Paul’s Camera

My best friend’s from New Orleans
Sees the world the way it should be
When I’m sad I like to borrow his eyes
It gives me a sense of surprise

These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long-distance call
The way Paul’s camera follows us in slo-mo
I want to record it all (record it all)

Had a girlfriend from N.Y.C.
Sees the world as a place to achieve
When I’m down I like to borrow her eyes
She gives me a sense of drive

These are the days of borrow and sorrow
This is the long margin call
The way our bank books follow us in slo-mo
I wanna reverse it all (reverse it all)

Don’t lose focus, don’t lose fight
Don’t give in to the night
Take your picture, build your scene
Don’t be afraid of extremesDon’t be afraid of extremes

My lifeblood’s a melodyTakes me where, I want to be
When I’m lost, I like to search for that prize
It gives my old spirit a rise

These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long-distance call
The way Paul’s camera follows us in slo-mo
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long-distance call
The way Paul’s camera follows us in slo-mo
I want to reverse it all (reverse it all)

Orange Ball

Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball

I want to thank you for every day
I want to thank you for every ray
I feel so grateful that I gets to play
In the warmth you’ve shown, to my home
In the warmth you’ve shown, to my home

Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball

You burn so brightly, from so far away
You keep on shining, even through the haze
Your chain reaction, like a pathway
To the warmth you’ve shown to my home
To the warmth you’ve shown to my home

Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball
Hello orange ball

I want to thank you for every day
I want to thank you for every ray
I feel so grateful that I gets to play
In the warmth you’ve shown, to my home
In the warmth you’ve shown, to my home
In the warmth you’ve shown, to my home

Open Strings

I want to see you again
And make you more than a friend
I want to swim in your world
And let you hold me up

Every day we see the road we’re on
Every day we’re incomplete
The desire for what we want
Is bustin’ out at the seems

On open strings (strings)
On open strings (strings)
On open strings

I want to be young again
And make the world my friend
I want to swim in its love
And let that hold me up

Every day we see the road we’re on
Every day we’re incomplete
The desire for what we want
Is bustin’ out at the seems

On open strings (strings)
On open strings (strings)
On open strings

On open strings (strings)
On open strings (strings)
On open strings

Tender Warrior

Tender warrior you’re fighting
To the death for something shining
On a hill you can’t stop climbing
For a truth there’s no denying
Pyrrhic victories they fade into defeat
Though the memories remain they’re incomplete

With the moon the own glides
In the stillness, she claims her prize
Huntress wins her nightly meal
For the prey, no chance to appeal
Carbon chains they break into energy’s flight
Through violent days, but tender is the night

Tender warrior you’re winning
In a game with no beginning
Just an end we do not choose
In a play we cannot recuse
Sadness rains but smiles come in between
And the struggle remains the heart of the scene

Tender warrior you’re fighting
To the death for something shining
On a hill you can’t stop climbing
For a truth there’s no denying
For a truth there’s no denying
For a truth there’s no denying

Our Own History

Come on darlin don’t be afraid
Sit in front of me so I can do your braid
Might be loose, might be frayed
You make it look good anyway

And then will drive down to the lake
Dig our toes in the sandy wake
Wet and wild and free
Makin’ our own history
Today, hey, hey, ee, yay, ee, yay

Come on honey, don’t be late
Jump right in and let’s escape
Roll out to Vegas on I-15
Take it to the Strip so we can make a scene

At the chapel that is white
For the best day of our lives
Wet and wild and free
Makin’ our own history
Today, hey, hey, ee, yay, ee, yay
Hey, hey, hey, ee, yay, ee, yay

Come on baby let me see your eyes
Truth is that they never lie
What I know is what I need
We can be the best that we can be

At the tempo that is life
As husband and as wife
Wet and wild and free
Cause nothing gets between
Makin our own history
Makin our own history
Makin our own history
Today, hey, hey, ee, yay, ee, yay
Hey, hey, hey, ee, yay, ee, yay
Hey, hey, hey, ee, yay, ee, yay
Today!

Indian Scout

Don’t you hold back your tears
Let em flow down your chiseled cheeks
Steady rain drops on a mountain’s face
Over millions of years
Is this the pathway to oblivion?
Or is there more to what this seems?

Ooohhhhhh, like an Indian scout
With his ear to the ground, I’m listenin’
Just say the word and like a buffalo herd
I’ll thunder home to victory

Live your days for yourself
Don’t let them tell you that it’s a crime
Make your plans and then you decide
What to do with your years
Keep your mind on the righteous path
Cause there is more to what this seems

Ooohhhhhh, like an Indian scout
Riding tall and proud through the Badlands
I’ve felt the stings of the arrows and slings
But I won’t let it slip through my hands

Ooohhhhhh, like an Indian scout
With his ear to the ground, I’m listenin’
Just say the word and like a buffalo herd
I’ll thunder home to victory
Ooohhhhhh, like an Indian scout
Riding tall and proud through the Badlands
I’ve felt the stings of the arrows and slings
But I won’t let it slip through my hands

Girl In Austin

Lipstick on your glass remains
Like tattoos calling out my name
Onyx hair and eyes like coal
Seepin’ deep into my soul

I’m not the type to stop and glare
But I just couldn’t lose your stare
Haunted by your healing glance
Music played and I had to dance

Mesmerizing like a flame
A feeling that I cannot name
Like the battle I just fought in

Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin

Pain of war had filled my brain
What did I do in my country’s name?
Lost myself and I lost my hold
Demons tryin’ to take control
Then I saw you standing there
Felt the light of your tender air
No longer haunted by my past
I finally let myself advance

Mesmerizing like a flame
A feeling that I cannot name
Or the spirit I got lost in

Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin

Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin

Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin
Thinking of a girl in Austin

What It Means

Teach me how to feel and what a sense of life means
Show me the way that things ought to be
Lift up my mind with your mind and you will see that

Hopes and fears and chasing dreams
This is what it means
Smiles and cries and making memories
This is what it means

There will surely be a few dark nights where we can’t see
We can’t let this fact of life cloud the skies of destiny
The little arrows, yeah, they sting but really don’t mean a thing, cause

Hopes and fears and chasing dreams
This is what it means
Smiles and cries, and making memories
This is what it means

Teach me how to feel and what a sense of life means

Un-Rearranged

What’s the weather over there?
Out here it’s nice and clear
Ain’t no cloudy in the sky
I wanna know the reason why

Things unquestioned never change
Nothing gets better
Un-rearranged

You know life’s a risky game
But we play it just the same
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Sometimes the price is pain

The world’s a dragon we can tame
Understanding what’s in our own frame
Things unquestioned never change
Nothing gets better
Un-rearranged

The world’s a dragon we can tame
Understanding what’s in our own frame
Things unquestioned never change

Nothing gets better
Nothing gets better
Nothing gets better
Un-rearranged
Un-rearranged
Un-rearranged

What’s the weather over there?
Out here it’s nice and clear