Something on my mind

EMPTY THE SOUND

Verse: F/C/G/Am (key of F)

Empty the sound

of the crowded room

car tires and defeat

the endless turning moon

And the night fell down

with noise from above

watching the shadows 

falling in love

but there ain't nothin 

but a burned out view

and I don't see 

anything new

Everyone is waiting

for the oak and the plate

glass temples of tomorrow

metal box of freight

Covered in dead flowers

listening to the screams

smoke rising, buildings breaking

electric towers in the dream

I long for my other ocean

with bits of floating flame

I hide in the whirlwind zone

I know my river's name

Everyone is waiting 

for doom to break

to mend the broken heart 

of our ball on the stake

Like a knife in the dark

right out of the blue

the rainbows are burning up

and there is nothing but you

But always the rain kids

are dancing anew

underneath the freeway

of the invisible school

But no one is listening

and no one will come

the story is almost over

there's blood in the cup

oh you just think

it's a novelty

when it's the deepest thing

in the deepest sea

Chorus: F/Am/F/Am/F/Am/Dm/G

Carry my bird

right back to the sky

so no one can say

she did not try

Carry my bird

right back to the sky

take the bathtub of tears

make a streak of starlight

Bridge: Bb/Gm/F/C

"One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality"

- Albert Einstein

"We carry within us the wonders we seek without us"

-Sir Thomas Brown

"My religion is kindness"

-14th Dalai Lama

"How to live"

-by Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson

1. Do not be afraid of anyone

2. Have a great bullshit detector and learn how to use it and how to apply it

3. Be so tender, so open to the world and in Love with everything and everyone in it