They Wanna Put Aligators In Our Apartments

My parents spent 20 years managing apartments. This is how I grew up. These are all true stories. This is a new song. It has me very excited!!!!

They wanna put aligators in our apartments
Big snakes to play with the kids in the backyard
Basketball players to beat us up
And just when you think that you've had enough
They break our legs and then run away
They chop down the trees then ask to stay
And just when you think that it can't get worse
YOU PACK THEIR BAGS AND YOU KICK THEM OUT!!!!

They fight and they scream and their voices seem
like samauri swords cut through paper walls
They shoot their guns down through the floor
once not enough so they shoot some more
They throw their cigarettes in the flowers
three days later it starts a fire
They track us down when we go to church
And it feels like they rule our universe

They wanna put aligators in our apartments
Big snakes to play with the kids in the backyard
Basketball players to beat us up
And just when you think that you've had enough
They break our legs and then run away
They chop down the trees then ask to stay
And just when you think that it can't get worse
YOU PACK THEIR BAGS AND YOU KICK THEM OUT!!!!

They like to get naked when they're alone
Then stand in the doorway when you get home.
They scream and convulse in the parking lots
And then they take up two parking spots
They ALL like to call us on Christmas day
The one day we want them to STAY AWAY
They wake us up at 3 am
Because somebody kicked their front door in
But you can't kick them out when they're selling drugs
Because they say they know karate and their daddy owns the place

The greatest Christmas we ever had is when we locked ourselves away
In a hotel in California in that city by the bay
Oh they couldn't find us if they wanted to NO WAY!
Oh they couldn't find us if they wanted to NO WAY!

They wanna put aligators in our apartments
Big snakes to play with the kids in the backyard
Basketball players to beat us up
And just when you think that you've had enough
They break our legs and then run away
They chop down the trees then ask to stay
And just when you think that it can't get worse
YOU PACK THEIR BAGS AND YOU KICK THEM OUT!!!!

In The End It Will All Be Ok

I was totally suprised by a song that came back to me from my first acoustic release End of The Rope called The Ballad of a Broken Heart. You can hear the link the original recording by clicking HERE!

Well I thought she was in love maybe in love with me
But I guess I was wrong you see
Well I had such great ambitions and such wonderful ideas
And it all turns out to be a joke

But oh well, all is well - IN THE END IT WILL ALL BE OK

Well I left a good friend on the side of the road
The night after I slept on his couch (sorry joe)
Maybe we'll fight later but I don't really care
Because I am out of out of here

But oh well, all is well - IN THE END IT WILL ALL BE OK

So now I sit with my van on fire just north of Eugene
Strangely enough I'm happy to be hear
And things are more then seem

But oh well, all is well - IN THE END IT WILL ALL BE OK
But oh well, all is well - IN THE END IT WILL ALL BE OK

It's Called Coffee

Marriage has been good for me. I've been in the middle of writing a legitimate batch of songs for the first time since before tour. Along the way I've also managed to finish a song that's been sitting dead for around 6 years amply titled, It's Called Coffee - this simple little tune is a little bluesy and definitely inspired by Deluxetone Rockets rockabilly fun.

There are photos of me drinking coffee at 6 months old.

A fun little note is that my friend Jessica was denied the ability to buy coffee when she was 17 @ a crazy book store in Roseburg because she was underage - the same time she was working @ coffee shop across town.

On my last tour I made a conscious decision to drink caffeine rather than die. Driving alone if my van all day everyday it felt like those were my only choices. By the end of the tour after drinking alot of caffeine everyday, I got to the point where I only had about 7 useable hours in each day, my eyes stopped working at night - speeding vehicles started to look like they were standing still, and my muscles still feel like there shutdown in parts. I was still drinking coffee everyday when I got my current job but during our walk through during orientation I was overwhelmed by the amount of very over weight co-workers I was seeing. I noticed a coffee machines everywhere and it just seemed to easy to just drink coffee all day long. So I decided to try quitting. I now only drink occasionally and most times when I do I feel pretty crappy the next day - dry skink, dehydrated, sore muscles, not to mention the feelings of almost puking when I drink coffee on an empty stomach. So here ya go enjoy the new/old lyrics.


It's Called Coffee

They say life being only after 9 AM and for the most part I agree
But then that coffee it gets inside of me

It's called coffee - if it's a drug then I'm an addict
It's called coffee - if it's so bad then I'm a victim

When I was younger I drank it for the style
now I'm old and grown and I drink it on my own

It's called coffee - if it's a drug then I'm an addictIt's called coffee - if it's so bad then I'm a victim

Now I've got a job working 40 hours
Where everyone drinks coffee seems like the shoot in there showers

It's called coffee - if it's a drug then I'm an addict
It's called coffee - if it's so bad then I'm a victim

Well I'm trying to quit coffee because it's dragging me down
Yes all my youthful energy just is not coming around

It's called coffee - if it's a drug then I'm an addict
It's called coffee - if it's so bad then I'm a victim (x2)