1.A Perfect Voice
I may not have a perfect voice
But I'll still sing at the top of my lungs
Until my days are done
I was once a child with a million plans
Now all I've got is what's in my hands
I don't leave much to chance these days
I may not ever see a dime but I'll be fine
Yeah I'll still get by
All the time a smile upon my face
You might see me on the corner with a cup someday
And I'll smile and wave
And say 'God bless you for your change today'
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I may not be a perfect man, but I'll still stand
Yeah I'm counting on Grace to win this race for me in the end
I may not sing your favorite songs but I don't sing for you
'Cause if I did, I would have been gone long ago
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I'm gonna sing it out at the top of my lungs
I may not have a perfect voice but I won't lie
I'll sing until I die
'Cause I may not get the chance another night
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I'm gonna sing it out at the top of my lungs
I'm gonna sing it out at the top of my lungs
2.Cheap Shots
I have a demon in me
It shows its teeth and escapes
when I impatiently speak
that's when i make my mistakes
It seems I'm prone to abuse
I'm just like you, I'm just like you
I keep my mouth shut around
the fools and liars of this town
Starting fires with their lips
They burn it all to the ground
You know if you want the truth
You'll just end up getting burned too
Will the water wash me clean？
You can take it all out on me,
you can take it all out on me.
So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
You walk the walk,
don't you talk the talk too？
But in your heart you died alone
A long, long time ago.
Will the water wash you clean？
You can take it all out on me,
you can take it all out on me.
So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
3.Solar Powered Life
She's got a solar powered life
She dies without direct sunlight
But every morning in the spring
She wakes up early
And this is what she sings
My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
Yeah
My baby gets depressed at night
All hope is gone with the twilight
But every morning after dawn
She sings to me
And this is her love song
My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day
Yeah
I give you everything you need
I give vacations by the sea
If that's what you need girl
I give you everything you want
Sitting sipping smoothies with your sunglasses on
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
Yeah
4.Four Chords
I was once a boy in love with strangers,
As I watched them smoke their cigarettes I'd wave
I was much to young to think of danger,
I was curious and innocent and brave
Now the wrinkles in my face have gotten deeper,
Im an old man thats just 25 years young
I try to keep myself away from mirrors,
they remind me of the stupid things I've done
Because after all mans intellect and power,
All you get is 650,000 hours if youre lucky then youre dead,
Says the voice inside my head that keeps me moving one,
That keeps me singing these songs,
so sing along
Oh, oh, here we go,
been down this road about a thousand times before
But we aint bored
Oh, oh, here we go singing songs
we wrote about a thousand times before
But we aint bored the same four chords,
the same four chords
Now the beard upon my face has gotten thicker
To protect me from the storms that come my way
Maybe when lifes done
I'll be the singer in the band
that plays outside of heavens gate
Because after all mans intellect and power,
All you get is 650,000 hours if youre lucky then youre dead,
Says the voice inside my head that keeps me moving one,
That keeps me singing these songs,
so sing along
Oh, oh, here we go,
been down this road about a thousand times before
But we aint bored
Oh, oh, here we go singing songs
we wrote about a thousand times before
But we aint bored the same four chords,
the same four chords
the same four chords
the same four chords
And even if I die tomorrow
I'll be glad my life was filled with songs,
And even if I die tomorrow
these four chords will keep me living on
And even if I die tomorrow
I'll be glad my life was filled with songs,
And even if I die tomorrow
these four chords will keep me living on
And even if I die tomorrow
I'll be glad my life was filled with songs,
And even if I die tomorrow
these four chords will keep me living on
Oh, oh, the songs that we wrote,
are playing back on the radio
Oh, oh, if I die tomorrow
these four chords will keep me living on
Oh, oh, the songs that we wrote,
are playing back on the radio
Oh, oh, if I die tomorrow
these four chords will keep me living on
these four chords will keep me living on
these four chords will keep me living on
5.Vagabonds
I can't get enough
Of livin' in the city
I get off the bus
At Dexter and Denny
The sun's comin' up
Over the lake to my east
And I feel the love
In the rhythm of the music of the street, yeah
And no one is gonna take that away from me
So I pick up a Real Change paper
As I walk on down the street
Yeah, because
Vagabonds and troubadours
I built this city on punk rock cores
And I for one cannot ignore the facts, yeah
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
Yeah, come on
In the jet city of love
Northwest in the evergreen state
People can't get enough
Of living in the darkness and the rain
But when the sun comes out
The streets are filled with songs
And people playing it loud
So the whole world can sing along, yeah
And the cops go screaming by on the 99
There's a man with a smile and his guitar on
And he's holdin' a sign
And it says
Vagabonds and troubadours
I built this city on punk rock cores
And I for one cannot ignore the facts, yeah
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
Yeah, come on
Vagabonds and troubadours
I built this city on punk rock cores
And I for one cannot ignore the facts, yeah
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
Yeah, come on
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
Yeah, come on
6.The Happy Nihilist
I am a happy nihilist, no absolute truth does exist
When I decide to shake my fist, I only got myself to blame
Cause we're all players and life's the game
I only take what I need, I am so light on my feet
I will not stop or concede, I am not driven by greed
No moral compass for me, it's all just natural feelings
Existence has no meaning, there's no such thing as happy
But late at night when I sleep, I dream of more than I see
There's something burning in me, a driving need to be free,
Why do I sit here and think about the things that I need？
There's nothing left to believe, oh is it all just a dream？
I've taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like h＊ll to trust nobody else but me
I've taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like h＊ll to trust nobody else but me
I used to read everything, I used to need nothing
I put my money on me, I used to be something
Now I can't sleep, cause I'm not happy
I've taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like h＊ll to trust nobody else but me
I've taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like h＊ll to trust nobody else but me
Whoa oh oh
Why am I haunted by the metaphysical？
Is it a cosmic lie or is it literal？
The books I read that used to free my mind
Have made me more blind but the truth I'll find it
I was a happy nihilist
Now I'm wondering why I exist
I've taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
I've taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
Whoa oh oh
7.My Name
I have seen my own gravestone
and worshiped the golden statue
I've made my bed in the lion's den
and walked in dead man's shoes
I have witnessed coastline
from a bird's eye view
And I made the request
that we plunge to our death
so that I could get to You
I will walk through the fire
I will not be afraid
They can take everything that I have
But they can't give me my name
I have climbed every bookshelf
In search of hardcover proof
And if I am judged by the things I have loved
I hope some of them are true
I will walk through the fire
I will not be afraid
They can take everything that I have
But they can't give me my name
'Do whatever fulfills you
Make the most of each day'
That's what we're taught since before we could walk
But it all will fade away
I will walk through the fire
I will not be afraid
They can take everything that I have
But they can't give me my name
I will walk through the fire
I will not be afraid
They can take everything that I have
But they can't give me my name
8.Everything And Nothing
I've tasted fame but never fortune
And still I couldn't care less for both
I hope you're done saying 'I told you so'
Cause I think I'm done telling the world what I know
Everything is dark inside the whitest lie
When you take the truth in every half truth
You take the grey over the black and white
I am everything and nothing
Give me one good reason to believe I'm not alone
I will wait for You to answer me
I've never been much for smoke and mirrors
so I need a hand to hold
I will wait for You to answer me
I've tasted blame poured out by brothers
And I much prefer a woman's scorn
They chastise me for being honest
When they hide behind their pride and their porn
Everything is white inside the blackest truth
I know you hate to hear it but it's all that I can do
I am everything and nothing
Give me one good reason to believe I'm not alone
I will wait for You to answer me
I've never been much for smoke and mirrors
so I need a hand to hold
I will wait for You to answer me
I am everything and nothing
I am everything and nothing
I am black and white, I am wrong and right
Give me one good reason to believe I'm not alone
I will wait for You to answer me
I've never been much for smoke and mirrors
so I need a hand to hold
I will wait for You to answer me
9.The Count
Be good to me as you once were
when you pulled me from the brink of death
My enemies were frenzied for a taste of my flesh
And now I've got the same feeling again
The beasts are closing in their teeth are dripping with
rattlesnake poison
So I will run into Your open arms I've got nowhere else to go
I don't want to live like this anymore
Trading truth for the simple things
I don't want to live like this anymore
Will You give me the will to sing out
When I'm filled with the darkest of doubt
When I'm down for the count
Protect me from mutiny
From those who miscarried your baby
From those who miscarried the truth
So they could selfishly do whatever they thought was pleasing
Protect me from insincerity
From between their teeth it's practically oozing
Their eyes are hollow and blind they're always wasting my time
And it's time that I'm losing
So I will run into Your open arms I've got nowhere else to go
I don't want to live like this anymore
Trading truth for the simple things
I don't want to live like this anymore
Will You give me the will to sing out
When I'm filled with the darkest of doubt
When I'm down for the count
I don't want to live like this anymore
Trading truth for the simple things
I don't want to live like this anymore
Will You give me the will to sing out
When I'm filled with the darkest of doubt
When I'm down for the count
10.Different Now
The sunset through the blinds reminds me of the time we met
You were like a ray of sunlight, penetrating my apartment
As we walked down by the water I remember what you said
You said we had so much in common and you didn't see it coming
I was as surprised to find the love inside your eyes as you were
to see mine
Our friends all laughed and we were warned it was the calm
before the storm
that comes like it always does
Love of mine oh my how we have grown, it's different now
Don't ever want to go back to being alone, it's different now
And I wouldn't change a thing
I recall the times we spent down by the coffee shop
We would fight and you would cry, cause in those days I lied a
lot
Trying to protect you from the truth I had to learn that never
worked
I couldn't hide anything from you, couldn't bare to see it hurt
you
Oh I was so surprised to find forgiveness in your eyes,
undeserved,
but love is blind
We shared our hearts as we drove home it was the calm before the
storm
that comes like it always does
Love of mine oh my how we have grown, it's different now
Don't ever want to go back to being alone, it's different now
And I wouldn't change a thing
After all the mistakes, its different now.
It seems our love never breaks,
it's different now and I wouldn't change a thing.
Love of mine oh my how we have grown, it's different now
Don't ever want to go back to being alone, it's different now
And I wouldn't change a thing
The sunset through the blinds reminds me of the time we met
You were like a ray of sunlight, penetrating my apartment
11.Broken Mess
He can't sleep, he can't eat
He keeps thinking about her behind the locked door of her
bedroom
As she knowingly tortures the shell that is left of her
bridegroom
And what did he do to deserve
This whore of a wife who parades her disgrace to his face now
When he loved her and gave up his life in more ways than she
knows how
And all I can say is that
Love is a terrible art, it's a hook in the heart
That can drag you on broken glass
And as you protest the shards in your flesh
The hook tears out your chest until you're just a broken mess
Where is God in this rot？
Depraved she commits the most heinous of sins and breaks her
vows
But he loves her despite all the crimes she devises in his house
Where is God？ I've been taught
That He's close to the broken, it's true I have spoken with Him
some
When I look in my brother's eyes I can see where his love comes
from
And all he can say is that
Love is a terrible art, it's a hook in the heart
That can drag you on broken glass
And as you protest the shards in your flesh
The hook tears out your chest until you're just a broken mess
But he has mercy on her lover and does not bleed him dry
A credit to his self control if it were me that monster would
probably die
Love is a beautiful thing, she can make your heart sing
When you're walking on broken glass
She will open your eyes, make your heart feel alive
Point you toward the sunrise
Help you leave all this broken mess behind
Love is a beautiful thing
Will you leave this broken mess behind？
Love is a beautiful thing
Will you leave this broken mess behind？
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