Lyrics to unreleased, rare, and live songs
A-Train

playing  hard
hard to get
with this girl
i just

meet on the
A-train home
she was stitting
by the pole
when it came clear
denim coat and heels

hey
i fell in love with the girl on the subway
hey
i'm loosing my mind I'm crazy they say


I'm too shy
must admit
laugh when I talk
it's nothin'

priceless like
her cunning (face full) smile
she corners on
the brink of great
now I don't remember my name!

hey
i fell in love with the girl on the subway
hey
i'm loosing my mind going crazy they say


I Am the Man

All these spare parts
well they make me feel alone
all out of date and fishing for a home
so many faces much like a ghost
if only one could clean the mess
instead of bakcing up 2 steps

don't mind me
we're obsolute
Not the fad, not in style

i'm the man
whose gonna change the world





Last Rights


Happy now that i am fine
i don't seem to like your kind
always making girly whines
waste of our time

I'd like to think that you were that blind
no makeup,  clever disguise
cleaning up my mess
that i leave behind


is it justified
all must be a crime
come on come on read me my

last rights
last rights
last rights
last rights

somday you'll just start to fade
people here will stop to say
hey remember those guys
what's their name?

forever we'll be on their minds
stop for a photo or a sign
Never the image your music outshine


I could be like you in spite
of all i say and do that's right
hey man for you, big crowd tonight



i could spread my arms out wide
be like you pretend to fly

you and yours ya know the kind
the ones who think the stars are mine

hate to bear to you bad news
no one here ,well cares for you
wrapped up in your own
disabilites





is it justified
all must be a crime
come on come on read me my

last rights
last rights
last rights
last rights

Lady Luck


As I lay
here half asleep
I can't help
help but think
I want you
and you want me
it's alike a dream
that sets
you free............
it sets you free...........

lady luck
lady luck

I can't behave
not now you see
I can't help
or cure this disease
this isn't my
best face to show
can't calm (fight) the storm
that she brings
on.............
brings on..........


Yesterday's Clothes


finally getting around to tucking in my shirt tail
stepping off the plane aching for fresh air
get past the claims with nothing in my pockets
hanging on by the thread

of my clothes, i'm just here for the weekend
meeting up with some friends
i've got no occupation
i'm just who i am

in my valued (high priced, vague) opinion
your just like a ghost
my first impression was
you look better in clothes (not one of hope)
change the look it's dirt


Radio Song

It's in your head, that radio song?
why? because you like it? that's wrong
no one knows the words but they
can sing them and it goes this way...... it goes this way

you say a.... bunch of heys
just sing hey

and your singing that radio song
singing that radio song radio song

It's in your head and it won't be long
you'll buy the cd just for that song
then you feel dumb and you'll feel bland
for helping them : bands you can't stand..... you can't stan

Rocket Ship

gonna get a rocket ship
and fly right out of space
gonna make it quick
get the hell out of this place
gonna get a kick
scoring all the winning goals
not gonna make me sick
glory never grows old

listen up while your shifting shapes
help me out, help me escape
in my rocket ship....

gonna ride the hole in sail
and make the waters safe
gonna make you dissappear
leave without a trace
gonna come back again
with a look right on my face
saying hello my friends
did you forget or misplace

listen up while your shifing shapes
help me out, help me escape

in my rocket ship

(Up Against) the Ropes

I could sing a revolution
or break down walls
Giving credit to undeserved
will surely kill us all

Listen to yourself when you talk
be an angel when you fly
or the weight of the world
can make you live all of your lies

It's reason for me
up against the ropes.....believe
Hope set's us free
up against the ropes.....that's me

Life will surely leave us dry
better  hello then a sad goodbye
all our days are numbered my friend
will your heros save you then

Secret Sale

freely i slip
pain in my chest is no disguise
from this i hid
keeping the promise of my demise
layer by layer
sheding out of my skin
follow the leader
and let the games begin

flat broke and pale
shoes are worn from riding everywhere
knee deep in shit
write down the messeges' she never kept

secrets sale
to the highest bidders

Opinion

i'm not into
sneakin in the window
not gonna hide
underneath your bed....under your bed
i'm not up for
solving your riddles
not gonna take back
anything i said
I said......

why can't i be one who tells the truth..truth
and puts out this fire that burns right thru


don't wanna hear
your opinions of me
wanna wake up
with you under me
don't wanna hear
your reanditions of me
wake me up when you smell the coffee  



me i'm into
sleeping the day thru
'right after staying up all night...up all night
me i'm up to
being the left shoe
that you put on
only when the right one has tired....tired

why can't i be the lightening from your sunny sky
what a bad turn of events oh well we tried

Take Me Back

open up
(front page) the newpaper
see if i
can spot(find)myself
loosing  my
self in the glitz filled life (in the publie eye)

(so i sit back)
wonder where it all went right

was too little that late
where the pleasures (good times) that great?

take me
back to yesterday

looking  for-
ward to death
my hair
falls out the grayer it gets

(so i sit back)
wonder where it all went right

was too little that late
oh god i've mistakes

take me
back to yesterday

Drink up

Stuck like the tape to your shoe
love out of lay-a-way soon
pretend that i hung the moon
summers' around the corner soon

but you just can't stand the heat
and deep down inside you wanna be me..

but i'm not for sale
cuz i cuss and swear
down is my luck
to all the people here....

drink up

Ever So Often

How did i find the way here
all look black but disappeared
fall was fast i can't complain
what happens now is hard to say

i don't know why i'm here
all i know is that i never came
to my senses in the first place....first place

how did i find the shooting star
that lead me half this far
i'm not the man you need
can't believe you trusted me


I'd die
to get in your coffin
i'd be
yours ever so often
i'd scream
if you were'nt the reason
that i breathe

so you mind my shit
but you haven't got it yet
see me i just don't care
fake a cure pollute the air


In-between

Ever time i wake up, i get caught in between
all the shit that i say, take it for what it means

cover it with makeup, so i can't see
think it's time for a breakup, can't see you with me

and now all your say
are lies to me
but i can't help but believe in everything

please.....i'm inbetween
please.....i'm inbetween

now you say it's bad luck
that brings you to me
and how you wanna straight up
forget that you meet me

and now they all say
feelings they fade away
 can't hold onto the past
make it last (come on baby)


Song for the maybe's

glad to hear
that your not well, baby can't you tell
tip my hat
you messed me up, right in a rut
please to find
you've moved on, wer'nt we fun?


maybe i'm not hans solo
maybe i'm not the captian of the stars
maybe i'd make you happy

but maybe's don't live very long
but now maybes have a song

Headcase

it's all gone to shit
feelings get put away and i can't deal
with the false security
when your with him my heart kneels

work it out and make it better
write you a song or send you a letter
none for all and all for none
throwing stones at me is fun


all my fault
i don't blame you
all my fault
not like i saved you
all your fault
you should touch base
all your fault
your a headcase

Voices Down

I'm coming at you from behind
right on in past the exit sign
i'm gonna give you all that's mine
make you feel it make you high

cuz i....i believe in trust
and i....I believed in us

don't say nothin' at all
don't even make a sound
don't say nothin' at all

voices down
voices down
voices down
voicse down

Love me or leave me

you say my songs are bad
and how you can't understand
why i waste my time
in a rock n roll band
you laugh at everything i do
and you always put me down
but one day you'll change your tune
yeah you'll....you'll come around

love me or leave me girl
make up your mind
your running out of time
and your wasting all of mine

you try to play it cool
like it's your idea
did you think you could alter
the way, the way that i feel
well nothing has changed
i still remain the same
i know that i deserve the fame

rachel

with a wisper she spoke her name
remember it like yesterday
hang'n on the words that she'll never say
i'm all ears ther's no shame
when she's around its paradise
yeah she sets my mind at ease
tongue gets tied and i can't breathe
small price to pay you see

but the same stars still shine
and the're gettting further everynight
the courage that i keep
is just my fears oversight
and when i sleep
i dream that it happens to me   (yeah)

cuz i'm still leearning how to love you
and i'm still learning how to care
well it's just a cinderella story
us going anywhere

Don't sleep with her tonight

hey there angel
are you ok
i don't deserve you
but you got me anyways
i could wisper
your name and hide
but i would rather
scream it from the moutain side

cuz i am dying by your voice
guilty by my only choice
please release the symphony
that's plays my past right here
in front of me

listen to me
when i say goodbye
careful you might
see me if i cry
we were never
really close you say
i don't want it
to turn out this way
don't sleep with her tonight

under the whiteout
your words they hide
definitely maybe
the best cd alive

Keep it up

this has never happend before
in my line of work i'm gone done for
no mistake this is large in crimes
who would want this life of mine
i can't get out and i can't hide
now i've got nothing to loose

i'm having trouble keepin' it up
i'm getting lazy messin it up
i'm getting into more than i can get out of
i'm getting into more than i can get out of

i   can't    keep it up
i   can't    keep it up

now what they say is making sense
before you get out your too deep in
blame me for all of mankind
but i don't raise your kids nor mine
i can't get out and i can't hide
yeah i've got nothing to loose

cigarettes in heaven

i wanna live the life fit for a king
drink from the fountain of youth till it's empty
rid around in a long black limousine
sit around all day and do nothing

now's no time to get concerned
or give back all the things you've earned
i hope forever you sleep well

give me back what was my life
and i'll owe you
can't you see there's nothing left
help me break thru
hope and pray to return someday
like they miss you.

i;ve heard they've got cigarette in heaven
and they smoke them with the fire hells given
there's no need for time clocks on the wall
no get out of bed early phone calls