Jenny Mayhem

it’s just a routine check
out on the 95 
she pulled me undercover
track marks and breaking lights

officer wont you speak
like i’m your equal
even if you don’t meet
my kind of people

said read from my side
just as if you had my eyes
no big secrets here
nothing to hide

said read from my view
just as if i were you
if i could only read your mind
no you’d see nothing new 

I’ve always led
an impatient life
One step ahead
Even if it’s in the fire
Don’t show up with a map in your hand
You’ll need just a change in the plan

Cause it’s all a race to the end
Wanna fall as fast as you can

Bought a machine to make things easy
Tore up the box, tore up the steps 1,2,3
spread it out on your living room floor
dont need to know what it’s all for

cause it’s all a race to the end
wanna fall as fast as you can

they said its crazy writing love songs
when its all come and gone
when its through
 so lately i’ve been hanging on love
don’t wanna let it go
too soon

looks so real
looks so true
but if it is
what will i do
took so long
to look for you
now im here
what will i do 

i’ve been putting it off for a long time
cant avoid it now
you’ve been listening in from a great height
and it’s a long way down

if we started to swim when we were waist high
started from day one
we wouldn’t be in this house of stones
when all my married friends
got their villa homes

oh i can see your chasing disappointment babe
you wrote it out on the sidewalk  
i’ve been away sometimes but at the end of the line
it was all talk

switch it up
did you think at all
that we could switch it all up and change
if you don’t stop
i’m gonna keep it all
i’m gonna keep it all but your name

got your bright lights on
you got the whole night off
and if the road don’t end
til it hits the riverbend
we’re gonna drive into nothing
take us to nothing

it was a one night deal
it was a hit and run
you never saw it coming, but it sure did come
and then a follow up
a two for two
I saw all it from below in a secret room

and if that dream gets real
Ill see you to your seat
i’ll wanna ask you how it feels
and if the ring gets real
ill walk you to the show
im gonna ask you how it goes, so

be careful what you say
they’ve been holding out for your big mistake
better keep a drink for the gentlemen
you know they’re gonna come for you
they’re gonna come for you
be careful how you think
they’re looking for a kink in your reasoning  
better keep a shot for the general
you know they wanna come for you
they wanna come for you

i saw that video you made with your girl, well she looked so fine
yes i remember when you asked if i’d do anything that wild
i shook my head and said , you must be crazy love
what if the cops catch us, you wanna get locked up?

now i’m looking back, it doesn’t seem so bad
we coulda jumped first
didnt make sense then, but now i see what it’s worth
so how do i pay the difference
why don’t you keep the change
back in the bedroom
back behind the frame

stay a while where the water’s white
swear your luck will work
if it breaks with a kick this time
promise i won’t turn

too late in a running start
this set will catch you up
give it all or you wont go far
the shallow aint that tough

carry it through
like a new wave
it comes in twos
if you wait

it seems the machine you used to stay clean
is nothing to speak of no more
but still when i walk by those walls
i hear a stutter and call
the steam on the glass, the hours that passed
your fists on the mattress unchanged
hey, look around it’s the same
except, you and i we’ll be safe

made a note
of the time she called
i was sweeping the dust from the steps
gonna steal from the cellar walls
where the arms go
when they run low
does it count as a crime she says
if the keeper don’t see what we kept
what’s a drop from a flooded vault
what’s a stone just
from a fortress

hows it gonna follow
the way, the new way back
hows it gonna go
the way we didnt plan
where did the reason go?
tell me where, where did it go?

cuz i dont like false tries or surprises
i dont like those lines nobody chose
mysteries they aint for me so please

how we gonna follow what we don’t know? 

say it how you did
yes i’ve seen brighter
hung up to the sun
tired as the first light, i’ll still outshine her
when you get so close
from the cold to your shoulders
you’ll learn to love her
but first you should own her, call it out slow

lying out flat like a wild cat looking for his kill
but babe you’re just a house pet waiting for a meal
lying out flat like a new dress
wanting to get worn
but babe you’re just a night slip
come and keep me warm

with jonny lander

its always been easy
remembering you
no we never needed
to fill up the room with picture frames and yesterdays

so when its comes love
that old rusted train
ill catch it quick love
i’m taking you, i’ll leave your old touch in its place

wish i could find the words like a freestyler
barber shop writer
wish i could just unwind
but i got storm in the middle of my mind
you’ve been a real good friend
but you, but you left me for a one night stand
mmm now i never wanna see you again 

hey it’s just a trial run
don’t use the good stuff
it’s just a walk through
we’ll do the real thing soon
oh how i tricked you love
look at you all opened up 

from the good side
everything looks sweeter
everything looks brighter
from the good life
everything looks greener
everything looks wilder

i took a ride to wayside town
i knew a girl in every house
i knew a boy who spoke to strangers in the dark

spotless swept and flawless sight
we got a reckoning in line
we got paid in pennies laced with tar marked dimes

when i look at it now the stone stands still
when i look at the crowd it runs so still
what you chasing down? some prey to kill
in a blacklight, in a night light
all invisible 

soon as i start working through the night
gonna buy you what you like
there ain’t no shame in trying
soon as i start kicking it high
gonna buy you an island
buy you a life to live in 

i wont run you down
no it’s not so simple
i wont run you down
but i sure will push and pull

see the way it goes
see the way it holds you like a spell
i wont hold you down
but i just talk for myself

daily song project is back! 

2012!

starting with a 30 day goal 

got my coffee in the morning
got my ma to share it with
she took out the daily paper
you were on on the very first page

she said man you know it’s different
it really is a cryin shame
small town boys they lift a finger
and they get flashing lights and fame

how can anybody cry when it’s such a beautiful day
how can anybody cry when it’s such a beautiful day

they said man he’s something special
he’s got style and he’s got flair
makes his guitar sing like angels
it must be for his new lover

how can anybody cry when it’s such a beautiful day
how can anybody cry when it’s such a beautiful day
how can anybody cry when it’s such a beautiful day
i can’t do anything but smile when it’s such a beautiful day

she’s all you’ve ever wanted
but could it be because
she’s all you’ve ever known

she’s all you’ve ever needed
but could it be because
she’s all you’ve ever known

been running round that rock for a good long time
tiptoeing by the water your whole damn life
you’ve been around but you haven’t been inside

so what better time than now my love
don’t let it all go by unspoken
no better time has found your love
so wide open

been whining up that tree a good long time
sitting with the referee at the starting line
been up and down but not yet been inside

what better time than now my love
don’t let it all go by unspoken
no better time has found my love
so wide open