1. Silence and the Truth
You got your mission statement 
Written on the pavement 
For everyone to see 
And all the world is watching 
Waiting for the washing 
Of chalk dust from your knees 
The mystery stains on the floral print 
Drapes are bringing you down. 
It’s a been a bit of time since 
The contents of your mind have 
Emptied out a sound 

It’s a new kind of being alone 
When doubt is all you know. 

But the little pink pills, they 
Cure you of your ills, and 
Fill your time with ease 
Day to day distractions, they 
Spur you into action, 
And send your days flying 
Over the mountain 
Of to-do’s and to-dream’s and to-file under 
Incompletes. 
Baby can’t you listen, 
the lessons that you're missin’ could 
Lift you from your knees. 

It’s a new kind of being alone 
When doubt is all you know 
You cannot separate 
The silence and the truth. 

You’re praying on angels 
Praying for grace 
Some sort of guidance 
To show you the way 
You’re waiting on silence 
Waiting for space 
No room to misstep 
And no time to waste 

You’re praying on angels 
Praying for grace 
No room to misstep 
And no time to waste 
With no room to misstep 
And no time to waste 
No room to misstep 
And no time to waste. 

And no time to waste. 

It’s a new kind of being alone 
When doubt is all you know 
When doubt is all you know 
When doubt is all you know.

 

2. Sweet On Me
Sweet on me 
Say that you’re sweet on me 
And I will fall like an avalanche 
On your living room tree 
Reveling, 
Honey I’m reveling 
see this cupboards been empty 
And you’ve got something to eat. 

Like a fine glass of wine 
You came straight from the vine 
And colored me drunker 
Than the fourth of July 
Whittle my ticket 
And give us a ride 
You play the dart 
And I will be 
Your prize 

Sweet on me 
Say that you’re sweet on me 
And I will fall like an avalanche 
To your cold bare feet 

Mid-morning kisses 
Your locks on my lashes 
I don’t want to miss out this time 
Signs and near-misses, 
My rose colored glasses 
I’m closing my grins with a deep, long sigh 

Sweet, 
Say that you’re sweet on me 
and I will fall like an avalanche 
Fall like a fawn at your feet 
Reveling, 
My honey I am reveling 
Clear the cobwebs and cola 
You know that you’ve got what 
I need.

 

3. It All 
All, All, 
I want to strip it off of you like turpentine 
The streets are lined with gold 
But baby streets all fade in time 
you don’t see it, you don’t see it 
We could have it all 
All. 

I want to press a button 
Make it all rewind 
Sit back in a la-z-boy 
And watch it flash on by 
You don’t see it, you don’t see it 
We could have it all, 
All 

Train is pulling round the track 
Charging forward, smoking black 
Waters rising pass my shoulder 
Wake me when the storm is over 

Hands over my eyes, over my heart 
Scouts honor I tried 
Picked it apart 
You don’t see it, 
You don’t see it. 

We could have it all. 
We could have it all. 
We could have it all, 
All, 
It all (x3)

 

4. Behind My Hands 
Hospital rooms 
They say your out soon 
And I cannot show my face 
You enter in slowly 
Barefoot and lowly 
With a buzz from the steel frames 

Behind my hands 
Your clouded eyes and stifled smile 
Behind my hands 
You’re here but just for a while 

Your mangled up arm is casted in plaster 
Said it was only a scratch 
Urine stained garment, 
Don’t be alarmed, and 
Swear that this time the meds last 

Behind my hands 
The light blinds you all in white 
Behind my hands 
The images come at night 

(and I hide, and I hide) x6 
Behind My Hands, 
Behind My Hands. 

And I’m sorry, 
And I’m sorry, 
I’m sorry.

 

5. Uprooted 
He tilled the land sweetly 
soil lay beneath me 
dryer than a rusty nail 
Put in the hours 
Tendin’ the flowers 
While I sat and prayed for rain 

Oooooh, OooOoooh. 

And all of my world stopped 
Abreast on a hilltop 
Aglow in a golden ray of sun 
Thinking he knew me 
He hastily withdrew me 
And found a fruit ridden with holes. 

Honey you (ooooooh) 
Have uprooted me. 

And he gave me hope (he gave me hope) 
That I had a home (that I had a home) 
In his dusty boots 
And callous hands 
Swallow my roots (swallow my roots) 
It’s all of no use (all of no use) 
Now that the consequence has bared its’ teeth. 
And you (ooooooh) 
Honey you (oooooh) 
Have uprooted me.

 

6. Not a Drop 
(Mmmmm…) 

Starving for words 
Starving for some kind of answers 
Mouth to the Clouds 
Not a Drop to Drink not a drop around 

I've heard the cries 
Calling from the other side to 
Unearth these fears 
I fold the sheets over my ears 
I fold the sheets over my ears 

I know the drill 
down to each and every last pill 
I've seen it done 
they give then they leave ya none 
Oh, they give then they leave ya none, 
Oh 

starving for words 
starving for some kind of answers 
mouth to the clouds 
not a drop to drink 
not a drop around... 

Cause I've known love 
long enough to know when 
to run 
and I've known pain 
long enough to know what love 
won't change 

You wake up every single day and they tell you if you to go to the page 
It’ll be there. 
but what if one day you wake up and you find something else, 
some kind of love. some kind of drug 
some shit that just makes you want to go all the sudden 
and it’s like that one thing that made you want to go just makes you, 
makes you want to 
stop.

 

7. The Cross Sticks 
Well I pulled out of your driveway 
On a rainy Hallows Eve 
Teardrops in my eyelids 
And water gushin down the street 

And through the cloudy window 
I flashed you one last sorry smile 
Babe I’ll see you but it’s gonna be a while 

No it wasn’t a disaster, 
I knew we both would walk away 
With a head hung low 
But settled on straight 

Chorus: (Middle Harmony) 
But the cross sticks came along (Oooooooh) 
And played for me a steady song (Ooooooh) 
There ain’t nothing left to do but carry on (Oooooh) 

OOO, Oooh OooOooh, 
Ooo, Oooh Oooohh, 
ooo, ooohh 

I got home and I poured myself 
A straight shot of the plan 
I had to leave so you could be 
A better man 

I guess our love was a prologue 
To a riveting, good read 
And we were both afraid of where 
Our stories lead 
But now I’m terrified of where my story’ll lead 

But the cross sticks came along (Oooooh) 
And played for me a steady song (Oooooh) 
There ain’t nothing left to do but carry on (Ooooh) 

OOO, Oooh OooOooh, 
Ooo, Oooh Oooohh, 
ooo, ooohh (x3)

 

8. The Prophet 
He’d been warned should he stray 
Barren thoughts would fill his days 
And the prophet said unto You we praise 
Said you came in the form of a burning flame 

Jesus loves me, this I know 
For the Bible tells me so 
Lesson learned, all the same 
No power stand against His name. 

Mama if you say this prayer 
The blood of the lamb for his despair 
If he’d lift his hands would anything change 
Would my father’s sins be washed away 

Jesus loves me, this I know 
For the Bible tells me so 
Lesson learned, it’s all the same 
No power stand against His-- 

Will she ever see 
A prayer’s the last thing that he needs 
Or is this a sign, he’s to be damned all his life 
For his lack of faith 
Is this the way 
He must 
Praise down his knees 
God forgive him please 
If he’s been too 
Burned to believe 
Jesus loves me this I know 
For the bible tells me so 
Lesson learned 
It’s all the same 
No power stand against His 
name 

(mmmmMMmmm…) 
Jesus loves me this I know 
For the Bible tells me so

 

9. Bad Thing 
Bad thing 
Did a bad thing 

Tea lights 
They shine like fireflies through the murky 
window pane 
Ideas grow like weeds 
They fly like moths into the flame 

My love, love the night is young 
Our time is coming to a close so 
free your fists of all their lists 
Come slip your fingers into my coat 
Crowd is waning, anticipating 
Whisper close under the bar din 
Ain’t no use in tying a noose 
Ain’t nothing to know 

Bad thing 
Did a bad thing 

up the stairway 
down the hall 
I took his lips 
I took it all 
Led him forward 

Toward the end I 
Tipped him toward 
Toward the edge 
And let him fall 
and watched him fall (hold last oooo) 

up the stairway 
down the hall 
I took his lips 
I took it all 
Led him forward 
Toward the end I 
Tipped him toward 
Toward the edge 
And let him fall 
and watched him fall 

Bad thing… 
I did a bad thing 
mmmmm… 
Bad thing 
Did a bad thing 

Bad thing

 

10. The Fits 
Can I offer you a ride, 
I wanna usher you home. 
and by the end of the night 
you'll be wrapped in my coat 
I may act like a fool for you 
slip a hand on your knee 
but the moments pass quickly, love 
they come and abruptly leave 

do, do, do, 
dah do, dah do (x3) 

Would you wear that purple dress again 
the one that cinches at your waste 
the way you sway down the boulevard 
I could watch you all day 
You know it's almost unfair for me 
to let you off with a kiss 
It gives me fits like a fever, love 
it comes and hijacks my day 

do, do, do, 
dah do, dah do (x3) 

Fits like a 
Fever love (x4)