Lyrics
Down at the Line
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
I’ve just been waiting tables at the same chili parlor
Watching the world turn outside the same old corner windows
The fountain, my bosses, the interesting people don’t know a thing, a thing about me.
The seasons seem to come and go quicker than they used to
Though I’m not old, I’m getting older, wanna savor my time
I have such lofty dreams, don’t wanna let go
Got to go as far as I know I can go
The gift I’ve received will take me there only if I believe.
I wanna play for crowds so big I’ll puke before I get on stage
Wanna sing ‘em my songs all night long…
Down at the Line I have a name tag
I wanna know if I’ll ever see
My name on the marquis, Oooh
My bosses give me so much shit for the tiniest things
One womanizes, one realizes he is coming to the end of his days
In the worst of ways
They built a fountain right across the street some time ago
Now I enjoy watching fountain-goers through the window
It's supposed to represent the artsy, earthy qualities of all these neighbors of mine
What do they dream? Will they seek and find it in their time?
Refrain
Lonely 2 O’clock
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
It’s 2 o’clock, I’m gonna rock all night on the piano
‘Cause now you’re gone and I’m so alone, just wanna write this song
Told ya not to phone, now I’m beggin’ ya please come home
That’s where you belong, right here in my arms
‘Cause anything else just feels so damn wrong
I thought some distance would do us good
But I changed my mind now like ya told me I would
It’s 2:30 now, still haven’t found my precious sanity, I’d rather bleed
Then just maybe I’d finally believe this is happening to me
Darling beggin’ ya please come home
That’s where you belong, right here in my arms
‘Cause anything else just feels so damn wrong
I’m hoping you still want me back
Baby, like I want you despite all that you lack
It’s 3 and the clock goes tick tock
And I don’t wanna fall asleep lonely, I want you here with me tonight
Why we gotta fight all the damn time?
Yo’ ass betta come home, that’s where you belong, right here in my arms
‘Cause anything else just feels so damn wrong
Lord, please, please send my man home.
All My Time
Music and lyrics by: Patrick Stoutenborough, Cybéle Redman, & Eliot Sloan
Cybéle: I hate all the times when you’re gone, always gotta go somewhere
‘Cause being with you makes me just want to always be there
Eliot: Girl, I’m always right here
Cybéle: Seems like it’s never enough, being without you is rough
I daydream my days away, fantasizing about the ways that we play
Both: Ah ah ah all my time could be for you
And ah ah ah all my rhymes I wrote for you
Cybéle: In a simpler life we could live that way
Eliot: Live that way
Both: Soaking up sun with each other eh-eh-everyday
Yeah yeah yeah...
Cybéle: Mm Mm Mmmm
Eliot: Please don’t wake me when you leave, just let me dream
That you’re still lying next to me
Let me believe that you’re still holding on to me, oh can’t you see
How much you mean to me
Both: that you’re the best part of me
Both: Ah- ah- ah- all my time could be for you
And ah- ah- ah- all my rhymes I wrote for you
And it doesn’t seem right, time flies away
The moment you go I just know I will wish you stayed
Yeah yeah yeah...
Mm Mm Mmmm
I Am Just Fine
Music and lyrics: Cybéle Redman
I'm finding the reason why suddenly I'm just fine
is because I love myself above everything else I thought was so high
*Mmmmm, I am just fine
There are lessons that we all must learn before becoming who we're meant to be
Just when I think I've learned so much life goes and adds it’s little touch
And throws something my way that I can't take
And do you see me breaking down, and do you see me breaking down
And do you see me breaking down?
And do you see me crying now, and do you see me crying now
And do you see me crying now?
Refrain
When I love I love with all my being and that won't change but now I also love me
This time I know my strengths and weaknesses and I'm alright with those
I also know just what I'm searching for
And I know I'll love again, and I know I'll love again
And I know I'll love again.
And this time I'll love him better, and this time I'll love him better
And this time I'll love him better.
Refrain
*repeat last line
Beatrice
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
I wish that I could call my dog when I’m not at home
‘cause she’d pick up the phone so happy I called
I’d say, “Bea” and she’d wag her tail so excitedly that it’d smack the wall
and she needn’t speak at all
Beatrice, you have no words to say, but you make my day
day after day after day after day after day, Mmmm Mmmm
And maybe if I’d call my dog when I’m not at home
she’d agree to stop peein’ and poopin’ on my floor
But then again I think that I would do it too
Especially considering that she has to wait for a lazy girl like me to get off her fat ass,
And take her outside so that she can go out on the nearest strip of grass
Beatrice, one day I’ll buy you a valley where you can run free
Day after day after day after day after day, Mmmm Mmmm
Every time I turn down my street coming home she peaks out the window to see if it’s me
And when it is she runs to the door, awaiting my return
Beatrice, you have no words to say, Oh, but you make my day
day after day after day after day after day, Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm
Medicated America
Music and lyrics: Cybéle Redman
Do you suffer from any of the following symptoms:
Trouble waking, trouble sleeping, nausea, and heavy breathing when in times of anxiety,
Mood swings, not eating, and binge eating too...
We've got a category for you, there is a drug to make you feel like:
Dee day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee day dah Doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee
Day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee
Now there are six year old kids in kindergarten who seem as happy as happy can be
Who would be normal...if there was normal, except in class they are not focusing
Now I remember way back in kindergarten
The teachers always said, "Class pay attention or get a detention!"
They'd never recommend Ritalin
But times they are changing, psychiatrists bankin’
‘Cause you gullible people seem to think that it's wise, but what you don't realize is
OH! America is medicated, half of our kids have been sedated
Didn't you know that your kid's medication is something kids use to get high in this nation?!
‘Cause it makes them feel like:
Refrain
A large percentage of us is taking some prescribed drug
Some of us need them and some abuse
Let me then ask you what kind do YOU use?
Refrain x2
Dojaphene
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Let me introduce myself my name is Dojaphene
Oh and by the way can you pass that visine?
Think my eyes are a little bloodshot and glazed
Hi how are you today and can I buy a dime?
Feel real good all in due time, just once I get this thing blazed
I wanna be high tonight, oh
Do you wanna get high today, yeah yeah
Maybe we’ll forget our problems and waste away
Gee you really aren’t the person that I thought you were
Now that I’m wasted I can see your layers
That’s ok, just pass me that food.
I think I feel a little hungry, I got the munchies
I’ll let my diet slide for today
It doesn’t matter if I stay in this mood
‘Cause I’m so high tonight, oh
Are you feelin’ high too, ooo
Maybe we’ll forget our problems and eat some food
Why does everything seem to be an extreme
It's either really funny or really deep
Maybe I just need some more weed
Who here wants to freak with me in the other room?
Don't worry about what our friends will assume
I just gotta fullfill this need
‘Cause I'm so high tonight, oh
Do you wanna get high today, yeah yeah
Maybe we'll forget our problems and get some play
Let me introduce myself my name is Dojaphene
And I smoke so much herb I have no memory
All I do now is smoke up and sleep
I wanna be high tonight, oh
Do wanna get high with me, eee
Maybe we'll forget our problems and fall asleep
So Addicted
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
How many times have I told myself that? Why can’t I exercise self control?
How many months and years have I tried? Why does my hope just turn into lies?
So many people just like me have tried to quit, quitting lasts for a little bit
Can’t seem to kick my bad habit, so many people would say, “I told you so”
How can I want this change so badly but I keep myself from having it? Oh God, I’m so addicted!
Somebody save me, turn my weakness into strength
You can only help the willing, that is what they say
I have to save myself, that’s the only way, yeah
When will I be safe? ‘Cause I am way off base
and I am getting so worried about me, the guilt in my head is just driving me crazy
So, when will I be safe? When will I be safe?
How many times have I begged myself? Why am I so weak?
How much longer ‘til I find my answers? To whom must I plead?
Part of me feels ready, part of me feels needy,
part of me is sorry, but part of me feels ready
So many days and weeks and months and years have passed, I can’t believe they pass so fast
How much longer can my heart last? So many warnings everywhere I go
Refrain
One day I’m gonna wake up and try to sing but I won’t be able to because I’ll be coughing
Where do you draw the line between a fool and someone who is self-destructing?
Where do I draw the line?
I’m already on year nine, I don’t wanna make it ten, I thought I’d at least stop at five.
Young Ones
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Young ones fall in love so young, they don't even know what hit 'em
Before they know it they have a young one
And now it seems they're ready to finish what they've begun
And I know the same thing can happen to anyone, but it didn't happen to me
The girl she slaves away at work every night, the boy he watches his boy
While he gets high, while he gets high, while he gets high, oh oh oh
It's always rocky but they stay together for a while
Not knowing if it's for each other or for their child
But things just keep on worsening
No need to explain, I think you know what I mean
Refrain
(3rd verse, LIVE performance only)
But now I have to say that in this game we play it really works both ways
Women can be just as bad as those dead beat dads
You've missed the point if you think this is just some battle of sexes
This is just a story I have come to know so well in my life
Common Sense
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Does anybody know what’s happened here? A natural way of life has disappeared
You can’t drill oil without becoming spoiled, you shouldn’t take a tree without planting a seed
Common sense, people take it slow, you know less than you think you know
What do I know? I just play in a show, but I’ve learned to keep on learning
Does anybody see what’s happened here? So many people tired of living in fear
Fear of the man, of the bills, of disease, of the kills
Common sense, people think for yourselves, who cares if you are not on the top shelf
Where there’s a will there’s surely a way, open your eyes, seize the day
Does anybody care what’s happened here? Maybe we should ALL take a look in the mirror
We would see that we’re all just the same, “humankind,” we share a name, when we stop displacing blame
Only then will we lift our heads from shame, we can lift our heads from shame
Don’t waste time, do not repent
A day’s energy is much better spent preserving this planet, for which we were meant
And that’s all just common sense; yeah it’s all just common sense
At least it is in my head, simple as breaking bread
Song For America
Music and lyrics: Cybéle Redman
We all woke up that morning, prepared for a day of working
Seemed like a routine, hum drum day, yeah
Like many others I know, I turned on the “Today Show,” something ‘bout Katie Couric in the morning
makes me know that I’ve another day to endure
On September 11th that wake up call was selective
We watched the planes strike into all our lives, leaving thousands to die
The rest, fearing danger is nigh
And we all wept for America, all the world wept for America
And we all knew our America would never forget that humbling day when we all wept
Visions of buildings crumbling, smoke stacks, and bodies tumbling
Will never leave our minds for a day
A lifetime of wondering what may have been if loved ones weren’t taken
With our beloved towers, the aircrafts, and the Pentagon
But they all, they all fell down with our peace of mind
Humanity was the show, so the day bore many heroes
America held us close, and we all learned to share, I would say God was there
Refrain
World Keeps Spinnin’
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
I keep realizing more and more, how it seems the rich get rich and the poor stay poor
Well I guess I wouldn’t notice much if I was on the right side
But I’ve never been and right now I’m just barely getting by
But, I know that life is a road, sometimes it’s up sometimes it’s down
Keep your chinny-chin-chin up and your feet steady on the ground
Only thing you’re gonna find is that the world keeps spinnin’, the world keeps spinnin’ ‘round, eh
One step up, two steps back, that’s the dance for me
Not a choice, more like a curse that won’t set me free
Just when I think I’m steppin’ it up, here comes gravity
Pullin’ me right back down, down to my knees
Refrain
Yeah you gotta know that you are in control of your destiny
Don’t let the wind just blow you around the world forever, focus is the key
Refrain
If I Could Whistle
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Are you listenin'? Can't I have your full attention? Why'd you come here?
I'm all dolled up, I'm here to serenade you, I've been preparing for this moment all my life
I've always dreamed of having audiences, but now I dream of having ones who listen
If I could whistle you a tune then maybe I could hush the crowd
It would put me on a cloud if I could only whistle
You tell me that the music is too loud, if you were quiet I'd turn it down
I hope I don't seem rude for this expression, don't want you all to get the wrong impression
I know that I am really very lucky, I'm grateful for this opportunity
Refrain
But oh don't you know that it doesn't matter where you go
The grass is always greener on the other side
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
I’ve just been waiting tables at the same chili parlor
Watching the world turn outside the same old corner windows
The fountain, my bosses, the interesting people don’t know a thing, a thing about me.
The seasons seem to come and go quicker than they used to
Though I’m not old, I’m getting older, wanna savor my time
I have such lofty dreams, don’t wanna let go
Got to go as far as I know I can go
The gift I’ve received will take me there only if I believe.
I wanna play for crowds so big I’ll puke before I get on stage
Wanna sing ‘em my songs all night long…
Down at the Line I have a name tag
I wanna know if I’ll ever see
My name on the marquis, Oooh
My bosses give me so much shit for the tiniest things
One womanizes, one realizes he is coming to the end of his days
In the worst of ways
They built a fountain right across the street some time ago
Now I enjoy watching fountain-goers through the window
It's supposed to represent the artsy, earthy qualities of all these neighbors of mine
What do they dream? Will they seek and find it in their time?
Refrain
Lonely 2 O’clock
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
It’s 2 o’clock, I’m gonna rock all night on the piano
‘Cause now you’re gone and I’m so alone, just wanna write this song
Told ya not to phone, now I’m beggin’ ya please come home
That’s where you belong, right here in my arms
‘Cause anything else just feels so damn wrong
I thought some distance would do us good
But I changed my mind now like ya told me I would
It’s 2:30 now, still haven’t found my precious sanity, I’d rather bleed
Then just maybe I’d finally believe this is happening to me
Darling beggin’ ya please come home
That’s where you belong, right here in my arms
‘Cause anything else just feels so damn wrong
I’m hoping you still want me back
Baby, like I want you despite all that you lack
It’s 3 and the clock goes tick tock
And I don’t wanna fall asleep lonely, I want you here with me tonight
Why we gotta fight all the damn time?
Yo’ ass betta come home, that’s where you belong, right here in my arms
‘Cause anything else just feels so damn wrong
Lord, please, please send my man home.
All My Time
Music and lyrics by: Patrick Stoutenborough, Cybéle Redman, & Eliot Sloan
Cybéle: I hate all the times when you’re gone, always gotta go somewhere
‘Cause being with you makes me just want to always be there
Eliot: Girl, I’m always right here
Cybéle: Seems like it’s never enough, being without you is rough
I daydream my days away, fantasizing about the ways that we play
Both: Ah ah ah all my time could be for you
And ah ah ah all my rhymes I wrote for you
Cybéle: In a simpler life we could live that way
Eliot: Live that way
Both: Soaking up sun with each other eh-eh-everyday
Yeah yeah yeah...
Cybéle: Mm Mm Mmmm
Eliot: Please don’t wake me when you leave, just let me dream
That you’re still lying next to me
Let me believe that you’re still holding on to me, oh can’t you see
How much you mean to me
Both: that you’re the best part of me
Both: Ah- ah- ah- all my time could be for you
And ah- ah- ah- all my rhymes I wrote for you
And it doesn’t seem right, time flies away
The moment you go I just know I will wish you stayed
Yeah yeah yeah...
Mm Mm Mmmm
I Am Just Fine
Music and lyrics: Cybéle Redman
I'm finding the reason why suddenly I'm just fine
is because I love myself above everything else I thought was so high
*Mmmmm, I am just fine
There are lessons that we all must learn before becoming who we're meant to be
Just when I think I've learned so much life goes and adds it’s little touch
And throws something my way that I can't take
And do you see me breaking down, and do you see me breaking down
And do you see me breaking down?
And do you see me crying now, and do you see me crying now
And do you see me crying now?
Refrain
When I love I love with all my being and that won't change but now I also love me
This time I know my strengths and weaknesses and I'm alright with those
I also know just what I'm searching for
And I know I'll love again, and I know I'll love again
And I know I'll love again.
And this time I'll love him better, and this time I'll love him better
And this time I'll love him better.
Refrain
*repeat last line
Beatrice
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
I wish that I could call my dog when I’m not at home
‘cause she’d pick up the phone so happy I called
I’d say, “Bea” and she’d wag her tail so excitedly that it’d smack the wall
and she needn’t speak at all
Beatrice, you have no words to say, but you make my day
day after day after day after day after day, Mmmm Mmmm
And maybe if I’d call my dog when I’m not at home
she’d agree to stop peein’ and poopin’ on my floor
But then again I think that I would do it too
Especially considering that she has to wait for a lazy girl like me to get off her fat ass,
And take her outside so that she can go out on the nearest strip of grass
Beatrice, one day I’ll buy you a valley where you can run free
Day after day after day after day after day, Mmmm Mmmm
Every time I turn down my street coming home she peaks out the window to see if it’s me
And when it is she runs to the door, awaiting my return
Beatrice, you have no words to say, Oh, but you make my day
day after day after day after day after day, Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm
Medicated America
Music and lyrics: Cybéle Redman
Do you suffer from any of the following symptoms:
Trouble waking, trouble sleeping, nausea, and heavy breathing when in times of anxiety,
Mood swings, not eating, and binge eating too...
We've got a category for you, there is a drug to make you feel like:
Dee day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee day dah Doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee
Day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee day dah doh doo dee
Now there are six year old kids in kindergarten who seem as happy as happy can be
Who would be normal...if there was normal, except in class they are not focusing
Now I remember way back in kindergarten
The teachers always said, "Class pay attention or get a detention!"
They'd never recommend Ritalin
But times they are changing, psychiatrists bankin’
‘Cause you gullible people seem to think that it's wise, but what you don't realize is
OH! America is medicated, half of our kids have been sedated
Didn't you know that your kid's medication is something kids use to get high in this nation?!
‘Cause it makes them feel like:
Refrain
A large percentage of us is taking some prescribed drug
Some of us need them and some abuse
Let me then ask you what kind do YOU use?
Refrain x2
Dojaphene
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Let me introduce myself my name is Dojaphene
Oh and by the way can you pass that visine?
Think my eyes are a little bloodshot and glazed
Hi how are you today and can I buy a dime?
Feel real good all in due time, just once I get this thing blazed
I wanna be high tonight, oh
Do you wanna get high today, yeah yeah
Maybe we’ll forget our problems and waste away
Gee you really aren’t the person that I thought you were
Now that I’m wasted I can see your layers
That’s ok, just pass me that food.
I think I feel a little hungry, I got the munchies
I’ll let my diet slide for today
It doesn’t matter if I stay in this mood
‘Cause I’m so high tonight, oh
Are you feelin’ high too, ooo
Maybe we’ll forget our problems and eat some food
Why does everything seem to be an extreme
It's either really funny or really deep
Maybe I just need some more weed
Who here wants to freak with me in the other room?
Don't worry about what our friends will assume
I just gotta fullfill this need
‘Cause I'm so high tonight, oh
Do you wanna get high today, yeah yeah
Maybe we'll forget our problems and get some play
Let me introduce myself my name is Dojaphene
And I smoke so much herb I have no memory
All I do now is smoke up and sleep
I wanna be high tonight, oh
Do wanna get high with me, eee
Maybe we'll forget our problems and fall asleep
So Addicted
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
How many times have I told myself that? Why can’t I exercise self control?
How many months and years have I tried? Why does my hope just turn into lies?
So many people just like me have tried to quit, quitting lasts for a little bit
Can’t seem to kick my bad habit, so many people would say, “I told you so”
How can I want this change so badly but I keep myself from having it? Oh God, I’m so addicted!
Somebody save me, turn my weakness into strength
You can only help the willing, that is what they say
I have to save myself, that’s the only way, yeah
When will I be safe? ‘Cause I am way off base
and I am getting so worried about me, the guilt in my head is just driving me crazy
So, when will I be safe? When will I be safe?
How many times have I begged myself? Why am I so weak?
How much longer ‘til I find my answers? To whom must I plead?
Part of me feels ready, part of me feels needy,
part of me is sorry, but part of me feels ready
So many days and weeks and months and years have passed, I can’t believe they pass so fast
How much longer can my heart last? So many warnings everywhere I go
Refrain
One day I’m gonna wake up and try to sing but I won’t be able to because I’ll be coughing
Where do you draw the line between a fool and someone who is self-destructing?
Where do I draw the line?
I’m already on year nine, I don’t wanna make it ten, I thought I’d at least stop at five.
Young Ones
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Young ones fall in love so young, they don't even know what hit 'em
Before they know it they have a young one
And now it seems they're ready to finish what they've begun
And I know the same thing can happen to anyone, but it didn't happen to me
The girl she slaves away at work every night, the boy he watches his boy
While he gets high, while he gets high, while he gets high, oh oh oh
It's always rocky but they stay together for a while
Not knowing if it's for each other or for their child
But things just keep on worsening
No need to explain, I think you know what I mean
Refrain
(3rd verse, LIVE performance only)
But now I have to say that in this game we play it really works both ways
Women can be just as bad as those dead beat dads
You've missed the point if you think this is just some battle of sexes
This is just a story I have come to know so well in my life
Common Sense
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Does anybody know what’s happened here? A natural way of life has disappeared
You can’t drill oil without becoming spoiled, you shouldn’t take a tree without planting a seed
Common sense, people take it slow, you know less than you think you know
What do I know? I just play in a show, but I’ve learned to keep on learning
Does anybody see what’s happened here? So many people tired of living in fear
Fear of the man, of the bills, of disease, of the kills
Common sense, people think for yourselves, who cares if you are not on the top shelf
Where there’s a will there’s surely a way, open your eyes, seize the day
Does anybody care what’s happened here? Maybe we should ALL take a look in the mirror
We would see that we’re all just the same, “humankind,” we share a name, when we stop displacing blame
Only then will we lift our heads from shame, we can lift our heads from shame
Don’t waste time, do not repent
A day’s energy is much better spent preserving this planet, for which we were meant
And that’s all just common sense; yeah it’s all just common sense
At least it is in my head, simple as breaking bread
Song For America
Music and lyrics: Cybéle Redman
We all woke up that morning, prepared for a day of working
Seemed like a routine, hum drum day, yeah
Like many others I know, I turned on the “Today Show,” something ‘bout Katie Couric in the morning
makes me know that I’ve another day to endure
On September 11th that wake up call was selective
We watched the planes strike into all our lives, leaving thousands to die
The rest, fearing danger is nigh
And we all wept for America, all the world wept for America
And we all knew our America would never forget that humbling day when we all wept
Visions of buildings crumbling, smoke stacks, and bodies tumbling
Will never leave our minds for a day
A lifetime of wondering what may have been if loved ones weren’t taken
With our beloved towers, the aircrafts, and the Pentagon
But they all, they all fell down with our peace of mind
Humanity was the show, so the day bore many heroes
America held us close, and we all learned to share, I would say God was there
Refrain
World Keeps Spinnin’
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
I keep realizing more and more, how it seems the rich get rich and the poor stay poor
Well I guess I wouldn’t notice much if I was on the right side
But I’ve never been and right now I’m just barely getting by
But, I know that life is a road, sometimes it’s up sometimes it’s down
Keep your chinny-chin-chin up and your feet steady on the ground
Only thing you’re gonna find is that the world keeps spinnin’, the world keeps spinnin’ ‘round, eh
One step up, two steps back, that’s the dance for me
Not a choice, more like a curse that won’t set me free
Just when I think I’m steppin’ it up, here comes gravity
Pullin’ me right back down, down to my knees
Refrain
Yeah you gotta know that you are in control of your destiny
Don’t let the wind just blow you around the world forever, focus is the key
Refrain
If I Could Whistle
Music and lyrics by: Cybéle Redman
Are you listenin'? Can't I have your full attention? Why'd you come here?
I'm all dolled up, I'm here to serenade you, I've been preparing for this moment all my life
I've always dreamed of having audiences, but now I dream of having ones who listen
If I could whistle you a tune then maybe I could hush the crowd
It would put me on a cloud if I could only whistle
You tell me that the music is too loud, if you were quiet I'd turn it down
I hope I don't seem rude for this expression, don't want you all to get the wrong impression
I know that I am really very lucky, I'm grateful for this opportunity
Refrain
But oh don't you know that it doesn't matter where you go
The grass is always greener on the other side