Song Lyrics
The Holy Bluff
The holy bluff keeps me going
The holy bluff shines my shoes
The holy bluff is what I count on
When I screw up and remember I was born to lose
The holy bluff is my salvation
The holy bluff is tape and glue
It doesn’t fit every situation
But the bluff is just enough to get me through
When the night surrenders to its own boredom
When the day’s too wide to sneak around
When the warts obscure the face of all creation
When the costume’s clearly holding up the clown
The holy bluff is the feeble fire
That keeps the wolves away and the darkness too
When my last hope is crushed
The final straw I clutch
Is a moment on a crowded avenue
With my back against the wall
When my last bluff was called
And my flabbergasted heart was given you
In the moment when all the bluffs came true.
Distracted by Survival
Distracted by survival, I climbed to the mountain top
Where my true love was standing by a thousand foot drop
There was much I longed to tell her in the golden light of day
But I was distracted by survival and the chance slipped away
Distracted by survival, I wandered all around
When a voice cried “Son, take off your shoes, for this is holy ground”
But I couldn’t find the speaker the voice was coming from
So distracted by survival I moved on
Every word is written down
When promises are made
You can skip out of a thousand towns
The debts will all be paid
Distracted by survival, I went searching end to end
But love is the coin of love I had nothing to spend
On a cliff above the raging sea I leaned too far from land
So distracted by survival that I couldn’t feel her hand
So distracted by survival, I couldn’t see or care
Till I forget about survival and she caught me in the air.
Airstream Getaway
Well we broke out of Plato’s Cave and headed down to Burbank
Got as far as we could get on an empty gas tank
We set up a sail and then
We waited for the Santa Anna Wind
And when the wind kicks in we’ll be back on the road again
I heard when Leonardo finished knockin’ off the Mona Lisa
He got Mona on the phone and they slipped out for a slice of Pizza.
Now, the picture was a big success
But she was much hotter in the flesh
They were real close friends and Mr. Lisa never guessed
Gonna hitch up the airstream, head into the golden west
Gonna plant my chair on the edge of the wilderness
Gonna leave the city lights behind
Let the desert air clear my mind
You can’t be happy till you get over happiness
Camped halfway between nowhere and eternity
The desert’s just a great big beach far as I can see
Got my surfboard primed and waxed
Gonna sit back and relax
Gonna sit right here till the big one brings the waves to me,
Waves to me
Gonna sit right here till the big one brings the beach to me
Airstream getaway,
Airstream getaway,
Airstream getaway
Coming Up on Me Fast
The sky goes on for hours
Road’s full of broken glass
Tryna outrun the things I’ve done
But they’re comin up on me fast
Comin up on me fast, boys, comin up on me fast
Tryna outrun the things I’ve done
But they’re comin up on me fast
She and I were emotional Velcro
Wrestling in the itchy grass
I was trying to shave at the mouth of the cave
When this semi came roarin’ past
Semi came roarin’ past, semi came roarin’ past
I was trying to shave, she smiled, I caved
When this semi came roarin’ past
Why does the sight of an ordinary person
In a dirty t shirt in the dark
Make you lose all restraint and use all your strength
To hit a non-existent ball out of an imaginary park?
So here I am in pieces
Here I am forsaken
That picture of me in the wanted poster’s
The best shot I’ve ever taken
Best shot I’ve ever taken, best shot I’ve ever taken
That picture of me in the wanted poster’s
The best shot I’ve ever taken
The sky goes on for hours
Road’s full of broken glass
Tryna outrun the things I’ve done
But they’re comin up on me fast, boys
They're comin up on me fast.
The holy bluff keeps me going
The holy bluff shines my shoes
The holy bluff is what I count on
When I screw up and remember I was born to lose
The holy bluff is my salvation
The holy bluff is tape and glue
It doesn’t fit every situation
But the bluff is just enough to get me through
When the night surrenders to its own boredom
When the day’s too wide to sneak around
When the warts obscure the face of all creation
When the costume’s clearly holding up the clown
The holy bluff is the feeble fire
That keeps the wolves away and the darkness too
When my last hope is crushed
The final straw I clutch
Is a moment on a crowded avenue
With my back against the wall
When my last bluff was called
And my flabbergasted heart was given you
In the moment when all the bluffs came true.
Distracted by Survival
Distracted by survival, I climbed to the mountain top
Where my true love was standing by a thousand foot drop
There was much I longed to tell her in the golden light of day
But I was distracted by survival and the chance slipped away
Distracted by survival, I wandered all around
When a voice cried “Son, take off your shoes, for this is holy ground”
But I couldn’t find the speaker the voice was coming from
So distracted by survival I moved on
Every word is written down
When promises are made
You can skip out of a thousand towns
The debts will all be paid
Distracted by survival, I went searching end to end
But love is the coin of love I had nothing to spend
On a cliff above the raging sea I leaned too far from land
So distracted by survival that I couldn’t feel her hand
So distracted by survival, I couldn’t see or care
Till I forget about survival and she caught me in the air.
Airstream Getaway
Well we broke out of Plato’s Cave and headed down to Burbank
Got as far as we could get on an empty gas tank
We set up a sail and then
We waited for the Santa Anna Wind
And when the wind kicks in we’ll be back on the road again
I heard when Leonardo finished knockin’ off the Mona Lisa
He got Mona on the phone and they slipped out for a slice of Pizza.
Now, the picture was a big success
But she was much hotter in the flesh
They were real close friends and Mr. Lisa never guessed
Gonna hitch up the airstream, head into the golden west
Gonna plant my chair on the edge of the wilderness
Gonna leave the city lights behind
Let the desert air clear my mind
You can’t be happy till you get over happiness
Camped halfway between nowhere and eternity
The desert’s just a great big beach far as I can see
Got my surfboard primed and waxed
Gonna sit back and relax
Gonna sit right here till the big one brings the waves to me,
Waves to me
Gonna sit right here till the big one brings the beach to me
Airstream getaway,
Airstream getaway,
Airstream getaway
Coming Up on Me Fast
The sky goes on for hours
Road’s full of broken glass
Tryna outrun the things I’ve done
But they’re comin up on me fast
Comin up on me fast, boys, comin up on me fast
Tryna outrun the things I’ve done
But they’re comin up on me fast
She and I were emotional Velcro
Wrestling in the itchy grass
I was trying to shave at the mouth of the cave
When this semi came roarin’ past
Semi came roarin’ past, semi came roarin’ past
I was trying to shave, she smiled, I caved
When this semi came roarin’ past
Why does the sight of an ordinary person
In a dirty t shirt in the dark
Make you lose all restraint and use all your strength
To hit a non-existent ball out of an imaginary park?
So here I am in pieces
Here I am forsaken
That picture of me in the wanted poster’s
The best shot I’ve ever taken
Best shot I’ve ever taken, best shot I’ve ever taken
That picture of me in the wanted poster’s
The best shot I’ve ever taken
The sky goes on for hours
Road’s full of broken glass
Tryna outrun the things I’ve done
But they’re comin up on me fast, boys
They're comin up on me fast.