Yes! Lyrics
Raspberry Jam
fill this open room with song
harmony flows through your head
spread your voice over the silence
like raspberry jam on toasted bread.
jam, i am, doing the best I can
trying to keep up with the pace and find my place
in this wonderful space
but it goes so fast…
so play for me a song that will last.
so tell us of your joy and woe
i see the stories in your eyes
give them to us one by one
like a Christmas day surprise
fill this empty stage with sound
and see the faces mesmerized
wrap us in your vocal cords
bound to words we recognize
words are birds, flying in the sky
so many flying so fast, we say the wrong ones at the wrong times
they fly through the air, everywhere
so play me a song that makes me sit still
and maybe i will (sit still.)
and maybe i will (sit still.)
and maybe i will (sit still.)
and maybe i will (sit still.)
Fireflies
Fireflies, little white lies I kept in a jar
Contained, but very much alive.
In your eyes, I could see that you did not
Believe me anymore
You ask me what’s wrong,
And I look to the ground.
But we both know, before I make a sound.
Sound, of silence heavy and long.
Spiderweb, in a spider web I’m tangled and tired
So I sit and rest for a while.
Overhead passes all the world I used to desire
As I sit, bound to my denial.
You ask me what’s wrong
And I look to the ground
Cause we both know
Before I make a sound
Fireflies, little white lies I kept in a jar
Contained, but very much alive.
Watermelon Juice
Watermelon juice, dripping down the sides of her chin
Watermelon juice.
Sticky bubble gum, sticking to the strands of her hair
Sticky bubble gum.
Watermelon juice, sticky bubblegum
And a lady bug is crawling on her thumb
And she’s sloppy and she’s messy and she’s having fun.
Oh she’s having fun.
Oh she’s having fun…
Oh child, never change, never open your eyes
Child, don’t grow, don’t get old or get wise oh
Child, just be lazy be crazy pick daisies instead of a career.
Mouths Are Moving
I’ve been waiting - for a long time now, a long time now
And I, can hardly wait, anticipating the day
When I say, “Yeah, they called me names, they called me names
But now, I don’t hear them…
At all…. Their mouths are moving I don’t hear a single thing
At all…. The only words I know are love and warmth and peace and calm
No I don’t hear a thing at all, a thing at all, a thing at all.
It’s been coming – for a long time now, a long time now
And I can hardly relate, appreciating the way
That you came to be my friend, to be my friend
Cause now, I don’t hear them, or fear them
Or need them, or feed them, at all.
At all…. Their mouths are moving I don’t hear a single thing
At all…. The only words I know are love and warmth and peace and calm
No I don’t hear a thing at all, a thing at all, a thing at all.
Red and Blue
Blue, painted ceiling in my room
My love, I want to wake you
But I know you’ll leave when I do.
Red, patterned curtains overhead
My love, how can I tell you
How sad, I’ll be without you?
Blue, is the jacket I gave you
You said, you liked my paintings
I laughed, thought you were joking.
Hmmm.
You know, lately our conversations feel like
Parallel parking on a busy, two-way street.
Awkward and out of place
And just too much work for me, I’m sorry.
How did we get so off track?
WHY can’t we go back? Would it be so bad? NO!
I know better, no we deserve better than…
We need better, we need better, we need better than that
We need better, we need better, we need better than that.
Red, is the sunset that I dread
I should, tell you I’m leaving
But I know you’d just let me go.
And so, you just let me go.
You know, lately our conversations feel like
Parallel parking on a busy, two-way street.
Awkward and out of place
And I don’t think that’s good for me, I’m sorry.
I thought you’d fight for me.
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step
Count the floors on the tall buildings downtown
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
It is cold in this great big city
But with our hats and gloves, we are just fine.
We are just fine.
We hear the cars honking at each other
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep
Street musician playing on the side walk
We offer him quarters and dimes
Quarters and dimes.
Step, step, step, step-ping on the cold concrete
Step, step, the sounds of our shoes
Step, step, step, step, step – across the busy street
Ooh, ooh, Ooh, ooh.
We make question games and silly songs up
Hum ba dum ba dum dum dum
Wonder what the people think who hear us
I wonder if they know that we’re in love.
We’re in love.
Step, step, step, step-ping on the cold concrete
Step, step, the sounds of our shoes
Step, step, step, step, step – across the busy street
Ooh, ooh, Ooh, ooh.
Count the floors on the tall buildings downtown
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
It is cold in this great big city
But with our hats and gloves, we are just fine.
Quarters and dimes.
We are just fine.
Quarters and dimes.
We are just fine.
Not Aiming For Land
You ride your bicycle all over town.
No one can see your face but it’s a frown
I wave but you don’t see and you ride past.
How can I keep up when you so fast?
I imagine you must feel so heavy
Anchored by a burden all your own
I don’t know what it’s like to feel so heavy
But it is twice as hard if you’re alone.
You float away in a hot air balloon
Camouflage in the blue behind the moon.
I shout but you don’t hear, and you float far
No way to relate to where you are.
Sometimes I don’t think that I can help you
Though I wanted to with all my heart
Throwing out advice you didn’t ask for
Only pulls us farther apart.
You swim in the ocean, out in the blue
Thinking you’re drowning, I, I jump in too.
I work to come save you, reach out my hand
But it’s clear that you were not aiming for land.
Little Dandelion
Don’t be sad, little dandelion
I’m so glad you’re mine.
Don’t be scared, little dandelion
Everything will be alright.
Cause once you have landed, you’ll bloom where you’re planted
Don’t let this wind storm bring about doubts.
And after you roam, you can find your way home
And we’ll make little dandelion sprouts.
Brown Eyed Binoculars
Took a walk to clear my mind
Took a walk today to clear my mind
But my mind raced
And my legs ran far
I just want to be where you are.
Drove out to the hills to see the view
I drove out to the hills to see the view
But my brown eyes turned
Into binoculars
Just trying to find where you were.
I turned the radio on, to hear a happy song
It made me smile, I wish you’d sing along.
It made me smile, I wish you’d sing along.
Cause you, you make me happiest
You, you make me happiest
My darlin, darlin, darlin, darlin dear
Won’tcha come sit by me, over here?
Darlin, darlin, darlin, darlin dear
My darlin, darlin, darlin, darlin dear.
My my darlin, darlin, darlin dear.
It Is Enough
It’s awfully dark in here, when I turn off the lights
And start to notice how alone I feel.
I’m awfully far away, when I count all those miles
I could be reconciled, but I count anyway.
I suppose, I can choose
What I will keep, and what I will lose
I suppose, I can trust
That what I have, it is enough.
What I have, it is enough.
So I’ll miss you til I see you, love you as I leave you
Call you when I miss you, and come back home to kiss you babe
Yeah I’ll miss you til I see you, love you as I leave you
Call you when I miss you and come back home to kiss you babe
Sweet babe.
It’s awfully hard to grow, when you don’t believe in where you could go
And fear of the unknown is all too real.
My room is such a mess, when I don’t pick up piles
And choose to let it stay that way.
I suppose, I can choose
What I will keep, and what I will lose
I suppose, I can trust
That what I have, it is enough.
What I have, it is enough.
So I’ll miss you til I see you, love you as I leave you
Call you when I miss you, and come back home to kiss you babe
Yeah I’ll miss you til I see you, love you as I leave you
Call you when I miss you and come back home to kiss you babe
Sweet babe.
Cause what I have, it is enough.
What I have, it is enough.
(I willing to change.)
Metronomes
Metronomes, play so steady and soft
They never stray off course
Xylophones, make everybody smile
Tiny hands play tiny bars.
Microphones, put me on the spot
Asking me to sing my thoughts
But the baritone ukulele is my favorite one
Cause I can do what I want.
And the baritone ukulele is my favorite one
Cause I can do what I want.
Gramaphones, tell me bedtime stories
Crooning of long-ago tales.
Telephones, ringing in my house
Friendly people trying to make sales.
Microphones, put me on the spot
Asking me to sing my thoughts
But the baritone ukulele is my favorite one
Cause I can do what I want.
And the baritone ukulele is my favorite one
Cause I can do what I want.