ROSS NEWHOUSE

Riding the crosstown I see my breath on the window, form a cloud Next to me, a seat that is vacant But just for a moment, before you sit down You turn to a crossword Back of a magazine you had found Can you lend me a pen? Help with these questions? See some are so simple, but some are profound Oh how I wish id had one I wish I had the answers too You just smile and say it’s alright dear None of us do Ask where you’re going see if it’s someplace I could be going soon Don’t you have a plan? A future that’s written? Oh, somewhere that you’re moving to ? Oh how I wish I had one I wish I had the answers too You just smile and say its alright dear None of us do None of us do None of us do None of us None of us None of us do Have the answers Have the answers None of us None of us None of us do Have the answers Have the answers But riding the crosstown I see my breath on the window, form a cloud Next to me, a seat that is vacant But just for a moment Just for a moment

I might get married I might get sober I will get older that's for sure I might move out west I might say that with my chest Still standing with one foot in the door Pretty good for a bad year Pretty bad for a good one though I got used to the summer and it snowed I'm too young for this back hurt Too old for the checkout girl Think ill check out from this world and go Back home I start to wonder I play with numbers How many breaths I've left to take I'm still uncertain But at least I'm working Working towards what, ah who's to say Pretty good for a bad year Pretty bad for a good one though Same view from a different window If it’s all a cycle It’ll just be a whilе Til my smile returns and I’m at back home Back homе If it's all a cycle It'll just be a while Back home Back home If it's all a cycle It'll just be a while Back home Back home

The bartender won't give me her number I think is cause I asked what the cheapest drink was And that may be her boyfriend outside She holds his helmet while he kickstarts the ignition Fuck, man, something's missing Drinking’s great but I’m drowning in submission To feelings I been feeling for a while now They’re burning rubber, I'm burning out Nothing left to do but stare at the neon Check my phone and avoid conversation But once jukebox finally finds a good song I can't hear it past the roar of his engine Fuck, man, something's missing Drinking’s great but I’m drowning in submission To feelings I been feeling for a while now They’re burning rubber, I'm burning out Fuck, man something's missing Is that a piston or my head that’s hissing They're going bout a-hundred by now But I'm the one headed for a breakdown

Beauty Centerfold Though I’m no holy ghost I'm worthy of praises Yet you’ll write Paragraphs Like epitaphs to bury me nameless But, when you see Her and me I think you’re view is just through stained glass Do you take The chance to reflect Before judgment and scriptures forming Scriptures forming And she’s beautiful too And she’s beautiful too And she’s beautiful too And she’s beautiful too And she’s beautiful too And she’s beautiful too And she’s beautiful too

I was a broken winged blue bird You had an empty shoebox I was back to flying high before I knew it I must a not have seen the glass What it was you’d been looking past I could only shatter your reflection And suddenly, it’s me that needs mending Suddenly, I demand repair your gentle heart distracts from what your mind wants For the chance to see me fly away up there I was a lonesome greyhound dog Hanging by your front lawn Panting wild in the August sun With saucer full of water A name and collar I became someone to someone And suddenly I don’t need to run Suddenly it's me who's in repair your gentle heart distracts from what your mind wants Just imagine if you weren’t standing there Just imagine if you weren’t standing there

Some mornings, I feel you in the cold tile beneath my bare feet In the vacant ends of my bed, in the cold wind, in the absence of heat Some days I remember your dagger earrings and I smile How I should have seen them as a sign As I’m dizzy, cut wide In a pool of blood and mud and mire If it wasn't for hindsight I'd be blind Wouldnt I? Wouldn't I? If it wasn't for hindsight I'd be blind Wouldn’t I? Wouldn't I? Some nights I stay out past the sunset just to see my breath To know that I’m still here to know there’s a purpose for my chest Some days I remember your dagger earrings and I smile How I should have seen them as a sign How they glistened in the light How I haven’t seen them for a while If it wasn't for hindsight I'd be blind Wouldn't I? Wouldn't I? If it wasn't for hindsight I'd be blind Wouldn't I? Wouldn't I? Wouldn’t I just love to get you back Make this hurt less Wouldn’t eye for an eye not make us wiser at that Only blinder in fact

We got into it, one night Big fight Don't remember the reason I had ran out of words to say And you walked away Sure you were winning But as you did You lost your balance And fell flat on your face You were so mad I couldn’t help but laugh I thought it was the funniest thing watch you tumble, like thunder As you tried storming away watch you tumble like thunder As you tried storming away said something smart As I got out of your car And took your smile with me The weather was bad And when I tried to get back in You’d locked up the whole machine I was so mad You couldn’t help but laugh You thought it was the funniest thing To take my dry wit And drench it In the middle of pouring rain take my dry wit And drench it In the middle of the pouring rain We’ll fight and such But kiss and make up I adore every moment you bring It all stems from love And caring too much Ride the changes from winter to spring We’re just so glad we can’t help but laugh We think it’s the funniest thing How storm clouds pass But you and me last go together like thunder and rain How storm clouds pass But you and me last go together like thunder and rainWe got into it, one night Big fight Don't remember the reason I had ran out of words to say And you walked away Sure you were winning But as you did You lost your balance And fell flat on your face You were so mad I couldn’t help but laugh I thought it was the funniest thing watch you tumble, like thunder As you tried storming away watch you tumble like thunder As you tried storming away said something smart As I got out of your car And took your smile with me The weather was bad And when I tried to get back in You’d locked up the whole machine I was so mad You couldn’t help but laugh You thought it was the funniest thing To take my dry wit And drench it In the middle of pouring rain take my dry wit And drench it In the middle of the pouring rain We’ll fight and such But kiss and make up I adore every moment you bring It all stems from love And caring too much Ride the changes from winter to spring We’re just so glad we can’t help but laugh We think it’s the funniest thing How storm clouds pass But you and me last go together like thunder and rain How storm clouds pass But you and me last go together like thunder and rain

Come meet me on Astor We’ll make fun the NYU kids Who came here from Ohio But never been north of 25th You and I been here most our lives So we can talk a little shit Bout all these new faces and the changes that come with em You are My only constant You're a flicker of light, the Empire State in the dark You are My only constant You’re a good heart Or landmark, love Come meet me on Bleeker Our favorite record store closed down But I ain't complaining It's either swim or else you drown The needle falls The vinyl turns Another year goes round You can see It clear From Union Square In the movement of the clouds You are My only constant You're a flicker of light, the Empire State in the dark You are My only constant A kind heart A landmark, love Down on the lower east Some teens make fun of you For that flower you wear in your hair While they've got on jeans and beanies It's like 85 degrees So we laugh And never leave We never leave We never leave

There is beauty then there’s Grace Seldom seen in the very same place Beauty hangs in the upscale bars Gracie drifts with her head in the stars Gracie drifts with her head in the stars But they say Grace won't make change Won't arrive by just saying her name Though beauty sure casts a spell Gracie sings like a clear chapel bell Gracie sings like a clear chapel bеll Amazing Grace, she Moves likе a hymnal A gospel, A truth There is beauty then there’s Grace When I was younger I saw them the same Now beauty lies bout her age Gracie's planning her own birthday Gracie's planning her own birthday Amazing Grace, she Moves like a hymnal A gospel, a truth Amazing Gracie Beauty's in the eye but my eyes are on you Beauty's in the eye but my eyes are on you, Gracie

The coldest months end in ember A fire burned out when we were together Left me to face this honest winter The coldest months, end in ember The friction Isn’t helping My hands feel any better Blankets, jackets Can’t withstand the weather So even in the spring's first light I can still see your breath Lingering, where you left So if the frost may break It still feels like Groundhog Day 6 more weeks of winter The broken heat inside of my car Makes it hard to get very far Gears stick, won’t shift, engine's rusted But the broken heat, is relentless The friction Isn’t helping My hands feel any better Blankets, jackets Can’t withstand the weather So even in the spring's first light I can still see your breath Lingering, where you left So if the frost may break It still feels like Groundhog Day 6 more weeks of winter Maybe I, maybe I will see my shadow Maybe I, mabye I don't know Maybe I, maybe I will see my shadow Maybe I, maybe I don't know I don't know

Heard you went to find Jesus In rest stop in Phoenix Smoked American Spirits To calm yours down We used to kiss like some sinners Saying "God hates a quitter" You went holy ghost Put the bottle right back down I heard you went to Santa Barbara Just tryna get farther from the gray Oh but how do you find beauty in the blue skies When every day’s the same? I have no dirt on my knees So I've no faith that ill see you again As a lover or a friend But you'll need more than a Bible Or hymn with a high note If you're really to repent Or mend this mess I heard you went and found a new man A Christian born on the Fourth of July On what a precedent to set To always expect explosions in the sky Well I still wish you the best Cause I know on your shoulders There’s an angel on the left side A devil on the polar We all have afflictions But I think it’s fiction That you couldn’t see the good in me Oh you couldn't see (preacher) Isn't it great to be in church? I'll tell a little story I don't want to take up to much time Faith and repent are kinda synonymous, you can't repent without faith (Preach!) (Amen) I praise God! And if you don't know what the theme is already well you've been asleep... Well I haven’t heard much from you I think about that while I walk in the night Wondering how it's even possible To see different stars in the same sky

Driving rain, pouring hearts out to each other Wiper blades, cut the sound of a silent lover Shouldn’t drink, shouldn’t smoke in your parent's chevy Weight of all this overthinking, sure gets heavy Wait, do you see me as escape? You just rolling with the punches, babe? Am I a memory hanging 'round? Am I home to you Or just your hometown? Emotion sick from sitting still, in strip mall parking Movie stores since closed down, the dog stopped barking I'd go too, I'd go soon, love, this job ain't paying Am I the anchoring your sea, or reason you're sinking? Wait, do you see me as escape? You just rolling with the high tide, babe? Am I a mеmory hanging 'round? Am I home to you Or just your hometown? Oh I’ll wait, do you see me as еscape? You just rolling with the punches, babe? Am I a memory hanging 'round? Am I home to you Or just your hometown? Friction fights every shift in the motor honey I tell you to take a hint, you don't find it funny

I see your eyes in The last light off the lake A "no swimming" sign Stares at your smiling face Hazy horizons I see them clear from this place Standing by shorelines An ebbing and flowing of stakes And I usually know the shallow ends Backyard pools with high school friends I'm scared as hell when I can't see the bottom You’re telling me, you just dive in? Oh the deeper The deeper the water Oh the farther That we go the farther To no surprise, I stay on the surface You call me nervous Here in your touch Tell me now which way is up? All of this pressure Ears pop, hearts on the fritz Decompression sickness Tell me is this all worth the risk? Oh the deeper The deeper the water Oh the farther That we go the farther Oh the deeper The deeper the water Oh the pressure babe The pressure gets stronger Stronger Stronger We’ve been treading on We’ve been treading on We’ve been treading water We’ve been treading on We’ve been treading on We’ve been treading water We’ve been treading on We’ve been treading on We’ve been treading water People tread on People tread on Afraid to take it farther I see your eyes in The last light off the lake A no swimming sign Stares at your smiling face People tread on People tread on Afraid to take it farther We could take it farther So much farther babe The deeper, deeper the water

On my way I'm goin’ to, Ohio you should come along Rode my bike a few miles today And miles back home But you know me I won’t be Gone for too long I would dive into depths unknown If you would stay Stayed up all night playing songs of old Some we sang to Some we danced away Now it's getting late I should go I should go I should go, baby I can hear my train a-comin' Getting louder or am i just going, crazy Is it cold now? Or, just never like this in June I would dive into depths unknown If you would stay Stayed up all night playing songs of old Some we sang to and some we danced away Some we danced away Some we danced away I know by now you’re tirеd and the soles of your shoes havе worn thin But I know by now that you end where I begin You end where I begin Some we danced away I would dive into depths unknown If you would stay Stayed up all night playing songs of old Some we sang to and some we danced away

I am not much of a traveler Never strayed far from home Never picnic'd by the Eiffel Tower Or walked the streets of Rome I can’t name The seven wonders of the earth But I know one has to be her Just the sound of her voice Could bring me around the world So her kiss is a stamp on my passport People say I'm missing out on The mountains of Madrid Or the soft sands of the Sahara That bring me off the grid I can’t name The seven wonders of thе Earth But I know one has to be her And just thе sound of her voice Could bring me around the world So her kiss is a stamp on my passport I can’t name The seven wonders of the Earth But I know one has to be her Just the sound of her voice Could bring me around the world So her kiss is a stamp on my passport I can’t name The seven wonders of the Earth But I know one has to be her And just the sound of her voice Could bring me around the world So her kiss is a stamp Her kiss is a stamp on my passport

Somewhere in my brain There’s a pretty red train comin’ To take me down the line My blood stains the cane Til Sunday’s refrain Comes as sweet as cherry wine Somewhere in my chest There's a pretty red dress Hanging from a clothespin As sure as an alibi My lips start to rust The wind starts to gust Saying everything but their goodbyes Saying everything but their goodbyes Somewhere though it’s blurred There’s a pretty red bird Flying high against cerulean skies again And it looks like that sky blushed It looks like I’ve had enough of seeing me In everything but your eyes I worked for my calluses I worked on my temperaments I still can’t close the distance I reap just what I sow I’m paid just what I’m owed But the day breaks only my spirit Without you here, yet When you aren't here, yet Somewhere in my brain There's a pretty red train Coming to take me, down the line

Me without you is like the sea without blue Crashing to the dunes In a colorless frame Winter ceases crowds and it's just me now Alone with my thoughts and the sound of the waves coming I can see the tide coming Could I see our time running out? I can see the tide coming, now Out in the clear the boardwalk and the pier Appears from the hold of the clouds It's usually such a bright light Filled with all the nightlife But I'm afraid it's just an idea now I’m afraid we’re just an idea now Me without you is like the sea without blue Crashing to the dunes In a colorless frame Winter ceases crowds and it's just me now Alone with my thoughts and the sound of the waves I can see the tide coming But could I see our time running out? I can see the tide coming now Coming now It’s all monochrome All lost its tone Its beautiful hue Beautiful you It’s all monochrome All lost its tone It’s all lost I lost it I lost it all I can see the tide coming Could I see our time running? I can see the tide coming Could I see our time

Comb your hair, wash it clean soon we'll be leaving We're in the car, it's cold you've got my jacket 'round your sleeves your eyes are tired but love, you're smiling like it's Christmas Eve I carry you inside, end of the night We’re fast asleep In South Georgia I catch your eyes through blades of grass You're faking your interest and well I begin to laugh Do you love someone? Do you love someone? Like I do? Like I do? You look like Sunday mass with the dress to the backs of your knees in a recurring dream I ask you to marry me Under the shade Of a willow tree Of a willow tree In South Georgia I catch your eyes through blades of grass You're faking your interest and well I begin to laugh Do you love someone? Do you love someone? Like I do? Like I do? In South Georgia I catch your eyes through blades of grass You're faking your interest and well I begin to laugh Do you love someone? Do you love someone? Like I do? Like I do?

In a conversation, I had with the moon I ask does she think of me, in the way that I still do? Cause when she is gone, in the brightness of day I can still see her here when skies are clear A faint circle of gray And I still feel you pulling me close, hallelujah Saved by a beautiful moon, bella luna I tried to give you space but you seemed worlds away Into the night air, greets me like an old friend And we go out drinking It seems, it seems I’m on the mend So I stumble outside, for a breath and a break Just to see you standing there Like you had never left in the first place And I know that you’re here all along but this cycle It’s like you depart seconds after arrival You wax and you wane and I just wish you would stay the same And I even would beg to the stars for your presence But even they’d burn out by the time they get this I’m rambling on again, need to say goodnight instead Need to say goodnight instead

Only attraction in your town of 10,000 Is a monument which sits upon the highest hill We take a drive up And when the skies are kind enough See for miles and miles to the state lines, so clear But you hate it, call it ironic "Best thing to do here's the view of what's beyond it And it's a great trap if you’re a tourist But I’ve been stuck here for years this boredom” You even laugh at the price of admission Say “If you squint you can see all you're missing “So tell me what brings you from the city? I've seen pictures of all the buildings" At the gift-shop, towards the very top They sell paper gliders, look like old fighter planes I send mine flying out It almost looks real now Before it crashes down into the bay You even laugh that I fact bought one Say "maybe ours are together at the bottom Drifting out somewhere deep in the current Here’s to wishing we‘d made it further”