INSOMNIACCOMPLISHMENTS
LYRICS
1. DECEMBER CHICAGO
2. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
3. NEW EYES
4. I THOUGHT YOU WERE MINE
5. IMPERFECTION
6. KUORTANE
7. DIALYSIS CARPOOL
8. GET BEHIND THE WHEEL
9. I'M A LIAR
10. NOTHING DOWNTOWN
11. HERE AT 2141
12. ASSISTANCE
13. HER LIP BALM
14. DANIEL & PETER & THOMAS
15. WORLD OF WHEELS
16. I SAW GREENLAND
17. LITTLE BIBLE
18. I'M ALIVE AND SLEEP DEPRIVED
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1. DECEMBER CHICAGO
this is one of those days
where the sun shines bright on the snow
December Chicago
The skies are so cloudless and cold
frost on the window, snow on the ground
rush hour cars crawling all over town
they've got somewhere to be, they're all riding the brake
just a vein of red taillights down to the lake
twelve stories of concrete against blue day
four lanes lighted by neon ray
sundown giving the stars a home
and the temperature drops to twenty below
this is one of those days
where the sun shines bright on the snow
December Chicago
The skies are so cloudless and cold
2. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
if you have a question just raise your hand
and the teacher will call on you
there's a lot of things that I don't know
there's a lot that I can't see
there's a lot of doubt and wondering
there's a lot of mystery
when you lie awake at 3AM
trouble running through your mind
you don't need to be afraid to ask
you can leave your fear behind
everybody's on a search for truth
questioning is not a sin
there's a lot of love to pull you through
sow the seed of faith within
3. NEW EYES
I been watching you for seven years
I been going through a lot of change
I can tell that you been changing too
Tell you that it's anything but strange
Cold North wind filling up your lungs
You can feel the sunlight on your neck
Even when the day is turning gray
Darlin' don't you know I've got your back
Inside, outside, traffic on the 2
Now I see you with new eyes
Caught it in the corner of my eye
Walking by the old TV
Doctor can you tell me is it true?
Are we not the way we used to be?
Every seven years I start again
Old days coming up new
Every seven years I turn around
Darlin' don't you know I turn to you
Outside, inside, coming into view
Now I see you with new eyes
4. I THOUGHT YOU WERE MINE
I thought you were mine
But I was so wrong
And all of that time I followed along
I counted each of us
I thought we were just two
But now I see a crowd surrounding you
And I thought you were mine
I was so blind
But I felt so strong
Thought I was the only one who knew those songs
I could not believe
What I saw and heard
Voices in the dark, singing all your words
And I thought you were mine
Not so long ago I felt so fine
Oh, what did I know?
I thought you were mine
5. IMPERFECTION
we fight about the six day earth
we fight about the second birth
we got different goals and different truths
we're different in the voting booths
and I'm looking for connection
under all this imperfection
and I'm praying for protection
under all this imperfection
we try to talk theology
we get hung up on geology
oh, who am I to stand and speak
I read no Hebrew, I read no Greek
My friend, I don't know what to do
I am a beggar and so are you
6. KUORTANE
7. DIALYSIS CARPOOL
we live on the Oak Street hill
you live by the flooring mill
I could be at your door in a flash
Why should we each take a car?
There's room in yours, room in ours
For the gasoline we'll save some cash
Dialysis carpool
We got a rough road ahead
It's tough to get up out of bed
Now we got a reason to pull through
We can share this holy drive
Keeping both of us alive
Misery loves company, it's true
Dialysis carpool
See you next time
At the same time
8. GET BEHIND THE WHEEL
you got a heart and you got an engine
blood and gasoline
you got a vision, a panorama
outside of your windscreen
ignition, accelerator
you gotta clear your head
gotta set yourself in motion
before you fall down dead
get behind the wheel
get behind the wheel
get behind the wheel
it's gonna be okay
get behind the wheel
get behind the wheel
take your time
and take it miles away
there's a highway, a blue horizon
that you never see
gotta get out and do some driving
you turn the silver key
salvation, automotive
you gotta catch your breath
staying home and going nowhere
can scare you half to death
9. I'M A LIAR
she said she was leaving me
she started for the door
I stood up and asked my darlin' “why?”
She looked at me with disbelief
She said the reason was because
Everything I say is just a lie
I'm a liar - you can take my word
I'm a liar - believe what you heard
Baby, you don't need no honest man
I'm a liar - and I'll tell you the truth
I'm a liar - and I'll show you the proof
I ain't perfect, baby, but I do what I can
Yeah, I'm a liar
I begged her not to leave me
And I gave her quite the speech
About how my love for her would never die
And she came running right on back
Into my waiting arms
But everything I said was just a lie
I suppose her motivation
Was to get some sweet revenge
I'm surprised she had the nerve to try
Well, the road of bad intentions
It runs far away from heaven
When everything you say is just a lie
10. NOTHING DOWNTOWN
hey, I know it's been
a long long day
let's go walking into town
it's good to get away
we went walking downtown together
there was nothing downtown anymore
that sounds like something that would happen to us
nothing downtown anymore
hey, I know you're tired
of working at this pace
take some time and walk with me
we'll find a quiet place
hey, the sun is setting
the papers are all gone
all the workers driving home
the streetlights are coming on
you and I are all we see
this town will shut down soon
this must be the way it feels
walking on the moon
11. HERE AT 2141
here at 2141
rent is cheap and the bills get paid on time
and that's just fine
I take off and then come back
Waiting for my sweetheart to arrive
Every day after five
The screen door opens when she gets home
I meet her there and ask about her day
And then she smiles and holds me tight
And the news is on and everything's okay
Here at 2141
Here at 2141
Winter's warm and Summer takes its time
And that's just fine
She stacks those textbooks on the floor
And reads her papers long into the night
And then turns out the light
I read my calendar, she reads her books
And I work hard and so does she
And I am hers and she is mine
And I love her and she loves me
Here at 2141
12. ASSISTANCE
she got caught at her weakest moment
standing at the statue's base
any other day she would've taken longer
to hide her pretty face
ah, if she could stand on her own by now
probably wouldn't be so bad
wishing for assistance
wanting to have missed this
yeah
she lost time on her dead end highway
letting all the romance go
any other day she would've taken longer
running down another road
ah, if she could see through the darkness now
probably wouldn't fall so far
what do you want?
what do you wish?
13. HER LIP BALM
metro transportation pass
gloves to keep me warm
watch her breathing turn to steam
from her lungs into the storm
shivering she shares with me
I try to keep it calm
I could love her
I could taste her lip balm
See this princess next to me
In the icy air
She could warm me with her smile
Northern wind in golden hair
Winter weather closes in
My shaking hands are numb
At the stop she's close to me
I wish this bus would never come
14. DANIEL & PETER & THOMAS
Daniel & Peter & Thomas I see
Shining like the light from my TV
Daniel spoke with a prophet's words
Signed off with “courage” when the news was heard
Challenged the kingdom time and again
But he fell into the lion's den
Peter sailed into the stormy seas
A solid rock, and he held the keys
A trusted voice beneath a cloudy sky
No one could deny
What will we do now that you're gone?
Who will we fix our eyes upon?
The fire is raging in Babylon
One more time I wanna turn you on
I wanna turn you on
Thomas always searched for truth
Asking questions and demanding proof
Last one on and the first one out
He left without a doubt
15. WORLD OF WHEELS
I got a wheel inside my wristwatch
It turns the minute hand
And I got wheels made of clear plastic
On my TV stand
And it's 2AM and I'm still awake
Lying on the living room floor
Spinning those numbers on the channel dial
And I'm feeling like I've been here before
We're living in a world of wheels
Sweetheart it's a world of wheels
You're nowhere bound
You're turning around
I know just how you feel
For the dark circles under my eyes
Thank you to all the late nights
For the angel halo shining above me
Thank you to all the bright lights
And I'm bloodshot, staring at the ceiling fan
Surrounded and sleepless and spent
And the skyline is waiting on the Sunwheel Dance
When we get a chance to reinvent
They had wheels to build the big city
They had wheels to fight the big war
God made wheels to hold up the planets
And I got wheels to drive to your door
16. I SAW GREENLAND
I saw Greenland with my own eyes
Not just a photo or a TV show
The jagged landscape, the rivers of ice
The earth and water, the light on the snow
I saw Greenland
I saw the sunrise and the sunset together
Balancing over the Northern pole
I watched the shadow move over the ocean
I saw gravity losing control
I saw Greenland
I saw my house and my street and my town
These are the words I can usually say
But once in a lifetime I'm blessed to speak
“I saw Greenland”
I saw Greenland today
I saw Greenland with my own eyes
17. LITTLE BIBLE
You're a black and white photo of a summer sky so blue
A two-dimensioned outline of a full Grand Canyon view
Oh dear little Bible, I give credit where it's due
And the credit goes to God and not to you
Little Bible you could never give yourself to die for me
No blood ran through your pages on that crucifixion tree
I will pay attention to the message that you bring
But written word and Living Word are very different things
Oh dear little Bible, Martin Luther said it best:
You're not unlike the manger where the Baby Jesus rests
You're just a handmade structure, but where God's love is revealed
So that through that simple cradle all creation can be healed
I love the lover, not the love letter
I drive down the highway, not down the map
I dance to the music, not to the radio
I look for the light, not for the lamp
Little Bible you could never give yourself to die for me
No blood ran through your pages on that crucifixion tree
I will pay attention to the message that you bring
But written word and Living Word are very different things
18. I'M ALIVE AND SLEEP DEPRIVED
ain't no nightshift watchman
ain't no long haul trucker
got no business keeping me awake
I would never be here
If it was up to me, dear
I don't need to see the morning break
I'm alive and sleep deprived
Call a hundred doctors
A thousand corporations
All the politicians on TV
Sometimes what you get
Sometimes what you get
Sometimes what you get
Is not what you need
I'm alive and sleep deprived
Sundown, midnight, 1AM, 2
3, 4, 5AM, nothing I can do