Lyrics

Casting Call

Hey hey . . . hey hey . . . I say
Hey hey . . . what do you say?

The day is breaking up yesterday
And the dawn’s bright colors wash the past away

And the morning spotlight
Cuts through the gray

There’s a new light burning
In the sky today

There’s a new stage ready
For a new play

There’s something coming you can feel in the wind
Something you perceive with the soul
Something you taste with ears of delight
Something more than a goal

Something bigger than any reason
Something you forgot that you know
Remember what you know (who you are)

Hey hey . . . I say
Hey hey . . . what do you say?

There’s a new light burning
In the sky today

There’s a new stage ready
For a brand new play

Lyrics Copyright 2000 Matt Cofer (Matt Stands) Music copyright 2005 (Matt Cofer, Jim Fink)

’Cause Because

Because it’s not at all what it seems
and not typically found in a dream
to be dreamt up while asleep on a beam
a mile over high, that’s why!

and ‘cause it’s how I got caught up on
tryin’ to describe it to
people who just can’t understand (people just like you)

and that’s ‘cause because, because, because

to act naturals’ from hearin’ of
ohi and ohiaway, ohi and ohiaway
a city punk kid won’t commute four miles without pay
three years and a day
to ohi and ohiaway
idaho’s just an eye away from ohi, ohi, and ohiaway

AND THATS ‘CAUSE BECAUSE......

Fully overloaded and cruising the open fields
where the white lines at dawn refuse death
They’re saying “come follow us” into sleepy eyes

This county dreams of bleeding highways
littered with homeless night vehicles into no stop
weaving in and out of death games
sleeping in the truck stops

Fully loaded this truck never stops
no sleep for breakfast

Just onna counta life’s not at all what it seems
only wet in the middle of a dream ‘cause of some altogether perfect scheme—more than a day
away—eye away
ohi and ohi-away. ohi and ohi-away
. . . and that’s ‘cause because

(lyrics--Jim Fink, music--Jim Fink, Matt Stands. copyright 2006)

Country

I read your letter and cried
I guess my momma was right
At the sight of trouble you take flight
Some place outta sight

I read your letter and cried
Out of sight, out of mind
You must be crazy or blind
I love you ‘till the end of time

You can run but can’t hide
from the feelings inside
For you and I they won’t die
That’s the reason why

You know when fire meets ice
The cool water is nice
There’s no loser in that fight
About our love don’t think twice
Fire with ice feels nice

Even a blind man can see
You and I are meant to be
That’s all you need to know
or see

I can feel your heavy heart
But to heal you must start
So pack those bags and come back
For forgiveness I don’t lack

You know when fire meets ice
The cool water is nice
There’s no loser in that fight
About our love don’t think twice
Fire with ice feels nice

Lyrics copyright 2003 Matt Cofer Music Copyright 2005 (Matt Cofer, Jim Fink)

Crossover

When the time comes, I'll be outta' here
..........the time comes, I'll feel no fear
................time comes, I'll be on my way
................time comes, I'll live a new day

When the time comes, I'll join those near
..........the time comes, release my fear
................time comes, I'll see the other side
................time comes, I'll take the ride

When the time comes, I will change my time zone
.................time comes, I won't be alone
.................time comes, nothing will be the same
no more psycho-social game

Do It

If you don’t do it, who will?
If you don’t do it my friends, who will?

If you don’t save planet, who will?
If you don’t pure the waters, who will?

If you don’t stop the bleeding, who will?
If you don’t cure the blind men, who will?

If you don’t feed the starving souls, who will?
If you don’t take the challenge, who will?

All along the ivory towers, blind men creep
All inside the motes, corruption runs deep

All around the countrysides, spies peep
All throughout the hillsides, scouts sleep

If you don’t raise some havoc, who will?
If you don’t sound the alarms, who will?

If you don’t bridge the fault lines, who will?
If you don’t cause some peace, who will?

If you don’t wake the sleepers, who will?
If you don’t wake the sleeping souls, who will?

Copyright 2004 (lyrics, Matt Cofer; music, Matt Cofer, Jim Fink)

Draw The Line

Yea they’re cramin’ our heads full every day
With b.s. and garbage, and they want us to pay (yea, let’s pay)

We’ve gotta give ‘em more money to keep the tanks rolling
The defense budget rising people are starving
and homeless, hurting everyday . . . in the USA

Don’t ya give your money to a primetime evangelist
To go and build a gaudy stained glass palace, somewhere,
who knows where

Don’t ya sue some poor bastard for an attorney’s greed
Or support those mega-corporations we don’t need, we don’t need, no
not that big

Watch the pretty plastic new nerds on TV
You know they’re only gonna show you what they want us to see
(don’t you see)

It’s time to draw the line with invisible pens
Join circles until we get them hemmed in
Guide their mouths, open their eyes and ears
Teach ‘em love until they lose their fears . . . lose the fear

Now do we need glamour magazines?
Should we be worried about how we’ll be seen?

Do we wear the latest styles of clothes?
Do we watch the right TV shows?

Now do we make our own choices, or leave it up to them?
I’m here to tell you my friends, we’re dead if you give in,
We’re dead if you give in

It’s time to draw, the line, draw the line. . .
‘cause we’re runnin’ on borrowed time
we’re runnin’ on mortgaged time
we’re runnin’ on borrowed time . . .

Copyright 2004 (lyrics, Matt Cofer; music, Matt Cofer, Jim Fink)

Think Green

The All manifests in the skies and the seas
The All manifests in the trees and the breeze
The All manifests in the birds and the bees
The All manifests in you and me

But the All recoils in the face of greed
The All spoils in the poisoning spree
Putrid water flows through sickening streams
Putrid water flows to destitute seas

Killer bees, old-growth stumps
Weeds abound on disturbed ground
High-tension wires buzz over quiet plains
blue skies masked in purple-black haze

Blocked corridors frame wild-life pens
Starvation thrives in wild-life pens
No flower power in the barren hour
No flower power in our barren hour

Is this our fate? Is this our destiny?
Is this our fate? Is this our destiny?

No! No! No! Think green; be green; go green; see green

[chorus]
We like our forests green. We like our oceans blue
We like our air to be clean, and the water that way too

Think green; be green; go green; see green
Be green; grow green; see green; think green

Protect, recycle, re-use, don’t abuse

[repeat chorus]

Lyrics Copyright 2003 Matt Cofer Music Copyright 2005 (Matt Cofer, Jim Fink)