I’m scared to death of everything I’m scared to talk or even sing I got nothing left inside So I guess there’s nothing left to hide So I’ll stay I’ll stay around For another day

I wanna go where no one knows my name To the desert the ocean or the plains Cause I wanna go Where people I don’t know Come and invite me in And those same people that were strangers now call me their friends Then I’ll go back to the twilight zone Where it’s so strange but it still feels like home Cause I wanna go To the bar where the ghosts Turn the jukebox on And they play their favorite songs All night long Then I’ll go till someone knows my name Then I’ll go somewhere like the UK or to Spain I’ll go to the places I thought I’d never know Oh, the road is the second place that feels like home Then I’ll go back to the twilight zone Where it’s so strange but it still feels like home Cause I wanna go To the bar where the ghosts Turn the jukebox on And they play their favorite songs All night long

My dear, you’re so beautiful to see But I swear that it’s true there is nothing underneath I would to sit and talk with you for days But when it comes to conversation all you say Is uh huh, alright, okay I know I shouldn’t stay But I’m gonna stay The flags that surround you all are red But with my rose-colored glasses on my face They seem to beacon me instead My darlin’ Dear what do you want from me? You shrug your shoulders, then you turn you back and you sing your songs sayin’ how “no one here wants me” I know I shouldn’t stay But I’m gonna stay I wanna feel something as real As your hand upon my skin But everywhere that I go I run into me once again I wanna feel something as real As your hand upon my skin But everywhere that I go I run into me once again I wanna feel something as real As your hand upon my skin I wanna feel Something real I know I shouldn’t stay But I’m gonna stay

It seems that nothing here Has gone quite as planned Cause now I’m sitting here with my shoes filled with sand And I eat these stale saltines And I second guess my dreams I knew this wouldn’t be like an easy bake Done in ten minutes and Not that hard to make Cause I know if I want to do this right That I have to put up a fight Cause it’s getting harder every day With a mountain of bills to pay And the question of where the money’s coming from Now I’m facing these uncertainties When I’d rather be working for my dream And if you ask me if I’m scared I’ll say, “yeah” I’ve been playing everywhere I can In basements and bars I’ve been sleeping at these rest stops Looking at the stars And I don’t think I’d change a thing If I’d still get to sing Cause it’s getting harder every day With a mountain of bills to pay And the question of where the money’s coming from Now I’m facing these uncertainties When I’d rather be working for my dream And if you ask me if I’m scared I’ll say, “yeah” I don’t think I’m foolish at all A little selfish but that’s easy to call And I’d rather be working for what I believe Than something I could not conceive Cause it’s getting harder every day With a mountain of bills to pay And the question of where the money’s coming from Now I’m facing these uncertainties When I’d rather be working for my dream And if you ask me if I’m scared I’ll say, “yeah”

Try to cover up the mess you made With all that you can find. But the problem is You’re surrounded by yourself. You take a worn-out pack of matches, A brand new silver dime, And a dusty fifth of whiskey off the shelf. You flip the coin, it sparkles As it tumbles through the air. You catch it and hold it in dismay. You tremble as you turn your hand To see what’s really there. You take a swig, The coin has had its say. You’ll soon Know just exactly who you are. You walk along the darkened street As the rain starts pouring down, But you know the place It’s not very far. Just a couple blocks on passed the church Right outside of town, Take a left before your favorite local bar. The letters they are glowing A little gold, a little red, Then a voice it comes From just inside the wall: “This place is not for everyone, Are you sure you want to stay?” You nod your head, and the voice it comes again, Saying: “You’ll soon Know just exactly who you are” You take the match and whiskey And plan to burn the whole place down But as you step inside, open your eyes, and start to look around. There are people you thought did not exist Speak to ones you thought were dead You think you are a madman You think you’ve lost your head You thought it all was black and white There were no shades of grey Thought only there was day and night And no dawn before the day As the sun sets On what you call your life You forget just what you have said You found there’s more than one way out And to take that way instead Cause you Know just exactly who you are

Somewhere in a park in Minnesota As I sat beneath the weeping willow tree A butterfly it landed on the bench beside me In the shade we both enjoyed the summer breeze I can’t hide what’s inside I wish I could call you on the phone I would tell you everything I would say lately I’m feeling so alone Then I hear you once again You say I’m here You’re safe Keep going That’s all you need to know Your voice it spoke above And everywhere around me The willow in the breeze It brushed upon my cheek “I’m here my son so please You need to keep on going Have no fear because you’re always Safe with me” I want to ask you how you are I wanna know just where you are But I can’t speak I want to tell you everything I want to say right now I don’t feel so alone I hear you once again You say I’m here You’re safe Keep going That’s all you need to know

You know I don’t know why It was so damn hard to say But every day went by And every chance, it slipped away So I wrote it down Thought I was profound I showed you Every scar I had Got a careless hug And brushed under the rug I’m too exhausted to be mad You say you’re sorry for the past You say a lot of things Until you’ve gotten off the pot I will not believe a single thing Respect ain’t given It is earned I thought that’d be Something you’d’ve learned Just ‘cause you’ve been Given the ring That don’t mean A goddamn thing Don’t push me now I won’t cow-tow We are the same You and me Behind those clouded eyes You can’t recognize What everyone can see You say you’re sorry for the past You say a lot of things Until you’ve gotten off the pot I will not believe a single thing I know you cannot change the past But this future looks the same to me If this thing breaks my back I’m burning down this Rotten family tree

Breaking down Without a sound As the rain Starts pouring As the weight on me Starts boring down There ain’t not rest Is this a test? Is this the end Or the beginning Is this my punishment For sinning I wanna know If you got something to say Won’t you tell me please? The water’s high As I drive To this 9 to 5 This dead-end life Wondering what the point is To it all I’m falling now After another round Am I trying to drink away The pain Or is this meant to Keep me sane? Cause I don’t know What I’m doing anymore I want to settle my own score What do you want from me? You think I’m strong enough? Why do you think I’m strong enough? I’ve got something to say I don’t think I’m strong enough I don’t think I’m strong enough This life Has got me close to the edge

We were scared We were young and unprepared We were told where to go And what to see And what to know Now we’re stuck For all these years stuck in a rut Now we’re drinking at these bars Barely making rent with these guitars And they say We don’t know anything About the pain in these songs Which we sing But they’re wrong Another day Another friend taken away Too many pain pills That they took Or all the demons Had them shook So take my hand You can use my strength to stand We will make it one more day I promise we’ll make it one more day And they say We don’t know anything About the pain in these songs Which we sing So here I am Despite all That’s come to pass I will make it one more day Take my hand You can use my strength to stand We will make it one more day Here we stand All of us Holding hands We will make it one more day So here I am Another drink is in my hand I will make it one more day

I say it’s a beautiful day Then I sit down And I read and I write and I eat Then I think how I don’t know where to go From here Shaved my head changed my name took a shower Then I think how That the only thing that will change Is I’ll sleep with a hat, now And I don’t know where to go From here Cause there’s roads far as I can see And they’ll take me to places I don’t believe Take a left then a right towards the sea Cause I won’t let fear paralyze me You hope and you wish and you pray Then you sit down And you’re staring at the blank page And you think how You don’t know where to go From here Take all of that pain and that rage And pull a pen out Find a mic or a place you can play And tell them all about How you don’t know where to go From here And there’s roads as far as you can see And they’ll take you to places you don’t believe Take a left then a right towards the sea Cause you say, “I won’t let fear paralyze me It’s two o’clock in the morn’ in the Deep South Just played on a street on a stage and I think how I don’t know where to go from here I still don’t know where to go from here Cause there’s roads far as I can see And they’ll take me to places I don’t believe Take a left then a right towards the sea Cause I won’t let fear paralyze me