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SOAK THE SIN

I've got to buy some shoes
These ones are getting loose
My feet are shrinking in the sun, and it ain't fun
But it looks like rain up ahead in forty miles
A big rainbow took the blue sky refrain:
I'm gonna tell my mamma I love her so
And thank you for giving me these bones o gold
I'm gonna run from my home
Jump in the river, and let the water soak the sin in my soul Fine time we all crossed lines
Make the music that makes us feel fine
Rednecks on sundecks hearing a hillside romeo say
`Boys this is the good shit so come on yall and eat a little bit`
And if I ever go back home I'm gonna set refrain Don't even say a word, it confuses me
What he says to do, is that we don't have to
We don't have to

TONES OF HOME

What do you think they would say
If I stood up and I walked away
Nobody here really understands me
And so I'll wave goodbye, I'm fine

refrain:
Tones of home
Said you don't like the way I'm living
You don't like me
Tones of home, Tones of home
And so I'll wave goodbye
I'm flyin, I'm flyin home And I always thought this would be
The land of milk and honey
Oh but I come to find out that its all hate and money
And there's a canopy of greed holding me down refrain See I'm so high to you, so I'll fade away
I said you're on your own
Your mom and daddy said, and your sister said
And your brother is saying
Everybody, is saying everybody, is saying I, eye, god I gotta go!

All my friends patronize me and they say
Yo hey boy have you found what you're looking for
It seems they don't really know me cause its here
And its what they can't see....

refrain

I WONDER

Hey I'd like to daze away to a place no one has known
In a state of mind I could call mine and only I could own
Where I can hum a tune any time I choose
And there's no such thing as time
Where I can feel no pain just calm and sane
What a place for one to find

refrain:
Now ya see I'm watching everything I do
And they're watching everything I say
Why won't they leave me be?
Why am I even here?
I wonder
You leave me wondering
Won't you stop watching me
I said they're watching me, watching me, watching me Now in my corner I got the ceiling in my eyes
Arms holding up my knees, and rockin' back and forths my life
I didn't mean to feel this way when I walked into the door, lord
Then they ripped away my memories
And I can't remember who I was before refrain I only wanted to be sixteen and free

PAPER SCRATCHER

Shuffle can to can nobody really gives a damn
For every living day I give myself a hand
Mow I'm scroungy as can be, I got all you normals looking at me
I'll scratch a hole in my life so everyone can see

refrain:
My mind is a mind that I have come to know
And my eyes can't conceive a world that cannot grow
And Fridays are always fresh days Screamin' at the sun, don't really know what he has done
He don't believe in god and a world as one
So he rambles through the weeds
And he will sleep beneath the trees
On the day I die thank god my soul will be released refrain I've seen all your eyes and I've seen all your faces
Can you tell me honestly that you wanna be free
Then look in my eyes I've been lots of places
Cam you tell me honestly that youd want to be me Honestly

DEAR OL' DAD

Come now listen babe
I gotta reason why I behave
Like a child with a light in his eyes
Runnin' naked on a cold winter night
I'm like a pigeon thats spreading its wings to fly away to better things
Like a hammer that has made a dent in every single cent youve spent

refrain:
Said oh god you got to help me a little bit
youve got to have a relief file for me Now I know I'm always right
That's a thought that never even crossed my mind
Don't touch me there I've got to be pure
So smack that hand and read this verse
So I wrecked your life what the heck
My new found faith will pay by check
This lifes took a toll on my soul So this is me and thats my song
And I guess you can see we don't get along
Ive shut the doors on what we had
So now she can sleep with her dear ole dad
My eyes are dry and our hands are clean
And I cant believe all the things I've seen refrain

Oh my god!

CHANGE

I don't feel the sun's coming out today
It's staying in, its gonna find another way
As I sit here in this misery
I don't think I'll ever see the sun from here
And oh as I fade away
They'll all look at me and say
Hey look at him I'll never live that way
But that's ok their just afraid to change

When you feel your life ain't worth living
You've got to stand up and take a look around you
Then a look way up to the sky
And when your deepest thoughts are broken
Keep on dreamin boy cause when you stop dreamin
Its time to die
And as we all play parts of tomorrow
Some ways we'll work and other ways we'll play
But I know we can't all stay hhere forever
So I want to write my words on the face of today
And then they'll paint it

And oh as I fade away they'll all look at me and say
hey look at him and where he is these days When life is hard you have to change

NO RAIN

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view but itts not sane, its not sane

I just want someone to say to me
I'll always be there when you wake
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that theres no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
It rips my life away but its a great escape...escape...escape All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
You don't like my point of view
Ya think that I'm insane
Its not sane... its not sane

I just want someone to say to me
I'll always be there when you wake
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made

DESERTED

Grab my knee and look at me and try to tell me
I'll be home soon
Asleep in my bed and unstoned
I'm tired of me this way

refrain:
I don't know what I've gotten into
But I'm glad that its now instead of sooner
This desert heat has crowded me strong..
With a wish I had for winter Its not as gentle as it sounds
As though it sounded yesterday
When I heard a leaf of my life hit the ground
As a bottle cap flew from my fingers I don't know what I've gotten into
But I'm glad that its now instead of sooner
This desert heat has crowded me strong.
With a wish I had for winter
And the sand blew in my eyes I stood on the edge and looked down to see
The light of a new life shinning up on me refrain

...With a wish I had
The sand blew in my eyes

SLEEPYHOUSE

No time frame for what I need to do today
Here at the yellowhouse
I think that I'm gonna play
With some free living lads down the street aways, away

As I feel the moon rise
the time that all feels is the right time
Here in our sleepyhouse
As I wipe eye bugs away
The candle flickers at me to say
And in my head I sometimes pray

Hey arent ya feeling fine
As I was as a little child
And I'm feeling better when I'm high
With a red light shinning on a little unity The mistakes that I've made
No they don't seem to bother me
And I sure as hell don't feel like I've missed any kind of train
If I could only show you how I feel
Then you wouldnt bother me
And maybe then you'd see
Why we don't mind being blind

As I was as a little child
And I'm feeling better when I'm high
With a red light shinning on a little unity
I'll probably be in a little while

HOLYMAN

I was born on the banks of a hot muddy river
The child of one stupid steamy night
Born to roam beneath the sun
What do you think of me, I'm better left alone

I met a holyman who said that he knew the way
And he'd like to show me so my life won't go astray
Take my hand child now little boy don't you be afraid
I'll take your soul and walk on water refrain:
Holyman you don't understand
The cuts on me they run much deeper
holyman you rightous man
I've been shown the way a thousand times
Not one a keeper Older man he said I'll tell you boy you've planted rotten seeds
And in a land of happiness
They'll grow us evil trees
Gulped minds, and eyes that will never see
HollymanI'll tell you just what it is that I believe refrain I gotta look away HolymanI tell you man you gotta believe in what you see
Cause its you who corupt us man and deep throat philosophy
I don't need your spells or the little games ya try to pull on me
Come to think of it I don't need you religion refrain Gotta get away
I wish you would understand
everybody prays
Let me find my own way

refrain

SEED TO A TREE

As I shit, I sit and wonder why
My floor is so cold and my back broken tired
But life is good even though it won't be long
With a candle comes emotions
That dance with the shadows on my wall
What were your thoughts
As they went flying through your mind
Compared to what you feel
From the bars you're now behind
If they could speak, what do you think they'd say to you
I do believe you'd been better off if you'd just told the truth

refrain:
Never had a problem til I stood face to face with me
And I wish there was a way for me to go inside so I could see
All the faces of the people who have torn a piece from me
As I grew from a seed to a tree Can you feel the power of the eye
That's hidden away 5 feet from where we lie
What do you taste when you take a drink of me
Is it to much for me to ask if I asked you to leave
Please just leave, cause I want to be alone There's a fine line, between love and my feelings for you
High time I washed it all away
Unkind I watch your future burn before you
Denied a chance of any love in your life
And I ask you one time....why? refrain

DRIVE

His feet are dirty
And his face, his face is long
And while he's peeking out
Through his hair he hides the pain
Til that Lennon song comes along
He'll turn it off and say can you drive
Jimmy we need to borrow this for a minute
Cause we need to escape

Now theres so many things that he's gonna do
In 5 lifetimes hell I couldnt do em all
Yeah and while he's rolling his own smokes
He says to me he's buying a new ride today
A classic deal the boss will give
He said the same thing two weeks ago You've seen that sweaty jet rag feeling come over him
And I've seen that boy knod into a dream a time or two
And on his way out hisglazed stare will make you stop and wonder
Hey William is that the last time I'm gonna look at you
But then the next day the phone will ring
And it will be him
Can you drive

Jimmy what would you say
What would you do
Oh should I pray
Or do you think that this blind mind would listen to me...anyway

TIME

All these people they won't leave me alone
And we need a little time to ourselves
And half the reasons why I'm sketchin' all the time
The result of this life in hell
But oh well, I think its time

My faith is falling like the leave from atree
The pockets both take it away
The sun warms by body as I'm sitting on a swing
Watching columbus clouds bring in the rain
Oh well I think its time to go My mind is playing tricks on me all the time
To let you know that I am real
And all the worries you build up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still
Mean you can feel
That its time to go Are you fed up, are you fed up with me?
Do you think that you could do better?
Do I think that I know better?
Do they think that they know better? Five fed up faces with the itch to kill a king
Blood red sunrise, and a breat to air that's clean
I drink from the faucet, from the porch I take a pee
I look at you through the bushes
Where you can't see me I laugh and slip into another state of mind
To let you know that I am real
And all the worries you build up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still, mean you can feel
That its time to go