This is how it begins, it begins like this It begins like (Ha, ha, I am not exempt You think you are?) Put it on, put it on my calendar Back when everything needed meaning Back when everything needed time The mind takes me places I don’t want to be All recognize the face but who’s to say it’s me All my life moving through space After all of this, I should be used to this place Seems different now but I can’t connect the dots The hair grays and the skin grows spots Concepts are balloons untied Pull them back to earth, reach for their lines Everything has to be defined Everything here must have some meaning Everything inside my own damn mind So put it on, put it on my calendar I stay present instead of falling in the past Only thing about the present, the present never lasts So, put it on, put it on my calendar Back when everything needed meaning Back when everything to be defined And I’ll get back to you when I find the time (mind)

Where is it? Where is it? I thought I saw it Where is it? If our brains were somewhere else Would we mind, be ourselves Always being in our heads Does the seeker ever find If our brains were somewhere else Would we feel in our heads When our brains cease to be Will we mind not being Look for yourself out there Look for yourself in there Look for yourself anywhere Do you find what you seek? Do you find this to be Upsetting, to find no “me” Take your time, seek your self Is it you or something else If no self upsets you You shouldn’t mind, nothing to do Just let go, don’t scratch that head Know the self as it’s dead Do you find that you find your mind Do you find that you find your mind Do you find that you find no mind Does the seeker ever find Much to learn or unlearn So do you with the world Mindful not to float away With your self and thoughts all day Convince your brain does your self Meditate, it will help Is the seeker ever there The sky seeks the horizon in the air Look for yourself out there Look for yourself in there Do you find that you find your mind Do you find that you find no mind Does the seeker ever find Does the seeker ever find

I was in a ditch and I needed an out So I reached for a hand when the devil came around The price was not said but rather implied The price was the life of my child It’s been so long and I’ve come so far Look at me with my big house and fast cars I try to outrun the past and take all that I can Something tells me I’ll see the devil again I feel the presence all day and all night Always engulfing me, always ready to strike So with the birth of each daughter and son I say, “what’s mine is mine,” then I pop my gun The deal was made and the deed has been done Too bad for the devil, I always have won Can’t take what’s mine, what’s mine is mine I beat the devil too it and I protect what’s mine, my child What’s mine, my child What’s mine, my child Before my son say, “What have you done?” I lock all the doors and cock my gun Daddy’s little girl say, “Don’t forsake me” Daddy don’t wanna but the devil makes me Gonna sleep well my child Sleep well my child Gonna see no evil in the silent night Gonna hear no evil in the silent night Gonna speak no evil in the silent night Gonna be no evil in the silent night Gonna sleep well my child Sleep well my child From god above and the devil inside From nature all around and all of mankind Even from myself I’ll protect my child I’m gonna show no mercy to protect my child Gonna sleep well my child Sleep well my child Sleep well my child What’s mine is mine

Hold on… Aya, aya, ayo…carried away, ah-oh no You told me you wanted this We sealed it with rings and a kiss Our hearts, damn our hearts, are destined for this Love will swing and love will miss I wanted to kiss your lips Your lips, they went away My heart, damn my heart, was here to stay Until your head went astray We built our love, yeah we did We built our home, yeah we did We built our life, yeah we did We got married away You took our love, yeah you did And you took our home, yeah you did And you took our life, yeah you did You got carried away And I still want to kiss your lips Your lips, they’ve gone away My heart, damn my heart, is here to stay And this love, damn this love, will not decay Come on Stay with me now We build our love, yeah we do We build our home, yeah we do And we build our life, yeah we do ‘Til we’re carried away Carried away, away Carried away, ah-oh no Come on We built our love (here it comes again), yeah we did We built our home, yeah we did We built our life, yeah we did You got buried today And I still want to kiss your lips Your lips, they’ve gone away My heart, damn my heart, is here to stay And this love, damn this love, will not decay

Mary had a little lamb, a little lamb, a little lamb I am Mary’s little lamb, she liked to bring around Mary had a little lamb, a little lamb, a little lamb I am Mary’s little lamb, getting chased throughout the town Mary, will you wash my blood, wash my blood, wash my blood? Mary, will you wash my blood and wipe away your tears? ’Cause I am Mary’s little lamb bleeding on deaf ears Yeah, I am Mary’s little lamb hemorrhaging all these years Mary was too my little lamb, my little lamb, my little lamb Mary was too my little lamb, just like I was and am And merry we were as little lambs, as little lambs, as little lambs Merry we were as little lambs until the folded hands (Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee) Yeah, they chase around the little lambs, us little lambs, the little lambs They chase around the little lambs and the chase goes on today They grab for us little lambs, the little lambs, the little lambs They grab for us little lambs and hear only what they say (Hail Mary, full of grace, the world is in thee) I am Mary’s little lamb, her little lamb, her little lamb I am Mary’s little lamb, it’s too bad she brought me to town [start verse 2b] Because everywhere that Mary goes, that Mary goes, that Mary goes Everywhere that Mary goes, blood and tears on the ground Everywhere that Mary goes, that Mary goes, that Mary goes Blood and tears, they consecrate the ugly, earthly ground Bad, bad, bad, bad… (Blessed art)

Last night you said, “I didn’t live life. Life lived me.” Silly, that’s because you ignored the tapping of your feet And in your times of trouble, you meekly called on god And while your soul was searching, you were missing what you got, alright And you say your glass is half gone, and the world’s all too much Don’t you see the ice cubes swimming and dancing in your cup? Don’t look up “carpe diem”; if you don’t know, there’s no time Just take a sip and smile, feel the dance down inside, alright? Don’t, don’t worry if you step on my toes Because I know how this dance goes Better find someone to laugh with as the moon slowly falls Before the big joke reloads and laughs at us all You may as well dance and giggle your own way So your voice and your groove never become a cliche, no, no Don’t, don’t you worry if you step on my toes Because I know how this dance goes How many times have you heard, “you should live like you were dying” But how many people do you know who are really trying? Or how many prayers cast their lot with tomorrow? Missing the point with a head full of sorrow But are you really happy with yourself today? And where you gonna be when you see we cannot stay? You may as well be dancing until the morning puts you away You may as well be laughing, and you may as well play while you can ‘Cause life is too short Yeah, I say life is too short for carpe diem We need the night as well, we need the night as well We need the night as well, we need the night as well Better find someone to dance with, and grab their hips so tight And burn up like the stars who are laughing for the night And as the world darkens, everything’s gonna be alright So you may as well be laughing and dancing through the night, alright Where you gonna be when you see we need the night?

The one who went in, the one who went in The one who went in, the one who went in, alright I’m a different one from the one who went in I am not myself, from the one who went in, no, no I’m not myself, I’m not myself I’m not myself, I’m not myself We all must go in, we all must go in We all must go No clue I was in, ‘til I noticed the dark And I was too tired to try for a spark, oh no I can’t explain the faint burning inside I began to see glimmers, the conscious, light, alright Still walking the path, but I’m a different one From the one who went in, I am not myself, no, no The one who went in, the one who went in The one who went in, the one who went in We all must go in, we all must go in And some won’t walk out, and some don’t walk out We all must go in, we all must go Crawling at first, then I stood upright Dawn of the day came from the dark of the night, alright The one who went in, not the one who walked out The one who went in, not the one who walked out The one who walked out, the ones who walk out The ones who walk out, know that all they know Is not all there is to know No, know, know, no, know, know The ones who walk out, the ones who walk out The ones who walk out, the ones who walk out…

What are you waiting for? This is it I’m no seer but this isn’t right All these eyeballs without any sight I don’t know but look alive I don’t know they must be living part-time, goodbye I know it’s true plus I’ve heard people say You can die just about any day Keep that in mind and go live your life Say goodbye to livin’, livin’ part-time, goodbye I don’t know but if life is a gift Why keep on living and missing like this Do you wonder how much better you’d be Livin’ full-time, if you know what I mean Living for living, have you ever seen, goodbye Find your reason and run away Can’t do that, we got bills to pay Medicate, help me to cope with the plan Meditate, help me to understand And all I learned is I’m a shell of a man, goodbye Livin’ part-time, goodbye Goodbye No one inside to absorb the lesson No questions asked but I’m still guessing I toiled away and I saw me not there Years of climbing, yet below me thin air Life spent going through the motions Adrift at sea in search of the ocean Deeply felt and ignored the sickness Due to the promise of financial fitness, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Then I awoke one day in a dream And I saw it was just as it seems Best lesson learned, I learned in death And that is: this could be your last breath Now I’m prepared for my death meeting So when it comes I’ll say “Seasons Greetings” Each day should be a good day to die Unless you’re livin’, livin’ part-time, goodbye Livin’ part-time, goodbye Livin’ part-time, goodbye Livin’ part-time, goodbye Livin’ part-time, goodbye Livin’ part-time, goodbye I’m finished!