Roaming Rough Rider

Here's the tale of a makeshift pirate
Who's sailed five out of the seven seas

He doesn't know where he's going
Setting his sail by the tune of the breeze

Yo ho ho, he's missing home,
Yo ho ho, how far can he row
Yo ho ho, he's missing home,

How far can he go with him playing the part?
How far can he go with him playing the part?

Now the heart grows for a port-side lover
Even though her love's not for free

They call her the "Roaming Rough Rider"
For the way she tames cavalry

Yo ho ho, he's missing home,
Yo ho ho, how far can he row
Yo ho ho, he's missing home,

How far can he go with him playing the part?
How far can he go with him playing the part?

Counting the stars and the dancing moonlight
Falling asleep to the breath of the waves

Tending to the whims of his forgotten member
Now there's no chance that he'll see the bay

Yo ho ho, he's missing home,
Yo ho ho, how far can he row
Yo ho ho, he's missing home,

How far can he go with him playing the part?
How far can he go with him playing the part?

Finally his boat starts licking the land
Racing to the inn to see his lady

Heartbroken he finds, she treats men like lanterns
One if by land, but two if by sea.

Palpitations

Not this state of mind,
Nor this state of grace
That I've imagined for my place
in time can ever understand
or exist past the imaginary
controls that sit at the front of my brain
like a pilot who has lost control of his ship.
Her ship
Their ship
A vessel and no further
A lesson to the accident that brought me here

Us here.

I can never say anything without hope.
Our relationship now relies on the hope
That one day I'll be able to catch up with you
In this one way conversation.

My biggest fear is that that is not true.
My biggest fear is that that is true and that I am not.

If I make it to the clouds and find you waiting
Will I be as elated as I imagine myself to be now?

I'm afraid I'll see it as I was worried for nothing.

Like how I get someone else to drive me to events
because I'm too afraid to park
but when we get there, I realize
that I could've just driven here myself

Suffern

Something is wrong with me
Can we test all the organs?
To find out the folly
With this human body

But I don't know what's going on
What's happening to this brain
And this bag of broken bones

Feel the roots of this nerve
Wrapped around my stomach
My eyes are seeing stars
More than several lightyears away

Among the shade of my eyes
Lies a permanent fever dream
Lies to my face on this side
Of the intelligent monument

Trains rumble through the night
Their passengers' fervors gleam
I can hear them through the blinds
All their dissonant temperaments

Forgive, Forget

It's all the same colors
Standing in a hue with a view
A rustic Polaroid
Thrown to the sky, why don't you come down

She's showing off her sweater,
Her undercover pleasure
It's been so long since she's been upset

Her friends are all her family
Don't turn around completely
Live and love and laugh and
Forgive and forget

Her soul is made of leather
Complexion is no better
Has she finally earned her independence?

Hyper extended family
Check them on the big screen
Live and love and laugh
Forgive and forget

She's a tenant of my heart
It's sad to say, she's here to stay
Never close, always apart
A falling out would make my day

Entwined

Looking for an air-conditioned adventure
This hemisphere, well are you so sure?
You just met me this winter
Drove twenty nine miles to see her
At a Dairy Queen
Off the egg-beaten path
Don't neglect reading past
Filters and signs
A fitting ensign
Defined in flight by
the look in your eye
Entwined

Hey Sue

E

Hey Sue

I love you

       F#   G#  A

You are not all put together

      B

But I want to be your missing piece

Hey Sue

I want you

Some argue birds of a feather

And I can't find words to disagree

Hey Sue

I need you

Your deep beauty sleep's better

I can feel it in your razor teeth

E

Hey Sue

I love you

        F#  G#  A

You are still not put together

      B

But I want to be your missing piece

                         A

Though it's not peace on earth

             E

It can't get any worst

               F#

Just new literature

                   A

On how you keep me sure

E

Oh Sue

Generally

Capo 6

G                  C                          G
Girl you're a sight that's worth seein'

G                         C                      G
Your brown eyes caught me day dreamin'

     C                         G
So even though you hang around

 C                       G
I'm still looking at the ground

C                G                           D
Wondering if our shoes could match

        C         Em
And generally

          Am        C
I'd prefer apathy

            C                        D             G
But for you I might just take you away

        C         Em
And maybe we'll see

          Am        C
If you'd ever ask me

            C                        D             G
But for you I might just take you away

This town is a place that's worth leavin'
No matter what you believe in

There's no use hanging around
Let's pack up and hit the ground
Wondering if you and I would last