pack & mail

well hello there
this is pack ‘n’ mail
well, where are you coming from?

see we’re two lights up
or maybe two lights down
but please don’t come around

yeah like i said
we both pack AND mail
are we can do either one

just bring it in
and just let me see
but please don’t wait till i’m done

cause it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and i’m sweepin’ the floor
oh it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and you can’t stop me from closin’ the store

yes sir – oh-
we have boxes
just tell me what’s your pleasure

i can’t go by this
or by that big
i need numbers – by guess or measure

oh yes sir,
we do overnight
it’s just that you’re way too late

hurry up,
what’s your plan B
there ain’t no way i’m gonna wait

cause it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and i’m sweepin’ the floor
oh it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and you can’t stop me from closin’ the store

yes man, we have stamps
cause your ltr doesn’t have enough
oh you’ll have to buy another one?
all i can say is tough

i can sell you some of that bubblewrap
and tape from off the shelf
and you may wanna buy some tape too
cause you’ll have to pack in by yourself

cause it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and i’m sweepin’ the floor
oh it’s six oclock in the pack’n’mail
and you can’t stop me from closin’ the store

between the lines


the conversation’s over and i claim the world is lost
i’m jumping off the bridge that she’s walking across

nothing makes much sense now tell me i just wanna know
if i want to make her happy why on earth did i tell her no?

just yesterday i was fine
just last night the world was mine
i just try to read between the lines
now i’ve lost my place – my peace of mind

a mumble and she’s gone – too late i bite my tounge
i gasp a breath for pause, but “i’m sorry” fills my lungs

i cannot chase her down as she’s walking away
i cannot call her name, but i whisper, “no, please stay!”

just yesterday i was fine
just last night the world was mine
i just tried to read between the lines
now i’ve lost my place, my piece of mind

nothing makes much sense now
tell me i just wanna know
if i dream to just be near her
how could i let her go?

take me


oh it’s hard to feel
a fire for you Lord
when i won’t approach Your flame

oh it’s too easy to say
i’m saved i guess i’m blessed
and every day is just the same

but i’m dropped my spark in the night
it’s much to dark to find the light

take me – just as i am
to where- i need to be
take me – just as i am
to where- i need to be

oh here’s promise #52
to see a perfect Sunday through
but i’ve given up by sundown

guess it just was not to be
there’s always next for you and me
but am i just a joke in this town

cause i fall oh i fall again
52 times, yet i still try to stand

there’s my chance


i was early
i was there
the sun was setting
in the evening air

then there was was
all i could see
i played it cool till
she walked up to me

i was ready
she said hi
opened my mouth
but my mouth was dry

there’s my chance
plain as day
there’s my chance
walking away

i was leaving
head hung low
no more words
they’re gone with the flow

she just smiled
she doesn’t know
i fell in battle
to a friendly foe

now i’m alone
she found a friend
ah, the moment passes
but will it ever come again?

All In My Head

well i’ve got this friend
who’s got it all together
he tells me there’s only one thing
that will ever last forever

“go ahead and try and make your mark”
the whole worlds flammable
and you carry a spark

when i tell my friend i’m not praying for fame
he just smiles and says you must be insane
naw, you just need to take a closer look
to see your place in the history books

he tries to tell me
that God’s all in my head
but my head’s full of selfishness instead
God’s not all in my heart
God’s not all out on my tongue
so don’t tell me God’s all in my head

well i leave my friend
and I go out for a drive
and the billboards i read
say, “man you’re lucky to be alive”

cause with the smoke you’re breathing
just with your windows rolled down
don’t you think it’s time you left this town?

but i respond to myself
i know why i’m here
god has a plan for me
don’t whisper in my ear

you can take a backseat
oh you doubt
or i’ll throw you out

Aisle Over

alarm clock bell to bell
just another day under my belt
sure I pause now and then
to think of how God must have felt

to send His son
the sacrifice of Jesus
oh but they knew what lie ahead
and I am so envious

but I can’t just hold God’s plan
and wave it like a four leaf clover
when I won’t see my whole destiny
could be one aisle over

well i never knew his name
but i sure had my thoughts
a first sight judgment
i had him pegged on the spot

i knew he would be there
always askin’ why
tonight i sit surprised
I didn’t expect him to die

i can say he wouldn’t change
he’d be dead anyway
even if i’d spoken up
God i wish i would speak up

but I can’t ignore God’s plan for me
pull off the four leaves of clover
and i can’t see my destiny
was sitting one aisle over

his empty chair is haunting
i should have told him “hi”
cause now more than ever
i wish i’d said, “Goodbye”

fame

wakin’ up with her name on my breath
blinkin’ her face from my eyes
venturing out means reality
my life comes as no surprise

same old story, oh so true
boy meets destiny girl
but there’s no chance for him
his hope a fallen world

i can wish and i can dream
that things were different than they seem
but it’s not my time, not my chance
i can’t risk this failed romance
i’m dippin’ my toe into the sea
feeling the fear of being caught
but i can hear a distant call
her nets were further than i thought
so envious of her past
of love i had no part
sympathetic to the ones
who let her break their hearts (don’t let her break your heart)
and again with my assumption
she so wild, she can be tamed
millions try and millions fail
to live with fickle fame

forgetting

prayin’ for rain these months gone by
skies cloud over – i wonder why
how could you force these storms on me
when you knew – i was not ready

so i call it a curse though it’s blessing
i suppose i’m trying to keep you guessing
when will i learn that i’m playing with fire
when i get burned by my desires?

you are all powerful, all places
all knowing in all ways
i am – i’m almost forgetting
you can hear me
when i pray

echoes around this cold stone place
have me chasing a dream at a snails pace
but i wash my hands of all my deeds
all cleaned up i offer you my list of needs

i find you there you hide i seek
i hope you can’t see my sincerity’s weak
a God i should praise – a God I should serve
instead i just whine, what do i deserve

on my knees this time for real
afraid to say please – for how you’d feel

letourneau’s lonley hearts hunters club

when I came to college
i said here is my chance
to finally try my hand
at romance

but all the girls went underground
i’m just trying to track them down

in class there are so many
i don’t know what to say
but when i get the guts
the bell rings and they run away

walking down to saga
she looks pretty she looks sweet
then she turns around and
oh-wait that’s Pete

it’s my night for a stakeout
so i camp out on the berm
i don’t see any women
just a couple a million germs

a groups reported sighted
so we’re going out tonight
to wander all around and ok
stalk until daylight

We know all the differences
Between the two genders
Yeah that’s the only test
For our new members

A Boy Named Tim

 

well this here’s a story about a boy named Tim
he lived next door to me but i barely knew him
he said things that made him sound like the coolest boy alive
i remember one time he bought me lunch down at the Hive (food, that is)

Tim spent all night talking on the phone to his girl
he told me about a concert that he claimed would rock my world
he told me pizzas weren’t so very far
so he and i drove there in a stolen car (sorry, Brian)

the next thing i know Tim’s in a bit of trouble
the administration’s trying to burst his self inflated bubble
he tried to shrug it off and say, “i’m so cool”
but everyone around was saying, “Tim, you’re a fool”

Tim is gone now – he’s not here no more
that’s just fine with me ’cause i broke my hand running into his door
now he’s gone and i don’t miss him
and that’s all i have to say about the boy named Tim