We all have our opinions
Don't dare let facts get in the way
Been like this since the beginning
Running our mouths with little to say

Can't help if I know better than you
How you should live your life
Don't look at me, this is not about what I do
You've got to be cruel to be kind

And in my professional opinion
Of do as I say, not as I do
The advice that I'm always giving
Is so that you will get a clue

If there's a need for finger pointing
I've raised my hand high with five
And last time I counted they're all disjointed
When I look at the way you live your life

So as I spew out all my opinions
I'm hoping you'll take them to heart
As I do all this for a living
It's not about me but who I wish that you were

...but that's just my humble opinion

the way we huff and puff these days
seems we're in a backwards race
going back to where we lacked
the progress that's been made
where we don't see eye to eye
being now the case
wave the checkered flag as we finish last
in this backwards race

we place the blame call each other names
in this backwards race
we think we've won as over others we run
in our endless chase
in our searching for the next big thing
keeping it all up to date
here we go again, fingers in the wind
in this backwards race

it's one for one as we run
in this backwards race
no more than a few that we speak to
in our daily face to face
we idly chat in phone tag text
or snap chat along the way
and with that said i best get
back to this backwards race

We've stepped off the path of sanity
Onto the road to ruin
Along the way we lost the key
To where we thought we were going

With no slow lane here to speak of
And the lost all quickly passing
It's hard these days to think straight
So here we are, all mostly guessing

Which ditch is fiction, which is fact
What are we even doing
And who will get the last laugh
On the road to ruin

With no stop sign in plain sight
In the way we are behaving
Where is the caring in mankind
Will there be anything left worth saving

In this everyman for themselves
Out cruising for a bruising
In this heat morals quickly melt
On the road to ruin

my mind aligns with valentines
and the days of candy hearts
conversations in the sayings
that kept us balanced on this applecart

passing them like kids in innocence
with a twinkle in our eyes
not really knowing what it meant
when it said Will U B Mine

when did we let go of those times
drifting off so far
from the sweet and simple life
the days of candy hearts

Most folk don't know
That Casper the Ghost
Has a twin brother
Meaner than most

While Casper always leans
To the friendly side
His evil twin Jasper
Cheats and he lies

It's all that he knows
If truth be said
On both this side and that
Of the living dead

Casper does his best
To lend a helping hand
While his brother floats high his boat
In his demands

Which scares everyone
This side of the grave
The way Jasper whines
And misbehaves

Is it any wonder
Casper does his best
To keep his brothers blunders
Hid from the kids

There are people in this life
As we go passing by
That reach out and cling to us
As we do to them in-kind

A rubbing of the shoulders
Slight scratch that leaves a mark
Although some might go so deep
As to leave a scar

Some might call them memories
I believe it's more profound
Affecting of personalities
With every go round

So hang with those that help you grow
In this life of passing by
That reach out and cling to us
As we also do in-kind

This world in its polarity
Is opposite to what God has planed
Here in the thick of negativity
It's hard to see beyond its losing hand

We make it harder than it needs to be
To shine on the positive side
Batteries included
When Jesus is your light

A shining light on top the hill
For all the world to see
God inspired, Spirit filled
For all of those who do believe

There is a running promise
From the very start of time
Batteries included
When Jesus is your light

Plug into the lasting energy
Of the one true God in charge
Leave behind the negative sin-ergy
Where we find we often are

Here's an idea worth doing
Make sure your bulb is tight
Batteries included
When Jesus is your light