Baby Buddhas and Little Einsteins: 2002

1. Thunder and Lightning

Thunder and Lightning outside the window.
I guess the world is coming in.
And I've been sleeping with one foot out the door.
There's too many people in this bed.

You say it's full of lies and I think it's just about time we
throw off the covers they're soaked through
I just remember this thing differently
I've got the picture in my head
I just remember our thing differently
You say, and I know what you meant

Seven sisters, for every year you held me
Painted up ladies in the den
Listen tell me, do the walls whisper of me?
Can't help you there they've given in

You say it's full of holes and I feel bought and sold
right down the river into the sea
And I just remember it differently;
I've got the pictures in my head
And I just remember it differently
You say, and I know what you meant

The truest love will lead you, down the darkest path,
deceive you, and leave you swimming in the muck
Your eyes have terrified me, turned
cartwheels here inside me.
Did I miss the calm before the storm?

You say it's full of lies and I think it's just about time
we throw off the covers they're soaked through
I just remember this thing differently
I've got the picture in my head
I just remember our thing differently
You say, and I know what you meant

You say but I know (what you what you meant)
You say but I know (what you what you meant)

Thunder and lightning, outside the window,
I guess the world is coming in

2. Ballad of 99

This is love's final hour.
The stone is etched in and the day is still.
But I'm alive on top of my mountain,
exchanging punches with the wind.

And you say you've got something I just can,t do without.
Well I've done now it's coming for you.
Stop me here in the rafters. Stop me here in time.
Don't take my troubles over,
just leave me here in the Ballad of 99.

It's not the height that I'm afraid of.
And all of the steps up don't phase me still.
Cause I'm asleep here up on my mountain,
exchanging dreams with my only one.

And you say you've got something I just can,t do without.
Well I've done now it's coming for you.
Stop me here in the rafters. Stop me here in time.
Don't take my troubles over,
just leave me here in the Ballad of 99.

Don't let her wake up, only to find
another day's gone by into the night
She's rocket ship, but she's all crash
and burn and burn and fall.

Learn to fall with grace and fool them all.
She's rocket ship, but she's all burn and fall.
Learn to fall with grace and fool them all.

3. To the Nines

Paint a rosey picture of your life.
Hang it on the wall next to your lovely wife
and hope for the best.

Blind fold on probably get you half way home.
It's gonna take you twice as long, so give your tired feet a ride.
How many times will you swear to the stars above,
You're not making time, you're making love?
And you're not just in love with the idea, alone.
yeah, give me something,yeah, give me something good and I'll believe

Quick sand, man, I'm grabbing on to all I can.
Swallowing the dirt and sand
till the work week takes us Down, alive.
Down in the belly of the corporate beast,
He's looking for a snack. I want a feast
And it's all right till you think you've got it made,
you don't
Yeah,Give me something,yeah, give me something good and I'll believe

Fixed on the lights of the houses below,
Dreamtime is my time it bends,
And then it ends

Here's a couple things I know
You gotta take it, take it slow
Be sure to step lively though there's hidden land mines
In your own backyard
I was kind of hoping, you could show me
All the ones you tripped, ones you left in peace
It's ok if you can't find the words
They're gone
Yeah,Give me something,yeah, give me something good and I'll believe

I've sauntered; I've squandered and stumbled alone.
Buried thoughts, smothered feelings,
we know how this ends...
Best years behind you, the weight on your mind is heavy.
Your troubles, dressed to the nines, your story spit-shined
You're Ready for what?

Fixed on the lights of the houses below, dream time is my time,
dreamtime is my time
Dreamtime is my time it bends
But then it ends

4. Backyard Stars

All out of chances
Caught in a dream
Out jumping fences I'm not what I seem

Don't talk, nobody's listening.
Don't listen you wont like what you hear.
Don't talk, it's well under way, it's well under way

Blood on the gym floor; trash on the news
one long commercial; they say we must choose

Between madness,and blind acceptance;
Enlightenment,and paying the bills.
Greatness or just being ok
It's well under way

Between lightness,and eating your heart out
Loving, or living with lies
Dreaming or just being today,
It's well under way

5. Giddy Buddha

Oh friends we're all baby Buddhas and little Einsteins,
Always scratching at our heads
And we're caught in a firestorm;
we've got cold feet and burnt faces.
You know we're gonna find it, the long way round and...

Really, is it all carved in stone yet?
Really, I thought you had the plans
Tell me- can you handle the sinking?
Will today be the Lincoln, for your heart?

Oh friends we've got one dime and ten choices
Do you know where you left them; you're nerve and your legs?
Oh man, here's a new map to an old system.
You know you'll gonna need it
when you pick up your feet

Really, is it all carved in stone yet?
Really, I thought you had the plans
Tell me- can you handle this feeling?
Your head hit the ceiling. The floor is rising

Anytime here now,
Anytime here now

And I won't be the calm to your storm.
No, I wont be the reason you put that pretty face on.
CauseI've been moving this mountain
A little bit, stone by stone
A little bit, stone by stone

6. Dear

Lonely, are you done? Are you gone?
If I pushed you over your edges , have I won?
Lonely, are you well? Are you sure?
You're laughing and feeling good,
It's not a cure

Oh when I look in the mirror,
I don't like the man I've been
I'm older but nothing is clearer
I'll take you straight to the point
You don't love me-
Then

Headlights and low-lives ahead
Street lamps start to look like friends
Baby, I'm just a simple man
Have you taken all of this life that you can?

Oh when I look in the mirror,
I don't like the man I've been
I'm older but nothing is clearer
I'll take you straight to the point
You don't love me?
I'll take you straight to the point
You don't love me-
I'm just dying to get your attention,
And you're just trying to let me go
I'm just dying to get your attention,
And you're just dying to let me go
Let me go
Into the troubled mind
Into the trouble mine

Lonely, are you down? Are you out?
If I'm the only man left standing have I won?
I'm justified; been charged and tried- I'm not free.
Just addicted to a twisted- security

Oh when I look in the mirror,
I don't like the man I've been
I'm older but nothing is clearer
I'll take you straight to the point
You don't love me

7. Tattoed Lady

Come crashing down on me
You know just where I'll be
The funny thing about expectations,
it's like watching fire works on TV
It's easy and nobody gets burned

Crawl up on your lap,
you shut me down with one silent slap.
And I am the thorn in your pride
Unknowing bearer, I serve to remind

If these are the debts of my life,
how come I've been paying since I was five?
If this my only birth right then hell,
The queen is in

Find something else to believe in,
before you take mine
Find something else to believe in,
before you take mine away

It's been such a long time
Since you were down at my size
I'm growing on a weak frame that unsteady and unsafe
Today I'll make my first mistake
Today I'll feel my first heartbreak
Today I'll see myself as, just not good enough

If these are the debts of my life,
how come I've been paying since I was five?
If this my only birth right then hell,
The queen is in

If we could peel back the layers of time
and words that burn, silence's icy grip
Laying out in the summer sun
standing on a cell that's just split

8. Salt the Sea

It looks better in the morning light
cardboard fences.
Looks better through your own eyes,
caught in that trap
And I'll sing so you can hear me.
And I'll be here after you've gone.
What am I waiting on?

You jump right from the picture
to you conclusion
If this ain't a pretty pop song,
then you can stomp your feet.
And I'll rhyme, so you can get me
And I'll strum, your favorite tune
What am I holding?
What am I waiting?
What am I holding on to?

Looks better in the morning light
But it's hard enough to get yourself by
Looks better through your own eyes
But it's the same it's the same it's the same
Looks better in the morning light
But it's hard enough to get yourself by
Looks better through your own eyes
But it's the same it's the same it's the same

9. Pefect World

I wanna be there when you find it
Worn out and shaking you'll be fine,
though, you'll be fine
And if the fates aren't with you, no,
You just make your own.

Show me the picture,
it's the face I can't describe
And let me know you,
you're the song stuck in my mind

And if the wind picks up,
we'll leave this all behind
But when the sun sets on your
shoulders one more time

Will you be?
Will you be?
Will you be laughing?
Will you be?
Will you be?
Will you be dancing?

It's not a matter of; you take a picture of,
Your favorite piece of life
then keeps your eyes shut
Until it's all a dream
Let's pull it at the seams,
We'll pull it at the seams,
don't keep your eyes shut
In my perfect world
In my perfect world

Perfect world lay me down
And when I dream tonight, I'll dream of you
And if the fates aren't with us no,
we'll just make our own

Will you be?
Will you be?
Will you be laughing?
Will you be?
Will you be?
Will you be dancing?

It's not a matter of;
some dopes are born with luck
and all the rest of us just keep our hopes up,
until it's all a dream,
let's pull it at the seams We'll pull it at the seams,
don't keep your eyes shut

In my perfect world
In my perfect world
I wanna be there when you find it.

10. Blue

You're gonna loose your mind
Your pride is close behind it
But maybe when it goes
You'll see the stars aren't hiding from you

I'm gonna take a trip
10,000 miles and sea sick
But maybe I'll forget
just how it feels to be so…

Blue…
Blue…
From holding out hope for you

So baby don't be afraid
I'm lying here beside you
And every bed we make
We'll tuck in a corner
For…

Blue…
Blue…
From holding out hope
Are we holding on too tightly?
Holding out hands wrapped around Nothing

It's all where you're standing
and if I'm the one dispensing the wisdom Oh no-
Can't save your friends
from turning in their beds at night
From holding their breath
and sinking to the depth of,
sinking to the depths of
Blue

You're gonna loose your mind
The past is close behind us
And everyday we turn
We turn away from someone…
Blue, blue

I dream we're dancing in the cool night air
Stars are shooting they'll take us anywhere and blue,
I left you for dead

It's all where I'm standing
and if I'm the one dispensing the wisdom Oh no-
Can't save your friends from
turning in their beds at night
From holding their breath
and sinking to the depth of,
sinking to the depths of

Blue
Blue
I dream we're dancing in the cool night air