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The Burden of a Healthy Mind

by Bosco and Peck

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1.
I Can't Help 03:45
In school they taught us to think What they want us to believe I’m coming out of that dream Wake up Thing aren’t what they seem Wake up And now that I see it I feel like we’re losing the fight Don’t know if we can make It’s more than just black and white It’s easy to mistake it I’m tired of being polite You know you just can’t fake it Cause something went wrong …. It’s time we make it right Maybe it’s true that we can’t help Being the way that we are I feel like a fool that lost himself In a world that’s falling apart Maybe it’s true that we can’t help But someone’s got to try We’re so busy thinking bout ourselves That we’re never asking why In this world today there’s So much sadness And sorrow Stop waiting For tomorrow They taught us how to compete See what you want and take it A new kind of humanity Only the strong will make it The weak end up on the street Is this a price worth payin Something is wrong …. What will it take to make you see (chorus) So much sadness And sorrow Stop waiting For tomorrow No sadness No sorrow Stop waiting …. Without it For tomorrow
2.
Every Night 03:04
Sneaking through the back door again Started smoking cigarettes, to cover up the scent Of her perfume It’s 3 am and I am, working late but then That’s just what I’m selling you, and you don’t understand If you would just take the time To talk to me, I know that we Could work it out If you would take the time To talk to me, I wouldn’t see her every night Every night She talks to me And says that we Can’t work it out Cause you won’t take the time I think that she’s Trying to hustle me And I can’t make up my mind This is killing me But I guarantee If you don’t open up your eyes You might get left behind I fear this all is coming to a head At night I’m taking showers, before I come to bed Cause her perfume Is telling you the truth of all the lies I said I know you’re scared to face it, but you don’t understand And every night I’m telling her I’m gonna leave, but I just don’t know Cause I still remember how it used to be But maybe that’s a memory of long ago I’m… so… tired… I… need… to… go… I’m so tired of going through the motions, Something’s got to change or I’ve got to go Cause we can’t live this way No we can’t live this way We can’t live this way No we can’t We can’t live this way
3.
Last Time 03:11
Can’t look myself in the mirror Can’t stand the person that I see I know it’s just a reflection, but it’s reflecting all the pain I caused While you were crying and asking me How could you do this, how could you do this to me Time and time I told you, I’m just so weak I can’t control myself How could you do this… Just let me explain Before you walk out that door, don’t leave Cause this could be the last time… That we every talk, I’m sorry that it came to this I know I said this last time But she had something, I could not resist Don’t let this be the last time Cause without you I, just can’t exist Time and time I told you, I don’t believe you can’t control yourself Don’t let this be the last time I see you’re packing your bags Know it’s time for you to leave Just thought that something I’d said could make some sense of this mess I made How could I be so naive How could you do this, how could you do this to me Time and time I told you, I’m just so weak I can’t control myself How could you do this… Cause this could be the last time… That we every talk, I’m sorry that it came to this I know I said this last time But she had something, I could not resist Don’t let this be the last time Cause without you I, just can’t exist Time and time I told you, I don’t believe you can’t control yourself Don’t let this be the last time, could be the last time, just might be the last time Why won’t you just hear me out Cause I can’t take back the things that I’ve done I’m not as strong as I appear and without You I won’t be able to go on I’m trying to make it clear don’t doubt The meaning of the words I’ve begun When I said I’m sorry I swear Sorry… I… moved… on… I’ll never do this again Just stop telling me that you’ve moved on
4.
Blackbird 03:53
They meet and he speaks And fumbles some great pickup line She claps and they laugh He knows that everything is fine She waits for his calls Finds that they’re talking all the time She knows what this means And knows he won’t understand why Why…why…why…? He says “Why…why…why…?” My mother, my father, my brother Just wouldn’t understand She said, my sister, my friends, my god Say it ain’t in our plan He says, your mother, your father they just Just don’t understand this love She says, it’s not them, it’s me I can’t, can’t do this just because This is not our time and place It is just a simple fact It is not the color of our skin That holds us back A blackbird and a goldfish We could fall in love But where would we build our home In the sea or up above He looks her up and down and says What’s the difference between you and I She said, look at me I can’t swim I’m pretty damn sure you can’t fly He spread his fins out and jumped to the sky When he came crashing down Landed flat on the ground She frowned and said That’s why… What good is love…love When it just brings pain…pain What good is knowing what you want When it’s just not sane…sane What good is hope…hope When it’s not meant to be…be Maybe next time that we meet things will turn out differently
5.
Lie To Me 03:39
I'm writing so I might find a place to vent or some piece of mind there is something that I have to say I've held the reigns for so long the grip I had was too strong and now I feel it slipping away there is something that I must know if you're leaving why don't you just go damn... it wouldn't be so bad, no it wouldn't be so bad but would you lie to me I know you would if it would help you to sleep a little easier at night but would you lie to me I know you wouldn't just to hold me down when somebody new is waiting for you outside would you lie it's been so long since we've touched the time we had seemed so rushed like there's somewhere you'd rather be I wait by the phone but you never call I wait all night, I get no sleep at all do you think somehow I don't see where you go, or what you do I find out, I know the truth it wouldn't be so bad, if it wasn't for what we had and if I need to explain this I think you should go there is something that I must know if you're leaving why don't you just go damn... it wouldn't be so bad, no it wouldn't be so bad but would you lie to me I know you would I know you wouldn't just to hold me down when somebody new is waiting for you outside would you lie
6.
In A Month 04:16
Darling you’ll understand I wanted so long Only you know the reason why I’ve got to be rambling on I showed you my dreams And you told me yours But right now it seems Our paths aren’t on the same course Don’t just stand there and expect me to explain myself this time Cause I’m not to blame You know I got this plan in life and love ain’t getting in the way This time so love… please wait And I’ll see you in a month And I’ll count every day Every moment we’ve been apart I’ve learned to love you again It’s been forty some days now That I’ve been away Except for you not being with me now Everything here is just great I’m finding my dreams Behind each opening door And right now it seems I won’t be back for a month Don’t just stand there and expect me to explain myself this time Cause I’m not to blame You know I got this plan in life and love ain’t getting in the way This time so love… please wait And I’ll see you in a month And I’ll count every day Every moment we’ve been apart I’ve learned to love you again I know I just stayed there and expected you to wait But in time you got on that plane And now my only joy in life is knowing that I’ll see you again In the next life so love… please wait Cause the doctors say I’ll see you in a month And I’m counting every day Cause every moment we’ve been apart I’ve learned to love you again
7.
you won’t listen to me because you thought… and so you walk and so you walk away you won’t even trust me cause you listen to… and believe it’s true in every word they say if you won’t listen to me now well then I’ll just walk out… because you thought you’re thinking with you head if you thought with your heart, than you’d see that I’m still here but the woman don’t understand the woman don’t understand the woman don’t understand me at all she thinks she’s under attack says you push I react but she don’t understand that she’s beautiful No one asked me If I remember to call you No one asked me If I wanted to try Never asked me If I was with her (last night) It was just preconceived In your paranoid mind And she don’t know What she’s losing It’s me Today I woke up crying Cause I was alone… picked up the phone Just to hear you say I guess that you were smiling Cause you lost the dead… weight that your friends Said I turned out to be if you won’t listen to me now well then I’ll just hang up… because you thought you’re thinking with you head if you thought with your heart, than you’d see that I’m still here but the woman don’t understand
8.
“I’m Not Right” Ward 7 section number 4 behind a barbed wire fence and 2 brick walls I sit here thinking, about something they said the night before Before they left the room and they locked the door They said, “you’re grieving, we can surely see” “cause you’ve been crying inside, and you just won’t let this be” “when something’s gone you’ve got to leave it behind” But that’s the burden of a healthy mind, and I’m not right, no I’m not, not, no I’m not right at all I know it sounds crazy but I can’t let you go, no, no I can’t let you go, cause I know that you are still alive somewhere I’ve heard you whispering, the voice in my head Keeps telling me, but no one seems to care They just want to medicate me I’ve been telling them what they want to hear I even cry sometimes, so it looks sincere Truth is they drug me and I’m just not thinking clear When I try to leave they always interfere Don’t understand that I have ESP I’ve been reading their minds and know exactly what they plan to do to me “you know she’s gone, you’ve got to leave here behind” But that’s the burden of a healthy mind, and I’m not right, no I’m not, not, no I’m not right at all I know it sounds crazy but I can’t let you go, no, no I can’t let you go, cause I know that you are still alive somewhere I’ve heard you whispering, the voice in my head Keeps telling me, but no one seems to care They just want to medicate me They just want to… I see the crime and the scene unfold I feel the gun but the barrel’s cold Can't Shake off this vertigo I'm doomed to watch what I can't control Her eyes turn red and begin to glow It's like I'm watching everything in slow mo This is all beyond my control, but ordinarily... What she's thinking I could let you know But the fog rolls in and begins to grow I'm waking up, and I'm shouting no Now they’re pumping thorazine in my IV They said they're waking me up cause I'd been screaming in my dreams again “You know she’s gone, you’ve got to leave her behind” If that’s the burden of a healthy mind than I’m not right, no I’m not, not, no I’m not right at all I know it sounds crazy but I can’t let you go, no, no I can’t let you go, cause I know that you are still alive somewhere I’ve heard you whispering, the voice in my head Keeps telling me, but no one seems to care They just want to medicate me They just want to…
9.
Blood 03:45
I’m standing with this gun in my hand Looking around for some place to run I’m staring in a selfish trance Oh god, what have I done Well I’ve been searching in myself What is done I just can't help I know they’ll never understand I can't see how this gun got in my hand This is the hand, I was dealt and I am doing the best I can I didn’t kill that man, though I’m standing In a pool of his blood Please help me here, please god Help me, and get me out of this hole that I’ve dug Or someone help me cover it up I’m searching his house for plastic bags I need a mop to help and stop this flood Cleaning it up with paper towels and rags How can one head make so much blood Well I’ve been searching in myself What is done I just can't help I know they’ll never understand I can't see how this gun got in my hand This is the hand, I was dealt and I am doing the best I can I didn’t kill that man, though I’m standing In a pool of his blood Please help me here, please god Help me, and get me out of this hole that I’ve dug Or someone help me cover it up You plan to make your escape You'll run when you're sure it's safe Cause you know They watch to see who goes first No time left to hesitate Got to leave this all up to fate Just go And do it right under their nose You try to escape But you can't get away You panic and wait When you think someone might know Still you try to escape But you can't get away Cause the hand of fate Isn't under your control This is the hand, I was dealt and I am doing the best I can I didn’t kill that man, though I’m standing In a pool of his blood Please help me here, please god Help me, and get me out of this hole that I’ve dug Or someone help me cover it up
10.
Ain’t it strange, That you can love someone for so long and never know a thing People change, But I never imagined that you were ever gonna be this way You say, You gotta get away from me I guess that you’re believing all the lies you’re telling to your friends I don’t want to hold you back my dear Better make up your mind if you’re gonna stay You don’t know much about me No you don’t, if you believe that You don’t know much about love No you don’t, you’ve been deceived girl You don’t know much about me No you don’t, And you can try to find another man who loves you like I do but you won’t No you won’t you’ve been deceived girl I’m ashamed, That this has gone on for so long and I never said a thing But I guess I’m to blame, For letting you think that you had me dangling from a string You say, you’re never gonna leave again And I don’t want to think it girl, but you’ve been saying to your friends I don’t want to be the last one here Better make up your mind if you’re gonna stay You don’t know much about me No you don’t, if you believe that You don’t know much about love No you don’t, you’ve been deceived girl You don’t know much about me No you don’t, And you can try to find another man who loves you like I do but you won’t No you won’t you’ve been deceived girl I feel like we have grown…apart I can’t be your stepping stone… and you can’t disreguard, me at all What I’m trying to explain, is that I know what I want And it ain’t you babe, so go on walk out that door Ain’t it strange that I tried to hold this together for so long And never noticed that I was just scared of change, and now that you see I moved on I hear you want me back You say that you made a mistake again, I guess it’s hard to lie alone in bed and know that you were wrong Well I can’t let you hold me back my dear, Should have made up your mind before you went away You don’t know much about me No you don’t, if you believe that You don’t know much about love No you don’t, you’ve been deceived girl You don’t know much about me No you don’t, And you can try to find another man who loves you like I do but you won’t No you won’t you’ve been deceived girl
11.
Cold 02:32
cold I don’t want to breath no more, I don’t want to live I don’t want to cry no more, I have no more tears to give The way you made me feel I know, I’ll never feel again To know I’ll never hear your voice, Is tragic, I’m numb, I can’t feel a thing but I’m… Cold... This world is Cold... And it isn’t Safe... To walk out Alone... I feel so Alone... and I get so Scared... With out your Touch... I need it so Much... I just can’t Stand... To know that your Gone... I can’t believe you’re Gone... It’s so unfair Can’t grieve, I’m void… of feeling, That’s the way I choose to live A loss with no good reason, And that’s what I can’t forgive The way you made me feel I know, I’ll never feel again To know I’ll never hear your voice, Is tragic, I’m numb, I can’t feel a thing but I’m… Everybody here just moves on, but You’re not here so why won’t you just go Everybody here just moves on, but Even when you’re here you’re so damn cold Everybody here just moves on, but Years have passed this game is getting old Everybody here just moves on, but Now it’s time so walk on down that road Leave Cold, this world is, Cold, this world is….this world so Cold, this world is…
12.
They told me as a child Better to give than receive You’ve thrown away everything I gave to you And I don’t know what to believe I can’t decide, if living Is worth all the life, it’s taking I thought suicide, was making Me feel alright… I need your sympathy… No you… Never said you were leaving home Had to hear it from you on the telephone I can’t believe this is happening to me now You’re talking to me like you’re made of stone But you’re looking around like something’s wrong If you got nothing to hide Why can’t you look me in the eye I must confess I think I knew it all along My eyes were trying to keep from me What my heart knew was wrong It was hard to realize, you were leaving And no compromise, was keeping You by my side, I’m pleading But you made up your mind And never told me Never said you were leaving home Had to hear it from you on the telephone I can’t believe this is happening to me now You’re talking to me like you’re made of stone But you’re looking around like something’s wrong If you got nothing to hide Why can’t you look me in the eye Why all the lies, and deceiving Give me a good reason why, you didn’t leave when You new it was time Time’s what I regret All the wasted time I spent, waiting for you Did it cross your mind Do you regret Saying I was meant for you Never said you were leaving home Had to hear it from you on the telephone I can’t believe this is happening to me now You’re talking to me like you’re made of stone But you’re looking around like something’s wrong If you got nothing to hide Why can’t you look me in the eye

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released January 1, 2007

Jason Peck - Vocals, Guitar
Paul Bosco - Bass
Matt Coslop - Drums
Neil Podgurski - Piano
Keisha Hutchins - Vocals
Brooke Williams - Vocals

recorded by Dave Natale
at Right Coast Recordings in Columbia, PA
www.rightcoastrecording.com

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Have you ever wondered who that band is playing in the background at the supermarket while you shop for melons. Chances are, at some point, it was us! Well, at least if you are in a European supermarket. Our songs have been played millions of times in stores throughout the world, but sadly we haven’t had any luck breaking into the cut throat supermarket game in the US. ... more

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