Remember when we rode the three wheeler down to the pond You fished for bass and I fished for squirrels We both laughed and laughed and laughed Then your mom made us a snack Remember when we swam in the cow pond with the squishy bottom And we chased them with our light saber until your mom caught us We both laughed and laughed and laughed Then we went in for a nap Remember when I got the little red bike over at Daniel's house And I rode down the hill for the very first time without falling We both laughed and laughed and laughed Then mom made us a snack

I knew that I loved you the first time that I saw you I knew that I had to hold you even though you seem to hate me sometimes And I'd cry and I'd cry If you were to go I stood there watching you sleep quietly quietly breathing I know I'm not your favorite all the time I'm willing to wait my turn in line And I'd cry and I'd cry If you were to go Now while you're younger and I'm younger too I love spending all this time with you As we both get older I hope we both can grow closer

We march in single file following hidden threads With hidden strings running to our heads Just like ants who follow chemicals from their tails With a single queen who knows everything Don't tell your secrets Don't tell your secrets Don't tell your secrets on a megaphone We're connected with lasers and electricity And wires carry light from sea to shining sea Lightning bugs dance in patterns in their jar Pushing messages through the air from near to afar Don't tell your secrets Don't tell your secrets Don't tell your secrets on a megaphone We see the light from the stars in the chair where we sit We read the messages so we never need to visit Fireflies caught in jars for all to see But not to touch or hold like once in an old story Don't tell your secrets Don't tell your secrets Don't tell your secrets on a megaphone

Edith was chronically in love while her sisters tripped and skipped over their suitors Edith pined and longed for someone to walk with Why isn't there anyone ever left for me Why am I left alone always a little to late to the party She fell for an older man they spent their days roaming churches and the countryside But her older sister scared him away Why isn't there anyone ever left for me Why am I left alone always a little to late to the party By chance she met a farmer tilling the land shared his meat, cheese and wine But the farmer's wife stopped the romance Why isn't there anyone ever left for me Why am I left alone always a little to late to the party

Had I known but yesterday what I know today I'd have taken out your two gray eyes and put in eyes of clay Had I known but yesterday you'd be no more my own I'd have taken out your heart of flesh and put in one of stone I forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair To travel to Carter Town where young Tam Lin is there Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee And she's gone down to Carter Town as fast as go can she She'd not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two When up there came young Tam Lin, says "Lady, what of you?" Had I known but yesterday what I know today I'd have taken out your two gray eyes and put in eyes of clay Had I known but yesterday you'd be no more my own I'd have taken out your heart of flesh and put in one of stone "Oh, tell me, Tam Lin," she said, "why come you here to dwell?" "The Queen of the Fairies caught me when from my horse I fell. And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell. I so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself But tonight is Halloween and the fairy folk must ride. Those that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must bide." Had I known but yesterday what I know today I'd have taken out your two gray eyes and put in eyes of clay Had I known but yesterday you'd be no more my own I'd have taken out your heart of flesh and put in one of stone "First let past the horses black and then let past the brown Quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down For I'll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town For I was an earthly knight, they gave me that renown Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake But hold me tight and fear me not, for your baby's sake And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold But hold me tight and fear me not so your child can grow old And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight." Had I known but yesterday what I know today I'd have taken out your two gray eyes and put in eyes of clay Had I known but yesterday you'd be no more my own I'd have taken out your heart of flesh and put in one of stone In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring She heeded what he did say and young Tam Lin did win Then up spoke the Fairy Queen, an angry Queen was she Woe betide her ill-fared face, an ill death may she see "Oh, had I known, Tam Lin," she said, "what this night I did see I'd have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree." Had I known but yesterday what I know today I'd have taken out your two gray eyes and put in eyes of clay Had I known but yesterday you'd be no more my own I'd have taken out your heart of flesh and put in one of stone

I’ve had it with the sameness The copy & pasted lameness They must think we’re all brainless Living in total plainness Since when did the American Dream Get to be one giant machine It’s turning quite obscene Like robots in sweaters and jeans Companies tell us what to buy The when and the where and the why We’re pawns in a business game Where everybody is the same Had it with the sameness Chicken fried apple pied lameness National advertized gameness Take these pills and you’re painless Got you numb to the shameless TV ad whole grainness Puppies and kittens for the tameness Get your 15 minutes of fame-ness Form north to the south to the west We all agree what’s best Because we all think alike nowadays Thanks to centralized thinking and ways We only need one master plan Devised by the corporate man It’s better for the bottom line If we all just get in line and get down with the sameness Solo So come on now my good friends Stop chasing the same dead ends Think for yourself for a change Paint your car in crazy flames Grow your hair change what you wear Just laugh when people stare Turn off the tube for a while You might find it makes you smile (to be free of the) Sameness The copy & pasted lameness They must think we’re all brainless Living in total plainness Had it with the sameness Chicken fried apple pied lameness National advertized gameness Take these pills and you’re painless Chicken fried apple pied eggs you fried momma said Go to bed hold your head did you catch what I said Clip your toes blow your nose hold the hose strike a pose

The polar bears were dying so we saved all the ice Then an army of bears came to devour us twice All the trees rejoiced when we dismantled all our saws But our books fell apart and our houses are all gone And all we had were books And the books were filled with lies And lies became the truth Right before our very eyes And the truth that we forgot We burned up all the words That left us with the lies So the truth was never heard But we wanted to have cool hair and burned a hole in the air The sun cooked our skin; it was worse than the bears We saved all the dolphins from the tuna man Then they hooked all their boats and dragged them to the sand And all we had were books And the books were filled with lies And lies became the truth Right before our very eyes And the truth that we forgot We burned up all the words That left us with the lies So the truth was never heard

If you dream of elephants I will dream of clowns We can lie bed together Until the circus comes to town If you dream of motorcycles I will dream of cars We will race around the track together Under moon and under stars We can dream If you dream of jellyfish I will dream of whales We will wake together remembering Aqua sea foam tales If you dream of satellites I will dream of stars We can float along the milky way And stop by Saturn's bars We can dream

Football brings marching bands and a big parade down main street And the girl queen watches everything from the to of a t-top camaro Darling we're home Then it's halloween at a haunted house and the ghosts we know chase us through the halls And the lights come on and we hug it out with the same ghosts that scared us a second ago Darling we're home Talent show full of dancing girls while proud parents watch from lawn chairs All this happens in the shadow o the downtown old train depot Darling we're home

He drove a dodge or plymouth all of his life He built a cabin in the mountains for his family and his wife He always told the same stories then fell asleep on the couch He loved his wife named more than life itself He knows what life means He sees patterns in everything She always makes the best food full of love May not be good for the body but its good for the soul She had a great big family she adored Who wouldn't know what life was like without her She knows what life means She sees patterns in everything She had four children who meant everything She loved her grandkids like treasures She made them airplanes from candy canes But she had to go to sleep and miss everything She knows what life means She sees patterns in everything