1.I'm Not Here Anymore
(alexander)
You have reached
A number and a name
But i am gone
And won't be back again
If you wish
To leave a word or two
Here it is
You know what to do
Speak your mind, save yourself some time
That's what machines are for
But i'm not here anymore, i'm not here anymore
Had a friend
Who had a lady fair
Took his own life
Just to prove he cared
Now her and her new man
Yes, they're doing fine
On everything
He generously left behind
The note he left said, 'save your breath'
'don't ask me what for'
I'm just not here anymore
Once upon a time
As the story's always told
The people bowed and prayed
Around a calf of gold
Now the weeds are taking over
Where the garden used to grow
Some things a man can conquer
Some things he must let go, some things he must let go
I have ruled
Over a cup and spoon
And i conclude
That the kingdom's doomed
And i have schemed
I have waited and prayed
Had my dreams
Attractively displayed
So if it's your time, speak your mind
That's what regimes are for
But i'm not here anymore
Once upon a time
As the story's often told
The people bowed and prayed
Around a calf of gold
Now the leaves are taking over
Where the flowers used to grow
I'm not here anymore
2.Long Good Night
(smith)
A letter of acceptance, from an old forgotten friend
A little piece of history, you thought you'd never see again
Like the broken plymouth, and the boat with the hole
It was a sticky situation, and you knew you had to roll
Well you knew you had to roll
A finger under your conscience, pullin' at your skin
You broke your standing record, when you let her in
Like the girl from the past, and your secret tryst
You wouldn't wanna let it go, with the flick of the wrist
Well, the flick of the wrist
But it's broken, final
Leather, vinyl, die dee die
Long good night
Well, you made it through a long good night
You were looking for a long good night
All you wanted was a long good night
Terrible trauma, and a consummate kiss
With a leap-frog lover, in a timely twist
Passionate punch-line, and a prayerful past
With a lust for lifetimes, you wonder if you would last
Wonder if you would last
Broken, final
Leather, vinyl, die dee die
Long good night
Well, you made it through a long good night
All you wanted was a long good night
You were looking for a long good night
All you wanted was a long good night
Well, you made it through a long good night
All you wanted was a long good night
You were looking for a long good night
Die die die
Broken, final
Leather, vinyl, die dee die
Long good night
Well, you made it through a long good night
You were looking for a long good night
All you wanted was a long good night
You were waiting for a long good night
Well, you made it through a long good night
You were looking for a long good night
All you wanted was a long good night
3.Poison Ivy
(alexander)
You are my poison ivy
You are my disease
You are what i must walk through
To get to what i need
You are my vaccination
You're my cheshire cat
You are my situation
And i give thanks for that
But it seems like we've come a long way
(yeah, yeah) seems like we've come a long way
You are my irritation
You're under my skin
You are my, you are my reminder
Of where i shouldn't have been
But it seems like we've come a long way
(yeah, yeah) seems like we've come a long way
I know what this is
I've been here before
You are my poison ivy
You're my fleur de lis
You are what i must cling to
To get to what i need
4.Ain't No Man
(smith)
Well i ain't no man, no i ain't no man
I can run and i can hide, fool the best of them
I can tell you a story, you'd believe again
But you'd see right through me, cause i ain't no man
I left you home on a sunday carrying my pride
But the lord he only knows when a man must die
Don't you tire of my holding onto you my friend
I'm only holding on to something 'cause i ain't no man
And i have tired of my youth, and i am tired of my mind
I have tried to think it through, tried a million times
Your generosity has shown me that my only plan
A setting sun without a morning, 'cause i ain't no man
Well i ain't no man, no i ain't no man
Well, i can run and i can hide, fool the best of them
And i can tell you a story, you'd believe again
How many times do you have to show me
That i ain't no man
How many times do you have to show me
That i ain't no man
How many times do you have to show me
That i ain't no man
5.Amazing Grace To You
(alexander)
There was a man who sang the blues
No one could deny he spoke the truth
He shouted through the microphone
But no one could care less
He lived his life anonymously
Was rediscovered posthumously
Now people quote his words
And talk about his tragic death
(ain't that the way it goes)
The was a man who told a lie
With a twinkle in his eye
People came from all around
To stand by his side
People will sell their souls away
For a little false hope and some unfound praise
There's always somebody out there
Who is happy to oblige
(ain't that the way it goes)
Amazing grace to you
He met her in a college bar
Talked his way into her car
She fell in love with him, i guess
The same time he lost interest
Now, he takes a hit off of his bong
While she listens to country songs
Ah, to be young again
(ain't that the way it goes)
Amazing grace to you
There's a place in my father's home
Where i still go to be alone
Demons visit me there yet
Sometimes we share a cigarette
They laugh and whisper in my ear
Tell me what i want to hear
The devil has so many friends
Amazing grace to you
(ain't that the way it goes)
6.Beyond These Walls
(alexander, naydock)
'charge admission and rope me off'
She said, 'i do believe i see income here'
Eight hundred and seventy pounds
From a thyroid condition, and one room bound, but
Beyond these walls
She screwing off with friends at work, and
Beyond these walls
She tells the guy she dates he's a pompous jerk again
She longs for normalcy
So she's worked some kinks into her reverie
Friends'll bug you and lovers fail
All that's human fills an intricate daydream sail, but
Beyond these walls
The mundane hints of rhapsody, and
Beyond these walls
Are faces and aquaintances and reasons for a routine
A rich imagination
And self-depreciation
She plays for laughs and
Eases the trials of isolation
Where she reclines alone
Her breathing labored, she begins to roam
Another wonderful active climb
In a beautifully crafted paradigm
Beyond these walls
A laugh with friends and awkward dates, and
Beyond these walls
She's overworked and running late, and
Beyond these walls
A wealth of situations makes for time away in daydream
Time away in daydream
7.Time Turns Around
(alexander)
There's antiques on the mantle
Hank williams in the air
Bourbon on the counter
And you've cut off all your hair
The daisies on the hillside
Watch the sun goin' down
Hopin' that time turns around
Hopin' that time turns around
Police at the pawnshop
Vampires at the mall
Country boys in gangster clothes
Skate 'round city hall
And all the bathtub virgins cry
Without making a sound
They're hopin' that time turns around
Hopin' that time turns around
You'll be getting younger
You'll be dancing on the sun
And your soul won't remember
All the damage that you've done
And the last shall be the first
And the first shall be the last
But johnny come lately
Will still be pumping gas
Yesterday's a beggar
Dressed up like a king
Tomorrow is a prophet
But he ain't saying anything
Today is just a coward
Who's painted like a clown
Hopin' that time turns around
Hopin' that time turns around
Hopin' that time turns around
Hopin' that time turns around
8.Appalachian Scream
(feltenberger, yashinsky)
We live for the mountains
'cause the mountains give us life
But the pits were too inviting
And they stripped away our lives
If i could holler from this hollow
For just a little help
I'm sure the neighbors would come running
Just to see for them selves
And i don't give a damn
If you don't understand
(chorus)
Cause i hear the voices calling
They're sending me a warning about you
Is it a haunting song from a familiar dream
Or just an appalachian scream
We're neighbors we're not friends
I don't trust them a bit
Call it baseless paranoia
Or the way that we live
We're all escaping something
But we're blind to what it is
If i'd turn my back he'd kill me
And i'd do the same to him
And i don't give a damn
If you don't understand
(chorus)
I built this shit from nothing
I brought it up with love
Considering what i got now
It's still not very much
After 20 years time's forgotten me
And i wish it all the same
But they're knocking at my neighbors' door
And soon they'll call my name
(chorus)
9.A Fever
(naydock, palladino)
With flu
I dream of you
In light as blue as neon when it's blue
Past visions of rolling hills
In movie stills
A panoramic stew
Above the scientific
Element, content
We spy the view
(chorus)
A fever's brought me close to you
In ways we can not be
A fever's brought me close to you
In ways we can not be
Even in memory
Sublime
In double time
We climb to where convention swerves and leans
'couple-a-beers
In a tent by sears
By a giant plastic nativity scene
In color dogs endure
I'm sure
The light you've given me is green
(chorus)
I mouth petitions
Oh those soft renditions
Of the ones i've come to lean on
For you
Again, in blue
And straightening a photographic dawn
May i experience
The sense of
Where i dream you when i'm gone
(chorus 2x)
10.Gone
(alexander)
Well, i can see that you are gone
You're here with me but you are gone
It's a matter of time
'till you can catch up with your mind
And you're gone
There's nothing i could do, you're gone
It just caught up to you, you're gone
Woke up in a place one day
Apathy in your way
Now you're gone
You're gone
It's the time
You're slipping into shade
You're gone, you're defined
Now you're left alone to fade
For everyone concerned, you're gone
The point of no return, you're gone
One day you're gonna find
You're just a memory in someone else's mind
And you're gone
11.In A Minor Way
(alexander)
Don't know what it is you want from me, babe
Don't know what song it is i'm supposed to play
But even though i'm singing out of key, babe
I mean every single word i say
In a minor way, in a minor way
I know those little words i haven't spoken
Have driven better men than i insane
I see no need to fix what isn't broken
The two of us have such a winning game
In a minor way, in a minor way
In a minor way
You're nearly always on my mind
I love you almost all the time
I absolutely for the most part can say
In a minor way
Better would be hard to find
So tell me that you'll always stay
In a minor way
Subtract reality from expectation
Subtract a little more from what is left
Add a bit of me to your equation
A winning formula for happiness
In a minor way, in a minor way
In a minor way
You're nearly always on my mind
I love you almost all the time
I absolutely for the most part can say
In a minor way
It isn't what you had in mind
But telling me that you'll always stay
In a minor way
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