The I Want You

"Ferris Wheel" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Midway's tight with electric light 
Good times are high as the passerbys 
You lose your shit on the scrambler 
Try your luck you're a gambler 
the barker is thrilled he made a mark 
you gave it whirl just for a lark 
and then it's off to the bumper boats 
with the scent of exhaust and fried dough 

Round and round the carousel 
Hello farewell and then hi 
No matter how you feel 
you gotta ride the ferris wheel 
all right 

The Rotor sent your mind a swirl 
Twirling around like the Tilt-a-Whirl 
With all the strength you can conjure 
you get in line for the Monster 
I love Coney Island's Wonder Wheel 
sliding down the rails of steel 
But tonight I'll just take what I got 
amusement park in the parking lot.

"Watershed" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

The reason we cry 
is to fill the ravine in our lives 
It's so empty until waterrise 
It spills to the lake 
as we watch the sunset and we fake 
existential crises that we make 
creation for creation's sake 
and wait 
for the flowing of fate 
Great 

This will not be a watershed 
This will not leave the watershed 

Down on the bay 
catching a breeze and drifting away 
on a sunbeat sea 
and a tortured wave 
Collecting in clouds 
making a scene 
and cracking out-loud 
until rain comes down amid thunder. 
Getting soaked by impressions we're under 
I wonder 
what to cry about now 
wow.

"I Want You To Be Happy" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

You seem so distant 
though you sit right here 
so talk-resistant 
you can't even hear 
You're deep in your private music 
You're making the song your own 
But i have to tell you 
you are not alone 
You could say I've been there 
You could say I know 
It's constant terror 
It's all fight or flight 
It will be all right 

I want you to be happy 
I want things to be cool 
I want you 
I want you to be happy 

So let me hear your music 
I want to listen to it 
I want to hear your song 
I want to tap along 
We move to earthly rhythms 
so let me listen to them 
I love you!

"No Illusion" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman

Honestly you're being so dishonest 
It's no big deal 
yeah yeah I'll be there I promise 
You need to find 
some kind of moral compass 
No illusion 
Everything is for real 

We should know it's all done with mirrors 
We should see ourselves in it real clear

"Some Psychics" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Some psychics are the type who do everything 
They can move they read they can sing 
Everything 
Some psychics can send but can't receive 
they don't know when their signals leave 
and some just retrieve 
like me 

Split between the mind and the spirit 

Some folks feel it deep in their soul instead 
but not you, you're really using your head, man 
Some folks feel it deep in their soul instead 
but not you, it's all in your head. 

The mind alone can deduce relation 
the soul alone can handle sensation. 
Well some psychics can.

"Tack Hammer"
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Tack Hammer knock it off 

Seems to me that everything is coming to a head 
Tack Hammer knock it off 

For reasons of insanity 
there can be no more humanity 
in a shameless world that loves to shame 
the mob is coming with their rage inflamed... 
with their rage inflamed! 

In this heightened state of drama 
we all suffer blunt force trauma 
When all you've got is just a hammer 
everything looks like a nail... 
everything looks like a nail! 

"Over and Over and Overnight"
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

I've got a friend he got lucky, right 
He got famous overnight 
and now he's famous over and over and overnight 

He's got a gold record, man 
but he plays the damn thing to death! 

You'd think it'd be over, right? 
But no it goes over and over and overnight 

Not me I work by day 
I'm just a bitter rock cliche. 

"Oligarch in the Park"
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Oligarch in the park 
it's such a lovely day 
It's always perfect 
when the sunbeams seem to fall your way. 

Charity 
Another gala in the plaza scene 
you're being honored by the society magazine 

Blind drunk 
Getting down to all that Uptown Funk 
It's so perfect it's cliche 
A luxury window display 

Oligarch in the dark 
it's such a lovely night. 
It's always perfect 
when the servant's finally get it right

"All Beat Up" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

I guess I could just blame someone else 
but I don't see how I could face myself 

It's my fault 
I'm not so tough 
I'm all beat up 

I go some rounds where I think I'm right. 
But I won't last long in a street fight. 

"Come On" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman/Blake Girndt 

The kids are gonna lead the way 
Don't care about your old days talk 
They know about the payoff, Marco 
Ok? 
The kids are gonna make the change 

(Hey come on) 
they're leading straight from school 
(where did we go wrong) 
they won't be played for fools, no 
(hey come on) 

"The Rise and Fall" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

The wild-eyed boy from Bromley 
had madness run in the family 
So his mind moved with quickness 
to try to out-run the sickness 

Underwood and under stars 
Don't look surprised 
Countdown commenced 
Prepare for launch into the skies 

Rhythm and blues 
to choose for theatrically 
Failure and loss 
bring changes thematically 

He met the art and underworld 
He gave himself a pretty girl 
who broke his heart. 
With nothing to lose but everything 
he struggled forward 
and sold the world 
a weirdo tart 

Money and time 
and tours and needs 
before all fell 
into the deep freeze 
No escape 
Witches craved his magic seed 
Honey and cocaine are all he needs 
No escape 

And then he found a modern love 
which pacified his tortured head 
He made a play at Hollywood 
which puffed up his swollen head 
His mind slowed 
His family curse caught him unaware 

He tried to find his missing heart 
He followed the crowd in the dark 
where no one could help him play the part. 

And then his body broke 
and then he stopped trying so hard 
and the magic returned 

His mind and heart and all 
replayed the rise and fall

"I Know What You Don't Want For Christmas (It's Me Right!?!?)" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

As I wandered on through it 
the tinsel-strewn ruins of the old square mall 
past the shuttered bar 
I see some throwing stars 
pegged to a corkboard wall 

You'd probably want one of those 
You might chuck it at me I suppose 

But I know what you don't want for Christmas 
it's me right!?!?!? 

The record shop is run out 
the arcade is gone now 
it's mostly just dollar stores 
and even they never restock 
but there's still a kiosk 
with cream to clean your pores 

You probably need that my friend 
I know I get under your skin 

But I know what you don't want for Christmas 
it's me right?!?!? 

It wasn't always this way 
it used to be like a sweet holiday 
but our love like this mall's a wasteland 
like the food court is just a pretzel stand 
and I know 
the greatest gift 
that I could 
give to you 
would be if 
I didn't exist 
so maybe 
I won't exist 
I hope you 
like your gift 
Do you like your gift? 

I know what you don't want for Christmas 
It's me right!?!?!

"Trigger Warning" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

We were talking very nice 
then I saw the fracture in your eyes 

Trigger warning! 
Trigger warning! 
Uh oh! 
Trigger warning! 
oh no 
Trigger warning! 
I don't want to set you off 

Things were going very cool 
then I saw you start to drool 

I hear what you're saying man 
but what did you mean by that? 

You don't want to set me off. 

"Just a Little Moodlight" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman/Jonathan Donaldson 

It just doesn't look right 
The shades are closed 
The lamp glows gold 
Incandescent doesn't fit 

It's like some mind-trick 
Seasonal Affective Disorder 
or something much broader 

Like the shades of light 
the prism 
your eyes 
on a cloudy sky 
it just doesn't look right 
oh no 

(up to the mountain top down to the valley low 
going going) 
oh could I possibly have a blue spot? 
or just a little moodlight? 

"Bride of Gloom" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Child brides don't get to decide 
Child brides have to keep it all inside 
But there's an even older tradition 
for the oppressed to carry ammunition 
their condition says 
Go! 
She's got the fuel 
She's got the flame 
She's got the will 
She'll keep her name 
Papers say: 
"Bride of Gloom Fried the Groom" 

"Dying Scene" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

I never see you 
that's what I mean 
You won't be caught dead in a dying scene 
It's been a long time 
I know that you said 
you don't want to live by playing dead 

But I'd like to see you 
sometime 
I'd like to see you 
sometime 

Yeah I still see them 
they asked about you 
I know that's not a topic 
you want to exhume 
I never see you 
that's what I mean 
You won't be caught dead in a dying scene 

"Are You Somewhere?" 
Lyrics: Jonathan Donaldson 

TO BE ADDED

"Midnight and Earthshine" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Down and beat up 
passed over and snubbed 
The beginning? 
Are you kidding? 

Too tired to walk on 
to Lower Allston 
It's uneasy 
Is it really? 
It depends how you go 
and of course who you know 

Caught it traps 
Complete collapse 
You feel like a fresh wound 

It's no deathbed 
Look overhead 
you're under a new moon 

Midnight and earthshine 

Some people just suck 
Sometimes it's dumb luck 
but to dispair 
gets you nowhere 

Spent years there myself 
in Heartbreak Hotel 
but musicians 
find their rhythm 
and you'll find yours too 
then the rest can go screw 

"Wine Country Safari" 
Lyrics: Jonathan Donaldson 

TO BE ADDED 

"Eat at Joe's" 
Lyrics: Blake Girndt 

At the wheel for three long days; radio dead the silence sings 
Picking turns at forks in the road
With no particularly direction to go
Cause I needed time to think
And the drive always seems to make sense of things
Still don’t know where to roll anxiety is taking hold
Then I feel the hunger inside of me need grab myself a bite to eat
Diner on the side of the road with a sign that says, “Eat at Joe’s”

I don’t know why life is like living in a fantasy
With moments of clarity
I don’t know what the future brings
But I know that there’s a song for me
Where we can sing along. I wanna sing along 

At the counter with an empty plate
Feeling satisfaction with a choice to make
Where the hell am I gonna go?
No longer know where to roll
All the diners are they on the road?
Or grabbing a bite and heading home
Guess I need to go
Pay the tab and hit the road 

Then out of the corner of my eye
Tucked in the corner of this funky dive
A psychedelic Wurlitzer chock full of 45’s
I should go up and play a song
Realize the silence has been too long
But another diner has the same thought me
I wonder what song they’re gonna put on? 

I don’t know why life is like living in a fantasy
With moments of clarity
I don’t know what the future bring
But I know that there’s a song for me
Where we can sing along
I wanna sing along 

I used to drive like I had a destination
At least I thought I did but I was far too wrong
Got to a point and kept driving on
I hope the song they put on is a sing a long 

I don’t know why life is like living in a fantasy
With moments of clarity
I don’t know what the future brings
But I know that there’s a song for me
Where you can sing along
We can all sing along 

We know what it’s like living in a fantasy
With moments of clarity
We all know what the future brings
There’s going to be a song for you and me 
Where we can sing along
We’ll all get to sing along

"Jukebox Selection" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman/Jonathan Donaldson 

Watering hole taking a silent dive 
into the pool of anything that a fin buys 
Hypnotized by the glare there 
in the glass 
The spell is broken 
nothing spoken 
but I sense you pass 
I watch your hand touch the jukebox side 

(It's the dream of your life of your life in one play) 
You carefully make your choice and walk away 
I can't believe it when I hear what song plays 
I turn my head and watch your shoulders sway 
Cliche to say but it reminds me of the old days 

Oh wee oh it's a connection 
Whoah a jukebox selection 

That's so cool it's like my favorite song 
the chorus makes me swoon 
I love it all 
it has to be tops to me 
such a great melody 
I'm into this stuff too. 

Silence echoes back the moment gone 
then some delay as I wait to get my courage on 
Walk up to the corner with the colored lights 
and then I swing for the number 1 hit tonight 
Pressing the buttons for the same old song. 

(It's the dream of your life of your life in one play) 
Intro announces and your finger taps. 
Then you turn and you smile. 
Then I relax. 
Nothing needs to be said 
as the music plays. 
Cliche to say but it reminds me of the old days. 

"Now That's What I Call Music" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

If we want the same things 
why are we just waiting? 
If we want the same things 
we must do more than say things 
now 

I believe we're able 
put it on the table 
I believe we're able 
if we want the same things 
now 

Maybe it hadn't crossed your mind until now 
Maybe we can do it all right now 
Now! Now! Now! Now! Now! Now! Now!

"Guns" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

While everything's a blur 
everyone's so sure 
so sure 
We've all seen the reruns 
but we're sticking to our guns 
Everyone 

And nothings gonna change 
except for everything and everyone 
so sure that we're right 
gripping awfully tight 
to every outrage 
looking for a fight 

We seem to speak in tongue 
but we're sticking to our guns 
Everyone

"Coast" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

There's an ocean between us 
Right on the edge 
Always put on a spin 
Always floating the deck 

Night-rolling down your street 
Just cutting through 
There's no one around 
just the sound 

As I lay it down 
Push around 
Coast 
Coast around 
Lay it down 
Push 
Lay it down 
Push around 
Coast 
I hover by just like a ghost 

There's a stark separation 
marked down in concrete 
and there's fine tiny lines 
where each knock is discrete 

Street light spinning shadows 
in a yellowish hue 
There's no one around 
just the sound 

After all this time I'm gonna coast 
I hover by just like a ghost 

"Public Eye" 
Lyrics: Jonathan Donaldson 

LYRICS TO BE ADDED

"Four Wheels In"
Lyrics: Blake Girndt 

Landlocked in the summertime
All my friends they want to swim 
Can't stand how it feels on the skin
So I'm winging down old back roads  

With no destination in mind
Four wheels in, it’s for the drive 

Crooked Rain stuck in the tape deck
Versus the feeling
I don’t want it sucked out yeah
Keep four wheels on the pavement
And listen to those lyrics over and over again 

Landlocked in a state of mind
Feel the heat two decades in
Can't stand how it feels on the skin 

So I'm winging down old back roads 
With no destination in mind 
Four wheels in, it’s for the drive

"Surf" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Bikini lays the towel down 
Skim kids hang around 
And I can sense it all at once 
the waves 
the haze 
the sun 
the surf 

Out on the horizon 
by the whim of Poseidon 
Transistor phase washed away in waves of white noise 
Ripped out from the current 
Ride the disturbance 
Glide on to the shore 
Spit back in the surf 

Sly hides his can label 
Quennie rules the sand castle 
I can sense it all at once

"Blame It On Tomorrow" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman/Jonathan Donaldson 

Think about the days 
The hours were surely fine 
Blame it on tomorrow 
Just blame it on tomorrow 

Seconds tick away 
but we're not keeping time. 
Just blame it tomorrow. 
Blame it on tomorrow 
Tonight 

Thought of this for weeks 
I guess we had our time 
Now we'll blame it tomorrow 
Just blame it on tomorrow 
Tonight 

Well a moment 
a minute 
a lifetime 
baby, that's tragedy 
But now 
and then 
and always 
whatever will be will be 
Well I hope 
and plead 
remember me 
but you won't 
no you won't

"Ah Really" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman/Jonathan Donaldson 

Deep in a chorus that plays inside of my ears 
Beat bangs a motion like some sort of puppeteer 
I don't know the lyrics of a record I don't want to hear 
but you put it on and my song simply disappears 

Ah really  (ah get excited look my way yeah you better stay) 
That's how it is, is it? 

Stuck between stations I can't really make out the sound 
Requested an old song I loved but it's static drowned 
I don't know the words of a commercial 
from a hole in the ground 
but you are the DJ so I'm sure you'll straighten me out 

"Queen Celeste"
Lyrics: Jonathan Donaldson 

Now that you finally learned to trace
The hexagonal lines behind
Blast off exploded into space
Canyon wide let it ride
Ice cream flowing down
Pinwheels made of hands
They’re going to call you away
You’re going to stop so you better say
Those bottles brewed with the nightshade eyes
The prophecy defines step inside
Sit back it’s no big deal
You don’t have to tell anybody how you feel
Let it roll, fill your soul
Ice cream flowing down
Pinwheels made of hands
They’re going to call you away
You’re going to stop so you better say

"Total Disaster"
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

Well I don't what's worse 
lobbing bombs or scorching earth 
but really I don't think it matters 
As I look around in the grand scheme of things 
Oh my god! 
It's a total disaster 
I said heeeee hoooo 

I'm a terrible force 
but a victim of course 
I can't help when I reach for my blaster 
Well the system has failed 
Society has sailed 
Oh my god! 
It's a total disaster 
heeeeee hoooo 

I really have nothing left to say 
so how about some maniacal laughter? 
It's a total disaster 
I said heeeee hoooo

"Crazy in Every Way" 
Lyrics: Blake Girndt 

Thoughts don't communicate
Only words
And corresponding actions
Is it so absurd
To hang on every word 

I say what I mean
And I mean what I say
But it don't matter I'm already crazy 

Crazy for you everyday
Crazy in every way 

Does it reside in my cells the feeling I can't describe
Every time I have you on my mind
The feeling just reinforces my attraction to you
Every thing you say
And do 

And we may fight
But we make up
Same for people all around the world
Past, present, future it’s all the same 

Crazy in every way 

Does it reside in our cells the feeling we can’t describe
Every time I have it on my mind
The feeling just overwhelms and now I lose my control
Over everything I say
And do 

And I lost my mind
Yes I’ve lost my I 

Because I’m crazy in every way
Crazy everyday

"Three Short Days" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

From the gaze that they wear when they're staring 
hoping to scare everybody 
These are such horrible people 

Yet there's longing for love and acceptance 
Hoping to please everybody 
Accepting unspeakable evils 

There's no time 
to get things off my mind 
It's just that I think of tonight 
as three short days 
Just a long weekend 
slipping by 
with too much going on 

So you search for a margin of error 
hoping to solve everybody 
scraping away like a scalpel 

But the gaze that they wear when they're staring 
hoping to scare everybody 
You know such horrible people 

"Ocean State" 
Lyrics: Jonathan Donaldson/Jim Gerdeman 

(?) 

Rigid and high like a mountain sky 
Granite State wait through an endless toll 
You'll make it down in due time 
when your mind will flow with the tide 
and your future's great 
in Ocean State 

"Love is Such a Real Thing" 
Lyrics: Jonathan Donaldson 

Just one thing I don't understand 'cause
Love is such a real thing 

Love is such a real thing 

Ooh, a situation for a quick cigarette a real thing
Come make my day
Take up all my fun away
Come make my night
Use up everything in sight
You may be dull and you may be drastic, but
Love is such as real thing 

Love is such a real thing 

Ooh, a situation when you can't understand anything
Come make me real
You put in a real raw deal
Come make me til
You can then you won't then you will
It may not be worth your first arrest, but
Love is such a real thing 

Love is such a real thing 

Ooh, a situation for a quick cigarette a real thing
Love is such a real thing

Just one thing I don't understand 'cause
Love is such a real thing 

Love is such a real thing

Yeah, oh, yeah, oh yeah

"She Wanna Move" 
Lyrics: Jim Gerdeman 

She lived in Deadville 
most of her life 
She'd like to get out but she isn't the type 
She wanna move 
She wanna move 

but she can't because she's Stacy Stasis 
Lives with Debbie Dangerous 
Pays her rent to Rudy Racist 
She wanna move 
She wanna move 
but she can't