To Life and Curly Fries
words and music by pete laffin
The world is almost over.
Push a button and it's over.
There's a new war almost every single day.
Hate my school and what I'm doing.
Sometimes, class can be amusing.
But frankly, I don't care enough to stay.
Preparing for forevermore
is pointless if you die.
So, here's to life and curly fries
and never saying bye.
So, let's get high and watch the bombers,
root for Bernie and Posada,
hope the rocket's throwin' fireballs today.
Let's get high and play some Halo.
Dr. Poop's in San Diego!
You know good times here to stay.
Holy Smokes
words and music by pete laffin
I was just smoking a joint with Jesus.
He told me how much he wished they'd get up off their knees.
If they knew what they were praising, they'd be living in the streets
helping their brother out
instead of concentrating on me.
So, I said, "Jesus, it must be hard up in the sky.
There's not much that you can do 'cept sit and pray and cry.
But down here it's not much better trying to live the holy life,
hoping your soul goes up to Heaven before the Devil knows you died."
I was just smoking a joint with Jesus
driving 'round my neighborhood.
You wouldn't think it, but he believes us
when we say we're trying to be good.
You'd never imagine how much he laughs,
how much he smiles when he's high.
Cause it'll be alright.
Jesus said I'll be alright.
I was just smoking a joint with Jesus,
and he said never believe
that he's the only way to Heaven
he loves the whole world equally.
So, if you're gay,
if you're black or white or red you'll find a way.
Just love each other
and you'll make it there someday.
I just smoked a joint with Jesus,
and he's one fucking awesome guy.
He said sometimes his Dad's a dick,
but so is yours when you cross the line.
And, try to remember
that you are the only one who runs your life.
And you'll be alright
'Cause Jesus said I'll be alright.
Yeah, Jesus said I'll be alright.
Fly My Way Back Home
words and music by pete laffin
Baby, send me an aeroplane
so I can fly my way back home.
Where Caesar's chasing tennis balls
and riggies are on the stove.
Baby, send me a lullaby
so I can fall asleep alone.
Don't need no money or cars to drive,
just a place I can call my home.
The story goes on forever
and I ain't never letting go.
You're finding more
than you ever bargained for.
Baby, send me a memory
about a dream from long ago.
Make it simple, and make it sweet,
and I won't never let it go.
Bedsheets for Window Curtains
words and music by pete laffin
Can't find the time to grab a forty
and sit and sip it down,
or stay in bed and miss the morning-
keep the curtains down so I can dream
and be happy.
Can't find the change to call my baby
just to see what's going down.
The distance makes me feel so crazy
I just want to hear the sound of her voice
and be happy.
Nothing in the world is going to break me
when we figure it all out.
Nothing in the sky is going to save me.
I hope it works out fine.
Nothing in the sky is going to save me.
When I was Gone
words and music by pete laffin and gabrielle grilli
I hope you didn't suffer when I was gone.
When I was gone, there was always something missing.
But, thanks to God's good graces, I came back home.
I came back home just before I'd gone and missed it.
I hope you know I never forgot
all the things you said to be,
treating each and everybody
the way I want them to treat me.
I learned so many things when you were gone,
and it felt so wrong to do it all without you.
But, thanks to God's good graces, I came back home.
I came back home just before I'd gone and missed it.
We are Crazy
words by jamie manning, music by pete laffin
We are crazy.
We're fighters tempting time to swallow our wounds.
We know no limits to colliding intellects, you know me best.
It spills out over coffee and over walks in the park
We are crazy, and this is not goodbye.
Surrounded by missed moments slipping through our fingertips.
And though our lips have never touched,
it is the deepest kiss I've ever given.
We are crazy, and this is not goodbye.
Target of Opportunity
words and music by pete laffin
What would you say
to all who smile and laugh their lives away
when you're on trial
and you've got to save the world and show another way?
And it's alright, it won't be hard to do, just takes an hour or two
to wonder why you want to save the world-
for your sake or for mine?
Don't be ashamed if you talked to much
we all have felt that way.
So, if you change your mind at all,
I'll forgive you right away.
Because you say you are a man of faith,
you say it everyday.
So, bet your ass, you're going straight to hell
if one man dies for gas.
You'll be nowhere to be found
when my brother dies.
You'll be nowhere to be found
when my brother is blown away.
Do you know what it's like to have your whole life blown away?
Follow me
words and music by pete laffin
I want to get real high-
high enough to fly,
but I want to stay with you.
I want to blow my mind
'cause money I can't find,
but I want to know the truth
I can hear you when I can't feel you when you say
follow me.
I'll help you to turn around.
You'll never touch the ground.
Follow me.
I'll never let you down.
You'll never touch the ground.
I want to drink my life
watch the show just pass me by,
but I want to stay with you.
I want to sleep all day-
watch my mind just drift away
but I want to know the truth.
Stay Down My Sun
words and music by pete laffin
Stay down a while sun
don't bring me the day.
I work hard for hours
and barely get paid.
Tomorrow will be just another old today-
a race for some bread and some love along the way.
An old man is dreaming about a girl that made him smile,
forty-five years ago and thousands of miles.
He thinks in her voice and he looks through her eyes,
and sees what he lived for while his soul begins to rise
and fly away.
I got a lampshade for the soul if it don't want to shine today.
I got a blanket for the cold
and an L to light my way.
Stay down, stay down my sun today.
The Still Point of the Turning World
words and music by pete laffin
I took the long way to get home,
and I'm not sorry,
and I don't feel wrong,
'cause I got home.
You know that I never thought I would.
Before long it got normal.
It got perfect.
You know it got to be the way it always should have been.
Just now,
I was just there.
I just felt it.
I was sitting on
the still point of the turning world,
where I can see everything.
I'm breathing, and I'm listening to vibrations
from this magic piece of wood,
and it fills up my body, and I'm not hungry anymore.
The weight of the world can pull me down,
but I always find a way back out.
I just find a quiet place and settle down,
shut my eyes and listen for a sound.
It's quiet.
I can hear you singing to me while you push me on the swings.
And I'm flying, oh I'm flying, over the mountains.
I love you.
Yeah, I love you.
'Cause you are perfect,
and I always knew you were,
and I'll never forget that.
No, I never will again.
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