complications taking flight, i never leave the ground
i would like to think that someday my wings will be found

but someday never comes around
and i stay stuck here on the ground
am i so heavy? just let go of me... gravity

my see-through glasses now don't show the future i once saw
i was going to reach the sky and ride above it all

(chorus)

rain fall down, yeah, like a raging sea
drown these demons, wash the weight from me
won't you please?

complications taking flight, i never leave the ground
i would like to think that someday my wings will be found

(chorus)

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Strange Life (Chuck Nash)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #2)

i was thinking to myself about the books upon my shelf
and i wondered why they never get read
and there's people that i know with money growing out their toes
but it's not enough to buy their happiness
we've all got our little problems, i guess

one man's dream is another's living hell
no one says you get the one you like
it's a big, long road leading down to i don't know
when i get there I just hope it's nice
it's a strange, it's a strange, strange life

everybody wants a lover when they're lonely and alone
and it feels so good to finally find someone
then the pleasure turns to comfort and the comfort leaves you bored
and then you want your freedom back so you can have your fun
satisfaction is a relative term

now you're not quite sure why you just walked out the door
and you think you may be wound too tight
so you talk to yourself thinking maybe that'll help
and on your way back in you realize
it's a strange, it's a strange, strange life

and as i was taking off my tennis shoes
i remembered how my parents used to fight
but they went their separate ways and now they get along okay
and my brother drinks himself to sleep each night
it's a strange, it's a strange, strange life

what gives? what breaks? who's to blame? hey who's to say?
everything is so okay you're about to cry
and the girl next door never noticed you before
now she smiles like you're in luck tonight
it's a strange, it's a strange, strange life

blue is blue and green is too, dressed in yellow light
it's a strange life

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Mystery (Chuck Nash)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #3)

so you've taken this interest in me
i keep my distance and it's got you so intrigued
expecting me to be a complicated man
desperate for someone who really understands me

i'm not so sure what you think you see
here's a secret: there ain't that much to me

and that's one mystery shot down
you see the real me now
like mirrors crashing down off a wall

i'm no enigmatic soul for you to save
i'm no innocent who just gets led astray
maybe you're thinking i'm somebody else
hate to let you down, but you better brace yourself

like when you saw your father cry the first time
or finding out Santa Claus has a job on the side

and that's one mystery shot down
you see the real me now
like mirrors crashing down
off a wall to the floor

maybe someday out there in the shadows
you will stumble onto some lost fool in need
and you can save each other for happily ever after
but baby it ain't me

and that's one mystery shot down
you see the real me now
like mirrors crashing down
off a wall to the floor

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Sheep Song (Chuck Nash)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #4)

Everything's alright, it's a perfect life living here in a machine
It's a higher place, where we salivate over bright & shiny things

And we've got all we'd ever need to stir the senses
in a paint-by-number playground land
where small thoughts can expand

what did they do with our minds?
are we slipping away on a slow slide down?
can't you read the signs?
don't ask why, don't think about it, just sit and watch

As their surveys show all they need to know
about what they think we want
And we dance & sing as they pull our strings,
buying everything they've got

And who really cares if the messages they're selling are empty?
If it hits a lowest common thread in all our little heads, we'll believe

what did they do with our minds?
are we slipping away on a slow slide down?
can't you read the signs?
don't ask why, don't think about it, just sit and watch
... as the wheels go round, round & round, round & round again

and all the sheep go sleepwalking through the meadows
as the shepherd keeps the wolves away
what a lovely day

what did they do with our minds?
are we slipping away on a slow slide down?
can't you read the signs?
don't ask why, don't think about it, just sit and watch

what did they do with our minds?
are we slipping away on a slow slide down?
can't you read the signs?
what did they do with our minds?

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Nothing At All (Chuck Nash, Rob Piazza)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #5)

all day, every night
they stare at the walls that they're trapped inside
dreams of a better life
start to slip away like spirits in the night

and you do nothing at all
you say nothing at all
turn & look away so you don't see them crawl
keep your comfort close, go on and have yourself a ball

you say of course you're concerned
but they're tough & besides: you're busy having fun
& perhaps they could stand to learn
that you've worked really hard for your place in the sun

and you do nothing at all
you say nothing at all
turn & look away so you don't see them crawl
keep your comfort close, go on and have yourself a ball

all day, every night
they stare at the walls that they're trapped inside
you think that could never be you
so you don't see the point in standing in their shoes

so you do nothing at all
you say nothing at all
turn & look away so you don't see them crawl
keep your comfort close, go on and have yourself a ball

and you...... do nothing at all
you.............. say nothing at all
& you keep your comfort close
go on & have yourself a ball

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

One Emotion (Chuck Nash)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #6)

can you believe it? it chased you back inside a hole
if you could see it,if only you had some control

but it doesn't quit,so you live with it

so suffocating, so blatant in its disregard
you may be breaking, it's bearing down on you so hard

& no one knows it to look at you from the outside
but is it growing? has it become too hard to hide?

cuz this thing is real, all you ever feel

is only one emotion,
the same impending notion that just goes on forever
there must be something broken
you're stuck inside of something that sucks you in & won't let go

can you believe it? it chased you back inside a hole
if you could see it, if only you had some control

but nothing changes, it only beats you down the same
this cruel contagion, as you slowly go insane

& it doesn't quit, & it doesn't quit, & it doesn't quit
so you live with it

there's only one emotion,
the same impending notion that just goes on forever
there must be something broken

there's only one emotion,
the same impending notion that just goes on forever
there must be something broken
you're stuck inside of something that sucks you in & won't let go

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Monkey in Jeans (Chuck Nash)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #7)

i've been taking my time getting nowhere real fast
anything i do right, i'll fuck it up. yeah
my potential is great, if i weren't such a clown
wanna come hitch a ride with me on my way down?

i was dropped on my head on the day i was born
i'm surprised that my mother ever claimed me
my brother's all that i'm not, & my sister is swell
i can’t say that i’m doing as well

there's a loser running around this city & rumor has it it just might be me
and i might agree
if you get a glimpse, well do start laughing
oh my what a silly sight to see a monkey in jeans

i can go on for days thinking i'll get it right,
but i always end up back at the same place
i try so hard to be cool, but i'm finding so far
that it's really quite hard not to be myself

(chorus)

get your tickets now, come and gather round
i'm on a real big roll, a real big roll
send 'em through the gates, throw me in my cage
oh boy it's time for the show, here we go
i'm about to show my ass again
make a spectacle of myself for you & all your friends

i've been taking my time getting nowhere real fast
anything i do right, i'll fuck it up. yeah
if i could just find a way not to make such a scene
ah, but then else would i do, it's not like i know another way to be:
it's just me

(chorus)

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Contraption (Chuck Nash, Ashton Allen, Jack Hayford)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #8)

I got a cool contraption
i always keep around with me
it’s a mighty big distraction
but it’s something that i really need

sometimes i gotta pull it off (just for a while)
so i can spend some time with you (but then i smile)
cuz i can never go too long (without a fix)
it’s the part of me that makes me tick

& baby don’t you know i wanna be with you
but you don’t seem to get what i am going through
when it’s coming on
what else can i do?
it’s calling me

i get a bad reaction
when i forget about our plans
but i gotta work the action
when i get the feeling in my hands

i still remember my first time (like yesterday)
i must’ve been about 13 (but anyway)
i slung it all around my room (all day & night)
& now if i don’t have it i just don’t feel right

& baby don’t you know i wanna be with you
but you don’t seem to get what i am going through
when it’s coming on
what else can i do?
it’s calling me

& when i hold you in my arms
who could ever want for more?
& then i start to drift away

& baby don’t you know i wanna be with you
but you don’t seem to get what i am going through
when it’s coming on
what else can i do? what else can i do?

& baby don’t you know i wanna be with you
but you don’t seem to get what i am going through
when it’s coming on
what else can i do?
it’s calling me, it’s calling me, it’s calling me

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

No One Sleeps Alone (Chuck Nash)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #9)

suppose i told you i needed a friend
suppose i said i’ve got no one else to turn to
would you put down everything you were doing?
would you come running to my rescue?

you've been busy moving up in the world
your bottom line is looking better
& you don't gotta answer to nobody now
so a few misdeeds don't matter

do you wake up in the night with voices calling out your name?
have your demons crept into your home?
no one sleeps alone

is your integrity up for sale?
& just what price might it sell for?
is the thrill of winning really worth the thrill?
or does it just leave you wanting more?

curse those noises in the walls: they must be driving you insane
sip your whiskey now, is something wrong?
no one sleeps alone

well, don't look back, gotta stay on track, you're getting closer
don't worry about the things you've done the past is over
you may wanna watch your back or keep an eye over your shoulder
it's worth it, jack , you just climbed one more rung up the ladder

you swept your conscience out the door, and now you're really on your way
are you happy with the seeds you've sewn?
no one sleeps alone

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Uninvited (Chuck Nash, Rob Piazza)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #10)

you're uninvited, you could never be like them
you're uninvited, you stay out there on a limb

don’t expect any doors to open
doesn’t matter what you do
someone’s gotta be left out wanting
how can they shine if you shine too?

you're uninvited, you could never be like them
you're uninvited, you stay out there on a limb

so intrusive like a cancer
smug with their inflated pride
poison glances to show they’re better
human nature’s ugly side

Na na na! Hey hey hey!
you’re not like they think you oughta be
Whatever, how clever
they only see what they want to see

you’re not like they think you oughta be
you’re not like they think you oughta be
you’re not like they think you oughta be (you’re uninvited)

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.

Candy Store (Chuck Nash)
from"Dressed In Yellow Light" (Track #11)

Stevie robbed a candy store,
walked out with the money,
then he went back, shot the clerk and left her there to bleed

how did it come to this?
he had a good job, seemed so happy
guess he just cracked up or saw too much t.v.

how low will we all go?
are we all just going crazy?
something must've gone wrong, can't we stop this mess we're making?
how long can we go on?
maybe there's still time for changing
how low will we all go before we blow away?

Stevie waited by the curb
until the cops came for him
now he's way down in the system, wishing he was free

(chorus)

there's still so much good left in this world
all you gotta do is look around
how could someone get so lost?
and why was he not found?

Stevie served for 15 years
with 2 weeks left he took a blanket
& made a hanging rope, & he set himself free

(chorus)

© 2004 Chuck Nash - All rights reserved.