1. WHAT GOOD

Make amends, tell your childhood friend they were something to you

Cos it gets dark, and when it's so dark you gonna wish for a light or two

No we don't talk like we used to do in the meadows of our youth

But you're a part of the last good truth 'fore this yellow took my tooth

Time like a howlin' jet plane takin' off for good

I'm but a passenger I never said I understood

What good does the flyin' do, what good?

Here I am standing at the edge of this wooden pier

And through this fog at the waterfront docks see the ship sails disappear

Yes it is gone to another shore where they sky's shiny, blue and clear

But is it wrong to expect return at the end of a troubled year?

Time like a smokey steam boat takin' off for good

I'm but a passenger I never said I understood

What good does the sailin' do, what good?

What good does the flyin' do, what good?

Rocky road, must I pay your toll every time I ride?

Cos all your street lights lead me somewhere deep neath the county line

And the song on the radio well it's cuttin' in and out

And how long till my engine blows/ till my vessel's breakin' down

Time like a racin' speed car takin' off for good

I'm but a passenger I never said I understood

What good does the drivin' do, what good?

What good does the sailin' do, what good?

What good does the flyin' do, what good?

2. CAUGHT IT FROM THE RYE

The sky then opened up/ and from it came a light

Where have you been? I caught it from the rye

Well I was in a canyon/ mingled with a tribe

Soon became my family as I became their kind

Sure I'm gettin' older/ but younger than you still

Where have you been? Was in the northern hills

Pickin' up the daisies/ a child left behind

As I put 'em by a tombstone/ pretendin' it was mine

And it's the changin' of the walls

All my favorite paintings/ they keep on fallin' down

And I need savin' by the grace of God

But I know he's off creatin' /another one like me

Lively live a lot/ then die beyond and rot

Where have you been? Just ponderin' a thought

If nothin's everlastin'/ and everything is lost

Then everyone around me is all I ever got

Sure I blame the order/ the government is real

Where have you been? Just trynna make deal

To the chief commander: be privy on the small

Cos soon they'll understand it/ the ice will fall to salt

And it's the changin' of the walls

All my favorite paintings/ they keep on fallin' down

And I need savin' by the grace of god

But I know he's off creatin' /another one like me

Just let a cage bird sing prison tunes to pass the time

3. UNDEAD GOD OF WAR

Dreadfully, I watch through eyes too young for me

The undead God of war, he lies in recovery

Up in the clouds, the eagle flies so mournfully

From its claws, the head of a boar spills blood on Main Street

And from below, I thought it was snow

Cos everyone was frozen

I don't sleep well anymore

On nightmares I've been chokin'

Conditionally, I spend time in society

Yes, not unless I'm sure my freedoms follow me

Cos some of my friends, troubles hound them constantly

The judiciary branch falls off the money tree

And Mother Nature, I guess she caters

To those with white skin

I don't feel well anymore

To darkness I'm returnin'

4. FRANKLIN’S TUNNEL

In this tunnel, there's a light

But it's shinin' on the other side of time

Notwithstanding I'm alright

Yea I got me one good place I can hide

The shadows all around me know what I like

I can be anybody whenever I'm unseen

Tobacco and whiskey next to me

I take a drag of my Zig-Zag and have a drink

Cold air of the country on my teeth

Moonrise on the meadow and over the creek

When twilight flickers I know to sing

Singin' until the mornin' comes to cover me

My brothers and sister on my mind

How I wish I could be there all the time

But they don't know how hard I try

To be somethin' to look at with easy eyes

Just tell em' I'll come back home when it's right

I could be so helpless, I could be so blind

5. ONLY SORROW REMAINS

Close to the end of the century I

Had a fever dream about all the death I might find

In it I knew every poem by heart

That was ever made/ then rightfully died

As of late I have long nights

No matter the news of the day

And I shouldn't say

But it just don't feel right

To feel right

When nothin' but sorrow remain

See all the missiles that's searchin' for land

See all of the men and the women

Who's doin' the same

So far removed from the issues at hand

In the western world, we see it in vain

As of late I have long nights

No matter the news of the day

And I shouldn't say

But it just don't feel right

To feel right

When nothin' but sorrow remain

I live in an age that's repeatin' the past

Almost word for word

I wonder how long it can last

The Garden of Eden has not yet been found

Not a single blade/ that grows in it's grass

As of late I have long nights

No matter the news of the day

And I shouldn't say

But it just don't feel right

To feel right

When nothin' but sorrow remain

Only sorrow remains

6. REAL YOU

She's got a soft spot for me now

cos when she says my name outloud

Well I can hear it in the timbre of her hitchhike voice

She wants to know where I have been

And ever since our fallin' out

baby I have been around

Yes I been out my mind in somebody else's arms

But it gets old/ and I'm aging

I want the real/ want the real/ want the real

Want the real you now

Yea I'm lookin' for the real/ for the real/ for the real

For the real you babe

I took a ride on a carousel

and it was off of it I fell

for far too long my mind's been spinnin'/ and its hard to keep on

Just for the sake of keepin' on

If I should say to her farewell

It's just because I cannot tell

If it is her or I who's hidden in the dark

When her eyes close, mine open

I want the real/ want the real/ want the real

Want the real you now

Yea I'm lookin' for the real/ for the real/ for the real

For the real you now

Sometimes I think I hear her singin'

But I mistake it for the nightingale's call in the thick and the fog of the night

There must be someone you've been keepin'

But still you're plaguing my mind/ yea you haunt me/ I still feel your heart beat

I want the real/ want the real/ want the real

Want the real you now

Yea I'm lookin' for the real/ for the real/ for the real

For the real you babe

I want the real you, real you

Yea I want the real you

7. MOTH’S CROSSING

You are the beat of my heart/ I feel the whole ground shakin' around me

When I think about you/ thinkin' bout me

The way I see when we are apart it's a miracle, miracle that the world still exists

And the mind doesn't split in two

Oh-Oh

You make it hard to doubt you

I've tried to do it alone but never been too sad or happy

Without you by my side/ oh my darlin' my pride

It's like you said before/ "there ain't nothin' that matters more/

Than the time that we're in"/ That's why I intend to not let you go

Next time you show/ It's everlastin'

But I don't wanna stop you

From bein' someone

Who's without me

But baby I can't wait forever anymore

Unlock your door

You are the light in the dark/ no the moth don't cross without you

And your luminous rings/ oh my kerosene dreams

I heard a while ago that you're givin' up, lettin' go

Well c'mon, get a grip/ it's so easy to slip

So hold on/ just a little bit longer

Cos it won't be long

8. GET IT BY NOW BLUES

You were wrong for the first time my dear

Take a look at yourself/ find a soul, find a mirror

Yea your logic is somethin' I fear

Yea when you count it all up/ you say my lovin's unclear

You say you're doin' me a favor baby

But don't you get it by now

All I want is for to show you

Is that I'm listenin', I hear ya

Oh

I was only testin' your bones

It's been a long time since I've had you near

Now you're the bell in my pocket that chimes outta fear

So for now, I'll just sip my beer

Yea

Oh, when I've had enough, I sound so sincere

You say you're doin' me a favor baby

But don't you get it by now

All I want is for to show you

Is that I'm missin' you all through the night

And now you're tellin' me to get used to it

9. LAST HURRAH

You shouldn't ask the cavalier directions home

He will offer you a dollar just to leave him alone

But if you're in such a hurry to escape this place

Then why'd you wait till the moon hung high?

Somewhere along the alleyway it all makes sense

As you lean against your lover's arm with false-relent

The faces in the window of the restaurant,

They all look drawn on a sheet of glass

Already leavin' in my mind

I got nothin' left that I can share

Don't wanna waste more of your time

It ain't fair

To neither one of us

You stare into the foggy sky lookin' hard for the words

To describe the way you're feelin' when the truth begins to hurt

Lookin' at the aftermath of what you've done

The time has come for your own repair

The fortune teller tells a joke in future-tense

Yea the traveler she told it to ain't laughed much since

And hearin' both the last hoorah and a new life born

You cut the thorn from the rose's stem

Already leavin' in my mind

I got nothin' left that I can share

Don't wanna waste more of your time

It ain't fair

Already leavin' in my mind

I got nothin' left that I can share

Don't wanna waste more of your time

It ain't fair

To neither one of us