Not Like Us

They say you gotta be
like him, like she is
but not like us
cause we don’t like anything
we know what’s real
when we’re touchedthat's when we feel
and it’s not like us
to offer up just anything

the hotel’s been sold
for a cocktail and a loophole
and it’s just like us
to never have heard anything
our town is complete
with white shirts and mean streets
and it’s just like us
to be so bored with everything

They say you gotta be
like him and like she is
but not like us
cause we don’t like anything
out here it’s well known
you learn what you’re told
but it’s not like us
to go a long, go along

 

To Turn Back Now

it’s on the wall
every single word
all the ones we learned
could compromise
for real and open up
the deepest cuts that have been concealed
i feel naked, and I’m freakin out

i love you all
but if it’s not enough
or when it’s way too much
it’s hard to satisfy
the feel, with the audience and the six of us
on just one idea
i’ve been faking it, I know nothing about……….

it’s too late to turn back now
i wouldn’t know how anyway
but i’ll promise you the world again
but I don’t know how and I don’t know when

i still believe
in songs as kings
that melody
helped me to survive
and steal, one last look
on the chance we took on something real
nothing’s sacred but I’ve been devout

it’s too late to turn back now
i wouldn’t know how anyway
but i’ll promise you the world again
but I don’t know how and I don’t know when
it’s too late to turn back now
i wouldn’t know how anyway
but i’ll promise you the world again
but I don’t know how and I don’t know when

 

Alibis

meet where the crops don’t grow
on the onion snow
don’t be late, don’t be mad
strike up the band somehow
cause I don’t get out

the owners were not impressed
now there’s chicken scratch
in the back, in the dark
barely a compromise
but this is what it’s like

would you miss it?
does it sound alright?
can we get high?

Hey man where you been at
surprise attack
on your mark, on your knees
hook up your friend sometime
it’s been nickel & dime

mistaken by rifle fire
through chicken wire
underdogs, undermanned
look at the other side
cause i don’t have the fight

would you miss it?
does it sound alright?
can we get high?

I gotta ask you I’ve been having issues
you keep using alibis some of them too many times
I’m gonna miss you so I really need to ask you
you keep using alibis some of them too many times

would you miss it?
does it sound alright?
can we get high?
can we get high?
can we get high?
can we get high?

 

Fundamental Blues

I’m not the life of the party
and when its time to you’ll be the first to know
sentimental leaves hang on to the trees too long
because when they fall they don’t know where they’ll go

one at a time
follow your heart you and go out of your mind
when you hear free advice

We were dead on arrival
after awhile it was all for show
ornamental weeds so stiff in the breeze so
bright in the summertime the same in snow

one at a time
follow your heart you and go out of your mind
when you hear free advice
a rose is a rose
down in the dirt is where everything grows
and that might be hard to swallow

we are all in denial
trying to change what we can’t control
fundamental blues been put to the screws you know
I just want to know when it’s time to go

one at a time
follow your heart you go out of your mind
when you hear free advice
a rose is a rose
down in the dirt is where anything goes
and that might be hard to swallow
a rose is a rose
down in the dirt is where everything grows
and that might be hard to swallow
fundamental blues been put to the screws you know
I just want to know when it’s time to go
I just want to know when it’s time

 

Honest Bill

one little lie
could leave it behind
up ahead there’s not a single trace
of the whole case there’s no ties

Honest Bill
don’t do as you say you will
look away
desperate hands are reaching in the till
c’mon Bill it’s the way to a greater good

Honest Bill
shoo-fly on the windowsill
take the cake
the bottom’s is a sticky hell
c’mon Bill if you can then you better will

with one little lie
you could leave it behind
up ahead there’s not a single trace
of the whole case there’s no ties

Honest Bill
position and dismiss yourself
can’t erase
the secret that you never tell
c’mon Bill there’s a hole that you cannot fill

with one little lie
you could leave it behind
up ahead there’s not a single trace
of the whole case there’s no ties

Honest Bill Honest Bill
Honest Bill Honest Bill c’mon Bill

with one little lie
you could leave it behind
up ahead there’s not a single trace
of the whole case there’s no ties
up ahead there’s not a single trace
of the whole case there’s no ties
up ahead there’s not a single trace
of the whole case there’s no ties

 

Control Freak (I Know, I Know)

I know I know I know I know
gotta have it under control

Don’t be late for the early show
I gotta have it under control
Check in and out when you come and go
I gotta have it under control
I know I know I know I know
I gotta have it under control

So fancy in plain clothes
I gotta habit outta control
Turn a blind eye keep a clean nose
I gotta habit outta control
know I know I know I know
I gotta habit outta control

It’s too late for sorry
It’s long and it’s storied
I get the feeling we’ll never see
that the little things make the bigger difference

crystal clear when I’m all alone
I gotta have it under control
Eli’s here and he’s coming home
I gotta have it under control
I know I know I know I know
I gotta have it under control

and the little things paint the bigger picture
so clear and well defined
throw the biggest fit and make such little difference
and takes so much goddamn
I know I know I know I know
I gotta have it under control
I know I know I know I know
I gotta habit outta control
I know I know I know I know
I gotta have it under control, I gotta have it

 

Strange Powers

sage advice for the new kid
always stay out of the deep end
the warnings they give are insulting
they told us the road was open
but “that strange powers had shut it all down”

strange powers through the windshield
the traffic’s been hours at a standstill
everyone’s nearly frozen
but warming the whole thing over
strange powers were out and about
their out and about out and about

State cops are the witness
how I went eighteen hours missing
the radio dial full of phonies
I was coming to see you only
strange powers
kept me from that

strange powers elicit
amazing strength and wisdom
you are who you are for the moment
with only the shit you’re holding
and strange powers believe it or not
believe it or not believe it or not
believe it or not, believe it

then came the best part
happened after dark
I felt a new spark
when it got out of control
got out of the car
the gages were low
but I know right where we are
can somebody please confirm or deny
we’re more than half way back
in a long line

late night suspicions
too late for the early edition
we’re out here and nobody knows it
I hope when the road gets opened
strange powers tell it like that
believe it or not
believe it or not
believe it or not
believe it

 

Whiskey Ditch

There’s a patch of woods in the neighborhood
If you’ve never been well you better would
Everyday after school all the kids would go
To the boundary from LP(Lincoln Park) to West Wyo(missing).
the boundary from LP to West Wyo.

To the east there’s rock where the highway ends
there’s a butterfly trapped in a spiders web
Face your fear or meet your doom
or never see it through to the red caboose
never see it through to the red caboose

Two men died on Deadman’s Cliff
Fostered the legend of Whiskey Ditch
Lived there forever in Whiskey Ditch

there's a ten speed wreck and a broken arm
a sucker fish down in the stagnant pond
Old man Litz got a salt pellet gun
Harvest up the corn boy’s c’mon let’s run
Harvest up the corn boy’s c’mon let’s run

Two men died on Deadman’s Cliff
live there forever in Whiskey Ditch
live there forever in Whiskey Ditch

There’s a patch of woods in the neighborhood
If you’ve never been well you better would
Everyday after school all the kids would go
To the boundary from LP to West Wyo
the boundary from LP to West Wyo

the mainstream called it heartbreak ridge
but that means nothing to a neighborhood kid
Two men died
in Whiskey Ditch
in Whiskey Ditch
in Whiskey Ditch

 

Decide

guns for hire
open your eyes hold your fire
take aim at the great unknown
it's fast approaching,
I didn’t jump I was roped in
and we may not escaped alive
but we done pretty good till now

the way it’s been going
we need a pretty good showing
at stake is a state of mind
it's down to the wire
last call for you all to retire
go away, just go away
we done pretty good till now

made up my mind I can’t decide
play catch up or run for your life
all the way to the front or stand outside
made up my mind I can’t decide

so heavy
up until now it’s been steady
slow pace on the Pricetown line
the way it’s exploded
with ripples felt far from the ocean
and when we get lost we get high

made up my mind I can’t decide
play catch up or run for your life
all the way to the front or stand outside
made up my mind I can’t decide
made up my mind I can’t decide
made up my mind I can’t decide
made up my mind

 

New Year's Day

Pigs root forward chickens scratch back
make resolutions to change the patterns
when buildings shake and highways fracture
it’ll be okay

the car was stole from right out back
unlock the door because it’s natural
no mistake or near disaster
could make that change

heard our song on the radio
but you don’t listen anymore

run to daylight face attack
go go go so unattractive
life is short and dreams are massive
and cannot wake

to seize the January moon
springtime held the door for you
December’s gonna be here soon
it will not wait

do you wanna play mind crazed banjo
ready or not here we go, here we go
.
it will fall to pieces if we keep taking pieces out
all the airtight reasons opened up to doubt

Pigs root forward chickens scratch back
the revolution ain’t all that matters
take two steps back come down the ladder
we’ll be okay

here we go around again
promise try and keep it simple
you never know what you’re in for
on new year’s day

heard our song on the radio
but no one’s listens anymore
do you wanna play mind crazed banjo?
ready or not here we go, here we go.

Na na na na Na na na na Naaaa
here we go around again
promise try and keep it simple
Pigs root forward chickens scratch back
Pigs root forward chickens scratch back
Hey Yeah, Hey Yeah, HeyYeah