Calling Albert Einstein
well i'm calling albert einstein, i'm looking for an answer (2x)
i had another one of those crazy ideas
where everything is relative
just not to anything else
just not to anything, not to anything, not to anything else
well i'm calling albert einstein, i'm looking for an answer (2x)
i had another one of those dreams
where i'm flying at the speed of light
through space and time
through space and time
well i'm calling albert einstein, i'm looking for an answer
i had another one of those visions
where i look just like me
but i'm really someone else
but i'm really someone, someone else...
Under the Influence
when a thought occurs to me
i wrap my mind around it, take my time about it
eventually
that thought becomes reality
life is in flux, it turns and becomes
what it will be for right or for wrong
say nothing at all and just feel
i spend all my time on nothing at all
thinking whatever thought comes along
here today, tomorrow gone...
The Truth is Hard
you can start by facing the truth
just do what you know you have to do
i can help you
but only if you want me to
you can start by facing the truth
break through and forget everything you thought you knew
i can help you
but only if you want me to
the truth may wound your pride
and the truth may break your heart
it's easy to believe a lie
when it makes us out to be more than who we are
but the truth is hard
you can start by facing the truth
and stop forever singing the blues
i can help you
but only if you want me to...
Don't Suffer the Rain
she said life is never simple, empty of tomorrows
a landscape of distant yesterdays
it's about change, staying sane, about love, about hate
moments captured, moments thrown away
she said look for the sun, but don't suffer the rain
she said life can drag you down
play you the fool, make you the clown
wipe that smile right off your face
accepted or rejected, cared for or neglected
understand the nature of the game
she said look for the sun, but don't suffer the rain
she said look for the sun, don't suffer the rain
she said a mile is still a mile, you can walk, you can crawl
stay the course, or go your own way
whatever happens happens, sadness becomes madness
nothing ever stays the same
she said look for the sun, but don't suffer the rain...
Of Tyrants, and Kings, and of Fools
of nations come and nations gone
of tyrants, and kings, and of fools
of deeds, and heroes, traitors, and lies
a song i will sing for you
as history unravels in sorrowful tales
and the years go rushing by
listen if you will my friend
to a wanderer's lonesome cry
every mountain, the sea, the fields of green
for as far as the eye can see
are filled with the shadows and echoes of war
the fought, and those yet to be
whose child is this, alone in the world
whose sadness knows no end?
what of the widow whose one true love
shan't see their home again?
a maiden fair gowned in white like light
with a star upon her brow
stands alone in a tower of stone
a victim of a broken vow
who will come to her whose hope as set sail
and disappeared over the sea?
who will come to her who is free to leave
and yet never can truly be free?
so come all ye dreamers, your visions can wait
have you something to give to the world?
come all ye seekers, what have you found
besides fresh graves and banners unfurled?
come all ye speakers of words noble and brave
speak - or pray hold your tongue
come all ye lovers of freedom so dear
arise, our moment has come...
A Dash of Sun
i'm hysterical and cracking, and only just beginning
racing through the forest where the leaves are slowly falling
if suicide is madness, then i am no exception
you are who i dream about when no one comes to call
i can't be crawling softly, scaling walls of sadness
when all the people laughing are pointing rigid fingers
when all the doors are slamming, but you continue sleeping
when all i have is chaos, and all it does is linger
i haven't thought of summer, but was thinking of a garden
beyond the realm of reason where there's nothing left to know
i was dancing in the shadows, but don't remember moving
have you noticed how the grass around here never seems to grow?
i'll play my game of marbles with the planets if i want to
and if the universe implodes, don't say i never warned you
my image is distorted but reflects an urgent message
send for me tomorrow if you've nothing else to do
a dash of sun for mother and all her children melting
like flowers in a vase no one notices are wilting
i'm floating in a prism, one of my own making
with windows in the floors, and pictures hanging from the ceiling
someone left a circle where they knew that i would find it
i picked it up, looked around, and stuck it in my pocket
if i find a secret passage rest assured that i will use it
leaving you and my delusions to ponder what is sacred...
Sameness
the world does not revolve around you
evolve around you
man it dissolves around you
sameness is nowhere
no one is who they think they are
no one is what they want to be
no one is where they want to go
they've plum run out of dreams
sameness is everywhere
words are only spoken
thoughts just circle in our heads
and the only things we remember
are the things we just can't forget...
Phases
i was watching a movie, losing track of the story
staring at the screen, off in another dream
my eyes saw actors moving, my mind was elsewhere thinking
deep in it's own thoughts, about i don't remember what
it's time well spent, it's time i let go
i still always wind up here, where i am
it's the how that i don't know
images blend in color, i come and go for hours
catch the occasional scene, then return to my dreams
reflections on the wall, shadows down the hall
me, sinking in my chair, seemingly floating in thin air
it's time well spent, it's time i let go
i still always wind up here, where i am
it's the why that i don't know
i'm not always clear on what i've been shown
not always sure of the way that i've chose
some days i walk in grass, some days i walk on stones
the plot unfolds, and then it unwinds
the final fade, i'm alone in the night
some days i don't know, some days i'm just fine...
All That is Dear (music by jason smith)
all the miles have been run, all the years have gone by
all the songs are sung, and all the tears are cried
all the stories have been told, what was is long gone
the new has grown old, and right has gone wrong
is it too soon to be too late? too late to change?
it's been so long, why'd i ever come this way?
i think i come, i think i go
all i ever do, really, is wonder
and somewhere along the line i lost track of the time
and somewhere along the way i lost track of the days
and then the years
then i lost track of my dreams
and of all that is dear to me...
Think Long (Look Far)
think long, and look far
take a step towards being who you are
dream long and set yourself free
take one step towards who you want to be
sing a song, watch the grass grow
let your mind go where it wants to go
stand up, take a deep breath
the time is now to be yourself...
