rest your head and hold my hand
lead the troops, conduct the marching band
oh brothers join together come on take a stand
i know nothing good ever comes from three
but this year sheds my tears, it’s got its hold on me
listen here i’m not scared of the moving train
just bought my ticket and i’ll miss it til i go insane

i don’t need to be warmer in the summer
i don’t got to be anywhere but here
got my eye on the shiny golden drummer
take me away from the beat of that 1 2 3
cause i know 2 times fun equals mystery
put second best to the test and set me free

jackson five got it right singing abc
easy lines hard to find counting 1 2 3

drive my car into the sunday sun
without the wheel i swear it’s much more fun
meet the queen love machine she’s only just begun
i know i had a dream once just like this
so far away, sweet escape, ignorant bliss
my favorite game is the one where we play pretend
draw the line, stay inside, then let it break and bend

i don’t need to be warmer in the summer
i don’t got to to be anywhere but here
got my eye on the shiny golden drummer
take me away from the beat of that 1 2 3
cause i know 2 times fun equals mystery
put second best to the test and set me free

done with rhyme step out of time leave waltz to 1 2 3

i'm so aware of you i feel like your breathing is synched with my feet,
and when you smile at me nothing else exists but the air between your mouth and mine
every time you laugh my stomach is in space, every other sound dissolves into ambient noise,
the electricity when you look at me the way you do when we're not you and i
snapping quick witted quips back and forth in our own language only we understand
when you're singing i know that i've never heard music as compelling, seen eyes as captivating
when you're in a room i can sense you so much that if i don't touch you soon the stars might fall down and rip me open
because being so aware of you is like heaven only when i'm dreaming and i have to wake up

for those ten minutes we're unstoppable
quick wit knocks me off my feet and my lungs are flying
my lips are enchanted with what his words are implying
when it's over i'm high and i slip out of her cage
into my own kind of trap, the route to reality is it's own dizzying map
the muscles in my face are screaming at my heart to please, settle down
and i barely notice when our distance becomes less
something's gotta give before my mute turns to mess
i'm in, so deep and you're miles away
i'd follow the route to keep curiosity at bay
i can't and won't stop looking,
and i mean really, looking
i do smoke and it's the from the fire you've started
wait til ten minutes is up and she will soon be departed

full nights in february
when the sun tells the highway headlights are its understudy
study notes that we know with yellow cups of whiskey
and cigarette breaks, cake batter chapstick breaks the ice
you're so nice - finally someone to do my dance and teach me new steps
signs stir laughs and songs give us direction instead
just ahead an hour or 3 add up to be memory and i won't fall asleep
i am one with the water fountain clouds change into mountains but somehow it's always home
i'm known to wander but now i'm inside i tried to hide from being whole but it's the role
i stole pink ribbon buttons goods and good company by the dam' d river i shiver from the thought of ever going back
snack ******* crumbs sneak in the seat where we started and im saving them for tomorrow
can i borrow some honey just a shot or two from you its the sweetest coat
throat tense in high harmony on stage left or maybe right maybe you're right
tonight it's not really over its just fulfilled

if you need me, i'll be in my future
where the how's are no longer,
the what's made me stronger,
and there's no need to hide away.

try not to need me, i'm stuck in my head
where the why's are not clear,
the when is too near,
so i don't want to be needed today.

hello, are you here?
i've crossed the bridge, i guess.
all this time you've been near
but i never really got my yes.
no - i've got nothing at all
because that's what i've given you
the bridge had no chance to fall
it's just kept on building anew.
this side is just fine;
the fence is breaking down
no blockage, barriers, clear drawn lines
yet you seem so entitled to the crown.
it's taken me time to realize, sure
that it's me who set it on your head
i know you're obviously not who you were -
you're a symbol; royalty of my memory instead.
months and miles are ready for you, now
tell my nostalgic desires so long
i'll cross the bridge back, if you'll allow
but look, like that,
it's gone.

ive been your ghost
i hope you realize
seven more days
of my averted gazes
and it's the end of an era
you're not home anymore
so i'm lost
in seven days
i don't have to let it in
let you walk by
as if your posture didn't falter mine
and your presence didn't weaken me
and i don't have to pretend
like you weren't still alive
in everything i touch
oh, mind
don't let a face deface my heart
let silver cars follow me to california
and keep my eyes on the road