Elephant
2007©David John Wellnitz

No one wants to say a thing
We can see the true meaning
But nobody wants to figure it out

No words
Silence is spoken
But nobody sees
Nobody sees the Elephant

I’m not afraid
Not afraid to point it out
Not afraid to see
The Elephant in a room full of strangers

Sixteen year dressing room
Where the liquor still consumes
But nobody wants to figure it out

With no bottles
Silence is broken
But nobody sees, nobody sees the elephant

I’m not afraid
Not afraid to point it out
Not afraid to see
The Elephant in a room full of strangers

No words Silence is spoken
But nobody sees
Nobody sees the Elephant


Framed
2007©David John Wellnitz

Now that we’ve got a framed receipt
Hanging off the wall with light blue paint
Create the prestige among cheats
And shallow hearted parenting
The only things that seem concrete
Are the bills collecting
And putting off dreams
Just to maintain comfort and superficial consistency

Spent five years solidying
A hobby since I was ten
Five years solidifying
A hobby, hobby, hobby, hobby

Said now I, I, I don’t mind waiting
For what is good
What is good
And everything that has been good
That has been good (repeat)

What happenin’, to learnin’ to change something
What happenin’, to learnin’ to change something

Well it got to the point
Where the belief
Was lost on a back up or finishing
No regrets is what was preached
What happenin’, to learnin’ to change something
I said I can see
The good in things
Lost in the words of the greater beings
That continue insisting
On learning, and learning, and learning

Spent five years solidying
A hobby since I was ten
Five years solidifying
A hobby, hobby, hobby, hobby

Do you remember the unlocked door?
The seven year old saying can I hear one more
Lying on the floor
In front of the radio
I said do you remember the unlocked door?

Seven year old saying can I hear one more
How do you think they’re framed
How do you think they framed the sound’s soul

Singin’ I, I, I don’t mind waiting
For what is good
What is good
And everything that has been good
That has been good

What happenin’, to learnin’ to change something
What happenin’, to learnin’ to change something
What happenin’, to learnin’ to change something
What happenin’, to learnin’ to change something, change something
change something
change something
change something
Change

Take Us Home
2007©David John Wellnitz

Where do I go from here
There’s something missing here
A new way to find my head
Maybe something new instead

Went worst to best in one minute
Took an impressionist to a fresh limit
When Smith said that sympathy
Sympathy, was the only test
A new way to find my head
Maybe something new instead

Where do I go from here?
Tell me the right sounds
To come on all and take us
Take us away
Come on all take us home
Take us home
Take us home

Home where I’d like to be
Somewhere I gotta see
Why doesn’t anything seem right for me

All along, now full regrets
Steer clear of our own mess
The third edit was the test
Now why ask questions when they’re better unsaid?

Singin’ where do I go from here?
Tell me the right sounds
To come on all and take us
Take us away
Come on all take us home
Take us home
Take us home

Every step is challenging
Why is this not right for me
Now every step is challenging
Why is it so hard
Every step is challenging
Why is this not right for me
Now every step is challenging
Why is it so hard… hard for me, hard for me

Singin’ where do I go from here?
Tell me the right sounds
To come on all and take us
Take us away
Come on all take us home
Take us home
Take us home

Letters
2007©David John Wellnitz

Have you ever looked at an empty cup of coffee
Sittin’ on the front table waiting for someone
Maybe not him, maybe her, we can see this
But I know what is, one for one

Oh, one day
At a time
One day at a time
Oh one day
At a time
One day at a time

Writing letters
For the angels to
Come and take them home
Come and take them to her, to her, to her.

Isn’t it kind of weird when two doesn’t always
Doesn’t always equal out to three
We can think twice, maybe think of something that we all need
It only takes one day to believe

Old man sits with his hands on his forehead
Waiting for something
Trying to build this bridge for this moment
Writing letters..

Writing letters
For the angels to
Come and take them home
Come and take them to her, to her, to her.

Windows
2007©David John Wellnitz

Understand you don’t want it this way
Just testing a theory
Developing a hypothesis
How did it get there
Who really knows
You say you got something more
You say look at how
You forgot the words

Is this our, only potential now
Please tell me, that there’s so much more
I’m holding on, don’t want to let go
I’m trying to find the happy with you

Please,
Tell me what we’re looking for
Please, Help me find us, girl
Please,
Tell me what we’re looking for
Please,
Help me find us, girl…..please!

How long are you going to stand there
Saying you’re letting go
When you look like a statue
But act like a window
Like a familiar pyramid, how
How did it get there, who really knows
You say you got something more
You say you forget the words

Is this our, only potential now
Please tell me, that there’s so much more
I’m holding on, don’t want to let go
I’m trying to find the happy with you

Please,
Tell me what we’re looking for
Please, Help me find us, girl
Please,
Tell me what we’re looking for
Please,
Help me find us, girl…..please!

Trampoline
2007©David John Wellnitz

Messing with the morals of a good darling

Quick hug, your lips
Did you mean to say-
No wait, that’s not what I meant to say.
Did you mean? Did you mean to sneak?
No way, no way, no way
Did this make you? Did this make you think?
About good times adventuring

No wait, I brought you a disc
Full of songs
Sing along if you wish
We could find
A way around this
Inability to understand what time is

Find it easy
Sad I’ve got to go
Find it easy
To say no, just no
No wait that’s not what I meant to say
Find it easy
To say you’ve got to go
Cause all the bad in the good, all the bad in the good
You should, you should

No wait, I brought you a disc
Full of songs
Sing along if you wish
We could find
A way around this
Inability to understand what time is

Darlin’, Darlin’, Darlin’, oh yeah…Darlin’
No where, no way
Gonna take the risk
Of messing with the morals of a good darlin’

No where, no way
Gonna take the risk
Of messing with the morals of a good darlin’
Messing with the morals of a good darlin’

No wait, I brought you a disc
Full of songs
Sing along if you wish
We could find
A way around this
Inability to understand what time is


Waste
2007©David John Wellnitz & Patrick Files

Look around
What do you see
I see a waste of space
I get a taste of our insanity
Now, s’il vous plait
Stop and think
Is this the road of our future
Or are we just on the brink

Now waste away
Waste away Lakeview
Hope you don’t

All I’m saying
Is there might be something
I’m missing in right in front of me
I need to start to realize
And understand what I see
Said, all I know
Is where I’m going to be tomorrow?
Waste of our energy is all I see

Now waste away
Waste away Lakeview
Hope you don’t

Well, I’ve seen it
I’m gonna stand up and face it
Well, I’ve seen it
I’m gonna stand up and face it

Waste away
Lakeview Boulevard

Hope you don’t, yeah
Hope you don’t
Hope you don’t, waste away now
Hope you don’t, waste away
Hope you don’t, waste away now
Hope you don’t, waste away

Stand Strugglin’
2007©David John Wellnitz

Won’t matter who’s behind the podium
If we don’t belief a word that comes out of them
We can say that we stand together
Then tell me please, why are we still arguing?

I said why, oh why
Why are we gonna let them die?
When all of us stand struggling

Fine, Fine
We’ll just fight
Fine, Fine, Fine
We’re all going to die, die, die

Won’t matter what color the paint is
If all the walls are cardboard within
We can say that we have seen this before
Well history better teach us some more

I said why, oh why
Why are we gonna let them die?
When all of us stand struggling

We can chew the fat on
Our next revolution
We can say that we stand tall
Grass root survival

I said why, oh why
Why are we gonna let them die?
When all of us standf struggling

Fine, fine
We’ll just fight
Fine, fine, fine
We’re all going to die, die, die


Dip or Dive
2007©David John Wellnitz

Oh no, must admit, must admit your confidence seems endless
Seems like you’re climbing up a mountain
Waiting for us to follow
Don’t worry you’re out in front of everything
You know more than most
Now, why you yelling, you’re shouting… well oh

Oh no, I’ve
Pushed you too far
Right next to the door you’re gonna
Dip or you dive

Well I, I must say, must say something
Why don’t you just stay here
Seems like you’re growing comfortable here
With all your new surroundings
Don’t worry I’m here for the long term, won’t go anywhere
Now why are you yelling out, you’re shouting…well oh

On no, I’ve
Pushed you too far
Right next to the door you’re gonna
Dip or you dive

Oh no you’re gonna dip or dive, oh no you’re gonna dip or dive
Oh no you’re gonna dip or dive, oh no you’re gonna dip or dive
Oh no you’re gonna dip or dive, oh no you’re gonna dip or dive
Oh no you’re gonna dip or dive, oh no you’re gonna dip or dive
Oh no I’ve
Pushed you too far
Right next to the door you’re gonna
Dip or you dive
Oh no I’ve
Pushed you too far
Right next to the door you’re gonna
Dip or you dive


Zephyr Cove Blues
2007©David John Wellnitz 

We just learned to say,
That we’re both ok
Now Zephyr Cove Blues,
Just dance away
We just learned to say,
That we’re both ok
Now Zephyr Cove Blues,
Just dance away.

Well I didn’t mean
To redirect your dreams
Just pointing out
We’ve got something

I know that if you leave
Well I’d be
So lonesome, closer to empty

We just learned to say,
That we’re both ok
Now Zephyr Cove Blues,
Just dance away
We just learned to say,
That we’re both ok
Now Zephyr Cove Blues,
Just dance away

Dance away,
Dance away,
Dance away,
Come on, fade away
(repeat)

It is a 25 Block walk
Swim across the lake
Lake time, bedtime talks
When I was feeling safe
I know that if you leave
Well I’d be
So lonesome, closer to empty
Lonesome closer to empty

We just learned to say,
That we’re both ok
Now Zephyr Cove Blues,
Just dance away
We just learned to say,
That we’re both ok
Now Zephyr Cove Blues,
Just dance away

Dance away,
Dance away,
Dance away,
Come on, fade away
(repeat)