What am I for by ed englerth

I look at the rocks around me

Round n’ flat on this shore

The ocean beats them all day long

Is that what this rocks are for

Wheat grows in the fields

Soak up the rains that pour down

Photosynthesis, with heads for food

Is that what this wheat is for

 

 v //: what am I for? ://

 

I wake up as the trucks roll by

The network news tries to entertain

The artist sweats n’ strains to speak

Seems every other days the same

I’m just trying to stay sane

I take that back, I don’t try that hard

And the odds get even, it’s a game of cards

I just smile as I fall apart  v

 

(bridge)

What am I for? What am I for?

The door swings the vacuum cleaners suck

The earth spins and I’ve had enough

 

(quietly)

Twelve and thirty-nine are fifty-one

The flowers in the fields love the sun

Trash is stuff that gets thrown away

Will I be like that someday?  v  v

 

 

She couldn’t help but believe by ed englerth

She longed to move

Out to the country

Out in the woods

Among the trees

Not so much an escape

But to a hope

Not out of fear

Yet to the unknown

v  She’d heard the stories

         Wind blowin’ through the leaves

       And at night the moon and the stars

       She couldn’t help but believe

A tall dark man

With short straight hair

He stood blocking the doorway

Waved his hands in the air

He said you can’t leave

There’s nothing for you there

Lying through his smile

He knew but didn’t care  v

She climbed through the window

Out onto the roof

It was so hot up there

The tar felt like glue

She’d made a set of wings

N’ prayed they’d help her fly

She strapped them on her arms

And ran with all her might

As her foot left the edge

One shoe stayed behind

You can still see it from the window

A mysterious blue sign  v v

 

Old tales of a restless ghost by ed englerth

Long n’ lonely

The sounds of scraping

Plays like laughter

With a hollow ring

 

v he cannot hold a thought for long

     Wrings the bottom of his ragged coat

     Blood would drip if there were any left

     The old tales of a restless ghost

 

Ancient weary eyes

Can not comprehend

Look into the face

Of an old friend  v

 

Fingers tied in knots

From trying to hold fire

The only hopeful sign

is deep in sightless eyes – deep inside   v v

 

Mr Warrin by ed englerth

Mr Warrin finds no quiet place

Inside of his house

He walks with bloodshot eyes

All his thought are upside down

Mr Warrin is disoriented

He’s sad and tries to frown

It comes out as a smile

And all his words are mispronounced

v  He doesn’t understand

How he got here

He doesn’t understand

How to leave

He is held captive

By his own gravity

His intentions are misunderstood

All his thoughts are scattered

His got a fever & it makes him chilled

He can not find the cure v

 

Mr Warrin’s been around the world

Someone always pays the way

He always carries baggage

That he never claims    v

 

Magnificent by ed englerth

I want to find someone

To be angry with

To fight some injustice

Or destroy some evil social myth

I want to feel something

On this cold cold night

So I jump on the spear

That the soldier holds high 

v  //: magnificent ://  tragedy

 

I wish I could hide

So I kick out the lights

There is no where to go

It’s been a long strange ride  v

Calling up hate

Just to keep me awake

Love’s too tame

n’ peace is just lame  v

//: magnificent ://

can you see it 

can you feel it

can you stand up

oh come on

isn't it magnificent

 

I’m gone by ed englerth

What do you want

When you say jump

What do you mean

When you say love

What are you expecting

I may not be too bright

But next time you bark

I’m sure to bite

v //: I’m gone ://

You make me so sick

What else can you steal

When you’ve taken everything

There’s nothing left to heal  v

 

I’m tired of guessing

What’s on your mind

Tired of figuring out

What you think is right

Tired of fighting

A ghost I can’t hit

Tired of living

Where I can’t fit  v v

 

I forgot who I am by ed englerth

I remember yesterday

Like it’s a million miles away

How’d I end up burning it all down

In that holy place

I guess that what happens

When you play with fire

Starts with a thought –that blows on an ember

Quite a surprise for one so shy

v I forgot who I am

I’d like to be far inside of denial

Take memory n’ wrap it in a cloth

Place it under the couch

Then lay down n’ take a pause v

 

Despondency and despair

Are the only things left to wear

I awake next to a river

I drink deep – the tears rush in

My memory’s returned

I bid adieu to where I’ve been

I’d forgotten who I am  v

 

Don’t stand too tall by ed englerth

I’ve been out west and back east

Rode with the police in their back seat

I saw Uncle Sam’s dogs unleashed

Don’t stand too tall

I don’t think I’ve ever been to Spain

Can’t speak the language, never rode their trains

I hear an explosion, can’t explain

Don’t stand too tall   (music interlude)

I’ve been on – and off the leash

I’ve been a man - & a beast

Can’t pay my debt – yet I want release

Don’t stand too tall

I don’t always know what God’s talking about

It’s hard to hear – he don’t speak too loud

I’ve got a little faith – mixed with a lot of doubt

Don’t stand too tall

I’m well off – in the neighborhood

I think I’m blessed – when I’m just a fool

Sometimes I win – when I should lose

Don’t stand too tall.

 

After The Garden by Ed Englerth

After the Garden

we wandered around

we wondered out loud

we watched the sun go down

After the garden

We dragged our feet

Didn’t know where to go

We couldn’t find relief

//: After the garden ://

 

After the Garden

Our sons killed each other

The blood cried out from the ground

Will he be running now forever?

After the Garden

Nothing was the same

We thought we’d have glory

What we bought was shame

//: After the garden ://

 

(bridge)

Now we long for the good old days

When things really were better.

This is such a sad place to be.

But at least we’re all in this together

As we head off towards the tomb

We carry such a heavy weight

There’s light at the end of the tunnel

The rock’s been rolled away.

//: After the garden ://   //: After the garden ://

 

Talk to God by Ed Englerth

I’ve heard it told

That you talk to God

Does he speak to you

Does this happen a lot

If you meet with God today

And he seems in a mighty good mood

Would you ask him something for me

I’m sure it’s nothing new but,

v  I’m not sure how to communicate

        With someone that knows me even better than myself

        Seems it’d be old new to him

        It just be me repeating – everything again and again

Do you hear voices

Out loud? Or in your head

Or is it just a feeling you get

When there’s something being said

Does he read your thoughts

Or do you speak out loud

When do the changes come

What happens when you doubt  v

 

When you pray to God

Does he poke his finger into history

Do you or circumstances change

It’s always been a mystery    v v

 

(ideas for adlibs)

Who wants yesterday’s papers

Who wants yesterday’s news

Who wants yesterday’s papers

Nobody in the world

Give me a bad case of the blues

get off my blue suede shoes

There’s someone praying…. It’s //: Bless me ://

There’s an old sot in the corner beating his chest

Saying forgive me Lord

I’m not sure how to communicate

With someone that knows me even better than myself

Who wants yesterday’s papers

Who wants yesterday’s news

Who wants yesterday’s prayers

He might refuse     . . .  . Maybe I should shut up n’ listen.

 

Talkin’ About Me by ed englerth

Talk about someone who’s fallen

Someone’s lost their wings

It’s said they lost their place

Careful ‘bout the injury they’ll bring

 

F  Talkin’ about me

     Talkin’ bout you

     (They’re) talkin’ bout me

      Talkin’ bout you

 

Got lost along the way

Somehow just got out of step

Then lost the path again

Yet some how can never forget  F

 

     The fallen are not forgotten

     Helps is found in the healers hands

     Forgiveness flows from the cross

     To all of us in this desperate land 

 

Years later will people ask

Hey, who used to live here

I heard they had some problems

it grew worse year by year   F F

 

And So It Goes by Ed Englerth

The whistler dreams

A sinners dream

Hears a voice

Sounds long n’ lean

She’s laughing softly

Ask’s for another drink

Who she talking to?

Wish it was me.

 

uAnd so it goes – all night long

   And so it goes

 

She sounds familiar

I smell her cigarette

Then all is quiet

Have they left?

2 minutes go by

I feel out of place

No gravity

There’s only weight  u

 

I get up to leave

And then I freeze

I hear his voice too

& I know it’s me

I hear footsteps

A door opens and shuts

She’d calling my name

Should I walk or run?  u

 

Some look for an answer

Other just move on

And so it goes  u  u

 

I Just Keep Bashing My Head by Ed Englerth

I just keep bashing my head

You’d think I can’t feel pain

It’s like an endless war

I wish would end today

Was there ever a time

When it wasn’t like this?

Think about it baby

Then give me a kiss

 

The future’s in the past

It’s repeating once again

We can’t seem to learn

And we don’t believe in shame

It’s either too insensitive

Or it’s too soft

We may jump on baby

But we just can’t get off 

u //: I just keep bashing my head ://

Empathy is dead

If it’s seen on TV

People only watch

That are wanna bees

I don’t want to be in debt to no one

Except the debt of love

I owe love . . . I owe love

Pride and ignorance

Walking hand in hand

Fear and strife soon follow

And they do a crooked dance

Hatred and violence

Attitudes and patterns

Common sense lies gasping

The whirlwind is getting fatter  uu //: I owe love ://

 

 

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