Well I hope you're safe on those old Virginia shores I'll see you soon All the while you've been gone I've been hoping That that book ain't changing you And when you open up those airlock doors I'll be waiting on the other side And when you return, I guess we will see if people can change in time Oh Doctor! Oh Captain! Oh Riverboatman! When the wind whispers lies of uncharted lands When the sands fill your lungs, and the blood it runs thin Don't forget where you began, you'll always be home my friend When you set out for your voyage, they batten down all the hatches So you can't hear any sound They say that nothing can hurt you when you're this far underwater But there's people out side that you won't hear drown When the torpedoes are aimed at the people you miss most And the coastlines of Heaven are so far from home You can come back or not, but I'll be up all night Either way I love you brother, and I'll see you in another life Oh Doctor! Oh Captain! Oh Riverboatman! When the wind whispers lies of uncharted lands When the sands fill your lungs, and the blood it runs thin Don't forget where you began, you'll always be home my friend Oh Doctor! Oh Captain! Oh Riverboatman! When the wind whispers lies of uncharted lands Don't listen to them, they only see your sins Not the great man that you've always been

Down in the valley of my soul Where the silent men walk and weep I may have finally found a purpose In this great solidarity In this great solidarity Now that I have found a road that I can take I can shed all my insecurities The ones that I keep buried deep down in my chest Now I can finally breathe Now I can finally breathe Anxiety is an avalanche You won't see it coming 'till you're dead And it'll make it seem so wrong It'll all seem wrong in your head It'll all seem wrong in your head It'll all seem wrong in your head 'Till you fall asleep, or you're dead There's a voice in my head asking me where I think I'm going And I tell him that I go where I want Cause the past may be littered by the bones that you break, But the path is just the steps that you take And the road may seem uncertain at first But the past is where you make your mistakes

Humans, when we write poetry and songs, try to relate ourselves to nature and all our moms, but we never once pause to see the inconvinent truth, that we are not 'like' nature, but part of a whole. Not similar, but one and the same. These processes are driving me insane. Tectonic movements, and tidal currents abound, chemical reactions, and seasonal migrations across these age old bridges of stone. Expeditions not into the 'heart of darkness', but into the hearts of men climbing like vines over rocks, far up to the lonely peaks where summit celebrates man, and man celebrates life The only goal I've ever achieved that makes me feel alive ----- The grassy floors of the rainshadow are so loud at night those high alpine ridges are the walls of my house. And if these walls could talk, my house would be screaming, and I just want to know the meaning... of it all. ----- I'll lock the doors, if you flush the keys and we can live together in harmony for the first time since people have been people I'll get the packs, if you get the car We can sit up under the billions of stars And wonder who we are ----- I'll get the grub, if you grab the chairs We can sit up in the clouds and talk about the things we fear Divorce, obesity, girls and poverty All functions of this broken society Except girls, because I'm just scarred of rejection... But I'm getting better But I'm getting better With every word that I sing, I am home on the range And I'll never leave my home again With every word that I sing, I go a little less insane In my brain, in my brain, in my brain With every word that I sing, I am home on the range And I'll never leave my home again And if these walls could talk, my house would be screaming And I just want to know the meaning Of it all, of it all ------ With every word that I sing I am home on the range And I'll never be along again

Old age will come for you someday, And all the wild old men will celebrate the young. That's because, they have so far left t run. One day that could be you my brothers & my sons. I miss my grandfather, he died far to young He was an engineer, and a farmer, and a warrior 'till the day he was done And I wish I would've known him, so much better. I wish I would've eaten all the breakfasts that he made me on a platter. Oh why do the good die young? Why do they have to die at all? Why do the good die young? Why do they have to die at all? 2 3 4 Everywhere I go, I keep his compass close, In my jacket pocket, so I can find my way home. Every day that I wake up, I drink some orange juice. He said son, a cup a day will keep you alive and well. old age will come for me someday But I'm not scarred of it, as long as it doesn't take me too soon. But I'll admit it brother, no I don't want to die, But I'm not scarred of death, as long as it doesn't take me too soon *Chorus* Oh why do the good die young? Why do the have to die at all? Why does there have to be a good and a bad? No, I don't believe in it at all.

Longs nights spent in the same room Car rides that seemed infinite at the time And all we'd ever do was look out the window At the people that we were passing by And now that I'm older I've grown Into someone who loves everyone he meets And if they don't have a home, I'll give them one here in my heart So they can have a place to sleep And now that I'm older I've grown Into someone who falls in love with everyone he meets And if they fade to memories I'll keep them near my chest Where I hide all my other insecurities My teacher once told me that I would stop caring About what other people think of me But that's just not in the cards right now And I don't know when it is supposed to be Maybe now that I'm older I'll grow Into someone who doesn't care what others think of him And I'm so scared of pain cause I have been there before, and Now I won't take any more risks But I am the real article Most days I like me for who i am And I may talk too much, and say too little But don't we all, don't we all, don't we all? Don't we all, don't we all, don't we all?

Maybe we're all just cogs in some grand machine And I know that you're worried that you're not where you're sopoused to be Right here, right now, and I know how, you got here Through thirteen billion years of cause and effect The atoms in your body have not always been like that They were forged in the core of a star long ago And now they're asking me, "How am I suppoused to know What to do?" and so I say to you, Live your life and only do the things that you want to I believe not in a higher power, but in cause and effect I believe in self-written destiny, but also that we're products of our envionments Just ask any psychopath, how great their family was to them And then go ask all the fish in the sea, oh how they like the dams Maybe we're all just cogs interacting with gears And gears turning the hand on a clock And that clock may not have some grand purpose But it will keep on ticking Cause we're still moving, still interacting And nothing's gonna stop us, no, nothing's gonna stop me From loving every human being that I meet, or getting to the places that I want to be Like going into space, or maybe staying close to home And eraticating all the bigottry and hatred in the world Cause we're all fish in one big bowl, and that's something that everybody need to know

One day I met the devil down at the old bus stop he didn't know where he was goin' he didn't know where he'd get off He said to me, son, don't end up like me I ain't ever had a home or a lover or a family to set me free And I've been riding these roads for twenty long years, and I think I'm dying cause I've been having trouble breathin' I've been having trouble feeling anything at all and I've been trying my whole godamn life Well I've been following his advice every chance that i get, and if I keep running, maybe, someday, I'll get over it If I keep on running, maybe someday, I'll come back Well, dead men tell no tales but as long as there's still air in your lungs keep breathin'. Well, Dead men tell no lies but as long as there's still blood in you veins keep livin', keep living on One day I saw the devil while I was running down the road And when I kept on runnin' he called out after my soul "son, if you keep runnin', you'll die hungry and cold." And I think I've finally found a family to call my own, a place that doesn't make me feel so godamn alone No, nothing can hurt you if your house is made out of stone. Well, dead men tell no tales but as long as there's still air in your lungs keep breathin' Well, Dead men tell no lies but as long as there's still blood in you veins keep livin', keep living on One day I met the devil, down at the old cross roads I made a deal with him that made me feel so tired and old This bottle of whiskey can't drive away the cold This bottled-up lightning cant mend my broken bones

Say goodbye every time that you leave, Say I love you every time you say goodbye, Cause you might not get another chance, To see that person alive. To see that person alive. I was reading high in the mountains, When a giant bald eagle flew by, I looked him straight in the eye, and I saw They were made out of galaxies. They were made out of galaxies. I saw everyone that I'd ever known, Everyone that I'd ever cared about, Hanging onto a single mote of dust, Suspended in a sunbeam. Suspended in a sunbeam. Say goodbye every time that you leave, Say I love you every time you say goodbye, Cause you might not get another chance, To see that person alive. To see that person alive. They say that everyone dies twice, Once when our body meets our grave, And again when the last person that loves us, For the final time says our name. For the final time says our name. We only have what we remember, And sometimes, all I remember is me. Don't be like me, remember all your friends. They will be your legacy.

Last night i had a dream and i woke up with a fright I was in a field of wheat for the better part of the night My parents and my dog were there my little sister too The sky was blue and the clouds were white, but i didn't notice you My grandpa, he came walking up a long dirt road I ran to him and asked him why he knew what i didn't know He said son you have a very long way to go, And you don't nee to know where you're going, 'cause you've already got a home It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart I walked into a garden, filled with many crops Across the rich brown soil tread a small brown fox My dog barked up a storm at him and he scurried away As the storm clouds cleared I could've sword that I saw the break of day And then his barks were overcome by a sound that had heart, like the beating of a drum I turned and I looked, out to the sea The waves there were huge, and they were coming for me. As the waves crashed down upon us, I was overcome by fear My puppy he stood beside me, defiant in the face of the danger And the the waves all came together, forming a giant wall And as they all crashed down upon us, I swore I heard someone call. It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart It's here in you chest son it's here in your heart

When you're one of 24 but your odds are 20,000 against you And the man you trust your life with, the man that you came with has betrayed you You're the tribute from your district, a volunteer to protect the ones you love And everyone's seeing that you're dying, and there's nothing that is coming from above And you know you're losing hope, and you know you can't hold on any longer But you've got your pin of courage, and 100,000 people behind you When you're the simple sign of hope, but you're hopeless And you're trying you're best to stay focused Well, know you're not alone, you're not alone And when the night falls, all you have are trees You try you're best to get a good nights sleep But when you're being hunted, you find it kind of hard relax Haunted by the thought that the next day could be your last It may feel like the whole world's against you, and so what if they are All the best rebellions, are about something worth fighting for While not very many people care if you live or die Those you thought against you, are really by your side Oh Know you're not alone, you're not alone All you need's a spark, to change the world forever I'll call you a hero as long as that change is for the better The world needs people who put others infront of themselves The world needs people who will stand and fight the wolves Even when they know that this battle will be their last They've always got hope that the cause that they fought for will last And if this battle ends me, dont let the world change me I died being me, and that's what I want to be Cause I know I'm not alone, I'm not alone Oh I know I'm not alone, I'm not alone