Grandfather clock

Here I sit so patiently
Waiting for the knock
I watch the hands chase each other around
That old grandfather clock
Why oh why
Must you make me fret
And leave me here stranded among these regrets
Its a childish game
The pastime of fools
All 'cause of you
I pace the floor been scratching my head
And feel that old familiar dread
I look out the window but the shades are pulled down
And my baby ain't nowhere to be found

No word
No word to say, no word today
You said goodbye, you wouldn't even try
To say one more word.
Pray out, pray out your heart and soul
Pray out, pray out your heart and soul
All the good you've done wasn't in your control
And the bad things in your life, you had to decide to do 'em
And the good people who helped you,
They'll still see you in ruin, when the time comes

Money in the Bank
Just like money in the bank
Just like gasoline in the tank
Like a ray of sun from above
That's my love
Like the moon shines on the lake
Like the birds sing when you awake
Like a ray of sun from above
That's my love

Stained Glass
I know you good boys
Don’t ever fight
Don’t you bother at all
Coming round here tonight
The gold begged the question
In a voice unclear
Where those bullets ringing
Way back in your ears
I’ve seen some coldhearted people
Doing lowdown things
Double crosses to bear
Just laments left to sing
So don’t you weep my Virginia
No price can repay
It’s the dirtiest deed
I must do today
It’s the loneliest highway
We’re traveling on
Always shifting and changing
And the passage is long
But there’s a stained glass cathedral
At the end of the line
Where I know I’m bound to find
My little windowpane to shine

Cat Autry
I wish I could be gene autry
Back when a cowboy sang his story well
I wanna make my great grandfathers proud of me
Ain't gonna die in no cheap desert motel
I told my ma and pa don't worry about a thing
'Cause this here guitar
Is gonna get me there you'll see
I drove the plains in a dusty pick-up truck
And all the shooting stars took a hard left turn and headed straight for me
Fancy that, I thought I was allergic to cats
But it turns out, I was just getting used to 'em
Got a funny feeling
No one's gonna know where I'm at
As long as I pretend the truth and hide the facts
Autumn chill blows through my window pain
Living in sin is a stolen idea you’re never gonna win
Tied down by the silver of the rain
Into arid breeze, the scrub brush is my cot

Squabble
Left the dictionary open to "e" epiphany was staring me in the face
Emblematic of the static and the heat, the kitty cut the fence.
Ricky he's now a red sock, the streets of oakland filled with sqaubbles
Communication in desperation, la la la la la la la la la la lee
Ran out of stationary can't keep in touch at least that's what my parents
Would have me believe.
Futuristic to a fault and, of course, the city fenced me in
Ken griffey he's now a red (thank god)
Streets of frisco filled with rubble
Excommunication in desperation,la la la la la la la la la la lee

Hole in Our Hearts
There’s a hole in our hearts
Darkest black
Where things go in
And they don’t come back
You can’t hide it with sticks or stones
You can’t fill it in with bones
There’s a hole in our hearts
Darkest black
Where things go in
And they don’t come back
You can’t hide it with wealth or wine
You can’t shroud it in your pride
You can’t hide it with sticks or stones
You can’t fill it in with bones
Though you may try to boast and brag
You can’t shroud it in a flag

Tomorrows
I'm giving back all my tomorrows
I'm letting go of what I can't see
I'm getting back my joy and sorrow
I think I'm done with feeling in between
You led my straight into the light
That blinded me with sight
And you took what was given and
Gave it new life
I'm awful grateful to you now
Heady consciousness abounds
And lonely hills were once oceans
Oh, I thought you knew
You led my straight into the light
That blinded me with sight
And you took what was given and
Gave it new life

Catfish
I hear the whistle blowing
Been working hard all day
But I’m home in time
To smell the catfish fry
Red beans and rice on the side
The baby’s off to sleeping
And we ain’t far behind
Let the cool night air
Ease your mind
Makes you glad just to here everytime

Anchored airplanes
Out my window the stars are falling
And i'm not wallowing in the flood
And the only question that i need
Answered is why you branded me this way
Forgive all wrong was and past transgressions
No indiscetions are ever enough
Fill up the whole of my soul with happinesss
Still i won't know what this woe is all about
On the cold dark mountain the stone is trembling
And i'm remembering that you had to go
And all those old trees have seen the sunshine
That which i now pine for to warm my heart
Suspend you own doubt and wasted worry
We cannot bury our hearts in the sand
Walk to the shore through my door of happiness
Until the tide begins to divide and birds turn into sky
In the windmill shadows the light will flicker
Black gold forever, streaking down the hill
Like anchored airplanes catching the swirling
We'll start unfurling the inward folds of hope
Still willing symbols of sacred fearing are
Loathed with blaring horns of the lost
Fall to the depths of accidental happiness
And fill the hole in your soul with the promise of eternal strife
Eternal life...

Aching Bones
I'm aching bones and mournful tones
Just the embers left after a blaze
I'm scratch and dent worth 50 percent
Of the bygone glory days
When we would walk hand in hand
Through the old pine stand
And gaze at the valley below
And point out a house
We were dreaming about
At the end of a quiet road
You're a budding rose in pretty new clothes
You're a joyful symphony
You're the shiniest star in the heavens by far
Won't you come back to me

Resurrection
Resurrection is hard, interment is the easy part
Constitutions are in shards, running ragged in the tether ball yard
Superstitions are involved, and evolving is no fluke
Constellations then infused, and twisting orbit is sure to ensue
Fragment of firmament, ride the tectonic continent
Resurfaced facial plans, are the new dandies' ends
Accursed wonderment is a hobbling, biting friend
Filamented brain in a bulb with a gas of either/or
Sense cemented wisdom culled, and equal death of shame and valour.
Fragment of firmament, ride the tectonic continent
To your home, sleep home, to your home, sleep home.