But I can’t speak one more word
When rhymes out of turn
When I am not controlling
Living a life that is cursed
Confined by the worst
Surviving by what kills me
But angel, please just know that I mean well

So I get lost in my dreams
‘Till reality screams
With two worlds tearing at me
I just want you to see
That I need you the most

But I can’t speak one more word
When rhymes out of turn
When I am not controlling
Living a life that is cursed
Confined by the worst
Surviving by what kills me

But I’m not ashamed
To say I take the blame
I’m not trying to frame anyone
I try to explain
But I come off insane
Not a thing left to do but to run

I am an addict of love
But song is my drug
Dumbfounded but I’m screaming
Please will you hear my hearts voice
I don’t have a choice
When my words all leave me

So angel, please just know
Angel, please just know
Angel, please just know
That I mean well

I do not apologize for my time of sad rhymes
They weren’t the first and they will not be the last
But I’ve been revived by a pair of green eyes
And a road that’s been paved by my past

This feeling is new to me
I’ve got the whole world to see
And I’m finally happy today

In this moment of bliss, well, my smiles been fixed
There’s this peace that I so rarely feel
Yeah life’s hit or miss and my old bag of tricks is no more
So I’ll rely on what’s real

This feeling is new to me
I’ve got the whole world to see
And I’m finally happy today
Yes, I’m happy today

So I will come home to our one room palace
And search all the cabinets for food
I’ll give what I find to my angels in panic
So they sleep the whole night through
I’ll turn off the heat but start a nice little fire
Take your hand and say “at least I have you”
Yeah, I’ll do my best to turn this poor little mess
Into a happy little dream come true

The television keeps on digging the hole
I already fell in
I knew it was tough when the boss said “enough”
And now I can’t even pretend
Your providing man has a bleeding hand
That is hungry yet empty again
Just a grain of sand in a fallen land
But the broken is meant to be mend

So I will come home to our one room palace
And search all the cabinets for food
I’ll give what I find to my angels in panic
So they sleep the whole night through
I’ll turn off the heat but start a nice little fire
Take your hand and say “at least I have you”
Yeah, I’ll do my best to turn this poor little mess
Into a happy little dream come true

Hush little darling, Daddy is home
Yeah, were broken, but see us inside
Our hearts are wrapped up in diamonds
And I wouldn’t trade that for one lousy dime

And I’m afraid of growing old
In a world so cold I can’t survive
I rush the pace so my boat can float
On the calmer coast east of the tides
Where innocence and belief can coincide

So I’m asking what does hopeless mean
And do the hopeless ever dare to dream
Is it a coward’s reason to run free
Or a fighters reason to believe

See I’m hesitant to scream
’cause there’s something deep inside of me
Something small but growing rapidly
And it’s all that’s keeping me to breathe

And I’m afraid of growing old
In a world so cold I can’t survive
I rush the pace so my boat can float
On the calmer coast east of the tides
Where innocence and belief can coincide

But who am I to judge this place?
When I fit right in with the human race
I can pierce my heart with faith
But there’s still days when I don’t feel so, feel so, no I don’t feel so safe

But I believe in love
And I believe in grace
And I belief that my sorrow will turn to praise
Yes, I believe

Sail away with me
Far from everything
I want you to see
This is all you need

I don’t agree with this pawn-like nature
Follow the leader dot to dot
If success is measured by what they say
Then I will create my own top
And I’m sorry world, but I’m not gonna stop

I will get my hands dirty with true belief
Not with the social moral they have schemed
You may be big but you’ll be defeated
With my American dream
My own American dream

I like to study the city streets
As the clones of the real world pass by
Clothed with arrogant smirks and suits
To cover up their beat-less hearts inside
Go make your dollar, boys, don’t worry ’bout the ride

But I will get my hands dirty with true belief
Not with the social moral they have schemed
You may be big but you’ll be defeated
With my American dream
My own American dream

Victory is won by the risk of falling
And I for one will die with my pride
Live to be the slave to my restless calling
And I will not stop, no I will not stop ’till I

Get my hands dirty with true belief
Not with the social moral they have schemed
You may be big but you’ll be defeated
With my American dream

I will get my hands dirty with true belief
Not with the social moral they have schemed
You may be big but you’ll be defeated
With my American dream
With my American dream
My own American dream

Directions jammed in my backseat
Begging me just to take a peek
But I’m convinced that the road I seek is mine

So the headlights blind my obdurate eyes
With happiness uniquely disguised
And a heart that just can’t realize what’s inside

Just let me go high and low
I will be back in no time
And I will shout out (shout out) I will shout out loud
Yeah let me go high and low
I will create my own rhyme
‘Cause you missed me but buried me
Kissed me but glared at me far too many times

Day two, I’m feeling hypnotized
By the hidden sun, broken white lines
Shrugging off the trusty highway signs again
And as this infinite terrain
Does a number on my tired brain
I continue on with no refrain at all
I’m alone but can’t remember why
Is fault on me or the other guy?
Has inability to compromise backfired?

Just let me go high and low
I will be back in no time
And I will shout out (shout out) I will shout out loud
Yeah let me go high and low
I will create my own rhyme
‘Cause you missed me but buried me
Kissed me but glared at me far too many times

Day three, my sleeps been minimal
I feel like a running criminal
Whose committed crimes not memorable to most
I look into this life I live
My family and a couple friends
The job I have no future in at all

Just let me go high and low
I will be back in no time
And I will shout out (shout out) I will shout out loud
Just let me go high and low
I will be back in no time
And I will shout out (shout out) I will shout out loud
Yeah let me go high and low
I will create my own rhyme
‘Cause you missed me but buried me
Kissed me but glared at me far too many times
Yeah, you missed me, missed me
Now ya gotta kiss me
Can move a little fast, can be a little tricky now

So this day four could have been one
But I don’t mind, I feel I’ve won
But solitudes some risky fun to trust
I pull into this life I made
Remembering the prayers I prayed
And packing up my selfish ways for good
I’m finally living high again
The battle scars have healed within
Oh yes, and I can embrace them again

It seems these days; I get trapped by my own heart
With hallow victories that don’t recall their humble start
And the bridges that I cross are overlooked, then fall apart
But what’s the purpose of the chase if I close my eyes?
And what’s the meaning of the truth without some lies?

See, I have done away with the false parades
For the never coming trophy day
’cause smiles are born on day’s like today

Just last week I saw Mollies starry eyes
She said she wants to be an actress just like her mom up in lights
Just some ordinary words from an optimistic mind
But now I can smile more when she graces Broadways stage
’cause I watched her play the part in her young age

See, I have done away with the false parades
For the never coming trophy day
’cause smiles are born on day’s like today

And I’ll miss the nights when we’d jam till well past two
Making memories with the songs we’ll never use
And the humbling tavern shows for an audience of few
In these smoky bars, my real dreams are coming true
Playing songs with my best friends written for you

As I step up on this wishing well
My change is loose and some just fell
And darlin’, I will let you wish for me
What do you think that I might adore?
Remember, I can’t love you more
My loves already soaring at its peak
I have slipped a bit, and babe I know
But so have you, so let’s just go
And slip together now and always

Be my harmony darlin’ for always
Though you can’t carry a tune, that’s alright
Be my harmony darlin’ for always
And let our music guide us through our lives

Well, those first 2 months, our awkward phase
Well, that worked out in many ways
You’re the puzzle piece that completes my soul
Or when the world seemed like a better place
When freedom slapped us in the face
Well, it wasn’t, oh no, it was nothing without you
We are veterans now in this rookie game
Some to figure out but more to gain
And I’m ready to figure it out with you

Be my harmony darlin’ for always
Though you can’t carry a tune, that’s alright
Be my harmony darlin’ for always
And let our music guide us through our lives
Yeah, let our music guide us through our lives

I painted a portrait in the back of my mind
Of my ideal girl but she never came by
I grew tired of searching and I lived my life blind
Now I’m learning the hard way being punished with time
Yeah, I’m battling lonely but I got someone in mind

Someone has healed me from Knoxville, Tennessee
And I’m suddenly feeling fine

I’ve housed a heart that is hungry indeed
And I cannot stop its will to succeed
And it’s true that its boldness can be a burden to me
But I live by faith and a calm certainty
Yeah, you can have love; I own the rights to belief

Someone has healed me from Knoxville, Tennessee
And I’m suddenly feeling fine
Yeah, I’m suddenly feeling fine

I know it sounds crazy and I do apologize
But I don’t like hearts in disguise
And you are the portrait that I did define

And I think my happiness is from learning that you exist
Now I can take the risk on my mind
Instead of wasting my time
Instead of wasting my time

Now it’s sweet how contentment was sent from above
Through the hearts of our fans who possess nova love
There’s one thing that makes this world go ’round
And that something is love as memories form to sound

My harmony sang for a Julia
But the fairytale twisted when push came to shove
Through the miles I wandered in my search of love
‘Till somebody saved me from a place up above

Been an uphill trek, we’ve been battling time
I spit words to the world to make the orphan song mine
And we’re learning, yeah, learning who we are inside
Fallen through all the echos, it gets lonely sometimes

Yeah we come from a place that’s not easily defined
On the map it’s the south but we don’t classify
As southerners but we cannot make up our minds
We dig the pace of the south and the slick city life

My harmony sang for a Julia
But the fairytale twisted when push came to shove
Through the miles I wandered in my search of love
‘Till somebody saved me from a place up above
Yeah, somebody saved me from a place up above

So as I lay here fast asleep, I’m drowning in my memories
And I can’t stop the beating heart from beating down inside of me
I try my best to never blink so I won’t miss what’s happening
The rush of watching everything fall into place so naturally
So watch us down the road we take. As far as I’m concerned we’ve made
Our own form of the “big break” by rockin’ the old fashioned way
No one here to steal away the passion or the memories made
So hear the struggling singer say, “There’s plenty left in us to say”

He gets home some nights ’round 6 or so and loosens up his tie
Rolls up his sleeves to reveal tattoo’s hidden inside
Sits on the edge of porcelain in the bathroom by the stairs
Where the walls sustain his guitar and the door keeps out his care
There must be something more to Mr. Green

And he sings, God you gave the gift of soul so I use it
In this room where songs are born beneath the music
If boss-man fired me I still would not lose it
’cause the bathroom diaries live on, live on, live on
And my soul fuels it

Mr. Green chills with insomnia about a couple times a week
They go way back to his high school days where the enemy was sleep
They would stare into his future, squint their eyes at the lights
But settled for a computer screen and the bathroom for the nights

And he sings, God you gave the gift of soul so I use it
In this room where songs are born beneath the music
If boss-man fired me I still would not lose it
’cause the bathroom diaries live on, live on, live on
And my soul fuels it

Mr. Green gets on that south-bound train about a quarter to 9
Takes off a couple work days with a different thought in mind
He says goodbye to Massachusetts, goes to a place where he can shine
One briefcase in his possession with the bathroom diaries inside
No one knows the dreaming side of Mr. Green

And promise me wherever we may be
You’ll be attempting harmonies
Sing it loud, the perfect crowd
Come on [insert your state here] make me proud