the words you say to me

the words you say to me

go in one ear and out the other

I know you're talking

I can see

your big mouth moving, brother

two lips in motion, a working jaw

all your words are bla, bla, bla

the words you say to me

oughta be outlawed

everything you're telling me

I have heard it all before

let me save you a little time

I don't want to hear no more

all self-pity

all self-praise

all you do is talk these days

the words you say to me

they're not here to stay

          talk about your future

          talk about your past

          I don't keep your words inside my head

          that way they don't last

the words you say to me

are words that hold no power

up and down

inside out

taking up eternal hours

be silent

you can do it

it's easy if you try

the words you say to me

they say hello, and then goodbye

everything is wrong

everything is wrong today

the sun refused to shine

maybe bad news is on its way

but I don't mean to whine

it's just that nothing ain't no good

nothing is the way it should

everything is turning wrong

like it has been all along

move forward (rewrite 1)

I drink a cup of coffee 

and I begin my day

with no expectations

life goes on either way

I set upon this journey

not knowing what I'll find

I'm trying to move forward

but life keeps me behind

what can I tell you, darling,

life doesn't go as planned

one minute you're okay

then you don't understand

me, I try my best

but it's just not good enough

I'm trying to move forward

but the road ahead is rough

but still I keep on trying

that's all I know to do

looking for a hidden path

that I will know as true

some ways lead us to sorrow

while some are a surprise

I'm trying to move forward

but I can't believe my eyes

give me half a reason

to continue on this search

paradise or misery

I can't tell which is worse

there's tons of turns and tunnels

and hundreds of dead ends

I'm trying to move forward

and I'm pointed straight ahead

forward

I drank a cup of coffee 

and I started on my day

with no expectations

life can go on either way

I set upon this journey

not knowing what I'll find

I try to move forward

but my mind keeps me behind

what I can tell you, darling,

is that life doesn't go as planned

one minute you're okay

the next, you don't understand

me, I try my best

but it's just not good enough

I try to move forward

but the road ahead is rough

leaving today behind

today I packed up cardboard boxes

it's time to move again

off to another city

where I have no job, no friends

just an inkling of adventure

that I'm hoping I can find

I'm leaving here to morrow

I'm leaving today behind

misbehaved

I should have misbehaved more

when I was a child

good kids don't get attention

which is why I was always alone

I should have pretended childhood

was a chance to run wild

instead of knowing my place

was to be afraid at home

all the years I can't get back

not that I want to return

to a time unwanted

where time will not move

all my grown-up wishes

are never to be answered

I am now an old man

and I still don't know what to do

to help me disappear

it was once in sight

I got lost along the way

it's happening right now 

but I'm drunk on yesterdays

pour me another drink

get that coffee out of here

I need something stronger

to help me disappear

I don't need your pity, darling,

but I wouldn't mind some help

point me in the direction

of my former self

I ain't lying to you

I couldn't be any more sincere

could your show me a way

to help me disappear

          oh, I once had dreams

          but those days are long gone

          I've given up looking

          for a reason to hold on

I'm telling you quite honest

I mean every word I say

if you ask me how I am

I'd say I'm not okay

I look at life and curse it

get the hell out of here

there needs to be something

to help me disappear