
She’s too smart for her own good
She’s too smart for her own good

Mrs. Curtis got a letter in the mail
Congratulations, you have won!
She tore it up and threw it in the jambalaya
And never knew what she had done

Dr. Simon took his mind for a vacation
He didn’t notice he’d forgot his keys
Now he’s locked out of his house until forever
Another dry martini if you please

Maybe that’s the way those people want to live
That’s OK for them

That’s not me
I’m special and I do things differently
No, no, no, that’s not me
I have got my own philosophy
That’s not me

No one even comes to poor Denise’s bedroom
Because she’s always on the phone
She’s making plans to spend her life with someone special
If only she could leave her throne

All the children go to Uncle Alan’s basement
To watch old movies on a tattered screen
Sometimes when he stands behind the yellow curtain
You can take a drink from his canteen

Maybe that’s the way some people want to live
That’s OK for them

That’s not me (Who do you think you are?)
I’m special and I do things differently (Some kind of a superstar?)
You’re sadly mistaken, that’s not me (Got caught in the cookie jar?)
I have got my own philosophy
That’s not me

Princess Margaret bought a gun
(She was not the only one)
She wanted something to protect her
Candied sugar in her nose
Just a phase? Well, I suppose
Time to pay the bill collector
That’s Not Me

Maybe that’s the way those people want to live
That’s OK for them

That’s not me (Who do you think you are?)
I’m special and I do things differently (Some kind of a superstar?)
No, no, no, that’s not me (Got caught in the cookie jar?)
I have got my own philosophy
That’s not me

That’s not me (Who are you talkin’ to?)
I’m special and I do things differently (Is somebody stalkin’ you?)
You’re sadly mistaken, that’s not me (What good will the rockin’ do?)
I have got my own philosophy
That’s not me

Everything is waiting
Everything is waiting to happen
Everything is waiting
Everything is waiting to happen
To me
To me

Everything is real
Realer than my wildest of dreaming
Everything is real
And probably even more than it’s seeming
To be
To me

Make it a part of my life
Make it a part of my life

Everything is fleeting
Things we need to fix just stay broken
Gone before the greeting
But sometimes I might leave just a token
Of me
Of me

Make it a part of my life
Make it a part of my life

Everything is waiting
Everything is waiting to happen
Everything is waiting
Everything is waiting to happen
To me
To me

I had my dreams and aspirations
I thought you’d back me all the way
But each time I tried to tell you all my best-laid plans
You always had something to say

If it wasn’t for you
I could be anything that I wanted to be
If it wasn’t for you
Every door would swing wide open just for me
I don’t mean to blame you
But it seems so clear to me
It could all come true
If it wasn’t for you

You – you have a right to your opinion
No matter how wrong it might be
Sometimes I think that I should go it on my own
But then it would all depend on me

If it wasn’t for you
I’d be autographing my biography
If it wasn’t for you
I might even have my own show on TV
I could win Survivor or that other show on Fox
I could be a celebrity if I could only learn to box

I’ve tried to be objective
But it’s crystal clear to me
It would all come true
If it wasn’t for you

Well I guess it could be wrong
For me to blame it all on you
After all, it’s only fair
That I share the burden too
Without you here beside me
I wonder what I’d do?

I’d be the king of the world with a golden statuette
I’d get all those women that I have not had yet
I’d be bigger than Dylan, Springsteen
And even old Elvis P.
I’d be so goddamned big the building would leave me

You have my word that it’s gonna be okay
I wouldn’t do this,
but there’s just no other way
You’re my best friend,
I’d never steer you wrong
I’ll pay you back, you know,
by the end of this song

You can trust me
Just forget what went before
You can trust me
I’m not that guy anymore

You can trust me
No matter what you’ve heard
‘Cause when I’m talkin’
I mean every single word
You Can Trust Me

Please don’t be frightened,
it’s only you and me
Brought you a present
that I know you’ll want to see
So listen to reason, I paid for my crime
All I wanna do is show you a real good time

You can trust me
Just forget what went before
You can trust me
I’m not that guy anymore

You can trust me
No matter what you’ve heard
‘Cause when I’m talkin’
I mean every single word
You Can Trust Me

I spoke to God today
And he told me what to do
I had lunch with Jesus
and his twelve apostles, too

They said it was my job
to get those evil men
And if you re-elect me,
I swear I won’t lie to you again

You can trust me
Just forget what went before
You can trust me
I’m not that guy anymore

You can trust me
No matter what you’ve heard
‘Cause when I’m talkin’
I mean every single word
You Can Trust Me

Pretty please, dear President Obama
Your people live in straits of dire need
In a world with so much suffering and trauma
Why spend time trying to take away our weed?

We’re so grateful you removed us from Iraq now
A promise kept, a little ray of hope
But we wonder if you‘ve started using crack now
Why start a war on Californians smoking dope?

Shepherd Fairey’s poster makes you look iconic
And kinda trippy under ultra-violet light
But robbing brothers of their chronic
Seems awfully un-ebonic
Man, you’re killing every single buzz in sight
Why so uptight?

Mr. President, your actions have us puzzled
Wasting your powers as Commander-in-Chief
Won’t you please lock up your dogs and keep them muzzled
Don’t block access to our ganja and our kif

Grow some balls that are brassier, and bolder
‘Cause we voting hippies just might save your ass
So, in no uncertain terms, tell Eric Holder:
It’s time your thugs stop cutting down our grass

We loved you so, Barack Hussein Obama
But what we signed up for just isn’t what we got
Go after targets like Awlaki and Osama
And keep your grubby mitts off of our pot

Our dispensaries are suff’ring from the push, sir
Having to fight in this unnecessary feud
You’re endangering our kush, sir
Don’t be a jerk like Dubya Bush, sir
If we don’t get our medicine, we’re screwed
Hey, dude…

You are still a shining paragon of virtue
The spark of hope in every lefty’s eye
But next November, please don’t make us want to hurt you
Just let your people go on getting high, high, high

If you’d just put a tax on it
You’d end our budget deficit
From Woody Harrelson’s normal weekly buy
So Mr. President,
Just let your people go…on getting high

The things that I’ve lost fill up all the rooms in my head
Might have to move them outside to the shed
Might have to leave all those failures behind
At least insomuch as they live in my mind

There was that time my friend told me right from the start
“Buddy, I’ve got your best interests at heart”
Then he went off and took the other guy’s side
It’s hard not to think of it, god knows I’ve tried

But I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow
And just keep letting go

That guy with in that book says “I’ve got the magical key
“I’ll give it to you if you’ll just follow me
“But there are some people we kind of despise
“(We’ll) put their heads on a stick like The Lord Of The Flies”

Then there were those nights when my little head led me astray
When I almost threw my whole family away
I was treated unfairly, but now I know why
Nothing’s worth doing if it starts with a lie

But I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow
And just keep letting go

That guy in that house put us in that godawful war
Just like the fellow who lived there before
We thought that this one might break up the game
Still hopin’ for change, but so much is the same

Lyin’ awake, wond’rin’ how to keep food on the plate
This starting-all-over comes just a bit late
Well, if I’m going nowhere, at least I’m goin’ there fast
I may not be the first but I won’t be the last

So I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow
And just keep letting go

I keep letting go
I keep letting go
I let the bitter winds blow –
And just keep letting go