by Briyan Frederick and Joe Maki
Published by Blind Mime Music and Jomah Kai Music, ASCAP
© Briyan Frederick Baker, Joseph Alan Maki

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Inside My Ghost Town Head

Two potheads in the row ahead of us
Slumped over ‘cos Bo Diddley
For some reason wasn’t taking too kindly
To all the potsmoking party goers filling up the seats

Some girl we picked up on the way to the show
Was going on about her stupid boyfriend
“Nice to meet you,” she finally said
Whispering something underneath her breath

Where do the ghosts we don’t remember go
When memory fails to mark its dead?
That haunt the empty streets of might have beens
Inside my ghost town head
Inside my ghost town head

Lost inside some random midnight hot tub
Without my glasses, blind and stupid once again
Someone waving in the middle of nowhere
And almost stopping — what might have happened then?

Where do the ghosts we don’t remember go
When memory fails to mark its dead?
That haunt the empty streets of might have beens
Inside my ghost town head
Inside my ghost town head

Just before the solstice
Of our creeping old age
Whispering from the cobwebs
Out of frame and far off stage
Dangling like a participle
Pregnant with a pause
Until the spirits at the seance
Crash the wedding without cause

No sign of absent godfathers to shepherd the angels
Who wander aimlessly like fools and the wind
Smoking in the boys’ room with fat kid consciences
Lost in all our ether, lost and haunted like old friends

Where do the ghosts we don’t remember go
When memory fails to mark its dead?
That haunt the empty streets of might have beens
Inside my ghost town head
Inside my ghost town head

Inside my ghost town head
Inside my ghost town head
Inside my ghost town head
Inside my ghost town head

Written by Briyan Frederick Baker & Joe Maki
Published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP and Jomah Kai Music, ASCAP
© Briyan Frederick Baker and Joe Maki. All rights reserved.

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I Don’t Mind

Wait, it’s easy I can see
To turn away from me
But I got all you need
Stay or go, you won’t see me crying, no, you won’t
You won’t leave me trying to be the fool in your fantasy

I don’t mind giving you the best of me
I don’t care if you think you need to be free
I just think maybe we should take a little time of our own
Ain’t got a lot of money but we’ll make it alright
You can wear my clothes and I’ll love you all night
No matter what you’ve got, you can’t afford to be alone

Stay or go, you won’t see me crying, no, you won’t
You won’t leave me trying to be the fool in your fantasy

I don’t mind giving you the best of me
I don’t care if you think you need to be free
I just think maybe you should take another look my way

I ain’t a movie star and I can’t write a love poem
But I’ll bring you lots of flowers and I’ll build you a home
No matter what comes up the road, you can count on me to stay

Stay or go, you won’t see me crying, no, you won’t
You won’t leave me trying to be the fool in your fantasy

Ain’t got a lot of money but we’ll make it alright
You can wear my clothes and I’ll love you all night
No matter how much you’ve got, you can’t afford to be alone