Suburban Alien

He came from Omaha
Hopped on a train you know something broke his fall
Silence in the wind meant that he could begin again
He pulled out a radio
Turned on the news and switched to baseball
Spring is when you win
Fall is when you give in
'cause yesterday is all but gone
And I know that it won’t be long
And I’ll be back to sing you sweet

Suburban alien songs

They passed the bottle around
Scattered their ashes upon this sacred moving ground
Texas is all right 
I don’t wanna fight no more
All these friends that I know
They’ve got other lives 
Now they’re trying to lay low
Maybe wounds will mend
And we can all pretend to be
So happy that we somehow belong
And we can live with whatever is wrong
And keep on singing these sweet 

Suburban alien songs

I’ve got to get back on that train
'cause the Platte River’s calling my name
I’ve got to get back to my old life
I’ve got a house and a sleeping wife
Who’s dreaming I’m singing these sweet 

Suburban alien songs

He made it back to Omaha
Came in on the same train after great pause
Silence in the wind meant that he could begin again

Dead Hotel

Is this fiction? It’s hard to tell
If it’s me who’s checking into this Dead Hotel
I’m trying to move across these Great Plains
It’s true I’ve got a little bit of weird in my veins

There’s barely a soul out on these roads
Skeleton truckers and empty loads
Somewhere out there I hear a voice
It’s the end of the world it’s the DJ’s choice

I’m making a run in my car
Guess I’m never gonna be a star
Play me a song that’ll take me home
So I can lay with you before it all falls through

Jesus saves but now he mainly spends
Most of his time wondering
What the hell went wrong down below
Better call Buddha he might know

Highway billboards they’re all the same
He’s selling you a steak for some bloody fame
The pendulum moves look how it swings
We’ve got to get rid of this unfit king

I’m making a run in my car
Guess I’m never gonna be a star
Play me a song that’ll take me home
So I can lay with you before it all falls through

Now I’m rolling over these mountains tall
Driving past burned out strip malls
Nations come and nations go
But nothing can kill the radio
You know you can’t kill the radio

I’m making a run in my car
Guess I’m never gonna be a star
Play me a song that’ll take me home
So I can lay with you before it all falls through

Love and Lies

I see you blew your cover
You’ve got a tell tale heart that bleeds
You’re singing in a strange key
You’re really not so special
Turns out the truth gets in the way
I saw him on the street today

Oooo I have to ask you why
Why you dream in color and live in black and white
Oooo it’s time to change your mind

All the clouds are high above us
Rivers flow below
We’re only love and lies
And nobody knows
What to say
It’s gonna be ok

You could not see the trouble
Until it crawled into your head
It could’ve used the door instead
Now you are seeing double
Just try and guess which one is real
They’ve got you in the middle

Oooo it makes you want to cry
When the fish are jumpin’ and the bees are buzzin’ by
Oooo we should’ve been spies

All the clouds are high above us
Rivers flow below
We’re only love and lies
And nobody knows
What to say
It’s gonna be ok

Let’s write this song together
Cause never sometimes means the end
When your bones are gettin brittle
These times of deep confessions
Sessions that catch you like the wind
Blowin’ you home again

Oooo I have to ask you why
Why my dreams are pumpin’ and these sleeps are so divine
Oooo we’re runnin’ out of time

All the clouds are high above us
Rivers flow below
We’re only love and lies
And nobody knows
What to say
It’s gonna be ok

I Am Not There

This may be a lie or one way to try
To hide what I’m feeling or seek what is right
Each time I turn I can see in your eyes
That I am not there but you know I’m still by your side

If I could bend time you know what I’d do
I’d jump on a wave and ride it all the way to you
Just to lay in the tall grass your head on my heart
Forget all these troubles that keep on tearin’ us apart

Oh let them go and feel the winds begin to blow
Blow us all home

I feel like I’m all alone on this train
The stars they’re all tellin’ me that I’m just another name
Rollin’ through towns that no longer sing
Hear my song and watch me spread my wings

I think that I’m right when I know I should be wrong
To change this old world in the course of this song
All I’ve got is this melody
And a choir full of angels is backing up me

Oh let them know and feel the winds begin to blow
Blow us all home

There is no way for me to tell you I’m here
I know you can feel that I’m gettin’ real near
The place where we were the place where we’ll be
And all of these things can be cast into the sea

Oh let them go and feel the winds begin to blow
Blow us all home