Carolina Pines
Living life just passing time A kid growing up in the Carolina Pines We rode our bikes for miles and miles Running free until Sunday Squirming ‘til that church bell rings Before too long we sold those bikes To pay for some gas to go out for a night Man, how I miss those main street lights But, growing up hasn’t been too bad I moved to the mountains for a paper and a cap It was fun while it lasted Now it’s time to go back Taking me back, taking me back to the place I know Taking me back, taking me back to the place where I’ve grown Driving back to the Carolina Pines Seeing old faces that I’ve kept in my mind And thinking of the ones that I’ve lost over time Oh, how I’d kill for some of their advice ‘Cause now I’m sitting here with my soon-to-be wife Trying to plan out the rest of our lives Like how many kids and what place is right Hoping they get the Carolina Pines that we had When we were yay-high;. Taking me back, taking me back to the place I know Taking me back, taking me back to the place where I’ve grown
Face in the crowd
Another face in the crowd A drop in the ocean Ever connected, forever drowned So much engagement Most of it nameless Too distracted to care About what you’re faced with So, get on with it Join in the fun The clock’s ticking It’s already been done Oh, how cute It’s all about you No matter how loud You’re just another Face in the crowd
Can anybody be an individual?
Create or do something truly original?
Inescapable influence
It drives me insane I don’t know what to do with it
I guess I’ll put blinders on and sit down and write a song
‘Cause I don’t wanna get on with it
Or join in the fun
The clock’s ticking It’s already been done
Oh, I see It’s not about me
No matter how loud
I’m just another Face in the Crowd
Dawn, Day, Dusk
I see you and the world spinning around me
How can I keep you here in this place?
I know one day all I’ll want is to see your face
I wanna hit stop on all the thoughts that fill my brain
Half the time I just put the world in another frame
But, it’s not the frame that needs fixing
It’s me and time that need a remission
It’s never enough, Oh, I’m never enough
Just going through the motions
Dawn, Day, Dusk
The fear of the present passing
Keeps me from here now
I gotta move past it
The years keep on lapping
I’m the one always tracking
Dawn, Day Dusk
We’re getting to the point
Where everything’s already been written
Every thought, every feeling, every human experience
I try and I try to feel some kind of new
The only time I get close is in a glimpse of you
To you the world is new
It’s undiscovered blue
Please stay as strong as my faith in you
Please stay as strong as my faith in you
It’s never enough, Oh, I’m never enough
Just going through the motions
Dawn, Day, Dusk
The fear of the present passing
Keeps me from here now
I gotta move past it
The years keep on lapping
I’m the one always tracking
Dawn, Day, Dusk
Ava’s Song
Oh, when you were a little girl I’d sit you on
my knee
And you and me we’d sit there ‘til I rocked
you fast asleep
Oh, Ava you’re the sweetest thing life
could’ve given me
If it weren’t for you and your Momma too
I don’t know where I’d be
I’ve dreamt for you as far back
Just as far as I can see
But, nothing I ever pondered up
Prepared me for who you’d be
I often wonder what you’ll wanna do
And the places that you’ll see
My wish is that in this big world
You’ll find your place to be
Oh, Ava you’re the sweetest thing life
could’ve given me
If it weren’t for you and your Momma too
I don’t know where I’d be
I don’t know where I’d be
Later on when things seem bent out of frame
And you find yourself singing “Stop This Train”
Just please remember you’ve got a friend
who loves you
Forever and always
Forever and always
Oh, Ava you’re the sweetest thing life
could’ve given me
If it weren’t for you and your Momma too
I don’t know where I’d be
Land of Plenty
I have nostalgia for days long gone
Years and happenings placed on a throne
There I am, sticking my thumb out
I hop in the back, just like Kerouac
No expectations, only adulation
For the freedom of the West
Taken from some, given to many
A whole lot of greed in the Land of
the Plenty
Hoppin’ freights and dire straits is
how we’re meant to live
Not tied to screens, forgetting dreams
of what tomorrow might give
The driver says, “Where you headed?”
All my thoughts are then suspended
Reflecting on all my years
Stuck behind my eyes, between my ears
No expectations, only
contemplation
Full of fear of what comes next
Nothing’s real, except how we feel
Inflicting pain for the sake of a
thrill
There’s an endless story calling you
Don’t just simply pass on through
There’s an endless story calling you
Don’t just simply pass on through
Get out, go do, you’ll find truth
Yes, you’ll find truth
No expectations, only adulation
For the dream of what comes next
Given to some, taken from many
Try to be free in the Land of the
Plenty
40
In 15 years I’ll be 40
Maybe then I won’t be in such a hurry
I’d rather had been born in the 40s
Life was slower for those who were before me
Or at least that’s what it seems like
Maybe ‘cause I’ve watched them pass by
Like everyone I don’t wanna get older
The fear and unknowing always lurks over my shoulder
I’d like to spend more time with things
My attention span always prohibits me
But, I think my attention works just fine
There’s too much going on for a peace of mind
In 40 years I’ll be 65
What a time to be alive
Time will have managed to slow down
Just when next to know one is around
Around, Around, Around, Around, Around, Around
Learn from loving you
Nothing beats early morning sun
Or quiet talks when the day is done
All I want is to take some time and
Learn from Loving You
I like to think about
What you’re like when no one’s around
What’s a thing you can’t go without
For me, it’s only you
A feeling no one else can know
A wonder how it seems to only grow
When I see your smile begin
I forget all the things that I have been
Do you know where you wanna go?
There’s so much in the world to know
The only thing that I wanna do is
Learn from Loving You
What will become of us?
Stars in the sky or simple dust?
There’s one thing that I can trust
I’ll be there with you
A feeling no one else can know
A wonder how it seems to only grow
When I see your smile begin
I know that this will never end
Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
Learn from Loving You
Lord knows
Back when I was younger, life was so much simpler
Not a care in the world now the world is on my shoulders
Now I’m sitting here wishin’ this bottle would send me back in time
Back to a time when my folks were alive and so was I
I just wanna know where this train is going
I hope one day that I find out
I know I’m not alone in my wondering
Maybe I just need a place to figure it out
Lord knows I try
Lookin’ around at this town I feel just like a stranger
Got my head in the clouds and I don’t ever wanna come down
Wondering if this place has changed or has it changed me
I get a feeling at night that something ain’t right
I just need to be free
I just wanna know where this train is going
I hope one day that I find out
I know I’m not alone in my wondering
Maybe I just need a place to figure it out
Lord knows I try
I can sit here all day worryin’ about tomorrow
But it don’t much matter if tomorrow never comes
As the sands of time keep sinking I’ll just be here drinking
Just wasting time
Lord knows I’ll try
Lord knows I’ll try
Lord knows I’ll try
hazy sun
Hazy Sun
Dripping down the stained glass sky
Like the gold of the ages
Like the gold of the ages
Awakened by a new
beginning
Thoughts proceed without
Ending
Losing what it is to be bold, bright, and young.
Cathedral clouds grow above
I am uncertain of undying love
Going in circles into the night
I’m stubborn to the bone like that
thorn in my side
My worst enemy is a good friend of mine
I’m never alone, try as I might
Just waltzing in circles into the night.
We just waltz in circles into the night.
I want so bad to be like you
To say I believe and know that it’s true
It’s just not there.
It was never felt.
It’s just not a card that I was dealt.
Hazy son
Wondering what it is he’s done.
He burns through the ages.
He burns through the ages.