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I’ve posted the lyrics below if you are interested.
I miss you
Its not that i don’t cuz i do/ want all the happiness in the world for you/ its just that i wish you could have it right here/ with me in your arms and you in my arms/ i miss you i miss you please make your way home/ there’s nothing like being alone/ to wake me up to how much i need you/ and i know you’re coming back soon/ but not soon enough/ no not soon enough cuz i miss you i miss you please make your way home/ i will wait forever but i/ hope you’ll say/ that ill see you in a minute to hold you so hold me and ill never leave you again/ so go do what you have to do/ don’t waste a minute don’t waste any time/ don’t forget that i’m waiting right here/ with no idea what to do without you by my side/ cuz i miss you i miss you please make your way home
What you are
You say you’re making it fine without me there in your life/ you think i’m falling apart without you here by my side/ you say you’re building a life but how you wish i were somewhere nearby/ telling you that you’re doing alright and everything will be fine/ but what you want from me/ is everything i can’t give/ you want the world i don’t live in/ to find your world in me/ and what you are to me is broken down in pieces/ fallen to the floor you want/ you’re begging it to be/ you heard somewhere that i’m breaking down here and i’m dying/ so you call and act like you’re my best friend and think you’ve changed my mind/ you said that id be wise to adopt the rules you live by/ but you think the world is a stage where you can act like you’re alive/ what you want from me/ is everything i can’t give/ you want the world i don’t live in/ to find your world in me/ and what you are to me is broken down in pieces/ fallen to the floor you want/ you’re begging it to be/ the way you always dreamed/ with opened doors and daisies/ in my hand right by your side/ fallen to my knees/ what you are to me/ is broken down in pieces/ pissed off in my living room/ telling me to leave
Everywhere you go
How long i’ve waited for this to be in your eye/ ending up there god it’d be just like a dream of mine/ and its not so complicated you’re not standing here/ so wherever you are going ill be waiting there/ everywhere you go / hold on i’ve thought of something you should probably know/ ill be waiting waiting for you/ everywhere you go / i’m waiting there / believe it or not i’ve loved you since the day we met/ and it tends to break my heart but you haven’t seen me yet/ seen you around here walking talking and you know i’m near/ so if you’re not busy later ill be waiting there/ everywhere you go / i’m waiting there / there will be days you need someone/ and i will gladly be someone/ so go wherever you will go/ and there will i be waiting/ everywhere you go / i’m waiting there
America
I am the dusty torn in soul foolish drunken/ broken bottled hungry dry mouth whore/ empty must be life and all its glory fading me fooling me away/ could you open would you try/ you said i would be free/ when the gate closed on my life you said you’d call for me/ now you turn your face from me/ america america mean it when you say/ tired and poor tempest tossed/ we landed here on your sands/ broke down on your shores/ now you turn face from me/ now you’re filing me away/ i am the widowed orphaned still/ weak and wandering/ parasite on your society/ so you’ve called me/ you and all your glory fading me fooling me away/ could you open would you try/ you said i would be free/ when the gate closed on my life/ you said you’d call for me/ now you turn your back on me / america america/ mean it when you say/ tired and poor tempest tossed/ we landed here on your sands/ broke down on your shores/ now you’ll turn your back on me/ now you’re filing me away/ america america/ mean it when you say/ tired and poor tempest tossed/ where’s your lamp your golden door/ you left me dead here on your shore/ now you walk away from me/ now you’re filing me away
Dogs
Dogs dogs they’re crawling on me they’re licking my sores and i’m too tired to push them away/ rain fall down on me/ i’ve been this hungry i’ve been this thirsty for days/ scraps scraps i’m fighting with dogs on the floor for the scraps from this fat mans table/ dad dad can you hear me/ i’ve been this empty i’ve been this hopeless for days/ if i was an ocean if i was the sand/ if i could be anything but what i am/ if i was the sunlight if i was a star/ if i could be something like most people are/ frost frost i’m fighting the cold in the mud with the rats and the insects who’ve claimed me their home/ death can you hear me/ i’ve been this hungry i’ve been this thirsty for days/ if i was a river if i was the moon/ if i could be something of meaning to you/ war war i’m fighting this war with three broken fingers and half of a worthless cold soul/ god god just kill me/ i’ve been this empty i’ve been this hopeless for days
Calm down man
Calm down man i’m thinking of something this is not as bad as you’re making it/ stop trying to get me to give in we don’t need to throw in the towel just yet we don’t need to throw in the towel just yet/ stop whining and get off your ass man help me chip this mountain to pieces/ don’t tell me i don’t understand it i have seen the bottoms of oceans i have seen the bottoms of oceans/ we all get sucker-punched sometimes that’s just how life is/ get on your feet dust yourself off and come back swinging/ relax man i’m trying to help you if you could stop your crying for two seconds/ stop telling me how great your past was you waste a lot of time trying to make it last waste a lot of time trying to make it last/ we all get sucker-punched sometimes that’s just how life is/ get on your feet dust yourself off and come back swinging/ stop feeling sorry for yourself and get to fighting/ calm down man you’ll think of something you don’t need to go off the deep end yet/ calm down man you’ll think of something you don’t need to go off the deep end yet/ you don’t have to throw in the towel just yet/ you don’t need to throw in the towel just yet
Awful of you (The maude song)
Take your time on this one maude i’m heading south today cuz spring wont come spring wont come/ i know you tried hard to get here we built the bridge ourselves but you couldn’t cross you couldn’t cross/ we broke down just outside of town/ you couldn’t ask for help no that’s not right we’ve too much love/ that’s awful of you cuz you don’t know the first thing about love / we tore the legs off this one maude now we’re flailing on the ground/ we’re off to no where we’re headed no where/ you slept outside again last night you said to feel again you’d have to breathe you’d have to learn to breathe/ fate stepped on your hand you said you understood that love is only love its only love/ that’s awful of you cuz you don’t know the first thing about love / take the reins on this on maude i’m breathing fire today cuz this wont calm this wont calm/ is that my heart there on the ground/ i’ve gone and lost again yeah that’s the one the one you’re standing on/ that’s awful of you cuz you don’t know the first thing about love
Worth taking
What’d you want to come back here for there ain’t nothing left worth saving/ with all the threats and lies and fighting what the hell would make you want to change your mind/ said you felt the smallest something in a glimpse of a dream you were dying/ lives were flashing ‘fore your eyes and you remembered things you never thought you’d forget/ said you want it to be the way it was the day we met cuz/ you are the only one made me feel like i was a cause worth dying for/ you are the only one made me feel like i was a chance worth taking/ made me feel like i was a dream worth chasing/ what’s the use of all this talking you break my heart with every word you’re saying/ i guess you’re kind of a pain all over the only kind of pain that makes me feel alright/ why the hell am i still fighting i should know by now its useless/ if i lost a thousand hands here id probably stick around to lose a thousand more/ you know how id love to feel the way i did the day we met cuz/ you are the only one made me feel like i was a cause worth dying for/ you are the only one made me feel like i was a chance worth taking/ made me feel like i was a dream worth chasing/ i’ve never felt better than when you were gone/ i’ve never been colder than when you’re not around/ you are the only one made me feel like i was a cause worth dying for/ you are the only one made me feel like i was a chance worth taking/ made me feel like i was a dream worth chasing/ made me feel like i was a chance worth taking
Tell em all you’re here with me
If it wouldn’t freak you out I’d call you every hour/ I’d tell you that I miss you and I couldn’t wait to see you/ maybe then you’d realize how much I think about you/ and tell me that you feel the same and say I’m falling for you/ but every time I reach for the phone I stop and/ think I might be scaring you off/ but I guess one of these days/ I’m gonna have to tell you that I think about you all the time/ and how one day I’m gonna make you feel like you want to tell em all you’re here with me/ I’m gonna have to tell you that I dream about you all the time/ and how one day I’m gonna make feel like you’ve never felt the way you feel with me/ if I didn’t think you’d mind I’d always hold your hand/ and if you needed that one we’d switch sides and keep on going/ then possibly you’d understand how I forgot to mention/ that my tongues not bright enough to tell you how i’m feeling/ but every time I reach for you hand I stop and/ think I might be scaring you off/ but I guess one of these days/ I’m gonna to have to tell you that I think about you all the time/ and how one day I’m gonna make you feel like you want to tell em all you’re here with me/ I’m gonna have to tell you that I dream about you all the time/ and how one day I’m gonna make feel like you’ve never felt the way you feel with me/ if I wasn’t scared to death I’d probably want to kiss you/ I’d try real hard to be romantic and not mess it all up/ then maybe someday you’d kiss me back and hold me real close/ then finally you could feel that my heart beats your name in morse code/ but every time I get up the courage I stop and/ think I might be scaring you off/ but I guess one of these days/ I’m gonna to have to tell you that I think about you all the time/ and how one day I’m gonna make you feel like you want to tell em all you’re here with me/ I’m gonna have to tell you that I dream about you all the time/ and how one day I’m gonna make feel like you’ve never felt the way you feel with me
Paper me
This is my paper song straight from my paper heart/ about my paper love that’s torn to pieces/ and with these paper hands i’ve ruined my paper plans/ i folded everything down into nothing/ and ill try to understand/ ill try to make some sense of it all/ ill try to pretend that i can still stand/ this is my paper world these are my paper friends/ this is my paper life cutting me to shreds/ and with my paper knees down on the paper floor/ ill cry my paper tears and pretend it means nothing/ and ill try to understand/ ill try to make some sense of it all/ ill try to pretend that ill be ok/ but i’m not intoxicated enough to smile about us just being friends/ you want to draw it just like it was/ and i’m here just trying to keep from burning/ this is my paper face it says everything’s ok/ but those are paper words and its getting warmer/ this is my paper song straight from my paper heart/ this is my paper love these beautiful ashes/ and ill try to understand/ ill try to make some sense of it all/ ill try to pretend/ that i can still breathe/ but i’m not intoxicated enough to smile about us just being friends/ you want to draw it just like it was/ and i’m here just trying to keep from burning
Hooray for life
Heaven walked by whilst i’s crying shed its own few tears/ looking back i see its been raining over twenty years/ hooray for life hooray for me/ i believe i could take this bottle and empty it tonight/ or i could bite down on this lead and paint the sky with my mind/ i hope you make it to the wake/ i hope you stay awhile/ i hope you run away with me/ i hope you come/ heaven broke down every dam and set its waters free/ last night i felt for a moment that they could let me be/ hooray for life hooray for me / now i could chew these couple pills and let my madness go/ or i could tie this brilliant knot and let my spirit run/ i hope you make it to the wake/ i hope you stay awhile/ i hope you run away with me/ i hope you come / heaven heard me screaming here and let its lions loose/ all i’ve done is change their mind now they’re after you/ hooray for life hooray for me / i could sing these couple songs and make it through the night/ or i could throw myself to the ocean and wash up with the tide/ i hope you make it to the wake/ i hope you stay awhile/ i hope you run away with me/ i hope you come
Clarice
Her mom and dad they set me down last night/ they told me to find a way out of their lives/ they spoke in great detail about what i’m not/ not smart or rich not even handsome enough/ we’ve got her on our side so don’t even try/ and then they closed the door and turned out the lights/ but you must understand/ she is my only hope, my every breath, my entire life/ i started crying then i started to run/ i ran and cried myself face first in the mud/ i pounded my fist scratched my face till i bled/ and wondered if i’d ever see her again/ and then i looked up to the sky to see god/ i saw him nowhere and i started to shout/ i said god you must understand/ she is my every breath, my only hope, my entire life/ i walked back to their house with nothing in mind/ but to destroy the ones who’d taken my life/ i found in their back shed the things i might need/ to rid the world of two such monsters as these/ when i crawled through their window they were asleep/ but just until i yelled and tore off the sheets and said/ you just don’t understand/ i will not let you take my life, my hope, my breath from me/ i began to soak them with gasoline/ her father cried oh god i’m begging you please/ i said you ought to know your god has no ears/ and you say nothing he’d be interested in/ with his own shovel i hit him in the head/ till i could see his skull and brain on the bed/ i thrust that shovel right through her mothers chest/ then with a saw i found i severed her head/ i looked around and could not find my clarice/ then lit a match and your boys dragged me down here/ officer understand/ i could not let them keep me from my angel, my best friend/ i said now officer you must understand/ i could not let them take my heart from my hand/ then i guess he thought this was the best time/ to tell me my clarice was caught in the fire no/ how could this happen/ i let my life, my hope, my breath slip through my hands
Heaven don’t want me for its alter boy
I’d smash my voice against this rock and id/ pull my years out one by one/id change this mask to anything/to know for sure that we were wrong/ you’re coming up to the end of the story/ my pot of gold is sinking down to the bottom of every sea/ you have to know/ that heaven don’t want me for its altar boy/ and you don’t need any sort of wonder boy/ well i was hoping you’d come/ i’m hoping you’ll help me out/ i was hoping we’d last/ i’m hoping you’ll find a reason/ to stick around cuz/ heaven don’t want me for its altar boy/ id throw my eyes right through this wall and id/ break my teeth out one by one/ id chain my fears down to the ground/ to prove to everyone that they were wrong/ you’re coming up to the best of the story dear/ you’re the gold/ i’m learning to swim yeah i’m jumping in/ i hope, well i hope you know/ if heaven don’t want me for its altar boy/ i’m headed straight at you girl/ so hold on tight/ and let yourself go darlin / you swear you will not fail again/ so take my hand we’ll take this on/ hold my head believe i love you/ and hold this heart and know that i am here/ cuz heaven don’t want me for its altar boy/ i’m heading straight at you girl/ so hold on tight and/ let yourself go darlin
I don’t want to be here anymore
This is a portrait/ it looks like emptiness/ it tells the future/ it’s far too honest/ i don’t want to be here anymore/ these are some voices/ they scream and melt my mind/ they wake me up at night/ to tell me secrets/ i don’t want to be here anymore/ if you want to help me then tell me we’ll be ok/ and if you want to hold on then hold me don’t let me go/ and if you want to keep me then don’t let me walk away/ i don’t want to be here anymore/ these are the pieces/ of dreams i used to have/ i pile them up right here/ one day they’ll bury me/ i don’t want to be here anymore/ this is a heartache/ much like a wrecking ball/ it loves to crush my mouth/ it wants to fuck me/ i don’t want to be here anymore/ if you want to help me then tell me we’ll be ok/ and if you want to hold me then hold on don’t let me go/ and if you want to keep me then don’t let me walk away/ i don’t want to be here anymore / i don’t want to be a nuisance to you/ but i don’t think i can make it here/ please just take me hours and miles away/ i don’t want to be here anymore/ are these my feelings/ it hurts when i’m awake/ much like a paper cut/ on both my eyelids/ i don’t want to be here anymore
Last stand at union station
Last train and its/ nearly gone and you/ won’t stay but you/ hate to go and you’re falling apart/ and i hang on every word that you say you say say/ want him and you/ want him here but/ here i am and/ here i’ve been for the last three years/ but i understand that you want it that way/ i’m feeling numb and my direction is off and i’m falling away/ feel alone and you’re/ feeling down and you’re/ thinking that he’ll/ be around but i’ve got bad news/ spent all of your time in the wrong place place place/ look my way and the/ whistle blows and i’m/ thinking that you better hope that there’s somebody here/ there’s someone you know when you come back this way/ cuz i’m feeling numb and my direction is off/ and i’m falling to pieces/you wanted it all/ and i’m feeling done and my direction is off so i’m walking away/ yeah i’m walking away