MOMENT IN THE SUN SOUNDTRACK

Moment In The Sun includes 31 original songs. Full album coming soon.

Down the Road Matt Palka

Down the Road

Released July 10, 2010

Down The Road is a major key driven fun and upbeat folk pop record.  It was nominated for album of the year by the LA Music Awards and was a featured favorite on Jambands.com. The making of the album was also featured in his award winning film VW Bus Tour: Americana Bohemia and also served as the soundtrack for the film.

  • Frayed blue jeans

    springtime sun
    One way to move me
    baby you are the one
    you are the one
    hand in a pocket
    an arm around you
    lean close and you’re rockin
    I love those things that you do
    I’ll do them too, just for you

    She laughs, I laugh
    I sing, she dance
    Falls in, my arms
    I hold, her strong
    Her kisses sweet
    Can’t find my feet
    If ever I’m not by your side
    I promise to follow close behind

    Hips swaying
 blue eyes
    Never lived a day
    'Til under your sky
    I feel alive, under your sky

    A country meadow
    Red wine
 If there’s no heaven
    I’ll take this time, for all time
    That’d be fine, I’ll take this time

    Frayed blue jeans
    Flower in your hair
    Your smile soft and sweet
    Shines everywhere
    Without a care, you shine everywhere 


    We walk together
    Down the lane
    Into forever
    Where we forget out names
    we forget our names
    It’s all the same
    we don’t need a name


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  • If God made the rain, then you made the sunshine

    If you stole all my time, that’d be just fine 

    There’s no secret here, I’m losing control

    If I gave you my heart, would you take all my soul

    Oh no, hair shimmering gold



    Forces unseen

    Swimming underneath



    Kick off them heels, and down that whiskey
    Let the bottle bust, down at our feet
    Bare feet dance, without a cut
    Drunk fumes in the air, holding us up

    Sweat bleeds, arms swinging free



    This night, so right

    Moonlight, in your eyes
    Footprints, fingertips
    Fronts steps, whiskey breath
    Fumbling, falling
    Screen door, to the wooden floor

    Windowsill, I’m holding you

    Blue jeans, bracelets and rings
    Entangling, entangling



    Grab that bottle of whiskey
    Bring it right over to me

    I’ll have more than a shot

    Babe I’ll take everything you’ve got
    I’ll surely die in my dreams

    Unless you rescue me
    I can see it in your eyes

    You can run but you can’t hide
    Whiskey one, two, and three

    Whiskey for when you’ll be missing me


    We’re staying up ‘til the sunrise
    We’re feeling good we’re feeling alright
    So take your love and let it shine

    I love your soul I love your kind

  • Fallin, fallin faster

    Fallin, to the floor
    Fallin, fallin faster

    ‘Cuz you’re given me, so much more



    A crush has come over me

    I’m inside of her and I can’t speak
    She’s inside and I’m so weak

    She’s deciding when we will peak

    Oh, I lose control and I’m - Fallin

    I’m following ‘cuz you take me there
    Untouchable but I touch you here
    May last three hours but I don’t care

    'Cuz I can last baby I’m not scared

    Oh, she’s got my soul and I’m – Fallin

    You lick your lips and I close my eyes

    About to let it all unwind

    We’re testing out the ultimate crime
    When we’re together there is no time
    Ah, she’s got it all, yeah she’s got my soul, and we lose control and we’re – fallin

    I wonder if there will be
    A world left when we’re through
    As far as I can see

    The only one left here is you 
‘cuz we’re - fallin

  • Gold diamond spreads her wealth
    From the sky above
    To all these seeds floating around

    Searching for love

    I hear the wind calling your name

    Calling to me

    Do you hear the same
    From across the sea



    Well sha na na nah

    Come with me to stay

    Oh la la

    On a lazy day

    If you don’t take the time

    Then you don’t know (you don’t know)
    Search for years but love is blind (love is love is blind)


    Like the breeze that blows


    The first time I held you close

    I swore you were my twin

    With the top down of course
    We took a little spin

    Radio blasting
    How do you do
    Feet stomp hands clapping
    Hallelujah



    I shout down to the streets below
    Ain’t life so sweet
    Nobody’s saying but everyone knows
The same as me

    Glass jugs full of wine

    And all of our friends

    Caravan to the countryside

    Where the river bends

    Campfire crackling glowing
    Into the night
    Trade your guitar for a woman
    And hold her tight

  • We’ve got to leave the East Coast before we get old

    We’re heading out west with two pockets full of gold

    Those are just pockets full of dreams you say
    But we’ve got nothing left to lose we’re heading west today

    So we

    We’ll be passing through Ohio

    We’re just a band on the run

    Looking for some girls and fun



    Well Billy got married
    And Bobby went to Jail

    We picked up Jimmy on the freeway

    And I fell asleep at the wheel



    So we, never made it through Ohio

    No we, never even left Ohio

    Billy fell in love with a checkout clerk

    Bobby got caught robbing a bank, what a jerk
    Jimmy lived the life of a hippie hitchhiker’s way

    And I’m a narcoleptic, I fell asleep that…



    We never did see Kerouac out on the road
    Inspired I wrote a screenplay but it never got sold
    ‘Cuz we never made it out to the West Coast

    And this song is all that I’ve got left to boast



    I never thought the city was tough
    But, now in the country I found me so much love
    And, wide open spaces and places to play
    As for the West Coast we’ll see you some other day
    They say the East makes you hard

    The West makes you soft

    But we got stuck between the two
    I guess we just got lost

  • I’m not afraid to speak my mind

    I want to take you home tonight
    Come and get your fill, I’m gonna get my too

    Do what it is that you want to do
    You point your finger and call me over
    I really want to get to know her

    No I don’t want another number

    I just want to make love to you girl

    I don’t want to say goodbye

    So do you feel like getting high

    There’s so many things that we could do

    So do you feel like making love too
I know that I do I do



    Your friend has gone and it’s last call 

    You’re running out of reasons to stall
    You say you’ve got rules you play by

    But I’m not like any other guy

    Come and take my hand and take a chance

    I know you want to get up and dance
    You’ve got nothing to be shy about
    Don’t you want something you can shout about
    I know that I do I do



    Won’t you take a look inside

    Maybe you’ll soon realize
You feel just like I do
    So do you feel like making love too
I know that I do I do



    You step in and I shut the door

    Two more seconds and we hit the floor



    You’ve got to finish what you started
    Even if it’s more than you bargained for
    Relax and let’s begin

    Close your eyes it’s just a little sin



    I’m just a dog with my tail between my feet
    I’m on the floor I’m beggin please

    Or are you just a little tease
    I want to get inside find out what you’re all about
    I just want to make you shout

  • When work has got you feeling
    feeling down

    And you’re sick and tired of all of this

    running around

    You’ve got an aching in your stomach

    but it’s higher than you think

    You’re looking out for any girl 
to give you a wink


    But the days slip to years
    and they roll on

    You can’t get out of your head

    just where you went wrong
    Then one day like a summer’s breeze
    she floats by
You double take, there’s no mistake
    you can’t believe your eye



    Is it a crush

    I don’t think so
    I’m calling it love, love, love
    Is it a crush
    I don’t think so
    I’m calling it love, love, love

    You go out on a Tuesday
    for beers and a show

    You don’t want to ask her
    so how will you know

    She’s sitting right next to you

    with eyes straight ahead
    You hold her hand inside of yours
    she’s more than a friend
    But is it a crush –



    Now you find she’s always
    on your mind
    And every night you ask her,
    “Girl, is it your place or mine?”
    The morning comes too soon
    and you go your separate ways

    Then you meet up for lunch
    to sneak away and play

    Now is that a crush –



    I’m in heaven
    and I thought you should know (you should know)
    I’ve got it so bad, girl, I hate it when you go (don’t go)
    I’d like to take your smile, put it in my pocket
    (your smile)

    So I could have it on-call, like a doctor

    You’re the doctor of my daydreaming world.

  • I’m caught in a daydream
    I know I fade away
I live in a fantasy world
    It just seems easier that way
    You can catch my whisper
    I hum it often enough
Diagnosed as a loner

    I’m humming to my own beat.

    Well every place I go
    It seems like I miss the show

    And every time I leave

    I get these feelings of insecurity



    Well you probably guessed it
    
I left all the clues

    This one completely reveals me
    
We all try on different shoes


    We live in a matrix

    A maze of delusional views
    Center stage spending days
    The spotlights on now you must choose



    So if you’re caught in a daydream
    Just’a keep paddling on

    You may never find what you’re looking for
    but the journey’s never done

    So daydream

    And maybe

    I’ll be
    free

  • I met a girl from New Orleans
    Baton Rouge or Metairie

    Took her back Ohio way
    We made love to a summer’s day
    We got a little drunk we got a little high 

    We started talking about the stars in the sky
    And how we’d like to be
    Swimming in the deep blue sea
    Of clouds that were a floating by
    Was it you or was it I

    To thread the needle of your life
    Could you be my bride



    But down the road (down the road)

    We’ve got a long way to go (a way to go)
    I know you love me (love me)

    But that’s the way it’s gotta be


    ‘Cuz down the road (down the road)
    You may never know (you never know)

    In dreams of you

    Are visions of, visions of, visions of the truth

    I never had this hard of time
    But these dreams of you running through my mind

    I asked you not to say goodbye

    My my my, how the time does fly

    Well pack it up and heading out again
    Could have been my biggest sin
    But when I saw the sun arising

    Saw our love on the new horizon



    Sometimes I dream out loud
    Sometimes I talk in my sleep

    Sometimes I am not proud

    Of what I believe

    But there is still hope for me

    As long as the moon shakes the sea
    Never give in

    Someday you may win.

  • Have you heard of a thing called life

    If you’ve forgotten you’re gonna learn it twice
    You’re bound to travel many miles

    And if you’re lucky you get to wear a smile
    Let go of all your pain and strife

    And just remember, it’s just a thing called life

    A kid skipping stones on a stream

    Flying through his head 
all kinds of crazy dreams

    He stops a robber and he slays a dragon

    Saves a princess from a flooding canyon

    That boy lives in a fantasy, he ain’t quite right
    Ah, come on mom and dad it’s just a thing called life



    He’s on a bus, heading west

    With the new sun arising 
he forgets about the mess

    That he left back home
    I won’t turn back he says, "It’s me they’ve never known."

    A girl with flowers in her hair,
now that be nice
    But don’t you worry none, 
it’s just a thing called life

    He steps into the city and the big bright lights

    Some call this home but he ain’t sure tonight
    He takes his one bag, 
checks into a cheap motel
Wondering where all his friends went, 
I guess it’s just as well

    Over his bed hangs a crucifix with Christ
    Whatever gets you by man, it’s just a thing called life



    He’s got a girl now, but no flowers yet

    He ain’t giving up hope, no, 
on this you can bet

    An agreeable arrangement, sad but true 

    Sometimes you’ve just got to do,
what you can do
    Every answer has an equal price
    But nothing’s wrong or right, it’s just a thing called life



    Now some indulge some laugh it off (ha ha)
    Some believe, some carry the cross
    Some love some dream 
some commit the crime

    It is what it is
you may feel like you’re doing time
    Just don’t forget to take a bite
    ‘Cuz there it goes again, just a thing called life

Gypsy Matt Palka

Gypsy

Released May 1, 2012

Gypsy became known as "The Barter Album" as Matt traded his 1972 mustang convertible to the studio owner to cover the recording costs. The mustang started its life as a rusty heap that Palka lovingly restored for three years prior to the album’s creation. It was recorded all analog and also includes live string and horn arrangements. Reminiscent of 70s Van Morrison baked in folk pop sunshine, Gypsy makes you want to hit the road with the stereo blasting.

  • Here comes the sun

    the music played
    and this one
forever changed
    now I feel it all
    all around me
    I see you all 
and I believe

    Yeah yeah yeah yeah



    You got love (oh don't you know it)
    You got love (but you can't hold it)
    You got love (you better show it)
    If love is all we need 
then I'll believe in this dream

    Now the caravan

    stopped by my home

    so I packed my bag
and I hit the road
    what lies ahead
    no one can guess
    the past is dead
    so I'll do my best
    Yeah yeah yeah yeah



    You got love (oh don't you know it)
    You got love (but you can't hold it)
    You got love (you better show it)
    If love is all we need, I will shout, I will sing



    I am alive

    for the first time
    here comes the sunshine

    like your love and mine

    Now I lost my way

    and I lost my time

    Finally
    Lord I feel just fine

    oh that magic feeling
    comes slipping through
    first time I heard the music

    first time that I met you

    I said, woah, oh, there you go

    Come on and hit me like some rock n roll

    I said, woah, oh, daddy’o

    now you hit me like a domino
    I said woah oh there you go

    come on and hit me like some rock n roll

    There you go, now you know

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  • God damn you dressed so fine

    Your arms stretched into the night

    With braided locks and lips that curl

    Shake them hips come on shake it girl
    For seven days and seven nights
    These thoughts of you and the rest of my life

    I dreamed you whispered in my ear
    I’ll be your one and only dear

    Cuz I know your secret
    Snuck in when you were dreaming

    It hasn’t changed that much

    And I still haven’t lost my touch
    Cuz I know your secret
    I found your secret
    The same as before

    I’m lost for words what a beautiful mess
    Starts with your boots and then the rest
    Lets let a scratchy record play

    And get down some old fashioned way

    Creaking floors cracked window pains
    After tonight it won’t be the same

    Whispers the breeze through them old pine trees
    Forget all reason do as you please



    Cuz I know your secret...

    She's the school girl
    in the short skirt

    acting like she don' t know

    smiling looking good

    she'll take a young boy
    make him a man
    break his heart
    just to mend it back again

  • Summer's in bloom
    I climb the window to your room

    Sweet honey to my soul
    to the tall grass we go

    with song in the air

    the clouds they disappear
    Now this music man
    baby he's got a plan


    Oh oh, yeah

    Sweet baby calls me to tell me she's mine
    (ain't nothing sweeter than her wine)

    She sings with the band in the summertime

    (ain't nothing sweeter than her wine)

    A barefoot dancer in the warm sunshine
    (ain't nothing sweeter than her wine)

    I'm lost in the way

    how my wildflower sways
    and I haven't a care

    alive in this country air
    cuz we already know

    we made that promise long ago

    to be wild and free
    like the wind like the sky like the sea

    Sweet baby calls me to tell me she's mine

    (ain't nothing sweeter than her wine)
...

    Gypsy come with me
    the water's cool and clean

    your eyes sparkle brown and green
    lets dive into the unseen

  • Losing steam

    This busted dream

    The weight’s getting heavy

    Static sight
    Into the arms of the night
    Just hold that wheel steady
    The words she said

    Are in your head

    “You’re good at being alone.”

    Endless miles
    And strangers’ smiles

    Ain’t no cure, no cure for lonely…



    You’ve got gypsy in your soul
    And a heart that leads you to the road

    If the years leave you feeling cold

    When you find that woman don’t you let her go-
    don’t you let her go,
    She’s the gypsy in your soul

    California
    I used to know you
    Those sunny days so sweet
    But back East
    Not in the least
    Old friends to make and meet


    Out with dawn

    To sing your song
    The roads are long and many

    Head for the coast 

    Loves you the most

    But sweet Jenny, she’s waiting and ready…



    Miles and years

    Looking over our shoulders
    Fight those fears for another day
    Wipe those tears
    The worst is over
    Don’t you walk away
    Don’t you walk away…


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  • Who knows how long
    I have waited for you
    so won't you come see me
    here in California
    where I've got sand in my hair
    and a sunburn everywhere

    yeah, we've got everything

    except for you that's what's missing



    Where did love go

    she goes high and I go low
    where did love go
    she asks why and I don't know
    where did love go

    she says it's fine but I don't think so
    where did love go

    Does your hair hang low
    like so long ago

    me I haven't changed
    a head in the clouds above the rain
    I hope you can see

    everybody needs a dream

    I only answered you with yes

    what is it dear, I will confess



    Where did love go...



    Leave tonight
    all my life

    I have waited for you
    and a love that's true



    where did love go


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  • Everything's gonna be alright
    With your friends by your side

    Everything's gonna be alright
    Full of love full of life
    Every step we take

    sure there's mistakes
    but this I know

    Love will guide us home...in time.



    You're never alone
    we're always here

    wherever you go

    this I've got to make clear
    You and me
    we've got one another

    can't you see

    you're my sister...and brother

    Everything's gonna be alright...



    Love is the way
    that's all I know
    that isn't to say
    I've found my home
    we all need a friend
    to lean on

    so lets look ahead
    won't you help me sing...this song

    Everything's gonna be alright...



    Everything's gonna be alright
    fill the darkness full of light

    love will lead us through the night
    everything's gonna be alright

  • I've been a stone
    Rolling down this road
    it's been so cold

    With nowhere to call home

    I ramble on

    Wherever I choose
    I sing my song

    So tell me how could I lose



    Oh the sun will always shine for you

    Barefoot babe and blue sky too

    Oh the sun will always shine for you

    The less I dance the more you do

    The sun will always...shine



    I want to be

    Where the sun's shinning down on me

    I'll take you there

    There's not a moment left to spare

    Come on let's go

    I'll tell you everything I know

    We'll make it through

    A lot of me but mostly you



    Oh the sun will always shine for you...



    When the sun goes down
    And we head out of town

    Wherever we go
    I hope you follow
    But in the mean time

    Give us sunshine

    I love the sunshine (it's your's & it's mine)
    I love the sunshine (let it shine, let it shine)
    I love the sunshine (we're sure feeling fine)
    I love the sunshine (in the sunshine)

  • I’m just a school boy
    Chasing that school girl

    And it’s a simple joy
    She got me, she got me running all over the world

    Now I don’t mind
    Tell me what would I do with time
    But get on that bike and go
    The road, the road’s the only way I’ve ever known…



    One of these days, I’ll grow up

    One of these days, if I’m lucky enough

    One of these days, I’ll get back to you

    One of these days, you know I’d like to

    One of these days, oh oh



    Now these better days
    I’d like to think they’re here to stay
    And come what may

    Don’t ignore me, I adore you, like to see more of you

    And it seems to me
    All we need to do is dream

    And in dreams we’ll be

    Unbreakable, unstoppable, forever young and free…

    The door’s wide open, for the first time

    You were, always hoping, you would read the signs
    Now your, path is chosen, what you seek you’ll find…

    but in the meantime…

    When that train slows

    To that last stop
    And it’s time to go

    You feel, you feel your sinking, like a rock
    But all those friends you’ve made

    And all the joy you gave
    And everybody knows

    You’re a stone, that’s made to roam, and now you’re heading home
    But one of these days…


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  • Nature’s son

    Lost one

    We’re waiting for you when you come
    Pretty dancer
    You should ask her

    "Will you help me catch the sun?"

    Blue jeans
    Sweet dreams
    Are all that I need

    She knows

    And you know
    Still it hurts to go

    Brown eyes

    Can’t deny
    They hate to see you go
    But blue skies 

    Are on the rise

    We wish you good luck on the road



    Blue jeans

    Sweet dreams
...

    Days go by one by one
    I’m still chasing the setting sun
    Nights slip by two by two

    Nobody knows what’s happened to you

    Years march three by three

    Into the mist and out to sea
    Love grows ten by ten

    But love is lost if not shared my friend

    My my, love, gotta share all my
    My my, love, where is my 



    Music in my soul, where it leads I follow

    Music in my soul, I don’t know where I’m going, no-oh

  • Since forever and a day

    I knew it to be true

    the world was standing in the way

    but there was nothing it could do

    secret signs revealing

    every step that I would take
    silenced by the feeling
    it was all at stake

    well yes it is

    yes it is
    The dream will live
    The dream will live

    you know it's true

    so sing it too

    the dream will live



    the dream you were dreaming 

    mirrored that of mine
    in a world of unbelieving
    it would take a little time
    so you locked them all away
    to keep them safe inside

    awaiting for the day
    I would come to your side



    well yes i did
    yes I did
    the dream will live...



    oh, my love
    easy, slow
    oh, my love, don't you know
    the dream will live
    on this love we give
    the dream will live

    and I will not profane you
    by crying out your name
    but you will know what to do
    all the same



    Yes you will
    the dream is real
    the dream is real...



    Oh, my love
    forgive me so
    Oh, my love
    I need you so

    the dream will live
    on this love we give

    the dream will live


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Stealing Home Matt Palka album cover

Stealing Home

Released 2016

American Songwriter raved, “He’s a visceral and committed singer, and a songwriter of real range and singular expression. Palka, as we know, has spent a lot of time on the road, and those journeys have led to beautifully developed and inventive songs of hope. Long may he ride!” Stealing Home takes us on a musical journey from fully produced power pop, to island rock, roots rock and finally stripped down folk with all of Palka’s influences wrapped in an Americana glow. 

  • Little leagues and younger days
    And dreams of making the show
    The road has led me far away
    But still those dreams I hold

    Every spring I’d train, through the wind and rain
    Cleats caked in mud
    Overcame the pain like a hurricane
    I did it all for the love

    Where did all our heroes ever go
    You never see nobody stealing home
    From town to town and coast to coast we roam
    But if given the chance I’m stealing home

    Came to town just a walking on
    Looking for work and pay
    Most of my life I got it wrong
    This time I was ready to play

    Give me a shot let me show you what I’ve got
    And I stepped to the stage
    It was hot but my fears forgot
    So I wrote a new page

    And in the darkest night you’ll feel you’ve lost your way
    When every answer seems to lead you far from home
    Can’t trust the safe advice from those who always stay
    When the wind blows, you’ll know, it’s time to go

    It’s time for-
    Stealing stealing home (All I’ve ever wanted)
    Stealing stealing home (All I’ve ever known)


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  • We need a little break
    Right now there’s too much at stake
    Read the words from my mouth
    I want to head south

    We could put the top down
    No one would know that we’re around
    We could just slip away
    Let’s leave for Mexico today

    Tino, let’s go
    To a little place called Mexico
    Yes, yes, yes we’re going home
    To a little place called Mexico

    We made it across the border
    There’s just one thing to order
    Let’s get bit by the tequila worm
    I know it’s going to make your stomach squirm

    The dusty streets are filled with joy
    We bumped into a young Mexican boy
    We gave him money and he told us a joke
    Now we’ve got ourselves something to smoke

    Tino, let’s go
    To a little place called Mexico
    Yes, yes, yes we’re going home
    To a little place called Mexico

    We’re in the land where time they don’t keep
    We’ll send you postcards when we can think
    Mañana, Mañana
    There’s no worries today

  • I’m worn down to the bone
    I best get walking
    Thrown out like fools gold
    Ain’t worth a dime

    I’ve got dreams I don’t talk about
    A worried mind all alone
    I’ve got fears and a world of doubt
    Troubled times no one knows

    Ain’t got nowhere to go
    But fate came knocking
    Luck has run out cold
    Before my prime

    You give me reasons
    I don’t believe ‘em
    I’ll never understand why
    Too many questions
    That leave me guessing
    How could I be fine?

    Everybody knows
    I hear them talking
    I guess somebody told
    No peace I find

    Worn down to the bone
    I best get walking
    Thrown out like fools gold
    Ain’t worth a dime


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  • It will always be about a girl
    In time you’ll see about a girl
    Endlessly searching for a lover
    Would you take it or leave it and run for cover
    No matter what you believe in the world
    It will always be about a girl

    Give me your touch, give me your love
    I need it so much, send it from up above
    It’s what you do, that blows me away
    Too good to be true, I’ll believe anyway

    She once said to me sharing is caring
    Then she proved to me this understanding
    Oh, I’ll never be free without a girl
    Anyone you see, no just this one girl
    Oh, I need to believe she’ll be my true lover
    Will she wait and see what’s here to discover

    You like to pretend, you don’t care
    Is there no end, you just smile and stare
    I’ll run til I drop, so do what you please
    No please make it stop and put me at ease

    Give me give me what I need
    Your touch your touch is what I need
    Give me give me what I need
    Your love your love is what I mean
    Give me love give me, give me love
    Give me love give me all of your love

    I would crawl through the fiery gates of hell
    I would give you my life, my soul I would sell
    I would search through the endless stars up above
    Only if only if for a piece of your love
    For love, yeah he-yeah,
    For, your, love

  • We’ve got to leave the East Coast before we get old
    We’re heading out West with two pockets full of gold
    Those are just pockets full of dreams you say
    But we’ve got nothing left to lose we’re heading west today

    So we...We’ll be passing through Ohio
    We’re just a band on the run, looking for some girls and fun

    Well Billy got married
    And Bobby went to jail
    We picked up Jimmy on the freeway
    And I fell asleep at the wheel

    So we, never made it through Ohio
    No we, never even left Ohio

    Billy fell in love with a checkout clerk
    Bobby got caught robbing a bank, what a jerk
    Jimmy lived the life of a hippie hitchhiker’s way
    And I’m a narcoleptic, I fell asleep that...

    So we, never made it through Ohio
    No we, never even left Ohio

    We never did see Kerouac out on the road
    Inspired I wrote a screenplay but it never got sold
    ‘Cuz we never made it out to the West Coast
    And this song is all that I’ve got left to boast

    I never thought the city was tough
    But, now in the country I found me so much love
    And, wide open spaces and places to play
    As for the West Coast we’ll see you some other day

    Cuz we, never made it through Ohio
    No we, never even left Ohio

    They say the East makes you hard
    The West makes you soft
    But we got stuck between the two
    I guess we just got lost

  • I believe - I believe in you believe in me
    Money - Who needs it when love is free
    I can - I can make a change I can make a stand
    For this love - This love is all that I am

    Love, (Don’t fight it)
    You’ve got the love inside so don’t you hide it
    Love (Don’t fight it)
    I will stand up proud and I will shout it
    Love (Don’t fight it)
    I will share what’s mine like the sun that’s shining
    For love

    Yes, Yes, Yes - Here’s all my love here’s all my best
    I confess - Never felt more alive never been so blessed
    Take my hand - Lead me out far across this land
    For this love - This love is all that I am

    Love, (Don’t fight it)
    You’ve got the love inside so don’t you hide it
    Love (Don’t fight it)
    I will stand up proud and I will shout it
    Love (Don’t fight it)
    I will share what’s mine like the sun that’s shining
    For love

    Look around do you hear the sound of love
    (Don’t fight it)
    The trees that sway, the neighbors that wave, that’s love
    (Don’t fight it)
    You can do anything, just spread your wings and love

    The first light that dawn brings
    To late in the evening
    Into the woods or city
    The islands far out at sea
    To the mountains so wind-blown
    And everywhere you roam
    Feel it now, feel the love grow
    You spread the love when you let it show
    You gotta..

    Give your love, give your love away
    Give your love, give it all away
    With your first breath let me hear you say
    Give your love, give it all away
    ‘Til your last breath on your dying day
    Give your love, give it all away

  • Into the twilight
    Fireflies dance and spread their light
    The evening breeze is cool and nice
    Stars up above wake the night
    I know you should you think you might
    Dance with me in the moonlight

    Oh my baby, where have you been
    Don’t say maybe, you’ll never win
    The night is lovely, and so are you
    No time to be lonely, I know just what to do

    Into the twilight
    Fireflies dance and spread their light
    The evening breeze is cool and nice
    Stars up above wake the night
    I know you should you think you might
    Dance with me in the moonlight

    The birds sing you a song, as they drift asleep
    The day’s long gone, but the night’s within reach
    I grab your hand, and pull you close
    I could be the man, you’d love the most

    Into the twilight
    Fireflies dance and spread their light
    The evening breeze is cool and nice
    Stars up above wake the night
    I know you should you think you might
    Dance with me in the moonlight

    Nights filled with magic, such as these
    Better reach out and grab ‘em,
    before you’re begging please
    I can not fathom all the love that we need

  • Somewhere beyond the light
    Eyes strain but just out of sight
    Each breath, how many earned
    Each step, a lesson learned

    Beauty blessed in shades of grey
    A summer’s song fades away
    Ripe fruit plucked from a flower
    The sweetness wanes every hour

    Can you see me
    Would you tell me I’m not alone
    Did you hear me
    I’m only flesh and bone

  • Let me break on through the wreckage
    Of a stolen seedless night
    Let me believe for one second
    Love continues after life

    Every moment I have wasted
    Drifting out into the mist
    Midnight’s hand forever chasing
    ‘Til it seizes with a kiss...you

    Who would have thought
    You’d sink so low
    Gambled and lost
    Your only soul
    Up on your feet
    It’s time to go
    But who’s gonna take me now

    Blessed are the lost and lonely
    May they wake together at dawn
    Heaven knows I’m not the only...one
    Singing this same song

    Let me break on through the wreckage
    To see the light of day
    Some say in life there is a message
    What it is I can not say

    Who would have thought
    You’d sink so low
    Gambled and lost
    Your only soul
    Up on your feet
    It’s time to go
    But who’s gonna take me now

    If I make it through the wreckage
    To see the other side
    I will give you safe passage
    For you gave me back my life

  • Youthful faces herded into lines.
    Patiently waiting for their given time.
    You keep them deaf and dumb and waiting in the rain.
    You got a new idea well we’ll make you feel ashamed.
    They want their money reaching to the sky.
    How could they do it if we all thought we could fly.
    Won’t you stand up you’ve got something to stay.
    The accusations fly they say they’re gonna make you pay.

    Goodbye innocence, I guess this means I’ve grown.
    I’m out of sight
    So out of spite
    I’ll take the fight to the road.

    Few of us are kings while others we are pawns.
    The dreamers dream while the mute they go unharmed.
    The carrot hung always just out of reach.
    Faith and obedience they were the wrong thing to teach.
    You give up this life for freedom after death.
    You walk your own road well they trip you every step.
    Step out of line and pay the penalty.
    Bribes lies and crimes, hell, that’s democracy.

    The abuse of power is spinning out of control.
    But I’ll make it right
    With all of my might
    I’ll take the fight to the road.

    A bleeding heart left trampled in the road.
    With such a good clean start how could it be bought and sold.
    The preacher the politician both were fighting for a cause.
    Now who’s in whose pockets who’s living by different laws.
    Status quo keeps the population weak.
    Propaganda stained between their teeth.
    Blood for oil and military gains.
    Corporate interests upheld by political games.

    We won’t abide by what we’ve been told.
    We’ll survive
    We’ll unite
    We’ll take the fight to the road.

    So walk the road as only you can.
    And don’t you dare even try to understand.
    A single step is stronger than a word.
    And you’d be better off to forget all that you’ve heard.
    The serpent’s hiding and spying along the way.
    He uses fear and he’ll twist those words you say.
    But fear him not and heed not his call.
    ‘Cuz you’re what he’s not and for that you’ve got it all.

    Here I stand and I’ll never grow old.
    ‘Cuz I realize
    That I’m alive
    I’ll take the fight to the road.

  • I fought hard but I fell short.
    I gave it all was my only reward.
    I’m not done but I’m done for today.
    Don’t know where I’m going but I know I can’t stay.

    So I, hopped that train and headed east.
    Made the choice that hurt the least.
    With Indian summer alive in the air.
    I know it’s a lie but I don’t really care.

    Fields for harvest and fields left bare.
    View for the passengers based on their fare.
    My ticket read beneath my thumb.
    No exchanges, no refund.

    So I shuffled through the cafe car.
    Yellowed tooth suits, their bellies to the bar.
    No window seats, no seats anywhere.
    Down with the baggage, I could stand there.

    You know I, stood tall but quicksand.
    I took a fall I don’t understand.
    I tried my best to be a man.
    Nowadays I...
    Just don’t give a damn.
    Hell burns the best made plans.
    Just do the best you can.

    Head in hands, suitcase for a seat.
    Nothing wears a man quite like defeat.
    I thought of lost love and the boys upstairs.
    It’s never simple and they’re never fair.

    So it’s hard luck, hard love.
    Hard rain following me from above.
    Caught in the crosshairs of circumstance.
    Don’t know what’s coming ‘til it’s already past.

    There was a girl from a Midwest town.
    Who liked the boys, to chase her around.
    No certain terms, she asked me to stay.
    Flanneled sheets, in fields we lay.

    But somewhere I crossed the line.
    She was no ones, but I took her for mine.
    Forgot that clue that some fool spat.
    Can’t hit your target if you don’t know where it’s at.

    You know I, stood tall but quicksand.
    I took a fall I don’t understand.
    I tried my best to be a man.
    Nowadays I...
    Just don’t give a damn.
    Hell burns the best made plans.
    Just do the best you can.

    Rolling distance
    Stretching time.
    Grows between us
    And I’ve resigned that I’ll be fine.

    You know I, stood tall but quicksand.
    I took a fall I don’t understand.
    I tried my best to be a man.
    Nowadays I...
    Just don’t give a damn.
    Hell burns the best made plans.
    Just do the best you can.