Drive   (R. Hohl)


I can see your eyes closing
I can see your head begin to nod
I can see the lines you’re crossing
And the headlights coming on

I can see the rain on the windshield
I can see the lights painted on the trees
I can see the fire in the distance
Coming on
Coming on

Let’s get where we’re going
Let’s keep it alive
It’s time to wake up
Do you want me to drive?

I can see your smile in the spotlight
I can see your halo laying on the grass
I can see the yogi in your style
You keep driving along
You keep driving along





Molten Rock and Plastic Glass
( S. Mandel, R. Hohl)


Hey
I’m runnin into the day
What am I gonna say
When everything is...

Got to get myself off the ground
And feel the fun of feelin around
With all the time I’ve learned to kill
And all the power inside a pill

The lights are red and green and blue and white surrounding
I sit inside your plastic house my head is pounding

But I’m restin’ cool
In your velvet room
With your magazines

Yeah
Why should I even care
What am I gonna share
When everything is...

Got to steer myself clear today
And feel the fun of getting away
With all the work there is to do
There must be something left for you

I wade in to the afternoon until I’m drowning
The future seems to me to be an ugly dawning

But I’m restin’ cool
In my velvet suit
In your molten pool

Oh
With the sun getting’ low
Wonderin’ where to go
When everything is...

Got to save myself from these walls
IÕll break the windows and welcome the fall
With all the love I’ve passed the day
And all these things I had to say

The time is late but I still wait for your arrival
The food was great but now I must look past survival

But I’m restin’ cool
With these velvet tunes
And your plastic eyes





Dry  (R. Hohl)

I’m tired in a morning that’s still last night
I ain’t got the shades pulled up yet
‘Cause I’m fearing the light

I stand in the doorway that leads outside
I ain’t got my shoes on yet and
It rained last night

But love is dry
Sometimes you’re in it and you don’t know why
It’s reward
Lies in what it absorbs

I stand in the sunlight and close my eyes
I can’t see a thing that way but
I fantasize

And the importance of it all
Is lost upon me now
As I float upon this sound

Led on by the moonlight, I find my way
I don’t know where my day went
But what can I say?

Love is dry
Sometimes you’re in it and you don’t know why
It’s reward
Lies in what it absorbs





She’s Beautiful When She Smiles   (R. Hohl)

She can twist my arm with her eyes
She outweighs me though I’m twice her size
Without forewarning she’ll let it fly
But she’s beautiful when she smiles

She can knock me out with her cheek
She can wear me down ‘til I’m weak
She can set me off on a losing streak
But she’s beautiful when she smiles

Though this abuse is commonplace
I’m just a fool for her beautiful face

She can break my legs with her lips
She can burn me with her fingertips
To set me weeping she’s well equipped
But she’s beautiful when she smiles

She can track me down with her toes
Once I tried to run but I froze
When I asked for mercy she was opposed
But she’s beautiful when she smiles

(chorus)

She can bat me aside with her lash
She can turn my wood into ash
She can swill me down like a sour mash
But she’s beautiful when she smiles



Finality Fits
(S. Mandel/R. Hohl)


Oh finality fits me
Reality hits you
Oh Oh finality fits me
Senility thrills you and you’re so young
With your mixed impressions
You’re still not sure if you’re impressed with people like me

And me finally
I’m not in love
with her
and I feel fine
The pain has gone
Gone away
as I take
pills and time

Oh finality fits me
Reality hits you
Oh Oh finality fits me
Ability kills you cause you’re so dumb
Like your false expressions
You still don’t feel like you’ve expressed yourself with me

And me finally
I’ m not in love
with her
and I feel fine
The pain has gone
Gone away
as I take
pills and time

Now finality fits you
Reality hits me
Oh Oh finality fits you
Banality shits on me in this common place
Without your lipstick love
With your lips alarming red you kissed me blue




Up With the Pie   (R. Hohl)

Floating up high
Up here with the pie
My only fear is…

Looking around
I notice the clouds
Changing their shape
To form a word

Looks like I’m going to fall
Looks like I’m going to fall
But on my way down
Yeah, on my way down
I’m going to make a noise
See if you can hear it

Floating up high
I hear the trees sigh
And the traffic roar
But your voice is obscured

Looks like I’m going to fall
Looks like I’m going to fall
But on my way down
Yeah, on my way down
I’m going to make a noise
See if you can hear it

Help me, I’m up here all alone
All I ever wanted was to wander in the zone
The wind is right to make my flight
But my feather’s turned to stone….stone





Sweet Waters   (R. Hohl)


If you look in my eyes you won’t see the soul
‘Cause the windows are foggy and the fixtures are old
If you look at my picture you won’t see the face
‘Cause it’s overexposed leaving only a space


Sweet waters of time, wash me a new mind
Deep currents of chance, pour me your wine


If you call out my name, there’ll be no reply
‘Cause the pool has been emptied and the well has run dry
If you reach for my hand you’ll grasp only air
If you’re looking for me, there’s nobody there


Sweet waters of time, wash me a new mind
Deep currents of chance, pour me your wine


Drying out on the sand, here on this island
All of the ends come back and tie my head up again
Only the sweet waters of time reincarnate