WELCOME HOME

a welcome change surrounds us. A welcome wind blows

a welcoming smile tells us everything we need to know

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welcome without question those who came before

welcome the truth, it’s always worth fighting for

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welcome to the flowers in the springtime of the year

welcome to the memories, the joyful, the tears

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welcome to our history though it may be filled with pain

welcome the sunshine, the clouds, the rain

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CHORUS: whether it’s a story, a song or a poem

the simplest way to say…how we feel today

is welcome home… welcome home …welcome home

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welcome to the savior for those who still believe

that this world can be saved from the likes of you and me

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welcome to the quiet hours time for shutting down

feeling so welcome here so many miles from home

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CHORUS: whether it’s a story, a song or a poem

the simplest way to say…how we feel today

is welcome home… welcome home …welcome home

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BRIDGE: home is where we stand even if we’re standing still

home can be a state of mind where peace can be fulfilled

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welcome to the air deep inside our lungs 

the oldest of the old the youngest of the young

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welcome to the yellows, greens, blues, browns and blacks

after we’re gone, the earth welcomes us back.

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CHORUS: whether it’s a story, a song or a poem

the simplest way to say…how we feel today

is welcome home… welcome home …welcome home 

CAREER ADVICE

Worked in a warehouse drove a fork lift 

Stacked liquor cases on the midnight shift

Scrambled eggs in very short order 

Just north of the Mexican California border 

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Sprayed fake snow on Christmas trees 

Dug sign post holes and made Dairy Queens

Sold GIQ’s to more than a few 

Ate tar and gravel paving roads and bridges too 

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CHORUS: But through it all I learned a lesson or two 

Some words of wisdom I’ll share with you 

It’s career advice that I sure hope will stick 

just don’t be a dick 

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No matter the job no matter the pay 

I learned you gotta show up every single day

Whether changing out the urinal cakes 

Or diverting sludge from the valve intakes 

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Now your a job can be replaced by robotics 

They don’t need healthcare or antibiotics 

That shitty job can be shipped over seas 

To keep it you may have to get down on your knees 

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CHORUS: Through it all I learned a lesson here or there 

Some words of wisdom that are too good not to share 

It’s career advice that I sure hope will stick… 

just don’t be a dick 

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If you’re a boss or an owner, don’t be a jerk 

Maybe offer employees a couple of perks 

Like free coffee and no knives in the back 

And once a month, an afternoon snack 

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In the workplace lying and cheating gets rewarded 

So make sure all your conversations are recorded There’ll be times you want to scream and yell 

Times you want to tell them to just go straight to… 

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CHORUS: Well …you can always learn a lesson or two… 

Some words of wisdom I’ll share with you 

It’s career advice I sure hope will stick… 

just don’t be a dic-tating, irritating, infuriating, ingratiating, 

exasperating exaggerating, emasculating, calculating, 

sex-baiting, favor-trading, all the fun confiscating… 

It’s is career advice I sure hope will stick just don’t be a dick. 

TRANSISTOR DREAMS

a single ear plug connected

to a revolution in the pocket of my coat

nine volts of power all i needed

and take the music everywhere I go

 

a time machine at the age of thirteen

eyes closed my mind transported

The Who, The Stones, Motown, The Monkees

every lyric my soul recorded

 

CHORUS: in my transistor dreams

could be anything I wanted to be

an overnight sensation 

of my g-g-g-generation

in my transistor dreams

 

It was the time of Apollo moon shots

of riots and assassinations

body bags on the evening news 

And runaway imaginations

 

but DJ’s were our pilots

oh trailblazers on the air.

every hour, on the hour

we could escape to anywhere 

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BRIDGE: under my pillow every night

out of our minds  out a sight

so forbidden oh so new

made a dork like me almost feel cool

 

plugged into something much bigger than me

a little circuit box of freedom

waking the dead. shaking lots of heads

yeah it had only just begun.

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