Trina MagnaAs I Was taught to lead I was fed well On what had come before Everyone Who had ever lived Left a lesson Regarding what's in store They Were just like you and me Guessing their asses off Oh yes, they tried to guess well It's our turn now I hope we're forgiven Chalk it up to knowledge and change And life itself And as I Shall learn to follow I'll feed the leaders With everything I can They'll Bring revolutions That try as I may I just won't understand They Will be just like you and me Pretending they're not guessing As if we couldn't tell It'll be their turn then I hope we can forgive them Chalk it up to knowledge and change And life itself It seems a cycle that we all seem to share The passing from hand to hand of our pride and despair Both parent and child cry apathy but everybody cares And then we vanish in thin air And only time is there Time and a legacy... History holds questions for everyone A story that's only just begun Blind passed the goddamn horizon Sees more than father less than son Life and death merely pretending We're part of the infinite ending We Are gonna teach and learn We're gonna get fed well And then we shall feed We We are ancient We are brand spanking new We shall follow and lead Cause we Are simply you and me In proving our traditions On the brink of heaven and hell We each get a turn And then we're forgiven And we call it knowledge and change And life itself And we call it knowledge and change And life itself And we call it knowledge and change And life... Blues Traveler Index Love And GreedI want to tell you about something special I want to tell you what makes men need I think I'm talking 'bout what we all get into I think I'm talking 'bout love & greed You can take it anyway but take it at your own speed 'Cause you wouldn't be the first to fall to love & greed A man in love willing to walk through fire A greedy man like a moth to a flame A man in love willing to go half crazy A greedy man likely to go insane You can take it anyway but take it at your own speed 'Cause you wouldn't be the first to fall to love & greed So the trap's been set and you've took the bait You saw it all go down just a little too late But now you're hooked and to your surprise You saw how some of it was real and some was lies But you're in too deep 'cause you care too much And there's never been a cure for that as such You could see prison bars or call it home sweet home But like it or not you're no longer alone A man in love don't know what he's doing A greedy man always says he does A man in love sold his soul up the river That's where a greedy man's soul always was You can take it anyway but take it at your own speed 'Cause you wouldn't be the first to fall to love & greed Blues Traveler Index Letter From A FriendNever a day goes by when I can't see his face And I can hear a thundering voice that no one will replace But since he left you've been hiding out and I can understand It seems to me about that time you should be coming back again I can feel the pain That won't go away We can't change that he left us But it's up to you to stay And I will make sense of it all Gonna try to make sense of it all You ask me why 'Cause it's all I can do I miss him every day But now I miss you I know it hurts right now but you've got to keep moving on And I know how good it can feel when you're safe and withdrawn But he can live in our memory and you don't yet have that choice 'Cause you're still here and to speak to me you're gonna have to use your voice I ain't telling you what's right And I ain't telling you what's wrong But it's he who has died And it's you who has gone And I will make sense of it all Gonna try to make sense of it all You ask me why 'Cause it's all I can do I miss him every day But now I miss you I know you're thinking now you must go through this alone But it's time to come home I can feel the pain That won't go away We can't change that he left us But it's up to you to stay And I will make sense of it all Gonna try to make sense of it all You ask me why 'Cause it's all I can do I miss him every day But now I miss you Blues Traveler Index Believe MeI can feel your pity I can feel your pain And they're never going to bother you again Well I don't know how And I ain't sure why But I promise you I'm really gonna try Believe me I hate tribulation Don't want no trial I can conquer with my state of denial And I want to save you So I guess I can When I grow up I'll be a faith healing man Believe me When all is said and done We've already won When all is said and done We've already won You feel like you're part of the plan When you want to be a faith healing man Believe me When all is said and done We've already won When all is said and done We've already won Blues Traveler Index Go Outside And DriveI 've really got to clean up my room You know its been so long since I've seen my floor It's getting kind of scary in fact I suspect That when I finally clear away I won't know her anymore How we'll have grown so far apart From those early days with the fresh new start So in the end it won't matter at all So why should I bother with the rise and the fall So I quietly lay back down And watch TV But these are the things we tell ourselves Eventual stories designed to amuse It's a game we play and we play it well In fact we're so damn good that we try to lose So we can keep hiding So we can survive And keep on believing Someday we'll go outside & drive Gonna go outside & drive... I have resolved not to leave my house Till my floor comes back and my room is clean So I'm really kind of glad that my TV's here While I concoct my plan to fulfill my dream Now won't that be wonderful when I'll finally be done You know I just can't wait for it then I'll start to have fun It's getting hard lately to concentrate All my appointments cancelled cause I'm horribly late You know I think I need a prison In order to dream of being free But these are the things we tell ourselves Eventual stories designed to amuse It's a game we play and we play it well In fact we're so damn good that we try to lose So we can keep hiding So we can survive And keep on believing Someday we'll go outside & drive Gonna go outside & drive... Now weeks have gone by and my room's not done In fact I could say that it's gotten much worse Amongst the crumpled letters the mood's quite perverse But I got a new TV with a remote control Styrofoam and instructions fill the hole Where I once cleared a path where I once blazed a trail To the bathroom, but I fear that a nail Is buried there no so I step very rarely And try not to get out of bed You know tomorrow I'll get up and I'll walk out my door And life will return to the way that it was But I think I'm getting sick I'd better give it a day It mustn't get a foothold, but it usually does So I'll sit right here till I'm old and gray I need my rest after all I'm wasting away And I just saw a cockroach crawl out of my sneaker I think he's biding his time till I get somewhat weaker Things could still turn out alright As long as I'm not dead As long as I'm... I'm...I'm not... I'm not dead, no I'm not dead But these are the things we tell ourselves Eventual stories designed to amuse It's a game we play and we play it well In fact we're so damn good that we try to lose So we can keep hiding So we can survive And keep on believing Someday we'll go outside & drive Gonna go outside & drive What's it like outside Blues Traveler Index Defense And DesireStep in from the rain It's the nightingales on 2nd Avenue and I can't complain It's a busy night The regulars know me but all the same they decide I'm alright Whiskey hit me fast Don't mess with that stranger over there he'll do the same & you both may last No I won't regret The air is thick and wet With defense & desire Little girl what you doing here Don't mess with that vampire in the corner who beckons you near Are you waiting for the band to play It's too loud in here for words but those staring eyes have much to say If you meet those eyes in fun Could be trouble for you if you don't back up what you've begun No I won't regret The air is thick and wet With defense & desire Gonna run the show someday Gonna buy this bar and everything in it and run it all my way Talk to you about it till dawn Tell you all my plans and twisted dreams until the blow is gone By providence I'm sent Into this unsuspecting tavern to build and feed on your discontent No I won't regret The air is thick and wet With defense & desire Blues Traveler Index WhoopsHave you ever seen an atom Little bits of everything floating by Take a good look at them Collectively they compose all you see including your eye Brilliant puzzle A living Rubix Cube we think we can figure out and solve But we're just monkeys Scratching our heads trying to open our ears To a chord that just won't seem to resolve And we call it wisdom Yes intellect in our truest sense of the word You see for us security means a harmony According to only what we have heard And this along and nothing less Will ease our heart and our mind In the hopes that in feeling free we'll reach paradise On that hilltop we're still trying to find But the possibility exists no matter how scary it may seem That paradise was once the world and it wasn't just a dream The earth was our heaven and we didn't know there were rules for us to break And maybe now we'll find out too late what a clever hell we can make Whoops Whoops In this corner Weighing in at almost every weight imaginable... Life, and all that surrounds it And in this corner Weighing in at well, not really very much of anything; A very sound and user friendly idea On finally bringing that pesky mountain to Mohammed Gentlemen at the sound of the harmonica solo you may come out fighting Take a look at the horizon Quiet and still You know there used to be bison Gentlemen you may fire at will They say this land won't go to waste But you gotta wonder how You know we're chopping down the air we breathe As fodder for the cow That's right so we can eat well Yes and starve to death And say there's nothing we can do Because we really don't want to do a goddamn thing Look I'm shrugging and so are you We can imagine the straightest of lines But our fingers can't control the pen And it's this frustration that yields relief As we say we're just mortal men And that means we get to torture a chimpanze And infect him with disease Because he screams just like a human child While we study his desperate pleas But the possibility exists no matter how scary it may seem That paradise was once the world and it wasn't just a dream The earth was our heaven and we didn't know there were rules for us to break And maybe now we'll find out too late what a clever hell we can make Whoops Whoops While we're on the subject you know my conscience hurts And it will not go away So please concoct me some pill I can take While I think of something clever to say So I can look in my mirror made of polished glass And find no need to cringe And forget that sinking feeling I'm a dinosaur Out on his drunken last binge ...From fossil to fossil Dust to dust I'll see you all in the earthy crust Whoops Whoops Blues Traveler Index Love Of My LifeI just couldn't cry No matter how hard I try I knew the love we shared was dead Until she gave me a letter With some words she wrote down And I swear this is what she said She said... Love of my life our first night together We sat in the rain and talked forever Love of my life your carefree way Showed me the potential of each and every day But love of my life When you told me today That my place was gone In your carefree way I realized... She said... She said love of my life now I finally see A carefree way wasn't meant for me The pain I feel you just can't understand You'd think it as fire, pull away your hand But love of my life When you told me today That my place was gone in your carefree way I realized... You know she realized she must learn for once on her own not to let her days burn Because she's alone She needed to learn for once on her own not to let her days burn Because she's alone She needed to learn for once on her own not to let her days burn Because she's alone She said... Love of my life your arms were never shy To hold me tight when I needed to cry Love of my life you made me believe And for that I do love you but I know I must leave Because love of my life When you told me today That my place was gone In your carefree way I realized... Oh yes she realized, and for once so did I Because it occurred to me the love of my life was she And then and only then I started to cry Blues Traveler Index New York ProphesieA thousand times a prophet A New York City prophet They lie there all forgotten I wonder who will hear them next Well it won't be me it won't be you Kind of makes you wonder who Any sympathetic ear would do Who's gonna hear them next Lie prophet lie For the sky is much too high Keep it in your eye And memorize the moon Dream prophet dream Don't you listen to them scream We know they didn't hear you yet But you're bound to get there soon What do you think we'd hear them say Would they drop down on their knees and pray Would they tell us that it's all OK Who do you think will ease their pain And if we dare to listen As the tears freeze up and glisten With the current savior risen Who do you think will ease their pain Lie prophet lie For the sky is much too high Keep it in your eye And memorize the moon Dream prophet dream Don't you listen to them scream We know they didn't hear you yet But you're bound to get there soon What will our mighty future be For there ain't no prophet here to see That narrows it down to you and me Do you want to live or die Well we've chosen death with its toll begun (You know) I've always pictured life more fun Too bad we couldn't ever act as one Do you want to live or die Lie prophet lie For the sky is much too high Keep it in your eye And memorize the moon Dream prophet dream Don't you listen to them scream We know they didn't hear you yet But you're bound to get there soon Blues Traveler Index Save His SoulHot lights across his face They told him he was just a disgrace Stripped down like a frightened child A shadow stood before him He thought he saw a smile Guilty of nothing more than fear It was the dogs of war that sent him here Caught across enemy lines Shot in the back Now he's running out of time They all said they loved him But where were they all now Thinking about his hometown Back in New York City A slap across his face Brings him back to this painful place He would not talk God save his soul They took him out and beat him His mind felt cold A change takes place It makes you feel numb Realizing you're just a man Can make your soul want to run Standing in the firing line The smoke fills his lungs one last time And with his last breath he cries out Dear God what have I done A shot rings out Blues Traveler Index Bullshitter's LamentI walked clean through the party Without a sin put to my name Then they got to know me Then all the sins they came To fruitions visibility I suppose them always there Back when no one knew me I saw no need to care But now such luxury is gone And I've got to do my part And the faces that I know, know me Have laid claim to my heart Like speculated real estate Their investment should do well But me I've bought a ticket An express train straight to well... Well perhaps that is self pity But I'm remembering a dream Some damn thing about lost love How foggy it does seem So now I wade in muck and mire And they tell me that it's fun But all it does for me is make me ask When will it all be done Please don't be mad I'm sorry And it's just the way I feel But its hard enough to spot the lie And figure out the real So I maintain and ply my wares And have my goods to sell And say to those who gawk and stare I'll see you all in hell ...I'll see you all in hell! Blues Traveler Index Conquer MeHail to you my mountain climber busy at your task I know you're in a hurry but there's something I must ask Do you ever get lonely climbing up so high If you don't want to answer me I can understand why If I told you a secret, would you want to know more I've got a challenge I hope you won't ignore Conquer me figure me out and set me free I've got a hundred million things to show you as many more to see But only if you conquer me Sometimes I get this precious view and the grand scheme shows its face When all is in harmony it can be such a lonely place The melody is sad and sweet, and the dance I do is fun Yes I love this precious view but I'm staring at the sun For as pretty the picture, I share this view alone Will anyone stoop to grasp this gauntlet I have thrown Conquer me figure me out and set me free I've got a hundred million things to show you as many more to see But only if you conquer me Hail to all you mountain climbers all you dreamers on the run I'm your self appointed solicitor but now I speak to only one Whoever she is now, and whoever she'll become I'd like to ask her to hurry please and if she's walking could she run It's not my impatience though perhaps just there I lied It's just I'm feeling invincible and it has me terrified Conquer me figure me out and set me free Conquer me figure me out and set me free Blues Traveler Index FledglingRaise your head Meagerest of fledglings And breathe in deep And cease to cry For life it beats within you To fix upon the sky And fix upon... The sky Is beckoning your coming Your feathered nest Has grown too small The wind Is here to greet you Spread your wings and simply fall Spread your wings and simply fall Spread your wings Spread your wings and simply... Fall Into the rushing air And struggle And fight to rise above And then surrender To your freedoms For these are the pains of love And these are the many pains of love And many, many are the pains of ...love That frightening fall has become a friend With gravity now do you play Inches from death and the frozen ground And then away The clouds separate to reveal the warmth Of the goldenest bright shining sea Nigh falls and it's gone again But now you're free To give it chase And to... Soar through heaven Mightiest of eagles And rule your minions Of the sky The earth Is far below you Once it s prisoner now do you fly Once just a fledgling now Do you fly Now my fledgling now my fledgling do you Fly...free Blues Traveler Index |
