Read My Stuff — Pages 100–150

Who’d have thought that a pair of faded blue jeans Could bring me to my knees? Who'd have thought that after I let her in She'd do just what she pleased? An angel on the outside The devil within I would soon discover Well I guess they're right It just goes to show You can never judge a book by its cover I've done something I've told myself that I would never do Before you proved your love I put all my trust in you I believed your lies And dried your eyes And to my surprise You took me for a ride A ride I'll never take again Can you see me frown? As you're leaving town The truth's been found You spun me around You let me down again Such a beautiful smile yet eyes full of deceit You said that you loved me All the while you were lying through your teeth I'd like to follow you telling everyone you see Be careful of this girl Look what she did to me Who'd have thought that a pair of faded blue jeans Could bring me to my knees? Who'd have thought that after I let her in She'd do just what she pleased? An angel on the outside The devil within I would soon discover Well I guess they're right It just goes to show You can never judge a book by its cover I've done something I've told myself that I would never do Before you proved your love I put all my trust in you HEARTSTRINGS By Tom Jensen I don't need you for inspiration Nah, I got plenty of that myself I'm not looking for someone to save me Nah, you can't leave that to anyone else I'm was just looking for someone to keep me and love me For all I am....for my better or worse I wasn't looking for someone to take me and leave me Leaving me feeling this angry, helpless remorse As I see you sitting in the chair Staring back at me With a cold and lonely stare I will remember for eternity I finally want back What's been taken What you stole But I will never get that till I regain control I am just another trophy Collecting dust on your mantle shelf Something that you've taken That once belonged to someone else Now as I feel forsaken I criticize my useless self Plucking at my heartstrings Is the music you play only for yourself Never a thought for someone else MATCHES TO BURN by Tom Jensen (for a female vocalist) I need a reason to sing I can’t think of anything And I’ve been thinking a lot About a world not filled With things you could see But of all those things I dreamed to be So long ago that I forgot When down memory lane… I took a stroll I re-lived mostly pain… and now that pain… It takes its toll I’ll make a promise to you And then I won’t show Yeah, I’ll always leave you guessing With your insides now exposed While you’ve still yet to learn your lesson Ahh… but at least now you’re feeling the cold Though still… you keep on pressing But with this new insight you now behold You see the sun now glistening off of the snow If you listen closely then you’ll learn what I know It takes ten seconds now to see What took me twenty years to learn Ain’t no paper worth nothing to me To a girl… With matches to burn To a girl... with matches to burn.. MULTIVERSE by Tom Jensen The only thing real is this moment So get up on it And be a proponent F*ck the trophy for participation You want to finish in first place At the end of the race? With time you’ll find The seeds were already sewn By you in your mind in the very beginning The day you stop dreaming Is the day you stop achieving And start living down to expectations With nothing left to believe in Through the years Many infidels have raised hell Trying to make things even Leaving us in tears As more victims fell To some godless heathen If you visualize grilled cheese That could lead to world peace But if you envision a barbeque That just might be the end of me and you Once you take control Over the power within your mind You can create the best possible version Of all outcomes desired MEET MICHAEL HAWK By Tom Jensen I called up this girl who was going to see me tonight She told me she was going to a play with Michael Hawk… Have you ever met Michael Hawk? I heard all his friends call him Mike He’s real friendly with the ladies There’s something about him they all like Have you ever met Michael Hawk? He’s what they call a real standup guy He is over six feet tall And almost two feet wide Michael Hawk might look a little strange to you Because his head is purple His belly is white And his feet are blue He’s a memorable man that Michael Hawk… He always leans when he walks He only wears one sock And he never, ever talks All the girls fall in love with Michael Hawk They say he’ll fit you like a glove that Michael Hawk And that no man rises above Michael Hawk Yes, he’s very well thought of that Michael Hawk Come along with Michael Hawk Won’t you dance with Michael Hawk? Hum a song to Michael Hawk Wrap your hands around Michael Hawk But never laugh at Michael Hawk And never turn your back on Michael Hawk Or you might get slapped by Michael Hawk For he’s very rash that Michael Hawk Have him for breakfast Michael Hawk Make him supper Michael Hawk Introduce him to your sister and mother Michael Hawk But not your father or brother Michael Hawk He reminds me of a pirate, Michael Hawk For he’s only got one good eye He’s made many girls go blind Other girls quiver and other girls cry If you ever come across Michael Hawk Don’t hesitate to give him a kiss Just so long as you don’t mind The slight taste of salt upon your lips CLEAN WIPE TO THE SLATE by Tom Jensen As you're getting sleepy in your bed Busy staring at the walls My head is still spinning As I'm pacing up and down the halls I just need one more line only one more verse And when I finally fall asleep it only gets worse Yea lately I've been losing faith Been having trouble thinking straight What I thought I'd found has been misplaced What I've been giving out Well, I finally got a taste When I woke up I couldn't see my face Time to take a clean wipe to the slate The past has now been erased No right path to follow No lines left to trace I see no yellow lines on the highway I've done it your way now I'll try it my way There's a road not yet paved in stone No one left to follow when you're alone No shepherd to guide you No shadows to hide you No need to ask directions When you're heading home Every sign you've seen has led you astray When you stuck out your thumb no one was going your way The highway you stand upon Winds so violently and looks so long You've just gotta be strong Keep writing and singing your song Time to take a clean wipe to the slate The past has now been erased No right path to follow No lines left to trace I see no yellow lines on the highway I've done it your way now I'll try it my way CRYSTAL BALL By Tom Jensen Indecisiveness has got a hold of me Should I stay, should I go? The high road, the low road So many forces That push and that pull They act as they will And they're acting now still Just one of the choices That I have to make How much more can I take? Couldn't sleep For the last month and a half Need a crystal ball Because I shattered the glass Was it half full or half empty? But I can get it refilled they got plenty Or at least they tell me so But just where it is I still don't know Maybe around the corner Maybe half-way around the globe Still feeling like a foreigner Living the life of Job I don't feel disgraced I'm just losing my faith Finding more questions than answers As the hour's getting late PARDON ME By Tom Jensen I just got a pardon from the president Because I did not admit to what I knew they'd submit as evidence And I just made a friend who will do what it takes And be there to the end or at least until he fixes mistakes I think we may have just set a new precedence Since it is so clearly evident That politics is no place for benevolence When we can't trust the president That means we can't trust the government Who often sells out its residents Giveth and taketh on false precedents Since some just take whatever they need With greed... what's important is the numbers on Not the names of dead presidents I have come to believe Not everyone is entitled to be free Because a handful of money is all you need To put people in your pocket to guarantee That when trouble comes it'll let you be When you buy a judge You can throw out the jury The system's become corrupt Manipulated through misdeeds Someone should do something 'Cause there's a document I've seen Saying they're vetting Ann Coulter and Satan To run together in 2016 Just remember that Every candidate has a rhyme Around election time Saying we'll do just fine If you wave this sign Standing on a pedestal Waving a fake gold medal Just rubbing on their crystal ball Saying they've been here and there They've seen and done it all Only after the choice has been made And you've dealt them the ace of spades While thinking that politics isn't a game And you haven't been played But finally after all the promises have been made You found that the scale of honesty Has never been weighed As they've forgotten all that they've said Speaking this while doing that They placed one foot on the platform And then they fell flat The train they boarded straight to the top The engine failed; the track got derailed And when the conductor was jailed The bail they collected was never mailed Yet every opinion they stated Was quoted as fact Saying that proof was in the eye And they said it with such tact Even though no Evidence ever backed But numbers can lie Once you've developed the knack So everyone signed on the dotted line Without ever reading the pact And now you're complaining About paying so high a tax Once you sign a deal with the Devil There's no turning back However, there's a new path unpaved… So it's up to me and you We've been taught to follow the leader Sadly, it's true It can't be that way anymore Time for us to settle the score Start pushing the stale old values aside No more can we run and hide The government that rules us practically everyone is a liar Words catching on And now it's spreading like a fire They've talked and talked Talk, talk, talk 'til they're blue in the face Just follow me and I'll show you the way Going to Washington D.C. Time to see the true enemy But beware...for their twisting tongues will tell you it's me Don't listen to them if you want to be free Join us - every color and race Speed up! - We've got to quicken the pace Million man march - huh – multiply that by ten History, we're going through it again Do it for the homeless you meet Do it for the children on the street Think about the hungry, the ill, and the sick We'll dismantle the system brick by brick Tell it straight and don't beat around the Bush We tried to pull now it's time to push It's nine for them and one for us It's their turn to sit on the back of the bus The politicians look us right in the eyes While their words are full of lies So it should come as no surprise What happens to them after they die They care not for us only I They tell me, "Well, just because..." When I ask why They say, "They learned it from their peers... That true honesty has disappeared." So true has come our biggest fears There's no one left who really cares I'm going to give each one a mirror So they can see what we see Then I'm going to run for president So I can show what's evident I will answer questions truthfully And you can think what you want of me I'll hide behind no mask at all Not forced to sit I will stand tall... I'll be myself and wear no veil With my left hand on the bible: "I smoked pot and I inhaled!" COMPLICATED SUBJECT By Tom Jensen It's such a complicated subject... this matter of war Traces back to the beginning of time... if not before Intertwined with our destiny Throughout all our history As the fate of humanity Rests within this legacy The true nature of man... is not one of understanding to say the least The way it now stands... This violence and bloodshed shall never cease There are four words That'll never be Our one sole belief We come in peace There are four words That make me nervous When I hear someone speak We come in peace For it seems to me We'll all eventually Suffer some kind of defeat All genders and races All colors of this crayon nation All beliefs and creeds Yet when we fight today The battle cry is not Semper Fi It's bleed green for corporate greed Please take my eyes Or take away these things That I don't want to see Still we try to perceive all that's unperceivable Still we strive to conceive in what's inconceivable Still we struggle to believe in the unbelievable Still we attempt to achieve What is unachievable It's such a complicated subject... this matter of war Traces back to the beginning of time... if not before Intertwined with our destiny Throughout all our history As the fate of humanity Rests within this legacy

Your heart breaks with every tender touch You think to yourself You don't love her all that much The moon and the stars She'd give them all to you So with a tear in your eye you continue... Skin so soft and light brown hair She stares into your eyes without a single care You have become her shelter from the rain Yet while she's filled with love you're filled with pain... Reality screams into your ear So you try to collect yourself You try and calm your fears How long can you play this game? How much longer can you simply hold your shame? Life is anything but a fairy tale And before you pass sometimes you fail They say it's better to have loved and to have lost Then never have played so we pay the cost Every passing day you sink in sand Becomes even harder when she holds onto your hand You can't be the one who shatters her dreams So you make her believe everything is as it seems It's never easy when the time has come It's never easy but you had your fun Do not feel sorry for what you've done For after the rain soon comes the sun Life is anything but a fairy tale And before you pass sometimes you fail They say it's better to have loved and to have lost Then never have played so we pay the cost

My girlfriend's house... Her parents are home They don't like me much... So we're never alone I'm sitting on the sofa... And she's looking so fine We've been dating so long... Don't they know she's mine? They think she's so pure... And that she can wear white An innocent girl... A parents' delight I'm so sorry... She didn't tell you what's right Like what she does... When she spends the night Because of these lies... By your law she abides Because of these lies... In the bushes we hide Because of these lies... We make love outside Because of these lies... We take the car for a ride They say what's unknown Doesn't hurt you And that the truth shall set you free But if they only knew what I've taken They'd take you away from me This is our little secret So we'll play our charades We'll keep singing our song Until the music fades Come for a ride and I'll take you away It's finally our turn In this game that we play Yeah I'm feeling good I really got it tonight Let's drive somewhere And turn off the lights Love has its prices And love has its costs I'll unbutton your shirt While you watch out for the cops Though she can't by wine She can still buy smokes Is she old enough to love? Don't ask her folks Their old school values And their old school style Today I'd place 'em In an old school pile Because of the old ways... They try to keep me away Because of the old ways... They never let me stay Because of the old ways... This is the game we play Because of the old ways... They think we'll wait 'til our wedding day When she's at college They never see me at all And they never hear us rattling the walls But when she's home In the window I crawl Better not get caught... I hear that dad's gotta gun I smoke a pack a day... Don't get far when I run Too great the risk... I don't wanna get caught I think it's time to head Out to the parking lot Yeah, out in the corner And in the shadows we hide She says, "It hurts her knees...and it hurts her pride" NEVER EXPECT IT By Your Wife Tom Jensen My wife’s a b*tch… That’s why she gets hit When I get upset… I just raise my fist She knows it well… She gave me hell Then down she fell… Now she ain’t well My wife’s a b*tch… That’s why she gets hit When I get upset (click sound)… I just raise (bang!) (pause) My husband’s dead… I shot him in the head That’s the last time I said… Now the floor’s all red Now I’m going off to bed… Later I’ll clean all this mess Decide whether to confess… Or go and burn this bloody dress (humming) My husband’s dead… I shot him in the head That was the last time I said... CALL IT FATE By Tom Jensen Birds circle around your home Say it one more time... Why won't they leave you alone? They flap their wings from side to side But from Mother Nature no man can hide Being punished for crimes -- Well, that may be For crimes against humanity Just when you thought There was no one to see Now you look at your life And who is to blame? You can call it fate You can call it a shame As your family boasts: "You're in the prime of your life" You go under the doctor's knife For cancer has no name or face Unfortunately for you it's too late Enter the hospital a dying life Exit the church a crying wife Now you look at your death Pondering who is to blame? You can call it fate You can call it a shame In the next room of the hospital Is a mother's joy The prize of a life - a baby boy The parents counted the fingers Then the parents counted the toes But what's in the soul nobody really knows Food, love and shelter - baby got his fill So no one knows why he grew to kill You can look at their deaths And who they blame You can call it fate You can call it a shame A man dresses in the mirror As he flashes a smile In a two-thousand dollar suit He'll wear at the trial He asks the judge to cut his client a break Starts preaching about How we all make mistakes The judge, on these words, reduces bail Keeps a guilty man away from jail His freedom is gained but what's been lost? Will he do it again? They keep their fingers crossed Superscript Block title This is a block description. To edit, click and type the text or replace it with your own custom conten

Hey baby, Come for a ride and I’ll take you home But then I’ll have to leave you on your own I can never be the one for you Sometime, somewhere you’ll see it too I tried to stay as long as I can But you’ll find another to be your man Someone to love you like I couldn’t do One who brings candy and roses, too Hey baby, Come for a ride and I’ll take you home But then I’ll have to leave you on your own I can never be the one for you I could never promise my love was true I tried to stay as long as I can But I cannot change the man I am I won’t lead you on It’s too weary for the heart I should have seen it coming Right from the start Hey baby, Come for a ride and I’ll take you home But then I’ll have to leave you on your own I can never be the one for you Sometime, somewhere you’ll see it too I tried to stay as long as I can You’ll find another to be your man Someone to love you like I couldn’t do One who brings candy and roses, too Hey baby, Come for a ride and I’ll take you home But then I’ll have to leave you on your own I can never be the one for you I could never promise my love was true I tried to stay as long as I can But I cannot change the man I am I won’t lead you on It’s too weary for the heart I should have seen it coming Right from the start Hey baby, Come for a ride and I’ll take you home But then I’ll have to leave you all alone

Kisses and drugs Make the world go round Angry eyes and frowns Just keep us down... Booze and hugs help take off the edge It's great to escape every now and then... As for me... (as for me) Well I'm glad you asked When I look at my reflection I see many faces looking back from the shattered glass back from the shards of shattered glass back from these shards of shattered glass Religion puts us all in boxes and rows Though we know it's hard to open a mind that's closed In politics half the people are wrong Half the people are right Some enjoy a good fight As for me... (as for me) Well I'm glad you asked When I look at my reflection I see many faces looking back from the shattered glass Back from the shards of shattered glass Back from these shards of shattered glass Some people are strong Others weak inside So they hide behind a hollow wall of pride (That's what they/we do) Some people are greedy Others feed the needy Still more are shady And some just plain seedy As for me... (as for me) Well I'm glad you asked When I look at my reflection I see many faces looking back from the shattered glass back from the shards of shattered glass back from these shards of shattered glass I don't judge myself on what I've done... (Don't judge yourself on what you've done) But on the things I've yet to do... (There's so much out there that you can do) I know somehow I've failed someone... (You can't go pleasing everyone) I'm just not yet sure if I know who... (Sorry, but you will have to choose...) APPLIED FAITH by Tom Jensen Close your eyes Quiet your mind And describe to me What you hope to find Don’t give it a name Let it be free For fear it may change Or worse never be Calm your breath Yes inhale deep Then pinch yourself Make sure you’re not asleep Is life a dream… Then one day we wake? To a world brand new That’s ours to shape Or is this it… And at the end of the ride There’s no more nothing Just hello, goodbye What if it’s a question of choice And it’s up to you to decide As what you believe in most That fate will then be applied Don’t dare waste thoughts On hollow or empty things For fear of finding out What the consequences bring Behold the power Of free mind and will Everything can be unmade And anything can be built Conceive, believe, achieve Imagination is all you need Yes, you can manifest your destiny In this world, the next or whatever world will be NOTHING AT ALL By Tom Jensen You walked up to me With my clothes in your hands We had a conversation about things Only I could understand Not a tear I did see For I kept my eyes closed The way in which I feel I'm the only one who knows You begged and pleaded from your knees Every other word I heard was please Please don't you go away Please, please Don't you leave me this way Only I knew that our fate was sealed I kept my eyes closed So that nothing was revealed Someday all your wounds will heal Someday I will tell you how I really feel... I once asked you to save me from myself Though soon I learned That you can't leave that up To anyone else I asked you to change your ways Though soon I realized That some colors won't fade The only one to help me is myself For sometimes some things Cannot be entrusted to someone else Your inspiration was once my soul But soon your hatred was for me And the love I stole You thought I'd take your heart And keep it forever But in this world of uncertainty You can never say never So many red-eyed days So many nights filled with unrest I was finally forced to realize This may be too great a test So many sleepless nights And soon daydreams of another's face I knew I couldn't stay While wishing I was in some other place Your heart's filled with gold Yet your eyes are so cold And the mirror which you hold Reflects the face of no one at all Your weakness often showed And soon the time grew old As no dream I had was too bold The ceiling of our love was bound to fall No regrets Though memory will not soon forget Myself I found Now there are no more chains To hold me down There must be some reason That it turned out this way But I know right now There's not one that I could say I loved you once And you will find love again There is no better message That I can send Maybe I shouldn't have made you Feel so tall Maybe all your problems I couldn't solve Sleep well knowing I am sorry For the pain I've caused Just know it's better feeling pain Than feeling nothing at all FENCES By Tom Jensen Fences... I see more fences springing up every day... There are people paid to separate people Who are lining up to stand in the way Of the profits of the prophets Who create the media slaves, yeah Who dictate who gets to divide the riches Who gets to go diving with the fishes And who gets to migrate and escape Before it gets to be too late Fences... I see more fences springing up every day... Forcing us to choose sides In this great divide Between the people and the state This state of confusion A perpetual illusion Of entertainment, sex, death, of who's next, Of celebrity, sport, fear and hate Like me you want to get away Want to find yourself some kind of inner wealth A reason to carry on My dearest one A reason to stay awake Fences... I see more fences springing up everyday Seems all those in line Are blind to the times Either wearing rose-colored glasses Or being kept in the shade The trees are tall when you follow every letter of the law Straight to the 'T' And yet fundamentally disagree Failing to fully appreciate the fact that fences When used as defenses are completely senseless Especially when humans are turned into machines I see power serving power I see snipers in the tower I see the faces of the crying I see truth from people dying I see walls that keeps getting higher I see more kindling being thrown on the fire I see people scared and losing faith And not being able to think straight Fences...I see more fences... Springing up everyday F THE W By Tom Jensen I see your face It looks to me You need some cheering up Eyebrows are raised Hair out of place Your eyes are tearing up You’ve lost your faith In yourself hey… You better listen up Sometimes it seems They crush your dreams And THEN that’s when life gets tough I turn frowns Upside down And make unhappy people smile Life gotcha down? If I’m around I’ll sit and talk with you awhile I’ll share with you A story or two From my youth and time will fly… For today we’ll let Our troubles fade… Say F the W and let’s get high When we get home… I’ll roll a bone…. And now you’re blazed…. Got dry mouth taste… Let us all give thanks To that purple haze For today we’ll let Our troubles fade… We’ll pie your eyes so you don’t cry… We’ll have a laugh Flipping through some funny photographs Oh how the time goes by So why be sad? Angry or mad When you can look up at the beautiful sky? LIGHT By Tom Jensen My world is empty As strangers pass I imagine myself endeared in their eye They never stop, just go about their daily routine Never wondering what an unknown figure could ever do for them Perhaps make every dream come true Perhaps give them the sun and place it in their hands They walk by and their lives are changed forever, unknown to them I could have been their everything My life remains the same, alone I am willing to love Yet they never stop, just go about their daily routine Sometimes I try to be noticed, I shout and wave my hands And make promises I fully intend to keep But they do not stop, not for me Desperate, I keep on searching Filling my void with whatever I find to make the day pass Night falls and covers my weeping eyes and damp cheeks Despair fills my heart just as darkness fills the air Alone and in the dark my eyes catch sight of a distant light So far in the distance and so high atop the sky Seemingly a kin to the mountains it is so unreachable Yet I must try What have I to lose except the pain of tears? With every step closer my sorrow is lifted I walk long miles yet my legs do not feel heavy My heart begins racing as the light does not fade as I get closer So many times before my dreams crushed right before my eyes Maybe once I will succeed to reach the top After what seems like an eternity of traveling I reach the summit The light, once distant and small, now encompasses me I stand before it, anxious to touch it I extend my hand in friendly greeting The light enters my fingertips and explodes into my body A body once cold regains warmth Each sense more excited than the next All pain ever felt before is exiled back to where it came My spirit returns and I feel alive The light I now hold within guides me Through darkness Through worry Now as I have found the light I will never be alone The light I have found is you INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY by Tom Jensen Graffiti scribbled on the side of a building Obscenities aimed at the passing children Yet these simple words can have Such a complicated effect On an empty vessel of thought Dependent on a world filled with neglect With the wind picking up There's trash blowing all over the ground There's three guys under 'neath a bridge Passing the bottle around I see weeds sprawling across the sidewalk Crawling up through the cracks I watch a kid on his way home to a broken home Walking alone along the tracks Things are heading south No matter which way you face What is bitter to your eyes Can give your mouth a bad taste Seems that everywhere I look There's something that hurts my eyes They say another day, another dollar, Which each new day comes a new surprise It's not just the inner city Where things are getting worse When the intellectual property of so many Needs to be torn down or reinforced ADVICE By Tom Jensen I woke up this morning Feeling cold and alone I woke up this morning After another night at home All by myself Sad and alone All by myself So I picked up the phone… Oh won’t you please Give to me Some good advice That’s right for me On what to do With you know who That’s whoever it is I’m supposed to please Oh please give to me Some good advice for You know all about My pathetic life Have a look at me And tell the truth… Can I still do all the things That I wanna do? Oh look at me and tell the truth… Am I doing what I was meant to do? Sometimes there’s a little voice Inside my ear Whispering words That I don’t wanna hear A question mark after everything: It’s not just the words I write But the melody and who sings Seems to be the story of my life I keep doing what I think is right Then get sidetracked by what compels me Should I do what everybody tells me? PLAYING CHESS By Tom Jensen Burning up...Burning out... Sitting in an ashtray... With no way out... Walking in circles... Across hot coals... Something landed on my lap... What? Only God knows... This is some new sh#$... Highly funky... Caged like a monkey... Start by turning one key... End up as a junky... You may say highly unlikely... But you could end up just like me.... If you say yes... Would your life be a mess? It's anyone's guess... Well, life's like playing chess... Let me explain my life In a way that you can see it I'm fighting a battle I'm playing a game But I know I’ll never beat it So many moves though I proceed with caution While I’m weary of hesitation Each step must be wise... Just to escape total domination... In that there is no compromise All the devils have eyes... Some wear suits and ties... And tell dirty lies... Some things just won't die Someone watching From way up high Is playing chess with my mind And I think the general He wants me to die As he sends me to the front Of the battle lines I've been a pawn For far too long Even though I'm still fighting I don't know which side I'm on Every time I look behind me The general's gone I hear checkmate I now stand alone And half-way around the world Is a long way from home Somehow I was taken And played just like a fool And I was mistaken Thinking everyone plays By the same set of rules When I smash the board I'll free myself When I drop my gun They'll enlist someone else For I am no hero I've lost all hope Of saving mankind If I can save myself Then at least I won't be wasting time If I ever get that far Then I'll try to free the others One at a time Show them what to be weary of And all the warning signs For even on top of the world There are still mountains left to climb SHADOW OF SMOKE By Tom Jensen Just a shadow of smoke That's how I appear Try to reach out and touch me What you see disappears No living soul can reach me First you see my face Vanish into thin air And then gone without a trace Just another mystery A puzzle no one can solve First I am there And then I dissolve Just a castle of sand Before the tide comes to me And after a warm embrace Carries me out to the sea So back into the fog I fade My own little solitary parade Back into the waters I wade Unable to undo all I have made I've lost my soul Through the horrors I've seen Along with my past desires Of all I could have been To the days of old I can never return Time passes slowly When the memories still burn As I see children laugh And young mothers dance I know I've lived my life There is no second chance Just a shadow of smoke That's how I appear Try to reach out and touch me What you see disappears SHADES By Tom Jensen What color are your eyes? To me that’s as important As the color of your skin About this I am quite certain What color are you inside? That’s what really matters What we can see outside Are just shades and spatters Shades from mighty bright white To midnight black or blacker To me it’s a mitigated factor Much like the clothes of a good actor For it’s just a tiny fraction of the whole Something that’s beyond all of our control Gives no insight to the depths of the soul Might show where we’re from - But not where we’re gonna go… FIRST GLANCE by Tom Jensen The ocean acts as the blood of the earth She’s screaming out in a flood of hurt Oh misguided one can’t you see what you’ve done? Taken and forsaken see the red rivers run With our mother provider in failing health We could stop dividing and help ourselves He who seeks paradise just to leave it in ruins… Finds indeed all good things do end too soon Visions of your future are found in the memories of your past You can trace each face and place as you look back A symphony of senses as you travel the threads of time It’s like dreaming but you’re not sleeping still you feel so alive You can feel the current of energy running through us all The frequency determines whether we degenerate or evolve As free will plays as big a part as chance So much more is happening here than appears at first glance SHADOW BOXING By Tom Jensen Maids in the morning sweeping up broken glass Long lost dreams of a shattered past As a cup full of life is spilled to the floor A man who once had riches now lives poor Walking down the spiral staircase that is my mind Passing all the memories that I've left behind See the same things enough soon you'll grow blind Be careful of what doors you open and what you will find Some patterns are so hard to break they end up breaking you Anyone who's ever worn these shoes knows this is true See enough dope and you're bound to give it a try See murders every day and pretty soon you won't cry There's blood on the sidewalk The scent of death in the air Yet you stroll right past While others stop and stare Some men live long and some die young Some carry heavy burdens, some carry none When you're shadow boxing you sometimes bruise When you fight yourself sometimes you lose BIRTHRIGHT By Tom Jensen I had a glass of wine and I felt fine Yeah, so I had a couple more… I went out looking for a good time Like Marco Polo – I wanted to explore… Had no idea what it would bring Maybe something great or perhaps nothing… The only difference between the pauper and the king Is just birthright and the size of the diamond ring… Change the substance not the shadow Or else you’ll find that change is hollow Let the light in open the window Lead the people and they will follow What do I do… If not this? What do I share? If not this gift? What’s the best present To give to our kids? I say a future world Left better than when we First came into it? But leading by example Is the hardest thing to do To reserve and hold your judgment Until you walk one day without shoes Singing the song of someone else Well, it only goes to prove That one man’s country song Can be another man’s blues What do I do if not this? I could go back to being a hypocrite Hello dear…(fake smile) Hi my love…(kiss, kiss) Change the substance not the shadow Or else you’ll find that change is hollow Let the light in open the window Lead the people and they will follow Here’s something those of you With two jobs already know This bitter pill has become Too hard to swallow Healthcare’s gone for good And Social Security will follow They want you to pay for today So they can own you tomorrow Overworked and underpaid Slowly dying from minimum wage Swimming in debt as the cost of living It rises over your head… so you try to forget… But I won’t let you forget: Change the substance not the shadow Or else you’ll find that change is hollow Let the light in open the window Lead the people and they will follow BEAUTIES AND BEASTS by Tom Jensen I can see by that look in your eye... That you're longing for something to believe in You can see as you look back at me... That I'm trying to find some kind of reason For you to hang on And for me to be strong Maybe if we put our heads together We can tell where things went wrong One fresh breath of inspiration Of flickering illumination To spark the motivation And bring back the love That now seems to be gone... To be gone... The love of all the beauty That lies within our beasts The fulfillment of our goals That we see inside our dreams The return to balance and moderation Between these two extremes Summoning the inner wisdom within ourselves That lets us flow as we become one With the supreme being In harmonious love... With all living things La... la... la la la la la la La... la... la la la la la la WORTH THE WAIT by Tom Jensen By the time I got to my paper My pen was too tired to write My eyes they started closing And then I lost my sight I don't quite remember Just what I was thinking of It had something to do with you And it had something to do with love Blah blah blah blah… The words all sound the same Ha ha ha ha Even silence sings your name Na na na na….. There's no one that I blame La La La La …… I'm just so happy that you came Some say that absence Makes the heart grow fonder But I wasn't waiting 'round much longer And though I've never been good at predicting fate You were well worth the wait Now that I've grown I've learned how to play the game To finally win in the end I found myself being tamed Now that I've grown There’s nothing I can't take And since I learned how to bend I know I’ll never break Some say that absence Makes the heart grow fonder But I wasn't waiting 'round much longer And though I've never been good at predicting fate You were well worth the wait HE SAID SHE SAID By Tom Jensen She woke up this morning In a place she’d never seen before She said… I’m ready to turn the page but first I must close some doors I thought that maybe I was learning but now I’m not so sure I said, “You’ve got to hold on” She said, “I’m not that strong” “That’s okay” is what I respond She said, “But I’m not where I belong… I took a right… But my right went wrong” I said in time you’ll find if you keep on trying You can hurdle your mind and leave it all behind I can’t weather this storm I can’t see the sunshine The last words I heard from you was that… All sense of hope was fading fast But what you forget Is that I cry, too Unclench your fists and remember this Given time all things must pass Now I’ve found the rhyme Have you found a reason? Killing time it ‘tis the season A bottle of wine can be so pleasing I’m feeling fine now my minds at ease She woke up this morning In a place she’s never been before She said… I’m ready to turn the page But first I must close some doors I thought that maybe I was learning but now I’m not so sure I said, You’ve got to hold on You say… I’m not that strong That’s okay is what I respond She said… But I’m not where I belong I took a right but my right went wrong I said in time you’ll find if you keep on trying You can hurdle your mind and leave it all behind You can weather the storm… Maybe I can weather this storm You can find your sunshine… Maybe I’ll watch the sunrise She woke up this morning Or should I say this afternoon Had she finally broken free? I can’t tell it’s far too soon She thought about the Bridge she’s been burning Her only way of escape From this land of ruin She said… Well I’ve been burning bridges But it’s better than burning crosses When everyone seems suspicious You start adding up your losses End up breaking more than dishes That’s how this whole thing got started So choose wisely for what you’re wishing I said try not to make things hard, kid THE SPOT by Tom Jensen I got half a tank of gas And I’m looking for some ass So I decided to take a drive down town I know there’s girlies by the square So that’s why I’m heading there Right now… It’s the hippest spot to be If you want to be seen on the scene (on the scene) Be seen on the scene, yeah! And you know me That’s where I want to be (want to be) Yeah, that’s where I want to be I like the spotlight Shining down on me… down on me For all the world to see Well I got up to the spot And every girl I saw was hot I was craving some affection From a member of the opposite sex and I always try to set a good example For all the other upright mammals On how business should be handled Because few can hold a candle To my legend or my name Y’all can debate my place in the game… But to me it’s all the same Destiny don’t mean sh*t to me I’m leaving hard work as my legacy And if you are next to me then it’s best to be Able to look at all things in this world honestly The worst lies are the ones we keep telling ourselves We keep living in denial and then no one helps The heaviest burdens I’ve placed on myself I got my head straight now - Yeah, I’m back in good health Life is so much easier when… You stop fighting yourself I’ve stopped fighting myself Back at the scene It was a Dionysian dream And I was determined To find myself a queen The journey ahead has been left undefined And in this endeavor it is the treasure that I hope to find In fact I think I see her now So I got to go If she turns out to be the one Don’t say I didn’t tell ya so So here we go… Oh oh oh oh - Oh LOOK HER UP by Tom Jensen You fell in love But she wasn’t a ten Now you’re wondering What if you went back again… Would you look her up Just to f*ck her hot friend? Yeah, that’s the question Most asked amongst men Some live to run themselves Straight through the ringer Keep falling in love With all these unplugged singers When they’ve already heard the story As we count the fallen seeking glory TRASH CAN by Tom Jensen Here is where I stand Beside a burning trash can Found a way to relieve my pain Gathered everything that reminds me of your name Ooh...Whoa... Ooh...Whoa... Every picture of you and I And all of the precious possessions That you left behind As if a priest I now preside In leading the funeral procession My tears over these lost years Have replaced the bittersweet tasting wine Ooh.... Whoa... Ooh... Whoa... Ooh... Whoa... Since I am already pale Having found I lost my host I find no further reasons To invoke the holy ghost Hoo... Here is where I stand Next to everything that you left Beside a burning trash can It's the only way that I'll ever forget Hoo... Ooh... Hoo... Ooh... Hoo... 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