1. BECAUSE WE CAN

I don't wanna be another wave in the ocean
I am a rock, not just another grain of sand (that's right)
I wanna be the one you run to when you need a shoulder
I ain't a soldier but I'm here to take a stand because we can

She's in the kitchen starin' out the window
So tired of livin' life in black and white
Right now she's missin' those technicolour kisses
When he turns down the lights
But lately feelin' like a broken promise
In the mirror starin' down his doubt
There's only one thing in this world that he'd know
He said forever and he'll never let her down

I don't wanna be another wave in the ocean
I am a rock, not just another grain of sand (that's right)
I wanna be the one you run to when you need a shoulder
I ain't a soldier but I'm here to take a stand because we can

Eatin' takeout on a coffee table
Paper dishes, pour a glass of wine
Turn down the sound and move a little closer
And for the moment everything is alright

I don't wanna be another wave in the ocean
I am a rock, not just another grain of sand (that's right)
I wanna be the one you run to when you need a shoulder
I ain't a soldier but I'm here to take a stand
Because we can, our love can move a mountain
We can, if you believe in we
We can, just wrap your arms around me
We can, we can

I don't wanna be another wave in the ocean (I don't wanna be)
I am a rock, not just another grain of sand (that's right)
Wanna be the one you run to when you need a shoulder
I ain't a soldier but I'm here to take a stand
(I am a, I am a, I am a...)
Because we can

I don't wanna be another wave in the ocean
I am a rock, not just another grain of sand (that's right)
I wanna be the one you run to when you need a shoulder
I ain't a soldier but I'm here to take a stand
Because we can (because we can)
Our love can move a mountain
We can, if you believe in we
We can, just wrap your arms around me
We can, we can
Because we can


2. I'M WITH YOU

Look at this world
It's filled with worn out places
Forgotten faces
And nothing changes

Whatever happened
To that new day rising
We're just surviving
And living is dying

Are you tired
Of being let down
Another day
Another shakedown

I'm with you
Hope is gone
All you want is the truth
(I'm with you)
You carry on
when it seems no use
I'm with you

I'm with you
If I got one thing
I got something to prove
We all got nothing
If there's nothing to lose
(I'm with you)

I walk in shadows
Hat seem all familar
I've read the papers
A life forsaken

A mumble some from
I'm one more for sale sign
Down on Main street
You just walk by

How many times you gotta
Break down
Before somebody's
Gonna shout out

I'm with you
Hope is gone
All you want is the truth
(I'm with you)
You carry on
when it seems no use
I'm with you

I'm with you
If I got one thing
I got something to prove
We all got nothing
If there's nothing to lose
(I'm with you)

When hope is gone
And all you want is the truth
(I'm with you)
You carry on
When it seems no use,
It seems no use

When I got one thing
I got something to prove
We all got nothing
If there's nothing to lose
(I'm with you)


3. WHAT ABOUT NOW

You wanna start a fire?
It only takes a spark
You gotta get behind the wheel?
If you ever wanna drive that car

If you wanna take a bite
You'd better have the teeth
If you're gonna take that step
Get up off from your knees
'Cause tonight, you're alive

Who stand for the restless?
And the lonely?, For the desperate?, And the hungry?
Down for the count I'm hearing you now
For the faithful, the believer
For the faceless and the teacher
Stand up and be proud... What about now?

You wanna start a fight?
You gotta take the swing
Gotta get your hands in the dirt
To see what the harvest will bring

You wanna raise your voice?
Don't be scared to breathe
Don't be afraid to hurt
Don't ashamed in need
'Cause tonight, you're alive

Who stand for the restless?
And the lonely?, For the desperate?, And the hungry?
Down for the count I'm hearing you now
For the faithful, the believer
For the faceless and the teacher
Stand up and be proud... What about now?

Believe for that reason that dream through the seasons
'Till dreams are just fade dark and grey
And all of your plans that slip out through your hands
Are the dreams that you take to your grave
Tonight, you're alive

Who stand for the restless?
And the lonely?, For the desperate?, And the hungry?
Down for the count I'm hearing you now
For the faithful, the believer
For the faceless and the teacher
Stand up and be proud... What about now?

What about now?... What about now?...


4. PICTURES OF YOU

I feel just like Picasso
And you're my masterpiece
I painted you a lifetime
Now what's left are memories
Oooh

Sunlight's in the curtains
Diamonds in the trees
I gave you colors blue and gold
As you lay upon the sheets
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you

I could almost smell your perfume
In each brush stroke of the flowers
I left you tea from China
Waiting in your sacred tower
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you

If I should go crazy, if I would go blind
I'd still fill the canvas from the pictures in my mind
If that's the only way to make you mine

It was something so familiar
Drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures, I'm always painting pictures
Still painting pictures of you

Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh...


5. AMEN

Last night I had a dream
The dream I had was true
I fell through the stars
... Went walking on the moon
Burned like a thousand candles in her arms

The skin under my finger tips
Honeysuckle on her lips
Sweeter than a man deserves to taste
Mercy, mercy, what else can I say?

But Amen. Amen

Last night we were born together
It was like we'd always been
She'll be with me forever
If I don't see her again
We poured the wine until our cup ran over

Unfolding like the mystery
Inside of her like poetry
A thousand horses running through my veins
Mercy, mercy what else can I say

But Amen, Amen

I laid down in her garden
Naked on her floor
Windows up, the curtains blowing
She don't lock the door

Amen, Amen

At the banquet table
A beggar at a feast
I felt her tongue between her lips
And I forgot to breath
We stayed there 'til the candles burned the carpet

Last night I had a dream
The dream I had was true
Mercy, mercy, what else can I say
Mercy, mercy, I laid down and prayed


6. THAT'S WHAT THE WATER MADE ME

Baby, baby, baby
No use in trying to save me
There's devils in heaven
There's angels in hell
So blow me one last kiss
Wish me well well

Love is like fingerprints
It don't wash away
I left mine all over you
I'll take the blame

Ask me how, ask me what
Don't ask me why
Baby

That's what the water made me
That's who I am and what I'll be
That's what the water
That's what the water made me
There ain't no doubt about it
It makes you, will bring you to your knees
That's what the water
That's what the water made me
This world is cracked and crazy
Say one of your pretty prayers for me
No rose in the garden
No wishing well

I don't know how, don't what
Don't know why
Maybe

That's what the water made me
That's who I am and what I'll be
That's what the water
That's what the water made me
There ain't no doubt about it
It makes you, will bring you to your knees
That's what the water
That's what the water made me

Ask me how, ask me what
Ask me why

Baby baby, baby
There's no use in trying to save me
There's devils in heaven
There's angels in hell

That's what the water made me
That's who I am and what I'll be
That's what the water
That's what the water made me
There ain't no doubt about it
It makes you, will bring you to your knees
That's what the water
That's what the water made me


7. WHAT'S LEFT OF ME

For 30 odd years I was a newspaper man
I made my living with a pen and a pad
God I miss the smell of paper and ink on my hands

Back from the desert for a year or so
I left more in the sand than you’ll ever know
Another war was waitin’ for me when I got back home
In the name of flags and evil lies
I’m still living, yeah sent there to fight
Well that’s my story what else can I say

Hey hey I got a lot to give so can’t you see
I’m still breathing and my heart still beats
They took the car but they left the lease
Does anybody want what’s left of me
Boarding up the house they left the keys (?)
Rolling on in the city with empty streets (?)
I ain’t checking out I still got my dream
Does anybody want what’s left of me hey hey

You cut your hair and went with a punk rock band (?)
When it’s all about CVs DVs I don’t understand
All that’s left on all the t-shirts (?) broke your plan
I sold my drums to make ends meet
They woke up we had to eat
It’s he same old shits that happens for these days

Hey hey I got a lot to give so can’t you see
I’m still breathing and my heart still beats
They took the car but they left the lease
Does anybody want what’s left of me
Boarding up the house they left the keys (?)
Rolling on in the city with empty streets (?)
I ain’t checking out I still got my dream
Does anybody want what’s left of me hey hey

Well I’m a teacher I’m a farmer I’m a union man
It’s getting hard to make a living in this hard land
We working in our factories all these jobs went overseas

Does anybody want does anybody want
Does anybody want what’s left of me
I got a lot to give so can’t you see
I’m still breathing and my heart still beats
They took the car but they left the lease
Does anybody want what’s left of me
Does anybody want my old rent (?)
Take the chance (?)
I ain’t checkin’ out I still got my dreams
Does anybody want what’s left of me hey hey

Does anybody want Does anybody want
Does anybody want what’s left of me hey hey
Does anybody want does anybody want
Does anybody want what’s left of me


8. ARMY OF ONE

I'm in this world
I've got no fun
Still standing strong
In army of one
So sign me up
I'm a soldier

I've got a voice
It's all on me
A beating heart inside of me
I'm an army of one
I'm a soldier

These eyes don't know disguise
They're fighting for their all lives
They're all trying to get back home tonight

Never give up
Never give up
Never
Never give up
Never let up
Ever
Never give in
You're an army of one
Never give up
Never give up
Never
Never forget
Where you're from
Never give up
You're an army of one

I can't hurt but I still feel
I know that life's a battlefield
When a time get tough
I'm a soldier

When it's time to the fight
It's just my side right on my side
I'm an army of one
I'm a soldier

Never give up
Never give up
Never
Never give up
Never let up
Ever
Never give in
You're an army of one

Never give up
Never give up
Never
Never forget
Where you're from
Never give up
You're an army of one

No apologize
Defend for being alive
We're all trying
To get it right tonight

Never give up
Never give up
Never
Never give up
Never let up
Ever
Never give in
You're an army of one

Never give up
Never give up
Never
Never forget
Where you're from
Never give up
You're an army of one


9. THICK AS THIEVES

In an empty room or a downtown bar
'Cross the universe, there's no place too far
Ya wherever you are, you and me
Thick as thieves

Well it ain't always pretty, sometimes it got rough
Could have thrown the towel in and thrown our hands up
Seems like we've always been and always will be
Thick as thieves

Time, time won't ever drag us down
You, me, us, ain't looking back or turning around
It's classic boy meets girl, with our backs against the world
You and me
Thick as thieves

In a world without faith, you're what I believe
When they're stacking the deck,
You're the card up my sleeve in my hour of need,
You and me, yeah
Thick as thieves

And that are all that's left behind us now
You, me, us, ain't looking back or turning around
It's classic boy meets girl, with our backs against the world
You and me
Thick as thieves

If I robbed a bank you wouldn't care
You'd come sit on my lap in the electric chair
And when they flipped the switch, huh, we'd just kiss

I know nothing's gonna stop us now
You, me, us, on the edge and never looking down
What's a boy to do, it's classic me and you
Lucky you, lucky me
Thick as thieves, oooh

Thick as thieves, woah, woah


10. BEAUTIFUL WORLD

Every day it's the same when they
Say that it might be the end

In the end when it ends I don't listen to them

You wake up, go to work, go to sleep

Then you do it, you do it,
If you're lucky then you do it again

Yeah, we walk through a world that
We don't understand

When I look in your eyes I'm just happy I can

Yeah we'll laugh and we'll cry and
We'll lose and we'll win

We'll get through it and to prove it
Yeah we'll do it again.

There's glory in the saddest story

Look at it, just sticks and bricks
Makes you wonder how the pieces fit
Where we're going where we've been
This ain't paradise we're living in
It's a diamond, it's a dirty plastic pearl
Ah, but ain't it a beautiful world.

It's a shame when they say that it's
Been done and said

They keep digging that grave let
Them bury their heads

There's a kid with a dream and a
Sky full of stars

There's another first kiss in the back of some car.

Turn the page and write the story

Look at it, just sticks and bricks
Makes you wonder how the pieces fit
Where we're going where we've been
This ain't paradise we're living in
It's a diamond, it's a dirty plastic pearl
Ah, but ain't it a beautiful world.

They're running numbers out of the
Spanish grocery

Where merry Mary says her rosary

Get a ladder, there's a cat up in
A tree

Ah

The Pretzel man's wearing Gucci
Glasses

A widow spreads her lover's ashes

I'll hold on to you, hold on to me,
Yeah

We'll do it, we'll do it, yeah, if we're
Lucky then we'll do it again

Ah

Look at it, just sticks and bricks
Makes you wonder how the pieces fit
Where we're going where we've been
This ain't paradise we're living in
It's a diamond, it's a dirty string of pearls
Ah, but ain't it a beautiful world.

Oh ain't it a beautiful world.
Oh, oh aint' it a beautiful world.


11. ROOM AT THE END OF THE WORLD

There's a room at the end of the world
Where my secrets go to hide

There's a room at the end of the world
Where I'll wait for you tonight

Where the roads all go to end
Where lost Valentines get sent
Where a rose comes back to life
Where young love never dies
Where we never say goodbye

Don't say no, just give in
Close your eyes, there's no sin
Don't hold back, just let go
Take your time, take it slow
It's me and you in our room at the end of the world

There's a room at the end of the world
Where your memories are safe
There's a room at the end of the world
Just gotta have some faith

Where all prayers go to be heard and the truth will have it's turn
Take a look into these eyes, there's no place I'd rather be tonight
No place I'd rather be tonight

Don't say no, just give in
Close your eyes, there's no sin
Don't hold back, just let go
Take your time, take it slow
It's me and you in our room at the end of the world

There's no looking back in our room
Fade to black

There's a room at the end of the world
That I hang on to
There's a room at the end of the world
Where I wait for you,
I'll wait for you

Don't say no, just give in
Close your eyes, there's no sin
Don't hold back, just let go
Take your time, take it slow
It's me and you in our room at the end of the world

Where I wait for you in our room
Dreams are coming true in our room
It's just me and you in our room.


12. THE FIGHTER

I should write down these words before I lose them
Or write here a song just to use them
Someday you may want to know who I am

Beyond this facade
No guitar in my hand
No, I am not a writer
These eyes hold no secrets, I hide no truths,
I am all I am All I was to you
The lie and the promise,
The great escape artist, the weed in your garden,
In that place you’re still guarding,
Where I am not a liar.

I am the fighter,
Though not a boxer by trade,
I am the fighter,
Few will remember my name.

These are hands that can offer protection,
But hid me from my own reflection,
I’m the book that ain’t finished,
The sink full of dishes,
The horse that ain't winning
The priest that’s still sinning,
The spark that starts the fire.

I am the fighter,
Though not a boxer by trade,
I am the fighter,
Few will remember my name.

With loneliness next to me,
Fear sits in misery, nursing another black eye.
On the New Jersey turnpike,
I’m counting the headlights
As cars just like days pass me by.

I am the fighter,
Though not a boxer by trade,
I am the fighter,
Few will remember my name.

I am the fighter,
Though not a boxer by trade,
I am the fighter,
The fighter is born but not made.

I should write down these words before I lose them
Or write here a song just to use them.


EDITION DELUXE


13. WITH THESE TWO HANDS

I could roll the dice,
And give me a change good reasons
I could break the ice
And pick up the broken pieces
I could wave hello, I could raise a glass
I could blow a kiss, I could kick your ass
We could take it all apart
Or hold it all together

With these two hands
I can tear down walls
I can build a bridge
I can break my fall
With these two hands
I can pray or fight
I can hold a torch
I can shine a light
With these two hands

I could strike a match
That sets the world on fire
Hold the grain of sand
Till it turns into a diamond
I could plant the seed
I could flip that switch
Make a sign of peace
I could make a fess
Or we could make this worse
Or we could make it better

With these two hands
I can tear down walls
I can build a bridge
I can break my fall

With these two hands
I can pray or fight
I can hold a torch
I can shine a light
With these two hands

Wipe the tears drops from your eyes
We jump until we touch the sky
Free to dream and make it true
Know there ain't nothing we can't do

With these two hands
I can tear down walls
I can build a bridge
I can break my fall
With these two hands
I can pray or fight
I can hold a torch
I can shine a light
With these two hands

Wipe the tears drops from your eyes
We jump until we touch the sky
Free to dream and make it true
Know there ain't nothing we can't do.


14. INTO THE ECHO

When it hurts just to talk, and it’s too dark to see
When my heart’s just a hole full of want, full of need
Stuck at a stoplight, hands gripping the wheel
Tears fill your eyes and you bleed just to feel
Someone beside you, someone to cry to

Into the echo, we shout our dreams
Into the echo, we throw our hearts
Into the echo, we send our love
Into the echo, to the echo, into the echo
To hear it back

Are you who you are
What’s under that mask
Do you burn for the future or yearn for the past
Did somebody send you, some broke fairy tale,
Now you wait by the water for a ship that has sailed

Into the echo, we shout our dreams
Into the echo, we throw our hearts
Into the echo, we send our love
Into the echo, to the echo, into the echo
Just to hear it back

When it hurts just to talk, and it’s too dark to see
You can touch, you can feel
Yeah, you just got to reach

Into the echo, we shout our dreams
Into the echo, we throw our hearts
Into the echo, we send our love
Into the echo, to the echo, into the echo
To hear it back


15. NOT RUNNING ANYMORE

Bless me father I have sinned,
I'm not sure where to begin.
I won't name names or where I've been,
But I've been there and back again.
No Hail Marys will save me,
You learned to live with memories,
Here, slip this sinner up your sleeve,
Just stay inside until I leave.

I've been running, always running
Never have both feet on the floor.
I've been running, always running,
Now I'm not runnning any more...

The hands of time may tick no more
Let darkness fall upon this door
No waves will wash up on this shore
I won the fight but lost the war.

I've been running, always running
Never had both feet on the floor
And I've been running, always running
Now I ain't running anymore.

There were roses I have loved
Who've given or have given up
I pushed your patience and my luck
It wasn't love I didn't trust
It wasn't you, or me, or us
You've shouldered ifs, and ands, and buts
It's that way ok, I've said too much
But I've been running, always running
Never had both feet on the floor
I've been running, always running
Now I ain't running anymore