Give me one love
Give me one love that's true
Give me the love
That comes from you
No other love will do
Boy there's just too much
In this world goin wrong
We just got to get over
And keep our love strong
Friends through the years
So many disappear, but
You and I go on
People choosin' sides now
To the left or the right
I'm stayin' in the middle
With you here tonight
Sun brings on the day
The years slip away, but
You and I go on
On and on and on
You and I have got to be strong
When right becomes wrong
We'll find a way
On and on and on
You and I have got to be strong
When right becomes wrong
We'll find a way through
No other love will do
In a time and place
That keeps on spinning' around
I hear your voice
And there's no sweeter sound
We can make mistakes
But that doesn't change our fate, cuz
You and I go on
Outside things are changin'
But not here in my heart
Let it be the center
The place where we start
You got me for eternity, cuz
You and I go on
On and on and on
You and I have got to be strong
When right becomes wrong
We'll find a way
On and on and on
You and I have got to be strong
When right becomes wrong
We'll find a way through
No other love will do
Fighting off the sense
I'm gonna slip away
Trying to pretend
I won't disappear one day
But it's getting harder every day
Every day, every day
What good is a contract made
On another plane?
But it's the only way of thinking
That has kept me sane
But maybe I believed in vain
Believed in vain, believed in vain
So now, what remains...
Of falling leaves, late afternoon
Springtime mist, the rising moon
My childhood home
My old bedroom, gone by
So who am I?
Am I made up of all the things
That I have known?
Who can own a moment
Or know every single stone?
In this life I feel so alone
So alone, so alone
My father's childhood home was razed
But he didn't cry
My mother's father left them
But she never questioned why
So many tiny sorrows have me asking why
Asking why, asking why
I hope there's peace after we die
Will we remember snowball fights?
First romances, summer nights?
Pushing through with all our might
But did that really make things right?
A moth emerges, small and wet
And easy thing to forget
A leaf detaches from its stem
A new beginning from an end
First we stand, then we fall
All are one, and one is all
I must believe
It's just a drop in the bucket
So you know that I'll say fuck it
Gonna buy myself another drink
I'm feeling the despair
Of always going nowhere
I need one less reason to think
I've got a bed where I sleep
A roof over my head
But here I go again - I'm back in the red
I'm in the red again
Hangin' my head again
Down to my last dime
For the umpteenth time
I'm in the red
I've got friends who care about me
And I know they'd never doubt me
But these folks can only get me so far
I've got bills to pay
And at the end of the day
Their love won't put no gas in my car
The way things stand
I'd rather lie down instead
Cuz man oh man - I'm back in the red
I'm in the red again
Wish I was dead again
If I knew what I should do
I'd do it, wouldn't you?
I'm in the red
I'm gonna keep complainin'
Cuz my time on earth is wanin'
And I don't know how I'm gonna get by
I don't believe it's tragic
Still I need a little magic
If I didn't laugh at all this I'd cry
Am I talkin' to the wall
Or did you hear what I said?
Believe me, sister - I'm back in the red
I'm in the red again
Over my head again
I'd accept a nickel
Can't afford to be too fickle
In the red
Things might be OK
By the end of the day
But I'm not convinced that is a fact
The fight is always goin'
Though I keep my fear from showin'
Gonna finish out this race on the track
After all of these years
Just look at where this has led
I'm runnin' outta options
And I'm back in the red
I'm in the red again
I'm outta bread again
I can't make a batch
Cuz I'm all outta scratch
I'm in the red
At a time in my life
When my peers are sittin' pretty
Waiting on the day they retire
I'm a hustlin' on the streets
Always movin' my feet
Searchin' out positions for hire
It don't feel fair it's so hard to get fed
I feel so blue
Cuz I'm back in the red
I'm in the red again
Hangin' my head again
Baby can you spare a penny?
Cuz you know I haven't any
Man I'd holler for a dollar
I'd thrill to see a bill
I am telling you friend
I am so close to the end
I'm in the red
Outta bread
The dishes can wait today
I'm gonna be late today
Won't get much of anything done
But I guess that's ok
I feel a song comin' on
And I just know that it's true
Tho it won't pay the rent
Not a single cent
I've got to see this story through
I know I've got something here
And it speaks to me loud and clear
Not sure yet what it's about
Until I figure it out
I'm starting to see the end
Saying goodbye to friend after friend
We'll be moving on together
In the universal trend
The losses and the wins
One thing ends, one begins
It's what we must know inside our hearts
To keep the hope within
I know I've got something here
And it speaks to me loud and clear
Not sure yet what it's about
Until I figure it out
I may as well sit back
Cut myself a little slack
I know this space in time
Is never coming back
The moon will always rise
And pull the ocean tides
The world don't care if you were there
To tell your lies
The truth comes out in time
Each day will meet its prime
You gotta know that it's all ebb and flow
And that's just fine
I know I've got something here
And it speaks to me loud and clear
Not sure yet what it's about
Until I figure it out
The dishes can wait today
I'm gonna be late today
Won't get much of anything done
But I guess that's ok
I feel a song comin' on
And I just know that it's true
Tho it won't pay the rent
Not a single cent
I've got to see this story through
The dishes can wait today....
Before I die I want to go somewhere
So far from here
I've been wanting and waiting to go there
Year after year
It may as well be 'cross the galaxy
I can't get there
I'm struggling where I am right now
Just to get enough air
The blue of the water unreal
Aqua and teal
For all of my life I have lived
With the ice and the snow
My spirit's grown weary
And now I am longing to go
That glorious beach seems so out of reach
I just sigh
Will I ever see it myself
Before I die?
The blue of the water unreal
Aqua and teal
I know it's a first-world lament
I know all my life was well-spent
Still I want to know how it might feel...
Aqua and teal
I'll keep the dream living inside me
Until I die
Visions of tall white clouds
All ringing the sky
Palms gently bending
Horizon undending
There am I
The blue of the water unreal
Aqua and teal
The blue of the water unreal
Aqua and teal
The blue of the water unreal
You're insane but you've made it plain
You've got the world by the balls
Tearing down our nation now
With your executive calls
Public service ain't your thing
You're out to prove to the boys
How much power that you hold
You're out to make some noise
Never touched that Bible
When you took the oath
You say that you're a Christian
You can't lay claim to both
Contradictions left and right
Pulling lies out of the air
Everyone has got to know
You don't really care
You're too loud, you're way too proud
Stirring up your Nazi crowd
World War III ends in a cloud of smoke
This time it's no joke
Give a child a hammer
He's gonna swing it left and right
Break a lotta shit and throw a hissy fit
You won't get no sleep at night
Baby, you are swingin' it
Leaving chaos in your wake
Trade wars, closed doors, broken lives
I mourn for our mistake
You're too loud, you're way too proud
Stirring up your Nazi crowd
World War III ends in a cloud of smoke
This time it's no joke
Lemmings to the cliff
Pawns inside your scheme
I keep sayin' to myself
This has got to be a dream....
Did your mother never love you?
Is that what spurs you on?
You gotta throw your weight
To prove your worth
You're the master of the con
You're too loud, you're way too proud
Stirring up your Nazi crowd
World War III ends in a cloud...
You're too loud, you're way too proud
Stirring up your Nazi crowd
World War III ends in a cloud of smoke
This time it's no joke
This time it's no joke
The great recession of '26
That was something to see
You'd never think it could happen
In the land of the free
But free isn't what it used to be
No free isn't what it used to be
In '25 we were shaking our heads
Saying "How bad can this get?"
In spite of universal animosity
We might still win the bet
We didn't understand it all quite yet
We didn't understand it all quite yet
Why do we humans
Make the same mistakes over again?
With so many in need
We're still pulled on by greed
Giving all of our power away
To a few privileged men
In '24 we lost our chance
To see the world expand
Voting in a criminal
To the highest office in the land
His whims now became our command
His whims now became our command
In '27 I've come to learn
Any empire can dive
Prosperity is fleeting
True peace will not arrive
It's only in the moment, here and now
Where we can truly thrive
It's only in the moment, here and now
Where we can truly thrive
Why do we humans
Make the same mistakes over again?
With so many in need
We're still pulled on by greed
Giving all of our power away
To a few privileged men
You will lose your vision
If you stare into the sun
The golden age is over now
The grand experiment done
Too much of a good thing
Proved too much for everyone
Too much of a good thing
Proved too much for everyone
Why do we humans
Make the same mistakes over again?
With so many in need
We're still pulled on by greed
Giving all of our power away
To a few privileged men
Giving all of our power away
Could I please sing for you?
I asked, as I stood beside the door
She nodded "yes" and so I took a chair
And slid it 'cross the floor
The morning light of a winter day
Filled the room with white and gray
As she entreated me to stay
Eyes closed
I sang for her awhile and then
I paused to let the silence in
Her hand it lifted from the bed
She opened up her eyes
And then she said
Sing for me, sing for me
Please sing for me
She told me of her summers
In the orchard on the farm
Climbing in the branches
The smell of hay
The sun so warm
My friend, Claudette, my cousin's wife
She has no memory of her life
But when they sing Amazing Grace
You see the smile returning to her face, so
Sing for me, sing for me
Please sing for me
I am grateful I remember
All the stories of my past
Almost 100 years now
And yet it's all gone by so fast
My heart is full of love
From all the life that I have lived
My head is filled with all I know
And now I know
I've nothing left to give, so
Sing for me, sing for me
Please sing for me
Sing for me, sing for me
Please sing for me
In memory of Gloria
If you woke up today
Feeling relatively good
Safe inside your bedroom
In that same old neighborhood
The water ran, the lights came on
You had something there to eat
Rest easy now in knowing this:
Your life is pretty sweet
Now I know that you've got things to do
Your role in life to fill
Whether chasing down that dream
Or paying down that bill
There's always one more task at hand
That's something we all know
But you simply can't do everything
Sometimes something has to do
Like a Sunday in December
Or a Tuesday in July
The days themselves become routine
And the years pass on by
The hours are long but the years are short
Isn't that what they say?
To help us understand how fast
Tomorrow becomes today
All those dreams you've held on to
Those things that you were gonna do
Plans you made and thought about
But never quite came true
They never saw the light of day
I know that bothers you
Better just to let some go
Cuz not every dream comes true
When I see you again my friend
All that's lost just fades away
Only love remains at the end
Of the cosmic day
You can't be everywhere at once
Sometimes you gotta pick and choose
Life will let you win sometimes
But you're also gonna lose
Be glad for your successes
And those lucky cards you've drawn
Savor what you have right now
Soon enough the whole thing's gone
Like a Sunday in December
Or a Tuesday in July
The days themselves become routine
As the years pass on by
The hours are long but the years are short
Isn't that what they say?
To help us understand how fast
Our lives slip away
To help us understand how fast
Tomorrow becomes today
To help us understand how fast
Tomorrow becomes today
It came as a surprise to me
I always had to guess
Which rules made sense to follow
Choosing to say no or to say yes
I went away to school
I was told that's what you did
The world a tangled mystery
When I was a kid
I met a man and fell in love
We had a son and then
The whole thing fell apart somehow
I found myself alone again
You think you got a plan
The situation well in hand
But you never know
No you never know
You think you got it figured out
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
But you never know
No you never know
I moved us to the country
On a hillside in the woods
With chickens in the garden
Once again life was good
Raising up my boy
Was my reason to live
I built a home for the two of us
With everything I had to give
Nature unbounded, freedom and space
Our hearts were full
There was magic in that place
My son went off to school
As I had years ago
A million dreams behind his eyes
A million different places he could go
Starting his adventure
Altogether yet unknown
Standing at the doorway of his life
My son was now grown
Thunder rolling in, a cool reprieve
Mountains, sky and trees
Can this really be a place
That someone ever leaves?
You think you got a plan
The situation well in hand
But you never know
No you never know
You think you got it figured out
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
But you never know
No you never know
We are finally at that place
I never thought we'd be
The one I love the best departs
My life's greatest irony
Thunder rolling in, a cool reprieve
Mountains, sky and trees
Can this really be place
That someone ever leaves?
The secret of life, I want to know
The secret of life, I think I know
The secret of life - is to let go