To Be Free (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

A Pocket Full Of Holes (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz)

What lies in tatters,
trouble be known.
Seeking some wisdom,
so far from home.

It's been a long time not comin'.
A heavy cross to bear.
A long road of spinning wheels,
leading nowhere.

A man takes his freedom.
Another has his doubts.
And suffers in silence.
Suffers without.
Time was a wasted.
Gone are the goals.
All that's left now...
is a pocket full of holes.

Lookin' down the road
to a foregone conclusion.
It's easy to falter,
when gone is the vision.
See there's no where to run to,
nothing unseen.
No where for you to hide,
'cept the places that you've been.

A man takes his freedom.
Another has his doubts.
And suffers in silence.
Suffers without.
Time was a wasted.
Gone are the goals.
All that's left now...
is a pocket full of holes.

There's is a story,
sad but its true.
Sad for the reasons
sung of in blues.
Cause way over yonder,
over the hill,
there lies a true love,
waitin' there still.

A man takes his freedom.
Another has his doubts.
And suffers in silence.
Suffers without.
Time was a wasted.
Gone are the goals.
All that's left now...
is a pocket full of holes.

All that's left now...
is a pocket full of holes.

Disambiguation (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz & Steve Vassilakopoulos)

[Jay's Lyrics]
Inferential jealousies spring to action ... why?
There must be no basis, but therein the truth lies.
There may be symptoms but I feel...
I feel these things.
Something's wrong.
Something's in the air tonight, lingering as bit too long.

I'm not afraid to get up and talk about all the things I feel.
And, unconsequential non-sequiturs sometimes fit the bill.
Slow change is not coming, rapid improvement never ends.
Spinning in a web of mystery, the key to life pends.

Where would you be without your words?
Would you live by them or die by them?
Where is the forum to be heard?
Fleeting moments to be sure...
Where is the treasure?
Did you find your pot of gold?
Where are the colors of summer?
I feel only the heat.
Where is the cool breeze at the water's edge?
I feel only the chill.

I want to say what I feel.
I don't want to mince words,
expressing airs of deep convictions that yearn to be heard.
I want to cry.
I want to laugh and run the gambit of my emotions.
Sometime I just want to carry on and cause a frantic, wild commotion.

[Steve's Lyrics]
I watched a yellow sun,
rising over the city lights.
Now I sit and I wait
for the start of twilight.

In the twilight everything is anything...
... fire freezes, ice burns.

I went down to the sacred store.
The place that I had been before.
I didn't know what I was looking for
until I saw...

Yes, I saw the yellow sun.
It was arising over the city lights...
...and everything was anything.
Fire freezes and ice burns.

Down, Down The River (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz)

Down, down the river won’t you run.
Down, down the river won’t you run.
Won’t you lay your heavy load on that tar and asphalt road.
And down, down the river won’t you run.

40 years of crawlin’ to some other’s beat.
40 years of wastin’ time with shackles on my feet.
40 years of trouble, without askin’ why.
40 years of service, 40 years of lies.

Down, down the river won’t you run.
Down, down the river won’t you run.
Won’t you lay your heavy load on that tar and asphalt road.
And down, down the river won’t you run.

Workin’ over time, just to get laid off.
Puttin’ in the effort, and comin’ up short.
Tryin’ to get ahead w/out askin’ why.
Endin’ busted with troubles on my mind.

Down, down the river won’t you run.
Down, down the river won’t you run.
Won’t you lay your heavy load on that tar and asphalt road.
And down, down the river won’t you run.

The ties that bind – they leave you bound.
The line you walk – becomes unwound.
The love that wakes – the heart that breaks.
A beast of burden, a beast in pain.

Down, down the river won’t you run.
Down, down the river won’t you run.
Won’t you lay your heavy load on that tar and asphalt road.
And down, down the river won’t you run.

I Love You (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz)

Take this heart I give you
Take the love it brings
Take my soul down with you
Take me as I sing

I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU

All my love I offer (to you)
All my heart and mind
All my dreams to care for you
All to you they bind

I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU

Don’t you know our love will last forever?
Don’t you know our hearts beat in time (with each other)
Don’t you know dream could last forever?
If to me you’d say you’ll be mine…

So to you I sing of love
So to you I’m bound
So to you I ask again
So close to me be bound

I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU

Get A Life (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz)

It don’t matter which way you run to …. It will find you.
It don’t matter what you do …
It don’t matter what you say …
you can’t hide (that’s life).
Cause life’s got a funny way of gettin’ in the way of life.
And life gets the best of you … every time.

That’s what people say, it don’t matter anyway.
Get a life (That’s life)

Life comes around only but once in your life.
It waits for no one and you can’t bargain with life (that’s life).
You can waste all your tomorrows thinkin’ bout the day you left behind.
But the thing of it is that you’ve only got today to live your life.
So get a life before it’s gone,
Get one you can call you own,
Get a life.

Easy come, easy go
times are hard, movin’ slow
but there ain’t no time to stop and cry.
Take a break, when you can.
Catch a wave, if you can.
Try to take the upper hand in life.

So get a life before it’s gone,
Get one you can call you own,
Get a life.

See the one who loves you so…
Make the good times last and know
It can be a nice gig while it lasts
So get a life before it’s gone,
Get one you can call you own,
Get a life.

I Don't Want You To Love Me (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz)

I have often sat beside you
And watched you dream your life away
I have often given you reasons
Not to throw it all away.

And to all my best intentions
You have quickly replied
I am only here for a moment
But with your love I am satisfied.

And I don’t want you to love me
If you ain’t got no where else to go.
I don’t want you to stay with me
If your heart don’t tell you so
I don’t want you to hug me
If your eyes are on the door
… but until you’re ready to take flight , stay with me some more.

You want to go and spread your wings
But you ain’t got no where to fly
You say you you’re stuck here spinning wheels
Cause you can’t say goodbye.

I know you want to get ahead
I understand your desire
You want to stand on your own two feet
But you haven’t got the fire.

And I don’t want you to love me
If you ain’t got no where else to go.
I don’t want you to stay with me
If your heart don’t tell you so
I don’t want you to hug me
If your eyes are on the door
… but until you’re ready to take flight , stay with me some more.

There’s gonna come a time
When you’ve got no excuses anymore
Life will begin again
And you’ll close another door

And I don’t want you to love me
If you ain’t got no where else to go.
I don’t want you to stay with me
If your heart don’t tell you so
I don’t want you to hug me
If your eyes are on the door
… but until you’re ready to take flight , stay with me some more.

Sociology 101 (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz)

I went downtown the other day, cause I was feelin' low.
I though I'd pick my spirits and spend a little dough.
Now, I didn't wear a tuxedo
and I didn't wear no suit.
I just threw on some overalls and flannel shirt to boot.
I stepped into my "flip-flops".
and out the door I ran ...
but little did I know what the fates that day had planned.

On my way to the dime store, a new Cadillac caught my eye,
so I followed it on down to a car lot that said "buy"...
A salesman came right over, with a contract in his hand
but he cleared his throat as if to say "your in the wrong part of town".
I asked how much she went for, he said "how do you do
I do believe if you must ask, (then) this vehicle's not for you.

I said...

Don't judge a book by its cover
Dismiss the clothes I wear
Look past my regional accent
Treat all equal and fair
If everyone's a humanist, society would bear
no stigma of injustice, just love and peace to share

Don't give me attitude,
Just plenty of latitude,
Your plastic platitudes are socially square.

Well, I came upon the manager, who looked me up and down.
He sniffed the air around me, and whirled himself around.
He took off quite indignantly, he didn't say a word.
I must confess I was perplexed but I guess he was a jerk.
I tapped him on the shoulder, he jumped back with alarm.
He threatened legal action, though I meant him no harm

The owner made an appearance. He signaled to the floor.
Then a man with a cavalier attitude shoved me through the door.
"I guess you just don't get it" he said "this ain't your kind of store"
"We just don't like the looks of you, so don't come around here no more"
I cried social injustice (and) to my rescue came (the) police,
but they gave me a citation for disturbing the peace.

Don't judge a book by its cover
Dismiss the clothes I wear
Look past my regional accent
Treat all equal and fair
If everyone's a humanist, society would bear
no stigma of injustice, just love and peace to share.

Don't give me attitude,
Just plenty of latitude,
Your plastic platitudes are socially square.

There's no moral to this story, but we all must take to heart
that we all must live together, we're not better off apart.
There is no one beneath you,
Nor are there those above.
We all are made equally
of what we are made of.
And if it does behoove you
you might volunteer to help someone of misfortune
with tender loving care.

Don't judge a book by its cover
Dismiss the clothes I wear
Look past my regional accent
Treat all equal and fair
If everyone's a humanist, society would bear
no stigma of injustice, just love and peace to share

Don't give me attitude,
Just plenty of latitude,
Your plastic platitudes are socially square.

I Miss You (Lyrics & Music by: Jay Schwartz)

The sun came up this morning, instinctively I reached for you.
Naturally seeking the warmth of your touch, is all I wanted to do.
And I lay there grasping for air, awakening to the truth:
you're not there, you're miles away
and part of my soul is with you.

(And) I miss you, it's all I can do.
I cry ... and I miss you, it's all I can do.

You've been gone, too long, and it seems to me that I can't go on.
I've been trying to take things day by day,
but the day's too long, and I just can't take it..

(And) I miss you, it's all I can do.
I cry ... and I miss you, it's all I can do.

I've been down, so low (long), since you went away, - here I don't belong.
I'm just too damn tired to pick myself up.
Only your voice will do and I can't get enough (of it).

(And) I miss you, it's all I can do.
I cry ... and I miss you, it's all I can do.

Your Love (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

Your love ... is like a river flowing.
Your love ... is like never knowing,
what you'll do to me next.

The road behind is long.
So many things have come and gone.
But this love is so strong.
It goes on and on and on and on and on.

Your love ... I can feel it all around me.
Your love ... I can feel it going through me,
through my heart and my veins.

My love ... is like a river raging.
My love ... is like never knowing,
what I'll do to you next.what I'll do to you next.

No Thanks Mister (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

You say I can be ... just like you.
And lay up there on the hill.
Mingle with the right people ... all the time.
Because you think I fit the bill.
No thanks Mister, I ain't gonna be your fool.
No thanks Mister, goodbye Sir.

Well you see I came up on the other side of the tracks.
And lord, it looks like I'm gonna go back.
It's the same old story.
The story's been told.
They throw you some crumbs ... and they expect your soul.

You say I can be ... just like you.
And lay up there on the hill.
Mingle with the right people ... all the time.
Because you think I fit the bill.
No thanks Mister, I ain't gonna be your fool.
No thanks Mister, goodbye Sir.

No thanks Mister, I ain't gonna be your fool.
No thanks Mister, goodbye Sir.

I Must Go (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

I know you didn't beleive it
when I said it was the best thing for me and for you.
And turned your eyes to the window to hide
the tears you didn't want me to see.
There was an awkward silence...
it was so heavy in the air.
And I know just there and then you must have thought that I didn't care.
But that's not true. Not that way at all.
You see...

Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.

You thought it was the beginning, but it was the end.
I might not always be a love, but I'll always be a friend.
And I will go silently and disappear into the night.
And you will find another who will do what is right.
But it's not me. Not me at all
You see...

Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.

You thought it was the beginning, but it was the end.
I might not always be a love, but I'll always be a friend.
And I will go silently and disappear into the night.
And you will find another who will do what is right.
But it's not me. Not me at all
You see...

Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.
Don't go, I must go.

Falling Down (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

Lying on the bridge.
It's a quarter to nine.
Just watching the river flow.
I'll go wherever it goes.

I think I'm falling... falling down.
I know I'm falling, falling down.

Somewhere a factory whistle blows.
Somewhere children go to school.
But over here, time has stopped.
It's not the same anymore.

I think I'm falling... falling down.
I know I'm falling, falling down..

I think I'm falling... falling down.
I know I'm falling, falling down.

Come on everybody read all about it.
Another victim of modern times.
They say he just couldn't handle the pressure.
He opened up his arms and into the sky ... he disappeared.

I think I'm falling... falling down.
I know I'm falling, falling down.

Dirty Rotten Shame (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

Tell me pretty baby, just what did I do?
To make you want treat ... me so cruel.
Every time I see you, walkin' down the street.
You got another man ... at your feet.

It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame.
It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame.
It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame... to love you the way that I do.

I saw you the other evening ... on a Friday night,
looking so good, looking so right.
It made me forget ... all about my wife.
It made me forget ...all about my life.

It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame.
It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame.
It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame... to love you the way that I do.

It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame.
It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame.
It's a dirty, dirty rotten shame... to love you the way that I do.

I Really Don't Want You (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

I really don't want you and I really don't need you.
I really don't want you and I really don't need you.
You tell me that your life is so hard and you...
wake up at the crack of dawn.
But can you tell me,
what that has to do with me.

Cause I really don't want you and I really don't need you.
I really don't want you and I really don't need you.

You liked to talk to blunt and it's...
true that you got everyone to jump.
But you're gonna have to leave me out.

Cause I really don't want you and I really don't need you.
I really don't want you and I really don't need you.

Sometimes you show your sensitive side but ...
I know it's just a disguise.
Honey, I can see right through you.

Cause I really don't want you and I really don't need you.
I really don't want you and I really don't need you.

The Hands Of Time (Lyrics & Music by: Steve Vassilakopoulos)

Hey there, pretty baby,
barefoot in the street.
You got a sweet little smile on your face,
for every loser you meet.

But the day is coming
- and it won't be long.
You're gonna hit a new note,
and sing a brand new song.

The hands of time, they're a round your throat.
And when they squeeze there's no place where to go.

Hey there Mr. Ego,
driving in your big new car.
You have done so much.
You have gone so far.

But the day is coming
- and it won't be long.
You're gonna hit a new note,
and sing a brand new song.

The hands of time, they're a round your throat.
And when they squeeze there's no place where to go.

Hey there sexy lady.
You're the queen of these streets.
Every lonely boy wants you.
You are such a treat.

But the day is coming
- and it won't be long.
You're gonna hit a new note,
and sing a brand new song.

The hands of time, they're a round your throat.
And when they squeeze there's no place where to go.

When you look at the abyss, it looks right back to you.
When you look at the abyss, it looks right back to you.
When you look at the abyss, it looks right back to you.

Lookin' at you, babe.
Here's lookin' at you my sweet baby.
Sweet darling girl.
Here's lookin' at you.
Lookin' at you.
The hands of time, all around.
Around your throat, babe.
Around your throat, darling.
Lookin' at you.