Deacon + Musician in Arcadia, CA

Verse: Last night I held you in my arms come the morning light and you were gone I know well your taste, your touch, your smell, But who you are I simply cannot tell What’s behind those impassive eyes? Is there anyone home? Is your love for me just a lie? Or do you even know? Chorus: Oh let me in You know my heart’s an open door I need to touch you at your core Oh let me in Our love’s in darkness and in doubt Babe let me in or let me out Verse: Yes it’s true, I once was just like you But I never knew the violence it could do You get me high, and then you let me fall A simple plaything firmly in your thrall I search for clues in your every sigh, Knowing you’ll soon be gone But your secrets just multiply They leave me withered and drawn Chorus: Oh let me in You know my heart’s an open door I need to touch you at your core Oh let me in Our love’s in darkness and in doubt Babe let me in or let me out Solo Chorus: Oh let me in You know my heart’s an open door I need to touch you at your core Oh let me in Our love’s in darkness and in doubt Babe let me in or let me out

Intro: You always turn up, torn up, talking like an ass Always one scheme short of the prize Boy have a look at yourself in the looking glass All you've got is gumption and lies Verse: I locked my heart in a box But baby put away your lock pick Oh yeah you’re talking the talk But babe the way you move is toxic I’ve seen this movie before And I don’t like the remake Chorus: Once you had strength, you had dreams, now you just got hunger And all that wanting’s gonna tear you apart cause all you’re ever gonna want is more Verse: Now is the winter my love After the salted earth’s bare harvest Unless there’s manna above Down here there will be only darkness I’ve learned to run in the dark Just what have you learned lately? Chorus Dreams turned to schemes grown from fear for your mere survival But now those schemes are gonna take you apart And the only one to blame for it’s you Outro: I’ll see your fire put out, never more to burn Keep your matches to yourself Oh now you’re turned down, turned out, never to return Go on, ghost, now haunt someone else

Verse: Oh yeah, Chicharron Survival is all you’ve known One week on the throne And now all your dreams are gone Chorus: You’ve got to take it back now Or watch this movie fade to black now Verse: Oh yeah, Annemarie At long, long last you are free Fly on, honeybee No more of life on your knees Chorus: Oh sleep with one eye open That man is out there armed and broken Verse: Oh yeah, Chicharron That girl cut you to the bone Now you’re all alone You’re sinking just like a stone Chorus: Dark thoughts steal in unbidden You’ve got to keep your notions hidden You live life on a deadline You’ve got to make hay while the sun shines Bridge: He makes himself into no one, A skill that life has taught him for free Slips in mostly unnoticed Sets up so carefully She lets herself out the backdoor Pulls it closed so gingerly The night’s torn open Freeze fight flee Verse: Oh yeah, Annemarie There's nothing in life for free So push your boat to sea Now you’re living life for three Chorus: Don’t let your scars define you Don’t let that same old darkness find you Oh yeah, Annemarie, go on be free

Verse: You and me Living out our cotton candy dreams Each night A carnival’s sweet smells and neon lights I won you A teddy bear with eyes of deepest blue But I know Something subtle changed not long ago Interlude Verse: Up and down The mighty thunderbolt goes round and round Children scream Everything is not quite as it seems. Chorus: You shot my paper heart out with a smile All the while You’ve been riding love’s sweet carousel With someone else I can tell Verse: I see A hall of mirrors unfold before me My eyes burn With each false step and every wrong turn Chorus: You shot my paper heart out with a smile All the while You’ve been riding love’s sweet carousel With someone else I can tell

Verse: A city’s quick cadence, new homes sit by vacant For what, don’t ask why Tents block the sidewalk, the target of snide talk For what, don’t ask why Pre-chorus: Put that mask on, and get your task on For those who outrank you Save your masters, from their disasters And don’t forget to say a cheerful please and thank you Verse: Trauma flashback, so pop a prozac And smile, that’s a good boy Never retire, a life on high wire But smile, that’s a good girl Pre-chorus: Work is admirable, despair is natural And so good for character-building We all went through it, shut up and do it Just be willing Chorus: No, don’t take it now Let’s burn this fucker down To the ground Yeah, it’s up to us The urchins on the bus We’re stardust Verse The world is on fire, the product of liars And thieves Making money Your life is a mad rut, so here have a tax cut For thieves Making money Pre-chorus Musk and Zuck, two worthless fucks Fighting over who’s the worst one Storm the Bastille, and make those worms kneel Who’ll be the first one?

Verse: Know when to run, and when to fight Don’t let the walls you build blot out the light Take in the praise but not the slights And don’t you dare mistake black for white Chorus: And when it’s too much for you, turn inward and see The quietest part of you, that’s where I will be Add up all the tears and laughs, the peace and the strife Divide up your heart, and then deal it out For the rest of your life. Verse: Too good for this world, too young for hereafter So paper it over with the sound of your laughter Ask your rebbe, your lama, your imam, your pastor How to tie a bow atop a disaster Chorus: And when it’s too much for you, turn inward and see That I carry you, my dear, while you carry me Add up all the tears and laughs, the peace and the strife Divide up your heart, and then deal it out For the rest of your life. Bridge: Are you lonely? Is your dance card filled in? Do you give love? When the storm is without and within you I want you to know That my heart is there too Above and below

Verse: Hey hey Irene You ain't as smart as you think You showed me your stuff Well your fuckin poetry stinks Chorus: You may know the meaning of past perfect tense But that don't change the fact that you've got no common sense You rattle off the things you know to fill the dead air Til you take a look around and find there's nobody there Verse: Hey hey Irene You're sure good at making a scene Looking for love high and low and all points in between Chorus: You're coming at me with that look in your eye Like a hungry little lizard sneaking up on a fly It ain't my fault if you got a guy Who doesn't do it for you but we both know why Solo Verse Hey hey Irene Have you seen your children this week You think it's bad now? Just wait until they're in their teens Chorus: You say you don't regret all the things that you did While Mr. Irene was at home with the kids Your picture's on the mantle but you're out all night They call the nanny "mommy" and you don't know why Hey hey Irene You ain't as smart as you think