1. Radio Silence 3:48 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass: Tony Tino Guitar: Chris Cubeta 2. Jennifer Lansky 2:02 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass: Nicki Parrott 3. Love Song 4:04 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass: Nicki Parrott Gutiar: Chris Cubeta 4. Across the River 4:50 Percussion and Guitar: Chris Cubeta 5. What I Mean 5:10 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass: Skip Ward Guitar: Chris Cubeta 6. Diamond 3:49 Guitar: Chris Cubeta Violin and Mandolin: Andrew Crowe 7. Out of Sight 2:22 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass: Skip Ward Guitar: Jeff Washburn 8. Hold Your Fire 5:45 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass: Chris Cubeta 9. No One's Listening 3:42 Guitar and Bass: Chris Cubeta 10. Murder 2:27 Percussion and Bass: Chris Cubeta 11. Killing Time 4:12 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass and Guitar: Chris Cubeta Background Vocals: Kristine Bogan 12. Asleep 2:18 Guitar and Percussion: Chris Cubeta 13. I Did It All For You 4:18 Bass and Guitars: Chris Cubeta 14. Peace Be With You 3:09 Drums: Patrick Carmichael Bass: Tony Tino Guitars: Chris Cubeta 15. What a Wonderful Waste of Time 2:32 Guitars and Percussion: Chris Cubeta All Keyboards: Kevin Ray All Songs written by Kevin Ray Copyright 2013 Melina Publishing Produced by Kevin Ray Mixed by Chris Cubeta Mastered by Alex De Turk at Masterdisk www.kevinray.net kevinray@kevinray.net Cover photo by Kim Jew Radio Silence: Is anybody out there Can anybody hear? I've done my best to send this test out loud and clear You know I've been listening With everything I am Searching for a signal that somebody somewhere gives a damn 'cause I do But I'm only getting static coming through And I strain my ear but all I hear is Radio silence All across the dial You don't say much but you say it with such style Radio silence Everywhere I turn When am I gonna, when am I gonna learn It's dead out there Everybody I know Everywhere I go Every smiling face that graces this jaded minstrel show Everybody's talking It's ringing in my ears But I haven't heard a worthy word in years And it's true But I'm only getting static coming through And I strain my ear but all I hear is Radio silence All across the dial You don't say much but you say it with such style Radio silence Everywhere I turn When am I gonna, when am I gonna learn It's dead out there The harder I listen The less I hear I can't seem to dial you in Nothings clear Why can't I hear you Why can't I feel you Why are you fading away Why is it dead air everywhere Radio silence All across the dial You don't say much but you say it with such style Radio silence Everywhere I turn When am I gonna, when am I gonna learn It's dead out there It's dead out there It's dead out there Jennifer Lansky: Jennifer Lansky It would appear I've been let go But if you ever cast me In an upcoming show I'll learn my lines and act real good Play it like the director thinks I should I can be convincing I know that I could Jennifer Lansky we're through And if they ask me I'll swear it's true That you were the coolest girl I never knew Jennifer Lansky It was a damn fine couple of weeks But I'm putting it past me I gotta find the wheel that squeeks Now don't get me wrong I'm glad I came I had a pretty close brush with fortune and fame Sorry that I had to use your real name Jennifer Lansky we're through And if they ask me I'll swear it's true That you were the coolest girl I never knew It was so hard to get a SAG card I can't even seem to get a bit part I feel like a fool and I feel like a jerk 'Cause all you could offer me was extra work Now you saw me dance and you saw me sing I thought I was gonna be the next big thing But I never heard that telephone ring Jennifer Lansky you passed You didn't think my carreer would last But I'll be the biggest star I'm gonna be the biggest star Yeah I'll be the biggest star you never cast Jennifer Lansky Love Song: I took the high road I looked for the light But it always comes out wrong When I try to write An honest lyric I don't have to explain A joyful chorus or a happy refrain I've squandered all my melodies on heartache Wasted all my words on empty rhymes I don't know why that sweet apple has to turn sour after just one night I want to write a love song Simple and true But a melody won't come to me no matter what I do Every night That heavenly light fades too soon I've run the races I've heard all the lines I've seen the traces in these strangers eyes But when I think about it I can't recall The last time anybody moved me at all But I remember every hand that held me I remember every time I tried I don't know why that sweet apple has to turn sour after just one night I want to write a love song Simple and true But a melody won't come to me no matter what I do Every night That heavenly light fades too soon How can I write of things I haven't seen yet Of beauty and grace without a trace of regret I search the horizon but I can't find a thing Won't somebody show me something Beautiful to sing When I get weary, when I lose control I reach deep down into the heart of my soul I always seem to find a reason to fight I know there's still one song that I have to write I don't know why that sweet apple has to turn sour after just one night I want to write a love song Easy and free But I don't know how to start it and I can't find the key And every night That heavenly light fades too soon I said every night, that heavenly light fades too soon Across The River: Mama says that I'm an ordinary man I should be proud That I'm lucky just to have a job at all I shouldn't talk so loud But oh, the writing's on the wall And I'm gonna run before they make me crawl And everybody says I'm just a fool The river's wide and cruel I'll never make it to the other side alive But I am young and stronger than they know And when the water's low I'll give it everything I can to fight the flow I'll wait here till my perfect moment then I'll go I'm gonna make it across the water Over the border across the line I'm gonna make it through the valley Through the darkness to the light Baby says that it's alright we've been through all of this before But I am weary I can't lose another battle in this war I've worked my fingers to the bone Oh, still I'm sinking like a stone Papa says the lord he will provide and that on the other side there will be milk and honey waiting for us all But we all have to live right here right now And the sweat from off my brow it isn't gonna change to wine anytime soon But there's still something left that I can do I'm gonna make it across the water Over the border across the line I'm gonna make it through the valley Through the darkness to the light The factory smokestack rises like the barrel of a gun and shoots a thick black cloud that hangs like death across the sun The Maquiladora's crowded with new faces every day Who'll gladly work for nothing trade their precious youth away I wake up in the morning wipe my eyes and hang my head I come home in the evening broken battered and half dead I throw my aching arms around my daughter kiss my wife I swear by god that I won't have to live this kind of life forever Up there on the hill the highway glows and the river softly flows on as if nothing really mattered much at all But I still give a damn and I won't stay When just half a mile away there is a better life We've waited much too long I'm gonna make my move while I'm still strong I'm gonna make it across the water Over the border across the line I'm gonna make it through the valley Through the darkness to the light What I Mean: Baby what's wrong It's only a simple song Ain't nothing real I care to say You can't give too much away It's only the blues Someone's gotta win or lose There's a cold wind blowing Down the line Baby let the dice roll You only got yourself to blame So go back how you came and don't think about it twice You're never gonna get it straight You'll never see through the rhetoric There ain't no use in trying I might be promising you bliss Or vinegar and piss either way I could be lying So every time I tell you what the story is (don't be thinking its real) I leave a little shadow of doubt (don't be calling me out) You're never gonna know if we're on the same page You're never gonna figure it out You'll never know what I mean You'll never know what I mean I might be flying through the air or crying in despair or anywhere inbetween You'll never know what I mean You'll never know what I mean You might think you know the truth But unless you've seen the proof You don't know what you've seen Baby don't you worry better folks have tried to read between the lines But there ain't no space to move There ain't no hidden groove No way inside my mind I may be laughing and I might be crying I could whisper I could scream You might think that you know why there's a twinkle in my eye Babe you don't know anything So every time I tell you what the story is (don't be thinking its real) I'm only painting a scene ( don't be calling me out) I may be dark grey and navy blue but I'm also fire engine red and Kelly green You'll never know what I mean You'll never know what I mean I might be flying through the air or crying in despair or anywhere inbetween You'll never know what I mean You'll never know what I mean You might think you know the truth But unless you've seen the proof You don't know what you've seen (Solo) So every time I tell you what the story is (don't be thinking its real) I'm only painting a scene ( don't be calling me out) I may be dark grey and navy blue but I'm also fire engine red and Kelly green You'll never know what I mean You'll never know what I mean I might be flying through the air or crying in despair or anywhere inbetween You'll never know what I mean You'll never know what I mean You might think you know the truth But unless you've seen the proof You don't know what you've seen You'll never know what I mean You'll never know what I mean Diamond: Baby come quickly Close the door Say what you want and what you want it for Give it to me straight Give it to me kind Let me down easy or ease my mind Am I your future or your past Did I waste my time on a love that won't last Give it to me quick even if it hurts Do I win or lose honey use your words Goodbye is a word that we use time to time When we can't say hello yes or no At the end of the day stay or go Laugh or cry Live or die Am I a diamond in the rough Will I ever shine for you bright enough Am I a diamond or just a dime a dozen Baby don't worry It ain't no crime If I'm just a lost cause Wasting my time But do I have to wait until it's much too late Tell me is somebody else on your mind Goodbye is a word that we use time to time When we can't say hello a rebirth Am I bound to this earth or was I Born to fly Am I a diamond in the rough Will I ever shine for you bright enough If I let go and trust the gods Will I make good will I beat the odds In a world so full and so cold Will I come into my own or will I only grow old Am I a diamond or just a dime a dozen Am I a diamond or a dime a dozen A close relation or a distant cousin Am I a diamond or a dime a dozen Out of Sight: Out of sight out of mind baby don't get left behind You can love em to the limit but your baby gonna hit it when you're far away And there's nothing you can do or say Everybody knows everybody comes and goes Out of sight out of mind Out of sight out of mind everybodys on the sly If you leave em for a minute someone else is gonna dig in it's a cryin sin And there isn't any way to win if you're not watching all the time Then you might as well be blind out of sight out of mind I can see you wanna do right and you want to be strong but do you really think your baby's gonna wait for you that long Take it from the crowd get it fast get it loud go and find yourself a lover and just keep it under cover Out of sight out of mind If you're looking you can find Something wild something new Something different you can do Take a chance for free Little sister won't you dance with me Nobody acting like they should But it's kinda understood Out of sight out of mind Out of sight out of mind get your gravy on the side Don't be stubborn don't be proud when your baby not around you can find a way little sister don't you wanna play Everybody knows the game Don't pretend you're not the same Out of sight out of mind Hold Your Fire: I know you're watching closely I know you're searching for a sign I know you're waiting baby For me to step across that line Just one time Don't you know that I'm on your side Can't you see how hard I've tried To keep you feeling safe and right But still I'm in your sights tonight Hold Your Fire Honey hold your fire Lay down your gun and come with me Out on the wire baby Hold your fire Honey hold your fire I swear your not in danger this time Hold your fire Baby hold your fire I know you want to stand down And let me give you what you need But you just can't relate To a touch that does not make you bleed So I'm telling you plain and true I really want to be there for you But I won't be your hunted lover I'm too old to run for cover Hold Your Fire Honey hold your fire Lay down your gun and come with me Out on the wire baby Hold your fire Honey hold your fire I swear I'm not the stranger this time Hold your fire Baby hold your fire No One's Listening Calling out restless in the undergrowth Driven safely out of sight Tuning in to voices far away somewhere Hidden deep within the night Water races down the drain Rolling slowly on my window pane The days arrive and roll on by The mountains howl the oceans cry The pen, the knife, the gun, summer sun glistening No one's listening No one's listening No one Rising up out of these infested slums Numbered faces nameless pain All that is is all that there has ever been Nothing changes this refrain Scream in anger Howl in rage it's wasted moments on an empty stage From county fair to combat zone we're born again to die alone in a world awash in sin winter wind wistling no one's listening Murder Murder on the highway Murder on the train Murder in the lowlands And in the southern plain Murder in the shadows Murder in the light Murder in the morning And in the dead of night Creeping down the back roads Seeping through the walls Sneaking in the front door And stalking in the halls Sleeping in your bedroom Smoking in the den With a loaded shotgun A stroke of a pen And it's murder on the dance floor Blood on the radio Hell on the horizon With an unearthly glow Watch where you go Murder in the stairwell Murder at your door Murder at the floodgate And on the factory floor Clogging up the back roads rotting on the vine Fouling up the water and floating in the wine Murder on the sidewalk murder on the lawn Murder everywhere you go till Everyone is gone You want the latest news well it's always been the same It's murder in the headlines And everyone's to blame Murder in the canyons Carnage in the corn You'll end it like you began it Dead as the day you were born Murder in the boardrooms murder in the street Murder in the haunted eyes of everyone you meet Murder on the boardwalk Murder in the slums Waiting in the darkness untill the next victim comes Killing Time Wait a minute I get so sick and tired walking on land mines and tripping over wires All your love is deceiving And I ain't the one receiving so though I'll be grievin I believe in killin time Hold it baby Quit hedging your betting No more training beginners Honey this prize is for the winners And though I'll be grievin I believe in killin time I'ts killin time in the city And it's killin time all around the world As sure as the sun's gonna burn out of the sky Everybody everywhere has gotta take their turn to die Why sweet baby Don't you understand That you don't have the strength to love me as I am Taking back what I've given Honey my love is for the living and though I'll be grievin I believe in killin time Though I'll be grievin' I believe in killin time Though I'll be grievin' I believe in killin time Asleep: Asleep at the end of the world Racing around this obnoxious insanity Out on the edge of the herd Rolling around in the dirt at the end of the world I sit Wasted and bored with it Weary and wild and free Wilted and wounded Asleep at the end of the world Sifting through all the indifference and vanity Drifting out into the deep We're counted like sheep fast asleep at the end of the world Eyes glazed bitter and bold cold crazed Facing my fate unphased Waving and smiling Asleep at the end of the world Wading through all of this righteous hypocrisy Waiting for nothing to come blind deaf and dumb growing numb at the end of the world I stand nothing at stake I make no demands Half in the bag half dressed Blessed by the silence Asleep at the end of the world I Did It All For You While we waited for Forty days I searched in vain in a manic haze I did it all for you I did it all for you You didn't make it through i did it all for you My mind was clear and my love was true I opened my heart and it bled right through I did it all for you I did it all for you I made myself new I did it all for you Wise men tell us Leave your troubles behind The good book sells us seek and you shall find When it was through There was nothing left of you While we waited for Forty days I came apart in a million ways I did it all for you I did it all for you I made myself new i did it all for you The rain fell down and the sky went black I went to the end of the world and back and I did it all for you I did it all for you You didn't make it through I did it all for you Wise men tell us Leave your troubles behind The good book sells us seek and you shall find When it was through there was nothing left of you Peace Be With You: Peace be with you as you roll on by may tomorrow be an easier ride When you wake up beneath the clear blue sky Let the past be gone and never wonder why Peace be with you may your soul be free let your heart roar like the open sea Let your dreams run until they come to be And revel in the grace of this sweet comedy You've already come so far, You've already come so far Don't ever forget who you are Don't ever be ashamed never be tamed Peace be with you on the open road may tomorrow bring a lighter load Hold your head high be brave be bold You're farther than you know and if the truth be told You've already won my heart you've already won my heart don't ever forget who you are Don't ever be ashamed never be tamed Peace be with you as you roll on through I hope that you'll remember that my love was true And I only wish the best for you I hope you find the joy in every thing that you do peace be with you peace be with you peace be with you What a Wonderful Waste of Time: This is all we're ever gonna be This is all we're ever gonna see We're never gonna be the king and queen of this sad scene But think of what we've seen Oh, the not so simple truth All the sweet charades of youth Led us far astray But I can't regret a single day Cause oh, what a wonderful waste of time it was Way to go, what a wonderful waste of time it was This is all we're ever gonna do This is all we'll have when we get through We never got from station A to station B But I'm happy inbetween All our careful plans Our brazen imperfected stands never made the grade But I can't regret a single day Cause oh, what a wonderful waste of time it was I wan't you to know what a wonderful waste of time it was What a wonderful waste of time it was What a magic way to pass a way the days What a wonderful waste of time it was To expire in such a brilliant blaze Oh, what a wonderful waste of time it was Way to go, what a wonderful waste of time it was.