AIR FROM A TINY HOLE

the way things have been for me lately feels as though
i might never see the light at the end of this tunnel
vision prevents me from seeing the beauty around me and
whether or not i should see you as a threat or a blessing

this blow-up mattress i sleep on is leaking air from a tiny hole
there's so much shit in my room my room is not my own
and ironically in this mess of life and possessions
there is nothing to keep me warm... a thread or a blessing

ALL IN YOUR HEAD

you're with someone new again
and i wish that you were dead
and i could wish til Kingdom Come
or admit that i miss you some
but for now i'll wish you were dead

you're with someone new again
and i wish that we were still in bed
you said we could make it work
if i wasn't such a jerk
i think it's all in your head

and i could be your rosencrantz
if you gave me half a chance
i think it's all in your head

AMANDA (written by andy dibiaso)

amanda i am sorry that i am here
and you're so very far away for me to feel near
and you know i've been waiting for someone
to lift me up out of these clouds i've known for so long

so baby don't go crying
without me there to hold on to you and your hand
and tell you everthing is gonna be okay
we'll be together someday

i never thought i'd ever get the chance
to be with you and tell you how much all this makes sense
and now that we have parted please don't forget
i'll always be willing to give you all that i can

so baby don't go crying
without me there to hold on to you and your hand
and tell you everthing is gonna be okay
we'll be together someday

ANDY, WHO ARE YOU?

and we've come so far from where we were
i wonder if we were ever there
and it's so hard on my head

we're not who we were when we began
i wonder who we ever were
or who we are
cause it's so hard
it's so hard on my heart

andy, who are you?
i don't know you anymore
i woke up from this dream
and we aren't who we were
anymore

i drove by your place in my car
you said metallic blue was cool
i know we could be so much more
you'll see

andy, steals the car when i'm asleep
he never could get very far
he's gonna break down on your street
you'll see

AT THE PARTY

you can avoid me
you can act like you don't see
me at the party
standing here with my hands free

all of these people
they smile and talk and mingle
they're all having good times
at the party

i can't avoid you
it's not easy in this crowd
here at this party
voices boom and basses loud

what was i thinking
i laugh and shout, i'm drinking
i haven't the faintest
at this party

no one said you'd be here
between the cigarettes and beer

maybe it's me or maybe it's you
or everyone here's got a clue
maybe everyone but me

had been so long since we last spoke
remember when our hearts broke?
remember when we were friends?

maybe it's just like my mother used to say
maybe it's just like she said

she said
you never fit in

BEST OF LUCK

"are you
out of your mind, dude?"
i asked as i poured myself
another glass

he said, "no, man."
and leaned on the trash can
he stubbed out his butt and
laughed and shook his head

"how do you know if
she really loves you?
its not like you havent made
this mistake before."

he said, "i just know.
as sure as the wind blows,
as thin as my hair goes,
this is the real thing."

and later i went home
feeling a bit stoned
thought long and hard about
what i said

and either he's stupid
or dealing with cupid
as long he's not just out for a quick fuck
i wish him the best of luck

BITTERSWEET PART ONE

you never knew
what you would do
when the choice to go or stay
was put upon you

put on your best face
puff out your chest
but your patience for me is
the true test

i can only stand so much use of
words like "bittersweet"
we both know there's no such
thing as a compromise

fairweather friend, farewell my friend
it was good to see but better to leave you
and i can stand to do without being
so polite and cordial

BRIDLE

as it turns out
i'm no better than i was
all the lying and cheating and stealing has
left me for the worst

how could i know
i was running in reverse
all the stopping and stalling and hoping
for more

things got out of control at the rodeo
you got to know how to make your horse go slow
when you say whoa

BRING BACK THE PANTS

if you don't got no where to go
berkeley's hills are a bay away
and if you've got no one to call
our man seabass is on the way

if it don't got no where to go
alphabetize and file it
if you got too many files
alphabetize and file them

and if filing files don't make no sense any more
what'll we do when we're bored?
what if we threw the vacuum cleaner down the stairs?
what if we threw the amplifier down the stairs?
what if we threw the furniture down the stairs of our apartment?

what if we moved the moose head a little to the right?
what if we choose the ashe over the black or white?
what if we lose another game of rock paper scissors?

bring back the pants

COMPLICATED

i know where you went that night
you didn't go home
but i'm not sure of how you feel

if you were just too tired
you didn't have to lie
and make it all so complicated

i thought things were pretty clear
when we got off the phone
but i'm not sure of how i feel

and i am just so tired
i ain't gonna lie
and make it all so complicated

DEARBORN AND MANZANITA

this damn dog is running circles all around the kids in the backyard
and the sun is almost down, it's orange rays setting fire
to every leaf on every tree on this hillside that is ours
and all the birds have called it a day
in the only way a bird can call it a day
and your hair it smells like silver
if silver had a smell it would be the most beautiful smell
and the wine is all drunk up and our bellies filled with luck of all
the days and nights we've spent together since the day we first met
and i wonder if this is the time of my life

this cat is standing up on the screendoor in the kitchen and your sitting at the table
with your face stuck and your wishing there was cash enough for coffee or
the coffee was as good as we remember
and we can not forget about the morning songs the birds sing out
and how our feet feel underneath the blankets and the old laundry
and laughing in each other faces morning breath and intimacies
you say, "i don't want to have sex, push your back against my breasts"
and "let me wrap my arms around you, let me lie here and figure out
if this is the time of my life."

DUNDERPATE

you remember who i am and what we almost...
were you there the night i stood outside your room til light?

i'm the dunderpate
should have called but now it's too late
and now you're with someone new

we kiss with our hearts
we said we'd never be a...
part this sea of tears
sorry you're gone and no one's here

i'm the dunderpate
should have called but now it's too late
and now you're with someone new

8TH GRADE

it's so fucking clear
how it's gonna be
between you and me

it's so very clear
how it'll be now with me over here

and you over there
nothing can compare
to acting how we did
when we were in 8th grade

it's always the same
you win or lose the again
win or lose a friend

the rest of junior year
will never be the same
with me over here

and you over there
nothing can compare
to acting how we did
when we were in 8th grade

boys boast in the locker room
girls purge in the john
everyone is worrying
about which team they'll be on

and it's always the same
can we just be friends?
it's all up to your cool
like it was back in high school


ELOPED TO VEGAS

well i guess
you were pretty mad
when i told all of my friends
we were secretly married in las vegas (by elvis)
but you didn't have to get so mad i know he is dead

and dont you know that everything i make up
is secretly what i want?
and dont you know that when i die your heart
is where my ghost will want to haunt?

your mom was shocked to hear the one
about the auction block
you wanted me so bad you paid cash
how about that?

FELL IN LOVE WITH A CARBOMBER

you can live without me
but why would you want to babe?
you can hide my car keys
but how would i get around?

all these things you insist
on throwing in my way
all these things
you insist

on throwing in my way
these obstacles you love to shove
into my face

this pleasure you get
from tripping me up
well, it's more than you need
it's more than enough

so i apologize
and you say, hey what's the use?
it's like kicking up the sand
into my eyes

this affairs getting rough
and way too dangerous
time bomb, bail bond, jail time
come on out with your hands up

and these things you insist
on throwing in my way
all these things
you insist

throwing in my way
these obstacles you love to shove
into my face

the pleasure you get
from tripping me up
well, it's more than you need
it's more than enough

so i apologize
and you say, hey what's the use?
it's like kicking up the sand
into my eyes

back when our love was new
i would open doors for you
i can't live with the truth
but i will consider it


GLASS IS HALF EMPTY

she says my glass is half empty
but I'm hard tied to agree
it's just leaky
and one day it'll split in two
and one day it'll break in half
and i'll be a big joke
and everyone will laugh
at the man who's glass is half empty

HIGH HEAVEN

will you still love me when i'm dead?

and will you still sleep in our bed?
or try to say that we're only friends?
will you wait for me in the end?
will you meet me in high heaven?

I HATE MUSIC

after the show we go
out to the car and drive slow
let's not listen to anything
let's just sit in the quiet of the highway
i say i'm too tired
you say they were really great and i agree
but i can't listen to another beat
another note would be too much to take
can't we give the radio a break
cause right now
i hate music

IN A STRANGE PLACE

where do we go now?
travelled 3,000 miles away from you
and i find myself in a strange place

this timezone's got me all fucked
and i want to call you up

IN THE HANDS OF KONG

jenny thinks i'm an asshole
she's so afraid she'll get burned
she always thinks she is so right
never has nothing to learn

jenny thinks i'm a freakazoid
and that i am never wrong
jenny thinks i've something to hide
problems bigger than king kong

why won't you save me from this death?
why won't you save me from this end?
like king kong

IT WAS OVER

it was over
before it ever began
what were we thinking?

where were our minds when
our bodies were intertwined?
oh, where were our minds?

it was over our heads
a technical joke
why weren't we laughing?

where were our hearts when
everything came crashing down?
oh, where were our hearts?

remember you once told me
"home is not the same without you here"
oh, my dear
and all of these stupid words and cliches ringing
in my ears remind me that you're not here
and it's over...

it was overdue
we knew it needed to end
so why did we fight it?

where were our guts when
it came time to give it up?
oh, where were our guts?

remember you once told me
"home is not the same without you here"
oh, my dear
and all of these stupid words and cliches ringing
in my ears remind me that you're not here
and it's over...

JUST ANOTHER BAND

we are just another band
and i am just another singer
and what has brought us here today
another one of life's cliches

if i kick you in the groin
will you ever learn
when it comes to kissing girls
you must wait your turn

if your mother was my friend
you would be my friend's kid
and we'd sit around and think
about the things we never did

KLONDIKE KATE

and the snow
it wont stop falling
it isn't romantic anymore

i can't find my car
forgot where i parked it
i know its here somewhere
and under the guise of being cool

i'll act nonchalant
like it's no big deal
being stuck here with you
and the new guy you've been seeing

talk about awkward
if only i hadn't come over lastnight to tell you how i feel

MY BABY HOPPED THE TRAIN (LEAVING MEMPHIS)

my baby hopped the train
the train leavin' memphis tennessee

my baby's up and left me
she's leavin' memphis tennessee

she's goin' to her momma
way down in new orleans

my baby hopped the train
the train leavin' memphis tennessee

my baby's gone and left me
she's leavin' memphis tennessee

i said baby don't go but
man, she ain't hearin' me
you broke my heart baby...

baby baby baby come back to me
i said baby won't you please come back to me?
come back to your man
here in memphis tennessee


SHE LIKES TO GET HIGH

she likes to get high
she likes to get high
she gets confused and sad
and can't talk to her dad
which sucks because they used to be such good friends
and her dad likes to say that it's all a passing phase
it'll all go away someday

16

she's just sixteen years old
unaware of the hearts that she stole
she puts up her hair without a care
she's just going going gone
she's just there

she listens to jade tree
when she's down on her knees
praying to God not to let her feel too guilty
she's only sixteen

she's just sixteen years old
and just barely curvy underneath those clothes
she can laugh like an ass
she's just going going gone she's just crass

SUMMER WAS A CARPET

when we left new jersey for new orleans
we knew we'd be back
and eventually you would leave me
when you packed your things for university i understood
95 never looked so good

summer was pulled out from beneath our feet
and we can never go back
to new orleans

when i drove to see you for halloween
we weren't the same
and when it came time to leave
i drove home through the leaves and thought of june

summer was pulled out from beneath our feet
and we can never go back
to new orleans

10 YEARS

ten whole years
after i met this girl
i fell in love with her
and i why i had to wait so long
i'll never know

i was just a teenager
with rock 'n' roll on my mind
she was just a teenager
a couple grades behind

and i never knew that it could be as good as this
i never knew, i never knew
am i crazy or just crazy for jennifer?
i only wish i didn't have to wait

we went to a football game
we went to the park
we laid on the floor in her room
and looked at the stars

THE NEW DEATH SHOW

where've you been?
where you been hiding?
haven't seen you around
haven't seen you around

thought you were gone
thought you were dead
did you miss my hands?
did you miss yer bed?

where've you been?
where you been hiding?
haven't seen you around
haven't seen you around

sorry about before
sorry about after
and the whole disaster
wish i could say more


where've you been?
where you been hiding?
haven't seen you around
haven't seen you around

TIMBER

i swear
when that tree
fell on me i thought it would hurt more than it did
and everyone around me
stood in shock and said "he must be dead"

granted i did feel a little light headed
like i was
floating above
everybody else

standing there with their flannels and sad faces
i swear i never heard
the word
"timber"

ULTIMATE TEST

years ago i would have said
a clumsy fool like me deserves
opposite of all these things given to me

and saying this i recognize
my selfishness, my foolish lies
and all the reasons i've left to fight

and if i fall flat on my face
try to forget all the mistakes i made and the rest
i put myself through the ultimate test

years from now i'll just be glad
this clumsy fool once had the chance
to live inside this kind of life

and saying this i recognize
the love you'll find in other eyes
and how i should push you aside

and if i fall flat on my face
try to forget all the mistakes i made and the rest
i put myself through the ultimate test

WHAT WILL WE DO?

i'll be huck finn
and you'll be tom sawyer
and we'll go and have
adventures together

what will we do?
what will we do when this city burns down?

the U-district's nice
with all of it's lights
Christmas is close
we'll walk in it's streets

what will we do?
what will we do when this city burns down?