IT'S ALL GOOD The slope is slick the fog got thick I don’t know nothing bout standard shift except it is what it is and it’s all good Dangerous curves round a drop dead cliff my whole life flashes as I hit the skids And it is what it is and it’s all good Been mislead, been misunderstood Been double-crossed now I’m twice as good I wouldn’t change it if I could. Why? When it’s all good. Siren’s song stole my soul spiraled me into a big black hole Took a long strange trip but it’s all good Tried to be savior, learned a few tricks Gathered a crowd of the wounded and sick Said there’s gotta be more than this and it’s all good Became the fad in the days of Fluff Gave it all I had till they called my bluff Now there’s a statue where I stood and it cries. It’s all good Now the stage is set I hit my cue The curtain’s stuck I just can’t get through That’s just the way that it is but it’s all good So I sell my soul to pay my debt At the end of the day there ain’t a whole lot left Just a little itty bit but it’s all good Some need a hook, some need a hammer I need a stiff drink and a pair of pajamas I did the best that I could it’s all mine And it’s all good credits

HEART OF LOVE I don’t fi t where I used to roll I’m a square peg you’re the circular hole Something’s ‘bout to break I can feel it in my bones Like a pawn on a checkerboard my little move doesn’t count anymore Love gets strange when it’s left too long alone I been distant I’ve been mean got caught in the wake of a runaway dream When I awoke I didn’t recognize you You got so tall baby, you got guts I get the point, enough’s enough Time to either lose or find you I ask the moon and the stars above Who put the spark in the heart of love If you’ve got to ask, buddy you’re past the point I’m coming back with the hocus pocus Gonna get this whole picture back in focus Gonna put a brand new spark in the heart of love Gonna wave my wand make the whole place shake Hypnotize till you levitate I’m a pro baby, don’t try this by yourself Gonna mix some potions, try some spells Swing that hammer till I ring that bell I won’t stop till every prize is off the shelf I ask the moon and the stars above Who put the spark in the heart of love If you’ve got to ask, then buddy what’s the point I’m coming back with some hocus pocus Gonna get this whole picture back in focus Gonna put a brand new spark in the heart of love It’s all possible if you believe the way we were is the way we can be Scrap your plans baby take it slow Clear the decks I’m coming in low gonna put a brand new spark in the heart of love

SCARF FROM ELVIS With handful of change she buys herself a spritzer Sheʼs a thrift shop mixture Nothing matches nothing fits her She looks like Janis Joplin had she gotten old More than a little crazy, what a sight to behold Just pieces of a puzzle left for me to connect She wears a scarf from Elvis ʻround her neck She climbs into her handbag like a raccoon into trash Pulls out a silver dollar Lays it by her glass She says "Today is his birthday, heʼs 67, Come over have a beer weʼll toast The King in heaven Each year on this day I get as dressed as I can get I put this scarf from Elvis round my neck" Elvis in Vegas, 1972 Just hit the finish line of “The Wonder of You” Music is peaking, a kick and then a pose The crowd goes wild as he reaches the front row He takes his white silk scarf looks down and says Youʼll never forget, long as you live, The night Elvis laid his scarf around your neck The years disappear. From a life neglected Sheʼs Queen for a day The Kingʼs been resurrected Itʼs gonna be OK, everythingʼs alright At least on this day, at least for tonight Thereʼs party going on somewhere in her head A place all her own the wicked world canʼt wreck Something in her eyes I donʼt think that Iʼll forget Sheʼs got a scarf from Elvis ʻround her neck

GUINEVERE OF CAMELOT She was Guinevere of Camelot Those were happy years then they were not She took the fairy tale she changed the plot Guinevere of Camelot Had it all in days of yore He gave her everything she wanted more She made a mess caused a war Many deaths been laid at her door When she dreams sheʼs still the queen in a land that time forgot In that world, she has long red curls and a beauty spot Sheʼs Guinevere of Camelot She kept her loveliness, she kept her gold but thereʼs an emptiness way down in her soul Was it myth? Was it truth? Does she miss the madness Does she miss her youth When she dreams sheʼs still the queen in a land that time forgot In that world, she has long red curls and a beauty spot Sheʼs Guinevere of Camelot Life goes on ready or not You make your bed, you lie with what you got did what she did, still loves Lancelot Itʼs fine for what it is but not for what itʼs not Itʼs not Camelot

HEY GOD Hey God whatʼs my score Am I doing OK are you looking for more Are the rich judged differently than the poor Does one key open all the door Hey God to tell you the truth Iʼm more than a little bit confused By the choices made by the chosen few who claim theyʼre the way to get to you Are you young? Are you old? Are you sitting back? Are you in control? Hey God Am I letting you down Have I stayed too long in this tiny town Searching for gold in the lost and found Another minstrel Christian circus clown Hey God I need a little more time To purify my heart and mind You see I love you so but my loveʼs so blind Could you send me a heavenly one way sign Do you love us like a Mom loves her kids Would you stand behind no matter what we did Are you there in the clouds somewhere Ae you here anywhere Hey God with all due respect have we gone beyond your first concept Are we a God or a man-made mess Would you do it again without regrets Or hey God are we on our own Are all these answers still wind blown Or are they underneath every stone We stumble over on our way back home Is my soul under my control Am I just a fi sh in your fishbowl Are you there in the clouds somewhere Ae you here anywhere Hey God hope I didnʼt offend you With this convoluted prayerful hymn And whatever they are you still forgive my sins Now and forever Amen.

RAINBOW RING We met by the rocks on the waterside Sky was blue the tide was high Met as a group to say good-bye Our friend Tommy had died thatʼs why Mom and brother and sister and Dad A wife with a kid so brave so sad Everybody lit by his big bright life Now a broken bunch by the waterside Some made speeches some read poems Got me thinking bout Tommy in the great unknown I looked to the heavens saw the strangest thing All around the sun ran a rainbow ring A rainbow ring running ʻround the sun An eye in the sky watching everyone Tomʼs gone but he ainʼt done Heʼs running that rainbow around the sun Felt like an answer, felt like hope Felt like a punch line to a joke Iʼm not sure I get it but I know that itʼs good And everybodyʼs looking like they understood A rainbow ring running ʻround the sun An eye in the sky watching everyone Tomʼs gone but he ainʼt done Heʼs running that rainbow around the sun I stared and I swear I saw the damn thing blink Might have been a wink not a blink come to think Whatever, that message was loud and clear Thereʼs a lot more than this going on out there A rainbow ring running ʻround the sun An eye in the sky watching everyone Tomʼs gone but he ainʼt done Heʼs running that rainbow around the sun Now Iʼm seeing that ring in every sky Iʼm better at living less afraid to die Weʼre all just working on what we become And Tomʼs gone but he ainʼt done

DOMINOES Man at the bar pounds his fi st says Give me a vodka rocks and a twist Twist that twist from left to right I’ve already had a helluva night Just trying to make some sense of it Takes a long drag from a cigarette The smoke in this place could make you sick Picked a helluva time to try to quit It’s a helluva time There’s a jukebox voice from long ago Van Morrison singing domino He thinks of his wife as a young girl friend Had a helluva time with her back then Man at the bar looks at the TV Where they’re selling a tape of the great Ali Float like a butterfl y sting like a bee That’s a helluva a time analogy It’s a helluva time We’re all lined up like dominoes How did he did he did he how did he know All fall down like dominoes Now there’s a gas masked guy from the middle east They’ve dropped a bomb on that domino piece Man at the bar thinks of his son It’s a helluva time to turn twenty-one [CHORUS] He can see the future in his empty glass When he squints his eyes he can see the past His face on a soldier young and bold It’s a helluva time to be getting old It’s a helluva time Now the man at the bar pounds his fi st Another vodka make it quick The bartender points to the clock on the wall It’s a helluva time to miss last call It’s a helluva time We’re all lined up like dominoes All fall down like dominoes

ONE ICECUBE Hey Meg, Itʼs James John Fee Iʼm writing from a hole outside the DMZ in Vietnam. Do You remember me? Sat behind you in Chemistry Seems like a long time ago but tonight I miss my life and I miss my home Hey Meg donʼt know what to say I watched Danny Jackson die today he was my friend, a quarterback in high school an MVP, just a guy like me Sometimes I get so scared ʻtil I find your face and it takes me away from here Got no kids, Got no wife Never had much love in my life When I need a dream I always dream of you When the devil turns up the heat I have one ice cube No Meg havenʼt lost my mind Just grown too fast in to little time and I havenʼt grown good, Iʼve grown wild like a weed that strangles every truth I ever believed I killed some men, it was them or me they say that makes it OK, guess someday Iʼll see Got no kids, Got no wife Never had much love in my life When I need a dream I always dream of you When the devil turns up the heat I have one ice cube Thanks for your eyes, thanks for your hair and for all those lonely nights that you appear And please donʼt fret over feelings you lack ʻcause if your reading this then I wonʼt be back Theyʼll fi nd it in a pocket over my heart this envelop addressed to you In this hell you were my one ice cube

JUST LIKE THE OLD MAN The old man would have been old now if he hadn't died so young Probably be fat in and old man's hat, slow but no way done And I'd be so much better with that little more time See I got the old man's sparkle but I never got the old man's shine The old man had the answer, the old man knew his facts said "there's win and lose in every move, might as well step in and take your hacks, sometimes the wind's behind you son, sometime's it blows in your face, put one foot in front of the other if you want to move in either case" Sometimes I hear a whistle on the wind Just like the old man And it always brings me back home I can see him well and young again And I understand the best of what I am Is just like the old man The old man could have done better at least that's what I've been told Ran his race, second place, never got the gold But gold was not his motivation, gold was not his thing But man o man how he loved to live that life a little gold could bring Sometimes I hear a whistle on the wind Just like the old man And it always brings me back home I can see him well and young again And I understand the best of what I am Is just like the old man The old man wasn't easy, by design not by mistake Never sought an easy answer, never chose the easy way His search for buried treasure left behind some deep, deep holes The price paid for adventure that in the end defines my soul

I AM WHAT I AM Momma say on my first birthday “You’ll be great someday you’ll see, Probably be the Pope or the President, Your Highness or Your Excellency.” Although just a baby, me mind say maybe It wouldn’t be bad being King. But I’m just a kid stuck in a crib I can’t do much of anything.” So I tried to talk and I mumbled, tried to walk and I stumbled I am what I am and I’ve done what I can I don’t give a damn if you don’t understand I won’t play the part of your superstar What you see is what you get, what you get is what you see What you see and what you get is me Teacher say when I hit first grade You’ve a certain genius quality Like a young Einstein or Edison with a touch of Leonardo D. Just six years old and already told a genius is what I’ll have to be So I think everyday for a bright thing to say they could put down in history I tried to rush and I bumbled Tried push and was humbled I am what I am and I’ve done what I can I don’t give a damn if you don’t understand I won’t play the part of your superstar What you see is what you get, what you get is what you see What you see and what you get is me Big boss say when I ask for the raise “your potential has never been reached, You got all it takes to go all the way but first musty learn how to lead” I did the best I can became a corporate man had martinis with me ham and cheese I worked twice as hard got half as far and everybody hated me I tried to carry the ball and I fumbled, lost it all and I crumbled I am what I am and I’ve done what I can I don’t give a damn if you don’t understand I won’t play the part of your superstar What you see is what you get, what you get is what you see What you see and what you get is me Doctor say I should be OK with a little more therapy Anyway now, any day now I shall be released It took a little rest in the cuckoo’s nest to open up my eyes to see I may not be the best compared to the rest but compare the rest ain’t me Each piece fits in the puzzle, just find your place then there isn’t any trouble I am what I am and I’ve done what I can I don’t give a damn if you don’t understand I won’t play the part of your superstar What you see is what you get, what you get is what you see What you see and what you get is me credits

KEEP THAT CASKET CLOSED When I die, whoever’s left, honor my last request I’m sure that I won’t look my best, so keep that casket closed I wont mind being dead, being seen is what I dread Laid out like a moose’s head, so keep that casket closed Keep that casket closed boys, keep that casket closed Lock the door, shut out the lights, let me decompose I’ll see you in the after-life, keep that casket closed It may sound vain, it may sound trite, even dead you got some rights I was judged enough in life so keep that casket closed His hands look old, his hair’s too neat He looks at peace, doesn’t he? Well if he looks at peace he don’t look like me So keep that casket closed Keep that casket closed boys, keep that casket closed Lock the door, shut out the lights, let me decompose I’ll see you in the after-life, keep that casket closed Please don’t think me morbid, it’s just a fact of life Live each day like it’s your last and one day you’ll be right Fight for your life as though your gonna win Then you lose and when you lose no need to rub it in Keep that casket closed boys, keep that casket closed Lock the door, shut out the lights, let me decompose I’ll see if there's an after-life, keep that casket closed If you let me down you’ll pay the price, I’ll become your poltergeist I suggest you take my advice and keep that casket closed

UFO SONG I was tired and cold on a winter's day Made up my mind I was getting away Anyplace warm with palm trees and sun Red hot women and lots of rum I took the FDR towards JFK Saw a UFO coming my way Saucer shape with flashing lights God almighty, what a sight The next thing I know I was flying through the air My car and all but I didn't care Cause the price was right and I was getting away from here Well, I got to their ship and I can't believe There's these little green men, like little E.T.s Looking up my nose, poking at my teeth Counting my toes they were smelling my feet They said "tell me all you know ‘bout your history" I said "It started with the apes and Adam and Eve Something 'bout a snake and an apple tree I’m a little confused, Catholics tend to be But Hitler was bad and Jesus was good And then there's guys like Robin Hood Kind of hard to place ‘cause they go both ways so well Earth light, Earth bright You're the first earth I've seen tonight I feel so safe, feel so high Outer Space is out of sight Well, I told about Lincoln and the Blues and the Greys The Blacks and the Whites and all the shades That matter so much on all the flags and stuff How the Yanks beat the Germans in two World Wars And how they lost to the Red Sox in '04 Iron Curtains and China Walls The wild, wild Mideast free-for-all I talked and talked as the light years passed Like some long drawn out history class The human race from caveman days to me Earth light, Earth bright You're the first earth I've seen tonight I feel so safe, feel so high Outer Space is out of sight I said "I know we're not perfect but I think we're the best I mean, God chose us over all the rest To send down his son to be born and raised And killed and raised so we'd be saved" That's when the leader of the green men said "Earthling child you're spiritually dead Of all the worlds in endless space Yours was the first God had to save You've got a brilliant brain but a simple soul Put useless parts before the whole It's time to change or Mankind's reign is through" Earth light, Earth bright You're the first earth I've seen tonight I feel so safe, feel so high Outer Space is out of sight I thanked them all, they thanked me too Said "Before you go back we've got something for you" In a bag was a flag all folded nice I opened and found our Star and Stripes The leader of the green men spoke again Said "Bring this back home to your president And tell him if he comes to the Moon, next time Be sure not to leave any flags behind This universe is God's domain Not ours to own, not ours to claim Human pride is what's behind your pain" Earth light, Earth bright You're the first earth I've seen tonight I feel so safe, feel so high Outer Space is out of sight

GO WEST It’s late I know, you have to go there’s still so much to say I can see your big boat waiting to take you far away to the land of second chances where dreams sometimes come true Go west young man do the best you can and my love goes with you Your restless heart’s, been tearing you apart for years now I could see for the same heart beat in your father and before your father me no matter what I tell you I know you’d do what you have to do So go west young man do the best you can and my love goes with you I know what makes a young man follow his dreams through though it’s sometimes hard to imagine I was once a young man too I rolled the dice and I paid the price for a dream that wouldn’t quit I lived the life of a rover ‘twas a life I don’t regret now I can see so much of me in your every move Go west young man do the best you can and my love goes with you I know I’m just and old man who sees through old man eyes but deep inside these brittle bones there’s a young heart burning bright I may be gone, when you return I’m bound to go one day but death will find a fighter please remember me that way and remember what I tell you dreamers dream while doers do Go west young man do the best you can and remember I love you