Craig Spector

Kicking Cans

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved

 

I take my measure day by day

find my pleasures in the fray

This world is crazy, this world’s obscene

I’m just living in my dream machine

 

So hey ho now here we go

we’re kicking cans down a dusty road

Tell my maker I just can’t show

I’m kicking cans down a dusty road

 

You and I we set apart 

To take our troubles and make ‘em art

And I don’t care what the others say

Gotta do this we do it our own way

 

So hey ho now here we go

we’re kicking cans down a dusty road

Tell my maker I’m laying low 

and kicking cans down a dusty road

 

So hey ho now here we go

we’re kicking cans down a dusty road

Tell my maker I’m laying low 

and kicking cans down a dusty road

 

Hey ho now ain’t it sweet

we’re kicking cans down an empty street

Tell my maker I just can’t meet

I’m kicking cans down an empty street

 

So hey ho now here we go

we’re kicking cans down a dusty road

Tell my maker I just can’t go

I’m kicking cans down a dusty road

 

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Random

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Feel a little up, feel a little down

Feel a little brutal 

in this lonely town

Needle up my sleeve

poison in my veins

Hope that something takes away

the pain, the pain, the pain.

 

You can tell yourself

that you got it tight

then you see it’s all

just random, random.

 

Feel a little steady, feel a little strong

Feel like nothing matters 

but that won’t last too long

Needle in my belly

just another day

Plans are all in tatters

gotta find another way.

 

I can always tell myself

that I got it tight

then I see it’s all 

just random, random

You can always tell yourself

that you know what’s right

then you see it’s all

just random, random

 

Maybe I’m too cynical

Maybe I’m too old

Maybe it’s too clinical

to do as I am told.

 

I can always tell myself

that I got it tight

then I see it’s all 

just random, random

You can always tell yourself

that you know what’s right

but then you see it’s all

just random, random.

 

I can always tell myself

I won’t give up the fight

then I see it’s just 

random, random

You can always tell yourself

you think you know what’s right

but then you see it’s all just 

random, random.

 

Take another hit

this shit it never ends

I’m dancing with the devil

As he takes me round the bend

 

Live another day, die another night

In the end the love is all

And we will be all right.

 

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Shifting Sands

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Hey I got a lot to do, before I go

But when that is, we never know

Hey I got a lot to say, before I do

But when that happens 

ain’t up to you.

 

You can’t stop me

You can try

I’m dancing on shifting sands

’til the edge of time.

 

Hey I got a lot to give, against all time

to live in love is not a crime

Just give more than you take

and leave the rest behind

to live in love is not a crime.

 

Don't tell me what to do

My life is mine

I’m dancing on shifting sands

’til the edge of time.

 

Don’t tell me how to be

don’t even try

I’m dancing on shifting sands

’til the edge of time.

 

I don’t ask permission

I don’t apologize 

I’m a man on a mission

I hope you realize…

 

You can’t stop me

you can only try

I’m dancing on shifting sands

’til the edge of time.

 

Don't tell me what to do

My life is mine

I’m dancing on shifting sands

’til the edge of time.

 

Don’t tell me how to be

don’t even try

I’m dancing on shifting sands

’til the edge of time.

 

I’m dancing on shifting sands

’til the edge of time.

 

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A Slap Upside the Head

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Just when you think 

you got it down

something turns you round 

and shakes it

just another twist

just another slam

just another fist to face

I just don’t give a damn

 

It’s just another glitch

Like a crack across the sky

And a slap upside the head

for a lullaby

 

Just when you think

you’re gonna cruise

Something comes along

and shows you all

that’s left to lose

just another crash

just another burn

another hope to dash

and a lesson to be learned

 

Don’t be a little bitch

like you think you’re gonna die

It’s just a slap upside the head

for a lullaby

 

It’s just another glitch

Like a crack across the sky

And a slap upside the head

for a lullaby

 

Don’t be a little bitch

like you think you’re gonna die

It’s just a slap upside the head

for a lullaby

 

It's an unscratchable itch

but go ahead and try

Like a slap upside the head

for a lullaby

 

It’s just another glitch

Like a crack across the sky

And a slap upside the head

for a lullaby

 

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Bone Stick Stone

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Too much anger

Too much pain

Got too many friends

I’ll never see again

I hear you talking 

I don’t care

throw a rock hit ten of you

most anywhere

 

Bone stick stone

dumb as they come

Makes no difference

when all’s said and done.

 

All that shouting

no one hears

All that rage that falls 

on deafened ears

Got no time for your

tribal obligations

Got no time for your 

toxic machinations

 

Bone stick stone

That’s what I said

Makes no difference

when you’re gone and dead.

Bone stick stone

dumb as they come

Makes no difference

when all’s said and done.

 

I’m just trying to get by

Should I laugh or should I cry

 

Bone stick stone

That’s what I said

Makes no difference

what’s inside their heads.

Bone stick stone

dumb as they come

Makes no difference

when all’s said and done.

 

I’m just trying to get by.

 

Deep Sea, Silent Skies

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Storms come, storms go

Some might hit you, others won’t

We take our chances we take the ride

I’ll see you on the other side.

 

Deep sea, silent skies

All I need is in your eyes

 

I am lost, and I am found

I take my stand on shifting ground

Make a wish, say a prayer

the moon hangs high in midnight air.

 

Deep sea, silent skies

and the whisper of our lullabies 

Deep sea, silent skies

All I need is in your eyes.

 

Deep sea, silent skies

No illusions, no disguise

Deep sea, silent skies

Dawn will break, and how time flies 

Deep sea, silent skies

And the love we keep, so deep inside

Deep sea, silent skies

I’ll see you on the other side.

 

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Amsterdam

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Ever get the feeling 

that you’re slightly out of time

Like everything is off somehow

No reason and no rhyme

Ever get the feeling 

you’re just a little weird

All your dreams are full of seams

and everything’s unclear

And everything is sideways

And nothing seems to click

And life is just a guessing game

but you don’t know what to pick.

 

In my dreams sometimes 

I don’t know who I am

In my mind I’m gone 

to Amsterdam.

 

Ever get the feeling

it’s all a load of crap

And everything they tell you

is a legend with no map

And all their ideologies 

are all so full of shit

Like wearing clothes

two size too small

and shoes that just don’t fit.

 

In my dreams sometimes

I don’t know who I am

In my mind I’m gone 

to Amsterdam.

 

In my dreams sometimes 

I don’t know where I am

In my mind I’m gone 

to Amsterdam.

 

Don’t fit in to society

nothing seems to flow

I’m lacking in propriety

I gotta go.

 

In my dreams

I don’t know what I am

In my mind I’m gone 

to Amsterdam.

 

In my dreams sometimes 

I don’t know why I am

In my mind I’m gone 

to Amsterdam.

 

In my dreams sometimes 

I don’t know how I am

In my mind I’m gone 

to Amsterdam.

 

In my mind I’m gone 

to Amsterdam.

 

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Restless

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Ooh babe please

just you and me

let’s run away

Just leave it all

be gone one day

 tell no one 

where we go

miles behind us 

they’ll never know.

 

Restless hearts, restless minds

restless thoughts, restless time.

 

Ooh babe just say the word

we’ll be gone 

before they’ve heard

living out our fantasy

I don’t think we ask too much

a destination they can’t touch

We’ll be gone, just a mystery

and life goes on…

 

Restless hearts, restless minds

restless thoughts in a restless time

Restless souls, restless skin

Restless is this game we’re in.

 

Pay the toll. Hit the gas.

Don’t look back, it’s all the past.

 

Restless hearts, restless minds

restless thoughts in a restless time

Restless souls, restless skin

Restless is this game we’re in.

 

Restless souls, restless skin

Restless is this game we’re in.

 

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Journey’s End

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Oooh baby won’t you stay a while

the night is cold the night is long

as we head on down this lonely mile

I promise you that I’ll be strong

Oooh babe I need to know you’re near

The book is written so much to say

Nothing I can’t do when you are here

Wouldn’t have it any other way

 

Stay with me I need a friend

Stay with me ’til journey’s end.

 

Oooh babe our time is quick

that much we know for certain

The show goes on another click

after they’ve pulled the curtain

Oooh babe don’t be afraid

Even when our plans unravel

All the promises we made

Are still down this road we travel

 

Stay with me we’ve time to spend

but none to waste at journey’s end

Stay with me you’ll need a friend

when we get to journey’s end.

 

Leave our troubles for another day

In our dreams we’ll fly away

 

Stay with me come ‘round the bend

until journey’s end

Stay with me we’ve time to spend

but none to waste at journey’s end

Stay with me you’ll need a friend

when we get to journey’s end.

 

We’ll leave our troubles for another day

And in our dreams we’ll fly away

 

All is clear at journey’s end.

We’ll be here at journey’s end.

 

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Moving Pictures

Words/Music by Craig Spector

©2018 Craig Spector & Serendipity Creative, all rights reserved.

 

Take a seat kick it back

Watch the lights all fade to black

Before us is a silver screen

glowing like a sigh.

Anticipation growing

emotions set to high

Wonder what the story is

And hope it’s not a lie.

 

Moving pictures tell the tale

of what we hope to find.

Everyone's a hero

of the movie in their mind.

 

Maybe it’s a mystery

a puzzle to be solved

Maybe it’s a tragedy

Our sins can’t be absolved

Maybe it’s a comedy 

that makes us shed a tear

Maybe it’s a horror show

the monster that we fear.

 

Moving pictures tell the tale

of what we left behind.

Everyone’s a hero

of the movie in their mind.

Addicted to the drama

and the love we hope to find.

Everyone’s a hero 

of the movie in their mind.

 

Take a seat and watch it play

the story of our lives

filled with debts that we can’t pay

and bitterness and strife 

The heroes walk a ragged line

the villains all are thieves

the lovers run for cover

and the monster never leaves.

 

Moving pictures tell the tale

of what we leave behind.

Everyone’s a hero

of the movie in our minds.

Addicted to the drama

and the love we hope to find.

Everyone’s a hero 

of the movie in our minds.