Lyrics

COSMIC CONNECTION
Long down this road
After all that was said
How did we lose
The common thread

Can’t do this alone
And no man could
Release the resistance
Let it go for good

Cause we’re made of the same things
Flesh and bone
With the hopes and the fears
and the dreams of our own
I choose reflection
On the cosmic connection

We’re all in the same collection
Only here for a moment
In the grand scheme of things
You can’t control it
All we can do is be
Present and taking in
The here and the now
Hoping for harmony
I’ll say that out loud

Cause we’re made of the same things
Flesh and bone
With the hopes and the fears
and the dreams of our own
I choose reflection
On the cosmic connection
We’re all In the same collection

Cause we’re made of the same things
Flesh and bone
With the hopes and the fears
and the dreams
I choose reflection
On the cosmic connection
We’re all In the same collection

1978
Climb aboard, we’re leavin’
Trip down memory lane
Train has left the station
Only goes one way

Cartoons in our PJs
Slinky on the stairs
Shootin’ hoops in the driveway
Wearin’ out our Keds

We’ll unwind time today
We’re goin’ back to the old heartland
Union Pacific train
Two tickets, we’re homeward bound now

Magic Eight Ball readin’
Leafin’ through the seasons, yeah

Where have all those gold days gone?
Like maple seeds circlin’ down
There’s no turning back this train
Still memories keep comin’ round

Lunch box on a school day
Walkin’ rain or shine
Dodge ball on the black top
Off to Gilligan’s Isle

Twelve kids in a kickball game
Making forts out of junk we find
Big sister makes sure I’m ok
Porch bell rings. Run home for dinnertime.

Lava floor, we’re leapin’
Leafin’ through the seasons, yeah

Where have all those gold days gone?
Like maple seeds circlin’ down
There’s no turning back this train
These memories keep comin’ round

WORK OF FICTION
In every commendation
There’s a validation
But it raises questions for
Always wanting to have more

There’s gonna be ignition
In getting recognition
But when I seek notoriety
I never can sit quietly

In the mirror of their eyes
I try to glean and analyze
Seeking reciprocity
Leads to coming up empty

I made a story with heroes and villains
It came to light as a work of fiction

See me
When I just can’t seem see myself
When I’m going down
Can you see me
When I just can’t seem to see myself
Before I’m found out

I like to be outnumbered
So I’m unencumbered
Of expectation to fight fair
When I see them standing there

I lead myself up on a hill
After I went for the kill
And when the crowd won’t chant my name
I crumble down and pass the blame

I made a story with heroes and villains
It came to light as a work of fiction

See me
When I just can’t seem see myself
When I’m going down
Can you see me
When I just can’t seem to see myself
Before I’m found out

A shocking twist that was written
Revealed the truth that was hidden
Disguised inside of the work of fiction

See me
When I just can’t seem see myself
When I’m going down
Can you see me
When I just can’t seem to see myself
Before I’m found out

LONELY EXISTENCE
It’s a lonely existence
When you find you’re stuck in your secrets
It’s a lonely world
When voices in your head are all you’ve heard

On your own
A soul that wanders paths overgrown
Bridges burn
Bad habits are cutting you off from the one thing you yearn

It’s a lonely existence
When you find you’re stuck in your secrets
It’s a lonely world
When voices in your head are all you’ve heard

Remember when it started sweetly
An innocent venture, curiosity
Liberation from frustration
Gradually drifts to isolation

Left for dead
Something that once made you feel connected
So misled
Now it leaves you nothing but neglected

Descending, pretending
But you’re falling all to pieces
Hopeless, helpless
You reach out for someone to guide you home

Slowly, surely
You’re guided back inside

It’s a lonely existence
When you find you’re stuck in your secrets
It’s a lonely world
When voices in your head are all you’ve heard

Let ‘em in
Free yourself of the weight you’re carrying
And then you can do the same
For someone else when you hear them call your name
Come home

JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE

I wake up
and look around
to find you still lying down

Open your eyes
and calm me down
I’ve been waiting since the sunset until now
and I have to ask

What does it feel like?
smiling all the time
Bringing light to the darkness of the night

How can you sleep
in a a time like now
keeping that fire to yourself

You can’t leave us all here waiting upside down
when the world without your smile is just a frown
I have to ask

What does it feel like?
smiling all the time
Bringing light to the darkness of the night

And the wind opens my eyelids as I fade into the sky
you know I’ll travel miles and miles to look into your eyes
wondering why the world stop spinning
every time you pass by

And the waves stand in ovation
as they look to see you smile
Then they fall back in the ocean satiated for a while
longing for their turn to come again
they’re lined up for miles and miles

And a cloud hangs from a mountain
with a promise to the wild
The rain falls to the forest
and from the forest to the ground
From the ground comes up the flower
blooms and hopes the time is now

To see you smile
Oh to see you smile

PLEASE EXPLAIN

I can’t hear you talking
To me baby girl
Distant music in the rain

Please explain
Please explain

I don’t care if it’s a
Complicated story
You can detail everything

Please explain
Please explain

What you are thinking
What are you thinking?
Baby I’ll jump through your hoops for all of that pain
Making me afraid
What you’re not sayin
Please explain

I can tell when your eyes
Are filled filled up sorrow
Maybe cuz you’re just like me

Please explain
Please explain

There’s a way a father’s
Instinct knows his daughter
Your secrets are kept safely

Please explain
Please explain

What you are thinking
What are you thinking?
Baby I’ll jump through your hoops for all of that pain
Making me afraid
What you’re not sayin
Please explain

What you are thinking
What are you thinking?
Baby I’ll jump through your hoops for all of that pain
Making me afraid
What you’re not sayin

What you are thinking
What are you thinking
Baby I’ll jump through your hoops as long as it takes
But this heart breaks
From what your not saying
Please explain

CARELESS

I let the glass slip through my hand
Now there are shards scattered across the the land
I can’t forget the sound that it made
I can’t forget all changes you gave

I’m so careless
I can hardly bear this
I swear, this is my last
Ran across the planet
I can hardly stand it
The damage left in the path of my past

Oh no, no, not again
That’s a promise I never can win
And that’s the thing that I could never tell you
Until now
I’ll just lay it down
I’m sure you knew
I’m careless it’s true

I built a fire that burned way too bright
Fed by my whims that fueled me all night
From nights of indulgence to morning contrition
But deep inside I knew it’d come to an end

I’m so careless
I can hardly bear this
I swear, this is my last
Ran across the planet
I can hardly stand it
The damage left in the path of my past

Oh no, no, not again
That’s a promise I never can win
And that’s the thing that I could never tell you
Until now
I’ll just lay it down
I’m sure you knew
I’m careless it’s true

I can’t believe reasons I made up
I’ll never get back the time I waste
And I know that you did me a favor
When you told me
You told me
Get your shit together

I’m so careless
I can hardly bear this
I swear, this is my last
Ran across the planet
I can hardly stand it
The damage left in the path of my past

Oh no, no, not again
That’s a promise I never can win
And that’s the thing that I could never tell you
Until now
I’ll just lay it down
I’m sure you knew
I’m careless it’s true

WHERE I BELONG

Sugar sweetens up the lemonade
A garden fence, must have a gate
A birthday cake burns for its candles
A sneaker’s lost without its lace

It’s in our nature
We were never meant to fly solo
A promise needs a solemn word to keep
A handle needs a hand to hold

With you here beside me
I’m right where I belong

A chord won’t ring until it’s found its third
A stream’s a flood without its bed
The sun don’t rise when you’re in outer space
A hat is hungry for a head

It’s in our nature
We were never meant to fly solo
A promise needs a solemn word to keep
A handle needs a hand to hold

With you here beside me
I know where I belong

Every whistle needs a breath of wind
Every story always has an end

With you here beside me
I’m right where I belong
Where I belong

CALIFORNIA

I stretched myself across four states
New lands, west coast, where my dreams lay
I trade amber clay roads for the
Sea foam and the endless sun rays

‘Cause I was never told that I wasn’t gonna get
The things I want the most
But people always say, “If it hasn’t happened yet
Then maybe you should go”

Come get me out of California
No leaves are brown
I miss the seasons in Nebraska
My dying town
Thought I’d be cool in California
I’d make you proud
To think I almost had it going
But I let you down

Too hard, to find reasons to stay
Even true love could not persuade

‘Cause I was never told that I wasn’t gonna get
The things I want the most
But people always say, “If it hasn’t happened yet
Then maybe you should go”

Come get me out
Come get me out
Come get me out
Come get me out

SOLITUDE
In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love
I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere

I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad
In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send me back my love

LOST COUNTING
You’re counting on me
But I’ve lost counting
Could you be happy
if you subtract me
One by one the days keep coming
And they all just seem to mean
nothing to me
I tell you I know you need someone
But I just can’t cause I’m on one again
And when it begins it never ever ends

When you count on me
Problems multiplying
They keep on adding
and the math’s not mathing
Every night I make a promise
To get it right
But if I am honest I’m a mess
I tell you I know you need someone
But I just can’t cause I’m on one again
And when it begins it never ever ends

You’re counting on me
But I’ve lost counting
You’re counting on me
But I’ve lost counting

I AM OPEN
Seeing you everywhere
In every car and in the mirror
Wishing that you could care
Realize that I’m right here

And I’m open
I am open
But can’t stop the door from closing
I’m open
Here’s to hoping
I can keep you going
And I’m open
I am open
But can’t stop the door from closing
I’m open
Here’s to hoping

The time I gave you my guitar
I hoped and prayed it’d take you far
You traded it to get you high
I just felt like I had to try

And I’m open
I am open
But I can’t stop the door from closing
I’m open
Here’s to hoping
I can keep you going
And I’m open
I am open
But I can’t stop the door from closing
I’m open
Here’s to hoping

I’D LIKE TO WRITE YOU
I’d like to write you a love song
Cause nothing’s really going wrong
Not today
Keep it right here where we belong
I wish this could go on forever

I’ve done so much traveling and
so much unraveling and
you put me magically back together
There’s something unexpected
No one could have ever guessed it
It’s nothing second best, it’s all-time

I’d like to write you a love song
Cause nothing’s really going wrong
Not today
Keep it right here where we belong
I wish this could go on forever

Seems that I ran out of road
I’ll always find my way home
I’ll never leave you alone for too long
Cause when you know, yeah you know
And I will not let you go
So I had to write it down for all-time

I’d like to write you a love song
Cause nothing’s really going wrong
Not today
Keep it right here where we belong
I wish this could go on forever