Ten Foot Pole

Mommy, what does hyper mean? The teacher says I'll never read Says I need to take a pill So I can learn to sit real still The microwaves did something to our brains We need to take these pills to help us change Please let me take them I don't want...

I'm holding on there's not much patience left, I'm holding on but I won't hold my breath, I did my part and now it's up to you, We're hoping this time you come through, Another half apology we're waiting, You said "No worries" then I should have know...

I can't believe that it's been 2 whole years since i last saw you, a wedding or a funeral, i guess that's what it takes, to pull me from my work, to wake me from my sleep, remind me what's important, another year goes by and i don't look the same, the new gray...

At work your mouth stays firmly shut While your boss asks for advice Later at the bar behind his Back you criticize [Chorus] An armchair quarterback you never have to lose You never have to wipe the dog shit off your Shoes An armchair quarterba...

You're so cold Trapped inside Your private hell a slave to need I don't know What it's like To be most likely to succeed Only your boyfriend uses you said, black resin On your hands Your skin started looking yellow, Eyes deep hollow circles...

So you noticed that your city changed The old familiar roads now seem so strange Can you belive that there's paint on the walls Kids are murdered in the high school halls Wake up kid and stop your whining Every silver cloud has a black lining The w...

Clawing his way out of the doldrums Getting sick and tired of coke and rums We'll just have to wait and see Because he's jumped on the wagin before Only to crawl and beg for more His pride is just another casuality His pride is just another casuality Ca...

We've been hiding out forever Waiting to release all our energy That's still inside It's time to get it out Get it out of me Something new I want to make this time special Something for you Playing as hard as we can Grind out the energy I w...

Sorry i just had to call, Don't want to wear you out on me, But i need someone to listen, You don't even have to speak, Sorry to make such a fuss I know things will happen now and then, If you bear with me i promise This will never happen again,...

She was working all her life for justice in this world but every time she made some gains someone would kick her down again then damage takes it's toll the rising the falling the rising the falling can you get back up again? it's easier to tear apart than buil...

Its funny how a little truth can put things in perspective, Sually i try to hide from all of lifes unpleasantries, Like corruption lies and users, Try to ignore all the abusers But sometimes truth just slaps me in the face, And i can't hide, try to d...

Dad can u spare $50 Suprise a musician down on his luck I could use a hand to pay the rent "son you could Have been someone A doctor, a lawyer, not a bum Have you learned you lesson? half your life is spent!" If i could turn back Time...

You heard the warnings saw the signs Do you still think we left you behind? Don't you remember how we tried? Another place Another time Without reason without rhyme Can you imagine life without your pride? You look up at me with those hurt puppy...

It was the alchohol you said, Took away your common sense, You don't remember a thing, Unconsiousness is your defense, Its everybodys fault but your, And now we must forgive, How can you hold a grudge, When you can't remember what you did? But...

Keep on playing me I'm not a toy I'm different from everyone else Lies are what you believe in Promises that you'll never keep Don't tell me stories of your pastimes glories They've faded away with the sun Faded away I'm flying high above the gra...

Shine your boots So you can march across the desert Lift your knees look sharp as a knife Youll learn to Like it Youll be all that you can be No one can stop our way of life [Chorus] Fall in line No back talk do what we told you Step...

Lifes so unfair you thought Then turned on your tv, l Ifes so unfair you sobbed, Then picked up the keys, You locked your castle door Behind you to go for a ride, Your shiny car roars as you Think of what youve been denied, No one understands y...

I knew the day would come Maybe this would be the one Where I would say good-bye I've tried to understand The law of supply and demand But it does no good to wonder why I wonder if my number is really up this time There were other times before...

Hey can you hear anything Can the music make you move Can inspiration still be enough To make you want to play Are there any lies behind the truth They they just don't understand What we are gonna play Try to tell us how to peak our minds We a...

Triple bypass Knocked on his ass The doctor told him not to smoke He dims the light But late at night Puffing through the tube jammed on his throat Giving gravity a hand Feels all right, feels all right Cutting life short by making it gra...

By the time you hear this song it'll be over. narlie charlie's back again. he's wearing a goatee. doesn't look the way he did five years before on the streets again and knocking on my door. only come out at night when the lights are out and no one's around. th...

I find myself entrenched again in things that just don't matter, So I throw it aside. 'cause I'm not gonna waste my time, l've spent most of my life punching the clock. hammering out the details, I want to get up off this ride, Once again I ask myself,...

Wake up Oceans are the shower that we need Waves crash Worries in our mind are finally freed Laughter Echoed By seagulls in the air High on summer And all the carefree times we share. [Chorus] Memories Will help us as we go our Separate...

Mother makes a bath and smiles While she watches her five children drown Without a sound Love in sickness and in health Her tearful husband pleas in her defend, "She lost her sense" Don't need to look beyond, take a look around From the time we'...

"hey pete" she said "it's not too late i still think that you're just great you need to wait in the right place where you'll meet a girl with good taste" "aw, ma don't you think i tried? i think there's something wrong inside i have no problem making friends b...

Hey have you picked up anymore Marbles off the floor The streets you once lived on Are now gone Time will never stop And that stilts we used to walk on Are now too weak For you and me to walk on now Looking out among the clouds Right through...

The pedals go round and round, I'm low on gas I've given up on going fast. 'cause I've been here, and I've been there, Not too much surprises me now I've seen it all. But I don't mind, I'll find the bright side one more time, And I don't mind, I'll...

This morning's light met me in the closet, Finally found your Fear and Loathing, I swear I always meant to give it back, Now I don't know who to give it to, I close my eyes and I shut my mouth, Never thought that this could ever happen here, Got...

Alarm clock wakes me from my nightmare, I smash it I don't have to work today, Hi Standard pumping on the CD, I can't help but smile when they play, For me that's every day, Got no worries what's the hurry? I won't complain today, At least not ri...

You took my closest friends Split my family I gave up everything I had Except your memory but I know Someone will hold your hand tonight You won't remember me tonight I wish I could forget so easily Someone will hold your hand tonight Someone w...

John takes a seat so he can wind his watch Not workin' any more, but it's so good to touch It's the only solid evidence of what he's done and seen It helps him to remember his past life was not a dream Used to tell the time when he was young But time mean...

Outside of Vons Gabrielle and I crouched behind her dad's Plymouth Duster Sharing Ding Dongs With chocolate smeared on both our chins and noses Her Dad wore a frown as he Dragged me in to say sorry to the manager who made me walk Around in shiny ha...

Russell's new uptight trust-fund princess reigns Stares down her coke-burned nose and sets new rules Forbids his listening to punk rock music Tried to burn his copy of The People's History His face is blank, bloodless, inexpressive, All passion drai...

I walked in on you I couldn't believe my eyes I Forgot to knock and I apologize but I can't forget what I saw I always wondered if you had a darker side you wear a smile but your eyes are red like you just cried Now will you explain? By day you wear your happy...

You're lying on the cross They come up to you Blood rushing through your veins And you don't know what to do They said you were crucified For all of your sins Now you're dead Dead on the cross Millions of people died in your name Is this the...

So you think that it's over That your love has finally reached the end Any time you call night or day I'll be right there for you When you need a friend It's gonna take a little time Time is sure to mend your broken heart Don't you even worry pre...

You can laugh so hard that you cry The world won't hear you if you call Endless streets now you don't know where to go Your moving so fast yet still goin slow Running your running Right down your endless streets I'm not too far behind you are you...

I thought we solved this problem long ago I thought we grew up but we still need to grow Somehow it rained on our common ground Now when we dig in we slip around I hear the sarcasm in your voice Think of all the times you made me want Without think...

A middle-class mom crouches on the hill Eyes behind binoculars she sits so still Spots a boy going under the freeway Whispers in her radio going for the kill Open your eyes! You're fighting kids Who only want to make their mark Everything else you...

Long long time ago before the wind before the snow Lived an old man aging man who lost his friend He carried by his side all the things he had in life Left all the things that troubled him behind He was once in a desparate need for attention And so m...

As we ride up the mountain I can hear the young ones brag, Just how much they drank last night and all the little girls they've had, There's nothing that I'd like more than to teach humility, I'll leave these little bastards in the trees, As we fly down the mo...

I watch the objects form in cloudy skies A bat, a pirate ship and then her eyes So i pound a shot down Punch My arm and set up a new round Till me, myself and i can't concentrate The clouds conspire to show me what i miss Hair, her cheeks,...

Just another night, another bar, another town, I was talking to myself though the guys were all around, Then she walked up started dancing on the bar, I showed her to my car, All her high school friends started coming to our shows, I admit they caught my eye a...

You tell me of a place Where everybody knew their neighbors All the families helped eachother And no one ever locked their doors You tell me no one locked their doors Old man please stay a while I know at first I seemed too busy But now I'll make...

Prison walls Outside your cell a bloody tyrant falls No shots were fired He said you were weak You turned every Cheek and turned the brute away [Chorus] One hero One vision Your word My religion No regrets Not hollow You go and i foll...

You complainer what you complaining about Why don't you take a good look See what this world is all about When your feeling sorry for yourself And there's a roof over your head Remember the man who's got a box for a bed We don't need people like y...

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A gift of life See the sunset Mother earth On the sand Feel the impressions inside my head My minds a wandering My minds a wandering And I can't forget the way I feel I won't forget now that I know Something that drives me to the end And l...

Obsolete I can't complete Thrown away An 8-track tape Time No friend of mine Faded works of art Stopped my Friend's heart I want to last forever like plastic In the landfill of your memory Will u remember me? Stay Another Day Let...

Is there something more i just can't see? Ive been so busy trying everyday to make ends meet, Been such a long time, Now i wonder can i tell the forest from the trees? I know that i feel pride and I know that i fear shame, I know i want you to smi...

I run but I'm running in place There's no place to hide I drive but I'm losing the race I'm only along for the ride When I was younger they were easily satisfied Win or lose it didn't matter as long as you tried But now the game is not just for f...

You heard of Rachel Coorie? The press won't tell her story Caught between a house and bulldozer She found out that Israel Hates gardens and it will kill Americans who help rebuild the Gaza Strip. Let's pretend that everything will be OK It's not...

Its no use trying to make sense, It doesnt't matter anyway, There's no one worth the pain, No reason left to stay, I try to turn it off Where did the old me go? How did i get so far away? I just don't know, Every act of kindness boils down to...

I couldve lied The truth a needle in your eye The wound a band-aid wont heal But i persist And try to tell it Like it is What's the point if were not real? [Chorus] Riptide sweeps me out to drown Flailing arms and aching chest the more...

Sarah jones is acting out a monologue To teach the world about justice What women want "im not an Object!" She screams with eyes on fire The crowd goes wild Shes preaching to the choir W. is making love to Shareholders who own a piece of sun...

I'm going to tell you a story About what I did all day The story's about my old school And there's not too much to say I came from a school surrounded by fences The unbearable stench dulling my senses Walkie talkie ladies guared the grounds Stup...

Father please take me back, I don't fit in with these cruel earthlings, I've done my time please take me home, I was five, I was bad, You sent me here erased my memory, Babysitter washed my mouth with soap, I was ten, Had no friends, The teacher hit me with a...

She looks like the type of girl who could ride a dirt bike She looks like the type of girl who'd go wherever I like We could talk about Freud and motorcycle leather No matter what I say she'll laugh and think I'm clever And all I gotta do is get the gu...

If I lose all respect for you Can I still call you friend? Why expose myself to disappointment Over and over again? The cycle has to end (chorus) Can someone give me shelter From the pouring rain? If the water washed your lies away, Maybe I c...

Waiting for the answers All solutions to my problems I guess I need your help on the way Am I searching Keep track of what's going on Learing from my failure I'm not afraid to fall Don't want to dig my hole and deeper Still think I need your hel...

So the walls are closing in to sufficate you Like you're trapped and flailing blindly in a garbage bag You're sinking in a tar pit like a saber tooth... You struggle but the blackness sticks to you Like a disease that you can't wash off So you go int...

Please don't chase me anymore Nearly forgot just what i'm running for I meant no harm, my gas pedal is to the floor People watch this on tv Never thought that this could happen to me I can't stop now and it still seems like a dream Never thought...

Watching old home movies, the seeds so evident Little did I know back then what my tapping fingers meant A compulsive urge to hum a tune, to touch a piano key In every sound and rhythmscape, I found a piece of me The picture began to become more clear...

Looking in the mirror what's left to see Fragments of life all the pieces are broken The skyways open to conquer the moon I'm going to get there just watch me Maybe tomorrow I'll think of tomorrow Inspiring words The Dai Lama prays for us Oppress...

Security Was all I was after But I found so much more You made me start the thinking And I don't regret a thing I guess you made me understand What you want and what you need Sometimes my eyes are so blind You've given up so much for me Giv...

I didn't notice that you cut your hair, I didn't notice that it was blue, I didn't notice that you pierced your tongue, I don't recall the dress you wore the day I met you, I almost missed your birthday once again, Your sister called me just in time, I forgot...

When she first apologized it seemed that no one cared no one cared about her shame no one cared about her pain and she could not accept that no one gave her time she said "they will watch me yes by god i'll make them see" my god, i can't believe you're gone it...

I took this job 'cause it was my dream And I work hard for it You congratulated me for not settling for a lesser life And you followed dreams of your own and I love you For it But now success is bittersweet, it swept you up, and Took you far away...

I'm moving slowly 'cause i'm not feeling too good today What was i thinking before i started Drinking yesterday Oh what the hell tomorrow it's only sunday And tomorrow i will be hanging with my head Over a bucket there's always a good side to the...

Yeah i 've heard that before but not someone as close as you. i've tried to stay clear of the hate that surrounds us. it hurts my ears. and i can't say you have no right to feel that way, all burned up inside. but i can try to change your mind. listen to me or...

Sitting on the couch watching time slip away Reach for your lighter to burn another way The clock runs fast while you run slow Nothing worth doing and nowhere to go Don't blame it on the herb You get what you deserve There are people all around th...

I was the kid with the backpack full of revolution Listing the crimes like genocide, slavery and Mass polution With footnotes and documentation So I could argue with confidence at hockey rinks And bars Alone against the relentless machine in mercy I put...

Let me take you to a place no one's ever seen. it's so far it's so far away, back in deep behind the trees. i know that i won't fall. it's been there a hundred years. i know that it won't fall. trust the limbs are here. one more time i'm telling you. walk wher...

Awake again At three AM I need a hand to get me off to sleep In vain i try I feel the eyes All my dead Relatives here for a peep [Chorus] I shut the blinds turn out the lights for privacy Its har to concentrate with grandma Watching me A...

Is there something you should tell me? Is there something i should know? I guess i thought that you were happy, But your eyes tell me.... Was the attention all that you needed? Did we miss your silent cries? Is it too late to try? Who do you want...

With you by my side I feel intoxicated. Your perfume invades my senses. Each breath, like inhaling gas fumes, Asphyxiates the inner voice that begs me to leave. Angry acids lay siege upon my stomach, The mere thought of food repulsive to me. When...

They tell you there were better days You can't remeber through the haze This is the only life you've ever known They sigh and talk about fist fights When you could go to sleep at night Without avengers tearing out your wishbone You pray to god and...

Those who are different From you and your way of living. Get you really scared. And when you see these people it looks like if you had shit stuck up your fucking nose, Disgust all over your face. They should have no part in your society, blacks,homosexuals...

Yeah I thought that we were A team that we both would fight for A common goal a common dream Holding out as I sacrifice more So confused when you pound on my door Outstretched hand, harsh demand, Ice cold smile as you show me that It's your world...