Spring cleaning of the soul

Spring cleaning of the soul.
It makes a body whole.
We all need that lesson.
We all need that blessing.

Does it happen once a year?
Hope it happens every day, you hear?
Get a haircut. Take a new job.
Clean your place. Wash your face.

Sometimes we need to feel free.
Even though we never can be.
Some asshole complains about your music.
Some asshole doesn't have a clue.

Spring cleaning of the soul
Helps you console
Yourself to your lousy life.
And helps you renew!

It is time to be re-born.
It is time to be sworn
Into a new way of thinking.
If you don't your options are shrinking.

Spring cleaning of the soul
It make a body whole.
I ain't worrying
Bout the blues I'm carrying.

The rain

The rain falls on the just and the unjust.
Is it God's tears or a woman's fears?
When it is silent it is like a prayer.
When it is violent it is like a curse.

The rain can ease pain.
The rain can take away blame.
The rain makes everything cloudy.
The rain makes faces all the same.

The rain is so elusive.
But the rain has its place.
The rain does not explain.
But the rain calls your name.

4th of fucking July!

4th of fucking July!
I exercise my right
To act like a total idiot.
To be ungrateful and admonishing.

To make fun of everybody I despise.
To celebrate my vanity and selfishness.
4th of fucking July.
Goddamn I'm a lucky so and so.

4th of fucking July.
I am all about self-congratulation.
I am not worthy to wear these stripes.
And deep inside I'm aching.

I don't shit on the American flag.
They already tried that bag.
You don't shit where you eat.
If you want to get some meat.

I'm an unrepentant selfish American.
Full of bile and hatred.
I ain't got no cause.
And I am full of flaws.












 

I met a chick who dug the Stones

I met a chick who dug the Stones.
But she wanted to go it alone.
She didn't have the passion.
It takes a special breed
To fulfill my kind of need.

I look for the highest and the best.
Until I find her I cannot rest.
The aftermath is I couldn't please her.
Though I am a cool man of leisure.

Love is a fickle thing.
I try not to give a fling.
But if she is waiting,
She should give me a sign.

I am a survivor

I am a survivor.
Never dead, more alive-er
I always have a contingency plan.
I am a complete man.

Today my sink failed.
Did I moan and wail?
No I got stuff done.
I looked out for number one.

I don't need anyone to hold my hand.
I am content just as I am.
I never found a human soul
Who could somehow make my life more whole.

Every challenge is bound to lose.
My resolve and purpose are tough to refuse.
I always know that I will be winning.
And the end is only the beginning.

I always remember to be grateful.
Although I sometimes feel hateful.
I know that the secret is in believing.
And giving is more important than receiving.

Hope these simple truths sink in.
Hope I get you thinkin'.
Hope whoever you are,
You always remember:
You are a star!

For someone I used to know

You taught me the meaning of space.
Even though you didn't want me in yours.
I made us our own dance floor.
But you did not want to be my partner.

There's a ghost in my house.
Who runs her fingers through my hair.
But you are no longer there.
And you never really cared.

But like, I'm cool.
You were not for me.
Thought you were my cup of tea.
But you curdled.

I'm doing you a favor
Using more than breath to chase you.
Because you must be really dumb
To not know I could have been the one.

Babe I offer no apology.
I am grateful for our times.
My faithful memories
Are more than these words that rhyme.

They say the cream rises to the top

They say the cream rises to the top
But just lately the shit been rising to the top.
And I wish it would stop.

When did the vertical become slanted?
What kind of bad seeds have we been planting?
Why is our growth downside up?
I already thought democracy was done.

But now it's even worse.
The blessing became a curse.
I am fortunate to live in the land of the free.
But now our democracy has become hypocrisy.

The truth has become 'the truth.'
A lie is transparent.
But inconclusive.
And integrity is elusive.