I lifted up the storm drain and pushed my hands into the dirt There's a secret here hidden somewhere And the words repeated psalm-like cause that's my birthright. I wondered if I could get low enough...

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My favorite Daniel Johnston song was recorded on a tape deck before you were born There's a lyric in the chorus where he talks about joy and it held my hand through an infinite void. There was a girl...
I can't feel or touch the end Are there no really ends Maybe I'm just looking for myself In all my friends… I discovered freedom then I woke up On the floor Caught a glimpse of Pearly horses just the...

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Do you really want to make a war Do you want to toss and turn Those motivations make for heavy Thoughts Those situations make For heavy hearts Do you really want to paint a red Cross on my door...

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I never said that I had any anwsers I never claimed to be the better man. I've got no integrity to cling to I don't have myself a backup plan For twenty some odd years I've made A mess of things I've...
I tried to write the perfect song To let you know that I was wrong And fix the bloody hole in the roof Where the hammer fell… My shoes they fall in foreign places Looking for my other in a sea of...

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Helen Helen Troy I drew your picture as a boy A woman mightier then all I slipped And took a nasty fall Into the poisoned Arms of fear My mama left me with A broken hearted souvenir And thats exactly...

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A gospel on the wire Saw my baby lighting up the ceiling Where the weeping wall of music Sings but radio has lost that Loving feeling… Out come the wolves The hunting of our great american idols And...
I can feel the earth move when I say her name I keep jumping off of a bullet train… I wasn't trying to pick a fight but i deserved to Get my ass kicked that night Shadow boxing My way out of an army...
I'm floating upstream, I'm singing Lullabies I built an empire sitting At the sea front My time goes backwards Into a fractured mind My tv blares evil faces On my birthday… Sometimes I feel...