see everything that i see through my eyes
see a time that seems strange
i've got to buy some shoes
these ones are getting loose
my feet are shrinking in the sun, and it ain't fun
but it looks like rain up ahead in forty miles
a big rainbow took the blue sky
and i'm gonna tell my momma, i love her so
and thank you for giving me these bones o gold
(i'm gonna run from my home)
jump in the river and let the
water soak the sin in my soul
fine time we all crossed lines
make the music that makes us feel fine
rednecks on sun decks hearing a hillside romeo say
"boy's this is the good shit
so come on all and eat a little bit."
and if i ever go back home
i'm gonna tell my momma, i love her so
and thank you for giving me these bones o gold
(i'm gonna run from my home)
jump in the river and let the
water soak the sin in my soul
don't even say a word, it confuses me
what he says to do, is that we don't have to
no no no no
we don't have to
what do you think they would say
if i stood up and i walked away
nobody here really understands me
and so i'll wave goodbye
i'm fine, i'm fine
tones of home
said you don't like the way i'm living
tones of home, tones of home
and so i'll wave goodbye
i'm flyin'
i'm flyin' home
and i always thought this would be
the land of milk and honey
oh but i come to find out
that it's all hate and money
and there's a canopy of greed holding me down
tones of home
said you don't like the way i'm living
tones of home, tones of home
and so i'll wave goodbye
i'm flyin'
i'm flyin' home
see i'm so high to you
so i'll fade away
i said your on your own
your mom and daddy said
that your sister said
and your brothers saying
everybody
they're saying everybody
saying i, i, god, i gotta go!!
all my friends patronize me and
they say yo hey boy! have you
found what your looking for?
it seems they don't really know me
cause it's here
and its what they can't see
tones of home
said you don't like the way i'm living
tones of home, tones of home
and so i'll wave goodbye
i'm flyin'
i'm flyin' home
all alone the broadening skies
under the every night i lie
scratching claw and grip the rails
every day my living hell
oh god you know i've tried
i know how hard i tried
know i tried...
hey i'd like to daze away
to a place no one has known
in a state of mind i could call mine
and only i could own
where i could hum a tune anytime i choose
and there is no such thing as time
where i feel no pain
just calm and sane
what a place for one to find
now you see i'm watching everything i do
and they're watching everything i say
so they will leave me be
oh leave me be
sometimes i ask myself
why am i even here?
ooh and i wonder
you leave me wondering
you leave me wondering
won't you stop watching me
i said they're watching me
watching me, watching me
now in my corner i got the ceiling in my eyes
arms holding up my knees
and rocking back and forth's my life
i didn't mean to feel this way
when i walked into the door
then they ripped away my memories
and i cant remember who i was before
no, no, no, no
now you see i'm watching everything i do
and they're watching everything i say
so they will leave me be
oh leave me be
sometimes i ask myself
why am i even here?
ooh and i wonder
you leave me wondering
you leave me wondering
won't you stop watching me
i said they're watching me
watching me, watching me
shuffle can to can
nobody really gives a damn
for every living day i give myself a hand
now i'm scratchy as can be
i got all you normals looking at me
i'll scratch a hole in my life
so everyone can see
my mind is a mind that i have come to know
and my eyes can't conceive
a world that can not grow
and fridays are always fresh days
screamin' at the sun
don't really know what he has done
he don't believe in god and a world as one
so he rambles through the weeds
said he will sleep beneath the trees
my mind is a mind that i have come to know
and my eyes can't conceive
a world that can not grow
and on the day i die
thank god my soul will be released
i've seen all your eyes
and i've seen all your faces
can you tell me honestly
that you wanna be free?
then look in my eyes
i've been lots of places
can you tell me honestly
that you'd want to be me
honestly
come now and listen babe
i gotta reason why i behave
like a child with a light in his eyes
running naked on a cold winter night
i am like a pigeon that is spreading
it's wings to fly away to better things
like a hammer that has made a dent
in every little single cent you've spent
said oh god you've got to help me a little bit
you've got to have a relief file for me
now i know i'm always right
that's a thought that never even crossed my mind
don't touch me there i've gotta be pure
so smack that hand, and read this verse
so i wrecked your life, what the heck
my new found faith will pay by check
this life's took a toll on my soul
this life's took a toll on my soul
so this is me and that's my song
and i guess that you can see that we don't get along
i've shut the doors on what we had
so now she can sleep with dear ol' dad
my eyes are dry and my hands are clean
and i can't believe all the things i've seen
said oh god you've got to help me a little bit
you've got to have a relief file for me
i said oh my god
i don't feel the sun's comin' out today
it's staying in
it's gonna find another way
as i sit here in this misery
i don't think i'll ever, no lord
see the sun from here
and oh as i fade away
they'll all look at me and say
and they'll say-
hey look at him, i'll never live that way
but that's ok they're just afraid to change
when you feel your life ain't worth living
you've got to stand up and take a look around
you then a look way up to the sky
and when your deepest thoughts are broken
keep on dreaming boy
cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die
and as we all play parts of tomorrow
some ways will work and other ways we'll play
but i know we all can't stay here forever
so i want to write my words on the face of today
and then they'll paint it
and oh as i fade away
they'll all look at me and say-
hey look at him and where he is these days...
when life is hard, you have to change
all i can say is that my life is pretty plain
i like watching the puddles gather rain
and all i can do is just pour some tea for two
and speak my point of view
but it's not sane
it's not sane...
i just want some one to say to me
i'll always be there when you wake
y'know i'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
so stay with me and i'll have it made
and i don't understand why i sleep all day
and i start to complain that there's no rain
and all i can do is read a book to stay awake
and it rips my life away, but it's a great escape
escape, escape
all i can say is that my life is pretty plain
ya don't like my point of view
y'think that i'm insane
its not sane, it's not sane
i just want someone to say to me
i'll always be there when you wake
y'know i'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
so stay with me and i'll have it made
grab my knee and look at me
and try to tell me i'll be home soon
asleep in my bed and unstoned
i'm tired of me this way
i don't know what i've gotten into
but i'm glad it's now instead of sooner
this desert heat has crowded me strong
with a wish i had for winter
it's not as gentle as it sounds
as though it sounded yesterday
when i heard a leaf of my life hit the ground
and as a bottle cap flew from my fingers
i don't know what i've gotten in to
but i'm glad it's now instead of sooner
this desert heat has crowded me strong
with a wish i had for winter
and the sands blew in my eyes
i stood on the edge and looked down to see
the light of a new life shining up on me
i don't know what i've gotten in to
but i'm glad it's now instead of sooner
this desert heat has crowded me strong
it's crowded me strong
with a wish that i had
no time frame for what i need to do today
here at the yellow house
i think that i'm gonna play
with some free-livin' lads
down the street a-ways away
as i feel the moon rise
the time that all feels
is the right time
here in our sleepyhouse
as i wipe eye bugs away
the candle flickers at me to say
and in my head i sometimes pray
hey aren't ya feeling fine
as i was as a little child
and i'm feeling better when i'm high
with a red light shining on a little unity
see, the mistakes that i've made
no they don't seem to bother me
i sure as hell don't feel like
i missed any kind of train
if i could only show you how i feel
then you wouldn't bother me
and then maybe then you'd see
maybe then you'd see why we
don't mind being blind
as i was as a little child
and i'm feeling better when i'm high
with a red light shining on a little unity
i'll probably be in a little while
i was born on the banks of a hot muddy river
the child of one stupid steamy night
born to roam beneath the sun
what do you think of me?
i'm better left alone
i met a holyman
that said that he knew the way
and he'd like to show me
so my life won't go astray
take my hand child
now little boy don't you be afraid
i'll take your soul and walk on water
holyman, you don't understand
the cuts on me they run much deeper
holyman, you righteous man
i've been shown the way a thousand times
not one a keeper...
holyman said i'll tell you boy
you've planted rotten seeds
and in a land of happiness
they'll grow us evil trees
guided minds
and eyes that will never see
holyman i'll tell you
just what it is that i believe
holyman, you don't understand
the cuts on me they run much deeper
holyman, you righteous man
i've been shown the way a thousand times
not one a keeper...
holyman i said i tell you boy
you gotta believe in what you see
'cause it's you that corrupt us man and
deep throat philosophy
i don't need your spells or the little
games you try to pull on me
come to think of it
i don't need your religion
get away
i wish you would understand
everybody prays
let me find
let me find my own way
holyman, you don't understand
the cuts on me they run much deeper
holyman, you righteous man
i've been shown the way
not one a keeper...
as i shit, i sit and wonder why
my floor is so cold
and my back broken tired
but life is good
even though it won't be long
with a candle comes emotions that
dance with the shadows on my wall
what were you thoughts
as they were flying through your mind
compared to what you feel from
the bars you're now behind
if they could speak, what do you think
they would say to you?
i do believe you'd been better
off if you'd just told the truth
never had a problem 'til
i stood face to face with me
and i wish there was a way for me
to go inside so i could see
all the faces of the people
who have torn a piece of me
as i grew from a seed to a tree
can you feel the power of the eye
that's hidden away
5 feet from where we lie
what do you taste
when you take a drink of me
is it to much for me to ask
if i could ask you to leave
please just leave
'cause i want to be alone
there's a fine line
between love and my feelings for you
high time i washed it all away
unkind, i watch your future burn before you
denied a chance of any love in your life
and i ask you one time...
why?
never had a problem 'til
i stood face to face with me
and i wish there was a way for me
to go inside so i could see
all the faces of the people
who have torn a piece of me
as i grew from a seed to a tree
his feet are dirty
and his face
his face is long
and while he's peeking out through his hair
he hides the pain
'til that lennon song comes along
he'll turn it off and say
can you drive?
drive...
can you drive?
drive
can you drive?
jimmy, we need to borrow this for a minute
cause we need to escape
now there's so many things that he's gonna do
in 5 lifetimes hell i couldn't do 'em all
hey and while he's rolling his own smokes
he says to me he's buying a new ride today
a classic deal the boss will give
he said the same thing two weeks ago
you've seen that sweaty jet rag
feeling come over him
and i've seen that boy nod
into a dream a time or two
and on his way out his glazed stare
will make you stop and wonder
hey william is that the last time
i'm gonna look at you?
but the next day phone will ring
and it will be him
can you drive?
drive...
can you drive?
drive
can you drive?
jimmy, what would you say
what would you do
oh should i pray?
or do you think that this blind mind
would listen to me, anyway
all these people
they won't leave me alone
and we need a little time to ourselves
and half these reasons why
i'm sketching all the time
the result of this life in hell
but oh well, i think it's time
my faith is falling
like the leaves from a tree
the pockets both take it away
the sun warms my body as i'm
sittin' on a swing watching
columbus clouds bring in the rain
oh well, i think it's time
it's time to go
my mind is playing tricks on me all the time
to let you know that i am real
and all the worries you build
up inside your soul
the ones that make your world stand still
mean you can feel
pthat it's time to go..
are you fed up, are you fed up with me?
do you think you could do better?
do you think that i know better?
do they think that they know better?
five fed up faces
with the itch to kill the king
blood red sunshine, and a breath to air that's clean
i drink from the faucet
from the porch i take a pee
i look at you through the bushes
where you can't see me
i laugh and slip into another state of mind
to let you know that i am real
and all the worries you build up inside your soul
the ones that make your world stand still
means you can feel, that it's time to go
