OFF THE RICHTER

Blind:

Verse 2:
When I'm near you, I feel your heat
you raise me up to another world
have to release this pain, it's just so hard.

Chorus:
You're so blind,
you have to be mine,
you're so blind,
you have to be mine.

Verse 3:
I'd take you to our hide away, and find your pleasure
Crisp, white wine on your lips, next to the fire
Your beatiful shine, makes fasination grow
Our time together would, slip ever so slowly.

Bridge:
My heart for your inspection:
My fingertips glide on your body,
like doves in flight over the ocean.
We're lost behind secret and magical doors.
All candles perilously dancing toward the fire.
Gently our worlds collide,
as spinning waves of desire take flight.

Copyright 1999 Philip J. Dickert

Verse 1:
You swept me away into your little world
Made me believe all your delusions were real
No one deserves to feel guilty when they're not
did everything for you, now just look what I've got.

Chorus:
Cruel
You're so cruel

Verse 2:
Never again will I trade my heart for a leash
opened my eyes, now freedoms all I see
You held me back from the happiness I deserve
And I let you take my heart up and down and around
Sometimes I catch myself, drifting away
Thinking of you and what you're doing today.

Bridge:
I turn to the phone to call you
Maybe we can give it another try.....well
Then I remember the pain inside me
and I'll never trade my heart for a leash again
Never again

Copyright 1999 Philip J. Dickert

Verse 1:
I am awake, but it feels like I'm daydreaming
floating or drifting along whatever path I'm pushed onto
I have never listened to a word I've thought
Just keep on lying to me as others wash away my fire.

Verse 2:
Now I can't find myself among all these lies
I can surely gauge, by all thier cries
What I am supposed to do, never want to falter
Do I want stay in line matching with the others?

Prechorus:
Open up your eyes
Stop wasting all your time
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes...

Chorus:
Just can't stay here, in my jar
Gotta leave, gonna leave this place
Just can't stay here in my jar
Wanna leave, have to leave this place.

Verse 3:
I reach inside my mind to make my own choices
It's hard to find, with all these conflicting voices
Never want to be a robot or anyones slave
Turn away from the flow, that got me traveling toward the fire.

Bridge:
I stand now with open eyes, and see for the first time
following no one but my true self, honesty has broken the chain
Don't want to go backward, when the future's an accelerating train
Here's your chance to jump on and join me in eternal ecstasy.

Copyright 1999 Philip J. Dickert

Verse 1:
I wanna go away from Ithaca
Journey to places slightly mythical
I wanna see what people here don't see
Every day I see the same faces
I wanna run away to other places
Where no one knows my name then I'll be free

Chorus 1:
You can't get away
It's all the same place anyway
You're in outer space
And you can't come back to this place
You can't get away
from the things you have today
And the best change of scenery
comes from inside

Verse 2:
I wanna go back to Ithaca
It seems like my dreams were mostly mythical
I wanna be where people know my name
I wish I had never left my home
Nobody cares. I'm living all alone
And people who don't care all look the same

Chorus 2:
You're not far away
It's all the same place anyway
You're in outer space
And you can't come back to this place
You're not far away from
the things you have today
If you wanna find your home
Just look deep inside

Copyright 1999 David R. Musicant / Jason Holt

Verse 1:
He smiles cautiously amused
Telling them he'd blow up the world someday
As he walked back to his seat
A thumbs up was given from across the room
To his locker after class
He made the deal and his head whirled gray
The police found his .32
Right behind his Scooby-Doo lunchbox

Verse 2:
He began to slowly sink
With the realization of what his parents would think
His friends could tell he would be near the brink
And soon he might lose the link
He could almost feel his head start to stink
As his world began to shrink
He thought it best his parents should drink
From the cup of their son the freak

Chorus:
He couldn't throw his gun away
Before he coughed up the stains from his soul

Verse 3:
He said "I love you Mom"
As the .32 screamed to in her skull
After greeting his Dad after work
He planned the final trip to his high school
He couldn't explain the bloodstains on the playground
Or the stares from all around
He took the key and with it
Locked his soiled head underground

Copyright 1999 Philip J. Dickert

Verse 1:
Looking at the T. V. wondering
Cluttered thoughts, decisions waiting
For the answer.

Verse 2:
She takes off for the clear, blue ocean
She hears the ocean speak and finally knows
She not alone.

Chorus:
She throws her fear aside
And stops wondering why?
Starts to see things clearer,
As she runs and dances through the waves

Verse 3:
She takes her feelings with her,
From all the lessons, she's learned,
Never go away.

Chorus B:
She throws her fear aside
Her mind is undivided, yeah
Starts to see things clearer,
She runs and dances through the waves.

Copyright 1999 Philip J. Dickert and Steven Kryscio

Verse 1:
Silvertone guitar, I play you oh so loud,
Silvertone guitar, I play you oh so hard,
I have a silvertone, I have a silvertone.

Verse 2:
My friends won't come and play,
My dog won't sit or stay,
Girls may run away but my silvertone will stay,
I have a silvertone, I have a silvertone.

Chorus:
Oh, Oh Silvertone guitar
Oh, Oh Silvertone guitar.

Verse 3:
As I looked around,
There was nothin that I found,
Then lookin on the floor,
I found what was in store,
I'd found that silvertone, I found my silvertone.

Bridge:
Oh what about tonight?
Please be my axe tonight,
My creative weaponry.
Oh but when I'm alone,
Will you be there for me,
Are you the guitar for me?

The Night:

Verse 1:
I stood alone in the empty
In the dark, alone, in the night
Reflecting on my life, what had gone wrong
With my soul and its lack of life
I stared to the blackness above, beyond
A chill reaching my bones
Tears streaming down, right down my face
Scared, confused, and unknown

Prechorus 1:
There's a splendid view of the sky tonight
The Milky Way revealed to see
A satellite orbiting earth
As a kindred spirit to me

Chorus:
In the black night, THE NIGHT
Even armies walk alone
Can it be put right
This life, that we have sown
In the black night, THE NIGHT
Still stars come shining through
They pervade my sight
Changing my world view
Surrounded by the NIGHT!

Verse 2:
An earsplitting crash pierced through the night
The cloister bell rang clear
A light from beyond blinded my eyes
And moved me far from here

A creature of beauty appeared to me
Purging my soul of thought
Compelled to obey her, as if hypnotized
I followed her along the road

Prechorus 2:
She pointed above to the sky tonight
As she directed me to see
that I alone was the source
of my ability to be free

Copyright 1999 David R. Musicant

Verse 1:
I can't stop thinking of you girl,
You're dancing around inside my head
Been watchin' the clock that's crawling,
Seems like forever since I saw you baby
Last night was like the first time,
I need you more than words can say
Your flawless smile won me over,
I can't wait for tonight to come.

Verse 2:
I remember the days before I met you,
Stuck in a box of doubt and fear
That life's behind me now, baby,
Together we've reached these dizzy heights
I can see my greatest moment,
Giving you love under the waterfall
Look at my watch again, baby,
It's still two hours til' (our) rendez-vous.

Chorus:
When I see you
It's hard to stay away
Cause when I see you oooh oooh
It's like I've been away for days hey hey hey

Verse 3:
Finally, I see your face
And the exotic fire blazing in your eyes
I could get lost there forever,
Now time stands still your glows sublime
We retreat to our hideaway,
Melting slowly into eachothers grasp
Hold you close to me, baby,
As we're passing our time under the glowing stars

Copyright 1999 Philip J. Dickert