Lost and Found (2018)

Who were you when you were 2? / I wonder, oh I wonder / And who was I when you were 10? / I think I might have loved you even then / Who was I in my mother’s eye / Before she met my father? / And who were you when winter arrived? / And who was I when you learned to drive?

Who am I to ask for joy? / Lost and found choirboy / Who were you and who am I / And who is this lullaby by? / Who were you when at 17 / I couldn’t talk at all? / In my bed they thought I was dead / When something broke inside my head / Who am I to ask for joy? / Lost and found choirboy / Who were you and who am I / And who is this lullaby by? / Who was I / Who was I when at 24 / Who was I when at 24 I walked in pieces through / Who was I when at 24 I walked in pieces through your door? / Who were you when you were 2 / I wonder, oh I wonder /. Who will you be when I’m 93 / I hear you now you’ll say / Ryan I am the sea

Children’s War (2018)

You can read it in the journals / You can smell a country’s fear / 91% of kids killed by bullets are living here / You can talk about the left and right / You can blame it on the news / You can give us guns and Tactical Light Operator Suits / You can call upon the documents / You can shout amendment two / You can sell hellfire congressman, but the Lord is watching you

So men of state, the hour is late / To consecrate the dead / What Lincoln said goes through my head / And angels sing above my bed / With malice towards none / And charity for all / Brother you don’t need your gun / Anymore at all / Because we can count to 17 / And we can count a hundred more / Columbine to Parkland / We can end the children’s war / So men of state, the hour is late / To consecrate the dead / What Lincoln said goes through my head / And angels sing above my bed

No more guns / No more dead daughters and sons / No more guns / Let my friends be the last ones / No more guns / No more lost daughters and sons / No more guns / Let my friends be the last ones

Sweet Lock, Sweet Key (2018)

Sweet lock, sweet key / Just a little to the right and see / Or is not time for me to care for me?

What’s the part of me that grieves / Noticing the world to me’s / Become a series of / The same loss of the same love / When yesterday I heard you say / That going is the only way / Well it’s a feeling of / The same loss of the same love / What do we do when the moment’s right to be free? / Oh, we take the lock and the key / Twist a little to the right and see / Do I really need you to be needing me? / Sweet lock, sweet key / Just a little to the right and see / Or is it not time for me to care for me?

And if I say that I have lived / Compulsively intuitive / Repetitions of / The same loss of the same love / It’s not to say that I believe / Love is only make believe / Empty chapters of / The same loss of the same love / What do we do when the moment’s right to be free? / Oh, we take the lock and the key / Twist a little to the right and see / Do I really need you to be needing me? / Sweet lock, sweet key / Just a little to the right and see / Or is it not time for me to care for me?

And if the shock and disgrace / Of losing made me hide my face / In private moments of / The same loss of the same love / No one in the world could hide / Ways that love is ramified / In every instance of / The same loss of the same love

Pilot (2020)

Don’t need a doctor to cure this wound / The blues are the blood coming back to my bones / “Are we in Union Square alone?” / Poets and peacemakers flood the scene / Silence and sirens and us in between / And you say, “Are we in Union Square alone?” /Tonight under the city lights / Lifted like a feather in flight / Wildly into the heights / Is there a pilot in Union Square? / Is there a pilot in me somewhere? Is there a pilot because I’m in the air tonight / Is there a pilot in Union Square? /Is there a pilot in you somewhere? / Is there a pilot because I’m in the air tonight

We walked along from Chelsea and 6th / And I thought about all the chances I’ve missed / “Are we in Union Square alone?” / Tonight I’m the singer, and you’ll be the Swede / This city’s the wringer, you take what you need / “Are we in Union Square alone?” / Tonight under the city lights / Lifted like a feather in flight / Wildly into the heights / Is there a pilot in Union Square? / Is there a pilot in me somewhere? / Is there a pilot because I’m in the air tonight / Is there a pilot in Union Square? / Is there a pilot in you somewhere? / Is there a pilot because I’m in the air tonight

Don't need a doctor to cure this wound / The blues are the blood coming back to my bones / "Are we in Union Square alone?" / You never called. What was it you said? / The sound that became a song in my head / You said, "Are we in Union?" / "Are we in Union?" / "Are we in Union Square alone?"

Instrument (2020)

Make me an instrument / Make me an instrument / Where there is discord / Where there are errors / Make me an instrument / Oh, ever since I was young / Well, I got big and kept hidden and just did / What needed to be done

I’ll be the bell will you be my hammer? / I’ve been a bit of a lonely planner / The blow might sting, / But everything / Really ringing has been rung

Make me an instrument / Make me an instrument / Where there is discord / Where there are errors / Make me an instrument / Oh, ever since I could play / Well, I dreamed I’d be like this guy / Up here someday

I’ll be the bell will you be my hammer? / I’ve been a bit of a lonely planner / The blow might sting, / But everything / Really ringing has been rung

Make me an instrument / Make me an instrument / Where there is discord / Where there are errors / Make me an instrument

Reforma (2020)

What is the name of this street? / How in the world did we meet? / How did I end up on this sheet? / Talking sweet / Tongue and teeth / You and me / Where were the engineers / When I blew up my frontiers? / Has it been 15 years? / Allowing no one near / And now you’re here / What is the name of this street? / Reforma / Reforma / Reforma / Si tan sólo estás / Yo jamás / Me iré de Reforma

I’m in the rain right now / And you are the sweetest sound / I thought that I had drowned / But that’s the “all clear” / And I want to stay right here / Tell me the name of this street? / Reforma / Reforma / Reforma / Si tan sólo estás / Yo jamás / Me iré / El Paseo / de la Reforma / Reforma / Si tan sólo estás / Yo jamás / Me iré de Reforma / Yo no me iré

While You Were Away (2021)

Your train’s gonna go / Hold on tight distances give me vertigo / Maybe it shows, maybe you already know / I’ll say this for now and let it be / Going slow is bound to be new for me / I end up at sea, maybe you already know / But I will tell you someday / How I kept my darkness at bay / While you were away

Some say understanding is the key / Well, that explains how you’ve unlocked me  / I am afraid to be free, maybe you already know / But I will tell you one day / How I kept my darkness at bay / While you were away / While you were away / While you were away

Somewhere New (2021) 

If the gods of Shimokitazawa / Are real and they can hear me now / A moment please it is about  / Time to say goodbye  / Because I want to go somewhere new  / Want to go somewhere new / Without you / So break this necklace take this ring / And let me go so I can sing  / Leaving you  / Is the hardest thing  / I want to go somewhere new  / Want to go somewhere new / Without you

What am I, what am I, what am I without you?  / What am I, what am I, what am I without you?  / What am I, what am I, what am I without you?  / What am I, what am I, what am I without you?

Worlds of wonder I devise / But no one forgets mama’s eyes / No one stays here but everybody tries / I want to go somewhere new  / Want to go somewhere new / Without you / But mama I’m gonna come back for you

The Thing about You (2021)

I don’t wanna be a drop in your sea / I never want to disappear from you / The only thing I am ever screaming is / Don’t forget about me / And then I wanna hide. There’s something wrong inside / It feels like someone died, even though I tried / See me, hide me, you divide me / What am I gonna do?  / The thing about you / The thing about you / Is that you see through to who I can be / And you never use me against me

And I am like a tree with you underneath / You can water me anytime you please / With you there I know I’ll get where  / I’ve always wanted to / The thing about you / The thing about you / Is that you see through to who I can be / And you never use me against me / The thing about you / The thing about you / Is that you see through to who I can be / And you never use me against me

Your City (2021)

I dreamed that I could be my own city / The ghost and me / And then you smile at me / And I wanna be in your city / I wanna be in your city / And I don’t know where the ghosts gonna go / But I know what I know and I’m going / So make me a bed while you run through my head / I’ll be done with the dead in the morning / From your darkest street to your brightest dome / I want to call you my home

I’m calling you once a day / Like never before, I’ve opened the door / To hear the things you say / And I’m more and more sure / I’m more and more sure, I’m more and more sure / I’m more and more sure / And I don’t know where the ghosts gonna go / But I know what I know and I’m going / So make me a bed while you run through my head / I’ll be done with the dead in the morning / From your darkest street to your brightest dome / I want to call you my home

I wanna be in your city, I wanna be in your city / I wanna be in your city, I wanna be in your city / I wanna be in your city, I wanna be in your city / I wanna be in your city, I wanna be in your city / And I don’t know where the ghosts gonna go / But I know what I know and I’m going / So make me a bed while you run through my head / I’ll be done with the dead in the morning / From your darkest street to your brightest dome

An American Breakdown (2021)

San Francisco, Morgantown / This is the story of my breakdown / How my whole mind went up like smoke / I hit the bottom and I awoke / Carolina, cocaine, St. Pete / I lost my daddy to the southern heat / “Rehab is bad,” he said, “What do you mean?” / “Son, you won’t believe the things I’ve seen” / So I took off, one June day / To meet my love in a Spanish bay  / She was 14, I was inches away / I turned to leave and heard her say / She said, “Córdoba? Córdoba? Córdoba / Was that your name?”

I’m in a hospital at 17 / Suffering from something they say no one’s seen / Pain in every part of me / I can’t feel my feet, and I hardly breathe /Doc says, “Had a girl like you. Last week she died.” / Guess we never know what’s going on inside.  / “Truth is, you look fine on the MRI, / But you’re telling me you feel like you want to die.” / 6 weeks of school, 20 pounds / 11 days of hospitals gowns / I’m in a government registry, they call me / “Idiopathic encephalophathy” / But call me “Córdoba, Córdoba, / Because Córdoba is my name.”

Reforma (2021)

What is the name of this street? / How in the world did we meet? / How did I end up on this sheet? / Talking sweet, tongue and teeth, / You and me / Where were the engineers / When I blew up my frontiers? / Has it been 15 years? / Allowing no one near, and now you’re here, / What is the name of this street? / Reforma, Reforma, Reforma / Si tan sólo estás / Yo jamás / Me iré de Reforma

I’m in the rain right now / And you are the sweetest sound / I thought that I had drowned / But that’s the all clear / and I want to stay right here / Tell me the name of this street / Reforma, Reforma, Reforma / Si tan sólo estás / Yo jamás  / Me iré… / El Paseo de la Reforma, Reforma / Si tan sólo estás / Yo jamás / Me iré de Reforma / Yo no me iré

No More Guns (2021)

You can read it in the journals / You can smell a country’s fear / 91% of kids killed by bullets are living here / You can talk about the left and right / You can blame it on the news / You can give us guns and Tactical Light Operator Suits / You can call upon the documents / You can shout Amendment Two / You can sell hellfire, Congressman, / but the Lord is watching you / So, men of state, the hour is late / To consecrate the dead / What Lincoln said, goes through my head / And angels sing above my bed / No more guns / No more dead daughters and sons / No more guns / Let my friends be the last ones

With malice towards none / And charity for all / Brother you don’t need your gun / Anymore at all / We can count to 17 / And we can count 1000 more / Columbine, Chicago, LA, Parkland / End this war / Men of state, the hour is late / To consecrate the dead / What Lincoln said, / goes through my head / And angels sing above my bed / No more guns / No more dead daughters and sons / No more guns / Let my friends be the last ones / No more guns / No more lost daughters and sons / No more guns / Let my friends be the last ones / Let my friends be the last ones

Whitehall Street/South Ferry (2021)

An Earlier Version Released with The Long Run as “The Lady of Whitehall” (2018)

Even if you build this wall / You should know that it will fall / Ask any king, there’s no such thing / As a wall that isn’t just another wall / Even if you ban them all / We will come when they call / To settle the score, at Terminal 4 / With a message from the Lady of Whitehall / She says “Come, come, come one and all / We are a people built of broken walls”

There was a time ages ago / When another wall had to go / When priest and gendarme, they put down their arms / And it was music that broke Jericho / She says “Come, come, come one and all / We are a people built of broken walls” / She says “Come, come, come one and all / We are a people built of broken walls”

Send me your tired, your poor, your 3 / Million longing to be free / Bring them to this shore / Leave them at my door / Sinner, saint, citizen, refugee

Ready (2021)

If you only want me for the day / The answer’s no, but thank you anyway / Which is only to say / That I don’t want you to ever go away / Por favor, quédate amor, / Cause when my song hits the air / I sing and people stare / They say, “Sounds like that one is going somewhere.” / And they don’t even know, it’s the first act of the show / But stick with me, ready or not, baby here we go

But if you only like the way I play / Or if you hoped that I would run away / You should know that I intend to stay / Yes I’m grown 30-years old yesterday / Por favor, quédate amor, / Cause when my song hits the air / I sing and people stare / They say, “Sounds like that one is going somewhere.” / And they don’t even know, it’s the first act of the show / But stick with me, ready or not, baby here we go. / Stick with me, ready or not, baby here we go.

Lost and Found (2021)

Who were you when you were 2 / I wonder, oh I wonder / Who was I when you were 10 / I think I might have loved you even then / Who was I in my mother’s eye / Before she met my father? / And who were you when winter arrived? / And who was I when you learned to drive? / Who am I to ask for joy? / Lost and found choirboy / Who were you and who am I / And who is this lullaby by?

Who was I when at 17 / I couldn’t talk at all / In my bed they thought I was dead / When something broke inside my head / Who am I to ask for joy? / Lost and found choirboy / Who were you and who am I / And who is this lullaby by? Who was I when at 24 / Who was I when at 24 I walked in pieces through / Who was I when at 24 I walked in pieces through your door? Who were you when you were 2 / I wonder, oh I wonder / Who will you be when I’m 93 / I hear you now you’ll say / Ryan I am the sea

Miss Daisy (2021)

Here today, gone tomorrow / No more time to borrow  / All this pain, every sorrow / It’s here today, gone tomorrow / All the wars, and every battle / All the mean words and lies / The bombs that shake the baby’s rattle / The bones that linger when we die / Oh, Miss Daisy, call the boys in / Don’t you fret about original sin / No one here made it alone / Everyone standing has been shaken to the bone

And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na / And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na

All the things that no one knows / Why friends comes and when they will go / What’s there left to do but sing? / The bells are broken, but I will ring / Oh, Miss Daisy, call the boys in / Don’t you fret about original sin / No one here made it alone / Everyone standing has been shaken to the bone / Go, Miss Daisy, call the boys in / Don’t you fret about original sin / No one here made it alone / Everyone standing has been shaken to the bone

And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na / And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na / And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na / And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na / And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na / And we say, Na na na / Na na na na na na na na / Na na na na na na na na na na na