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Another Journey
Rock-N-Roll Tragedy
Where Are You
17 (Epilogue)
Divided By Two
Bleecker Street
Rockstar Junkyard
In Your Corner
Pretty As A Picture
Insideout / Don't Look Back
Sunset Beyond Ave A
S.O.S
Letters Home
Drinking With God


Another Journey
From Pretty as a Picture
Words & music J. Blaney

I'm Tired of fighting and I'm tired of losing
I've give it all to you cause I don't know what I'm doing
They tells me I got to "burn my body down"
I said fuck it man let's get out of town

(Chorus)
I don't know where I'm going
But I sure know where I've been
Maybe I can help you out if you want to win

Everyone is a sinner and we all commit a crime
It's another journey to cope and share some peace of mind
And I'm sick of a room with the one point of view
And I've never seen New Orleans so let's hit the road and move

(Chorus)

Times are getting tough let's show off those scars
And if I forget remind me I'm in charge
There are so many choices and so many voices
And it sucks being a prisoner of my own advises

(Chorus)

I know your story do you see a bigger picture
I'd probably be lying if I said I didn't miss you
But I seek redemption I want to be judged
On the life I lead by those who I've loved
Every bullets got a target and I hit the hardest
As you probably know by now
And if I can't get through to you then I'm going through you
Cause my voices is still my truth

(Chorus)

I'm Tired of fighting and I'm tired of losing
I give it all to you cause I don't know what I'm doing
They tell me I got to "burn my body down"
I said man o man o man I got to get out of this town

(Chorus)

I don't know where I'm going
But I sure know where I've been
Maybe you can help me out
Cause right now I want to win
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Rock-n-Roll Tragedy
Words & music J. Blaney

I drank all the whiskey and I'm shooting all the heroin
And I'm gonna go on stage and I'm gonna destroy them
Well I'm getting pissed off I'm getting fed up
I can call you a sellout I don't give a fuck
Cause the memories still linger
And you just point your finger
Music is violence just Look at harmony

(Chorus)
Cause everybody wants me
Everybody needs me
Everybody watches me
Cause I'm a rock-and-roll Tragedy
And everybody starts me
Everybody stops me
Everybody needs me
Cause I'm a rock-and-roll Tragedy, I'm a rock-and-roll Tragedy
I'm a Rock-n-Roll tragedy on stage

I'm singing from my heart and I'm speaking from my soul
I miss my friends I miss my family
But I'm breaking all the rules with my self-destruction blues
And I'm not a big fan of everything I do

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
I need a spotlight a searchlight to find my sanity
I need a spotlight a searchlight to find my sanity
I need a spotlight a searchlight to find my sanity
Have you seen my sanity

I won't be your Sid to your Nancy
And I won't be your Kurt to your Courtney
I'm not really sure if I belong in this world
And I'm not leaving any time soon
You can like me, love me, you can even loathe me
You can fuck me, suck me, your never gonna own me
So collect all your friends before the world ends
Cause I don't mind going down in flames.

(Chorus)
Cause I'm a rock-and-roll Tragedy, I'm a rock-and-roll Tragedy
I'm a rock-and-roll tragedy on stage...
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Where are You
Words & music J. Blaney

I got three dimes in my pocket and nothings making sense
When I thought I had it all I don't know where it went
And I just keep on looking for the sunny side of the street
Cause life's a two-lane highway and All I really want is some peace

(Chorus)
Stuck in the middle of nowhere
Where are you
Stuck in the middle of nowhere
Where are you

My old leather jacket reminds me of that blonde
And I can still see her face singing all my songs
And if she floats then I guess I will drown
Her heart is like a wheel and it spins me all around
Dead women always get away with murder
Never try and love them and never try to hurt them
Well I'm looking for redemption and it becomes a witch-hunt
I'm mad, I'm frustrated cause I can't forget that cunt

(Chorus)

I'm spitting out these pearls I got a head like a diamond
Go find your own man. Cause I don't know where mine is
I'm gonna get married find a girl like Suzanne
I don't know where she is but I know where I am

(Chorus)

I got three dimes in my pocket and nothings making sense
When I thought I had it all I don't know where it went
And I just keep on looking for the sunny side of the street
Cause life's a two-lane highway and All I really want is some peace
So I'm waltzing to nowhere It's better than being here
And if you want you can find me that's when I'll appear
Cause I can be a ghost and I can lift your spirits
I know I can love you but your not here to hear it

You're just stuck in the middle of nowhere
Where are you
Stuck in the middle of nowhere
Where are you
Where are you now
Where are you now
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17 (epilogue)
Words and Music-J. Blaney

Sometimes I seem to get in my own way
And I've tried to kill myself every other day
Trapped up in the garden not enough of son to grow
Emotions swing like the changing winds and where do they want to go

I've pulled the shortest straw I got more than I Bargained for
Everything I have is all that I own
What's yours becomes mine and its not pretty all the time
A couple of years later, Couple of dreams later and everything feels fine

(Chorus)
People come and go and even when they're gone
My memories takes me away and drags them along
Heaven please help me with all the hell within
It's hard to be an angel when the devil comes walking in

What's out to get me is still out to get me
You know it too cause you know it's true
Darling my patience is sorta running thin
I haven't heard from you in a while I guess you're in love again
If you ask me to go then I'll say goodbye
Tempted me with a kiss you still kill me with your eyes
A promise ain't a promise if you can't be honest
You know the games I've played and you see the life I've changed

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
My hearts been broke and it's down by the side of the road
Tire tracks still fresh from the falling snow
Those songs written about you really aren't about you
You 've been written off along time ago
I'm running with the sidewalkers and dreaming with the life timers
What could never be is on the faces of outsiders
I know how far to go before going too far
And every where I go there you are

(Chorus)

So dream of me what I am and what I am not
Cause everything I seen to have seem more than a lot
I fight to see daybreak and I keeping hoping for better days
Count the hours count the ways rushing towards my fate

(Chorus)

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Divided by Two
Words & music J. Blaney

Faces at the bar well they had no expression
And the jukebox was screaming all of life's lessons
Pictures of myself in a candle at the Library
There is fear on the streets and it looks like you and me
Calagari flicks on a bar room screen
Life became surreal and reality's a dream
Echoes of the pain from the lonesome balladeer
They go on and on and on and on and on and on

(Chorus)
And she walks into the room
And I don't know what to do
And all she does is just look at me
It divides my world in two

Divides my world in two

She walks into the room and she's messing with my moon
I don't know how to act or what to say or what I should do
You can call it love and you can call it hate
I'm falling for the mysteries and I'm never playing it safe
I just want to talk and know one want's to speak
Catching all the bullets with my teeth
I got my scars and I think I know them well
As she hides behind a smile locked in a private hell

(Chorus)

I've tasted life and I know what you're dying for
Your cold your blue your convulsing on the floor
We'll wrap you in a basket tie you up with a bow
It was letter after letter and that was a long time ago
And on a piece of paper was her favorite number
And it added up to everyone who really never loved her
And I'm running for the door and I can't wait to leave
Cause she does what she does and she takes what she needs

(Chorus)

Divides my world in two

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Bleecker Street
Words & music J. Blaney

Let's go to Kenny's Castaways
Let's go down to the Bitter End
Let's hang out at the Lions Den
It sounds like one big stupid trend
Karaoke bands at the Rock-n-Roll cafe'
I don't want to go cause I don't want to play
There's an open mic at the Baggot in
I don't have id so I can't get inn

(Chorus)
Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground
All the bands suck and their all from out of town
They're making a killing living off Bob Dylan
Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground

We can eat at the Red Lion
We can see a band at the Elbow Room
You say you got a gig on Bleecker Street
And that 's why you think your cool
They tore down the Village Gate
I want to blow up the Back Fence
It's the scene on Bleecker Street
It doesn't make any fucking sense

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
I don't want to be a hero on that side of town
I just want to burn that fucking place down to the ground
You can bring the matches and I'll bring the gas
And me and you and Bob Dylan we'll get the last laugh
We'll get the last laugh

Cause Bleecker Street ain't what it used to be
It's gone to the dogs they've ruined the scene
It's a tourist trap money machine
It's only cool in the books I read
Bleecker Street will never be the same
Everything different except for the name
The bands suck the bars are lame
If Dylan was dead he would be screaming in his grave

(Chorus)
Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground
All the bands suck and their all from out of town
They're making a killing living off Bob Dylan
Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground

Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground
Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground
Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground
They're making a living killing off me and Bob Dylan
Let's burn Bleecker Street to the ground
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Rockstar Junkyard
Words & music J. Blaney

I am out of my mind I am out of my head
Lets pack up the plantation and go sailing away
I can lose control I am losing my nerve
And I'm not going to hell cause hell is here on earth
With the shitty sound and cigarette smoke
And all the cheap beer
Guitars litter up the room
And the strings are breaking like my dreams

(Chorus)
In the Rockstar Junkyard in the Rockstar Junkyard
I just want to get hell out of here

It sounds kind of funny I don't have any money
I got a shitty job where I can't make ends meet
Running out of time running out of luck
In every which way I can think of
The waitresses they get me drunk
Cause I won't tell them my name
They all look so different to me
But they all act the same

(Chorus)

I don't have fame I don't have glory
I got a drinking problem, a bunch of songs that are going to tell my story
Put me on a bus, put me on a plane
Before my platinum dreams go down the fucking drain
Play my songs on the radio
Put them on MTV
So I don't forget about any one of you
Before you forget about me
Before you forget about me

(Chorus)

In the Rockstar Junkyard in the Rockstar Junkyard
I just want to get hell out of here
In the Rockstar Junkyard in the Rockstar Junkyard
I just want to get hell out of here
It's a Rockstar pop junkyard
It's a Rockstar, popstar junkyard
I'm a Rockstar, popstar, Antifolk all star
Let's get the hell out of here
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In Your Corner
Words & music J. Blaney
*Inspired by After a While by Veronica Shoffstall

You know I never learn that even sunshine burns
You got to plant your own garden
Cause no one going to bring you flowers
The minutes like moments get lost in the hours
Loving you was easy losing you was hard
And I can forget all the confusion
Even the best of us fall we all fall down

(Chorus)
And you're out on your own
And where ever you may go
You'll never be alone
I'm always in your corner
And those feelings come back to haunt you
With the pain that they all brought you
And the lessons that they all taught you
I'm always in your corner
I'm always in your corner

Your eyes are gonna shine in someone else's sky
Like they did to mine I don't mind I don't mind
Don't look back keep on going There is know way of knowing
Who's to blame who's at fault remember what we had not what we lost

(Chorus) x 2

People come and go and all the seasons change
I'm always in your corner and there I'll always remain
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Pretty as a Picture
Words & music J. Blaney

Everyone lets get along OK OK
And please don't bring your pain to my game
Are you feeling kind of restless, feeling out of order
Like the number one son or the forgotten daughter
Hold on my loved one let's go drinking with god
If life hits you hard you better be hitting harder
The grass is always greener when they all want to be you
Or they just want to see you drowning out their screams

(Chorus)
You're as pretty as a picture-sick as a secret
When it's all been said and done it was really glad to meet you
Now go sit in the circle with all the aborted miracles
Once you're there you will never be seen
Once your there you will never leave

She was a ghost of a girl, A portrait of a lady
The ones that you love they all drive you crazy
And no one ever told me that life could get so lonely
And I don't feel so holy hanging on your cross
I'm checking in and their checking out
Do you think they know what I'm talking about
They will wear your heart out on their sleeve
And when you're scared of your shadow it really doesn't matter
Cause a heart ain't worth having when you got know one to hold

(Chorus)

You only see what you want to see you only believe what you want to believe
It can keep you dry today, Insight what's unseen
You better what your back they're coming in from the corners
Just because they had you doesn't mean they own you
So it's time to cut the chords and it's time to have your say
Make it really big in your own special way
I've seen what's been done and I am right by your side
I know you're not stupid, Just open up your eyes

(Chorus)

Dig yourself a hole spend the whole year in
I don't know where you stop and where do I begin
You can let your chaos take control
Sometimes you win sometimes you don't
For a minute you're a free spirit and suddenly you're alone
It's been a long time it's been a strange trip
If you knew me way back when you wouldn't give a shit
Cause you don't know the monsters, you don't know the damage
And you don't have the memories that I have

(Chorus)
I'm as Pretty as a Picture-Sick as your Secrets
When it's all been said and done -It was really glad to meet you
Now go sit in the circle with all the aborted miracle
Cause once you're theirs you will never leave
Once you're theirs you will never be free

(Coda)
Sunshine You'll be mine
And the stars are falling from Heaven
They're lighting up your eyes
Sunshine you'll be true
It's not what you did
It's what you didn't do


Inside out / Don't look back
Words & music J. Blaney

Outside gets inside I am jumping out of my skin
Pass you on the way to the stage watching the heads spin
Exchanged in a kiss, lifted without wings
I am not really sure about the boy about the girl
There is more going on than I'm letting on
If you think you know then I know
Cause what you think sometimes people feel
Outside the lines and inside their dreams

(Chorus)
You're in my heart You're in my head
The more you want is the more you're gonna get
You can shake my world push down the needles
Shadow all the doubts and don't give a reason

I lost my breath in your footsteps
Faded colors faded charms find your way on your own
Antique clothes cover a newborn soul
Violet bright lightning glimpses of what might be
Ancient soul never wanted to get old
Plagued by the same as the story unfolds
From thin air now face to face
Minds never too narrow to find wide-open spaces

(Chorus)

From a tear to a tear the world is running scared
Sometimes I want to run, finish it before it's begun
Sealed with a kiss find never ending bliss
Quiet all the cries let all your fear subside
To heal your world may take a while
Scared of yourself locked in denial
What I really want to tell you, Is what I want to show you
But I barely even know you but you might feel the same

(Chorus)

Always breaking into song-Feeling out a life time-Want to be it all
Poems that never rhyme-Voice like radio static-Her heart beats in time with mine
Out through the window-Troubles on the shelf-Fell in love with everyone except for myself
All the knights in her life-Couldn't keep her together just want to make her a wife
She moves electric sleeping with black clouds-Sleeping with blackclouds
Say a few words before the show- I'll meet you at the bar afterwards

Life can be so blinding-Told you a story that I always had bad timing
Turn back the clocks-No limits no laws-Stop living in crisis
Love can be a parachute-Love makes you a pawn when you are out on your own
Sometimes you got to laugh-The skin that you're in makes you feel trapped
Open the doorway and don't look back-Don't look back
Come and see what I have to say-Cause I'm playing my heart out-Stranded in the café


Sunset beyond Ave A
Words & music J. Blaney

Another lovers gone away and what would you expect?
Now I'm looking forward to see what happens next
There is a read headed siren wailing at the Raven
She told me she was nervous she left the place shaking
Everyone feels different is it them or is it me
And every mind is made up on how I'm suppose to be
So I wrote my name at the sidewalk I think you know the address
All the reasons I want to stay are all the reasons I'm left

(Chorus)
There is no peace in my head so I keep rolling on
I want to fade into my shadow and be gone
Cause alone in this world feels so wrong
I want to walk into the sunset with you and beyond

Little traces of happy faces they keep wandering in
Friends become my lovers and my lovers never become friends
So I point to the hole where my heart should be
That fucking bitch called heartache ripped it out of me

(Chorus)

You can say I am just a misfit and there is nothing to talk about
Life can be so hard and I will never do without
So if you see me walking alone down on Ave A
Please just don't say nothing just let me fade away

(Chorus)

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S.O.S
Words & music J. Blaney

I've kicked and I quit
I got to stop it now it's making me sick
There is another my friends and my brothers
Return to forever and try not to kill one another
This is the first time this ain't the last time
This time I'm gonna take my time
There ain't no rhyme and there ain't no reason
All I got is what I got and that's what I believe in

(Chorus)
Rotten apples rot me to the core
After the last one I can't take no more
Through the thick and the thin it's just the states that I'm in
It's time to float its time to sink its time to swim
It's time to float its time to sink its time to swim

Am I a God am I your dog
Am I the love that you've been dreaming of
The one that you fear and the one that you deny
The one that knows you down deep inside
So grow your own wings so I can fly
I feel so old watching time go by
Facing the music while I'm playing my songs
Cause nothing feels right when I feel all-wrong

(Chorus)

It's just a pity she still looks pretty
And I can't save that girl from all her history
So I'll swallow real hard and try not to cry
I know who I love and she'll just decide
So I'll go within or I'll go without
And you can join me hand in hand and live out loud
Cause promises are broken when the words aren't spoken
And I can't read your mind if your mind ain't open

(Chorus)

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Letters Home
Words & music J. Blaney

I'm writing you this letter but I want to call collect
Cause life on the lower eastside ain't what you'd expect
Hello mom Hello dad I'm alright
I quit taking drugs cause I don't wanna get strung out
And do a bunch of things that I don't wanna talk about
Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right

(Chorus)
I keep smiling and laughing cause I'm gonna make you proud
I keep thinking of you even, though I don't come around
Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right

This city kind of rough and no one seems to care
Except when I'm on stage they all seem to understand
Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right
I can't wait for you to see me with my name up in lights
And all the fame and fortune will pay for the sleepless nights
Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right

(Chorus)

So I'll see you when I'll see you and remember I love you
I gotta go right now and I'll talk to you real soon
Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right

(Chorus)

I keep smiling and laughing cause I'm gonna make you proud
I keep thinking of you, even though I don't come around

Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right
Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right
Hello mom Hello dad I'm all right
Hello mom
Hello dad
I'm all right
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Drinking with God
Words and Music J. Blaney

I stood out on a bridge I never looked back
Cause now my train of thought has fallen off its track
I'm no angel I'm as good as you can get
And I can't seem to cut this noose that's wrapped around my neck
It's raining everyday and I'm stranded out at sea
And everything ain't going great as you can plainly see
Dear God I'm on a Limb, Dear God I'm out on a wire
And I'm not going down with the ship so I'll be here for a while

(Chorus)
Say your prayers say them out loud
If you want to go to heaven Let's go drinking with God
Raise your glass I got the next round
If you want to go to heaven Let's go drinking with God

Hey old friend how you doing how you been
We had so many fucking close calls we almost cashed it in
I miss you so much can you see me now
We could do it all over again but just go and make me proud
And to my old girlfriends I'm sorry I'm no good
It's okay you had to leave you did all that you could
So save your breath cause the drinks are on me
I caused you so much grief and so much insanity

(Chorus)

(Spoken word)
There were paper cuts and stupid sluts If you want to leave then you must
There is nothing good about good-byes so I'll just leave you with a smile
I never told you this before I don't want to be here anymore
Cause all you gave you took away and I'm still hoping for better days
There were bloodstain sheets and cold sweats and times like these I can't forget
I want to go my way, do you want to go my way
Well, the 6'oclock news is screaming and the phone is ringing off the wall
I'm staring at myself in the mirror and it doesn't look like me anymore
But, that's just me and I'm O.K.

(Chorus)

Now I'm sitting on deathrow please just don't ask
I'm gonna fly to heaven and this world can kiss my ass
Last call and this bar is about to close
Will I live through this shit only I will know
Only I will know

(Chorus)

Drinking with God
Drinking with God
Drinking with God
Drinking with God
Drinking with God....