A LITTLE BIT DISCOURAGED

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE 1         

Every now and then, when everything comes tumblin’ down

And what I thought would hold me up

Is suddenly nowhere around

Every now and then, when I can’t seem to meet it all

And I am in my empty place

I feel the flood of helplessness

Every now and then, when I can’t see my way no more

I fold my hands and I become

A little bit discouraged

CHORUS

A little bit discouraged, a little bit discouraged,

A little bit discouraged, a little bit discouraged

BRIDGE

I try to fight it, I try to act like everything will be alright

I can’t deny it, although I try, my whole world fades to night

VERSE II

Every now and then, I grow tired of holdin’ on

To the feelings that I want to share

But I can’t find someone to hear

Every now and then, I wonder why I’m alive

And with no answer I become

A little bit discouraged

CHORUS

CHORUS II

Uh huh, uh huh (repeat)

REPEAT VERSE I

CHORUS II

A LITTLE TOO SMALL

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE I

I’m lookin’ for a world view, that I can buy into

I’m lookin’ for a world view, that I can buy into

I’m lookin’ for a world view, that I can get into

I’m lookin’ for a world view, that I can buy into

CHORUS I

Through the eyes of the universe

Through the eyes of us all

The way that we’re thinkin’

Is just a little too small

VERSE II

Life is an illusion, we’re fooled by our senses

Life is an illusion, we’re fooled by our  senses

Life is an illusion, we’re fooled by our senses

Life is an illusion, we’re fooled by our senses

CHORUS I

CHORUS II

A little too small, a little too small

A little too small, a little too small

VERSE III

Organized religion poisons, its own revelation

Organized religion poisons, its own revelation

Organized religion poisons, its own inspiration

Organized religion poisons, its own revelation

CHORUS I

VERSE IV

We grossly underestimate our very existence

We grossly underestimate our very existence

We grossly underestimate our very existence

We grossly underestimate our very existence

CHORUS I AND II

INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS I

ALL I WANT TO DO IS CRY

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE I

I’m so sad and lonely, I just wanna die

Lost my one and only, and I don’t know why

Every day I wonder, but I can’t explain

Why she broker her promise, why I’m in this pain, so—

CHORUS

All I want to do is cry, All I want to do is cry,

There ain’t nothin’ I can do since she broke my heart in two,

So all I want to do is cry

BRIDGE

When we met we were so young and so naïve

We fell in love and lived our lives of make believe

I never thought that she would ever leave

CHORUS

VERSE II

So I wait and wonder, will I ever see her?

Will she come back to me ?  What would I say to her?

Try to start all over, try to make amends

But in every corner I see her face again, so—

CHORUS TWO TIMES

ALL OF YOUR LOVE

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE I

I remember who I was before you came my way

I remember trying to forget

Couldn’t trust no one—couldn’t give myself away

Then you trusted me instead

CHORUS

All of your love is enough

To make the whole thing turn out right

All of your love is enough

To make the day

All of your love is enough

To let me play without a care

All of your love is enough

To let me stay

VERSE II

I believe each day I wake I’ll live my life with you

I will give you all I have to try

I believe that I am changed by what we’ve both been through

And I know the reason why—

CHORUS

VERSE III

No one’s ever cared like you—no one’s even tried

Or even thought to see what’s deep in me

What you gave has satisfied beyond my wildest dreams

You came and set me free

CHORUS

I'M LIVIN' A DREAM

IN A WORN OUT WONDERLAND

© 2002  Stephen Now

I'm livin' a dream, in a worn out wonderland,

I'm livin' a dream, and I don't know who I am,

I once was a child --but that wasn't safe for me,

When I was defiled, I escaped and threw away the key

And I know now, I've got to face it, but I'm so afraid

I'm livin' a dream, in a worn out wonderland,

I'm livin' a dream, cause the real world's more than I can stand,

I'm losin' each day, a little more of this fantasy,

It's all that I've got, 'cause I'm not sure what's reality,

And I know now, I've got to face it, but I'm so afraid-- it's just a dream

I wander each day, through a maze that I have made,

I'm playin' a game, where everything I dream will come true someday,

I'd cry out for help--  but I'm not sure where I belong

And I know now, I've got to face it, but I'm so afraid-- it's all a dream

I RELEASE MYSELF

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE I

Fifty years in the slammer, fifty years in the hole

Meeting al expectations, not allowed to say ‘no’

These prison walls an illusion made with lies and deceipt

For a whole population to play along to their beat

CHORUS

I release myself, to the wave of the future

I release myself, to this loss of control

I release myself, to a state of confusion

I release myself, to just letting go!

VERSE II

Never mind what you’re thinkin’, never mind what you feel

Just perform like a circus clown to what they tell you is real

Watch the whole world go by you like passengers on a train

Doesn’t matter how fast you run, you’ll always end up the same

CHORUS

BRIDGE

Everything we see, everything that we believe,

Everything we take as truth will soon be lost to somethin’ new

We don’t understand a single thing about ourselves

Who we are, how we got here, where we’re going, how it all works

Yet we all pretend we’ve got the answers to the questions

And we’ll fight to the end entrenched in our own sure opinions

Ready to defend our certain right to domination,

World control and exploitation, genocide, annihilation!

CHORUS

NO MORE VIOLENCE

ã 2004 Stephen Now

Instrumental with spoken words repeated by various children:

“Please, no more violence”

ONE LESS DAY

ã 2004 Stephen Now

CHORUS

Every morning make my coffee, every morning make my bed

Every morning go to work—but waste my time instead

Every day I dream of living somewhere, I don’t know, I don’t know

I don’t know where

Every night the voices whisper one less, one less

One less day to live

VERSE I

I don’t want to go away, I haven’t had a chance to live

I don’t want to miss one day, I’ve got so much yet to give

I haven’t got the time to worry, I haven’t got the time to waste

I could learn to live forever traveling through this time and space

CHORUS

VERSE II

Every time I make an offer, ever time I take the test

Every time I stop to wonder, what’s the meaning of success?

Every time I see a mirror I look back to see myself

But who I see I don’t remember

Is that me?  Or someone else?

CHORUS

THIS IS A WORLD SONG

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE 1          This song is written so that everyone can sing

                        This song is reaching out to every human being

                        This is a world song, it belongs to you and me

                        This is a world song we will sing in unity

                        We will sing, we will sing           

CHORUS          Every human being needs a home and a family

                        Every human being needs good food to eat

                        Every human being needs clean air, clean water

                        Every human needs to live in peace

                        This is a world song

                        Pass it on

VERSE 2          This declaration sings the old ways now must pass

                        This invitation is to see the light at last

                        Every nation's expectation sets the standard high

                        Until we all can sing 'It's good to be alive!'

                        We will sing, we will sing

CHORUS

BRIDGE            Pass it on, pass it on

                        Pass it on, pass it on

                        Pass it on… this is a world song

REPEAT

VERSE 1

CHORUS

WELL I GUESS WE’LL NEVER CHANGE

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE I

Way down deep in my heart, I can feel all the pain again

When you talk of a new start I go numb and I run away

I run away, I run away,

You keep sayin’ we’ll work out, we just needed a change

Like you’ve told me a thousand times before

When you start up the same game

I go insane, I go insane

CHORUS

Well I guess we’ll never change (echo)

Well I guess we’ll never change (echo)

Well I guess we’ll never change (echo)

So try again with someone else

VERSE II

From the very beginning I should have seen what you do

How you draw me in so close to you

Until I see you with someone new

With someone new, with someone new

CHORUS (THREE TIMES)

WHY’D YA HAVE TO BE SO CRUEL?

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE I

I don’t know how but I guess it’s cool for you

I don’t know how you can do the things you do

I don’t know why you make right from wrong confused

I don’t know how you can say “I never knew”

BRIDGE

And  I just can’t get past the truth

That we’re livin’ in this place

Where the rich can take it all

And there’s nothin’ left for food

And I do, promise you,

I will never, be anything like you

CHORUS

Why’d ya have to be so cruel?  (repeat four times)

Why’d ya have to be so, Why’d ya have to be so, Why’d you have to be so cruel?

VERSE II

I don’t know how you pretend that it’s okay

To let children starve cause it’s always been that way

I don’t know why there isn’t more rage than we see

Tryin’ to tear it all down until there’s some kind of equity

BRIDGE

CHORUS

VERSE III

I don’t know how to end all this poverty

I don’t know how to provide for all the need

But this planet earth is much smaller than we think

We all belong to a single destiny

BRIDGE

CHORUS (TWO TIMES)

YOU NEVER GET BACK

ã 2004 Stephen Now

VERSE I

All of my life I have lived for one brief moment

Trying to get back what was once

My brightest day

But every attempt as left me cold and empty

Watching my life waste away

CHORUS

You never get back what you once left behind

You never get back what you gave up

You never get back what is now dead and gone

You never get back your old dreams

VERSE II

Once in awhile there’s a glimpse from someone

Who lets me believe I might

Find a way

To start a new day better than I’ve know before, yet—

They never last, they never stay

CHORUS

BRIDGE

And I don’t know how to get back  (four times)

CHORUS (REPEAT TO FADE