In Between Dreams

There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard

And no song that I could sing but I can try for your heart

And our dreams and they are made out of real things

Like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving

Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart

Like why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it’s so hard?

It’s not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving

I’ll tell you one thing, it’s always better when we’re together



It’s always better when we’re together

We’ll look at the stars when we’re together

It’s always better when we’re together

It’s always better when we’re together



And all of these moments just might find their way into my dreams tonight

But I know that they’ll be gone when the morning light sings

Or brings new things for tomorrow night you see

That they’ll be gone too, too many things I have to do

But if all of these dreams might find their way into my day to day scene

I’d be under the impression I was somewhere in between

With only two, just me and you, not so many things we got to do

Or places we got to be we’ll sit beneath the mango tree now



It’s always better when we’re together

We’re somewhere in between together

Well it’s always better when we’re together

It’s always better when we’re together



I believe in memories they look so pretty when I sleep

And when I wake up you look so pretty sleeping next to me

But there is not enough time

And there is no song I could sing

And there is no combination of words I could say

But I will still tell you one thing

We’re better together

I heard this old story before 

Where the people keep on killing for their metaphors 

But don’t leave much up to the imagination 

So I want to give this imagery back 

But I know it just ain’t so easy like that 

So I turn the page and read the story again and again and again

It sure seems the same with a different name 



We’re breaking and rebuilding and we’re growing, always guessing 

  

Never knowing 

We’re shocking but we’re nothing 

We’re just moments, we’re clever but we’re clueless 

We’re just human, amusing but confusing 

We’re trying, but where is this all leading? 

We’ll never know 



It all happened so much faster than you can say disaster 

Want to take a time-lapse and look at it backwards 

Find the last word and maybe that’s just the answer that we’re after 

But after all we’re just a bubble in a boiling pot 

Just one breath in a chain of thought 

We’re moments just combusting 

We feel certain but we’ll never, never know 

It sure seems the same, give it a different name 



We’re begging and we’re needing, and we’re trying, and we’re breathing 

  

Never knowing 

We’re shocking but we’re nothing 

We’re just moments, we’re clever but we’re clueless 

We’re just human, amusing but confusing 

We’re helping, rebuilding and we’re growing 

Never know 



Knock, knock, coming door to door 

To tell you that their metaphor is better than yours 

And you can either sink or swim and things are looking pretty grim 

If you don’t believe in what they’re spoon-feeding 

It’s got no feeling so I read it again and again and again



It sure seems the same, so many different names 



Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak, we’ll always be competing 



Never knowing 

We’re shocking but we’re nothing 

We’re just moments, we’re clever but we’re clueless 

We’re just human, amusing, confusing 

But the truth is all we got are questions 

We’ll never know

You hardly even notice 

When I try to show you this 

Song it’s meant to keep you 

From doing what you’re supposed to 

Like waking up too early 

Maybe we could sleep in 

I’ll make you banana pancakes 



Pretend like it’s the weekend now 

And we could pretend it all the time 

Can’t you see that it’s just raining 

There ain’t no need to go outside 



But just maybe, hala ka ukulele 

Mama made a baby 

I really don’t mind the practice 

Because you’re my little lady 

Lady, lady love me 

Because I love to lay here lazy 

We could close the curtains 



Pretend like there’s no world outside 

And we could pretend it all the time 

Can’t you see that it’s just raining 

There ain’t no need to go outside 



Ain’t no need, ain’t no need   

Can’t you see, can’t you see 

Rain all day and I don’t mind 

  

Telephone singing, ringing, it’s too early 

Don’t pick it up 

We don’t need to 

We got everything we need right here 

And everything we need is enough 

It’s just so easy 

When the whole world fits inside of your arms 

Do we really need to pay attention to the alarm 

Wake up slow, wake up slow 



But baby, you hardly even notice 

When I try to show you this 

Song it’s meant to keep you 

From doing what you’re supposed to 

Like waking up too early 

Maybe we could sleep in 

I’ll make you banana pancakes 



Pretend like it’s the weekend now 

And we could pretend it all the time 

Can’t you see that it’s just raining 

There ain’t no need to go outside 



Ain’t no need, ain’t no need 

Rain all day and I really really really don’t mind 

Can’t you see, can’t you see 

We’ve got to wake up slow

You win it’s your show now 

So what’s it going to be? 

Because people will tune in 

How many train wrecks do we need to see? 

Before we lose touch

And we thought this was low 

Well it’s bad, getting worse…. 



Where’d all the good people go? 

I’ve been changing channels and I don’t see them on the tv shows 

Where’d all the good people go? 

We’ve got heaps and heaps of what we sow 



They got this and that with a rattle a tat 

Testing, one, two, man whatcha gonna do 

Bad news misused, got too much to lose 

Give me some truth now, who’s side are we on 

Whatever you say 

Turn on the boob tube, I’m in the mood to obey 

So lead me astray 

And by the way now… 



Where’d all the good people go? 

I’ve been changing channels and I don’t see them on the tv shows 

Where’d all the good people go? 

We’ve got heaps and heaps of what we sow 



Sitting around feeling far away 

So far away but I can feel the debris, can you feel it?

You interrupt me from a friendly conversation 

To tell me how great it’s all going to be 

You might notice some hesitation 

Because its important to you, it’s not important to me 

But way down by the edge of your reason 

It’s beginning to show and I really want to know is… 



Where’d all the good people go? 

I’ve been changing channels and I don’t see them on the tv shows 

Where’d all the good people go? 

We got heaps and heaps of what we sow



They got this and that with a rattle a tat
Testing one, two man whatcha gonna do
Bad news misused give me some truth
You got too much to lose
Whose side are we on today, anyway
Okay, whatever you say
Wrong and resolute but in the mood to obey
Station to station desensitizing the nation
Going, going, gone

When your mind is a mess so is mine I can’t sleep 

Because it hurts when I think when my thoughts aren’t at peace 

With the plans that we make and the chances we take 

They’re not yours they’re not mine 

There are waves that can break 

All the words that we said and the words that we mean 

And the words can fall short, can’t see the unseen 

Because the world is awake so for somebody’s sake 

Now please close your eyes 

Woman, please get some sleep 



Sleep and know that if I knew all of the answers 

I would not hold them from you 

Know all of the things that I know 

Because we told each other there is no other way 



Too much silence can be misleading 

You’re drifting I can hear it in the way that you’re breathing 

We don’t really need to find reason 

Because out the same door that it came well it’s leaving 

It’s leaving 

Leaving like a day that’s done and part of a season 

Resolve is just a concept that’s as dead as the leaves 

But at least we could sleep, it’s all that we need 

When we wake we would find, our minds would be free 

To go to sleep 



Sleep and know that if I knew all of the answers 

I would not hold them from you 

Know all of the things that I know 

Because we told each other there is no other way

I was sitting, waiting, wishing 

You believed in superstitions

Then maybe you would see the signs 

But lord knows that this world is cruel 

And I ain’t the lord no I’m just a fool 

Learning loving somebody 

Don’t make them love you 

Must I always be waiting, waiting on you? 

Must I always be playing, playing your fool? 



I sang your songs I danced your dance 

I gave your friends all a chance 

But putting up with them 

Wasn’t worth never having you 

Maybe you’ve been through this before 

But it’s my first time so please ignore 

The next few lines because they’re directed at you 

I can’t always be waiting, waiting on you 

I can’t always be playing, playing your fool 



I keep playing your part 

But it’s not my scene 

Want this plot to twist 

I’ve had enough mystery 

You keep building it up 

But then you’re shooting me down 

But I’m already down 

Just wait a minute 

Just sitting, waiting 

Just wait a minute 

Just sitting, waiting 



Well if I was in your position 

I’d put down all my ammunition 

I’d wonder why it had taken me so long 

But lord knows that I’m not you 

And if I was I wouldn’t be so cruel 

Because waiting on love 

Ain’t so easy to do 

Must I always be waiting, waiting on you? 

Must I always be playing, playing your fool?

It’s really too bad 

He became a prisoner of his own past 

He stabbed the moment in the back with the round thumbtack 

That held up the list of things he got to do 

It’s really no good 

He’s moving on before he understood 

He shot the future in the foot with every step he took 

From the places that he’s been because he forgot to look 



He better staple it together and call it bad weather 



Well I guess you could say 

That he don’t even know where to begin 

Because he looked both ways but he was so afraid 

Digging deep into the ditch every chance he missed 

And the mess he made 

Because hate is such a strong word 

And every brick he laid, a mistake they say 

That his walls are getting taller, and his world is getting smaller 



Better staple it together and call it bad weather 



It’s really too bad 

He became a prisoner of his own past 

He stabbed the moment in the back with the round thumbtack 

That held up the list of things he got to do 

It’s really no good 

He’s moving on before he understood 

He shot the future in the foot with every step he took 

From the places that he’s been because he forgot to look 



Better staple it together and call it bad weather 



If the weather gets better we should get together 

Spend a little time or we could do whatever 

And if we get together we’d be twice as clever 

So staple it together and call it bad weather

Situation number one 

It’s the one that’s just begun 

But evidently it’s too late 



Situation number two 

It’s the only chance for you 

It’s controlled by denizens of hate 



Situation number three 

It’s the one that no one sees 

It’s all too often dismissed as fate 



Situation number four 

It’s the one that left you wanting more 

It tantalized you with it’s bait

It’s such a tired game 

Will it ever stop? 

How will this all play out

Out of sight out of mind 



By now we should know how to communicate 

Instead of coming to blows, We’re on a roll 

And there ain’t no stopping us now 

We’re burning under control 

Isn’t it strange how we’re all burning under the same sun? 



Buy now and save, it’s a war for peace 

It’s the same old game 

But do we really want to play?  

We could close our eyes its still there 

We could say it’s us against them 

We could try but nobody wins 

Gravity has got a hold on us all 

We could try to put it out, but it’s a growing flame

Using fear as fuel

Burning down our name

And it won’t take too long

Words all burn the same

And who are we going to blame now? 



It’s such a crying, crying, crying shame 



By now it’s beginning to show 

A number of people are numbers that aren’t coming home 

I could close my eyes it’s still there 

Close my mind be alone 

I could close my heart and not care 

But gravity has got a hold on us all 



It’s a terrific price to pay 

But in the true sense of the word 

Are we using what we’ve learned? 

But in the true sense of the word 

Are we losing what we were? 



It’s such a tired game

Will it ever stop?  

It’s not for me to say 

Is it in our blood or is it in our fate? 

And how will this all play out? 

Out of sight, out of mind 

Who are we going to blame all in all? 



It’s just a crying, crying, crying shame 


A brand new baby was born yesterday, just in time 

Papa cried, baby cried, said your tears are like mine 

I heard some words from a friend on the phone, didn’t sound so good 

The doctor gave him two weeks to live 

I’d give him more if I could 



You know that I would now 

If only I could 



Down the middle drops one more grain of sand 

They say that new life makes losing life easier to understand 

Words are kind they help ease the mind, I’ll miss my old friend 

And though you’ve got to go we’ll keep a piece of your soul 

One goes out, one comes in 



You know that I would now 

If only I could

I hope this old train breaks down then I could take a walk around 

See what there is to see, time is just a melody 

With all the people in the street walking fast as their feet 

Can take them, I just roll through town 

And though my window’s got a view, well the frame I’m looking through 

Seems to have no concern for now 

So for now I 



I need this here old train to breakdown 

Oh please just let me please just breakdown 



Well this engine screams out loud, centipede going to crawl westbound 

So I don’t even make a sound cause it’s going to sting me when I leave this town 

And all the people in the street that I’ll never get to meet 

If these tracks don’t bend somehow 

And I got no time that I got to get to where I don’t need to be 

So I 



I need this here old train to breakdown 

Oh please just let me please just breakdown 



I want to break on down 

But I can’t stop now 

Let me break on down 



But you can’t stop nothing if you got no control 

Of the thoughts in your mind that you kept and you know 

That you don’t know nothing but you don’t need to know 

The wisdom’s in the trees not the glass windows 

You can’t stop wishing if you don’t let go 

Of the things that you find and you lose and you know 

You keep on rolling, put the moment on hold 

Because the frame’s too bright, so put the blinds down low 



I need this here old train to breakdown 

Oh please just let me please just breakdown 



I got to break on down 

But I can’t stop now 


Oi lienda 

Bella che fa? 

Bonita, bonita que tal? 

But belle 

Je ne comprend pas francais 

So you’ll have to speak to me 

Some other way 


Do you remember when we first met? 

I sure do, it was some time in early September 

You were lazy about it, you made me wait around 

I was so crazy about you I didn’t mind 



So I was late for class, I locked my bike to yours 

It wasn’t hard to find, you painted flowers on it 

I guess that I was afraid that if you rolled away 

You might not roll back my direction real soon 



Well I was crazy about you then and now 

The craziest thing of all is over ten years have gone by 

And you’re still mine, we’re locked in time 

Let’s Rewind 



Do you remember when we first moved in together? 

The piano took up the living room 

You played me boogie-woogie I played you love songs 

You’d say we’re playing house now you still say we are 



We built our getaway up in a tree we found 

We felt so far away but we were still in town 

Now I remember watching that old tree burn down

I took a picture that I don’t like to look at 



Well all these times they come and go 

And alone don’t seem so long 

Over ten years have gone by 

We can’t rewind, we’re locked in time 

But you’re still mine 

Do you remember?

The light was leaving in the west it was blue 

The children’s laughter sang 

And skipping just like the stones they threw 

Their voices echoed across the waves 

It’s getting late 



And it was just another night 

With a sunset and a moonrise 

Not too far behind to give us just enough light 

To lay down underneath the stars 

We listened to Papa’s translations 

Of the stories across the sky 

We drew our own constellations 



The west winds often last too long 

And when they calm down, nothing ever feels the same 

Sheltered under the Kamani tree 

Waiting for the passing rain 

Clouds keep moving to uncover the sea 

Stars up above us chasing the day away 

To find the stories that we sometimes need 

Listen close enough and all else fades

Fades away 



And it was just another night 

With a sunset and a moonrise 

Not so far behind to give us just enough light 

To lay down underneath the stars 

Listen to all translations 

Of the stories across the sky 

We drew our own constellations