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1) Dog in the Yard

Well…. I’m a Dog out in the Yard

And I’m Barking at the Moon

I don’t know just why I’m Howling

But I’ll keep on Calling ‘till you Answer

 

Well…. I’m a Cat up on the Fence

And I’m singing with the boys

My serenade is crying out

And I’ll keep on Singing ‘till you answer

 

Well…. I’m a Hamster on the Wheel

Running round and round and round and

I’m loosing track of why I’m spinning

But I’ll keep on Running ‘till I find you

 

Well…. I’m a Dog out in the Yard

And I’m Howling at the Moon

I don’t know just why I’m Barking

But I’ll keep on Calling ‘till you Answer

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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2) Sounds Familiar

I hear the story that you’re selling me

Sometimes you’re looking but you still don’t see

It might be hard for you to comprehend

That Sounds Familiar, Here we go again

 

You’re talking big, but can you see it through

Those big ‘ol bites can be so hard to chew

Can you deliver all that you intend?

That Sounds Familiar, Here we go again

 

I wonder if you words are true this time

You got some work to do to change my mind

A broken record that you just can’t mend

That Sounds Familiar, Here we go again

 

Sometimes you dive in way over your head

You can’t remember all your promises

You really need to reconsider my friend

That Sounds Familiar, Here we go again

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

 

3) Sticky

Image plays to an empty room

Stand in the hall as I'm waiting

Hear the blades make their hum and whine

Oddly familiar as I'm waiting

 

I’m breathing again

With you it's coming out again

 

Shadow hangs in the shadeless window

Neon glows as I'm waiting

Drifting back upon the slanting floor

Feel the fall as I'm waiting

 

I'm breathing again...but I'm sticky

 

Sense the breath from the city streets

Taste the air as I take it in

But I’m…

 

In your eyes I could not believe

Your words gave me inspiration

On my hands your love is stained

My heart reborn...

 

Laying open as the walls close in

Laugh at fate as I'm waiting

Raise my arms to the sheltering sky

Sign of peace as I'm waiting

 

I'm breathing again...but I'm sticky

 

Barren bulb swings to mock the sun

See the future in your red footsteps

With you I'm coming out again

But I‘m…

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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4) Enshrine Me

Glory be to those who’ve passed

She’s found a way to make you last

Put your name and the date and RIP

On the window of her car for all to see  

 

He was flyin' down the road in his new GT

Blowin' .28 and thinking he could see

An opening in the train that was wider than a mike

Marked now by a cross with his picture and a smile

 

    Enshrine me; keep your dreams alive forever

    Enshrine me, build a temple to my pain for all to see

 

My girl is turned on when I make her lick

Your name above Jesus on a crucifix

I inked it on my chest when they gunned you down

For pushing crack and speed on their sacred ground

 

When the plane when down it was a horrible site

The carnage and the metal twisted burning bright

But today it’s just a cornfield long and wide

With a monument and names carved on the side

 

    Enshrine me; keep my dreams alive forever

    Enshrine me; build a temple to your pain for all to see

 

The portal from this world is a fleeting thing

You think you have to save to minimize the sting

But as we pass on through we don’t know or care

How hard it is for you and your vacant stare

 

When I’m gone from here I hope that all you see

Are my ashes floating down from the highest tree

No service - no parade - no memorial event

To mark my time on Earth as significant

 

    Enshrine me; keep your dreams alive forever

    Enshrine me; build a temple to my pain for all to see

    

    Enshrine me; keep your dreams alive forever

    Enshrine me; build a temple to my pain for all to see

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

 

5) Here We Go Again

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6) Forecast

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7) Storm

The Thunder sends a Warning,     Better Hide Yourself Away

The Thunder sends a Warning,     Better Hide Yourself Away 

The Angry Storm approaches, Can you Hear what is has to Say ?

 

The Wind it is a Howling,            The Rain is Pounding Down

The Wind it is a Howling,            The Rain is Pounding Down 

Gonna take Your mighty oak tree, Bring it to the Ground

 

The Lightning splits the Sky,      Sends a Shiver down your Spine

The Lightning splits the Sky,      Sends a Shiver down your Spine

Where is your Salvation?  Do You still have Time ?

 

The Waters are a Rising,            We’re Bracing for the Flood

The Waters are a Rising,            We’re Bracing for the Flood

Will it Wash away your Sins, or leave you Drowning in the Mud ?

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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8) Balance

Surf on a Cloud     Heart beats Aloud

Wind in my Hair    Have not a Care    But I know

There’s a Bumpy Ride up ahead    Give Me Balance

 

Cuttin a Line    Hangin in Time

Jump off the Ledge    Search for my Edge and I hope

I can find a Way    Find My Balance

 

Take what it Gives     Give what it takes

Carve out a Path    Don’t Move too Fast    Close My Eyes

And I’ll see it Through    Give Me Balance

 

I Might Stumble and Fall    But I hear you Call

Try to Sustain    But I cannot Regain    What I was

Can you Lift me Up    Give me Balance 

 

Head Over Heels    Spinning My Wheels

Dizzy Indeed from that Amsterdam Weed    Well I find

It’s a Crazy World    Can’t Find My Balance

 

Touchin the Sky    Almost can Fly

Coming back Down to Rest on the Ground    Is that all ?

Or, Can we go again    Find that Balance

 

Surf on a Cloud my Heart Beats Aloud

Frozen in Time with Rhythm and Rhyme and We Dance

Yes you Pick me Up    Give Me Balance

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

 

9) I Don't Know

Ask you Once,  Ask you Again,    

Your Answers fade my Friend

You left me hangin, Where did you Go ?

You say …..I Don’t Know

                                                                                                            Where’d you go? 

                                                                                                            You don’t know

Tell me now, Are times so Tough?

My pockets aren’t deep enough

Time to pay me back, Need your cash to Flow

You say…..I Don’t Know

                                                                                                            Where’d it go? 

                                                                                                            You don’t know

You say you need a Favor,  And you’re askin Please

Why am I handin’ you my Keys?

Now my cars Downtown,    Why was it Towed?

You say…..I Don’t Know
                                                                                                            Where’d you go? 

                                                                                                            You don’t know


You been Chasin’ that Redhead for a while,

But now she’s givin me a smile

So I made my play,  Cause you move too slow

What gives, well...I Don’t Know

                                                                                                            Will she go? 

                                                                                                            You’ll never know

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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10) Forever in Twilight

Was it something she said, was it something she did,

I guess they’ll never know

 

But here they are again, and they’re wondering why,

Hate comes so fast and change so slow

 

So many times, Pride turns to Pain

Pain turns to something they know isn’t right

So they sit by the themselves, not saying a word

They stare out into the amber light

 

Forever In Twilight, Darkness ahead the Sun behind

Searching for Peace on the Edge of Time

 

Time after time, Over and over again,

We see the Lights turn from Green to Red

The traffic stops and the Fighting starts,

We soon Forget what was really said

Here was are again, those who really care

But what can we do in a world so Strange

Just stand on the Corner like a man on the Street

We Watch and Wait for the light to Change

 

Its Gonna Change, And they know, As time goes on, they both have to grow

 

They are apart as the Sun goes down

They take their refuge at home

Her Heart on the Floor, her Hand by the Phone

He wants to be close, but feels so alone

And here they are again, They’re wondering why

Every Time it turns out the Same

But with a distant Smile they look to the sky

The Sun will rise Again

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

 

11) Possibilities

Oh….. I’m takin’ a walk through the Possibilities

Surfin’ on a wave of silence, that’s crashin’ down to change the face of what used to be

Oh…. The sands of time flow to new realities

A splash of thought sends ripples out, distorting all of my philosophies

 

Shout it out,  Let your mind explode

Feel it,  Taste it,  Hear those words that echo

How well can you see with your eyes closed

  

Hea----venly bodies call out so seductively

Gravity ain’t much to me, on my shooting star I can paint the sky

Oh…… the watchful eyes of constellations envy me

Soothing beams of light caressing, feels so good I don’t stop to ask why

 

Yeah….. Got to send a vibe, make this old world obsolete

Plant the seeds of paradise, and we’ll grow a garden void of lies and deceit

Oh…. The groove of life warms my soul with rhythmic heat

Your imagination makes this kaleidoscopic picture so complete

 

And the Voice Inside your Head says……

  

And where shall we go ?

                                                The distance from Here to There

                                                From Me to You

                                                From Now ‘till Then                                                                                                                    Continues to Grow

 

 And what do we desire ?

                                                That which we seek for You and I

                                                For Us and Ours

                                                For Them and Theirs

                                                 Our Passion Fuels the Fire

 

 

And what shall we do ?

                                                Will we turn for Better or Worse

                                                For Give or Take

                                                Forward or Back

                                                  Possibilities – So Many, So Few

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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12) Bring it Back

Take Me  -   Far away from here

Take Me  -   Make me disappear

Break this mirror of illusion,    Escape into the clear

 

Feel it  -  Falling from the sky

Feel it  -  Don’t let it pass you by

Searching for the meaning,   Always asking why

 

Heaven  -  It’s closer than you think

Heaven  - You’ll miss it if you blink

Your contract with your Maker,    Penned in disappearing ink

 

Reach Out  -  Find what you have lost

Reach Out  -  Reclaim what you once tossed

The value of this treasure,   Far outweighs the cost

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

 

13) Angel

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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14) Drivin'

Drivin – Yeah I’m drivin all around the world

Drivin – Drive a thousand miles to see my girl

Drivin – I’ve been away for oh so long

Drivin – Now its time to come on home

Drive me crazy, don’t you know

Drive my car through the desert or the snow

You drive me wild, you know you’re my delight

Well I’m shifting gears honey, gonna make it home tonight

 

Drivin – Got the blues on the AM radio

Drivin – Oh these yocals drive so slow

Drivin – Traffic jams, you know I might be late

Drivin – Hold on tight and I ‘ll make it worth the wait

 

Chorus

Drivin – I had to ease it into first

Drivin – Second gear, make her moan the worst

Drivin – Red line hot as I slide it into third

Drivin – Do the round trip, Can’t say another word

Chorus

 

Drivin – Yeah I’m drivin all around the world

Drivin – Drive a thousand miles to see my girl

Drivin – I’ve been away for oh so long

Drivin – Now its time to come on home

Drive me crazy, don’t you know

Drive my car through the desert or the snow

You drive me wild, you know you’re my delight

Well I’m shifting gears honey…………..

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

 

15) Chinese Stove

Woke up in a big old Hole

Got a Chinese Stove and a Lump of Coal

Some Things you just can’t Control

Looking back to the Grassy Knoll

 

Won the Prize, but I lost my Soul

Got a Chinese Stove but I need more Coal

Some Things you just can’t Control

From the Bottom of the Totem Pole

  

Living Large I was on a Roll

Got a Chinese Stove and a Load of Coal

Some Things you just can’t Control

Knock me Down, now I’m on Paroll

 

Sometimes you gotta pay the Toll

Got a Chinese Stove but I’m outa Coal

Some Things you just can’t Control

OB tripped and smashed my bowl

 

Find yourself in a big old Hole

Looking back on your Grassy Knoll

Some Things you just can’t Control

All I Got is a Chinese Stove and a Lump of Coal

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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16) Kaos

Light and Sound            All Around             Feels Good to Me

Bang and Flash              Cymbal Crash        Color Splash          Sweet Anarchy

The Truth Remains         You Can’t Keep Dry              When Chaos Rains

 

 

Scream and Shout           Smile and Pout                Emotions Fly

Cuss and Spit        Take a Hit             Pitch a Fit            You Laugh you Cry

You Can’t Refrain                  So, Pour it On                        When Chaos Rains

 

Crash and Burn            Twist and Turn                Hypnotic Trance

Drop and Roll       Save your Soul          Pay the Toll              You’ve got a Chance

You Can’t Maintain          Oh, Shelter Me                       When Chaos Rains

Run and Hide             Slip and Slide               It comes and Goes

Lost and Found          Come Unwound         Shaky Ground          Confusion Flows

You Can’t Constrain          We’re Soaking Wet                    When Chaos Rains

  

Swirling Noise           Astounding Joys             Surrounding You

Sirens Blare           Solar Flare            Stop and Stare          Can this be True

You Can’t Explain                  Overflow                                   When Chaos Rains

Sugar and Salt              Hops and Malt                The Potion Brews

Scratch and Sniff       Take a Wiff          Light a Spliff          Panic Ensues

You Can’t Restrain          Thunder Rolls                          When Chaos Rains

  

Spark and Flame           Who’s to Blame             For What we Do

Smoke and Fire              The biggest Liar            Just might be You

Lighting Strikes                   When Chaos Rains

  

Hit and Run                     The Smoking Gun             Is in your Hands

Smash and Grab            Take a Stab                              The fractured Plan

Shelter Me                       When Chaos Rains

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

 

17) Picture of You

Got a picture of you,     Always makes me smile

And I wish it would last,     More than a little while

 

I can still hear that song,   The one you loved to sing

Where you were the queen,   Maybe I’m the king

 

A Photograph of You

Capturing the Time,     A Place that we Once Knew

 

You’re such delicate glass,   Fragile- handle with care

But those same hurtful words,   With me you’re not aware

 

I loved to watch how you played,    You’re part that lights up the stage

The script is written for you,    I turn an empty page

We would dance in and out,   Of the lovers own

While you two step and tango,  I’m waltzing all alone

 

That light that shines on your face,  Creates a shadow for me

And the warmth that you feel,  leaves me cold and empty

 

Got a picture of you,   Always makes me smile

Do you still think of me…….

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

 

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18) Hidden in the Mist

Step into the misty night,  Rain upon My face

Walk in quiet reticence,  Feel its warm embrace

Hidden in the Mist Again

Walk the Path that has no End

 

Can I shed my transgressions?, By searching for the light

But this cloud of introspection, Obscures me out of sight

Hidden in the Mist Again

Walk the Path that has no End

 

I can’t see too far ahead,  Don’t want to look behind

The weight of guilt and weaknesses,   the fog distorts my mind

Hidden in the Mist Again

Walk the Path that has no End

 

I’m so lost, I can’t see you,   And now you can’t see me

Slip into the solitude,   That’s all I want to be

Hidden in the Mist Again

Walk the Path that has no End

 

© 2007 Bishop-Furman-Placek-Weiss

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