bookmark_borderZap

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
There’s a spark in the air
(Can you feel it?)
Are you aware
(Even a little bit?)

A little connection
A little reaction
One tiny flash
(Can start an interaction)

[Verse 1]
From point to point
The signal flies
Across the space
Before your eyes

You touch a wire
The current runs
A little charge
(And then it comes!)

A sudden jolt
A little surprise
The world lights up
(Before you realize)

[Refrain]
Zap!
(What was that?)
[Handclaps]
Clap, clap, clap
(Reflection on connection)

Zap!
(There it goes!)
[Handclaps]
Clap, clap, clap
(Everybody knows!)

[Verse 2]
Energy travels
Across the line
Changing its form
(Time after time)

A flash of lightning
Across the sky
A spark jumps over
(You and I)

[Chorus]
Zap!
(Feel the reaction!)
Clap!
(Clap, clap!)
(Interaction!)

One little spark
Can start a chain
One little change
(Can change the game)

Zap!
(What was that?)
[Handclaps]
Clap, clap, clap
(Reflection on connection)

Zap!
(There it goes!)
[Handclaps]
Clap, clap, clap
(Everybody knows!)

[Bridge]
Zap!
(From here to there)

Zap!
(Stop and stare)

[Break]
Clap!
(Zap!)

Clap!
(Zap!)

Clap, clap, clap!

Connection!
(Reaction!)

Reflection!
(Interaction!)

Zap!

[Instrumental]
[Electric guitar pulse]
[Synth arpeggio]
[Handclaps]

[Final Chorus]
Zap!
(What was that?)
[Handclaps]
Clap, clap, clap
(Reflection on connection)

Zap!
(What was that?)
Feel the reaction
(Interaction!)

Clap!
(Clap, clap!)
Think!
(Think, think!)

Connection!

[Outro]
Zap!
(What was that?)
[Handclaps]
Clap, clap, clap
(Reflection on connection)

Zap!
(There it goes!)
[Handclaps]
Clap, clap, clap
(Everybody knows!)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderSecret Ingredient

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Deep Sub Bass, Echoed Guitar Swells, Slow Tribal Percussion, Low-Frequency Drone Building From Near-inaudible Rumble]

[Intro]
What’s in the mix?
(Rock n’ hard place betwixt)
Not too thin… not too thick
(It’s sure to do the trick)

A little bit of this
A little bit of that
Stir it all together
(And see where we’re at)

[Verse 1]
… somewhere in the mixture
Something changes in the blend
A little bit of magic
(That you can’t quite comprehend)

[Refrain]
What’s the secret ingredient
(Can ya give me a hint)
What is it made of…
(Is it made of love?)

[Verse 2]
Could it be the courage
To prove what we know?
Could it be the willingness
(To let the new thing grow?)

Take a little knowledge
Add a little doubt
Mix it with imagination
(And see what comes out)

[Refrain]
What’s the secret ingredient
(Can ya give me a hint)
What is it made of…
(Is it made of love?)

[Bridge]
Hope?
(Maybe!)

Love?
(Surely!)

A little inspiration
A little perspiration
A little experimentation
(That’s a tasty combination!)

[Break]
Stir it!
(Mix it!)

Try it!
(Taste it!)

With a flavor
(You can savor)
Oh, no! Know…
(It just won’t quit)

[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Percussion break]
[Playful guitar]
[Rolling bass]
[Saxophone solo]
[Sub-bass synth groove]

[Final Chorus]
What’s the secret ingredient?
(Can ya give me a hint)
What is it made of…
(Is it made of love?)

Love! Lots of love
(Not just a pinch)
More than an inch…
(Fill till topped…)
… above with love

[Final Refrain]
What’s the secret ingredient?
(What makes it go?)
What is it made of…
(How would we know?)

Add a little kindness
Add a little love
Add a little wonder
(And see what you’re made of!)

[Outro]
Love! Lots of love
(Not just a sprinkle)
Till the eyes twinkle…
(Fill to the top…)
(Don’t stop!)
… fill it above…
(… with love!)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderApproximately

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
Give or take
(Take or give)
Make or break?
(We choose to live)

[Verse 1]
You can measure the number
You can count it to the end
But the world keeps moving
(No, the numbers will not bend)

[Pre-Chorus]
What’s the margin?
(What’s the range?)
What’s the difference?
(What’s the change?)

[Refrain]
Approximately
(Give or take)
Relative
(Relatively)
… take or give
(How to live?)

[Verse 2]
Relative to what?
(That’s the question)
Relative to when?
(Consider the direction)

[Refrain]
Approximately
(Give or take)
Relative
(Relatively)
… take or give
(How to live?)

[Bridge]
Give!
(Live!)

Take!
(No! Make!)

Measure!
(The pleasure!)

Love over hate!

[Break]
No need to approximate…
(Love will gravitate)
Yes, love over hate
(Love will rise above)

[Instrumental]
[Playful piano]
[Rolling guitar]
[Syncopated drums]

[Final Refrain]
Approximately
(Give or take)
Relative
(Relatively)
… take or give
(How to live?)

Give! Give! Give!

[Outro]
Give or take…
(Take or give…)

When it’s make or break…
(Give to live)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderUnfathomable

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
How far below?
(How far?)
Do you know?
(How bizarre?)

[Verse 1]
You think you’ve seen the bottom
(But there’s another floor)
You think you’ve found the answer
(Then you discover more)

[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t close the door
(Don’t shut it tight)
Leave room for wonder
(And a little light)

[Refrain]
Consider
(If you’re able)
Not a quitter
(Unfathomable)
… imaginable….

[Verse 2]
The ocean has its mysteries
The atmosphere has some more
The universe keeps asking
(What is this all for?)

[Chorus]
Unfathomable!
(But not impossible)
Unimaginable!
(Still conceivable)

[Refrain]
Consider
(If you’re able)
Not a quitter
(Unfathomable)
… imaginable….

[Bridge]
What if?
(What if?)

Why not?
(Why not?)

Could it be?
(It could be)

Look and see!

[Break]
Wonder!
(Wander!)

Explore!
(Some more!)

Unfathomable?
Imaginable?

[Instrumental]
[Whistling]
[Rolling bass]
[Building drums]

[Final Chorus]
Unfathomable!
(But here we are)
Unimaginable!
(And reaching far)

[Final Refrain]
Consider
(If you’re able)
Not a quitter
(Unfathomable)
… imaginable….

[Outro]
How deep?
(Go deeper.)

How far?
(Go farther.)

What’s next?
(Beyond perplexed)

So…
(Go to know)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderWhat I Know

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
I’ve learned a thing or two
(Along the way)
Some things that were true
(Are different today)

I don’t know everything
(Who could?)
But I know a little something
(That is pretty good)

[Verse 1]
You can have a pocket full
Of dollars and gold
But there’s one kind of treasure
That can’t be bought or sold

You can build a castle
With a wall ten miles wide
But hope needs a doorway
(For love to get inside)

You can measure your fortune
You can count every dime
But money can’t purchase
(A moment in time)

[Pre-Chorus]
So when the numbers don’t add up
And the road gets rough
Look around you
(You may already have enough)

[Refrain]
This is what I know:
(Money can’t buy you hope)
Nope!

Come on… give ‘er a go!
(Love helps hope grow)
So…

Don’t be proud
(Love out loud)
Go on… live!
(Love! Give, give, give)

[Verse 2]
Give a little kindness
(Give a little more)
Open up your heart
(Open up the door)

[Refrain]
This is what I know:
(Money can’t buy you hope)
Nope!

Come on… give ‘er a go!
(Love helps hope grow)
So…

Don’t be proud
(Love out loud)
Go on… live!
(Love! Give, give, give)

[Bridge]
Pride wails:
“I’m the legend of the tales”

(Love sings:
“Look what the heart brings”)

Fear cries:
“All hope dies!”

(Hope replies:
“Open your eyes”)

[Break]
Give!
(Live!)

Give!
(Live!)

Give a little hope
(Give a little love)

Live!
(Strive to come alive)

Live!
(Live!)

Love out loud
(Part the clouds)

[Instrumental]
[Warm guitar]
[Big piano chords]
[Handclaps]
[Call and response]

What do you know?
(Love!)

What do you need?
(Hope!)

What can you give?
(Love!)

How do you live?
(Thrive alive)

[Final Chorus]
This is what I know:
(Money can’t buy you hope)
Nope!

Come on… give ‘er a go!
(Love helps hope grow)
So…

Don’t be proud
(Love out loud)
Go on… live!
(Love! Give, give, give)

[Final Refrain]
This is what I know:
(Money can’t buy you hope)
Nope!

This is what I know:
(Love helps hope grow)
So…

Don’t be proud
(Love out loud)
Go on… live!
(Love! Give, give, give)

[Outro]
Give a little hope…
(Give!)
Give a little love…
(Live!)

Give what you can…
(Give, give, give!)

And when you don’t know
What tomorrow brings…
(The heart sings)
Love

That’s the show…
(What I know)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderInquisitive

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
What’s that?
(What’s this?)
What’s what?
(Pop quiz)

Look around
(What do you see?)
Ask again
(What could it be?)

[Verse 1]
I want to know
(I want to know)
Before I go
(Before I go)

What’s underneath
(The surface?)
What’s beneath…

[Chorus]
Are you…
(Inquisitive)
Or is your brain
(Like a sieve)

Do you…
(Think)
Or refrain

To sustain…
(Be inquisitive)

[Verse 2]
A little curiosity
Can open up a door
A little more attention
Can show you something more

Connect one dot
(Then another)
Look for the pattern
(Stealth… undercover)

[Chorus]
Are you…
(Inquisitive)
Or is your brain
(Like a sieve)

Do you…
(Think)
Or refrain

To sustain…
(Be inquisitive)

[Bridge]
Question!
(What?)

Wonder!
(Why?)

Suggestion:
(Kiss the sky!)

You don’t have to know
To start the quest
You just have to wonder:

(What’s next?)

[Break]
Think!
(Wink!)

Seek!
(Peak!)

Peek!
(Tweak!)

[Instrumental]
[Quirky synth groove]
[Driving bass]
[Rapid-fire questions]

What’s the cause?
(What’s the effect?)

Not “because”
(What’s the heck?)

[Final Chorus]
Are you…
(Inquisitive)
Or is your brain
(Like a sieve)

Do you…
(Think)
Or refrain

To sustain…
(Be inquisitive)

Are you…
(Inquisitive)
Ready to perceive?

Don’t just hear the answer…

(Question what you believe!)

[Outro]
What’s that?

(I dunno.)

Why?

(I wanna know.)

How?

(Let’s find out…)
… all about…

Be…

(Inquisitive!)
Live (inquisitive)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderIn Question

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
Question, question
(What’s the manifestation)
Round and round
The questions spin
Where do we end?
(Where do we begin?)

[Verse 1]
You say the future’s certain
(How do you know?)
You say you’ve got it figured out
(Where did you go?)

[Refrain]
Is your future
(In question?)
Are you “for sure”
(Or open for suggestion?)

[Verse 2]
Don’t confuse uncertainty
With having nothing planned
Sometimes changing course
Is how you make a stand

[Refrain]
Is your future
(In question?)
Are you “for sure”
(Or open for suggestion?)

[Bridge]
Look a little closer
(See what you find)
Change the way you’re thinking
(Change your mind!)

Because “I dunno”
Doesn’t mean “I don’t care”
It means I seek to know
(I’m still aware)

[Break]
For sure?
(No!)

Certain?
(Not yet!)

Written in stone?
(Not quite!)

Open for suggestion?
(You bet!)

[Instrumental]
[Questioning guitar]
[Restless piano]
[Building drums]

[Final Chorus]
In question!
(In question!)
Let the question ring
In question!
(What will tomorrow bring?)

[Final Refrain]
Is your future
(In question?)
Are you “for sure”
(Or open for suggestion?)

[Outro]
Is our future
(In question?)
Is truth so pure
(Or open for investigation?)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderWhat’s He Thinking?

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
What’s he thinking?
(Without even blinking?)
What’s he been drinking?
(Kool-aid sinking?)

Look at his face
(What a disgrace)
Talking so loud
(Playing to the crowd)

[Verse 1]
He says he’s got the answer
(Every answer!)
He says he knows the way
(He knows the way!)

But every time the facts arrive
He sends them all away

He builds himself a little world
Where nothing can go wrong
Then anyone who questions it
(Just doesn’t belong!)

[Pre-Chorus]
Is it reason?
(Is it fear?)
Is it something
(We should hear?)

When the warning signs
Are plain to see
Why pretend
(That they can’t be?)

[Refrain]
What’s he thinking?
(Musta been kool-aid drinking)
Seems a bit mad
(Strikingly sad)

Is his mind sound
(For that matter… even found?)
Better look around

Insanity
(Vanity)
Tragically insane
(Lame… inane)

[Verse 2]
He hears a warning
(Calls it noise)
He sees the danger
(Calls it choice)

He takes a little truth
And twists it out of shape
Then wonders why the evidence
(Just won’t escape!)

A mirror on the wall
Reflecting what he wants to see
But the image keeps on changing
(Back to reality!)

[Chorus]
What’s he thinking?
(What’s he thinking?)
Maybe we should ask
What’s he drinking?
(What’s he drinking?)
Before we give him the task

Of deciding for the many
What the many ought to do
When the consequences
(Come back through!)

[Bridge]
Insanity!
(Vanity!)

Certainty!
(Reality!)

Look around!
(Listen up!)

When the facts come knocking
(Will you begin… to let them in?)

Or lock the door
And turn away?
(Once more…)
… another day

[Break]
Is his mind sound
(For that matter… even found?)
Better look around

Insanity
(Vanity)
Tragically insane
(Lame…)
Really quite a shame)

[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam]
[Churning bass]
[Transition to acoustic guitar]
[Whistle solo]

[Final Chorus]
What’s he thinking?
(Musta been kool-aid drinking)
Seems a bit mad
(Strikingly sad)

Is his mind sound
(For that matter… even found?)
Better look around

Insanity
(Vanity)
Tragically insane
(Lame… never to regain)

[Outro]
[Refrain]
What’s he thinking?
(Too much drinking)
… kool-aid…
(and throwing shade)

Gone bloody mad
(Tragically sad)

Unkind… his mind
(Never to be found?)
… too late to look around

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderIf I Would Do That

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
[Low Sub-bass Synth Drone, Spoken Vocal]

I dunno
(If I would)
Maybe I should
(Maybe not)

There’s a little voice
Inside my head
Saying, “Think twice!”
(Before you’re dead!)

[Verse 1]
… see the road ahead
Now we’ve made the bed
… see a warning sign
(By bad design)

Future’s hazy…
(“Come on, let’s go!”)
I say, “Are you crazy?”

(I dunno!)

[Refrain]
I dunno
(If I would do that)
It looks a bit dangerous
(For all of us)

Do what?
(That.)
It looks quite outrageous
(Not to mention… ominous)

[Verse 2]
The river’s rising
The bridge is shaking
The ground is moving
(The mountain’s breaking)

Someone says
“It’s probably fine”
I look around and say:

(Not this time!)

The warning lights
Are flashing red
But somebody’s saying
“Go ahead!”

There’s always someone
Who wants to try
But sometimes wisdom says:
(Don’t lie!)

[Refrain]
I dunno
(If I would do that)
It looks a bit dangerous
(For all of us)

Do what?
(That.)
It looks quite outrageous
(Not to mention… ominous)
[Bridge]
Do what?
(That!)

Why?
(Because!)
… what if it does

(What if?)

Hold on!

(Wait!)

Anticipate

[Break]
Dangerous!
(Whoa!)

Outrageous!
(Whoa!)

Ominous!
(Oh no!)

Maybe…
(We shouldn’t go!)

No. Know when to go
(With the flow)

[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Percussion Solo]
[Driving guitar]
[Saxophone solo]
[Building drums]

[Final Refrain]
I dunno
(If I would do that)
It looks a bit dangerous
(For all of us)

Do what?
(That.)
It looks quite outrageous
(Not to mention… ominous)

I dunno…
(I really don’t know.)

But before you blink…

(Let’s think!)

[Outro]
I dunno
(If I would do that)
It looks a bit dangerous
(For all of us)

Do what?
(That.)
… quite outrageous
(Could kill all of us.)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderWidgette

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
What’s that thing
(Over there?)
Fancy little widget
(Becoming scarce… rare!)

Is it useful?
(Is it not?)
Does it matter
(What you’ve got?)

[Verse 1]
A widget is a wonder
A doodad with a name
A gizmo with a purpose
(For just a bit of game)

But add a little fashion
And suddenly you bet
You’ve got a brand-new creature…

(What’s a widgette?)

[Refrain]
What’s a widgette?
(A female thingamabob)
As in a Rockette?
(A placeholder…)
(… for an economic job)

With fashion… bolder!

[Verse 2]
Could be supply and demand
Could be something on the shelf
Could be something you invented
(Just to entertain yourself)

[Pre-Chorus]
Put a price upon it
(Make it form a habit!)
Give it color and style
(So you’ll wear it for a while)

Call it what you want to
But when the money’s due…
(That little widgette
Might be looking back at you!)

[Chorus]
Widgette!
(What’s she got?)

Widgette!
(Quite a lot!)

Fashion, function
Price and pose
Who decides
(Who really knows?)

Widgette!
(Strut your stuff!)

Widgette!
(That’s enough!)

[Verse 3]
Maybe she’s a Rocket
Maybe she’s a Rockette
Maybe she’s a market
That hasn’t happened yet

She’s dancing through the data
She’s stepping through the stats
… pure accounting at the roots…
(In high-heeled combat boots!)

Price elasticity
(Shake it!)
Marginal utility
(Take it!)

Supply curve
(Dip!)
Demand curve
(Flip!)

[Bridge]
Is she a product?
(Is she a price?)

Is she a person?
(That don’t sound right!)

Is she an idea?
(Is she a threat?)

Or just a funny little…

(Thingamabobette!)

[Break]
Pick!
(Choose!)

Buy!
(Use!)

Sell!
(Trade!)

Who made…
(The grade?)

A!
(B!)

C!
(D!)

None of the above!
(Better stick to love)

[Instrumental]
[Fashion runway groove]
[Strutting bass]
[Piano and synth]
[Catwalk percussion]

[Verse 4]
Now fashion gets bolder
And economics gets weird
The labels get fancy
(The margins disappear!)

A widget becomes a widgette
A thing becomes a brand
A placeholder becomes somebody
(With a purse in her hand!)

And suddenly the market
Has something new to sell…

(Well, what do you call it?)
Well, well, well

[Final Chorus]
Widgette!
(What’s she got?)

Widgette!
(Quite a lot!)

Function, fashion
Price and pose
She’s whatever
(Who knows?)

Widgette!
(Strut your stuff!)

Widgette!
(That’s enough!)

[Final Refrain]
What’s a widgette?
(A female thingamabob)
As in a Rockette?
(A placeholder…)
(… for an economic job)

With fashion… bolder!

What’s a widgette?
(Do I get to pick and choose?)
Maybe she’s a widget
(With a different pair of shoes!)

With fashion…

(BOLDER!)

[Outro]
Thingamabob…

(Widgette!)

Economic job…

(Widgette!)

Don’t ask me what she is…

(I dunno!)

Wow! There she goes
(Oh, oh, oh)
She’s got style…
(Makes the shoppers smile!)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderMultiple Choice?

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
A, B, C, or D
(Which one will it be?)
Circle one answer
(That’s the key!)

But what if none
Of the choices fit?
What if the answer
Isn’t written in it?

[Verse 1]
I got a question
But the question’s strange
The choices are changing
As I rearrange

[Refrain]
Is this multiple choice?
(Do I get to pick and choose)
Do I get to raise a voice
(Determine win or lose?)

[Verse 2]
Do I get to question
The question itself?
Put the answer back
Upon the shelf

[Chorus]
Multiple choice!
(Pick and choose!)
Raise your voice!
(You can’t lose!)

Ain’t it funny
How we know
Only after
Where we go?

[Bridge]
Choose!
(Win or lose!)

Suggestion…
(Question!)

If you don’t like
The choices you see
Don’t just complain
(Think differently!)

[Break]
A!
(B!)
C!
(D!)

None of the above!
(Put love above!)

[Instrumental]
[Call and response guitar]
Pick and choose!
(Pick or lose!)

Raise your voice!
(Make a choice!)

[Final Refrain]
Is this multiple choice?
(Do I get to pick and choose)
Do I get to raise a voice
(Determine win or lose?)

[Outro]
A, B, C, or D…
(Or maybe E?)

The choice is yours
(To see)
To be
(Set yourself free)

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderSeek

[Silence]

[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Oran Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
What are you looking for?
(What do you seek?)
Something you can’t quite see?
(Or just a peek?)

Round and round
The questions go
Higher and higher
(Where they lead, the mind glows)

[Verse 1]
Sneaking through the shadows
Peeking through the door
Searching for a little truth
Then searching for some more

[Refrain]
Sneak
(A peek)
Seek
(A peak)

See… a glimpse
(Of reality)

[Verse 2]
Climb the mountain
See the view
Step back farther
See what’s true

Zoom in close
(Granular!)
Zoom back out
(To be sure)

[Chorus]
Seek!
(Seek!)
Don’t be afraid to look
Seek!
(Seek!)
Be the scribe for the book

[Refrain]
Sneak
(A peek)
Seek
(A peak)

See… a glimpse
(Of reality)

[Bridge]
Seek the signal
(Through the noise)
Seek the meaning
(Through the voice)

Seek the question
(Seek the why)
Seek the answer
(Don’t deny)

[Break]
Sneak!
(A peek!)

Seek!
(A peak!)

Look!
(Closer!)

Look!
(Farther!)

What do you see?
(Can you tell me?)

[Instrumental]
[Searching guitar]
[Echoing piano]
[Whistling melody]

[Refrain]
Sneak
(A peek)
Seek
(A peak)

See… a glimpse
(Of reality)

[Outro]
What are you looking for?

(A little truth…)

What are you looking for?

(A little proof…)

Sneak…
(A peek…)

Seek…

And peak.

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderFork in the Road

[Intro]
Midnight rides
(Through the mist)
Hooves pound hard
(What’s that I missed?)

[Instrumental Intro: Deep Sub Bass, Echoed Guitar Swells, Horse-trot Tribal Percussion, Low-Frequency Drone Building From Near-inaudible Rumble]

A shadow crosses
The moonlit road
Something’s coming
(Heavy load)

[Verse 1]
Headless rider
On a midnight ride
Looking for something
He can’t find outside

He hears a voice
From somewhere near
Turns his horse
And disappears

A little farther
Down the way
Something strange
Begins to say:

[Pre-Chorus]
Who’s got the answer?
(Who knows?)
Where does the road go?
(Who knows?)

Left or right?
(Which one tonight?)
Pick your poison
(Hold on tight!)

[Refrain]
The headless horseman said:
“What’s that on the road…”
(A head)
Dread…
(If it is mine)

This hairless ape…
(Lookin’ for an escape)
… in the nick of time

[Verse 2]
I saw the horseman
I saw the head
I saw him looking
At what lay ahead

He said, “That’s funny
I know that face…”
Then his horse
Picked up the pace

“Is that my head?”
(He couldn’t tell)
“Maybe I’m dreaming…”
(What the hell?)

A head in the roadway
A horse in the night
A man with no head
Trying to make things right

[Break]
Came to a fork
(In the road)
Feelin’ like a dork
(Heart might explode)

Left goes nowhere
(Right looks worse)
Choose your direction
(Or choose the curse!)

[Chorus]
Fork in the road!
(Fork in the road!)
Which way to go?
(Which way to go?)

A… Head on the road!
(Ahead on the road!)
What do you know?

When the choices split
And the signs don’t show
You gotta pick a path
And let the other go

[Verse 3]
The horseman points
To the left-hand lane
The ape says,
“Buddy, are you insane?”

The horse goes right
Without a word
The rider screams
(That’s absurd!)

Found the answer
First, make the choice
Head to the light
Hear your voice

[Bridge]
Fork!
(In the road!)

Fork!
(What’s the code?)

Ahead!

(Where’s your head?)

Dread!

(What he said!)

Left!

(Right!)

Wrong!

(Or right?)

[Breakdown]
The horseman rides
The road divides
The moon hangs low
The river flows

A head rolls left
A horse rolls right
The ape runs screaming
Into the night!

[Instrumental]
[Galloping drums]
[Howling guitar]
[Spooky organ]

[Final Chorus]
Fork in the road!
(Fork in the road!)
Feelin’ like a dork!
(Heart might explode!)

Ahead in the road!
(A head in the road!)

[Final Refrain]
The headless horseman said:
“What’s that on the road…”
(A head)
Dread…
(If it is mine)

This hairless ape…
(Lookin’ for escape)
… in the nick of time

[Outro]
Fork in the road…

Pick a side…

Off with the pride!

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderLost and Found

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Deep Sub Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Drum Fills]

[Intro]
I took a wrong turn
(Another bridge… burn)
Followed every road
(Just increasing my load)

Looking for an answer
I couldn’t quite explain
Chasing down a feeling
Through sunshine, storm, and rain

[Verse 1]
I was lost in the noise
Lost in the crowd
Lost in the questions
That shouted too loud
[Refrain]
I was lost
(And… at what cost?)
Now I’ve found
(The meanings in the sound)

[Verse 2]
I found a little rhythm
In the beating of the rain
Found a little harmony
On the other side of the pain

Found a voice in the distance
Found a hand reaching out
Wanting to learn all about
Moving beyond fear and doubt

[Chorus]
Lost and found
(Found and lost)
Turn it around
(What’s the cost?)

[Refrain]
I was lost
(And… at what cost?)
Now I’ve found
(The meanings in the sound)

[Bridge]
What if you don’t know?
(I don’t know!)
What if feel the flow?
(Say: That’s okay!)

We can learn together
We can search around
Is the “whether”
… hidden in the sound?

And if we lose our way
We don’t have to stay
We can turn around
And find another way

[Instrumental]
Listen to the sound…
(Found all around…)

[Refrain]
I was lost
(And… at what cost?)
Now I’ve found
(The meanings in the sound)

[Final Chorus]
Lost and found
(Found and lost)
Turn it around
(Troubles? Tossed.)

Loving others
(Like sisters… brothers)
Listen to the sound
(The meaning… of… love)
Of love!

[Outro]
I was lost…
(But now I’ve found)

I was lost…
(And now I hear)
It’s right here
(Hear?!?!)

The meaning…
(In the sound)

Found.

From the album I Dunno

bookmark_borderStick in the Mud

[Silence]

[Instrumental Intro: Deep Sub Bass, Echoed Guitar Swells, Slow Tribal Percussion, Low-Frequency Drone Building From Near-inaudible Rumble]

[Intro]
Well, the water came down
And the river ran wide
Mud in the middle
And nowhere to hide

[Verse 1]
I was standing on solid ground
Or so I thought I was
Then the rain came pounding down
And changed the way it does

[Refrain]
Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
Don’t you know
(Stuck here after the flood)

Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
There I go
(Down with the rising flood)

[Verse 2]
Grain by grain
Stone by stone
Raise the strain
Submerged home

[Bridge]
You can call it mud
You can call it flow
You can call it trouble
When you see it go

[Breakdown]
Stick!
(In the mud!)

Slip!
(Into the flood!)

Roll!
(Here we go!)

Goal?
(Do you know)

[Instrumental]
[Dirty piano riff / slide guitar / stomping drums]

[Refrain]
Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
Don’t you know
(Stuck here after the flood)

Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
There I go
(Stuck here after the flood)

[Outro]
Oh, oh, oh…
(Just a stick in the mud)

Don’t you know…
(Stuck here after the flood)

Just a stick…
(Just a in the thick…)
Just a stick in the mud.

From the album Fluidization