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AUTO OF LOVE (Post)
BIG OF YOU (Terry)
JOB (Post)
BETTER OFF ALONE (Terry)
TAKE ME BACK (Post)
EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT (Terry)
SHIP (Post)
PAPER PALACE (Post)
ULTRA BLUE (Terry - Stowe)
HOLDING YOU NEXT TO ME (Post)
THROUGH HER MIND'S EYE (Terry - Piazza)
BACK BURNER (Post)

(2 new ones from "LIVE!")
CARRY ME (Post)
YOU ARE EVERYTHING (Terry)

all songs © 1998 Code Red! Records




AUTO OF LOVE
Words and Music by Pat Post

Auto-ma-ba-ba-mobile of love,
Tell me what it was that I was dreaming of,
You became the charm that hooked desires,
Burned into my heart your ever frozen fires -

Yesterday, day before,
Took my truck and ran,
Had a fix for 'nother car,
So catch me if you can -

Auto-ma-ba-ba-mobile of love,
Tell me what it was that I was dreaming of,
You became the charm that hooked desires,
Burned into my heart your ever frozen fires -

Hey, ho, hey, ho,
Hey, ho, hey, hey, ho ---






Lead Vocals - Pat


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BIG OF YOU
Words and Music by Craig Terry

Well, I guess the party's over,
'cuz you've started making excuses,
I think I should have listened to my friends -
Was I just a change of season?
Are you crawling back to him?
From the tone of conversation, this is the end -

Now you expect of me to understand
As you're sitting so sincere -

Isn't that big of you? Isn't that big of you?
Isn't that big of you to say we still can be friends?

Well I gave ya what you needed,
'cuz I thought we'd have it together,
I only wasted hundreds of my days -
Is it me or did I treat you
Just a little bit too good?
And you're sorry that it had to work out this way-

So now you're thanking me for all I've done
And you wanna make it clear -

Isn't that big of you? Isn't that big of you?
Isn't that big of you to say we still can be friends?

Am I supposed to be grateful?
You should hear yourself
Maybe I should say it out loud -

Isn't that big of you? Isn't that big of you?
Isn't that big of you to say we still can be friends?





JOB
Words and Music by Pat Post

Alright, you will stretch out your hand toward it
If inequity is in your head.
Let not wickedness dwell in yourself
Surely then you will lift up your face without cryin'

Time passes slow for you, but I am here -

Okay, so it did not go so well
And your problems are on your back,
If you just remember, be yourself,
Then you know you can pick yourself up and start again

Time passes slow for you, but I am here -

Alright, you will stretch out your hand toward it
If inequity is in your head.
Let not wickedness dwell in yourself
Surely then you will lift up your face without blamin'

Time passes slow for you, but I am here -






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Synthesizer lead- Craig


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BETTER OFF ALONE
Words and Music by Craig Terry

Someone told me nothing's what it seems,
I feel like I'm an actor in someone else's dream,
I guess it really only goes to show
The more you think you're learnin'
The less it is you know -

So on I go, in a haze,
Walking blindly through the maze,
I guess sometimes I'd be better off alone -

I think she knows exactly what I mean,
Not bad or too exciting, just somewhere in between.
Here's the thing I think about the most:
If my life's not illusion,
Then it's real and I'm a ghost -

So on I go, nowhere fast,
Running bare-foot through the glass,
I guess sometimes I'd be better off alone -

Tried to lose me and then you're gone,
If you refuse me, you're not alone, you're not alone -

I can't keep from acting strange,
I've been insane for forty days...





TAKE ME BACK
Words and Music by Pat Post

Do you still know me?
Can you still see me?
Am I a figment of your imagination?
I'm waiting for you, I'm waiting when you,
I hope someday you'll turn around and see me there -

I cannot conceive in miracles,
I have drifted far apart from you,
Girl, you've gotta take me back,
Oh, you've gotta take me back -

Looking back upon myself,
I see the times we've had
And now this empty shell I call myself
Is reaching out to love you, girl - oh, take me back -

Do you still know me?
Can you still see me?
Am I a figment of your imagination?
I'm waiting for you, I'm waiting when you,
I hope someday you'll around and see me there -

I cannot conceive in miracles,
I have drifted far apart from you,
Girl, you've gotta take me back,
Oh, you've gotta take me back -
Take me back...





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EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT
Words and Music by Craig Terry

Something happened and I don't understand,
I feel your lovin' slipping through my hands,
You haven't spoken since I left last night,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right

If looks could kill then I'd be way past dead,
Girl, I wonder what's inside your head,
You don't want dinner set by candlelight,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right

Well, I know that you're lying to me,
Yes, I know, 'cuz it's so plain to see,
Don't seem right to go on acting this way,
I wanna hear what you have to say -

Is this the silent treatment I've heard told?
I've never felt your shoulder grow so cold,
I fear I'm losing you without a fight,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right

Don't you know I can take all the blame?
You should know that I'm tired of this game,
Don't seem fair when I don't know all the rules,
Just tell me what you want me to do -

Something happened and I don't understand,
I feel your lovin' slipping through my hands,
You haven't spoken since I left last night,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right,
When I ask you what's wrong, you say that everything's all right

Everything's all right...




SHIP
Words and Music by Pat Post

Standing here and wondering why
You always have the nerve to ask of me
"Is there hope in the future for you and me?"
Well you know that
We cannot wait for that ship to come in,
'cuz it's not there, it sails away from you
You've gotta swim or dive in
It's the only thing you can do -

Sit down and watch the world go by,
Through dirty glass you view your fortunes,
The chance will roll, the days will pass,
Don't look up, I won't do it all for you -

You find a cause, a ship to blame,
Or rather man has found your shoulders,
And beat into the floor again,
It won't get up, it won't do it all for you?

To reach that ship you've got to dive,
Don't you know you've got to stay alive?
Get up, get out and take a dive,
Don't you know I can't do it all for you?





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Pat (all the rest)


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PAPER PALACE
Words and Music by Pat Post

I see the paper palace you build all around you, now,
Thoughts grow cold,
And down will tumble your paper empire -

But in my mind,
Your castle waits to fall,
It's up to you,
To heed or take the call -

And in the end you reap what you've sown all around you,
Now, thoughts grow cold,
And down will tumble your paper palace...






ULTRA BLUE
Words by Craig Terry
Music by Jim Stowe and Craig Terry


I got no money 'cuz I spent it all,
I mugged my future in a shoppin' mall.
I'm just a tenant in this human zoo,
It leaves me ultra blue -

I can't complain because there's no one here,
I should be wasted but I'm out of beer,
You left me standing with an open view,
And now I'm ultra blue -

I got so mad that I saw infrared,
'til the spectrum shifted in my head,
The doctor said there's nothing he can do,
I'm deeper than sad,
I'm ultra blue -

I'm just a loser but it makes me smile,
I should get benefits for quite a while,
I hope and pray that someone uses you,
And you'll be ultra blue,
And you'll be ultra blue...




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HOLDING YOU NEXT TO ME
Words and Music by Pat Post

I want to hold you, hold you next to me,
When we're together, I can be what I can be,
You let me touch you and gently hold your hand,
Just let me lead you, lead you to the Promised Land -

Holding you next to me somehow makes it better,
I don't know why but I can feel something about you -

There was a time when we fooled ourselves,
We pretended there's nothing inside,
It's been too long and I'm beside myself,
Girl, girl, just let me be with you tonight -

I want to see you, we've grown a lot since then,
Just let me hold you, hold you in my arms again,
We'll go out walkin', we're laughin' in the rain,
And I can't wait, can't wait to be with you again -

Holding you next to me somehow makes it better,
I don't know why but I can feel something about you...




THROUGH HER MIND'S EYE
Words by Craig Terry
Music by Bill Piazza

And she said, "I can see the colors in the sound,
It's easy for me, except one shade of brown."
And she said, "I can levitate alone at night
And color all the stars with my own brand of moonlight."

I know she's trying to make me see
The things I've never seen before
As she sees it through her mind's eye -

And she said, "I know the secret of the Sphinx
It's easy to see if you'll just stop and think."
And she said, "I've been thinking lately about the snow
And when it melts away, where does the whiteness go?"
Baby, I don't know -

I know she's trying to make me see
In a way I've never seen before
As she sees it through her mind's eye -

And she said, "I communicate with all the birds
In my own fancy way, they just use different words."
And she said, "Daddy, there is so much to discern
And just one life to live, will I have time to learn?"
Baby, I'll make sure...





Lead Vocals - Craig
All guitars - Bill

Drums by Sushi 1-2-3


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Lead Vocals - Craig (verses), Pat (bridges)
Lead Guitars - alternating - Bill (first
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then Pat, then Bill, etc.

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BACK BURNER
Words and Music by Pat Post

Crossed about a hundred miles
just to sit back and see you,
Then I wonder why I was with you all along.
Crossed about a hundred miles
just to see how I rank there,
Then I wonder what a fool I've been all along -

'cuz you know that Jess could see,
See right through you,
He could see the lies and the pain -

Now I feel someone laughing behind my back, now,
What a fool ol' Boomer's been yet again -

And you know that people stand
And laugh right with you,
They just don't know how to begin -

It's about time that I took the music off of the back burner,
It's about time that I left it lift off the land
It's about time that I took the music off of the back burner,
It's about time that I left it lift off the land -



CARRY ME
Words and Music by Pat Post

If I could see
Only half the things that should be for you,
Then I could see how much I need you -
If I could be
Only half the man that you want me to,
Then I'd know dreams really do come true, yeah -

'Cuz it's the way you carry me,
It's the way you bring me through it,
It's the way you care for me,
It's the way you bring me to it -

There were times I have let you down
And broke your heart,
If you could just let me in,
Just tell me where to start -

If I could undo
All the bad things I've done to you
And make your pain somehow go away -
Then we could start
To live a life that's totally new,
Then I will tell you now and everyday, yeah -

That it's the way you carry me,
It's the way you bring me through it,
It's the way you care for me,
It's the way you bring me to it -

There were times you have built a wall
Around your soul,
If you could just let me in,
Just let me make you whole-

I'll carry that weight for you
You haven't a thing to do
When, when will this ever end?

Open your eyes, girl,
Please save your goodbyes, girl...




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YOU ARE EVERYTHING
Words and Music by Craig Terry

Everytime I think of you I smile,
I wanna have you here with me,
If only for a while -
Even though we're miles apart
You oughta know, girl
You're in my heart -

You're my hope, you're my dream,
You are my fantasy,
You're my life, you're my world,
You are my destiny,
You're my heart, you're my soul
You are the best of me,
You're my love, you're my joy,
You're everything to me -

And every night I see you in my dreams
I know it's only lover's sleep
But how real it seems -
Yes I know, you are the one,
The missing piece that
I thought was gone -

You're my hope, you're my dream,
You are my fantasy,
You're my life, you're my world,
You are my destiny,
You're my heart, you're my soul
You are the best of me,
You're my love, you're my joy,
You're everything to me -

I've been prayin', baby
I wished upon a star
It must have worked, now, baby,-
'Cuz here you are, you are everything

And every day I fall in love again
I find it hard to say it, baby,
But I can't pretend -
Let me know when the time is right
To be with you, girl, every night -

You're my hope, you're my dream,
You are my fantasy,
You're my life, you're my world,
You are my destiny,
You're my heart, you're my soul
You are the best of me,
You're my love, you're my joy,
You're everything to me...