-More Machine than Man-
Verse 1
Once again the future is beginning to fade
Another lonely future appears
All this time I watch my family slipping away
and this time it's ticking 200 years
Sometimes I think it's all in my mind
But I can't be the only one
Who’ll die trying to reconcile
all of the automatic weapons
everybody becomes
Chorus
Have I done everything I can
Are all these gears and gauges
part of a bigger plan
Or am I more machine than man
Verse 2
I try and tell myself
it's me who gets to decide
to run around the rules that were set
But in the end all that's ever waiting for me
Is a predetermined pain and regret
Nobody wants to watch the love of their life
Begging angels to back away
Shadowboxing in the setting sunlight
quickly turns a predator prey
so I ask you...
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Verse 3
I really wanna try and steady the ship
I’d like to make a name for myself
But this collision course was set in motion
long ago by somebody else...
so I say again...
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-The Joyous Dinosaur song-
Verse 1
you’re all I think about
It’s never easy
It’s starting to affect my point of view
Not sure how to do without
this meeting of the minds
Not sure what I'm supposed to do
Will you pay me some attention
if I take a little time
Or is this love affair just all inside my mind
Chorus
I can see there are so many
different colors in your eyes
I'm not sure how much more that I can take
If I tell you that I love you
will you stay with me tonight
Or am I simply dreaming wide awake
Verse 2
I need new strategy
I need to open up
I don’t see any other way
Nowhere I’d rather be
Just say you are the one
I’d rather die alone than wait another day
You and I were born and bred
to paint this town the deepest red
But you gotta pick up the phone
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Bridge
And every time I think that you are real
You disappear like any other fantasy
And I become the very person
that I promised myself I would never be
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-Slingshot-
Verse 1
We tried to make it work as best we could
It lasts a little longer than it should
We both know you got the best of me
Lately I been thinking, it's been on my mind
Not really sure the punishment
had fit the crime
Grab your magic marker
manifest your destiny
Chorus
This train full of passion and pain
is taking people places
We can't help that we both see ourselves
in old familiar faces please
Just close your eyes,
relax your mind and come back to me
Slingshot, slingshot
Verse 2
The juries judge us by the time it takes
Fresh coat of paint on all the same mistakes
The landmines and the tan lines
slowly start to fade away
A paper tiger never understands
Why it is the power’s always changing hands
Wars of attrition
never solve the problem anyway
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Bridge
I know it’s never really easy to see,
when you are facing an impossible change
But there’s a difference t’ween
the end of your rope
and a lack of an unlimited range
Sometimes I feel like that you see me
as a dreamer with my head in the clouds
I‘d like to think that you would listen to me,
that I could get myself together maybe
Turn it all around
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-Infatuation-
Verse 1
You very well may be my destiny
But our worlds are very different places
You can come to me or I can come to you
But I thing matters of the heart
should only happen facing faces
Sometimes I look up
to the stars at night and wonder
Is there anybody listening to me?
Chorus
And I don’t know who you are
But I’m falling like a star
But is this love?
Or is this just infatuation
Everywhere I go
You’re in songs on my radio
Tell me is this love?
Or is this just infatuation?
Verse 2
You’re checkered past
comes chasing after you
As you’re sorting through
your second chances
I would make the same mistakes again
But it would have to be on different terms
And under very different circumstances
Sometimes I look up
to the stars at night and wonder
Is there anybody listening to me?
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Bridge
We both know I will never be free
Of this unexplainable sense of control
that you have over me
Now that I’ve seen
Just what all of your idiosyncrasies mean
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-Running out of Time-
Verse 1
I’m running out of time
I wanna supercharge my story
Wouldn’t you agree
Most lives move just way to fast
I’m running out of hope
I shouldn’t have to explain exploring
Maybe I can put a little twist
Rise above this loneliness at last
And you don’t always see it
falling down around you
Chorus
Wake up it’s a quarter to ten
And I can see that worried look in your eyes
Ain’t nobody gonna fend for me
I gotta make this thing materialize
You settle down by the tracks and you take it
Nobody knows if their love is gonna make it
I better hustle ‘cause it’s all I got
Six down and eleven to go
There’s just one more thing
that I wanted to know
Will you ever be ready to commit to me
Just a little more steady than it used to be
I wanna have a little left when I’m older
I could use another file for the folder
Just a little off the top
and I’ll let you divvy it up
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
Verse 2
I'm running out of time
Some are saying it’s a perfect ending
Would you say a little prayer
Please don’t let this thing fall apart
I'm running out of steam
Have you ever seen a soul ascending
Will it be enough
For you to keep me deep inside your heart
And you don't always see it
falling down around you
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Bridge
You call yourself a leader of men
You say a lotta things
You take us all for granted and then
you crack a smile
you crack the whip
You’re shouting more more more
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-You Instead of Me -
Verse 1
I'm not looking for apologies
And I don't need a hand out
Maybe just a little peace and understanding
Find it in your heart to give me the benefit of the doubt
Chorus
I don't wanna get high
I don't wanna be angry
I don't wanna give up
I'm really hoping to take advantage
of this opportunity
And I really wanted to witness
The way things go when the timing's right
I don't wanna get lost
I don't wanna be lonely
Never wanna forget
That neither one of us ever chose
this different destiny
And the different directions
You're always one step ahead of me
Why’s it always you instead of me
Verse 2
Such a different set of circumstances
I really gotta learn
to straighten up and fly right
I live with all the risk and wrong directions
And the consequences
of my rolling pair of dice
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Bridge
I’ll save a brush and paint
myself a sacred saint
Trapped in every single corner of the room
The cracks begin to show
The way and now I know
Who I am and just exactly what I have to do
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-I Still Love You Anyway-
Verse 1
Everybody has a weakness
Knows what it's like to be ashamed
How you carrying your consequences lately
Chorus
Why can't you see
What you’re doing to me
And I still love you anyway
There is no doubt
I figured you out
And I still love you anyway
Verse 2
And I watch you refuse your bigger picture
Something else will surely come along
It's never genuine this version of forgiveness
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Bridge
Why are you holding me prisoner
I've never felt so alone
Tempting me
tracking me
labeling me
I'm not something you own
And you’ve got to tell me why
you’d ever want to be
The reason I’d start to lose my faith
in this world
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-Sleeping with the Enemy-
Verse 1
We are drifted out to sea alone
We both know it in our hearts
Here's hoping our minds
are strong enough to guide us home
Chorus
A little something that you see in her eyes
When you’re sleeping with the enemy
You're never certain where your loyalty lies
When you’re sleeping with the enemy
Verse 2
All her trust in a familiar voice
Depends on when you ask her
But she'll say she's pretty sure
she never had a choice
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Bridge
It was over in the blink of an eye
I’d fallen victim to a company spy
And we both knew that it was wrong
(how long do we look the other way)
Thought that it was something
that I’d want at the time
Funny how infatuation turns on a dime
(infatuation makes you wanna
turn your back on me)
Looking back the problem was that
There was something missing all along
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-Caught Red Handed-
Verse 1
You're not at home
So I throw caution to the wind
I've got til almost 5 o'clock
My ego tells me that this castle’s something
I need not defend
So I leave all the doors unlocked
Chorus
I been caught
I been caught red handed caught
Caught red handed caught
Caught red handed caught
I been caught red handed
Verse 2
Sometimes solitude’s
a sanctuary in the sand
Find myself in situations where
I'm so focused on the finish line
and on the task at hand
I can’t hear you coming up the stairs
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Verse 3
They say if you love somebody
always let 'em go
I'm pretty sure I disagree
I'm infatuated
and I'm not afraid to let it show
I'll keep holding on to you
if you keep holding on to me
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-You Can Run but You Can’t Hide-
Verse 1
You’ll never gain traction, not by yourself
When you need a reaction, I'm here to help
I understand about your best laid plans and...
Chorus
You can run, but you can't hide
Couldn't get away, even if you tried
You can run,
but baby you can't hide from me
Verse 2
Most love is manufactured
Most love is by design
Maybe once a little time goes by
You will change your mind
I understand about your best laid plans and...
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Bridge
Run away …
You should know me better
I just want what's best for you
Let's get through this together
Build something special
And it might take time
But I promise you
free will is just a state of mind
Verse 3
See you sitting by the staircase
You always were the patient one
Ropes and a reputation
shouldn't make a difference in the long run
I understand about your best laid plans and...
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-Better Man Than I Have Been-
Verse 1
The call came in this morning
It hasn't gone the way we planned
It seems this shadow we've been fighting
Hasn't given in to our demands
Chorus
It's too late to say I'm sorry
for the things that I have done
It's a shame but now I realize
that I won't be the one
To walk our daughter down the aisle
Or standing right beside you when
You teach our son to try and be
a better man than I have been
Verse 2
The smallest things seem so important
Still so much I wanna do
Sleeping late is feeling guilty
The hourglass is stealing moments
that I’d rather spend with you
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Verse 3
Let's stay up and watch the sunrise
Say all the things we never said
Promise that we’ll take a million pictures
To help you to remember
how I looked at you and said
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Verse 4
Fear seems to keep it’s distance
The more I hold you close
But the only thing I'm afraid of
Is leaving you exactly when
you're needing me the most
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-Your Version of the Truth-
Verse 1
Here we go again we’re learning to work
Around the barbed wire fences
Making allowances
We’re not at home in our own residences
You seem to think that it's all right
You take your time and try to tear us apart
And every other Friday night
your guilty conscience to go
Chorus
I learn to live with all the eccentricities that seem to work for you
Another year another milestone
Where once again we have to suffer through Your version of the truth
Verse 2
Another holiday another day in dodge
Make it up as we go
Navigate our way between
the rutabaga knives
And all the back hand flame throws
You seem to think that it’s all right
You take your time and try to tear us apart
And every other Friday night
Your guilty conscience to go
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Bridge
Miss all the tradition
Miss all of the ammunition
Verse 3
Half an hour in
and we’re all wondering again
Exactly where the day went
Why must Maya always suffer through another one
Of your most precious moments
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-Girl on a Train-
Verse 1
Shoulder to shoulder on a subway train
Some days it really takes a toll
I sit and watch the other passengers
to pass the time
Don’t really know you but I’ve seen your face
And I can tell you’re barely hanging on
It occurs to me that maybe
we are not so different you and I
I wish that I could summon up the courage
just to ask your name
Can’t help but wonder
if our lives aren’t turning out the same
That’s when you look at me and all of a sudden...
Chorus (abbrev.)
Time stands still
Everything is different in the blink of an eye
Time stands still...
Verse 2
Sometimes I wonder where you go at night
Are you looking at this harvest moon?
Maybe it’s the distance
that can make it such a sight to see
Are you happy? Do you think of me?
While you’re playing records in your room
Tomorrow morning can’t get here
nearly soon enough for me
In my mind I’m walking over
and I think of something smart to say
But I know that in reality
we’re still a half a world away
And I can’t help but think
the day will come when
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Time stands still
Everything is different in the blink of an eye
Time stands still
Our love is burning brighter
than the stars in the sky
Time stands still
And you never really know
what the future brings
But ain’t it funny how
the ticking of a clock changes everything
Prechorus
I really wanna meet you
but I think I better take some time
There’s no way that you can live up
to the girl inside my mind
That’s when you look at me
and all of a sudden
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