THE DAY YOU LEARNED TO FLY

I was raised to appreciate a song 

by the merits of its soul 

I was always taught to search out the truth 

of what lies behind the cool 

but his songs are always so cool 

and in a moment it all came falling free 

like a bird with a broken wing 

and sometimes we can take this all for granted 

but sometimes we just sing 

yeah we just sing 

just like we did the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly 

you sang all your songs up and then you took flight 

the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly 

with all the crazy hate in the air lately 

why can’t we just live in romance 

carried through time and space 

with just love and peace 

maybe we’ll find the rhythm to dance 

and we’ll just dance 

just like we did the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly 

you sang all your songs up and then you took flight 

the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly

just like we did the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly 

you sang all your songs up and then you took flight 

the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly

the day you learned to fly 

the day you learned to fly

na na na na na ooh ooh ooo

OH UNIVERSE 

oh universe listen to me 

I’m crumbling right over my feet 

all I want is just a little bit of guidance 

my eyes are wide but my ears are weak 

all I hear is the same old sound 

the sound of nothing at all 

you left me here all alone 

I followed you but I followed you a little too long 

and right now my hopes are all tangled up 

my love it kills as it fades out 

this takes too long 

just want to move on 

down a road I think was pre-programed

In fact I’m staring right at the map 

I think I might just stick around to view it 

said I might just stick around 

oh universe  it seems to me 

that all good things contain disappearing ink 

when all I want is just a little bit of patience 

my heart it tells my mouth when it’s time to speak 

and all i know is what I’m told 

I guess you could say that i’m never ever really sure 

but when I find you oh my sweet darling 

I think i’ll finally know where to rest my wary soul 

but right now my hopes are all tangled up 

my love it kills as it fades out 

this takes too long 

just want to move on 

down a road I think was pre-programed 

In fact I’m staring right at the map 

I think I might just stick around to view it 

said I might just stick around

ELIZABETH 

Oh there’s a burden deep down in my soul 

thought I could forget it until I got old 

but just like the rain up on the hill 

I remember it all 

Oh in the back room of a house of wood 

the house we built the best we could 

there lies all the pain we feel 

and I remember it all 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

I’m sorry now 

but i let you down 

Oh tear down the walls of our house of memory 

the wood is warped and rotten here anyway 

just like the fall that consumed the kill 

I remember it all 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

I’m sorry now 

but i let you down 

I can’t forget it 

this running and spinning 

and I can’t feel the ground 

It’s always the same 

we feed our pain 

and all that is left is shame 

shame…shame…and pain 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

I’m sorry now but i let you… 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

Oh sweet Elizabeth 

I’m sorry now but i let you down 

I’m sorry now… but I let you down

SHADOWS ON THE WALL

don’t let her in and you’ll never be let down 

what a life to live when you’re living underground 

If you’re content then never mind it all 

when your days are spent watching shadows on the wall 

ohh oh ah ohh It’s more than what you see 

ohh oh ah ohh I wish you’d just believe me 

ohh oh ah ohhh I just wish you’d call sometime

It’s not just shadows on the wall 

have you ever seen the light that the sun brings 

reflected in the morning snow it’s melting everything 

all the colors flood my eyes forming overwhelming signs 

there’s something else something bigger than both of us resides 

oh oh ah ohh, ohh ohhh It’s more than what you see 

ohh oh ah ohh I wish you’d just believe me  

ohh oh ah ohhh I just wish you’d call sometime 

It’s not just shadows on the wall 

(overlapping both verses at the sametime)

oh oh ah ohh, ohh ohhh It’s more than what you see 

ohh oh ah ohh I wish you’d just believe me 

ohh oh ah ohhh I just wish you’d call sometime 

It’s not just shadows on the wall 

have you ever seen the light the sun brings

have you ever seen the light the sun brings

I wish you’d just believe me

have you ever seen the light the sun brings 

I just wish you’d call sometimes 

It’s not just shadows on the wall

…sometime

It’s not just shadows on the wall

WHISPER 

I hear your whisper calling back to me 

some kind of secret a simple melody 

I feel your body touched by the warmth of the sun 

even with eyes closed I know that you’re the only one 

I’ll wait and be patient wish we could last forever 

I know that you will be back around again 

around again

I taste the salt tangled in your breath 

just like a Pringles brand potato chip 

I see your soul in the color of the leaves 

I watch you move in the breaking of the sea 

I’ll wait and be patient wish we could last forever 

I know that you will be back 

floating in and out of an ever changing aura 

I feel this won’t be our last 

I know that you will be back around again 

around again 

I hear you whisper calling back to me

THE WORLD IS SOUND ASLEEP

It’s 11:29 and I am all alone 

I’ve got a damaged view from a perfect window 

all my frames intact, but these eyes they are cracked 

I’m seeing double and I don’t know where you’re at 

these clouds hold so much rain like reservoirs built in brains 

mine is filled to the brim 

and I pour this poison down and still my love is sound 

but this world is sound asleep 

just dreaming 

of something 

or maybe nothing 

It’s gotta be something 

these clouds hold so much rain like reservoirs built in brains 

mine is filled to the brim 

as I pour this poison down and still my love is sound 

but this world is sound asleep 

just dreaming of something of nothing they wished on 

but don’t have the faith or the confidence in them 

they’re waiting for someone to take them away 

from the hell which they’re living in 

but you have control don’t let anyone tell you 

that forces are out there pushing and puling 

controlling your heart like a fine graphic art 

keep that needle out of my eye 

but I poured down the poison 

and It’s slowly destroying 

all this pain that’s disintegrating 

ahh, ahhh, ahh Ahh, ahh, ohhh ahh, ahh, ahhh ahhh, ahh, ohhh ……!!!

It’s 11:29 and I am all alone 

I’ve got a damaged view from a perfect window 

all my frames intact but these eyes they are cracked 

I’m seeing double and I don’t know where you’re at

“Americana Summer” was recorded in Studio B at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, TX in Spring of 2019. Produced by Gavin Solis and Yosh & Yimmy, mixed by Gavin Solis, mastered by SoundLAB. Cover design and cover photo by Gerald Flores of Taco Design.