LAST CIGARRETTE (by Duncan)
But I wont smoke my last cigarette, and I wont do no bad deeds
And I’ll give you anything you ask for, anything you need
Trying to unwind I find a feeling I once knew
Existentialist trying to dismiss the urge to rush on through
But if anything, if anything, I will provide for you
But I won’t hold responsible what I think is true
And I think you do
Everyone is waiting around, it’s like I’ve finally found an excuse to run
All these things are happening the same, and I cant explain why I’m having fun
What happened to the things we use to know
I guess it proves everything just goes to show
Waiting on pins and sins, within my own pale skin, I’ll throw it in the trash bin
I waited just to ask you the way to refrain from that play and still capture the day
I wanted to explode inside your show
But patience is a virtue, don’t you know
Anything, everything, or nothing that you do
I will be right beside, staying true to you
Til I turn blue
BACK AND FORTH (by Duncan)
I suppose that I could fly away
But you know that when I go it will be different
But I can’t stay
Back and forth
Back and forth
But I don’t worry, no I don’t worry
I don’t worry about that
If I could walk, I would try to run
Give up on the moon and try to reach the sun because it’s brighter
Every time I try to get a little hope I remember it’s a joke so I float
Because the water won’t let me drown
Back and forth
Back and forth
I walked along the way
And I never knelt to pray
I wanted you to stay
And I loved you anyway
POCKET POOL (by Wes)
It’s obvious as ever, and it’s been obvious til now
I got a half that’s better, and I’d like to show you somehow
Got two bits in my pocket, got one more on my mind
Why not just reach in and pull out
All the bits that you can find
So you say you’re scared but that don’t mean no
You got me feeling like I just can’t bear to let go
And I got less than but I’d somehow like to share
The world seems just so dangerous out there
Don’t worry about a thing, simply leave that to me
Like someone else’s mail that you really wanna read
It’s driving you wild but you wouldn’t ever dare
The world seems just so dangerous out there
INSIDE MY MIND THIS TIME (by Wes)
I said I’m broke down, put my name on your list
Turn my smile to a frown, my frown to a fist
Resist, exist as is for this is no fantasy
Baby cry out now, if you feel the urge
You got nothing but ears, but have you heard
The word is out now, and it’s been knocking down doors
So color me pink, or color me red
Instead of a head on your plate, for God’s sake
There’s one choice to make, so don’t fake or you’ll end up leaving
Lord I got nothing but time, you’ll find my mind confused
I feel antsy as hell, but also down with them blues
If you could spend a day in my shoes
You would figure it out and help me choose
Cuz I’ve got my pride, inside my mind this time
Pushing and shoving, something for nothing
I’m in a bind
I drive by my alibi
Pick him up, no he’s got a ride
I’m on my own this time
Some may say I’ve got myself to blame
To them I say that I am simply insane
I waste away my pain and my brain
Cuz throughout my days they’ve been one and the same
There’s something wrong in the world tonight
The light doesn’t even want to put up a good fight
Despite my sight I might just take my flight
Out of the darkness because I need my light
There she is standing at the edge of the road
Now there goes my sanity and my soul
I showed her my end and now I got to fold
Now I’m in more debt than you know
It seems unfair, but apathy’s my escape
The way we go on is just to take and to take
I love to love, and I hate to hate
But it really doesn’t matter cuz it’s all the same
CATALYST (by Duncan)
It’s like I’m riding away from something, and straight to nothing
A wall of sin to hide behind
Straight from nothing, gonna start something
To stop this wasting of my time
But it’s all red rover in my head
Close my eyes and hide under the bed
But it’s all right, it’s okay to feel that way
It never gets to late to kneel down and pray
But its all right
I can’t help feeling like the catalyst
THE ICE CREAM SONG (by JZ)
If there is no way for me
I’d like another taste to be
Soft as sugar and as sweet
Easy to find and half as cheap as you
I need just to wait it out
But I want to scream and shout
Instead I’ll call up my good friend
Whose creamy ice will not defend you
She said I’d like to get away
I’d like to be away from here
But you’re there, I want more
And I need more just to think how this
Effervescence has taken over my life
I need something to help me sit
And think it out, and deal with it
Creamy ice won’t let me down
And will taste better than when I was around you
RACE CAR DRIVER (by Wes)
I told her that I was a race car driver
I told her that I loved to drive real fast
I told her that I got her plates
And if she tried to run she couldn’t get away
I told her not to even ask
My place was not that bad
It had a decent system with a bed in back
And not half bad company
And though we had our fights
The time we passed was not just night
Living seemed to be easy
One day she ran away
She left me here in a terrible state
I had to get back on the highway
The cars, they past, they came
Sometimes they’d slow down to see my face
I didn’t need them anyway
SO GOOD SO BAD (by Reilly, JZ, Wes and Duncan)
Took a walk through Washington Park
I had my mind on my plan
I was looking to buy a spark from
A long-haired Jamaican man
He was looking tired and beat and
He smelled a lot like smoke
I took a hit of his sticky sweet and
It almost made me choke
Later on that night, I was tweaking
Heard a knock on the door
Thought I heard the 5-0 creeping
So I hit the floor
I was down on the ground for a while
When, to my surprise
The door opened and I was greeted with a smile
And a pair of dark brown eyes
When I’m at home
I lock up the door and I unplug the phone
She’s always there
I love the love, but just stay out of my hair
I can’t get no rest
She never leaves, she’s thinks I’m the best
That she’s ever had
Who knew that good could get so bad
We were in my bed, getting busy
She was screaming my name
From that hit I was still feeling dizzy
But she wanted more of the same
I pushed her off and I told I was done
I hoped she wouldn’t be mad
She got back on cuz she wanted more fun so
I kicked her outta my pad
Took a walk through Washington Park
I had my mind on my plan
I was fixing to buy some spark from
A long-haired Jamaican man
He was looking tired and beat and
He smelled a lot like smoke
I wanted all of his sticky sweet but
I was broke
RATIO (by Duncan)
Check my ratio
How high does it go
Check the back of the line
Then check my design
Check these words I throw
They’re all ones you don’t know
Pick up all my hints and then
Dust for fingerprints
I’m never really sure what I want
I’m never really sure what you’re saying
I never ever want to be forever be a part of the
Way you seem to shut me down
Check my bass guitar
See what these phat skillz are
Check my kick and snare
Then check your underwear
Check my ratio
How high does it go
Make sure those boots will fit
So you can walk through all my shit
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS 3 (by Reilly)
So we were cruising on down the strip
After some stripping of our own
She said “could you stop right here for a second, baby?
I need to use the phone.”
I slowed down and steered to the right
I felt tired, ‘twas well past nightfall
When I leaned back, she grabbed my receiver, baby
What happened to that call?
She said “come on, you know what I meant.
I wanted to borrow your tool.”
I said “sorry, but I’m out of gas.
I need some time to refuel.”
Her plan had sprung a flat,
So I sat and thought for a while
Then I slipped my hand into the glovebox, baby
That certainly gave her a smile
FORMALITY (by Wes)
I must be crazy, or out of my mind
I must be crazy, to think that you could be mine
We played for a while, it’s all well and good
Now let’s walk the mile, like you know we should
I’m running out of time, I got my reason I got my rhyme
It’s true you ain’t just a friend of mine so hear what I say
I won’t tell you more than twice
This don’t depend on the drop of dice
You say you won’t now, but I just might
So stop playing games
I cant help feeling this is formality
Your ground is breaking but your foothold is me
So strange I’m thinking but we just gotta be
You cried for help, I wanna answer your plea
So take the key and unlock the door
You might get more than you bargained for
Gave you some but know you wanted more, you know what I mean
Gimme a signal, Lord, gimme a sign
You may not like what you’re bound to find
If you don’t know, we’re running out of time
It’s time to be free
NO BIG THING (by Duncan)
It’s no big thing, I just cut my losses
And read them while I pick them up
It’s while I sing, I can gauge my tosses
Into the back of a pickup truck
And wonder why I slip over myself
And get back on my feet without your help
You should know when I’m this low I cant help nobody else
It’s hard enough trying to help myself
When I’m above and you’re below I cant get up off this shelf
At least you’ll know how I felt
Same old song, but now everybody’s dancing
We’re singing out over their heads
It’s been so long, too much damn romancing
And sleeping all alone in bed
I wonder why you won’t leave me alone
My eyes are shut and I’m sinking like a stone
DON’T YOU DARE (by Duncan)
You may have had the best of them, but to the rest, well I suggest to them
That they pack their shit and stay out of your way
Cuz ever since you came around, things have been looking up but staying down
And again I’m left with nothing to say
So I stand against the wall with my hands in my pockets
Just waiting for the world to melt away
Cuz I could be losing it
And I could be losing you
Don’t you dare break this down
Don’t you dare, cuz you know that I’ll be hanging around
Standing by, telling lies
So I watch you go, but I’m not saying nothing
Just waiting all my life to catch your eye
Once I got elevated, it was all easy
I mouthed off and hit knowledge cuz it pleased me
But life wound down to the ground sound
So every single breath was just another way to seize these
Feelings and dealings that clouded my brain
And every day I pray for rain but I lie and stay dry
Dry and distant, because I missed it
It was right in front of me and I dismissed it
RUNNIN’ FROM YESTERDAY (by Duncan and Jameson)
When the sun goes down, my hopes come up
I’m gonna leave this town after I drain my cup
I’m in a spot of trouble
I’m afraid that I’m gonna have to pay
Cuz I’m runnin’ from yesterday
Well I’m not an old man, but it seems like every other day
Has got me kickin’ that can, push my face into the fray
I ride the lone trail and kick my feet into the dust
And every town I go through, they say “just get away from us”
TIME ON MY HANDS (by Duncan)
When the sun is in my eyes
A new breed of problem can arise
Color the air with a white light blanket
The summertime scent leaves the wind untainted
Spin it on back until your partner fainted
Trying to respond
Cut the tightrope and watch the sound come over
Wherever you face puts the dark on your shoulder
Your secrets are waiting right inside this folder
Watching all along
But you won’t have to wait
And I won’t have to hate
The way the sunlight hits me when it falls upon my face
I got too much time on my hands
And it’s a long way over from the field to the stands
I twist around my feelings for what it commands
And it’s ugly
Comb the cobwebbed countryside
Scatter your seeds both far and wide
Deal with the heat and keep your wits around you
Take a seat and let the water flow down through
The space that lies where the cold surrounds to
Where I rest my head
Coming up drunk and wait for sleep to go slowly
Float and you glow like you were everything holy
Look at it spread like a carpet below me
Right beside my bed
CARDBOARD LOVE SONG (by Wes)
And the radio plays cardboard love songs I hate
And though I may complain they’re the same, I listen anyway
And the TV shows don’t, it’s not they cant but they wont
They give a plastic plotline that I eat up per dose
I swear I felt alive, swore you would decide
I headed back inside, I’d made up my mind
Cuz this time I stand up, and next time I stand down
And when my mind is made I cant guarantee it won’t change
You swore you’d tell the truth
And I’d always follow through
I have some shit to do
Before I split in two
Cuz I can’t bear to see all the bad things about me
Could it be I need to believe everyone believes in me?
FULL OF IT (by Duncan)
Back in the day, I slept with the sunlight shining through the shades in my room
Hitting the carpet with dots that weren’t dark while the ghosts tried to hum a new tune
It was an old man, old men, old women, children
Anything my mind could give shape
Exhaustion taking its toll, I decided I would roll
So I covered my jacket with reflector tape
It made me feel safe when it came to twilight
The cars could see the glow on my back, but then I started to think, I’m an easy target
For anyone who wanted to attack
The perfect crime, kill the misunderstood, and people will say it had to be
They might cry at the grave and I might have been saved if anyone really knew me
So now I’m foiled, coiled like a spring waiting on a vulture’s wing
Seeing what tomorrow may bring
And maybe if you’ll be there to see it
They call it shit, and I’m full of it
They call it certainty
They call it fear, and I’m stuck in here
It’s not where I’m supposed to be
They call it once, they call it twice
They call it every night
And sometimes it feels like I’m living on an angel’s wing
I was a kid, I was the reason for breathing, I was the little shit who hit and broke up the teacher’s meeting
I was life, and I was pissed, I was the pen knife that slashed your name off the list
I was drugs, and I was loving it
I was above in it, was struggling before you started shoving it
I was hate, and I was anger, I was the guy who wandered aimlessly and called himself a stranger
I was darkness, I was death, I was the first and the last breath
But what’s left in this empty life but light
So now I’m foiled, coiled like a spring waiting on a vulture’s wing
Seeing what tomorrow may bring
And maybe if you’ll be there to see It
They call it light, I call it loneliness
They call it life, I call it loneliness welcome to florida
