I Don't Speak the Language - Matthew Wilder

A life build on years of mistakes The kids are fine just keep it fake Keep smiling for the friends you keep Sleep with daggers, grind your teeth O-oh Let's just stay together for the kids We said forever, now we're stuck with it Let's just stay together for the kids We said forever, now we're stuck with it Cut the front yard keep it green A perfect house for broken dreams Suburban clones in SUV's Kids on drugs ADHD O-oh Let's just stay together for the kids We said forever, now we're stuck with it Let's just stay together for the kids We said forever, now we're stuck with it Let's just stay together for the kids We said forever, now we're stuck with it

I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs No poet has ever painted Voices call out to me, straight to my heart So strange yet we're so well acquainted I let the music speak, with no restraints I let my feelings take over Carry my soul away into the world Where beauty meets the darkness of the day Where my mind is like an open window Where the high and healing winds blow From my shallow sleep the sounds awake me I let them take me (Let them wake me, let them now, let them take me) Let it be a joke Let it be a smile Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while Let it be a tear Let it be a sigh Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry Some streets are emptiness, dry leaves of autumn Rustling down an old alley And in the dead of night I find myself A blind man in some ancient valley I let the music speak, leading me gently Urging me like a lover Leading me all the way Into a place Where beauty will defeat the darkest day Where I'm one with every grand illusion No disturbance, no intrusion Where I let the wistful sounds seduce me I let them use me (All illusion, no disturbance, no intrusion) Let it be a joke Let it be a smile Let it be a farce if it makes me laugh for a little while Let it be a tear Let it be a sigh Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry Let it be a tear Let it be a sigh Coming from a heart, speaking to a heart, let it be a cry Let it be the joy of each new sunrise Or the moment when a day dies I surrender without reservation No explanations No questions why I take it to me and let it flow through me Yes, I let the music speak I let the music speak

Loud music is a 40 dollar fine In Amarillo, Texas, down the Rock Island line Loud music is a 40 dollar fine In Amarillo, Texas, down the Rock Island line Before you make it scream, before you make it whine Don't forget loud music is a 40 dollar fine Well, there's a little law that's still on the books, y'all Got nothin' to do with catchin' crooks, no You turn the music up, people start to holler If a man walks in, you got to give him 40 dollars Do a little dance, drink a little wine Don't forget loud music is a 40 dollar fine Loud music is a 40 dollar fine In Amarillo, Texas, down the Rock Island line Before you make it scream, before you make it whine Don't forget loud music is a 40 dollar fine Well, it's hard to hold back when the sun goes down There's not a whole lot of shakin' from this old town But they'll rock you silly and they'll make you sweat Got nothin' to lose, let your feet get wet But before you decide to walk that line Don't forget loud music is a 40 dollar fine Loud music is a 40 dollar fine In Amarillo, Texas, down the Rock Island line You can make it scream, and you can make it whine Don't forget loud music is a 40 dollar fine You can take a man's money, you can take away his gun But he'll always come back to what it was made him run Well, they try to protect you from the things you read Ain't no tellin' where a little music might lead So before you get wild, before you lose your mind Don't forget loud music is a 40 dollar fine Loud music is a 40 dollar fine Before you make it scream, go and lose your mind Don't forget loud music is a 40 dollar fine It's a 40 dollar fine 40 dollar fine 40 dollar