Be Still & Know

BE STILL & KNOW

Words & Music by Jim Allio & Lamarr Standberry

When I'm lost and troubled and need a friend

Some gentle counsel, I go within

First I say thank you

Then I close my eyes

Then I just breathe

What's next is always a surprise

Be still & know

It's me I am

Be still & know

It's all in me

Be still & know

I find when I

Be still & know

It's an inside job

When I'm out of control and I've lost my way

When I don't know what to do or say

And I even forget how to pray

Grace pulls me back

Back to myself

Be still & know

It's me I am

Be still & know

It's all in me

Be still & know

I find when I

Be still & know...

Copyright 2007 2-5 Music & whitchoc38 Music

SURRENDER

SURRENDER

Words & Music by Jim Allio & Lamarr Standberry

I had to surrender to win
My defeat and my pain became my greatest assets
It's a paradox
What's done is done
It's in the past
So why do old feelings keep coming back?

Surrender

Copyright 2007 2-5 Music & whitchoc38 Music

BLUR

BLUR

Words & Music by Jim Allio &
Lamarr Standberry

I was walking down the street

In the early morning fog

Heading for the Lake

To sit with Thich Nhat Hanh

When a man appeared before me

As I passed him, he said

"Happy Thanksgiving"

When I looked back, he was gone

Was it real, or waking dream?

The line between what we feel

And what we see

Combines to create our reality

And blur, blur, blur

And blur, blur, blur

The line between what we feel and what we see

Combines to create our reality

And blur, blur, blur

And blur, blur, blur

You left us much too soon

Think you were ready to go

I spoke at your memorial

Said I'd felt you in the wind

When I left your house,

I saw your station wagon

The driver turned, smiled and waved

And she drove up the hill

It was you, it was you

It was you, it was you

Was it real or waking dream?

Was it real or waking dream?

The line between what we feel and what we see

Combines to create our reality

And blur, blur, blur

And blur, blur, blur

The line between what we feel and what we see

Combines to create our reality

And blur, blur, blur

And blur, blur, blur

Copyright 2007 2-5 Music & whitchoc38 Music

evilshallowassways

evilshallowassways

words & music by jim allio & lamarr standberry

You can't change your ways, your evilassways

You can't change the way you feel out of place

You can't change the way you feel so misplaced

In your soul, no control

You can't change the way, the way that you hate

You can't change that look, that look on your face

Always cloudy days

You can't change your ways, your evilassways

Stab me in my back

But yet you're still in my face

And when you feel so out of place

Then you cry and you whine and you try to turn it on me

When I don't react to your messy games

You turn into a bitch, a hatin' snitch

What's up with this?

Comin' through like a hurricane

Too bad you're full of pain

Tryin' to wipe out all my friends

When will all of this end?

Just as long as the world go round

You'll always be puttin' people down

You have grown into your ways

Your ugly evilshallowassways

You can't change your ways, your evilassways

You can't change the way you feel out of place

You can't change the way you feel so misplaced

In your soul, no control

You can't change the way, the way that you hate

You can't change that look, that look on your face

Always cloudy days

You can't change your ways, your evilassways

Why you try to be so fly

You can't even see your

evilshallowassways

Why you try to be so fly

You can't even see your

evilshallowassways

You can't change your ways, your evil ass ways...

Copyright 2007 2-5 Music and whitchoc38 Music

Don't Ask

DON'T ASK

Words and Music by Jim Allio & Lamarr Standberry

I learned it well, I'll never tell
I learned it well, I'll never tell
I learned it well, I'll never tell

Measure the cost, can't measure the cost
Measure the pleasure, measure the pain
Hide inside, hide from yourself
Hide from yourself and everyone else
Hide from yourself and everyone else

Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell

Wear your disguise, learn to pass
Avert your eyes, put on your mask
Don't need to know your name
It's just a game
There is no us
C'mon now, it's not that serious, no

Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell

Keeep it on the unda, don't let nobody know
Keep it on the low low, keep it on the low
Keep it on the unda, don't let nobody know
Don't let nobody know, don't let nobody know

Keep it on the unda, don't let nobody know
Keep it on the low, keep it on the low
Keep it on the unda, don't let nobody know
Keep it on the low, keep it on the low, oh

Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell
Don't ask, don't tell

I learned it well, I'll never tell
I learned it well, I'll never tell

Copyright 2007 2-5 Music and whitchoc38 Music

Gone Not Forgotten

GONE NOT FORGOTTEN

Words and Music by Jim Allio

They said we deserve it
Said that's what you get
Put us all on Alcatraz
If they don't see us, they'll forget
That there were people here
Loved in a different way
But called it love anyway
Some of us are still here

Many gone, many gone
Many gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Many gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Many gone but not forgotten
But not forgotten

You said I could be somebody
You said I already was
Gave me space to chase my dreams
All for love, all for love
Then you ran wild and you got sick
Sat with you every day
I know I'll see you one fine day
I'm still here baby

Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
But not forgotten
You're not forgotten

(Spoken) Many died, some lived on
We marched and talked, rode and walked
Let our voices ring
From all that pain and death and fear
All the time as a volunteer
Came visibility and freedom and hey!

There's no malice in the palace
There's people getting married here

Many gone, many gone
Many gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Many gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Many gone, but not forgotten
They're not forgotten

(Spoken) For every season of grief and sorrow
When the hand of God seems heavy and unjust
New lessons are learned
New resources uncovered
And we grow

Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
But not forgotten
No, not forgotten

Copyright 2007 whitchoc38 music

Keep It To Yourself

KEEP IT TO YOURSELF

Words and music by Jim Allio and Lamarr Standberry

I watch you walkin' in with you eyes so cold, oh so cold
Where do I begin?
You're comin' in by twos with your four by fours
Don't waste your breath tearin' other people down
You're thinkin' I won't guess
I can see it in the clouds
The moment that you walk away
It's me that's on blast
Me that's on blast
Me that's on blast

If you don't have nothin' good to say about me
Keep It To Yourself
And if you can't do that, you better just go
And tell somebody else
It's much better for your health
And for myself
You know everything
You could run the show
But somehow you never do

Those that can't whine and complain
While those that can, do

But I know how to deal with you
I just overlook and when that doesn't work
There's a philosophy that I use
It's mind over matter
Cause I don't mind and you don't matter
And you know it's true

If you don't have nothin' good to say about me
Keep It To Yourself
And if you can't do that, you better just go
And tell somebody else
It's much better for your health
And for myself
You know everything
You could run the show
Somehow you never do

(Repeat chorus to fade, ad libs including:)
You never do, you never do
You never do
Don't say nothin', don't say nothin'
Don't say nothin'

Keep It To Yourself...

Copyright 2007, 2-S Music and whitchoc38 Music

Better Late Than Never

It's finally here. My one and only CD, a labor of love that took a year and a half to write and record and a lifetime to prepare for. That's one of the reasons I'm calling it "Better Late Than Never."

I've had requests for the lyrics already, so I'll be posting them in this spot, one lyric at a time.

First up, "Bad Seed."

BAD SEED

When you threw me away
That fateful day
You said I would amount to nothing
Why weren't you there?
Did you even really care?
Oh what the hell, I couldn't tell
Because to you I was just a

Bad seed, bad seed
Why'd you put that name on me?
Bad seed, bad seed
Self-fulfilling prophecy

Yes, I struggled, and yes, I fought
Thought I wasn't good enough
Thought there was something wrong with me
Maybe I really was a bad seed
It's lies we sweep and words we keep
You couldn't see the blessing of the

Bad seed, bad seed
Why'd you put that name on me?
Bad seed, bad seed
Self-fulfilling prophecy

I heard you said they'd find me dead
What you believed inside your head
Word gets around
But I'm not dead down in that gutter
Down down way down in Chinatown

Bad seed, bad seed
(adlib to fade)

Copyright 2007, writers: Jim Allio, Lamarr Standberry