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Following The Thunder

Steve Mednick

The latest CD by Steve Mednick.

Lyrics

UNION CITY

I’VE RETURNED TO UNION CITY TO ALL THE LASTING THINGS

AS THE RIVER FLOWS PAST MY FAMILY HOMESTEAD

I REMEMBER MOTHER’S DREAM OF A PLACE SERENE

FUNNY HOW SOON THE DAWN BECOMES A SUNSET

IF MEMORY SERVES ME TRUE MY LIFE HERE NEVER KNEW

THE GOLDEN WORLD THAT LIVES IN REMINISCENCE

I AM TIRED OF THE PAST I DON’T WANT TO MAKE IT LAST

ALL THE LASTING THINGS MUST FADE

I’VE RETURNED TO UNION CITY I SAW AN ANCIENT LIGHT

AT DAWN FOG DRIFTED IN OUT OF NOWHERE

THOUGHT OF ALL THE GIRLS I KNEW AMONG THEM THERE WAS YOU

WE HAD SOME DREADFUL NIGHTS AND IT WAS OVER

IF MEMORY SERVES ME TRUE MY LIFE HERE NEVER KNEW

THE GOLDEN WORLD THAT LIVES IN RECOLLECTION

IN POSSESSION OF MY PAST I DON’T WANT TO MAKE IT LAST

ALL THE LASTING THINGS MUST FADE

Bridge

THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE

I CAN’T TELL IF YOU REALLY CARE

III

I’VE RETURNED TO UNION CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

THE DAYS PASS BY TO A TEMPO I CAN’T FOLLOW

I AM LOOKING FOR A CHANGE A TIME TO REARRANGE

I AM BLINDED BY A HISTORY I CANNOT SWALLOW2

IF MEMORY SERVES ME TRUE MY LIFE HERE NEVER KNEW

THE GOLDEN WORLD THAT LIVES IN RECOLLECTION

IN POSSESSION OF MY PAST I DON’T WANT TO MAKE IT LAST

ALL THE LASTING THINGS MUST FADE

Whitneyville

February 2016

I THOUGHT I HEARD IT IN A DREAM

YOU DRIVE ME TO DISTRACTION I JUST HAVE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE OR

SEE YOU NAME SHOW UP ON MY PDA

I SEE YOU IN THE DARKNESS, YOUR SMILE LIGHTS UP THE ROOM, YOU

WINK AND NOD AND KNOW THE WORDS TO SAY

YOU AIN'T READY TO BE A'COURTED, I AIN'T IN A PLACE TO REPLY

THIS AIN’T NO TIME FOR LOVE AFFAIRS, IS THERE A BETTER TIME

I THOUGHT I HEARD IT IN A DREAM

I ALWAYS HAD THE STARRY EYES OF A WORLD SO FAR AWAY

OF A BOOK OF DREAMS WISHING FOR SPECIAL THINGS

MY DAYS PASS WITH THE SORROW THE STORM CLOUDS DISAPPEAR

TAKE ME TO A PLACE SO FAR FROM HERE

TELL ME HOW TO DREAM AGAIN TO STAND UP WHEN I FALL

LOVE MAKES YOU BLIND TO YOUR EXISTENCE

IF IT DON’T IT AIN’T LOVE AT ALL

I THOUGHT I HEARD IT IN A DREAM

III

I DON’T WANT YOUR PITY, SYMPATHY OR WHISPERED WORDS

TEARS AND CONSOLATION ONLY GO SO FAR

WHY DON’T WE SEIZE THIS MOMENT RISING OUT OF OUR DESPAIR

TOGETHER WE’LL FIND SEHLTER FROM FUTURE HARM

NO ONE IS AT FAULT AND NOONE IS TO BLAME

THE PAST WILL NEVER COME AGAIN

NOTHING WILL REMAIN THE SAME

I THOUGHT I HEARD IT IN A DREAM

Whitneyville

May 2014 (3rd Verse) September 2014

WHISPERS FROM THE HOLLOW

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)4

AT THE WATER'S EDGE I WATCHED A WORLD GONE BY

ALL THE INNER ANGELS AND THE DEVILS OF OUR LIVES

THE PASSIONS AND THE CRIMES THE MAGIC AND THE LIES

AT THE WATER'S EDGE IT ALL FLOWS BY

I HEARD THE WHISPERS FROM THE HOLLOW REVEAL A SECRET DARK AND DEEP

FAR WITHIN A MINE NO LIGHT WOULD EVER LEAVE

ON THE WALL WERE PAINTED SORROWS TOO DESPERATE TO BELIEVE

THE WHISPERS FROM THE HOLLOW CALL TO ME

REFRAIN

I AM LOOKING FOR A WORLD, A WORLD BEYOND WORDS

WHERE THE MIST ROBS THE SHADOWS OF THEIR DARKNESS

I WAS HIDING IN THE HAZE AT THE END OF NOWHERE

WHERE THEY SELL BORROWED TIME BY THE POUND

III

OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS OCCUR EACH TIME I WAKE

SOME GHOSTS HELD A REUNION CAUSED A SHIVER AND A QUAKE

I LEARNED WALKS IN THE DARK COULD HIDE ALL MY MISTAKES

OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS PRESAGE A RECKONING

REFRAIN

I AM LOOKING FOR A WORLD, A WORLD BEYOND WORDS

WHERE THE MIST ROBS THE SHADOWS OF THEIR DARKNESS

I WAS HIDING IN THE HAZE AT THE END OF NOWHERE

WHERE THEY SELL BORROWED TIME BY THE POUND

Kent

March 2015

FOLLOWING THE THUNDER

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)5

MY FATHER'S MOTHER WAS A FULL BLOOD OF THE TRIBE

THE SAX AND FOX INDIAN TRIBES

I GREW UP IN OKLAHOMA JUST FOLLOWING THE LIGHT

I LOVED THE LONG DARK LONELY NIGHTS

MOTHER HAD SEVEN CHILDREN…WITH A SERIES OF VAGRANT MEN

FATHER LEFT ME ALL ALONE…AND HE DIED WHEN I WAS TEN

FOLLOWING THE THUNDER TRACKING THE OLD FOOTPRINTS

I AM HOLDING OUT FOR SOMETHING BETTER YET

BEFORE HE DIED HE WALKED ME THROUGH THRESHOLD OF HIS CHURCH

TOOK ME TO AN INDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH

IN WICHITA DEEP IN KANSAS I WAS LEAVENED IN HOLY WORKS

I HAD NOTHING LEFT ‘CEPT THE BLACK AND WHITE OF WORDS

MOTHER WAS A CATHOLIC…TEMPTED BY GRIEVOUS SIN

GOT OFF THE HOOK CONFESSING…TO A MAN IN A BOX DEEP WITHIN

FOLLOWING THE THUNDER TRACKING THE OLD FOOTPRINTS

I AM HOLDING OUT FOR SOMETHING BETTER YET

CHORUS

THE REAL TRUTH HE HAD BEEN SINGING

WARNINGS OF APOCALYPSE THEY WERE STILL RINGING

BEHIND SALVATIONS DOOR I DISCOVERED THE ONLY COURSE

THINGS ARE BURNING, SKY IS SPLIT I AM FOLLOWING THE THUNDER

III

MY FIRST CHILD SHE ARRIVED WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN

MY WOMAN LEFT ME SHE TOOK A HIKE

WITH ANOTHER MAN SO HOLLOW DEEP INSIDE

THEY TRAVELED TO THE OTHER SIDE

YEARS FLEW ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE…AT A DEEP DARK PLASTICS PLANT

WOKE UP EACH DAY SMOKED FATTIES…LIVED LIFE WITH NO REGRET

FOLLOWING THE THUNDER TRACKING THE OLD FOOTPRINTS

I AM HOLDING OUT FOR SOMETHING BETTER YET

IV (followed by CHORUS

FOUND MYSELF IN AN ENDLESS, A CEASELESS TUG OF WAR

BETWEEN MY DEMONS AND MY ONLY JUST REWARD

THERE WAS NO COURSE OF THERAPY DIDN’T FEEL NO CULTURE SHOCK

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RETURNED TO THE LAND FROM WHERE I CAME…RETURNED TO THE RIGHTEOUS LIFE

I HEARD THE WHISPERS IN A DREAM …A HIGHER POWER THROUGH ME ARRIVED

FOLLOWING THE THUNDER TRACKING THE OLD FOOTPRINTS

I AM HOLDING OUT FOR SOMETHING BETTER YET

Whitneyville

5 July 2014

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)6

YOU MUST'A BEEN SOMETHING IN YOUR EARLY DAYS

WHEN YOU GOT YOUR TIPS FROM A FAN MAGAZINE

AND THE MIRROR WAS FRIENDLY AND YOUR SKIN WAS TIGHT

YOU MUST'A BEEN SOMETHING......A WORTHY SIGHT

I SAW YOU STRUTTING YOUR STUFF ON THE BEACH

AS SMILE AS WIDE AS A SILVERY MOONBEAM

AS INCANDESCENT AS A LIGHT ON THE CLOUD

YOU MUST'A BEEN SOMETHING.....SHOUT IT LOUD

Chorus

WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES JUST TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY

WITHOUT THEM WE JUST WANDER, DESIST AND WALK AWAY

A DISTANT ECHO AND A CLAIRVOYANT’S CRYSTAL BALL

I SEE WITHIN MY IMAGE AND I FIND I’M LOOKING RATHER SMALL

JUST REMEMBER ALL THE GREAT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE

YOU MUST'A BEEN SOMETHING......IT’S GOOD BE ALIVE

TIME PRESENT…TIME PAST

LOOKING IN THE MIRROR….LOOKING BACK

I’M OLD ENOUGH TO RECOLLECT BUT FAR TOO YOUNG TO DIE

YOU MUST'A BEEN SOMETHING......IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO TRY

Chorus

SOME SOULS ARE BORN….UNDER A SIGN OF GRACE

FOR OTHERS IT WON’T COME TO THEM UNTIL THE VERY END

YOU MUST'A BEEN SOMETHING IN YOUR EARLY DAYS

WHEN YOU GOT YOUR TIPS FROM A FAN MAGAZINE

AND THE MIRROR WAS FRIENDLY AND YOUR SKIN WAS TIGHT

YOU MUST'A BEEN SOMETHING......A WORTHY SIGHT

Hutchinson Island, Florida

August 2014

FOUR YEARS …BAD LUCK

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)7

8 Spinozza’s Excommunication

9 Deuteronomy 21-23

FOUR YEARS BAD LUCK I THINK WE MADE THE WRONG CHOICE

WHAT ON EARTH WERE WE THINKING…WE IGNORED OUR INNER VOICE

THE BEATEN PATH ON WHICH WE TRAVELED WAS AN ENDLESS MAZE

THERE’S NO ESCAPE

FOUR YEARS BAD LUCK WE ARE WANDERING IN THE DESERT

LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER AND THE COURAGE TO SURVIVE

THE AGE OF FOLLY IS UPON US THE ROAD IS UNCHARTED AND BROKEN

THERE IS NO GUIDE

CHORUS8

AS IT WAS ONCE SAID AND SO IT SHALL BE

"CURSED BE HE BY NIGHT, CURSED BE HE BY DAY".

THE WORD IT WAS SENT AT A QUARTER TO TEN

"CURSED BE HE WHO GOES OUT AND HE WHO COMES TO STAY9".

III

FOUR YEARS BAD LUCK HAVE WE BEEN CURS…ED

LOOKING FOR A SAVIOR WHO WROTE HIS MESSAGE IN THE SAND

THE EVIL WINDS BLOW IN FROM THE HEARTLAND SCATTERING DUST

THERE IS NO LIGHT

IV INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

CHORUS

FOUR YEARS BAD LUCK….

Whitneyville

13 January 2017

ANY DAY

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)10

11 Ba al Shem Tov

REMEMBER THAT SUMMER….LONG AGO…

WE THOUGHT THAT TIME WAS ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE…

THEN THE STORM CLOUDS RUMBLED…’BOVE THE PRAIRIE WINDS…

WE HIT A BUMPY ROAD ALONG THE RIDE

WILL THE LOVE WE HAVE JUST WALK OUT THE DOOR

THE CIRCLE IS UNBROKEN FOR TODAY

KEEP THE FIRES BURNING DON’T GO ASTRAY

HOLD YOUR LOVE CLOSE DARLING STAY

THIS LOVE COULD BE OVER ANY DAY….

IN THE SHADES OF AUTUMN….WALKING IN THE WOODS…

THE LEAVES WERE FALLING ON THE FIELDS BELOW…

WILL WE EVER FIND….OUR FLOWING STREAM OF LIGHT…

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAVENS CLEAR AND BRIGHT11

OR WILL THE LOVE WE HAVE JUST WALK OUT THE DOOR

THE CIRCLE IS UNBROKEN FOR TODAY

KEEP THE FIRES BURNING DON’T GO ASTRAY

HOLD YOUR LOVE CLOSE DARLING STAY

THIS LOVE COULD BE OVER ANY DAY….

III

A COLD MIST RISES…ON A WINTER’S NIGHT….

A RIVER’S JOURNEY, WILL WE FIND A PLACE TO HIDE…

WILL WE ALWAYS MATTER….WILL WE ALWAYS LAUGH…

WILL OUR STRING OF LUCK CONTINUE WILL IT LAST

OR WILL THE LOVE WE HAVE JUST WALK OUT THE DOOR

THE CIRCLE IS UNBROKEN FOR TODAY

KEEP THE FIRES BURNING DON’T GO ASTRAY

HOLD YOUR LOVE CLOSE DARLING STAY

THIS LOVE COULD BE OVER ANY DAY….

HOLD YOUR LOVE CLOSE DARLING STAY

THIS LOVE COULD BE OVER ANY DAY….

Whitneyville

Christmas Day 2015

THE ART OF DREAMING

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)12

I AM ON A LONELY JOURNEY, IT'S LIKE THE AIR HAS LEFT THE ROOM

SOMETIMES THE UNEXPECTED, WILL LOWER A SHATTERING BOOM

THE ANGRY VOICES AND TORTURED HEARTS

HAVE SULLIED DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS

ON A COLD NEW ENGLAND NIGHT, I CHOSE THE ART OF DREAMING

THERE IS RUST IN THE FACTORY TOWN AND A DARKNESS IN THEIR HEARTS

OFTENTIMES THE EMPTY MOMENTS, WILL MAKE THE WATERS PART

THE BRIDGE OF WORDS HAS ALL BUT COLLAPSED

A GREAT CHASM GIVES WAY TO SCHEMING

ON A COLD NEW ENGLAND NIGHT, I CHOSE THE ART OF DREAMING

BRIDGE

IT WILL COME TO YOU IN A VISION

A VISION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

LIKE A PATH TO A HIGHER POWER

DON'T BE ALARMED TURN DOWN THE LIGHT

III

A PROPHET HAS LEFT THE ROOM, A PRIESTESS WALKS IN THE WOODS

ALWAYS THE SPOILS ELUDE OUR GRASP, WE ALWAYS KNEW IT WOULD

AND OUR SOULS HAVE BEEN UPROOTED

AMIDST THE FALLING OF THE SKY IT SEEMS

ON A COLD NEW ENGLAND NIGHT, I CHOSE THE ART OF DREAMING

BRIDGE

Whitneyville

November 2016

(DON’T) TURN YOUR BACK

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)13

I NEVER SEEM TO GET AHEAD…CAN’T PUT MY PAST BEHIND ME

NO MATTER WHAT I SAID OR DID…NOTHING EVER WORKED OUT

I NEVER SEEM TO CATCH A BREAK…I CAN’T ELUDE THE DRAMA

REMEMBER, FOR GOODNESS SAKE…I PULLED YOU OUT OF A FIRE

WHY WON’T YOU EVER JUST HEAR ME OUT

WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE YOUR DISDAIN?

WHEN WILL YOU REALIZE THAT MY MISTAKES

WERE NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU

I ASK YOU FOR THE TIME OF DAY…YOU SAY YOUR WATCH IS BROKEN

NO MATTER WHAT I HAVE TO SAY…YOU NEVER HEAR MY WORD

I OFFER SHELTER FROM THE RAIN…YOU TALK BEHIND MY BACK

BEAR IN MIND I ASK OF YOU…DON’T WRITE OFF THE PAST

WHY WON’T YOU EVER JUST HEAR ME OUT

WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE YOUR DERISION?

WHEN WILL YOU REALIZE WHEN I VACILATE

I NEVER MEANT TO SPURN YOU

I TELL YOU OF THE OCEAN’S RISE…YOU SAY THAT IS CONJECTURE

NO MATTER WHICH WAY I GO…YOU NEVER GO MY WAY

TIME IS PASSING, DAYS GROW SHORT…FADING IN THE DARKNESS

HARKEN BACK TO MEMORY…BEFORE SORROW THERE WAS LOVE

WHY WON’T YOU EVER JUST HEAR ME OUT

WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE YOUR DISAPPROVAL?

WHEN WILL YOU REALIZE WHEN I HESITATE

I NEVER MEANT TO FORESAKE YOU

Whitneyville

November 2015

OUT OF THE SHADOWS, OUT OF THIN AIR

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)14

I ONCE KNEW THIS GUY NAMED VINNIE VAN GO.

I HEAR YOU LAUGHING BUT WHAT I SAID IS SO

I MET HIM AT THE HARDWARE STORE

HE WAS BUYING BRUSHES WHO KNOWS WHAT FOR

HE BOUGHT PAINT CANS IN THE SHADES OF BLUE

I WONDERED WHAT HE PLANNED TO DO

WHAT’S INSIDE HIS HEAD I HAD NO CLUE

HAD THE HEART OF AN ARTIST AND THE SOUL OF A SHOE

III

I JUST GOT HERE BACK FROM A WEEK IN MEDELLIN

NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIVE TO TELL YOU WHAT I HAD SEEN

THERE WAS A WOMAN DOWN THERE HER NAME WAS PUEBLO ROSE

A TALKING MOTION PICTURE FROM HER HEAD UNTO HER TOES

I AM STANDING IN THE WELL I AM GUILTY IN YOUR EYES

THE FIX IS IN I KNOW IT'S ALL THERE BETWEEN THE LINES

YOU THINK THAT I'M CALIGULA SO VICIOUS YET DIVINE

WHAT PLANS FOR ME DID YOU DEVISE

CHORUS.

OUT OF THE SHADOWS SHE CAME TO BE WITH ME

HAD THE FULLEST BREASTS I'D EVER SEEN

AND LIPS SO RED THEY COULD NOT BE REAL

AND A TONGUE SO LONG SHE COULD SEAL ANY DEAL

OUT OF THE SHADOWS OUT OF THIN AIR

SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE WINDOW AT FIRST I DIDN’T CARE

SHE COULD SUCK THE COLORS OUT OF THE UNION JACK

KNOCK YOU ON YOUR ASS AND PUSH YOU OFF THE TRACK

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES

BUT MY HEART WAS NEVER THERE SO I HAD TO LEAVE

I WAS CAUGHT IN A FRENZY, I ALMOST CUT MY HAIR

I SAW THE WILD SHORE OF FREEDOM, I HAD TO GET ME THERE

I AM DRIVING ON THE 101 AT ELEVEN FORTY-SEVEN

LOOKING AT THE BAY I’M THINKING ABOUT HEAVEN

OUT OF THIN AIR MOVING TOWARD THE DAWN OF THE DAY

LIVING IN THE SHADOWS I MUST GET FAR AWAY

VII

I'M AT 48 CHEYNE WALK I’M STARING AT THE THAMES

COMMUNING WITH THE GHOSTS OF ROSSETTI AND HENRY JAMES

LYING IN A BATHTUB FROM THE 18TH CENTURY

MY BIRD SHE SPENDS MY MONEY FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

VIII

I READ LE MORTE D'ARTHUR I WAS SITTING ON MY BED

MY DRAWING ROOM WAS FILLED WITH STARLETS AND THEIR FRIENDS

THEY CALL ME PETER PAN SAY I NEVER ACT ADULT

I JUST TAKE WHAT I WANT…NEVER RECOGNIZE MY FAULTS

CHORUS.

OUT OF THE SHADOWS I LIVE WITH NO REGRET

AT LEAST NONE I CAN RECALL THOUGH I MUST ADMIT

I RARELY THINK ABOUT IT FOR ME NO SEASON OF DOUBT

WITHOUT BRIDGES WE’D BE ISLANDS UNTO OURSELVES

OUT OF THE SHADOWS OUT OF THIN AIR

SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE WINDOW AT FIRST I DIDN’T CARE

SHE COULD SUCK THE COLORS OUT OF THE UNION JACK

KNOCK YOU ON YOUR ASS AND PUSH YOU OFF THE TRACK

September 2014 (Verse 1 and 2) Tampa

May 2013 (Verses 4, 7 and 8) Whitneyville

May 2013 (Chorus; Verses 3, 5 and 6) Santa Clara

Verses IV, V and VI not in the recorded version of the song

THE GOSPEL TRUTH

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)15

I DREAMED OF YOU THE OTHER NIGHT

YOU WERE STANDING THERE UNDER THE LIGHT

I WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE

TO HOLD YOUR HAND WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT

I SAW YOU AT THE MONTELEONE BAR

THEN YOU WERE GONE HOW NEAR? HOW FAR?

I WONDERED IF I WISHED UPON A STAR

WOULD YOU REAPPEAR REJECT THE DARK

Chorus

I HEARD THE GOSPEL TRUTH…

I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO

ON A SUNDAY MORNING

ON A STREET IN ROME

AN ANGEL RUSHED IN TO SAVE ME

FROM MY FERAL MADNESS

AT THE EDGE OF THE DARKNESS

MY LIFE OF WRETCHEDNESS

I DREAMED YOU WERE LOOKING INTO MY EYES

WAS IT A SACRED VISION YOU SAW DEEP INSIDE

I WONDERED IF I COULD HOLD YOU TIGHT

TO HOLD YOU NEAR ME ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Chorus

I HEARD THE GOSPEL TRUTH…

I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO

ON A SUNDAY MORNING

ON A STREET IN ROME

AN ANGEL RUSHED IN TO SAVE ME

FROM MY FERAL MADNESS

AT THE EDGE OF THE DARKNESS

MY LIFE OF WRETCHEDNESS

Whitneyville

April 2016

DISMAL SWAMP

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)16

I WAS DRIVING BY DISMAL SWAMP ONE DAY

AS I FLEW DOWN OLE HIGHWAY 13

JUST LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DISAPPEAR

ALTHOUGH IT AIN'T CLEAR IF I HAVE BEEN SEEN

I'M TRYING TO BREAK THE SILENCE

WHILE LAUGHING THROUGH MY TEARS

I'VE BEEN BAPTIZED IN BLOOD AND BREAKING WILD

THE RECKONING TIME IS HERE

LET'S GET TOGETHER IN THIS LIFE

BEFORE THE JOURNEY TO A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN

SOMETHING WAS WRONG BUT I COULD NOT SAY

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE A BAD IMPRESSION

MY PAST IS ALL IN PIECES

MY FUTURE IS A FOG TO ME

THE MISTS OF TIME SEEP INTO MY SOUL

AND MAKES IT HARD TO BREATHE

BRIDGE

WHO IN THE WORLD AM I?

I'M IN A STATE OF WONDER AND SURPRISED AT NOTHING

WHY WON'T YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES?

YOU SEEM PUZZLED AT WHAT YOU CAN NEVER KNOW

YET THE QUESTION REMAINS...THE QUESTION REMAINS…

THE QUESTION REMAINS THE SAME IT WILL NEVER CHANGE...

I WAS DRIVING BY DISMAL SWAMP ONE DAY

TO THE PLACE WHERE MY PAST RESIDES

THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP IN THE SHADOWS

WHERE I COME WHEN I NEED TO HIDE

HOW DID I GET TO THIS MURKY SPACE?

I WAS STREET SHUFFLING WHEN I TOOK A TURN

I KNOCKED DOWN THE DOOR AND SHUT OUT THE LIGHTS

BEEN SHATTERED AND BEEN BURNED

CODA

I WAS DRIVING BY DISMAL SWAMP ONE DAY

TO THE PLACE WHERE MY PAST RESIDES

Suffolk, Virginia

February 2016

HOPE + FAITH

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)17

18 For Hunter

CHORUS

SOMEDAY YOU’RE GONNA GROW UP TO BE A MAN

SOMEDAY YOU WILL LEARN TO CLIMB MOUNTAINS

SOMEDAY YOU WILL BREAK SOME HEARTS AND FALL IN LOVE

SOMEDAY YOU WILL HAVE YOUR HEART BROKEN

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND

AND THAT THE SKY IS A PALE BLUE

LIFE WILL OPEN MANY DOORS, THE REST IS UP TO YOU

NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

NEVER GIVE UP TO THE SMELL OF FEAR

ALWAYS BE GOOD TO YOUR MOTHER

STEER A STRAIGHT PATH THROUGH THE YEARS

WAKE WHEN THE SUN IS ON THE FAR HORIZON

TOUCH YOUR HEART AND ALWAYS BE KIND

HOLD ONTO DREAMS WHEN THEY ARE RISING

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL FIND → → → CHORUS

ALWAYS LOVE WITH HOPE AND FAITH

SEEK A FUTURE BEYOND THE STARS

ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT YOUR DESTINY

MAY BE NEARER TO YOU THAN AFAR

WHEN WILL THAT BRIGHT DAY COME?

DON’T WORRY IT WILL SOON BE HERE

HERE’S A TOAST TO THE DREAMERS

WHO WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH THE YEARS→ INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND

AND THAT THE SKY IS A PALE BLUE

LIFE WILL OPEN MANY DOORS, THE REST IS UP TO YOU

III

WHAT KIND OF MAN WILL YOU BE?

WITH A HAND AND HEART FULL OF SOUL?

WHEN EACH NIGHT HAS PASSED

WILL HOURS CALL YOU HOME?

REMEMBER THE WORDS OF YOUR FATHER

IN TIME THEY WILL ALL RING TRUE

LOOK BACK AND THEN MOVE FORWARD

I HOPE THE WORLD IS BETTER FOR YOU→ → → CHORUS AND OUT

Whitneyville18

September 2017

CHARLOTTESVILLE

From "Following the Thunder" (2017)19

20 For Heather Heyer

AN ANGRY MOB MARCHED TO THE PARK

LOOKING FOR TROUBLE FROM DAWN TO DARK

SPEAKERS PROCLAIM A WHITE MAN’S CRUSADE

WORDS OF TREASON...WORDS OF HATE

CHORUS

IT'S TIME TO SEARCH OUR SOULS, TIME TO SEARCH OUR HEARTS

WHO DO WE WANT TO BE, WHEN WILL WE GET TO START?

WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO, HOW WILL WE FIND OUR WAY

WHO WILL RIGHT THE WRONGS, WHO WILL RIGHT THE WRONGS

OF THE MARCH IN CHARLOTTESVILLE?

THEIR MARCH OF RAGE IS IN HIS NAME

HIS SILENCE ONLY STEPS UP THEIR GAME

FIRE AND RAGE HE DESERVES THE BLAME

A TIKI TORCH MARCH IS JUST INSANE

CHORUS

III – INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

CHORUS

SHE IS FLYING WITH THE METEORS

FLOATING ON A CLOUD HERE NO MORE

LOST IN THE MADNESS A LIFE IS RUINED

TAKEN AWAY FAR TOO SOON

CHORUS

Whitneyville20

August 2017