| The Lyrics of Joseph Isaacs |
| Bored G D C D Verse 1: And the Earth Spins Around the Sun One More Time And turns the Northern Hemisphere To face its fiery breath And thats how we know that Summer is here and its time to drive down to the beach just for the thrill of getting wet And to feel the Sand beneath our Feet The Sand that was worn down by time from glaciers into boulders into pebbles into sand again and the sand squished down by gravity into sedimentary rock that contains fossils and artifacts from previous eras And beneath that is the mantle with the hot lava flowing and beneath that is the core and the continents are drifting and the plates they are shifting and I am getting rather dizzy contemplating it all Chorus: But Your Bored, but your Bored How on Earth Can you be Bored? When Life offers so much more so much more... Verse 2: Are you trapped in this haze in this corporate malaise in this prepackaged daze that ensnares you and the radio plays the same old song you don't even bother to listen any more I want to slap you in the face, throw water in your face do whatever it takes to awake you I want to open up your eyes to each and every sunrise for life is a miracle Chorus: But Your Bored.... |
| Fireflies C F F G Fireflies Where are you? I have been searching for you I want to find that magic thing you do You know when your body lit up the room with a power greater then the moon But now its daylight I can't find you anywhere now its daylight and its worse then I feared and now its daylight and the magics disappeared Where are you fireflies? We went out on a date late last night we went on a date and held each other tight and in that moment it felt so right But now its daylight and the curlers in your hair now its daylight and the make ups disappeared and now its daylight and the magics disappeared Where are you fireflies? I don't know whats my problem whats my deal I keep on running from the love thats real I went to love you when the going gets rough I want to love you when the loving gets tough I want to love you even when I know you for real |
| The Secret Song G C There is a man there in Line and he's tapping his toes and he's getting quite impatient you can tell it from his pose he's acting just like his shirt's on fire and there's a woman in the same line she's singing a happy song there's so much music in her feet I just want to sing along I want to crawl behind her eyes want to crawl inside her toes I want to find out what the hell she knows Maybe Later that same day she loses it somehow Maybe later that same day she gets stuck in a traffic jam she wants to be happy but somehow she just can't be I am not saying you should always be patient that's impossible I know sometimes it will escape you like a rabbit down its hole but then put your lips together and remember that secret song you know For Life is Full of Moments Moments Much like these and these Moments Are full of Life |
| Stop the Clock So I am kissing your sweet lips but my mind starts to slip away oh mind don't slip away I am always waiting for these moments but missing the moment when they come Chorus: Stop the Clock Rest your lips against my lips Stop the Clock Rest your heart against my heart Stop the Clock I want to be right Here right now Stop the Clock I want to be here for this moment It's like when you don't appreciate time it all sort of slips away but when you appreciate time you let it rest you let it linger like chocolate on your tongue it's like I am biting into a piece of chocolate but I am already thinking about the next bite oh don't think about the next bite I am always waiting for these moments but missing the moment when they come Chorus repeats |
| Jack's Gold Jack's got the goose and Jack's got the harp and Jack's got the gold enough to keep him happy until he got old Jack Jack Jack why did you climb Up the bean stalk the third time? Chorus: Fee Fi Fo and Fum to the Greed you sucuumbed Jack Jack when will you find peace of mind Jack's got an old friend named Milky White she was pretty old but she did alright gave butter and milk for the night but that was not enough for him Jack traded his old friend in for a handful of beans you see Jack was addicted to the dream Chorus Jack had a golden harp he did alright he played at coffee houses and open mics but that was not enough for him he longer for mtv and stadiums Chorus2 When will this madness ever end enough was never enough for him Jack if you just refused the third climb the treasure was there waiting for you all the time |
| Welcome to the World I remember when I first met you you were covered in blood and you were blue and I remember thinking to myself you were beautiful the day you were born Chorus: welcome to the world don't forget to look around welcome to the world I hope you have a good time Here in the World Bridge: This is the Ocean This is the Shore I will show you things you have never seen before and I love to watch you watching everything Here in the World I remember when I first held you in my arms I swore to myself I would not let you come to any harm I try to keep this feeling in my chest like everything else is just second best Chorus These are the lights of your hospital room they are used to dispell the gloom this is the moon and these are the stars and this is love, it comes straight from the heart Chorus to your left you will see the cliffs to your right you will see the forest up above you will see the stars and beneath your feet you will feel a thick oozy substance known as mud and all these miracles are brought to you by the generous patronage of our sponsor Mother Earth Chorus |
| Dogs Can Fly I remember the day our dog died we laughed and laughed, until we cried he ate his way into the chocolate covered expresso beans and then he dreamed that he had wings he dreamt that... Chorus: Dogs Can Fly As that Dog bit into that chocolate he felt so alive for a moment and then he was... just alive for the moment that beegle dreamt he was an eagle not just a canine anymore then he dreamt he could fly and he would be an angel then he flew and then he was an angel Chorus: Dogs Can Fly Your Neighbor was truly Peeved because he left the top down on his convertible that dog always wanted to get in that car that's why he was always chasing it's bumper they say every dog has it's day but maybe every day has it's dog and maybe, just maybe if there is hope for man and canine in this universe... Chorus Repeats |
| Stand up For Trees (ode to the Lorax by Dr Seuss) At the Far End of Town Where the Grickle Grass Grows Go Ask the Oncler He'll know Business is Business and Business must grow but not at the cost of our souls Can you calculate the price of mountains can you factor all this beauty when you add up the price of life the answer is clearer then the streams Chorus: If we don't stand up for trees If we don't fight for these hills who will, who will? We must speak for the trees because the trees have no tongues Ask the Oncler, Ask the Oncler he knows (repeat above lyrics and then add:) Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot things are not going to get better there not so take this seed the last of the truffula seeds and stand up, stand up for trees |
| Ice Ice on the Windshield Ice on the Roads Be Careful Out There It's Slippery Its cold Ice in the Blood and Ice in the Veins Ice in the Hearts and Ice in the Brain Be Careful out there it's easy to slip into hate I'm here to warm your bones Ice in the marriages Ice in the lies Ice in the comments Ice in the sighs Ice in the gossip Ice in the rumors Ice in the politics Be Careful Out there its easy to slip into hate I'm Here to warm your bones Repeats Verse 1 and 2 |
| Love is the Author Did you ever wonder why the stars are in the sky did you ever wonder why we even live and die did you ever wonder why we came here at all Chorus: Love is the reason Love is the author Love is the one who wrote this show love is why we feel and hurt and grow Fast part: Now if I wanted to I could sing a mile a minute send you're head a spinning but that's not what I came here for If I wanted to I could kick your ass shatter your heart like plate glass but I think I will take a pass I came here for love Did you ever wonder why the trees point to the sky is there a reason or something? did you ever wonder if you had taken that risk if you had given him a kiss would it all be different or something? Repeat Chorus Fast part: So Love this earth love this life love your children, love your wife love the cold love the damp love the halo of the old street lamp love the plastic bag floating in the air Love... this life its are only shot all we got love this life |
| The Many Ways to God You've had this faith so long its not even faith any more its become part of your landscape, part of your core and you wear your bible on a holster on your hips and there is hate in your eyes, even while there is love on your lips Chorus: Don't you forget there are many ways to God there's as many ways to God as there are stars in the sky there is the stairs to the heaven, the elevator up in the sky the rope down the slope and the ever popular fall into the pit and hope you survive There is the West and the East, the Fast and the Feast and the walk and the talk, and the prayer and meditation there is the song and the dance and the physical sensation There is the holy ghost, the holy bible, and the holy cow there is the holy life hereafter and there is the holy now You've had this faith so long its not even faith anymore its become part of your features, part of your core Don't you forget there are many ways to God and don't forget to keep love on your lips and deep in your eyes Chorus repeats But of all the ways to God I have always found arrogance to be a block not a door |
| Taxi The party is noisy, but it's to quiet for me the people say nothing, as they prattle on endlessly the party is lively but it's to dead for me as the girl with silver hair walks towards me vacantly though she's naked I don't touch her skin for I know to do so would be a sin in the state we're in which is lost at sea lost endlessly Chorus1: Taxi Take me out of here Take me where the people care Taxi take me out of here I don't belong here I don't belong anywhere The door is locked to my old home the window I use to sneak through has long been closed I can't get back to that room that was mine it's just a stump that tree I use to climb the constellations shift as if to be reminding me that nothing lasts for an eternity Chorus1: Then Chorus2: Taxi Take me out of here Take me where the word are true and I can here the words I love you Taxi take me out of here Everybody feels they don't belong anywhere but everyone belongs everywhere we belong (repeats) |
| Genie In A Bottle It's Like I have a genie in a bottle but I can not let it out its like I have got a fire deep inside but I can not put it out so I am caught in between It's like I can't find the secret chord can't find the magic note can't find the secret thought can't find the magic touch It's like I've been asking the wrong questions I've been seeing things upside down the genie is not in me the genie is in us all so the question now becomes not how to find the genie inside of me but the genie inside us all |
| Don't Ask me Why So I walked down every shorline in every beach in every land I went and asked the empty shells but they were only full of sand Chorus: Would you tell me why the ocean sighs would you tell me why children die So I went and asked the mountains but they just echoed everything it was then I realized that the questions were important and the answers didn't tell a thing Chorus: would you tell me why we live and die would you tell me why we should even try So I went and asked the moon but she didn't say a thing still I felt there was an answer in the way she shined on everything Chorus: don't tell me why only shine (repeats) |
| Maybe It's My Fault Theres blame to be cast in your direction but maybe thats just for my own protection if I can point my finger at you then I don't have to see in myself the things that are true Chorus: Maybe its my fault baby its my fault maybe its your fault too maybe its my fault baby its our fault we dance the dance of two I let you make the plans that then fall through so then I can point my haughty finger at you its harder to lead then it is to follow to stand aside and cast the blame well thats just hollow Chorus repeats we dance the dance of two we've dance this dance before we should know the holes we fall into maybe if I watch for the move that comes next we can avoid the subtle pretext |
| A Penny A Nickel a Dime and a Quarter I was working as a clerk was working for nickels and dimes so they wouldn't pay my parking or expenses so I took a cent it only made sense then I took a nickel then i took a dime how did I end up doing time? It was a penny a nickel a dime and a quarter (repeats) one more dollar I had a wife I liked the way she cooked I had a wife I like the way she looked she was kind she was nice she was faithful but I met this other women with this knock out figure long long legs I just had to dig her oh hell why did she have to tell? Chorus repeats I was hanging out with some friends we were bored to our wits ends when my friend Bill said try this pill it will give you quite a thrill I didn't want to let them down didn't want to feel like a clown how did I end up here on the ground? |
| The Secret to Happiness I've got a secret its not what you want I've got a secret its not what you want Its a new way of seeing what you got its how to be happy without a lot It not the new toy you've seen on tv its not the new gadget you've decided you need its how to be happy without a lot it not around the corner its not around the next turn its not that hole in your pocket your money is starting to burn its how to be happy without a lot You can grow out of hatred you can grow out of greed you can grown on searching for the things you don't need or you can grow out of love you can grow out of care you can grow from the good things we keep in here Chorus |
| Eyes Wide Open Eyes Wide Open now that I know my time is almost up I can drink the nectar from my cup Eyes Wide Open all the mountains all the seas all the beauty all around me Eyes Wide Open and I just want to thank you appreciate you for all the things you do Why is it when our eyes are almost closed we can finally see? Eyes Wide open all the little things they seem so important now Eyes Wide Open all the things I meant to do I am making the time for them now Eyes wide open |
| Trapped by my Own Freedom I was lost and I was lonely I was only half a man I was washed up I was dried out and this was never part of the plan I have been trapped by my own freedom tied down by rootlessness I have been full of hunger I have been full of emptiness but now I know what I must do its time for me to step into my own shoes I am asking you if you need help you say no thats okay cuz you know I don't really mean it anyway but I mean it this time I want in I don't want out I want to be a part of what my life is all about Chorus repeats I always said I would fight for the earth and for the poor but I have been busy watching tv I have been busy being bored but now its time for me to step up and face my responsibilities cuz the only thing stopping me is me |
| This Place Chorus: I go to church in the mountains I worship in the coffee shops I pray with this guitar this place is holier then you thought the woman behind the counter she is a priestess of a sort and these guys playing these guitars we're all altar boys of course chorus when I bite into one of their croissants I must say its holy bread when I drink there mochachino its holy water it must be said it doesnt matter where you are that place is a good place to pray Columbia Maryland or Jerusalem its all holy ground thats what I say I dont care where you tread your walking on holy ground so be careful where you put your coffee cup down |
| My Mind it tricks Me My Mind it decieves me my mind it fools me its all it ever does my mind tells me I need a bigger house a bigger car a bigger head but a bigger house is more rooms to clean a bigger car burns more gasoline and I sure don't need a bigger head My Eyes they trick me my eyes decieve me my eyes they fool me its all they ever did my eyes can see your outside my eyes can see your smile my eyes can see your makeup but they can't see the sadness in your head My ears they trick me.... they can hear you talking they can record your every syllable they can mark your every word but I still don't know what in the world you meant |
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Living Life Upside Down EM C D G I went down to the lake where blue meets blue on the horizon and I was caught unaware by an optical illusion the fish were swimming over the clouds and my head was six feet under water and the sky was the lake and the lake was the sky I’ve been Living my Life upside Down Chorus: I’ve been Living my Life upside Down What I once knew is now turned around I’ve been Living my Life upside Down it’s a lot better this time around I passed by a plate glass office building and I saw the reflection in the window the sun was setting on the cubicles and the bunnies and the squirrels were dancing on the desks and the grass and the flowers were growing from the carpets Chorus repeats I saw my reflection in your eyes and I saw how I have been hurting you I used you when it suited me and I’m sorry for the things I said to you and the strong man is the man who can control himself I’ve been Living my Life upside Down and the smart man is the man who knows he knows nothing I’ve been Living my Life upside Down and the rich man is the man who is content with what he has I’ve been Living my Life upside Down I took when I should have given away I’ve been Living my Life upside Down and the sky was the lake and the lake was the sky I’ve been Living my Life upside Down |
| Maybe we’re in the heaven G C I look at the lines on the bark I look at the vs on the patterns of leaves on the tree Chorus Maybe we’re in the heaven and we just don’t know Maybe we’re in the heaven and we just cant see Maybe we’re in the heaven if we fly Maybe we’re in the heaven if we try Em A Sometimes we get lost in the smog Sometimes we get lost in the fog We got to open up our eyes To each and every sunrise Chorus I know I don’t control nobody else Sometimes I don’t even control myself I know if I try my best It will be good for all the rest Chorus variation (hell) See the sun shining on your sweet face I see the light shining all over the place I see the light shining on you And I know we are walking on sacred ground |
| Why? So I went searching every shoreline every cove on every land I listened to the empty shells but they were only full of sand Chorus 1: Would you tell me why the ocean sighs would you tell me why So I went and asked the mountains but they just echoed back at me it was then I realized that the questions they were everything Chorus 2: Would you tell me why children die Would you tell me why so I went looking for the moon to see if she could tell me anything I think I know why she didn’t answer why she just shined on everything Chorus 3: don’t tell me why you’ll only lie don’t tell me why |
| When I was Young by Joseph Isaacs AM f c g When I was young I use to know nothing And knowing nothing I use to know how to make a friend I would say hey can you play, well come on over But know that I am older I learned to be afraid I ask their beliefs, I ask for their doctor’s papers But When I was young I use to know nothing, I use to know how to have fun I would do what my heart said But now I feel self-conscious, now I feel embarrassed Chorus 1: When I was young I used to know Nothing Like a Buddhist monk Mind unfilled by preconceptions Seeing things for the first time, for the first time Chorus 2: But Everyday I am getting younger Soon I will be overcoming all this fear Everyday I am growing dumber Pretty soon I will be right here Verse 2: When I was young I use to know nothing I use to know how to say I love you It came off my tongue nice and natural But now my heart has been burned to many times I have learned to look like I don’t care And soon I really won’t care When I was young I use to know nothing And knowing nothing I knew to ask questions I would ask why is the sky blue Why do we die why is anything here at all But now that I am older I don’t say nothing I keep my mouth shut, I stay in line Don’t want to upset the status quo To attract to much crossfire Repeat choruses |
| The Elephant's Heart Am7 f c g Verse 1: Seven Blind Men went to see an elephant the first one touched its nose said its like a hose the second one gave its tail a shake said, "For Heaven's sake! Can't you see? It's like a snake. It's like a snake!" The third one felt its knee. Said, "It's like a tree!" They argued bitterly, They could not agree though the blind men all were smart they missed the important part they missed the elephant's heart the elephant's heart Because they missed the elephant's heart they all soon split apart couldn't find the common ground the elephant turned away with a frown they couldn't see from each other's point of view each had a point to prove they would speak, but would not listen would not listen Seven Blind Men went to see an elephant the first one touched its nose said this is God the second one gave its tail a shake and said, "For heaven's sake. This is God." So they argued bitterly, denying each other's reality wearing fish bowls on their heads calling it, reality they fillibustered each other's deals though the consequences were real they could not find the common ground upon which are love is found, our love is found though the blind men all were smart they missed the important part they missed the elephant's heart the elephant's heart |