RUN WILD

GOIN' DOWN                                   Walk down that old dirt road, and now Remember we were 12 years old      Fallin’ over just to feel something     Goin’ down 

Grow up tall and strong, we got a       Tom Petty sing- along 

I don’t need it in my brain                      We goin’ down 

Goin’ Down 

Did you ever stop and wonder                Is this life a game?                     Everybody’s going under                     And I still feel the same 

If you love me, set me free, ‘cause I’m Paralyzed by anxiety                                  I don’t need it in my heart                     We goin’ down 

Goin’ Down 

Did you ever stop and wonder 

Is this life a game?                     Everybody’s going under                      And I still feel the same 

And now I break, and now I bleed Something so soft, my head can’t take more ... Any more 

Did you ever stop and wonder                Is this life a game?                   Everybody’s going under                     And I still feel the same

RUN WILD

Cut wide open by the sunrise           That’s alright                                    Spirit’s dancin’ there in your eyes             I feel fine                                                But tonight we leave it all behind          As the time rolls by                          River’s runnin’ dry 

They’ve got us running on empty         On our darkest nights                          Will you be my redeemer                      Just tell me I’m alive 

You gotta run wild, all night long        You gotta love someone ‘til the break of dawn                                                      Our hearts are full, son, but our backs against the wall 

Worn and tested by the hard times   That’s alright                                     Heard you yellin’ to the red skies             I feel fine                                                But tonight we leave it all behind          As the time rolls by                          Embers in the fire 

They’ve got us running on empty         On our darkest nights                             Will you be my redeemer                     Just tell me I’m alive                             You gotta run wild, all night long        You gotta love someone ‘til the break of dawn                                                      Our hearts are full, son, but our backs against the wall 

As the fireworks fade, we realize           All we’ve got left is tonight 

You gotta run wild, all night long         You gotta love someone ‘til the break of dawn                                                      Our hearts are full, son, but our back’s against the wall

 

 

MEMORY ELECTRIC

FIND LOVE
Gonna find love / Gonna walk to where you are 
When I feel you / Gonna shout from the mountain top 
And we’ll drive all night / To that sunset paradise 
Gonna breathe in / Fill my lungs with truth and light 

And there ain’t nobody gonna take away / The love we build tonight 
‘Cause it’s loud as thunder and sure as rain 
Our shelter, our fire 

Because she’s the one / And nothing’s gonna change 
The way I feel about her / And it’s pushing through my veins

TEENAGE AUTUMN NIGHTS
On them teenage autumn nights / The fire’s burning so bright 
Park behind the rink / What will mama think
When I bring you home so late 
I’m terrified / That my heart might break and die 
Remember when I took your hand in mine 

It’s a come back, baby, tonight / The music is deafening 
Pearl Jam at the bar / Rancid in the car
Singin’ Ruby Soho ‘til the break of dawn 
Echoes of reggae through my bedroom wall
Remember when we drove and touched ‘em all 

On them teenage autumn nights
Ain’t nothing ever felt so right 
Bunch of vandal juveniles
We were in love and out our minds 
Woohoo 

It’s a throw down, baby, tonight / Drop the gloves it’s time to fight 
Walkin’ in the park / Hold you in the dark 
Blue and reds are flashin’ now I’m stuck inside
And the cuffs are rather tight 
Remember when I took your hand in mine 

On them teenage autumn nights 
Ain’t nothing ever felt so right 
Bunch of vandal juveniles 
We were in love and out our minds 
Woohoo

RESTLESS FOOL
There’s someone I used to know / Look a lot like him 
Memories lost inside these bones / Radiate within 
Changing like the ocean / Changing like regimes 
I’m gonna sing my song ‘til it’s outta key 
Gonna find out what it means 

But I feel the same / When you call my name 
And these memories, these memories, they make me smile 

We got now, then, forever and I bet
Long lives the Restless Fool 

Climb the highest mountain / Fall down on your knees 
Asking for forgiveness / Asking to be free 

THE BRINKMEN
Six billion ticking time bombs / This is how the world will end 
No need for pyrotechnics / With a whimper not a bang 
The tides are rising fast now / Ain’t no need to wonder why 
An apathetic powder keg / We explode toward the sky 

But don’t forget it
The place that you came from  / The storm is never done 
The melting winters  / The cuts that time wont heal
The people who’ll disappear 

The winds that moved your hair / The crashing of the waves 
The spirits and the fog / The words I didn’t say 

Forgotten words, we lost the war / Elders crying for the dead 
Rhythms of the earth remember / The disaster in my head 

But don’t forget it 
The place that you came from  / The storm is never done  
The melting winters  / The cuts that time wont heal 
The people who’ll disappear

The winds that moved your hair / The crashing of the waves 
The spirits and the fog / The words I didn’t say 
We’re goin’ away / goin’ away / Goin’ away 
Words we didn't say / Words we should’ve said

BETTER DAYS
I’ll be comin’ home / You’ll be on your way 
Walk the street ‘til dawn / These are better days 

Another late Vancouver night / See them stars burning bright 
Walk down Main Street all alone / Street lights buzzin’, shadows growin’ 
Curse the cars as they pass me by / Your memory electrifies 
I’ve been dreaming since I left this morning, this morning 

I’ll be comin’ home / You’ll be on your way 
Walk the street ‘til dawn / These are better days 

I stumbled through a grizzled rain / One more drink to kill the pain 
Look so deep in a stranger’s eye  / See myself the truth, the lies 
So far gone I’ve lost my head / Beat up, dragged down, left for dead 
All I need is one more chance in the morning, in the morning
 
IN YOUR EYES                                                                    

One early morning / You’ll awake and fear   
That everything you’ve built has washed out to the sea   
And you’ve been hiding / From the hurt and pain   
You walked away from this / It turned out all the same   
I’d sail the ocean / I’d climb on high   
To see the world the way I see it in your eyes   

There ain’t no tomorrow / There ain’t no yesterday   
Everything’s a lie / Endless days of rain   

My empty wallet / My battered brain   
My broken barren heart / The stupid things I say   
The sky is falling / The night is grey   
I recall faded pasts and yearn for memories   

There ain’t no tomorrow / There ain’t no yesterday   
Everything’s a lie / Endless days of rain   
But where I see nothing / You see fields of green   
When the night is darkest, possibility   
But where I see nothing / You see fields of green   
When my night is darkest, possibility 

MONEY GODS
Ridin’ on a wave of smoky dreams
The mountain shakes the people scream 
The money gods will swallow earth and trees
Long horizons painted black and green 

Don’t you ever wonder what they mean?
Words of war as songs of peace 
The new crusade, the lies you can’t believe
Power stays the truth deceives 

Voices rising / The mountain echoes 

Bye, bye same old song / Been around for way too long 
Bye, bye world you know / Never gonna let it go 

Fateful eyes set on the Sailish sea
Warriors invade the raven flees 
The tar is crude the cash is so obscene
Stack the deck and make away like thieves 

Voices rising / The mountain echoes 

Bye, bye same old song / Been around for way too long 
Bye, bye world you know / Never gonna let it go 
Bye, bye days of old / Let down by the hate you sold 
Bye bye, liberty / Something ‘bout the way it bleeds

THROUGH THE DARKNESS  
    
When the darkness comes to rest   
I feel it deep inside my chest   
This old man has seen it all   
The darkness falls   
Things are different than before   
I’m wicked lonely getting old   
Leaving this whole thing to fate   
It’s enough to make me pray   
For yesterday   

And the leaves will bow down   
When you walk by with me   
Those ships will crash and sink into the sea   
Before I let you down my love   
Oh how simple life becomes   

When the darkness comes on by   
I hope it misses by a mile   
Our brothers saw the darkness rise   
Fought my whole entire life   
The darkness falls   

And the leaves will bow down   
When you walk by with me   
Those ships will crash and sink into the sea   
Before I let you down my love   
Oh how simple life becomes   

I’ll never let you down, I’ll make you stronger   
Lay your head upon my shoulder   
Love will never die   
Tonight

MILLION MILES
When you find me on the floor 
Please remember that I’ve lost it all 
Re-align me with the stars 
Thoughts forgotten, but I hunger for 
All the old days living, just you and I on our own 
Great adventures, running far away from home 

But I’d give it all away for one more try 
When a man regrets his days, forgets his nights 

You’re a million miles away 
You’ve got time, I’ve got faith 
Sometimes when worlds collide, ain’t no need to wonder why 
There’s just something that I’ve gotta say
I’m getting old, I’m getting grey 
Sometimes when words escape, things will never be the same 

All the comforts I knew before, they’re long gone now like them dinosaurs 
I was high-class / I was owed 
For doing nothing / And I lost the gold 
Ain’t no difference / Ain’t no way 
I’ll forget you on this cold and lonesome day

 THE REVISIONIST

I’m stuck out here and I got no place to go 
And I see your love is almost all the way gone
The cars race by / as we walk along the freeway 
And the drivers crash before they make their way home 

Nobody seems to care who I'm lovin', how I'm livin'
Everybody seems to know what I’ve taken, what I’ve given 

And I don’t know if I loved you anyway 

The murder flies / turns the sky as black as evening 
And the mountains humble all the people below 

Nobody seems to care who I'm lovin', how I'm livin' 
Everybody seems to know what I’ve taken, what I’ve given

And I don’t know if I loved you anyway 
(But I’m a liar)

THAT ONE SONG

IN YOUR EYES                                                                   

One early morning / You’ll awake and fear  
That everything you’ve built has washed out to the sea  
And you’ve been hiding / From the hurt and pain  
You walked away from this / It turned out all the same  
I’d sail the ocean / I’d climb on high  
To see the world the way I see it in your eyes  

There ain’t no tomorrow / There ain’t no yesterday  
Everything’s a lie / Endless days of rain  

My empty wallet / My battered brain  
My broken barren heart / The stupid things I say  
The sky is falling / The night is grey  
I recall faded pasts and yearn for memories  

There ain’t no tomorrow / There ain’t no yesterday  
Everything’s a lie / Endless days of rain  
But where I see nothing / You see fields of green  
When the night is darkest, possibility  
But where I see nothing / You see fields of green  
When my night is darkest, possibility 

THE ZAMBONI MAN 
   
Woke up lying on the ground / head was spinning  
Another night out on the town / don’t remember  
Know I’m late the kids are skating on ice that ain’t been cleaned today  

I was king of this old forgotten town  
I skated faster and was tougher pound for pound  
On that night their hearts were broken  
Frozen moment in time / I can’t forget  

I’ve seen the ice / I’ve scored the goals / I’ve felt the pain  
I’ve seen the sun rise on a cold November day  
But for all the time that passed away I still recall  
The way they looked at me the night I went and lost it all  

In thirty years I’ve realized  
Just before was the best second of all time  
Now I know that in that moment  
I controlled everything that would happen in my life  

I was king of this old forgotten town  
I skated faster and was tougher pound for pound  
On that night their hearts were broken  
Frozen moment in time / I can’t forget  

I’ve seen the ice / I’ve scored the goals / I’ve felt the pain  
I’ve seen the sun rise on a cold November day  
But for all the time that passed away I still recall  
The way they looked at me the night I went and lost it all  

I drive alone 

ON THE RADIO 
   
My name is Tommy, this is my hometown  
If you’ll permit me, I’d like to show you around  
There’s the gas station, my parents own the store  
My dog is Henry there, sleeping by the door  
We live along the highway, Nowheresville, B.C.  
The Hope-Princeton Crow’s Nest, Route #3  
We’re the only stop one hundred miles around  
The lonely silence lingers, hours without a sound  

I’m gonna grow up strong / they’re gonna know my name  
I’m gonna work real hard / gonna make my way  
But momma when I’m gone don’t ever feel alone  
Because before too long you’ll hear me  
On the radio  

I watch the tourists filling up their cars  
Coffee and bathroom breaks, chips and chocolate bars  
When I get lonely I turn on the CBC  
It’s all we get up here FM 91.3  
News and weather, feels like they never change  
And who needs real friends when you’ve got Stuart McLean  
In my dreams, I’m far away from here and when  
I read the news to them, the lonely get a friend  

I’m gonna grow up strong / they’re gonna know my name  
I’m gonna work real hard / gonna make my way  
But momma when I’m gone don’t ever feel alone  
Because before too long you’ll hear me  
On the radio  

Ain’t it amazing, how fast the years go by  
Time waits for no one and I’m left to wonder why  
I’m 33 now and try as though I might  
I never left this place, I never took the flight  
Mom ain’t feeling well and dad has passed away  
I run the store now behind this counter everyday  
I’m not a newsman, I never got to go  
Still on these lonely days I’ve got my friends  
On the radio  

I’m gonna grow up strong / they’re gonna know my name  
I’m gonna work real hard / gonna make my way  
But momma when I’m gone don’t ever feel alone  
‘Cause maybe one day still you’ll hear me  
On the radio 

MY OLD MAN 
   
Take a walk to the water  
Take a walk to the sea  
My old man, my father  
Showed me the man I could be  
Had a cough in the winter  
Took a walk down the street  
Just he and I, in the silence and the fog  
My little hand in his  

Now the days are getting shorter  
And the night skies closing in  
Catch a glimpse of my reflection  
Staring straight back at him  

I said, “dad, is there a god in heaven?”  
He said, “son, that’s way beyond me”  
All you can do is treat other people well  
And what will be, will be  
My old man, he’s getting older  
Living life strong and free  
If there’s one thing that I could leave into this world  
Give my kid a dad like him  

Now the days are getting shorter  
And the night skies closing in  
My old man, my father  
Always been my best friend  
Catch a glimpse of my reflection  
Staring straight back at him  

I’ll walk in the rain by your side  
I’ll cling to the warmth of your tiny hand  
I’ll do anything to help you understand  
I’ll love you more than anybody can  
And the wind will whisper your name to me  
Whisper all the joy that is mine  
The leaves will bow down when you walk by  
And morning bells will chime 

THROUGH THE DARKNESS 
   
When the darkness comes to rest  
I feel it deep inside my chest  
This old man has seen it all  
The darkness falls  
Things are different than before  
I’m wicked lonely getting old  
Leaving this whole thing to fate  
It’s enough to make me pray  
For yesterday  

And the leaves will bow down  
When you walk by with me  
Those ships will crash and sink into the sea  
Before I let you down my love  
Oh how simple life becomes  

When the darkness comes on by  
I hope it misses by a mile  
Our brothers saw the darkness rise  
Fought my whole entire life  
The darkness falls  

And the leaves will bow down  
When you walk by with me  
Those ships will crash and sink into the sea  
Before I let you down my love  
Oh how simple life becomes  

I’ll never let you down, I’ll make you stronger  
Lay your head upon my shoulder  
Love will never die  
Tonight