1. Crossroads There’s a time in everyone’s life When they think there might not be a tomorrow Some try to find what they’re looking for While others don’t know themselves at all And when the sun sets On the other side of the clouds Some of us choose to rise And others choose to fall 2. The Morning Sun At the morning sun I feel I could live forever The rising light inches towards the skyward sea It’s the simplest things that keep me moving forward Just a pretty sight but still a necessity I have fun in the day, go to bed at night, and live a happy life When the morning comes it’s right out of bed for me And I float through my life in this river of endless time There’s a sense of who I am and who I will be At the morning sun I see a world in awakening Everyone’s got someplace that they’ve gotta be In a minute the glow is gone and the world is speeding Wait, where are you going? Wait up for me 3. I Won’t Let You Make Me Bleed Quiet down, quiet down! Now pay attention everybody! One important figure of the industrial revolution was Eli Whitney One thing he was known for was interchangeable parts Does anyone know what an interchangeable part is? I’d raise my hand to speak But I’ve been feeling like a freak Don’t you see that I’m a different kind of breed? Sitting at my desk and dreaming Drawing little figures screaming Why do you keep looking at me? I see the mutual hesitancy I don’t like you, you don’t like me Why don’t you just turn and let me be? Reconsidering my meaning Not another mule for feeding I won’t let you be the one to make me bleed Not good enough! Not good enough! Hello, is our usual troublemaker there today? Uh, yes he is… do you need him? Yes, could you please send him down to the office? Find me a daddy who can be the one to teach Exchange me for a student who doesn’t kick his feet Send me to the shop and have me fixed into my seat Otherwise how are you gonna teach me how to read? I won’t let you touch my brain and shape my mind until it bleeds I won’t let you make me bleed I won’t let you make me bleed! I won’t let you make me bleed (x12) 4. Little Soldiers Do you remember when we used to play together Like two soldiers at war? Running ‘round the woods as fast as we could In the bedroom, falling on the floor Do you miss those days, it seems like a haze I wish we could do it again once more Oooh oooh oooh oooh I remember the letter from you, big brother It was the first that wasn’t written your way Oooh oooh oooh oooh You knew what I want But you got yourself shot Why didn’t you stay? Why didn’t you stay? Oooh oooh oooh oooh Why didn’t you stay? Do you remember when you left me forever? I prayed for you every night Everyone we knew kept saying that you’d be alright When you didn’t come back I put on my helmet And I took my first look at the light Oooh oooh oooh oooh I remember the news about you, big brother It was the first that made me feel kind of gray Oooh oooh oooh oooh You knew what I want But you got yourself shot Why didn’t you stay? Why didn’t you stay? Oooh oooh oooh oooh Why didn’t you stay? 5. When I’m With You I found you babe when I needed you the most My momma says that you’re filling me with hope She says in the end that you’ll have me feeling used Though nobody understands how I feel but you Forget her babe, just take me on another ride I’ll run away from her now, if it means we’ll be able to hide I don’t care what she says, she doesn’t know what she’s talking about ‘Cause when I’m with you babe, I feel like I’m in the clouds Oooh oooh oooh oooh When I’m with you babe, I feel like I’m in the clouds Oooh oooh oooh oooh When I’m with you babe, I know I’m feeling better now It ain’t even noon and I’m skipping my classes for you When I’m sent to my room it’s the window that I’m sneaking through For the rush that I feel I’d follow you all the time To be with you babe, I’d do anything for that high I’ll go for a ride if you drive again at ninety-five We can go at night when we can go wherever we like It’s like we’re up high and we’re soaring through the sky ‘Cause when I’m with you babe, I feel like I’m going to fly Oooh oooh oooh oooh When I’m with you babe, I feel like I’m going to fly Oooh oooh oooh oooh When I’m with you babe, I’ve never ever felt so high Woah babe, did you see that car? I thought I heard the driver scream Our mirrors kissed and they barely missed but it sounded like death to me No I don’t mind, just continue to drive because you know I really like to dream Take another sip, I’ll hold it to your lips so you can feel just a little more free The headlights are there and like a deer I stare and nothing’s coming out of me If you think we can make it then I’ll sit here and take it and do nothing but wait in my seat Time has slowed and my mother’s a ghost and she’s telling me where I should be But when I’m with you babe I know I’m living happily

6. Recovery A young woman was killed last night as she attempted to drive in front of a train The passenger, a local high school student, is alive but in the hospital The conductors of the train suffered minimal injuries In other news, your local sports team is on a winning streak of… Look, he’s waking up! Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? I heard what they said That I’m alive and she’s dead That I’m fine, that I bled That I’m on the mend They’ll send me on home And in the world I’ll go roam But I won’t find what I want anymore How can I just go? Just leave me alone I want things to be like before 7. Not This Time They look at me like I did time While my life was on the line Cool kids, daisies, teachers, and crazies Too afraid to look me in the eyes Everybody’s trying to put me down They keep on turning me around Bad things coming, I just keep running Why the hell should I stay in this town You’re not gonna get me this time You’re not gonna take me this time You’re not gonna hurt me this time You’re not gonna kill me this time You think you can make me bleed? Not this time I don’t care what the others say None of it matters either way Not right in the head but I’m already dead And my life looks a little gray There’s one thing I look forward to The one thing we both really knew It saves me from sadness, giving me madness So I don’t go on feeling blue You’re not gonna get me this time You’re not gonna take me this time You’re not gonna hurt me this time You’re not gonna kill me this time You think you can make me bleed? Not this time 8. Just a Taste Turn it up… make it louder Yeah, I like that crunch Stick it to the man! Oooh ahhh Oooh ahhh Oooh ahhh Ahhh ahhh I’ve got a used guitar and a pair of songs in my pocket A little black amp that’s good enough, I guess I’ve got a handful of fans who are always around to listen But the few who I want to hear me are laid to rest All I saw of my daddy was a couple of pictures Big brother had left me to die for a greater good My babe is gone taking part of my heart down with her They found a way out and now I stand where they stood I had a taste of what life could be But it was taken away suddenly And now I don’t have a thing to stop the bleeding Not that I want to die But living’s turned out to be dry So I turn to the not so good and I come out high We spend our lives thinking we can make a difference That if we endure in the end we will be saved But from what I’ve seen everyone gets the same fate And we spend our lives unknowingly enslaved None of it really matters either way Oooh in the end it’s always the same Oooh oooh oooh oooh None of it matters either way 9. The Fall This stuff makes all the pain go away… To live is to die To run is to fly To laugh is to cry To stop is to try To breathe is to hope To drown is to float To eat is to choke To write is to wrote Deep inside me I can feel the scream I can’t get anything right I hide the feeling, I can only see A bright and blinding light Do I wait for a certain scene Or do I stress over every sight? Do I put out a little believe And try to hold the line? To see is to wake To give is to take To go is to haste To wait is to waste To stand is to leap To drink is to reap To leave is to keep To blink is to sleep They always said that I’d be a fool I thought I’d prove them wrong That I’d grow up and get out of school And play my favorite song But in the box I was just a tool I’d been there all along Been raised to fix any screw But not to grow up strong To aim is to miss To play is to wish To touch is to kiss To that is to this In the eyes of the lovely world I’m just a brick in the wall When I die you can knock at my door It doesn’t hurt me at all While I live I’ll be looking for more Through every door in the hall Until I find what I’m looking for I’ll be ready to fall 10. Take Me Home (Nancy Reagan) Drugs steal away so much... They take and take, until finally every time a drug goes into a child, something else is forced out, like love and hope and trust and confidence... Drugs take away the dream from every child’s heart, and replace it with a nightmare Sometimes I go to sleep knowing things are better in my dreams In my memories I’m not alone is what it seems (80’s Anti-drug PSA) Cocaine coaxes you in when you least expect it- it grabs you, you’re hooked. It’s hard to get away... And have you seen what marijuana does to some people? Oh yeah Sometimes to heal the pain I take away the power in my brain My apathy coincides with bottling up internal screams (Richard Nixon) America’s public enemy number one, in the United States, is drug abuse Sometimes I make it clean and other times I feel like a machine It’s no puppetry but rather stuck inside a fantasy I just hurt so bad, I couldn’t stop… I couldn’t… couldn’t stop… it was the only thing that made me feel better When I’m on the ground I’m far from home and wandering around While I'm in the sky I’m soaring high right next to those who died Just one more hit… ugh… ahh Inside I’m dying with nothing here to save me Up high I’m in the clouds and desperately isolating When I get down on the ground in the life I’m living I’ll wanna go home Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh I wanna go home Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh I wanna go home Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh I wanna go home Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh take me home You’re running out of time Not good enough! Not good enough! I won’t let you make me bleed I won’t let you make me bleed Hey, what’s going on, man? 11. In the Clouds… Again Try this This’ll bring you back Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

12. The Inside People around me having a good time While I stare off in space looking high And though they see me I’m stuck on the inside When they ask, I smile and take their hand Though my guitar stays out of their band Because my feelings are numb and my night isn’t going as planned Is it me or is it all of you? Why did I come here when I knew I’d rather be all alone in my bed with a bottle or two? Sometimes they ask if I’m alright and I say That I’m just tired and I’m okay And then they stand up, they turn, and they go on their way It’s nice that they ask me why But I’ve got nothing special to hide On the inside Nothing makes me jump out of my skin It isn’t clawing at me within It’s a low burning candle flame that dwindles from both ends It’s a mask that’s always put on And an assurance that nothing’s wrong Not a feeling that I can put into song When I go to bed at night Pretending that it’s alright I think about my life and how it doesn’t feel right And when I wake up to the sound of the rain I know that it’s more of the same I want to close my eyes and sleep through the pain Nobody ever sees me cry But it’s happening all the time On the inside What’s he doing? He’s just sitting there Is he okay? Yeah, he’s always doing that 13. One Final Try Hey, you wanna go upstairs? Got up from my chair Walked outside to get some air Met the stars and wished for a solution I saw it in her eyes Little hope and desperate cries Wanting to provide me with intrusion In this here hour My taste turns sour Parted senses leave me in confusion Hanging by a thread With a banging in my head The need for something beyond seclusion He’s given way to physical temptation He’s given way to hoping for sensation He’s tired of asking why But he’s giving it one final try I’m hiding from inside Trying to show some outward pride Getting none of promised satisfaction No motive to live I’m feeling phantom limbs I take it out on her in frustration My tears fall on her skin Where burn marks have been The mixture of this evening’s formation The echoes of a past The collection of the last Here I make another quick donation He gives one final try at liberation He’s fallen victim to isolation He’s tired of asking why But he’s giving it one final try I’ve given it all I’ve got Yet it’s all gone to naught I’ve gone down in equivocal fashion But the reasons are there My life’s been stripped bare Crumbling at my mournful foundation Nearly done with me is her She’s begging for a word Well here it is, the last of my passion Stay with me now Please, don’t you go I’ll have no one and be sentenced to damnation He gives one final reach for elation He gives one final plea for a solution He’s through with asking why He’s given it one final try Hello, please leave a message after the tone Hey man, uh your mom’s looking for you… I know you’re at the party, so uh, just call her back when you get a chance, okay? 14. Alone I’m alone Nobody to hear me No shoulder to cry on No one to share in the sun and the sea I’m alone No angel up above Nothing can heal me Nobody can satisfy my thirst for love Nobody feels the pain that I do No one sees the flicker of my flame No drugs fill the void of my loneliness No one cares to mention my name I’m more alone that I’d be if the crash had taken me I’m alone I’m alone I’m alone 15. Down to the Wire (Mary Hatch) Have you made up your mind? (George Bailey) How’s that? (Mary) Have you made up your mind? (George) About what? (George) I’m in trouble, Mr. Potter… I need help (Mr. Potter) Hehe… you’re worth more dead than alive! My heart is on fire It’s down to the wire If anyone cares, then I’ll stay You know the question That I’m always asking Why did it end up this way? No personal feud Not toward any of you Just nobody to fill in the gray What should I do? No I’m not asking you There’s no way of making me stay So what if I can strum a few chords and whisper in tune My brother and babe await me on the moon Yes, I know the cost, but there’s nothing for me here I can reach them if I fly a little higher Don’t you see now that it’s down to the wire Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh ahhh Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh ahhh 16. No Tomorrow Hello, please leave a message after the- It’s the time of my life When I think there won’t be a tomorrow I’m done trying to find what I’m looking for There’s really no sense in it at all There’s a storm in the clouds I can’t see through the gray The rain thunders down And inside I’m here to stay I’ve had enough You all think you’re so tough With your pretty little faces and pathetic little bluffs If any of you cared Then you should’ve shared Perhaps my life would’ve been spared I’ll make myself numb Then I’ll jump the gun So I can go back to before There’s one way I know It’s time for me to go There’s only one way to be sure Hello? Is someone in there? 17. As They Say The sun has set a little early this evening There’s too much inside for me to turn back now Some of it was fate and some of it was me Either way, my heart is going down As they say in the end, it’s time for me to go May the gods have mercy on my soul It’s not so scary when your thoughts are deceiving Then again, my thoughts have rarely been my own Where is he? He’s in here Hey, buddy… He’s drifting in and out, let’s get him on the stretcher Can you hear me? (x6)

18. Seeds of the Fallen Tree (George Bailey) I want to live again! I want to live again! I want to live again All this time I’ve been looking but not seeing what’s in front of me The lovely world is waiting for another ship to sail the sea But suddenly I wake up and I hear the shouts of glee My poor mother’s watched it all and falls down to her knees I got a broken brain and a pain in my side but no trouble remembering There’s more hurt in my mind than there are flowers in my sight to see But there’s also my guitar that my mother knew was the thing she could bring to me So when I’m feeling better I can pick her up by playing out the memories Oooh oooh oooh oooh If there’s one thing I like it’s playing out my memories Oooh oooh oooh oooh Tell me mother this is all I’m going to need? Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh is this what it’s like to be free? I’ve been waiting for something to take her place Oooh but I can only see her face What a waste it’s been just throwing away every opportunity Consuming every little inch of mindless majesty Just to feel a little free when I was hurting in reality Oooh what do I have the chance to be? Do I have to see my brother and babe always standing out of reach? Holding out their hands and smiling at me All that I have to do they say is to follow my dreams But what do I seek? Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh maybe I can finally see Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh maybe I can be free There’s something to see or something to be but I don’t know what’s right for me How do I pick up the seeds of the fallen tree? 19. It’s Not Over Just to be alive doesn’t mean it’s over I need time Goodbye babe I’m over you Goodbye Your babe she’s gone forever and there’s nothing you can do to bring her back Nothing you can do, your memory and soul is tainted black If only it didn’t take near death To show me the light But don’t I need you on this Earth To make things feel alright? So full of dreams, but things don’t seem to come so easily To me Ooh babe I miss you Ooh babe You can’t move on, there’s a shadow grabbing hold of you by your neck Nobody ever cared for you, why else would they leave you in a wreck? 20. Ghost in Disguise We’ll get you some help, sweetie Just hang in there Oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh Time has slowed to let me think Though it feels like the hours pass by There are reapers and tombstones around And demons of every kind There’s one in the back looking at me With my hair but warmer eyes It’s you again, it can’t be Must be a ghost in disguise Hey little brother, long time no see You’ve reached the crossroads of your destiny You can take the path to life or succumb to your hate I’ll always be with you to come to your aid Oooh oooh It doesn’t have to be the same Oooh oooh Let out what you want to say I used to be afraid of the blinding light But now the clouds are moving aside Without the shadows it doesn’t look so bad Just a memory put behind Drugs stopped the pain but darkened the clouds And made everything build up inside I’m opening up and it’s all spilling out It’s not easy, but if he says so I’ll try Oooh oooh oooh oooh Is he real or is he fake? Oooh oooh oooh oooh What difference does it make? Oooh oooh oooh oooh I’m going to sleep now Oooh oooh oooh oooh Goodnight, sweetie Sweet dreams 21. What Remains Hey, what’s going on man? Is our usual troublemaker there today? What remains of those that are gone? It’s their voice… their memory Can you hear me? Yes… I can hear you You forgot the whole thing we lived for Mom? Don’t be sad that they’re gone, but amazed that they got the chance to be here at all 22. Awakening Wait a minute Is there really a ghost behind me or is it just in my head? Why did it take me so long to see That I’m alive and not dead? I’ve got to move on I’ve got to see what lies before me What chances for me are ahead? What does it mean to live? 23. The Beginning The sun rises again After a long hour of darkness Now in the beginning the memories make their stand When stuck inside The colors are pushed aside While demons stroll by, hand in hand But on the outside There’s no such thing as wasted time And there’s room for more in every band Now another joins One that now sees the light Choosing this time for it to be grand There’s always a bandage for those who bleed And legions of listeners for those in need The clouds have allowed for another to breathe Parting aside for a shimmering scene Now the doors are open for others to see What was inside and what will now be The dam had to break and each little piece Floats away with the gentle breeze Oooh oooh oooh oooh All it takes to begin is the will to be free Oooh oooh oooh oooh The sun once again finds the skyward sea