More Than Glasses Looking for clues at the scene of the crime Checking the folds and creases Looking for hearts a little like mine but One that’s not broke in pieces The emergency room had a donor for me But that one got away So I popped the top on another heartbreaker and faded my day away Give us this day our daily bread And forgive our trespasses Sometimes it’s like I got a hole in my head And my eyes need a little more than glasses Talking to myself again cause nobody will answer I tried speaking to that girl over yonder the one that looks like a dancer But she tap danced across my hands and left them numb and lifeless As she danced away I could hear her say we’re all left to our own devices Give us this day our daily bread and forgive our trespasses Sometimes it’s like I got a hole in my head And my eyes need a little more than glasses I used to day dream about being a star standing on a lighted stage Acting out my fantasies.... now I just act my age I got a tape machine and a drum machine A little reverb to keep the whole thing clean But I can’t seem to write anything these days that doesn’t sound mean Give us this day our daily bread and forgive our trespasses Sometimes it’s like I got a hole in my head And my eyes need a little more than glasses Just a little more Sometimes I can’t see at all copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

Apes In the future we gonna live just like the jetsons did Flyin cars robot maids and nannys To look over our houses and kids Sue me if im not progressing Faster than the goin rate And get yer stinking paws off me you damn dirty apes Get yer stinking paws off me you damn dirty apes I may have blasted in here from the past but this place don’t look so great The economy is tragic …folks here are dumb as hell They think as long as there’s an suv left that’s half full of gas they’re doin well They’ve mortgaged up their soul for the latest I-device Books and magazine aint made of paper now they’re made of tubes and wires And when the power gets cut off and you know damn well it will I’ll be reading Hemingway by candle light And you’ll be standing still In the dark With your smartphone and your kindle Rubbing them together just trying to make a spark get yer stinking paws off me you damn dirty apes You can call me old school or just say it’s sour grapes Could be our generation will get One big healthy slap When Jesus Christ or mother nature drops a Great big dose of reality …into our laps Cause it’s a fact That we’re not george jetson or jane his wife And this world we’re makin Aint no jetson kind of life We’re all hapless wannabes all micro chips no class Someday all those facebook posts are gonna bite you in the ass It’s like we’re blasting to the future on some burned out roller skates And I feel like Charlton heston in that movie with the apes When he says get yer stinking paws off me get yer stinking paws off me get yer stinking paws off me get yer stinking paws off me you damn dirty apes copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

Hands Up It wasn’t my fault I was born this way My wires got crossed on the very first day Some are born lucky and some are born bad Me I was born invisible and sad And I knew , if I had to go on like this I would need a hand up I would need a hand up Yeah it was a struggle Yeah it was a trial Feels like I dragged those chains around with me Each and every mile And I knew , Just to go on like this I was gonna need a hand up I was gonna need a hand up And so I rambled and so I roamed And all I gained was more distance alone And I tried to fix myself But it never would last And the years went past the years went past So for every soul that never got to choose stamped down at the factory , born to lose There’s got to be an angel Way up above Sent down from heaven on the wings of love To stand before you And fill your heart And plant your feet upon that place to start And when you’re ready And you’ve had enough Put your hands up Put your hands up copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

Song A Mama don’t let go of my hand I’m driftin Just hangin round here like some hangman’s noose It’s like all that really mattered has been Erased Wiped out All my moorings have shaken loose I know I’ve lived My life Like I was never gonna be here very Long I burned White hot Flamed out Wrote it all down as a song Oh sha la la Once upon a time it was a fairy tale Oh sha la la It feels like we’re one step away from an epic fail And if I can’t sing any louder ma then I do right now Tell me how’re we ever gonna turn this thing around Said the song to the singer “who’s leading this parade”? Follow me Said the singer to the song As the verse had begun to reach It’s creshendo Some sad little chorus came along But we sang it all together and prayed for it to get us thru the night but as the last note leaves the building one can only hope we got it right Oh sha la la Once upon a time it was a fairy tale Oh sha la la It feels like we’re one step away from an epic fail And if I can’t sing any louder ma then I do right now Tell me how’re we ever gonna turn this thing around And the grass aint greener No where else It all looks quite the same When the curtains close And the song is over It’s time to call it a day Could there be any other way Oh sha la la Once upon a time it was a fairy tale Oh sha la la It feels like we’re one step away from an epic fail copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

The Moment B4 Before there were oceans to hammer the shore Before opportunity knocked at your door Before choirs of angels or fat ladies sing Before the bad habits that don’t mean a thing The quietest silence that shouts like the thunder The lifting up higher, the pulling you under The moment you see it it’s already gone The moment you think it it’s already done That’s where I’m trying to open a door Right to the moment before Where were you yesterday I’d like to know Where do you come from and where do you go Were you watching the night that I crashed my car And got stopped by that trooper in front of that bar Are you with me in moments when fate is at hand Were those really your footprints that I saw in the sand Are you rainbows and sunsets and all of the rest Do you stand on street corners to put us to test And the laughter of children is yours I would guess Ladies and gentlemen now place your bets Cause I've looked and I’ve looked but I’m no longer sure I think it’s all in the moment...the moment before From visions of heaven to stars in the sky Back on down here to earth again The moment before an idea hits it’s prime That’s the moment I’m looking for Cause everything hangs in that one clear moment The moment before So to wrap this all up in a pretty pink bow It’s more what your thinking and less what you know More what your doing and less what you say It’s what’s left over at the end of the day When you know it you know it there’s no other way I could sing this forever but what more could I say It’s reality as it really should be Not the kind that you see on TV The ferry is waiting to take you ashore To stand in the moment before From visions of heaven to stars in the sky Back on down here to earth again The moment before an idea hits it’s prime That’s the moment I’m looking for Cause everything hangs in that one clear moment The moment before copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

Imagine Yourself The last few days have been a beautiful blur The kind of days where I don't worry about anything at all Where I refuse to read directions I've been given I refuse to follow anything at all To let the chips fall where they are most willing And to answer no ones call If I said the wind was whispering in my ear would you know what I mean If I told you I heard words that were unspoken each and every time I dream If I said that I could sum this up in three Chords And a song and sing it for you all night long Would u join me in the chorus help Me sing it all night long It's an infinite refrain and it's got No Final bow And it goes like this Imagine yourself in the right here and now and that's exactly where you'll be If you think It's too damn easy well ur thinkin way too hard my friend you just gotta let it be and imagine yourself I could be a sailor or a pirate and u would find me lost at sea As for sails and ships u know I haven't got a clue These six strings are all my seven seas The only ship a pirate like me could ever need And this journey started back when I was young and it may never end Not while there's still one more song to be sung And it goes like this Imagine yourself in the right here and now and that's exactly where you'll be If you think It's too damn easy well ur thinkin way too hard my friend you just gotta let it be and imagine yourself copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

It’s All Good As each day goes on I get a little more tired but no regrets It’s a fine line like a Sunday drive up the Delaware river on the Pennsylvania side We would drive all day up and back again passing general stores and country inns Ducks crossing and laughing friends cruising up to No Hope looking for gems Early summer days about 1 PM you get the Harley’s pass you coming round the bend Wind blowing arms of steel can’t find the words for how I feel Only thing now that I need to know is How much longer this old road goes I keep on walking though I don’t know why Keep on walking til I reach the sky Cause I know somewhere down the road a ways There’s a place to wash my pain away With the sun sinking low in the afternoon I keep on singing this same old tune Are you feeling this like I’m feeling you, you keep me straight you keep me true Happier days were never had by a skinny chain smoking long haired lad I had raccoon eyes and hippy tie dyes Sunday brunch champagne surprise You and I were the only things we couldn’t mess up if we tried You’re all sweet caress in you broomstick dress I guess I’m trying to confess I’m writing this down so I don’t forget but I still aint found all the words just yet Only thing now that I need to know is How much longer this old road goes I keep on walking though I don’t know why Keep on walking til I reach the sky Cause I know somewhere down the road a ways There’s a place to wash my pain away With the sun sinking low in the afternoon I keep on singing this same old tune Photographs aint memories and a kiss on the neck aint a summer breeze A mini van aint a private jet sometimes you got to take what you can get But it’s all good and I believe that you always wind up where you’re at The past is gone it’s all been done and the present is the only thing worth working on The future’s static so don’t panic cause there aint nobody hiding up in the attic It’s just me and these words of mine trying to bring a little peace through my rhymes When will it be said and done well you can’t never tell But if I ever have to go just wish me well Only thing now that I need to know is How much longer this old road goes I keep on walking though I don’t know why Keep on walking til I reach the sky Cause I know somewhere down the road a ways There’s a place to wash my pain away With the sun sinking low in the afternoon I keep on singing this same old tune copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

This all will pass From way up here on this mountaintop I can see forever and a day I can see all the roads below which ones I should take and where I should stop But it wasn’t always this way I used to drown my sorrows in every way I could All it gave me was more sorrows Years ago I had a plan not to end up where I am Yet here I stand today What used to get me by just aint workin anymore What used to prop me up what used to get me out that door What used to be so easy ‘s not anymore , anymore Cause I heard something just the other day Life goes by in a flash With you or without you it’s gonna happen anyway And in the end this all will pass This all will pass This all will pass The weathermans been predicting thunder That’s what he always does And it’s so hard to keep from going under when it seems like Everything and everyones against us but I looked out my window this very morning and saw the sun come shining thru Now who do I trust , what I can see with my own eyes Or what some sketchy weatherman says might be true So I jumped up and opened up that front door Stepped outside it was just as scary as before And I know this won’t be easy not anymore Any more Cause I know something now that I didn’t know just yesterday Life goes by in a flash With me or without me it’s gonna happen anyway And in the end this all will pass This all will pass This all will pass copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion

FROM THE ASHES They told me I was wasting my time I would never make a dime Said it’s gonna be a long hard climb Just to get to the bottom of that pile Family I once loved and people I trusted Connection once alive and well now busted Filled my head with lies until it rusted Left me on my own to re-adjust it So here’s what I come up with Here’s my brand new plan If your like me and you’re tired Then come on raise your hand Just like phoenixs From the ashes We gonna rise again So come on all you misfits…form a line behind your king I come here tonight with nuthin but a couple of songs to sing I can do this by myself…and I have for years But I think it would be much more fun To sing some songs With a couple of friends For a little while We let the world go hang And from the ashes of this funeral life We can rise again You see that life…that’s the way it’s always been You hear that sound…that’s the bells of freedom ringing It doesn’t really feel yet like my own skin But not livin out your dreams well that’s the only sin Like adam raised a cain And Jacob raised his ladder I’m raising up my voice For all that really matters Just like phoenixs from the ashes We will rise again Come on all you outcasts to feel the power that freedom brings It’s been such a long time since I been well enough to sing I can do this by myself…and I have for years But I think it would be much more fun To sing some songs With a couple of friends For a little while We let the world go hang And from the ashes of this funeral life We can rise again I’ll play this ol guitar And if you raise your voice Together we can Make a beautiful noise copyright 2016 Tim Koehler/Soul-R Fusion