KICKING CANS: The Lyrics
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.