Jack Johnson (musician)

“Look at all those fancy clothesbut these could keep us warm just like thoseand what about your soul, is it coldis it straight from the mold and ready to be soldand cars and phones and diamond rings, bling blingthose are only removeable thingsand what about your mind, does it shine ohare there things that concern you more than your time”

“Losing hope is easyWhen your only friend is goneAnd every time you look aroundWell, it all, it all just seems to changeBut hanging on is easyWhen you've got a friend to callWhen nothings making sense at allYou're not the only one that's afraid of change”

“Look who's laughing now that you've wastedHow many years and you've barely even tastedAnything remotely close toEverything you've boasted aboutLook who's crying now.”

“We used to laugh a lotBut only because we thoughtThat everything good always would remainNothing's gonna change there's no need to complain.”

“Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die?At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes.”

“A billion people died on the news tonightBut not so many cried at the terrible sightWell mama saidIt's just make believeYou can't believe everything you seeSo baby close your eyes to the lullabiesOn the news tonight”

“She's the one that stumbles when she talks aboutThe seven foreign films that she's checked outSuch a fortunate foolShe's just too good to be trueShe's such a fortunate fool”

“Well I was eating lunch at the D. L. G.When this little girl came and she sat next to meI never seen nobody move the way she didWell she did and she does and she'll do it again.When you move like a jellyfishRhythm don't mean nothingYou go with the flowYou don't stopMove like a jellyfishRhythm is nothingYou go with the flowYou don't stop”

“His dreams are like commercialsBut her dreams are picture perfect andOur dreams are so related though they're often underestimated”

“I know she loves the sunriseNo longer sees it with her sleeping eyesAnd I know that when she said she's gonna tryWell it might not work because of other ties andI know she usually has some other tiesAnd I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'emMaybe she'll help me to untie this butUntil then well, I'm gonna have to lie too”

“It seems to me that maybe,It pretty much always means noSo don't tell me you might just let it goAnd often times we're lazyIt seems to stand in my wayCause no one no not no oneLikes to be let down”

“You're breaking your mindBy killing the time that kills youBut you can't blame the timeWhen its only in your mind”

“Here comes another one, just like the other oneLooking at himself but wishing he was someone elseBecause the posters on the wall they don't look like himAnd so he ties it up he tucks it in, he pulls it back and gives a grinLaughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at allHe knows he ain't loved at all”

“Well I know some people's they got a little less than nothingBut still find some to spareAnd other people got more than they could useBut they don't shareAnd some people got problems manThey got awful complicationsOther people got perfect situationsWith no provocation”

“Well, Plato's cave is full of freaksDemanding refunds for the things they've seenI wish they could believeIn all the things that never made the screen”

“Inaudible melodiesServe narrational strategiesUnobtrusive tonesHelp to notice nothing but the zoneOf visual relevancyFrame-lines tell me what to seeChopping like an axeOr maybe Eisenstein should just relax”

“Well, dust off your thinking capsSolar powered plastic plantsPretty pictures of things we ateWe are only what we hateBut in the long run we have foundSilent films are full of soundInaudibly freeSlow down everyoneYou're moving too fastFrames can't catch you whenYou're moving like that”