Rabbit Hole - Benny you look so ragged and homely Sit down those shades were made for the lonely Slowly count your dimes stack them up and step in line they’re calling Bach’s on and everybody is waiting He’s stares down through cards he is playing There’s something on his mind maybe he’s just terrified of falling You can hear the pipes upstairs Begging for repairs That flat on Farwell it is old you might jump into a rabbit hole find yourself back before the night Classy Classy what’s the word you’ve come this far now take a turn and push them in before the morning light Benny I know this world is un folding So shut up and play the hand you are holding In know Lennon is in your head I hear him too just let it rest this time Somewhere the troll is patiently hiding Why won’t he leave this place he’s residing He steps out into the room hairy with a look of doom tonight Do you hear those pipes upstairs They’re begging for repairs The flat on Farwell it stands tall I think I miss those attic walls see everything and never speak a word Maybe there’s a way back home now jump into that rabbit and find yourself standing where you were I can hear those pipes upstairs Now begging for repairs The snow is falling deep outside let’s get it on and take a ride it’s never really gone now that I know The flat on Farwell may have changed it always was a little strange now take a step into that rabbit hole Throwing Stones - Everybody has the right to be stupid but some people have to abuse the privilege that is right every time somebody predicts the end is here the calendar gets turned and you’re staring at another year let it ride Stand on your hands young man see the world turned upside down Don’t walk behind me I do not lead don’t walk in front of me I will not follow don’t walk beside me leave me alone cause everybody’s waiting to throw their stones Experience really is a wonderful thing you know it’s lets you recognized a mistake when you make it again and again Everybody’s telling lies it’s predictable but does really matter if no one is listening to what is said Waiting up there in your tower the world looks like a withered flower Don’t walk behind me I do not lead don’t walk in front of me I will not follow don’t walk beside me leave me alone cause everybody’s waiting to throw their stones The best thing you can do is learn to teach the best sermons are lived and not preached so take it all in stride and write it on a sign Don’t walk behind me I do not lead don’t walk in front of me I will not follow don’t walk beside me leave me alone cause everybody’s waiting to throw their stones Don’t walk behind me I do not lead don’t walk in front of me I will not follow don’t walk beside just leave me alone cause everybody’s waiting to throw their stones Everybodys waiting to toss you a bone build a throne Take you home Make you a drone Now you Gotta let it go They’ll never know Turn off your phone Hear coast to coast Yeah everybody’s waiting to throw their stones The Greenbrier Ghost - In between the trees hiding in a hole there a silent moving light now to do you believe in ghosts Shutter in the breeze shaken by the cold just before it appears or so the story I goes She was murdered on clear starlit summer’s night by a drifter who come and made her his wife But the coroner the believed this grieving husbands was a saint and the death it was ruled everlasting faint The greenbrier ghost is stuck between two worlds she know the truth well it must be revealed everything that was concealed The funeral did come the body it was set as she lay there in a box with a scarf around her neck Her mother Mary wept waiting for a sign from that husband to her left laying in pennies on her eyes The greenbrier ghost is stuck between two worlds she know the truth well it must be revealed everything that was concealed She appeared late one night at her mother’s chamber door as she walk across the room no footsteps on the floor So her lips they did move but not a word was said as the scarf she removed and revealed a broken neck The greenbrier ghost is stuck between two worlds she know the truth well it must be revealed everything that was concealed Now this mother she did boast and the prosecutor fumed as she told him of the ghost and the body was exhumed At the trial she did tell the jury of that night and the testimony held as a lynch mob formed outside The greenbrier ghost is stuck between two worlds she know the truth well it must be revealed everything that was concealed Snowday - Every weekend ends this way never enough time no real way now to escape or even to unwind Maybe there’ll be sweet snowflakes falling from the sky cross your fingers hold your breathe then slowly close your eyes And it’s going to great because the this soft bed is so nice And time can be erased so long you never have to rise Standing on this empty street staring at the lights waiting for the eastern wind to enter from the right And high up in the atmosphere moving through the night open up and let it out fill up my sky And can’t hardly wait until that telephone does sing So fine the feeling what a good day this will be smile it’s going to great because the this soft bed is so nice And time can be erased so long you never have to rise Take a break appreciate the simple things in life And time can be erased so long you never have to rise The Lighthouse - The lighthouse it is green it sends a spotlight out to sea it is proud it is old It rises above the trees where it’s stood for centuries warding sailors from the coast The woods it creaks and moans when the wind begins to blow bracing for another gale And a ghost he walks the stairs you can feel him everywhere he keeps the watch never fails A spiral to the sky A beacon for the blind Fires dot the beach where people come to breath come to see the whales Step in through the door the broken glass upon floor hold on tight to the rails Up A spiral to the sky The lighthouse it still shines Be silent and be still when you feel a sudden chill slowly move up your spine In the lighthouse you might hear him whisper softly in your ear would you please step aside Aliens Over Plainfield - Just one street a wrecking yard two taverns and a store Quiet simple life’s the same as 20 years before But late a night you might see lights up in the sky Turn your camera on my friend aim up into to the night There are aliens over Plainfield tonight glowing green and bright There are aliens over Plainfield tonight right before your eyes The land is flat the ground is sand the bugs keep you awake Wisconsin heat will fill you up now dripping from your face But silently the sun goes down the shadows disappear Step into that farmers field and wait til they appear There are aliens over Plainfield tonight glowing green and bright There are aliens over Plainfield tonight right before your eyes Now everybody knows the story the butcher and his grave But do you know what happens when you look up and you wave The sky lights up a beam comes down your lifted up so high But suspiciously you can’t remember those moments lost in time Jackboots Johnny - Jackboots Johnny is walking in a line Imagination gets him every time Hear the bugle call And stand up straight Then step up to the gate Jackboots Johnny’s living in a dream A metal barrel catching sun beams In his own backyard he Makes a barricade And goes out on parade So ride through night with your horse and your boots maybe off to waterloo this time Make way for the hordes mounted Calvary swords old dragoons start to roar it’s time Jackboots Johnny is digging another hole Trenches for the rabble when the wind does blow In the field somewhere The snipers hide Waiting for the fight now slowly through the forest he does creep taking cover moving from tree to tree is that trigger finger shaking now that the enemies all around Now run to that hill take the high ground and the day lie down then you wait for the empire What is the word get you sights on take a line you’ll see the white of they’re eyes and fire Telephone Lines - Taking to your room Locked inside that tomb waiting for the radio to click and come to life more and more it seams the fear from every dream seep in from the wires that twist connecting everything it’s everywhere it’s in our blood its spreading caressing us it’s getting so the populous are walking in a line the spotlights flood the summer sky illuminating nothing why does no one stop to raise their eyes and see it for themselves the doors they have more locks dogs on every block close the curtains hideaway from ever prying eyes fear it has a way of making this a cage beaming from satellites moving through the night it’s raining now with opium some sources say it’s aliens the effect is quick and everyone will plug in for the night you can feel it moving through the lines and slowly creeping up your spine it fills your head makes your blind lay back just give it time so step ride up we’ll read your code and send you marching down that road don’t tell a lie we will know just make that whistle scream no ones coming no one’s there so raise your arms and light a flare get a gun get a chair sit back for the night my trees will not hide those telephone lines Paper Tigers - Chasing paper tigers up and down the block everyone’s inspired to jump into the flock Holy Moses it will come out roses ride upon that wave sounds so easy sweet and pleasing a tinker tape parade Chasing paper tigers you saw them on TV now that you are wired it is safe to leave jeepers creepers there are sleepers living on your street keep your eyes wide they walk with tongues tied covered with a sheet now my brother says it’s true my sister says it’s true so now it must be true wow that man he say’s it’s true the priest he says it’s true it’s strange I never knew chasing paper tigers chasing paper tigers sinful Sally what’s the tally two for the home team right and steady we are armed and ready now for anything now my mother says it’s true my father says it’s true I guess It must be true and oh my teacher says it’s true now what you gonna do I have not got a clue chasing paper tiger chasing paper tigers Depot Bay - Welcome to the age of wonder greeted with a clap of thunder high Seasons’ change so suddenly the masks come down and cover everything Take a drive down to depot bay to watch the waves Take a drive down to depot bay to Gracie’s place they’ll play the bottles all night Cast away on constants swells past the time of saviors with their spells The merrow might appears as at sea close your eyes pretend that you believe Take a drive down to depot bay to watch the waves Take a drive down to depot bay to Gracie’s place they play the bottles all night But here in the shallows of another year Stepping over breakers and another fear Please be kind Oh be kind and we’ll brave uncertain times just to make this place our home Peasants and Gentlemen - Peasants and gentlemen living side by side The Black Death been relieve but the poll tax it is signed so john ball he took the stage preaching all his rage he raised his voice and cried When adam delved and eve span who then was a gentleman go on and claim your prize And so across the London bridge they’re tearing out their ribs to create another life A life where the gentry have kiss their feet and soon they will be free the city comes alive well that is fine but something’s on the rise Peasants and gentlemen standing with their knives Burn the manors and estates no one will survive Wat tyler met the king at Smithfield he brings demands they must signed All the feudal lords must be restrained and the church’s land must surveyed and given up in kind And so Richard made a deal but what did he conceal a militia did arrive Betrayed wat tyler was a force now pulled down from his horse by the mayor of London looks him in the eyes he says boy you’re going to die Peasants and gentlemen forever it remains Turning circles round and round but nothing ever changes So what did that preacher say standing on the stage calling for a fight When adam delved and eve span who then was a gentleman go on and claim your prize So the titles they will change over centuries renamed they just build bigger wall Around the towers that do rise stretching to the sky never will they fall oh what a sight blocking out the light Bow Down - Silence patience and pride Three things you’ll need to survive In a world where sleep is rarely known In this world of waking up alone I was walking the wire without any fear Torn and tattered all safety nets disappeared Then suddenly wind does rage she swoops out from her unlocked cage My knees touch the ground without a sound bow down The fever that breaks is biding time Moves through your limbs and up your spine Like a ghost that lingers on for years Out of the gray does reappear Now taking the road on a pass over the great divide We’re pushing the borders till they crack and let in the light And like a seraph slowly circling for a time so silently She dives back to the ground and without a sound bow down