1. SOLAR POWERED LIFE

She's got a solar powered life
She dies without direct sunlight
But every morning in the spring
She wakes up early
And this is what she sings

My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
Yeah

My baby gets depressed at night
All hope is gone with the twilight
But every morning after dawn
She sings to me
And this is her love song

My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day
Yeah

I give you everything you need
I give vacations by the sea
If that's what you need girl
I give you everything you want
Sitting sipping smoothies with your sunglasses on

My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
Yeah


2. PERFECT VOICE

May not have a perfect voice
But I’ll still sing at the top of my lungs
Until my days are done
I was once a child with a million plans
Now all I’ve got is what's in my hands
I don’t leave much to chance these days
I may not ever see a dime but I’ll be fine
Yeah I’ll still get by
All the time a smile upon my face
You might see me on the corner with a cup someday
And I’ll smile and wave
And say "God bless you for your change today"

Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh

I may not be a perfect man but I’ll still stand
Yeah I’m counting on grace to win this race for me in the end
I may not sing your favorite songs but I don’t sing for you
Cause if I did I would have been done long ago

Woah oh woah oh oh oh

I may not have a perfect voice but I won't lie
I’ll sing until I die
Because I may not get the chance another night


3. CHEAP SHOTS

I have a demon in me
It shows its teeth and escapes
When I impatiently speak
That's when i make my mistakes
It seems I'm prone to abuse
I'm just like you, I'm just like you
I keep my mouth shut around
The fools and liars of this town
Starting fast from their lips
They burned it all to the ground
You know if you want the truth
You'll just end up getting burned too

Will the water wash me clean?
You can take it all out on me,
You can take it all out on me.

So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.

You walk the walk,
Don't you talk the talk too?
But in your heart you died alone
A long, long time ago.

Will the water wash you clean?
You can take it all out on me,
You can take it all out on me.

So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.

So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.


4. FOUR CHORDS

I was once a boy in love with strangers
As I watched them smoke their cigarettes I'd wave
I was much too young to think of danger
I was curious and innocent and brave

Now the wrinkles in my face have gotten deeper
I'm an old man that's just 25 years young
I try to keep myself away from mirrors
They remind me of the stupid things I've done

Cause after all mans intellect and power
All you get is 650,000 hours
If you're lucky then you're dead
Says the voice inside my head
Keeps me moving on
Keeps me singing these songs

So sing along (oh oh)
Here we go (oh oh)
Been down this road
About a thousand times before
I'm breathing and I'm bored
So sing along (oh oh)
Here we go (oh oh)
Singing songs we wrote
About a thousand times before
I'm breathing and I'm bored
These same four chords
The same four chords

Now the beard upon my face has gotten thicker
To protect me from the storms that come my way
Maybe when life's done I'll be the singer
In the band that plays outside of Heaven's gate

Cause after all mans intellect and power
All you get is 650,000 hours
If you're lucky then you're dead
Says the voice inside my head
Keeps me moving on
Keeps me singing these songs

Even if I die tomorrow
I'll be glad my life was filled with songs
And even if I die tomorrow these four chords
Will keep me Living on
Even if I die tomorrow I'll be glad
My life was filled with Songs
And maybe if I die tomorrow these
Four chords will keep me Living on
Even if I die tomorrow be glad my life was filled with songs
And even if I die tomorrow these four chords will keep me Living on

Oh oh, the song that we wrote
Are playing back on the radio
Oh oh, even if I die tomorrow
These four chords will keep me living on


5. VAGABONDS

I can't get enough
Of livin' in the city
I get off the bus
At Dexter and Denny
The sun's comin' up
Over the lake to my east
And I feel the love
In the rhythm of the music of the street, yeah

And no one is gonna take that away from me
So I pick up a Real Change paper
As I walk on down the street
Yeah, because

Vagabonds and troubadours
I built this city on punk rock cores
And I for one cannot ignore the facts, yeah
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
Yeah, come on

In the jet city of love
Northwest in the evergreen state
People can't get enough
Of living in the darkness and the rain
But when the sun comes out
The streets are filled with songs
And people playing it loud
So the whole world can sing along, yeah

And the cops go screaming by on the 99
There's a man with a smile and his guitar on
And he's holdin' a sign
And it says

Vagabonds and troubadours
I built this city on punk rock cores
And I for one cannot ignore the facts, yeah
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
Yeah, come on


6. HAPPY NIHILIST

I am a happy nihilist, no absolute truth does exist
When I decide to shake my fist, I only got myself to blame
Cause we’re all players and life's the game

I only take what I need, I am so light on my feet
I will not stop or concede, I am not driven by greed
No moral compass for me, it's all just natural feelings
Existence has no meaning, there's no such thing as happy
But late at night when I sleep, I dream of more than I see
There's something burning in me, a driving need to be free,
Why do I sit here and think about the things that I need?
There's nothing left to believe, oh is it all just a dream?

I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me

I used to read everything, I used to need nothing
I put my money on me, I used to be something
Now I can’t sleep, cause I’m not happy

I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me

Whoa oh oh
Why am I haunted by the metaphysical?
Is it a cosmic lie or is it literal?
The books I read that used to free my mind
Have made me more blind but the truth I’ll find it
I was a happy nihilist
Now I’m wondering why I exist

I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me


7. MY NAME

I have seen my own gravestone
And worshiped the golden statue
I’ve made my bed in the lion's den
And walked in dead man's shoes

I have witnessed coastline
From a bird's eye view
And I made the request that we plunge to our death
So that I could get to You

I will walk through the fire
I will not be afraid
They can take everything that I have
But they can’t give me my name

I have climbed every bookshelf
In search of hardcover proof
And if I am judged by the things I have loved
I hope some of them are true

"Do whatever fulfills you
Make the most of each day"
That’s what we’re taught since before we could walk
But it all will fade away


8. EVERYTHING AND NOTHING

I’ve tasted fame but never fortune
And still I couldn’t care less for both
I hope you’re done saying "I told you so"
Cause I think I’m done telling the world what I know
Everything is dark inside the whitest lie
When you take the truth in every half truth
You take the grey over the black and white

I am everything and nothing

Give me one good reason to believe I’m not alone
I will wait for You to answer me
I’ve never been much for smoke and mirrors so I need a hand
To hold
I will wait for You to answer me

I’ve tasted blame poured out by brothers
And I much prefer a woman's scorn
They chastise me for being honest
When they hide behind their pride and their porn
Everything is white inside the blackest truth
I know you hate to hear it but it’s all that I can do

I am everything and nothing
I am black and white, I am wrong and right


9. THE COUNT

Be good to me as you once were when you pulled me from the
Brink of death
My enemies were frenzied for a taste of my flesh
And now I've got the same feeling again
The beasts are closing in their teeth are dripping with Rattlesnake poison

So I will run into Your open arms
I've got nowhere else to Go

I don't want to live like this anymore
Trading truth for the simple things
I don't want to live like this anymore
Will You give me the will to sing out
When I'm filled with the darkest of doubt
When I'm down for the count

Protect me from mutiny
From those who miscarried your baby
From those who miscarried the truth
So they could selfishly do whatever they thought was
Pleasing
Protect me from insincerity
From between their teeth it's practically oozing
Their eyes are hollow and blind
They're always wasting my Time
And it's time that I'm losing


10. DIFFERENT NOW

The sunset through the blinds reminds me of the time we met
You were like a ray of sunlight, penetrating my apartment
As we walked down by the water I remember what you said
You said we had so much in common
And you didn’t see it Coming
I was as surprised to find the love inside
Your eyes as you Were to see mine
Our friends all laughed and we were warned
It was the calm Before the storm
That comes like it always does

Love of mine oh my how we have grown, it's different now
Don’t ever want to go back to being alone,
It's different Now
And I wouldn’t change a thing

I recall the times we spent down by the coffee shop
We would fight and you would cry, cause in those days
I lied A lot
Trying to protect you from the truth
I had to learn that Never worked
I couldn’t hide anything from you, couldn’t bare to see it
Hurt you
Oh I was so surprised to find forgiveness in your eyes,
Undeserved, but love is blind
We shared our hearts as we drove home
It was the calm before The storm
That comes like it always does

After all the mistakes, its different now.
It seems our love never breaks,
It's different now and I wouldn’t change a thing.


11. BROKEN MESS

He can't sleep, he can't eat
He keeps thinking about her behind the locked door of her
Bedroom
As she knowingly tortures the shell that is left of her
Bridegroom
And what did he do to deserve
This whore of a wife who parades her disgrace to his face
Now
When he loved her and gave up his
Life in more ways than she Knows how
And all I can say is that

Love is a terrible art, it’s a hook in the heart
That can drag you on broken glass
And as you protest the shards in your flesh
The hook tears out your chest until you’re just a broken
Mess

Where is God in this rot?
Depraved she commits the most heinous of sins
And breaks her Vows
But he loves her despite all the crimes
She devises in his House
Where is God? I’ve been taught
That He’s close to the broken, it's true
I have spoken with Him some
When I look in my brother's eyes
I can see where his love Comes from
And all he can say is that

Love is a terrible art, it’s a hook in the heart
That can drag you on broken glass
And as you protest the shards in your flesh
The hook tears out your chest until you’re just a broken
Mess

But he has mercy on her lover and does not bleed him dry
A credit to his self control if it were me that monster
Would probably die

Love is a beautiful thing, she can make your heart sing
When you’re walking on broken glass
She will open your eyes, make your heart feel alive
Point you toward the sunrise
Help you leave all this broken mess behind

Love is a beautiful thing
Will you leave this broken mess behind?