I don’t want no gravestone when I go You could plant a tree No gravestone when I go Carve in my name for me You could tell everybody They’ll find shelter in the shade As the sun hangs from my branches My eternal bed is made When the earth is my bedsheets And my body is a shell Let my rings count the stories That only time can tell I don’t want no gravestone when I go You could plant a tree Don’t want no gravestone when I go Carve in my name for me If ever I should timber If you should cut me down I’ll keep you warm by the fire As my embers kiss the ground I don’t want no gravestone when I go You could plant a tree Don’t want no gravestone when I go Carve in my name for me

When you've got a sadness you just can't speak of Sometimes the feeling can eat you alive Some don't see the privilege of seeing things clearly While others are struggling to make it out right I saw you squinting, curious eyes glistening As you were listening to me fumble a song Now that's in the rear view Something we've persevered through Now it's my turn to hear you And I'm singing along I know things are different from when we were younger These days ain't as easy to maneuver around In those moments you're tempted to give in and surrender I want you to remember the way that it sounds To give in to the music, take your heart and use it All the cuts and the bruises, bleed them into the song If you want you can burn it, leave it behind you and turn it Take the lesson and learn it, get yourself through the day If you've got a sadness, won't you just speak up You can shout, you can whisper Your voice has a place My ear is a cradle, awaiting its landing May the message its handing always find a way We're separate but united, despite the distance divided Our woe is confided by the power of song Even when times are changing a melody can be ageless When the pen strikes the pages and someone sings along La da da da daaaa

Up at night sometimes I wonder What it is you're dreaming about Do you wake up in the morning fighting monsters? Were you flying before you hit the ground? The night before last I buried a butterfly At the highest point of the tallest mountain range Because the sky is a stranger to wings that are broken But when you are down I'll lift you up again When you are down I'll lift you up If ever sorrow fills you're cup If ever there's a time you need a friend When you are down I'll lift you up again Keep your eyes on the prize, keep your patience Focus on the blessings you receive Misfortune is a phase of a soon by gotten day Raise yourself up to greet your own relief When you are down I'll lift you up If ever sorrow fills your cup If ever there's a time you need a friend When you are down I'll lift you up again You gotta hold close to the lessons time will teach you Be grateful for each triumph and mistake Til it's all said and done, time will humble everyone Give yourself enough to go at your own pace When you are down I'll lift you up If ever sorrow fills your cup If ever there's a time you need a friend When you are down I'll lift you up again When you are down I'll lift you up again

By the time we made it into Tulsa, we were packing up to turn around It’s almost like our exit always closes right before we make it into town Like striking out against a one-armed bandit, Sometimes it all comes down to pocket change You never know how much of it you’ll be handing off While you are along the way Running over pot holes on twenty dollar toll roads Trying to stay inside the lines Oh you know Tulsa Someday I’m gonna do you right Right about when we thought we were leaving, we were burning down a clover leaf Then up around the bend with neon conviction stood a glowing Indian chief And if he would talk you know I’m sure he’d be saying, “Come on, you don’t have much to lose Just step right up and bet your bottom dollar Catch a buzz on our diluted booze” Burning up my billfold, hoping that the time’s close For my luck to turn around Oh but you know Tulsa Sometimes you really let me down By the time we crossed the state line, the sun was rising up close behind Frankly, I’m thankful that we made it in one piece We’re learning as we go, or at least I hope so It might be better the next time that we try Oh but you know Tulsa Sometimes it isn’t worth the drive Oh, oh, but someday I’m gonna do you right Oh, oh, but someday I’m gonna do you right Oh, oh, but someday I’m gonna do you right Oh, oh, but someday I’m gonna do you right

From the Ozark Mountains To the Tucumcari sand Came as a weary wanderer Dreaming on a desert land It seems that time’s hit heavy Since the Interstate rolled by I almost missed the exit In the blink of an eye But there’s no wrong way when you’re trying to get lost There’s no wrong way when you’re trying to get lost Right off the Blue Ridge Parkway I know a swimming hole However far I’m from it It's somewhere I always want to go Maybe it’s just a moment I lived there in the past Maybe I never left it Maybe I’m still trying to get it back But there’s no wrong way when you’re trying to get lost There’s no wrong way when you’re trying to get lost In western Champaign County Gliding through the plains of Illinois I bet you saw for miles On your way to see that boy You know he don’t deserve you All the notches you’ve put in your wheels All the road behind you Just to show him how you feel Now let’s go find a way to get lost Until there’s nothing between us to make sense of Whatever we’re chasing or running from There's no wrong way when you're trying to get lost

I don’t know how much time I’ve got, but here I go I’ll try to make sense of it all, even though I won’t I just feels like I’m plucking all the feathers from my wings I’m flying like a fall But I’ll dip my quill into the ink And try to trap it in a song It's such a strange duality Just to be caught between the rise and fall Of the sun, shining light on us all Sometimes you’re waking up Only just to crawl back to bed So I’ll close my eyes and count to ten, until I disappear I don’t know how to do this right, or how I’m even here Some days are an arrow that I know just how to aim Some days I miss my mark I know the learning never ends But I know that I’ve come so far It’s such a strange duality Just to be caught in the middle of it all With all these people always waiting on your call Sometimes you’re waking up Only just to crawl back to bed Well the sky is blue, I’m telling you There’s not a single cloud in sight And all I want to do is hide underneath my sheets It’s such a strange duality Just to be on either side of the wall When you’re wondering why you built it at all Sometimes you’re waking up Only just to crawl back to bed I don’t know how much time I’ve got But I won’t let it go to waste I know somehow I’ll make it through Another sunny day

Does it hit you where the heart is Does it punch you in the guts When you love somebody You don’t know how to trust Does it leave you lying lazy Do you waste away the day Cause you give her all your loving And she’s giving hers away This time you’re investing Do you think you spend it right Just sitting and stressing About who she’ll see tonight And if it’s worth the worry Of leaving on the light, oh Does it hit you where the heart is Does it bring you to your knees When your lover’s just so lazy All he does is sleep He ain’t bringing home no money No, there ain’t no bread to eat He may give you all his loving But that’s a worthless currency This time he’s investing Just pissing away all his daylight It ain’t too impressing That he’s got you working overtime Just trying to keep the lights on And he’s waiting up to fight, oh Up to fight, oh Does it hit you where the heart is Yes it’s quite a cryin shame When you move on jealous notions And point your finger to blame You better keeping your feelings steady You’ve got to stay on the same page Or you’ll wind up living lonely For the rest of your days

I've been planning every morning for the rest of my days Waking to the sunrise casting light upon your face But that ain't me, it just ain't me I've got a pocket full of chances, sixteen dollars to my name Whichever way the wind blows, I know it's fanning on the flame In my heart, in my heart There's always another word that can be said To prolong being left for dead These broken promises behind my eyes Leave me nowhere left to hide I got no idea where I'm sleeping, do you have a place to crash? Somehow this car keeps running even though it's out of gas I hope it starts, I pray it starts But I'll blow my dimes and nickels on just one last cheap cigar These dreams of mine are all I got, I hope they take me far Away from here, away from here There's always another stranger's bed they might let me lay my head But of all the lessons that I've come to learn, it's a sure-fire way to get burned Thank goodness for these friends of mine, I don't know where I'd be Without their couches and their company they've allowed to comfort me You know I love you all, you know I love you all So let's have another drink tonight, one more for the road I'm leaving town tomorrow, know wherever I may go I'll carry you I'll carry you all with me I pray there's always another friend that I can call, to help me forget it all And of all the things that I know, nowhere is a better place to go I could hammer down these warn out chords for the rest of the day If that meant I had the slightest chance to save a little face But that's okay, in the end I'm not ashamed There's always a clock that's ticking somewhere, A moment about to pass I'd rather spend time burning bridges, than spend time kissing ass It ain't just me, so tell me your story There's always another story yet to be told, as each new day unfolds Somewhere there's an angel bound to make it right, waiting to fall in my life Somewhere there's an angel bound to make it right, waiting to fall in my life

Gordon carried his gun In a war we never won He choked down his final breath In his brother’s own caress One day I met the man Who held Gordon in his hands When his blood was spilled in vain His bitter fingers point the blame At our blind society And all the shepherds to the sheep Who had the audacity to lie When they said God was on our side Fifty years before today Amongst the bullets and the blaze Gordon McClary once stood tall * Now that’s just a name upon a wall There’s no word that could describe All the pain behind his eyes When he spoke of what they’d seen As I sat there wondering How high must the number be Before what’s called a tragedy Becomes another statistic The death toll took another hit Fifty years before today I swear I almost hear him say Gordon McClary I love you And whatever you may do Please just don’t you die on me For the love of God just breathe If you hear me then just speak Please say anything, please say anything, oh please He was a man I never knew But’s the goddamned truth He did not deserve to die He belongs right as his brother’s side Happy healthy and alive A death for nature to decide And not one second before Should death come knocking at his door But what good are feeble words as these? With all these lives shipped overseas Only to meet the same fate All in the name of hate Gordon McClary once stood tall Now that’s just a name upon a wall A name upon a wall

Maybe one day I’ll move a mountain Maybe one day I will become the sea Maybe right now I’ll start a fire Light it up and burn it down til it’s clean Maybe one day I’ll cross the river Maybe one day I’ll ripple with the waves Maybe right now I’ll taste the moment Savor all the flavor while it stays Surely one day I will be landing on the higher ground of passing time There’s only one road to tomorrow, might as well enjoy the ride Maybe one day roll like thunder Maybe one day I’ll tumble from the sky Maybe right now I’ll sell my secrets Just because somebody wants to buy Surely one day I will be handing off the torch that’s been my guiding light Whether it may fade or shimmer, I will pay no mind I will pay no mind When the dust is settled on my weary eyes I’ll pay no mind I will pay no mind Maybe one day I’ll plant the garden Maybe one day I’ll grow amongst the vines Maybe right now I’ll sow the seed That’s planted where I know it always shines Surely one day I will remember fleeting glimpses of a simpler time And when I can no longer, I will pay no mind I will pay no mind When the dust is settled on my weary eyes I’ll pay no mind I will pay no mind Surely one day I’ll catch my breath, right as it escapes me one last time I will pay no mind When the dust is settled on my weary eyes I’ll pay no mind I will pay no mind I will pay no mind When the dust is settled on my weary eyes I’ll pay no mind, no I will pay no mind