This Mighty World

 

I'm dreaming of this tonight

but it don't make it real 

and it don't make it right

but I'll walk through that open door

and I'll learn from the past

it can't hurt me no more

not like it did before

 

I hope you can hear me out

and if you can't hear me now

then it's no good to shout

guess I'll blink and call it fate

and I'm thinking too much

and it's getting too late

guess I'll have to wait

 

I guess some are just here to stay

and I wonder if everything 

happens that way

and the world is young

still no one knows nothing

that hasn't been sung

look what we've begun

 

I'm trying to understand

just what it is in the palm of my hand

I hope I come around

and stop thinking my place 

is somewhere underground

there's no letting down

 

I'm watching this mighty world

with the eyes of a little girl

and I want to see some sunshine

through the rain

through the pain

 

we've all got a hand to play

and sometimes we lose

but I think it's okay

what a strange design

that you threaten your own hand

when you threaten mine

it happens all the time

 

I wonder if something's wrong

when we live for too little

and we die for too long

I won't run away

I'd be better off dead and it's better that way

and if we don't notice it won't go away

it's the best we can do and that's all we can say

hey hey hey

 

and I'm watching this mighty world

with the eyes of a little girl

and I wanna see some sunshine 

through the rain

through the pain

 

Complicated Face

 

I'm standing still

I'm listening

I'm growing old

I laugh out loud

it echoes back

the tale I've told

I'm waiting here 

for something good

for something real

I scuff my feet

while just outside

is how I feel

 

these are my dreams

may the worst be over

she came to me

and I chose to show her

what she could see

I could not erase

not a complicated soul

just a complicated face

 

won't come too close

won't go too far

won't ask too much

I'll sort it out

I'll find a mess

I'll make it such

I'll grow my hair

I'll change my shoes

I'll change my mind

I'll find some truth

I'll rearrange

I'll take my time

 

these are my dreams 

may the worst be over

she came to me 

and I chose to show her

what she could see

I cannot erase

not a complicated soul

just a complicated face

 

I'll touch your heart

I'll touch your hand

I'll touch the sky

just look up 

and there I'll be

just floating by

 

Nickels and Dimes

 

what would you do 

for a nickel or dime

would you really be willing

to waste all your time

'cause a life ain't that long

when it really comes down

to some dust in the wind 

or a hole in the ground

 

we're so quick to believe

what we don't understand 

and we're partial to that

which we hold in our hands

so we never say never

say grace all the time

and we keep out of reach

what we hold dear in mind

 

I've been thinking

that I would like to do what I came for

and I'm beginning 

to see who i've been living my life for

I've been waiting

for a sign that will never come

because I make it

I'm the artist 

I am the sun

 

what would you do 

for a wee bit of love

that you pour in a heart 

that just can't hold enough

'cause they've cracked every side

and they've torn every seam

but it's you with the glue

if you know what I mean

 

I've been thinking

that I would like to do what I came for

and I'm beginning 

to see who i've been living my life for

I've been waiting

for a sign that will never come

because I make it

I'm the artist 

I am the sun

 

so what would you do

if you stood there in line

just to find it was only

for nickels and dimes

'cause a life ain't that long

when it really comes down

and my friend I assure you

what goes comes around

 

Driving by Your House

 

I don't forget 

let's just pretend that's everything I know

I hold my heart 

I hold my tongue

I hold a hand and off I go

and you're everything the way that I am not

the trusty red caboose 

of my old rusty train of thought

 

and still there's always one more time

I think I should've phoned

I should have called

I should have come

I should have cared 

I should have known

and now I'm bleeding

got no secrets 

got no bandaid 

got no brain

and I've been sleeping

I don't know how long I've loved in vain

 

it's hard for me remembering

the way I felt before I heard you sing

and just to be here

just to live and love is humbling

 

and I wonder who I am

when I am not myself

I dedicated life to being ready

when and if you asked for help

and now I'm driving by your house again

and I'm prepared to turn myself in

 

and still I'm thinking

thinking clearly 

thinking dearly 

and quite frankly thinking dumb

you fumble handouts and I think somehow

that I could be the one

so now I'm knocking

never loud enough 

there's no good time for this

I want to hold you

yeah I guess that's pretty humorous

 

and something here reminds me

of a movie I once saw

and I would like for you to hold me

when I'm not so empty

all in all

 

I'm pretty sure it's never easy

and I like to think that I have earned my keep

it's so familiar

like a price that feels a little steep

and still I think you know me

but mistake me for a weaker kind of you

the lines are blurry 

I can't even find my point of view

 

I'm driving by your house again

and I'm prepared to turn myself in

 

Leaving Here Tonight

 

I never asked you to forgive me

but I know you do

you never asked me to explain it

I didn't have to

 

is there something I should know 

before I leave here

is there anything that I should take along

because the road outside is paved

with good intentions

and the road to home is patient

and it's long

 

I never asked you to believe me

but I know you did

you never asked me to protect you

and you were bruised because of it

 

is there something I could say 

to make things different 

'cause there's nothing I can say

to make it right

but I swear you are as beautiful as ever

as I'm leaving here tonight

 

so here's to choices that we had to make

my feet are aching from the cautious steps

I swore i'd take

and I'm dying for one word of truth

don't feel you're open yet

but I can see you're trying to

get through

 

I never asked you to forgive me

but I know you do