I've been down for way too long
and I can't get up on my own
I need you, I need you
to set me loose

You say you're tired, so go to sleep
and please stop trying to make a mess of me
I don't need you, I don't need you
to tie my noose

All I need is someone
who likes the sound of their own drum
to walk beside me, hand in hand
on their way to the promise land
where we can be as one

You've got your fears,
you've got your faults
I've got my own
and I've got my doubts
but I need you,
and I hope you need me too

All I need is someone
who likes the sound of their own drum
to walk beside me, hand in hand
on their way to the promise land
where we can be as one

One hundred miles down a broken road,
that leads us straight to Hell
I'd sell my soul for all its worth,
if you can't already tell

Now I'm a dreamer, but I won't lie
so before you start to criticize
Just ask yourself if you'd rather trade your place

with your leather shoes, your shirt and tie
even the keys to your brand new ride
they won't get you far when its all done

So before they try to make you change your ways
hold your hands up high and show them that you'll seize the day

So one and all just come with me,
before the babies start to cry
Lets change the tide before it rolls in,
and you start to change your mind

Don't close your eyes, open wide and see
that nothing is how its supposed to be
and the statues preach that we're all free

They'll wake you up from your shattered dream
between the lines reads a ****** scene
and only God knows how it ends

So before they try to make you change your ways
hold your hands up high and show them that you'll seize the day

As painted skies cloud up with grey
all the broken pieces of yesterday
reassemble in a clever way
this American dream ain't here to stay

So before they try to make you change your ways
hold your hands up high and show them that you'll seize the day

Spread those wings and fly away
no turning back for you today
these thoughts of you, they fill my mind
I think about you all the time

One last chance to breath you in
One last thought of what might have been
I'll make the best of what's to come
I'll wait for my angel

To spread those wings and fly away
there's no turning back for  you today
these thoughts of you they fill my mind
I think about you all the time

Feelings like this will never fade
I know you weep when I see the rain
I'll wait for you to come back to me
I'll wait for my angel

To spread those wings and fly away
there's no turning back for you today
thoughts you they fill my mind,
I think about you all the time

It seems my best days just slipped away
without a cloud on new years day
Its not the end, but I know I'll miss my friends
until we meet again

Ten years have passed, since we first picked up the reigns
Each night, a different stage
another crowd, but the same charades
Each of us just had to know

That someday it would end, and everything would change
Life ain't so simple anymore
From old dawn to new day, I hope I don't just fade away
Thank God for my family and friends

I guess its time that I try to be a simple man,
like I always sang about
They say its times like these that you learn to love again
and now I'm closer to the edge
We told of the girl who talks to the ones up above
we'd say that they'd call her out by name
Well Tom Sawyer's gone now, with the space that he invades
Even he had to say

That someday it would end, and everything would change
Life ain't so simple anymore
From old dawn to new day, I hope I don't just fade away
Thank God for my family and friends
From old dawn to new day, I hope I don't just fade away
Thank God for my family and friends

I'm a Hell-bound highway traveler
Just to get out of town just a little bit faster
The way you rev me up to just to watch me go
Don't need no diamond ring, don't need to save my soul

Because things ain't the way they were before
I may have changed the locks, but I'll still open my door
So if you want to go for a pleasure ride
Just come on in on the passenger side

I want you so bad

Only time will tell where my heart should lie
Does it belong to you with your ******* eyes?
I might be addicted, but not insane
But your lips still take my breath away

I want you so bad

Life is a war in which we're all in.
You cant win the battles until you've conquered the sin.
My heart, it is breaking, bludgeoned outside and within.

Cutting words and bleeding verse,
those who don't deserve it arrive to it first.
On hands and knees, digging trenches to hide,
preserving armor for the battle at first-breaking light.

First come the soldiers, the liars, the thieves.
Then come the sinners, who die on their knees.
The funeral bells ring with no discrimination;
for the war is our own, no help from our nation.

Life is for living, but often dying comes first,
while waging the wars that were known since our birth.
For plagues are not locusts, frogs, or a flood;
but in hate, persecution, abuse, and our blood.

Some day we'll all die, and cease to exist,
I just hope that you know I wouldn't ask for all this.

Why won't you let me in?
I just want to see what's under your skin
I'm trying to see what's on the inside
so no longer will you have to hide

I'm not blind, I see what you see
and I'm not scared, to just be me
Why won't you let me know where to find you?
I just want to find you

These memories from long ago
I never said that I told you so
You always wanted things to go your way
All you had to do was stay

I'm not blind, I see what you see
and I'm not scared, to just be me
Why won't you let me know where to find you?
I just want to find you

He wakes up and gets a move on
One more day with his broken boots on
All the lines across his face,
reminders of the times he lost his place,
I don't know how he's still alive

A man, a lonesome traveler
Wayward son, fate-tempting gambler
He dies, but not today
after all these years, still no one knows his name
God only knows how he survives

He still recalls, all the things he left behind
and there's blood on the tracks, but at least its mine

Silhouette, he still walks tall
Sun at his back, to blind us all
No more tears fall from his eyes
Who are you to claim a portion of his pride?
Don't be the hair that breaks his back

He still recalls, all the things he left behind
and there's blood on the tracks, it might be yours next time

He still recalls, all the things he left behind
and there's blood on the tracks, but at least its mine

You're a storm that I've never seen
You're always there and you never leave
So follow me through a sea of flames
Where the dark can hid all your dreams and pains

'cause I've seen you so many times before
Where the dark turns light and the thunder roars
You'll follow me as I walk the line
but you'll have no grip, I've broke my ties

Break me down and try to see inside
it just kills me how you never die
and I hope you find what you're looking for
So I can close the cage and lock the door

'cause I've seen you so many times before
Where the dark turns light and the thunder roars
You'll follow me as I walk the line
but you'll have no grip, I've broke my ties

I'll close the door,
throw away the key
so I can live again

'cause I've seen you so many times before
Where the dark turns light and the thunder roars
You'll follow me as I walk the line
but you'll have no grip, I've broke my ties

Just way what you want to say,
there's nothing left to defend
Every time I turn around I've lost another friend
You say that you don't believe me,
You say that I'm a liar
The next time that you shoot, just aim a little higher

So now you're free, free to run?
I think its time you'd better chase the sun

Hallelujah, listen to yah
Listen, don't speak, its not a dream
its not a dream

You can run and try to hide,
but there's nowhere that you can go
You push everyone away,
and you'll see that I told you so
If at first you don't succeed, just try and try again
and maybe someday you won't have to pretend

And now you're free, free to run
but everything can't be undone

So I say Hallelujah, listen to yah
Listen don't speak, you say I'm weak

I just thought that you should know
One thing that you should know,
is that you only get one life.

So Hallelujah, listen to yah
Listen don't speak, its not a dream
its not a dream.

I've been lonely,
and I've been wrong
Lately I just can't seem to get a long
The sky's been fading,
from blue to black
and all of my dreams,
I want them back

Now I remember,
from whence I came
I never wanted,
to play this game
So please remind me,
what I believe
and I let the sunlight,
pour on me

Let the love-light shine on me
and everything I see
The colors fill the earth and that tells me,
that it'll be alright

So God forgive me,
for who I've been
and hopefully I'll,
love again
The snow, its melting
off from my soul
It makes me wonder,
"Where'd I go?"

Let the love-light shine on me
and everything I see
The colors fill the earth and that tells me,
that it'll be alright

I feel the warm light, on my skin
Its like I can finally breathe again

Let the love-light shine on me
and everything I see
The colors fill the earth and that tells me,
that it'll be alright

How many times have you lied to me now?
Its like counting sheep, but I'm sleeping in Hell.
With all of these bruised and battle scars now,
its like begging for change with nothing to sell.

No, I don't believe we can start over now,
with so much behind us I'd lie to myself.
I'm broken and bleeding, and getting just by.
I've lost thousands of tears, but I'm still alive

I'll survive, I'll get through this too
but nothings as easy when you're broken in two
The hardest thing I believe that I'll have to do,
is leave you behind

I'm not so naïve to forget the past.
Forgiving is easy, but forgetting don't last.
It all comes back clearly, when I least expect
Why would I choose to live this way?

I'll survive, I'll get through this too
but nothings as easy when you're broken in two
The hardest thing I believe that I'll have to do,
is leave you behind

Now its time to move on, I'm a little too late
Take care of yourself, don't give nothing away
And don't believe everything you hear people say
I'll always be thinking of you.

I'll survive, I'll get through this too
but nothings as easy when you're broken in two
The hardest thing I believe that I'll have to do,
is leave you behind

I still remember what she smells like
at least I think I do.
And I remember the way she parts her hair
and all the things she likes to do

Yes, I remember her in summer,
in winter, spring, and fall
and I remember the way she broke my trust
and my walk became a crawl

And I remember all the good times...

...and that don't change a thing

She wasn't ready for devotion
No, she had to play her games
Then she had to change all of the rules
and make me the one to blame

Yes, I remember all those lies she told
and how her words had made me feel
And I recall the nights I stayed awake
asking God if it was real

And I remember all the good times...
And that don't change a thing
No, that don't change a thing

So now I wonder if you hear me
and if you don't, then that's too bad
because you should know by now
its not all my fault,
and some things you can't take back

And I remember all the good times...
And that don't change a thing
No, that don't change a thing

I thought that you would change
so many times before
but I was wrong.
I was wrong.

And I thought you were different
this time around for sure,
but I was wrong.
I was wrong.

Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally see what I should see
Whoa, it hurts so good
to finally learn to move on

I'd love you in the evening,
but in the morning I'd say
that I was wrong.
I was wrong.

I'd sing songs of sweet redemption
until the feeling would stay,
but I was wrong.
I was wrong.

Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally see what I should see.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally learn to move on.

Now this is the beginning,
although it feels like the end,
because I was wrong.
Yeah, I was wrong.

Though I loved you for a long time,
now you are just a friend,
and I was wrong.
I was wrong.

Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally feel what I should feel.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally learn to move on

Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally be where I should be.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
and I'd change everything if I could.

Why can't things just stay the same?
Why does everything have to change?
I guess I'll go find someone to blame
oh here we go again...

I'd thought that I had done things right
but I guess I never really tried
Suppose I'll go find someone who cares
Or just go and live my life

Oh why can't I decide my own fate?
And why do I have to wait?
I guess I'm not like you

Why don't you came back down off your throne
and try and change me?
Rescue those like me who will never know..
and try and save me

Oh why can't I decide my own fate?
And why do I have to wait?
I guess I'm not like you

Open you eyes and see
Open you mind and be free
Don't hesitate to be
Don't use your words against me

I won't speak no evil
I won't hear your tainted lies
I won't be the one you see inside your mind

Because I've seen strangers
With no place left to hide
If you can't free yourself its your demise

You can try to change the world,
but you won't succeed, I'm sure you'll find
You'll redefine the life you lead,
and then you'll see, that was all we needed

Now I've been jaded,
and I've been broken down
and I know how it feels to be left out

So please for my sake,
remember this one line:
that we're all strangers, and then we die

You can try to change the world,
but you won't succeed, I'm sure you'll find
You redefine the life you lead,
and then you'll see, that was all we needed

Am I the only one who knows how you got that scar?
you tell me secrets about who you were and who you really are
you don't pretend to try to be someone you aren't right now
and someday, somehow, it'll all work out

You come sit by me for awhile, and tell me all your dreams
you want to travel far away and see everything in between
but you don't want to be alone, this is just for now
because someday, somehow, it'll all work out

if you just believe like you believed in you and me
and everything that you need will be yours again

I know its hard to be apart after everything we've known
we've seen the years just pass away like the rolling of a stone
but memories will be replaced with better ones than now
because someday, somehow, it'll all work out

You'll find someone to hold onto like you have never known
you'll see the world like in your dreams, but with a family of your own
and I'll be fine, I'll find my way, there's nothing to talk about
and someday, somehow, it'll all work out.

I've been trying for way too long
to tell you that I wrote song about you
so here it goes

Now you've gone to sleep a bit too fast
I guess this was not meant to last forever
I suppose

Now I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to you, still

So maybe I should start again
before you were my only friend
so I don't, end up alone

I write this down to tell myself
that you've become somebody else
who I don't even know

But I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to you, still

Thank God that I can love myself
until I find somebody else to share with
Whom I don't know

As far as I know I can see
you and I shall never meet
before an altar stone

Still I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to you, still

I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to someone else.

I see you've been riding down the road
which you've been on for quite a while
And I see that you don't want to be
on it for another mile

I don't see you smile the way
that you did when we first met
It just gets me to wondering
how bad its gonna get

Just go pave your own road
starting today
Just got pave your own road
and you'll find your own way

Hey you, what are you trying to do
why don't you try to take your own advice?
Just leave everything behind
and find some place you like

I just don't understand the way
that you still haven't arrived
Maybe now its time to change
the road on which you drive

Just go pave your own road
starting today
Just got pave your own road
and you'll find your own way

I'm going through changes
don't know when I'll be back again
I don't mind to tell you
that I don't know where I belong

I wasn't born this way
Nobody ever told me what to say
I know the truth and I've seen your lies
So listen close,
so I don't have to tell you twice
That I see what you see, because I'm not blind

I'm not a prophet, I'm not a ghost
I'm not a preacher, not even close
I'm just a man with a dream and you're in my way

I'm tired of you
You're tired of me
I'm tired of people who think they know who I should be
I'll find myself,
and then you'll see
A soul searcher can't be told who he should be

I'm not a prophet, I'm not a ghost
I'm not a preacher, not even close
I'm just a man with a dream and you're in my way

I'm not a master, I'm not a child
I'm not a puppet, I'm a little wild
I'm just a man with a dream and you're in my way

Don't tell me who to be
until you fix yourself
I don't mind my broken life
I have a dream that I'll
follow until my day is done
I don't mind being alone

In the end, I'll long for you
I'll run into your arms

After all, you've always been
the light that leads me home

You've opened up the door for me
and now I see what I've become because of you
and everything you've done for me, in this life and the next

I want you to know,
I want you to know that I love you
I want you to know,
that I'll miss you so

I won't pretend, to sing the blues
when all I know is gold
and after all the seasons change,
this life I do not know

You've opened up the door for me
and now I see what I've become because of you
and everything you've done for me, in this life and the next

I want you to know,
I want you to know that I love you
I want you to know,
that I'll miss you so

When all has come to end
I'll long for you my friend

I want you to know,
I want you to know that I love you
I want you to know,
that I'll miss you so

Some glad morning when I die,
I know you'll be right by my side
we've been through Heaven, been through Hell
you'll tell the stories you love so well

But when it rained it poured
and tell me, what were we fighting for?
If innocence and ignorance were both one in the same
we should have been okay

When shadows of this life have gone
I won't be here to sing my song
but you'll still hear me in your dreams
I might sound tired, but at least I'm free

When it rained it poured
and tell me, what we're we living for?
If innocence and ignorance were both one in the same
we would have been okay

I know that love takes compromise
and I know there's truth behind most lies
but I've seen people turn their eyes
from things they need to see

I may be young, but not sixteen
I've seen how cruel life can be
and I've seen strangers on their knees
praying that their souls are free

When it rains it pours
and tell me, what are we dying for?
if innocence and ignorance are both one in the same
we should have been okay

When it rains it pours
and tell me, what are we dying for?
If anything goes left unsaid, I'll take it to the grave
because it doesn't mean a thing.

https://soundcloud.com/jakewarne/some-glad-morning

Here's a toast
to the wicked and the broken down
pour a drink for me and my brothers

And I'll say "here's to you ,and here's to me,
and may we never disagree,
but if we do, then **** it to Hell with you,"
still I'll say "Here's to me"

Don't convict me, unless you have,
a perfect soul now, or a perfect past
Because I remember all your lies
so grab that whiskey, and come alive

yeah we'll toast, to the wicked
everybody raise 'em high if you get it
we'll toast, to the wicked
everybody's gonna die '*** we're livin

We're all sinners, and we're all saints
You're never early, and you're never late
The party's on now, its not too far
My door is open, come as you are

yeah we'll toast, to the wicked
everybody raise 'em high if you get it
we'll toast, to the wicked
everybody's gonna die '*** we're livin

If he who is without sin should cast the first stone
then he who is without sin should drink alone

yeah we'll toast, to the wicked
everybody raise 'em high if you get it
we'll toast, to the wicked
everybody's gonna die '*** we're livin

Designed for disaster,
betrayed with a kiss,
one bite from an apple and we cease to exist.

Is anyone listening?
Are we lost on our journey?
In our fancy fears are we yearning for glory?

How shall we know if your life is of merit?
What shall we know of these ruins we inherit?

From prejudice comes the prisons we share,
built with the drugs and the violence of those for whom we care.
We're all come of the same, but we act if its fair,
that another one's life is none others' care.

I can be your wanted man
and try to please you the best I can
but Heaven knows I'm a bit too late this time around

Now we've both seen this all before
What happens next I think you're sure
to walk away with a piece of my heart inside your hand

Well that's alright, that's ok
To be with you for just a day
I'm on my knees, but not to pray
That's alright, that's ok

They say "love your neighbor as yourself"
but tonight there's nobody else
but you to give all of my loving to, so play along

And in the morning, a brand new day
get what you need and walk away
I see that smile across your face, I know I'll see you again

Well that's alright, that's ok
To be with you for just a day
I'm on my knees, but not to pray
That's alright, that's ok

I see you right before me
So baby don't ignore me
Lets find some place to be alone

I see you right before me
I think you might adore me
Come be the queen atop my throne

Well that's alright, that's ok
To be with you for just a day
I'm on my knees, but not to pray
That's alright, that's ok

Say, who did you want to be?
And what went wrong to make you turn out like you did?
Tell me, who were you born to be?
And when did innocence leave you for dead?

Don't be scared and don't feel lonely
don't feel ashamed, your not the only one like that...
Whose dreams became those compromises,
and jealousy became disguises of the truth
As if its all on you.

Don't give up just yet;
you're not the only one who feels like you've been out-gunned
Don't think of regret;
society's met with the battles of our youth.

Just take all of the pain you hide;
it equals the courage you need to look it in the eye
And don't ever criticize yourself
for finding what you needed at the time