Adios
Leaving a little bit early, food still on my plate
See the house and the yard getting small in the rear-view mirror
I hesitate
I drive for miles and miles and miles and miles with no direction
Just pure intention
Don’t let the gas tank empty, don’t let the engine stop
I need to wear the tread
To keep my head from coming off
I’ve had enough of rejection
I need a ton of affection
I think it begs the question, the best suggestion
Adios
I’ll say goodbye before goodbye is all we’ve got to say
Adios, I need my life
I need my life back, so adios
The sweetest sound I ever knew
Was when I came around and so can you
The mystery of tomorrow rides with me today
And I pause for a moment
But the moment drifts away
I wait and wait and wait and wait until I see perfection
But on close inspection
I see it on the horizon
I feel my spirit rising
And my senses heighten, it’s not surprising
Adios
I’ll say goodbye before goodbye is all we’ve got to say
Adios, I need my life
I need my life back, so adios
The hardest word that I can find
It leaves my lips and stays behind
Adios
I’ll say goodbye before goodbye is all we’ve got to say
Adios, I need my life
I need my life back, so adios…adios
Lyrics: Rich Millett
Image: MS Copilot
Grey Skies
I’m running at the speed of sound
Moving too fast to wrap my head around
I’ve heard we get the life we choose, but who’s to say
I’m thinking at the speed of light
Slipping out of shadows in the dead of night
There’s really nothing left to lose, just walk away
Until the days bring something new
Until these chains break free
I’ll smile until the sun shines through
Won’t let grey skies cover me
I’m smiling in the face of fear
Crying doesn’t get it when the end is near
A whisper is a scream inside this passion play
Until the days bring something new
Until these chains break free
I’ll smile until the sun shines through
Won’t let grey skies cover me
Until my life has turned around
And good is all I see
Until my demons are six feet down
Won’t let grey skies cover me
Won’t let grey skies cover me
Won’t let grey skies cover me
Lyrics: Rich Millett
Image: MS Copilot
Smile On
A rainy day overcast and rushing past
The world is spinning fast around you
When the sky is opened
See the light as it’s pushing through
Smile on, when the weight of the world hits your shoulders
Smile on and on and on until your darkness is gone
Smile on, when your fate’s in debate, sing a new song
Smile on, smile on
Don’t let your lonely heart break
There’s so much magic you can make
Don’t turn your eyes from the sky
Time is short, don’t let it pass you by
When the demons fill your senses
To kill your will to survive the storm
When the madness roars like thunder, smile on
One time, two times, echoes fade in the distant light
They go out of sight, but return they might
So keep up the fight
A stormy night gathering and rumbling
The clouds are creeping down around you
When the gale is over
Find a spark you can hold onto
Smile on, when the weight of the world hits your shoulders
Smile on and on and on until your darkness is gone
Smile on, when your fate’s in debate, sing a new song
Smile on, smile on
Don’t let your sanity fail
There’s so much ocean left to sail
Don’t let your ship run aground
There’s so much treasure to be found
Lyrics: Rich Millett
Image: MS Copilot
Sunshine
Standing on aching feet
Walking around these streets
Down where the danger lies, but don’t you worry about me
It’s still raining and you’re complaining
You can’t change what you know if your heart to be true
Don’t want to worry about you…leavin’
We can spark this darkness with our light
If we work together, change the weather
Bring a little day to the gathering night
Sunshine, sunshine, Sunshine, so fine
Sunshine, when we (Sunshine) cross that line
Sunshine, bring it on, Sunshine, fear is gone
Sunshine, let it shine
Living can break your heart
Take your soul, make you old, tear your world apart
Inside the raging skies are filled with apathy
It’s a battle and senses rattle
You can fight for the right to excite and to see
How good tomorrow could be
We can move these mountains on our own
When we face the fury, hang the jury
Jump into the fire when the stone is thrown
Sunshine, sunshine, Sunshine, so fine
Sunshine, when we (Sunshine) cross that line
Sunshine, bring it on, Sunshine, fear is gone
Sunshine, let it shine
Sunshine, sunshine, Sunshine, so fine
Sunshine, when we (Sunshine) cross that line
Sunshine, bring it on, Sunshine, fear is gone
Sunshine, let it shine
Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, let it in, Sunshine, let it go
Sunshine, let it (Sunshine) be
Sunshine, gimme the heat, Sunshine, you just can’t beat
The sunshine
Lyrics: Rich Millett
Image: MS Copilot
Eating Sushi with John Belushi
I could be eating sushi with John Belushi
I’d place the order, but he’d walk right through me
If I don’t get my life together
I’ll be eating sushi with John Belushi forever
They tell me the world is my oyster
That life is an endless parade
But at some point reality strikes you
And you see how the big game is played
Thought I’d like to be the president and change a thing or two
Turn every head in Washington the way I know that I could do
Then I thought I’d be a football star and make it my career
Chew up the yardage on Sunday, son
Soak up the glory and the cheers
These are people I’d like to be
But the chances of that happening to me would be like
Eating sushi with John Belushi
I’d place the order, but he’d walk right through me
If I don’t get my life together
I’ll be eating sushi with John Belushi forever
They tell me that time is unending
There’s plenty of it to go ‘round
But at some point the truth is apparent
That the watch spring is coming unwound
Thought I’d like to be a Romeo and feel the women stare
Make each one of them so happy, hon
With countless kisses to share
Then I thought I’d be a millionaire and summer by the sea
Scratch out the words to my next Number One on the bark of a tropical tree
These are people I’d like to be
But the chances of that happening to me would be like
Eating sushi with John Belushi
I’d place the order, but he’d walk right through me
If I don’t get my life together
I’ll be eating sushi with John Belushi forever
Lyrics: Rich Millett & Tim Cohan
Image: MS Copilot
Den of Thieves
Wicked ways on display, hiding in their hideaway, below they go
They could be anyone underneath the sun
Burning in the afterglow
Feast or famine, treasures found and taken down
Teachers and Pharisees will sail into the open seas
To find this den of thieves
They’re sliding down, down underground
They lay so low, they don’t ever make a sound
They’ll move around, pirates profound
Spinning round and round and round and round
With maps and plans wrapped in their greedy hands
They dream of ways and better days
And it’s not hard to understand
But do you understand? Do you understand?
No moral code, sins overload
They tread precariously on a lonely road
No looking back, eyes on the prize
Unrecognizable in permanent disguise
No end, no end
A chance to win, a chance to fly
To reach the summit before life can pass them by
They follow on, they still believe
They’ll find their sanctuary in a den of thieves
No end, no end
Seven minds, troubled times, riding on their lives of crime, white snow, heigh-ho
The mine is overrun, Grumpy jumped the gun
Dopey thinks it’s just for fun
Beasts of Burden, thought controlled and bleeding gold
Creatures of blasphemy will worship their dishonesty
Inside this den of thieves
Their eyes are cold, their souls are sold
There’s no police to release their stranglehold
A fickle flood, it’s in the blood
Reputations dragging through the mud
With maps and plans wrapped in their greedy hands
They dream of ways and better days
And it’s not hard to understand
No moral code, sins overload
They tread precariously on a lonely road
No looking back, eyes on the prize
Unrecognizable in permanent disguise
A chance to win, a chance to fly
To reach the summit before life can pass them by
They follow on, they still believe
They’ll find their sanctuary in a den of thieves
Lyrics: Rich Millett
Image: MS Copilot
Stargaze
Sometimes light shines in the darkest place
Stop signs and land mines fade away
Overworked and underpaid
You can leave the mess you made
Old ways and yesterdays
Lead us to stargaze
And we did anyway, anyway
Reasons feed us, seasons have to change
A new spring and something very strange
Lost inside the roundabout
But there's a way to get you out
Old ways and yesterdays
Lead us to stargaze
And in a moment of time
The line is always fine
We draw the line at time
Old ways and yesterdays
Lead us to stargaze
Lyrics: Rich Millett
Image: MS Copilot