We taught each other how to sing In the same basements where you used to crash When you had too much to drink You're in a place that's not worth leaving Well you might as well not be living Because these homes are only built by stone and brick It was just another evening We just drank and watched some TV You are my oldest friends I still hang out...Learn More

I knew an old man who was so prideful He had some robberies on his street So he stayed up all night listening With a shotgun at his feet But unfortunately he feel asleep no later then past 2 or 3 And the robber, he took everything And he left packing some heat Never victim to the system He refused to play the game Whether he bought or sold or 18...Learn More

Well, it's been a while since I’ve been this bad And I've counted and burned every bridge I have Well, if you want to shine, well, now you can Go and drink me down like the brandy of the damned...Learn More

Michael Jordan, I'm sorry but it's time for you to go Yes it's time for you to go Cause there's no room left here in this house Yeah and I've traded it for the road I've traded it for the road So I'm packing up these boxes and ditching all these clothes I'm sure that some day this ship will sail back home Cause memories are pornography I'll...Learn More

Well I used to be a famous singer but I nearly drowned From yelling at unhappy patrons when I came to town Oh the way I took the stage And the way I moved the crowd But now my diaphragm is swollen and it barely makes a sound That was the first time I hit the ground Well I used to have one million dollars, but I lost it all From betting on unlucky...Learn More

As a child, my father ran every day of his life From West Orange, New Jersey through college he was first every time But as worse things go wrong with your health I don't think exercise could have helped As a child, my father ran every day of his life As a child, my father ran every day of my life From his problems, his injuries, his children, and...Learn More

I don't remember if I told you I loved you or not I don't remember the feeling of losing anyone This morning I woke up from a dream that I hoped I forgot It was you and the pale light that shined, that shined right through the dark Then there was nothing at all Well I passed by your ghost on the street in the cold early morn Embraced by a warm...Learn More

Well I stand with my father An 800 year old grave And I push past the dirt See his grandfather's name Well, some died in The Famine Some died in New York Well I stand with my father where his grandmother was born I head down to Galway, the city I lost Try and find some of these girls that inspired these songs And the beggars, and the dealers they...Learn More

Friday night, out in the backyard, at a party with all my friends They'll ask me how I'm doing I say I'm doing the fucking same I haven't seen you in so long, but tonight I'm gonna say so long again She's got me backed up in a corner against a broke down wooden fence Enough to grant those aspirations of another art school kid I've never felt so...Learn More

How is your morning? 'Cause I'm still awake The sun hits your eyes as I sit in the dark alone, wasting away Won't you give me an answer? It's too hard to explain How I found someone so true and so lovely, but so far away No I won't let you go Let the sea be my home No I won't let you go Any longer I could owe you a fortune For the time that I...Learn More

Six A.M. on this Jersey Turnpike It's been a long year and it's been a long night We're fifteen passenger four-wheel drive Everything I own is in the backseat riding When I think, it's gonna be a pretty good year Five A.M. and we're still drinking I've been so lonely I've been thinking I'd rather be drunk than alone in my bed So pour that whiskey...Learn More

Thank you for coming to my show There's beer out in the back and certainly everyone you know And I promise I'm not asking you to sing Just listen to the bands and pick up everything you leave Everyone have a good good time this weekend Everyone please come say hello when the show ends Or when the cops get called...Learn More