The Skeptics

Words and music by Tom Mullen except where noted

Be Satisfied

Well every day I see things I can’t believe
In a world caught the sickness of violence and greed
I won’t sit still no I won’t be pacified or resigned
I won’t accept the things I find

And if by chance you begin to sympathize, it’s unwise
Just change the channel just close your eyes
I want to know some of the hows and the whys
When I try, I just get more of the same old lies, and they say

Be satisfied, they tell me
Be satisfied
Be satisified, they tell me
Be satisfied
Well be satisfied with what you find
Well be satisfied with what you find

There is no time now to be satisfied
While there’s hope, there’s still a danger that won’t subside
Hold up the banner, don’t lay down your guard,
Before the things that we fought become the things that we are
And never

Be satisfied, they tell me
Be satisfied
Be satisified, they tell me
Be satisfied
Well be satisfied with what you find
Well be satisfied with what you find
Well be satisfied with what you find
Well be satisfied with what you find

I Haven’t Had Enough of You

Time spent in solitude, well the stillness feels so new
I can’t believe you’ve gone away, the days they seemed so few
The train left at 5 o’clock, I arrived at 5:01
And now you say that you and I have had our day in the sun

I haven’t had enough of you
Nobody does me like you do
You’re lookin’ round for someone new
And I just can’t believe it’s true

Walk slowly all alone with a heart that’s torn and sad
Escaping emptiness it’s the best embrace I’ve had
I gave you my whole world and you said I was the first
I drank from your brimming cup, you let me die of thirst

I haven’t had enough of you
Nobody does me like you do
You’re lookin’ round for someone new
And I just can’t believe it’s true

I haven’t had enough of you
I haven’t had enough of you
I haven’t had enough of you
I haven’t had enough of you

What in the World?

What in the world are we talking about? Tell me, who are we trying to save?
You try to make peace with a loaded gun, you end up digging a grave
And doesn’t it seem that we’re really afraid, to see what’s behind what we say?
Tell me what in the world?

Richard went into the holy land, but was if for faith or for gold?
And Claudius took us to Viet Nam, fighting for freedom we’re told.
And over and over and over again, another holy war that we’re sold
Tell me, what in the world?

What in the world are we trying to do?
And how in the world can I tell?
Who in the world are we fooling?
Apparently only ourselves, tell me, what in the world?

And where in the world is there left to go,
To start all over again?
And where in the world can the sane retreat,
Where no insanity’s been?
And what in the word are we talking about,
When we say we’re lending a hand?
Tell me, what in the world?

What in the world are we trying to do?
And how in the world can I tell?
Who in the world are we fooling?
Apparently only ourselves.

And why in the world does it take so long?
And how in the world will I know?
Where in the world can the sane retreat?
Tell me, where can a sane man go?
Tell me, what in the world.

Tell me, what in the world (what in the world?)
Tell me, what in the world (what in the world?)
Tell me, what in the world (what in the world?)
Tell me, what in the world (what in the world?)
Now tell me

After All

After all the things we’ve done to
Try to push this love away
And after all the sorrow you don’t
Want to face another day

And if I had the answer that would
Take this shroud of fear away
I’d give it to you but instead there’s
Still one thing that I will say

Don’t worry ‘bout tomorrow if the
Sky above your head should fall
‘Cause if the world should end right now I’d
Say I loved you after all

And if it takes a thousand tries to
Finally make you understand
Then I’ll try a thousand times to
Make you hear me if I can

Don’t worry ‘bout tomorrow I’ll be
Waiting here if you should call
‘Cause if I had to say right now I’d
Say I loved you after all
I’d say I loved you after all
I’d say I loved you after all

Don’t worry ‘bout tomorrow
Don’t worry ‘bout tomorrow
Don’t worry ‘bout tomorrow after all

Tomorrow after all
Tomorrow after all
Tomorrow after all
Tomorrow after all

Shambala (words and music by Daniel Moore)

Isolation

Sitting in my room
Looking out but still looking in
On the outside of the world

Some call it alienation
I don’t mind, I’d rather be out here
All by myself
Where the taking hands can’t reach me
All by myself,
Where the taking hands can’t reach me

If you want to talk to me,
Don’t bother, I can’t understand
Not a word that you will say to me
Not in the language of man
A language of greed and of hate

And now I really must go
I really must go
Can’t you see it’s getting late?
It’s getting late

It’s True

I can recall the days
I pushed your love away.
My mind on yesterday,
Never thinking of the way that

You came in time,
Put the past out of my mind
Now I can see
Someone must have sent you to me.

Had blinds over my eyes,
I filled my head up with those lies,
When I should have realized,
Should have known love never dies,

But you came in time,
Though I may have seemed unkind
I always knew
That I’d want to be with you

And it’s true,
It’s true.
What I know I always knew
And it’s true.
Yes, it’s true,
That I want to spend my time with you.

Had blinds over my eyes,
I filled my head up with those lies,
When I should have realized,
Should have known love never dies,
But you came in time,
Though I may have seemed unkind
I always knew That I’d want to be with you

And it’s true,
It’s true.
What I know I always knew
And it’s true.
Yes, it’s true,
That I want to spend my time with you.

Yes it’s true

Moving Out

Lost in the middle
Of a crowded world (I look around)
Men and women like an endless sea
But life is empty still (and I try and try)

I want to make tomorrow
Better than today (and now I know)
To fill yourself with someone
It’s the only way (I’m moving out)

I’m moving out around you (I’m moving out)
I am the world
Turning around you (I’m moving out)
I’m going to surround you
And when we’ve lost the strength to run
I’ll be the earth and you, you are the sun

And the sea is raging
Like an ocean storm (I look around)
I see the fighting and the marching on
And it seems so wrong (And I try and try)

I want to make tomorrow
Better than today (and now I know)
To fill yourself with someone
It’s the only way (I’m moving out)

Not Tomorrow

I told you once that I thought
That I should not see you
I don’t know why it was the
Worst thing I could ever do

But now I realize I made a big mistake
If you allow me to I’ll do what it will take
Not tomorrow but today

Do you remember all the nights we spent
Just on the phone
And how it used to be so good
When we were all alone

Do you remember that first rose
I gave to you
Well it can bloom again so
Please don’t turn it blue
I love you
Not tomorrow but today

Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow but today
Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow but today

I know the way I treated you
Was wrong of me
And you don’t need me now
That is very plain to see

And now you’re telling me
You’re leaving town today
But while you still can hear me
Please just let me say
Please forgive me
Not tomorrow but today

Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow but today
Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow but today

Please forgive me
Not tomorrow but today

You’ve Done the Crying

You’ve done the crying
But I still feel the pain
It was I who did the lying
Why do I feel the same?

You’re not the only one
Who’s had to cry tonight
Oh, no

Don’t bring those lonely
Crying eyes around
‘Cause you know you’re not the only one
Who’s crawled upon the ground

And if you have to leave
Let it be tonight
Oh, yeah

Don’t bring those crying eyes around (don’t bring those crying eyes)
You’re lying ways just bring me down (don’t bring those lying eyes)
Don’t bring those crying eyes around (don’t bring those crying eyes)
Your lying ways just bring me down

And if you have to leave
Let it be tonight
Oh, yeah

Reloaded

South Beach

The north wind had begun to blow,
Was looking at six, eight months of snow,
And I knew I just had to go,
Where I could see the sun

Could not believe what I had found,
As soon as my plane touched the ground,
I knew as soon as I looked around,
It’s Spanish Channel land.

And as far as I can see,
Girls that only used to be,
On Univision T.V.,
It’s Spanish Channel Land

And I’d sure like to say hello,
Pero yo no hablo espanol,
Toto, this ain’t Buffalo,
It’s Spanish Channel land.

Ay caramba!
Corona’s for a buck,
Ay caramba,
I just might be in luck

Papa Bear to Goldilocks,
Get down here now, ‘cause this place rocks,
Kick off your shoes, kick off your socks
It’s Spanish Channel land
It’s Spanish Channel land
It’s Spanish Channel land

Flat (words and music by Dave Levin)

Woodmancy Road

Down 219 to Springville then just keep my southern tack
I’ll take the road through Little Valley, I ain’t looking back
It may take a week or more before I leave this mode
I’m getting lost on old Woodmancy Road

I may see a ghost or two around the fire tonight
Perhaps old Joe Attea making sure that I’m all right
And I may just find heaven there if I can break the code
I know it’s somewhere down Woodmancy Road

I made a hasty exit from the wicked world behind
Just before it finally overcame my peace of mind
And now I’ve got a new concern of quite another kind
I’m just living

I turned my back on all the complications that I’d planned
And hope it will allow me to complete the task at hand
I’m occupied in ways you might find hard to understand
I’m just living

And I can’t find a reason now to ever not be free
You can’t make a third or fifth give up their harmony
The beaver and the white tail I think I’ve just joined their fold
We’re staying here on old Woodmancy Road
We’re staying here on old Woodmancy Road
We’re staying here on old Woodmancy Road

Bittersweet and Cold (words and music by Dave Levin)

Singles

Turning to Red

Walk through the trees
October scene
Blue skies turned grey
Leaves once of green

They are turning
Turning to red
And they will die and be back to turn again
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I flew through space
I left the ground
I saw the world
When I turned around

It was turning
Turning around
And it will die and be back to turn again

And they’ll tell you that it’s 1999
When will they learn the reality of time

Man’s history
Dead memories
Learn about life
Listen to me

Seeds in the earth
Stars in the sky
Birds in the air
And you and I

We are turning
Turning around
And we will die and be back to turn again

Turning, turning around,
Turning, turning around