Two by Two

Two of a Kind

too shy, fall inside

the ground just opens

don't know why, i try to hide

but i do

gotta find a better life

wanna hold you on a sunday night and

been looking for peace of mind

and you

and i can feel something coming soon

and a song's just waiting for a tune

and then i close my eyes

it's no surprise, two of a kind

spending time when there ain't no limit

close my eyes

no surprise, two of a kind

oh to see you on a summer's day

think about the way we play and

wanna find a better way

what i do

you and me in a morning breeze

makin time for the birds and bees and

just doing what i please

with you

and i can feel something coming soon

and a song's just waiting for a tune

and then i close my eyes

it's no surprise, two of a kind

spending time when there ain't no limit

close my eyes

no surprise, two of a kind

and then i close my eyes

it's no surprise, two of a kind

spending time when there ain't no limit

close my eyes

no surprise, two of a kind

with so much travelling

and all this pain

leaves me cold and alone

and all the times i've seen the

way it's been

still don't know just where it's gone

getting older and the house ain't full

still here but i'm not feeling flush

caught up in the push and pull

that i do

gotta keep things straight in line

see it all as a royal time and

finding peace in a glass of wine

with you

and i can feel something coming soon

and a song's just waiting for a tune

and then i close my eyes

it's no surprise, two of a kind

spending time when there ain't no limit

close my eyes

no surprise, two of a kind

and then i close my eyes

it's no surprise, two of a kind

spending time when there ain't no limit

close my eyes

no surprise, two of a kind

Got so Much

so much on the left of me yeah

so much on the right

with sweet seductive subtleties

you're twisting through my mind

sleeping here next to me

slipping out of time

babe if this is all that's left of me

then can't you see

we're holding up a line

would you take me for all in all

if you'd take me at all

i like you standing here next to me

or up against the wall

got so much baby

got so much for me

got so much baby

you got so much

you make a mess of me

i know that it's insensitive

running with a knife

and i dig into the primitive and

it's burning through me twice

trying can be terminal well

happens all the time

when heat moves through your body babe

then yeah you know

you're doing something right

could you take me for all in all

if you'd take me at all

i like you standing here next to me

or up against the wall

got so much baby

got so much for me

got so much baby

you got so much

you make a mess of me

burning through a destiny

it's taking too much time

a vice that's only slipping is

holding on too tight

would you take me for all in all

if you'd take me at all

i like you standing here next to me

or up against the wall

got so much baby

got so much for me

got so much baby

you got so much

you make a mess of me

got so much baby

got so much for me

got so much baby

you got so much

you make a mess of me

Through the Night

sipping air for breakfast

yeah hook me up to the machine

and i'm still breathing

and i can’t tell you what that means

and i hold on

one more time

i hold on love

all through the night

through the night

my last drive today

you know i loved that car

from coast to coast and

to a small town bar

my only brother

comes to see me once in a while

and our last beer together

did my best to stand and smile

and i hold on

one more time

i hold on love

all through the night

through the night

and on the horizon (on the horizon)

one more time and

on the horizon

one more time and

it's four in the morning

trying to make it through the night

here for any calling

oh she wakes up when it’s light

and i hold on

one more time

i hold on love

all through the night

all through the night

Ain't It Enough

ain't it enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me

ain't it enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me, year

promise me son when you're out at night

and they're circling the beat

now when they stop, you gotta be polite

can't go running through the street

yeah they're armed and they're afraid of us

fear runs deeper than they know

things get started

don't know where they'll go

a fire fueled from below

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me, yeah

they shot him 41 times

he was reaching for a wallet

they saw the color of his skin

so much hanging from a southern tree

we still feel it in the wind

so hold him down

get your knee to the ground

light is fading from his eyes

8 minutes later he's still

squirming around

can't be sure until he dies

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me, yeah

running in circles when we're falling in line

we twist away from the scene

staying down and we don't know why

it's just the way it's been

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me

now covid spreading round

while we watch the screens

a liar of conceit for a president

young men die

when they're stopped in the street

all the shame self-evident

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me

ain't that enough for you, baby

well it's enough for me, yeah

Earth Day

yeah i read it’s earth day today

and i guess that’s fine

i woke up

saw two birds flying

i thought of all the wasted time

feels like a birthday to me

birthdays they move on by

and now it's after the party people went home

and the ice cream's still outside

all this worry when it's a certainty

that the earth

will be just fine

with so much micro genetic biodiversity

yeah nature

just takes her time

yeah if it’s earth day today

that’s like the electoral college

or prop 13

man we got so much we gotta get right

women’s rights genocide

oh and slavery

yeah i think if it’s earth day today

we gotta take a number man

get in line

instead i’m locked at home

listening to neighbors fight

all this worry when it's a certainty

that the earth, will be just fine

with so much micro genetic biodiversity

yeah nature

just takes her time

it might be sad

that we’re walking away

sometimes we gotta let it go

the only problem we got

is that we’re taking too much with us

man i hope that they don't know

and they say it’s earth day today

i guess that’s fine

it feels like a birthday to me

and birthdays they make me cry

You Comfort Me

now it'd would be alright

if you could stay with me

take in a scene yeah

start to see what this could be

grief and curiosity

tastes like whiskey on grenadine

a world keeps wavering

got my mind chasing all that caffeine

and there it is yeah like before

she says to me

waves rolling to the shore and

colors bleed in the sea

you comfort me, yeah

and i don’t know why

you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

but you comfort me

just in time

now there's a story when i was 13

oh a woman then

she set me free

oh it's a little much to see

how reality flows from a fantasy

moves up fast

take our time maybe go for a walk

we go right out to the edge of town

find a place just you and me

where maybe we

can slow this down

and there it is yeah like before well

she says to me

waves rolling to the shore

colors bleed in the sea

you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

but you comfort me

just in time

just take your time

spend it all flying high

and find your way back to me

cause you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

you comfort me, yeah

and i don't know why

but you comfort me

just in time

Tip of My Tongue

and i turn around

just in time to see your light

and as things slow down well

there’s more time to get it right

it's like falling down

but you come from the stars above

won't hit the ground

i feel my back in your bed of love

feel my back in your bed of love, yeah

been here all along

an angel with your red dress gone

think of things that we’ve done

right on the tip of my tongue

see how the stars have aligned

from the corners of your heart to mine

know that our has dance has begun

when you’re right on the tip of my tongue

right on the tip of my tongue

right on the tip of my tongue, yeah

feel my back in your bed of love

feel my back in your bed of love

Stumbling

stumbling two by two

yeah we move along

from the message on the phone

i knew you'd be gone

lights go down to close the scene

and my heart begins to tear

slip into a summer's dream

and i hope to see you there

remembering well all the things we do yeah

stumbling two by two

stumbling two by two

now the kids are growing up

and they're moving on

and we knew that this was coming all along

looking out to see him now

when i've got an empty stare

slip into a summer's dream

and i hope to see you there

remembering all the things we do yeah

stumbling two by two

stumbling two by two

and i'm not prepared for all of this

what we see

oh is nothing new

try 'n take care of all of us

and it's the only, thing we do

stumbling two by two, yeah

we move along

and a soldier stays up

waiting for the dawn

when ice is growing on the ground

and sleep becomes a dare

slip into a summer's dream

and i hope to see you there

hope to see you there

oh to see you there

hope to see you there

oh to see you there

Just Getting Started

you could take me by the hand, love

you could show me now

just what to do

pretty baby

but when you look me in the eye, love

please don't tell me that we’re through, no

you could take me out for dancing

and i would watch the way you move, yes

we could find a way to romancing

i love all the things you do pretty baby

and i love the way you move

and we’re just getting started

i love the things you do

and we're just getting started

my arm around your waist

and we're just getting started

i love the way you taste

and we're just getting started

and yeah she took me out for dancing

lord i watched the way she moved, yeah

and we found a way to romancing

and i started worrying

just a little too, yeah

just then she took back her hand no

she told me we was through

and as she turned and walked away well

she told me what i could do

i said baby

i love the way you move

and we’re just getting started

i love the things you do

when we're just getting started

my arm around your waist

and we're just getting started

i love the way you taste

and we're just getting started

water’s pouring down

and i’m holding on

love is flowing ‘round

no it won't be long

and i love the way you move

and we’re just getting started

i love the things you do

just getting started

my arm around your waist

and we're just getting started

i love the way you taste

and we're just getting started

Arrangements

first thing in the morning, well

he'd run in the heat or the cold

with all that leaving early, well

missed out

on growing old

and he'd want to be skiing

flying high and free

on a mountain top of fresh fallen snow

where things can just be

and i’m old enough to know

when it’s time for letting go

the arrangements change and

love stays the same

love stays the same

love stays

love stays the same

and twenty five years was

enough time to try

no it never got much better

wouldn’t see a way to get it right

she was brave enough to move on

she left with all respect

now it's back to starting over

with the gift of a child to protect

now i’m old enough to know

when it's time for letting go

the arrangements change and

love stays the same

love stays the same

love stays

love stays the same

that child is all grown up now

it’s what the little humans do

with everything he taught me

i still remember some too

it's all been done

already gone

and all and all

just holding on

you might see me

with a long look in my eye

know there’s a free spirit who’s

out there somewhere skiing high

and a couple walking gently

cool waves to tempt their feet

and a young boy reaching to the moon

as the sweetest things repeat

the sweetest things

the sweetest things repeat

the sweetest things

the sweetest things repeat

All the Good Times

corduroy pants and tequila shots

lovers’ romance

back alley lots, yeah

you and me

and all the love that we'd need

too young to think and know better

yeah too old to be out alone

we were running free

didn't see, what would be

pain takes its time

nobody tells you why

but i can say it now

i guess i’m doing fine

as i hold on to the good times, yeah

remember all the good times

doing fine

you held me close

i’d shudder for days

yeah with all the ways

we got to know

kids and work and family

every break for you and me

well you’d smile and i'd

feel it in my toes

pain takes its time

nobody tells you why

but i can say it now

guess i’m doing fine

as i hold on to the good times, yeah

remember all the good times

doing fine

i hold on to the good times, yeah

remember all the good times

doing fine

some fade out happily and

that wasn’t there for you and me

i feel you deeper now

has to be alright

now that you’re gone

i know there’s no reason why

but a picture show

is running through my mind

hold on to the good times, yeah

remember all the good times

doing fine

i hold on to the good times, yeah

remember all the good times

doing fine

hold on, hold on

hold on, hold on

corduroy pants and tequila shots

lovers’ romance

back alley lots yeah

you and me

and all the love that we’d need