Baby Burn

my favorite record's on
my favorite song is on repeat to remind me
we came to raise the watermark
light up the living dark
all the honesty in me
these promises I keep
and the clout to shout it out
when it's my turn
you'll burn
baby burn
there's no excuse for you
there's no excuse for a lack of ability
for a job you do professionally
you should be able to do it
better than anyone else can
with one hand
all the honesty it takes
to be these promises I've made
I need to be sure my intentions are pure
so when it's my turn
you'll burn
baby burn
babe your making this too easy for me
I'll take you
with one hand tied behind me

Diamond

how hard I try
for no matter what
reasons why
these songs I quote
are alone in every note
beneath my skin
under my throat
buried in my heart
my whole life down to one point
you've got your finger on
you've got a touch of gold
I'm the diamond
in the time between now
legends are made of this
history fears to fade from this
more from where
I hurried into your arms
and buried my heart
in your magic of phone calls
this tiny voice
these lonely words
are waiting to be heard

Evergreen

what now that you got
what you wanted to somehow
what's left for you
what to do now that they want you
now that they want you
what's left for you
babe it may be
too late to change how you're seen
someday when you wonder why you'll see
maybe
this wasn't the way to get
what you wanted
it hasn't been half what you though
since you found it
try to be a daisy pretty baby
I strive to be an evergreen
boo hoo
what to do
they don't respect what you do
what's left of you
what to do
they don't respect you
what did you expect
when you tried to be a rocker
well what a shocker

I Know Now

whatever all this distance
was supposed to
would it ever make sense
of whatever all this time
we've taken to find
was supposed to prove
babe what did it do to you
what constant reminders of me
could you see in anybody
could you be a fool
to think they know you
by what you see
like me
if you don't know I need you now
if you're not brave enough
to save this somehow
I guess I know now
I guess I know now
don't worry
someday you'll find someone just like me
and whatever all this space
you needed away
will prove just what I did to you
everyone who knows your name now
knows you for your fame
and it's what I blame
it's what took you away from me

In Your Hands

I wish that you did this
a year ago
when I didn't know
when I couldn't decide
where I wanted to live my life
I wanted to live it with you
and I asked you to
in so many words
that I don't know if you heard
with hands over ears
your hands filled with fear
hold
hold what you'll have tomorrow
in your hands
in your hands today
you don't ever have to be lonely
you'll hold me someday
I found a city with nothing to lose
and I have everything to prove
why can't we just decide
to find a way
to put our lives side by side
I've never held you
over a moment or two
did you have to break something apart
to see it's heart
make sure of what's inside
if all the pieces fit right
is it just that if we say it
does it mean that's all that matters
that's what love is
and we have it
I wish that we were older
when we met
we would know more about
what the sight of life would project
and every night
I fight
I bite my lip not to say it
I want to wake up to your skin
Tim when will we begin
to have the love
we know we're capable of

Love Is Perfect In Its Own Longing

I swear by this time
next year we will be together
somehow
how
because I can't imagine
how much more
I am going to need you here
next year
I know your touch enough from
my dreams
to love you
but I wait with fear
I don't need a reason to love you
I just need you here
I can bend but I won't break
I sway back and forth
on a tightrope we built together
but I won't fall
I will stand here
for as long as you need me to
hold on to the thought of you
I won't fall
it's overwhelming
every morning
sleep is the only place
we're not afraid
but I can hold you there
and I tell you everything
love is perfect in its own longing
I will stand here as long
as you need me to hold on
to the though of you

Memory Won’t Erase

last winter was so warm with you
and the cold winds are
beginning to blow through me
and I see the fall is leaving
and the summer was so decieving
make me search for your face in crowded rooms
to prepare myself for
how crazy it makes me to see you
and the cold night
only reminds me
of how warm I was in your embrace
and the tattoo of your face
my memory won't erase
do you wish we left love out of it
started a fire and left when it lit
you gave me the scent
that remains only yours
to haunt me at anytime
anywhere
of your allure
make me search for your face in crowded rooms
to prepare myself for
how crazy it makes me to see you
make me hunt for your scent in crowded rooms
to prepare myself for
how crazy it makes me to see you

Nothing To Me

when will my aching heart
get the start it needs to breathe
sex doesn't ever mean nothing to me
if everything dies
if love lies
then I'll continue drinking down
the parts of the day
that I can't sleep away
that I can't sleep away
you're a centerfold
brave to be so bold
you've got to have
rock and roll in your soul
you let me behold
a story foretold
you've got to have
rock and roll in your soul
I didn't mean for this to happen
I just wanted you to hear me
sex doesn't ever mean nothing to me
I wanted to touch you
but doesn't everybody want to

Only This

just to wake with any real thing
is enough for me
hide my face so you only
you only see me when I'm sleeping
it means too much when I can't touch
you with my heart
only these hands
only this body
my skin won't ever tell him
how I let you in
but my heart would if it could
I can't do it to you
but I do
through and through
if you knew me well you could tell
that it's best not to kiss a neck
with an elephant on it's chest

Sonnets Unsung

the only love that I thought I'd ever have
had given me the reason I needed
to believe in him
and I waited seven years for him
but that's just when I got to know you
aside from your eyes
aside from your face
your grace
I knew I loved you then
right then
when I left him
I knew I loved you then
right then
so take me when you're ready
hide me in your arms
sing me my love songs
that I know you wrote for me
and it kills me everytime I sleep
you keep my
sonnets unsung
unheard
sing me every word
you're the only love in my heart now
so give me the reason I need
to believe in you
I'll wait forever for you
because it would ruin me to say
goodbye to your eyes
goodbye to your face
your grace

Thin Stitches Pull To Fit

sight of the hotel card key
gets the best of me
but what doors could hold us but these
could a fool like me
be the one
who gets to think they know you
close enough for us to get to
what's between us
tend to it a bit
mend a part that ripped
thin stitches pull to fit
the horror of the cry
of calls made
complimentary for
the waking of the day
or what you're supposed to make of it
close enough for us to get to
what's between us
is never long enough for me
to prove to you
that it's not just luck
making this up
what's between us
how hard I've tried
to memorize how you feel inside
thin stitches pull to fit
or what you're supposed to make of it