RIGHT HAND SON

A song from my new album Lost and Found Pointing in the direction That you intend to head It don’t mean much If you’re just laying in your bed Cause a head full of thoughts Is a hand full of air But a body in motion Is bound to get somewhere You gotta have grit You gotta stay tough You gotta keep moving Before your mind catches up How you gonna get going If you don’t start now Sometimes you gotta start Before you know how The truth of the matter Is if it matters at all You walk till you can’t Then you learn to crawl So many reasons to give up You can tell yourself you’ve done enough But if you want to see change Find something to do If no one else will There’s always you But if you don’t lift a finger You better keep your mouth shut And don’t criticize When someone one else does

Bad news, bad news It’s bound to bring you down Bad news, bad news It’ll make you wear a frown But someday you’ll learn to smile again With a word from a lover or a hand from a friend Life goes on Bad news, bad news It’s like a sinking weight Bad news, bad news It’ll take your breath away But remember when you were as light as a leaf Life goes on Bad news, bad news Makes you want to drop the phone Bad news, bad news Makes you want to be alone But isolation will rob you just like a thief Know I’m here for you like you’ve been there for me Let’s move on Good news, good news It’s not some ancient thing Good news, good news It’ll make your soul sing The sun is brightest after the storm When you’ve tasted bitter cold, you relish the warm So let’s move on

I want to be a monster and have big teeth and big claws too, no one would mess with me I'd live in a cave and eat what I like Cause when you're a monster there's no reason to fear the night I want to be a turtle and live off the beaten path Never be in a hurry, always have my home on my back And if I get anxious and decide not to stick around I'll just start walking, no one's gonna tell me to slow down I want to be a hero, I want to be known I want to save people from burning down homes I want to be brave, I want to be strong I want to be loved, I want my name to live on I'm gonna be good I'm gonna be great I'll be the best you've seen Just you wait and see

Keep my hand steady I fear calamity has come Make my mind move soundly Show me what must me done My heart can’t handle what it’s hearing tonight This weight that I’m bearing feels more than mine The Jaws are open wide I got a feeling I’ma lose this fight My heart can’t handle what it’s hearing tonight Keep my eyes focused When all I know falls out of sight You are faithful and I know this But it can be easy to believe a lie My heart can’t handle what it’s hearing tonight This weight that I’m bearing feels more than mine The Jaws are open wide I got a feeling I’ma lose this fight My heart can’t handle what it’s hearing tonight Give the courage to face my doubt I know this order is tall The time has come, it is now My back is up against a wall My heart can’t handle what it’s hearing tonight But my hand’s getting steady and I can see an end in sight The Jaws are open wide But I haven’t lost the will to fight I gotta feeling things will turn out alright

Tell me what's on your mind Tell me what you believe Tell me now while we have the time I want to know before you leave Talk to me and tell me all those things I never knew Cause I didn't get enough time with you Tell me about your occupations Tell me how you spent your time Tell me where you found inspiration I want to know about your life Talk to me and tell me all those things I never knew Cause I didn't get enough time with you Haunt me, but please don't wait till I'm asleep Cause I have trouble remembering my dreams Now I'm older, I'm willing to listen Now I'm older, you have my attention

It was something in her eyes A beauty beyond belief Or was it all in my mind Lust will make a man weak She took me to her room Bared it all beneath the sheets I swear her body's made of gold Lust will make a man weak I kept returning to her door Inside the beast it was sweet Left me wanting more Lust will make a man weak Finally broke me with her stare So I gave her what she seeks Let her cut my hair Lust will make a man weak With my strength they took the light from my eyes It was only then that I could see Even a woman with a body made of gold Could never satisfy me Then I remembered being free I knew where I belong Lust had made me weak But you have made me strong

Got my first flattop To a backdrop Of some oddball museum The men wore shirts with their names The "Fun Bunch" filled the frames The walls were so full you could barely see them There was Richard Petty Next to Mario Andretti Andy Griffith filled the tube The gum-ball machine Was a child's dream And the combs floated in green goo They called me up to the chair Lift me up in the air And say "Son, what'll it be?" Then they give me a cape Put on the wrong way And a sucker for free Then they squirt me with a water bottle Till I look just like a model with my hair all wet and straight His scissors glide by My staring eyes I'm wondering if I've tempted fate There's a jackalope staring at me My brother's reading a magazine It all feels like a dream Maybe after this we'll go get a hotdog Then comes the warm shaving cream Wipes my neck clean Vaccuu

The birds they all stopped singing At least for joy Only songs of obligation Just secondhand noise And the trees they just keep growing Don't think they'll stop Only different shades of black When the sun is blocked Can't say why I did it You can blame my heart Or the deep commitment to the words Death do us part There's nothing happy about this hollow I feel hollow inside No more pleasure left in living I'm getting tired of dying So I'll just keep being Like things here do Till the vines grow me over And I'm buried with you Can't say why I did it You can blame my heart Or the deep commitment to the words Death do us part

Looking out across a barren land form Can't return to the land we're banned from There's a flaming sword guarding the gate Of the garden we chose to forsake Now we're beating the ground cursing that snake We sow seeds hoping to see a harvest But only weeds and enough to starve us Right now I'm missing Eden Damn those apples, why'd we eat them? The sweet life has been unsweetened Watch the boys play with one another Cain sure does play rough with his brother Jealousy I can't understand Cause I was made to be a perfect man But I failed once, I fear I fail again Hey Cain have you seen Abel Dinner's ready but he's not at the table Why's your face turning so red? Was it something your brother said? If you've got something on your mind get it out of your head Bring on the thunder, bring on the rain I've seen death and tasted pain I wasn't made for this It feels so strange Don't leave me shipwrecked, calm my fear I see what I've done all too clear Please take it away Take me from here Staring out across a lonely desert I hope this don't last forever