From this moment forward
Will you tell the truth
No matter what the people say
No matter what the masses do

Will you stand for what is right
When it all rolls round
Picking up the age-old fight
And never set it down

Bringing up the bitter truth
In these times filled with lies
Forward motion in your move
To the side that's always right

Take up the injustice
That is thrown your way
Tell the truth, the whole truth
Daily in your day to day

The only sound that really counts
In this world that's filled with doubt
When you open up your mouth
Let nothing but the truth spill out

You might find this easy
But then again find it hard
Nothing is simple
In that regard

You could show up early
And still be late
Not having the time to change your mind
Or have a say

If you're deep in the game
And find it cramping your style
For heaven's sake every choice you make
Makes it all worthwhile

You can hold yourself back
Or get back in line
All you think you have that you lack
Just let it slide

With the attitude
Of do it or die
I'm telling you there's nothing new
That you can hide

If you're deep in the game
And find it cramping your style
For heaven's sake every choice you make
Makes it all worthwhile

On the day I finally stop and drop
Into that old, knotted pine box
And they wheel me down front, put on display

All I ask is you raise a cup
Make something good about me up
As you send me off along my merry way

There is no need for you to fret
Or think of this situation as sad
I did all I could in the realm of give and take

Just find for me a shady spot
To cover up this dusty pine box
And a marker for my final resting place

And after that if you think of me
In the coming days and going weeks
I hope a smile comes across your face

If you think about it and
Every now and then again
Feel free to come and dust the cobwebs from my grave

Then maybe sit for a just spell
Then again if nothing else
Tell me a little something about your day

And as you sit and reminisce
Over that and because of this
It's best you have your say before too late

You never know when we'll go along our merry way...

It's not me...
It's my phone that keeps calling your name

If you happen to be...
Looking for someone to blame

If you think that you hear heavy breathing
On the other end of the line
Want you to know that me and my phone
Were no where near each other at the time

You have my word...
It's my phone that keeps calling you up

It must have heard...
That at one time we were two birds in love

It must not realize
That you and I are no longer an item
If it did, otherwise
It wouldn't be spending all of it's dimes

What can I say...
It's my phone that loves the sound of your name

Since you left that day...
Things around here have not been the same

As my phone sits in its cradle alone
It doesn't seem to have much of a choice
To tell the truth I really think that
My phone misses the sound of your voice

After all the games you've played
The back and forth inside your head
You tend to wonder how you got
Yourself into this tight spot

Start off early, show up late
Can't help but make the same mistakes
Add another to the list
In your line of hit and miss

Looking for someone to blame
Conveniently leaving out your name
Never been one to hesitate
It's all in the choice you make

Spend most your time in cleaning up
This you did, that you've done
A completely different frame of mind
Might help to shine a little light

But when it comes down to change
The unknown makes us all afraid
Before you know, you give up hope
And once again set out alone

Looking for someone to blame
Conveniently leaving out your name
Never been one to hesitate
It's all in the choice you make

We never know quite honestly
What the future for us brings
From one minute to the next
In the grand scheme of things

Bloom with what you have, where you're set
In life's up's and down's
Enjoy the time you have left
In the here and now

When I looked last the past is past
No matter the depth you can't bring it back
Move beyond all of that mess
To the point where you're now at

We tend to keep our hands
Fumbling in the lost and found
When we should be more in command
Of the here and now

We dream of better tomorrows
That for us may not arrive
Yet we're never promised a minute borrowed
In our hourglass of time

So, enjoy this day, every grain of sand
That you are allowed
In this life while you still can
With the here and now

inside my head
there is this voice
feeds me lies
tries to coerce
while i smile
the secret's kept
swinging by
a gossamer thread

argues with
my sanity
makes excuses
who to believe
feel like i've
been left for dead
swinging by
a gossamer thread

shows up early
stays till late
opens up
the flood gate
on wobbly knees
afraid what's next
swinging by
a gossamer thread