It was a confluence of calamities A perfect storm of idiocy Most of that - all mine
Wrong place wrong time Wrong situation Wrong wrong wrong All the way down the line
I mustn't fly and I mustn’t kneel I gotta stay on an even keel Keep my brain cells firing in line
Wrong place wrong time Wrong situation Wrong wrong wrong All the way down the line
Say hello to Dr Jekyll Say hello to Mr Hyde Not sure which one you’re going to find
Stay away from the poison man Stay away from the poison That stuff could kill you - DEAD
Was there something in the footsteps Something brewing in the night A certain kind of destiny No man could fight
The city has her secrets She has her memories The city's got her justice Dealt out on the streets
They were talking in some ancient tongue Wondering what good they'd done Thinking maybe they’d been kind of fooled All along
Say hello to Dr Jekyll Say hello to Mr Hyde Not sure which one you’re going to find
Stay away from the poison man Stay away from the poison That stuff could kill you - DEAD
Here’s To The Love
Here’s to the love Here’s to the love you’ve got Shine it Shine it Shine it all around the world
I see dark streets I feel the eyes I know the greed and I know the lies
I watch the blind ambition As the mighty constellations Go screaming across the sky
There’s a faraway war on the radio But it started just down the street I’m sure I’m just as guilty as All the people that I never want to meet
Here’s to the love Here’s to the love you’ve got Shine it Shine it Shine it all around the world
I see red leaves I see green I know the future And I know the past
I see the beauty I feel the pain If you wait long enough Nothing’s gonna last
And I heard a song on the radio He was singing about Blueberry Hill If time is an ocean There sure is enough of it to kill
Yeah I heard a song on the radio They were singing about Scarborough Fair Inside a million dreams I’ll be waiting for you there
Here’s to the love Here’s to the love you’ve got Shine it Shine it Shine it all around the world
When I Look At You
I try not to get too down Or too excited anymore Gotta stay half way Between the ceiling and the floor
But when I look at you When I look at you I’ve got all I need to get me through
I’ve been watching the birds on the river I’ve seen them trying to survive I’ve given up on wondering What this crazy world’s gonna deliver Given up asking why
But when I look at you When I look at you I’ve got all I need to get me through
Wide Blue Ocean
Now I’m in charge I’m gonna lay down the law It won’t be anything Like it was before
There’ll be no more love And everything that you hate Will be subject to approval Sanctioned by the state
I’m gonna run To the land of the midnight sun Watch wild colors dancing in the sky My head too full to be asking why Why Why
I’ll be transfixed I’ll be spellbound I may not even notice You’re no longer around
Now I’m in the ditch Losing blood Vainly seeking assistance From somewhere above
I wanna fly Way up in the sky I wanna fly High high high
Over the wide blue ocean Into your arms
Now I’ve got a plan I won’t be blown off course By a vortex of vicissitudes Or a mercenary war
I’m gonna live and die by the sword I’ve got mine I’ll take yours
I’m gonna fly Way up in the sky I’m gonna fly High high high
Over the wide blue ocean Into your arms
When The Devil Has His Day
You took my right You took my wrong I told some lies I wrote some songs
And I kiss your lips from a thousand miles away I won’t be dancing on anybody’s grave But when the devil has his day You better not get in his way
I could see the evil in your eyes I was too young too dumb to realize But if I’d have got some good advice Would I have listened anyway
You took my rough You took my smooth I gave my love All to you
I bless your eyes from a thousand miles away I won’t be dancing on anybody’s grave But when the devil has his day You better not get in his way
I’m just trying to fix this broken mind of mine With long walks and sunsets And good old-fashioned time
You took my right You took my wrong I told some lies I wrote some songs
You know this mystery could be divine Not sure I’ll ever be some way inclined But I’m open To suggestions
Now you’re out of touch You’re out of time You had your day And now it’s mine
You can tell your lies from a thousand miles away They won’t be bothering me in any kind of way Cos when the devil has his day I know that I’ll be far away
Breathe
Close your eyes and breathe No one could ever tell you what you should believe
Somehow somewhere someday You might find Some kind Of happy place
With life and death side by side In some little corner of this crazy ephemeral paradise
Close your eyes and breathe
I don't have any answers if the question is why I guess the day you stop learning is the day that you die And if you stop learning and you're still alive Maybe you die just a little inside
Somehow somewhere someday
Close your eyes and breathe
Through The Cracks In The Pavement
She took the boat into the dark dark sea Just to get away from me She said, I won't pay for your mistakes Anymore I refuse to drown in the consequences Of all your foolish ways
From today Born again All your lights are green Regrets are just a dream I'm sorry For all the stupid things that I've done I’m sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry But I'm not looking for forgiveness
If I was that way inclined Could I go to a confession to ease my troubled mind Would it really be that simple To unload the burden And get into heaven through the back door
Monkey had to go Struck out on his own Through the cracks in the pavement
Drama
Drama drama Had enough of all that
Why you always poking me Provoking me
Won’t you let me be Let me be
There’s a storm raging On the ocean
It ain’t exactly calm Here on dry land
There’s a storm raging On the ocean
There’s a fire in my heart Tonight
We Visit And We Leave
We visit and we leave Our time here is all too brief We visit and we leave
We say hello and we say goodbye We watch the seasons pass us by
We hear the sounds and we see the sights We taste the fruits and we drink the vines
We get consumed by love and hate We find it hard to wait
We realize and we regret The things we worked for And the things we didn’t get
We visit and we leave
We visit and we leave If we’re loved we may be grieved
Or we may just be and then be not Unnoticed left to rot
As in life so in death No one cared enough to check
We visit and we leave
We visit and we leave Our time here is all too brief We visit and we leave
We visit and we leave
Welcome To The Darkness
Welcome to the darkness Hope you brought your memories of the sun It's cold here in the darkness Now that all the light has gone
I don't wanna wait no more in the darkness Gotta find my way to the sun No one left to blame for all my cold cold blood I used to love everyone
Down here On these mean streets Where the good will not survive Where the evil thrives
Now There is no justice Everybody's on the make Everybody's on the take
I don't wanna wait no more in the darkness Gotta find my way to the sun No one left to blame for all my cold cold blood I used to love everyone
No Accounting For Stupid
No accounting for stupid
No accounting for stupid As the sun goes down No accounting for stupid As the world turns round
No accounting for stupid As the sun goes down No accounting for stupid As the world turns around
There you are
Gotta look to the future There’s nothing else that we can do
Someone’s got to be there for the 3:43 Someone’s got to be there It could be me
There you are
Can’t see the sacred For the color of your lies Can’t see the sacred
Starlight
Starlight - Filling the sky Your love so far away Starlight - Oh what a sight You’re not with me today
I reach out for you now And we touch We touch somehow On this starry night On this starry night
City streets Everything moves so fast When you’re not with me Time just seems to pass so slowly
I reach out for you now And we touch We touch somehow On these city streets On these city streets
Starlight - Filling the sky Your love so far away Starlight - Oh what a sight You’re not with me today
I reach out for you now And we touch We touch somehow On this starry night On this starry night
Be My Love
Come with me Walking in the mountains Come with me Let’s go swimming in the sea
Be my friend through millennia Be my love
Through the tears And with the laughter I will listen While you talk
Be my friend through millennia Be my love
When the sky Captures all your senses Know that I Surrendered just the same
Be my friend through millennia Be my love
On the Night that I Died
On the night that I died I took my first drink at a quarter to five On the night that I died
On the night that I died I was listening to John Prine Singing Lake Marie
He was holding a big guitar Shining like a star Shining like a star
On the night that I died I was thinking about the oceans The stars in the sky The Earth and the trees The birds and the bees And the warmth of the ones I love
On the night that I died On the night that I died
I had a feeling of eternal gratitude Just for knowing you
And I said Before I get out of here Bring me one Irish one bourbon and one beer Give me just a taste of this sweet sweet life One more time
On the night that I died I know that I cried Tears of sadness and tears of joy On the night that I died I’m sure that I smiled Thinking about the journey
On the night that I died On the night that I died
Something Special
I don’t know a thing about music But I like the sound of a single string
I don’t know no DNA How things are made All the numbers that you gave them
But god knows you’re something special I know you’re something special To me
I don’t know a thing about nature But I see diamonds in the snow
I watch the clouds passing by I don’t care how they fly
But god knows they’re something special I know they’re something special To me
From the mountains to the plains In every heart where love remains
Don’t know if it’s worth dying for But I know that it’s worth fighting for
Like a thief in the night You won’t notice til it’s gone A silent assassin You won’t hear it come
Every flood Starts with a single raindrop The drip drip drip of good intentions Til you wash it all away
I don’t know a thing about freedom I take it for granted every day
But I know it’s forged in blood The wasted seeds of the ones we loved
And god knows it’s something special I know it’s something special To me
From the mountains to the plains In every heart where love remains
Don’t know if it’s worth dying for But I know that it’s worth fighting for
Like a thief in the night You won’t notice til it’s gone A silent assassin You won’t hear it come
Every flood Starts with a single raindrop The drip drip drip of good intentions Til you wash it all away
I don’t know a thing about music But I like the sound of a single string
All lyrics written by A.J. Jenkins Copyright 2021: All rights reserved
