(To the tune of "Lil' Red Riding Hood" by Sam Sham and the Pharaohs)
Capo 4 shapes:
Section 1: Em G Am C7 B7 Em
Section 2: G Em Am D7

​it's been halloween ever since 2016
trump makes freddy seem like a nice daydream (boo)
talk about doom & gloom when you can't afford the emergency room
and you're terrified w/ chills cause your wages won't pay the bills

what big lies they tell
i'd rather live at the bates motel
than watch my country slip away
to the nra & the kkk
what big hypocrites
getting rich for the apocalypse
i gotta say, it's a scary day
now that putting kids in cages is the christian way

it's been halloween ever since 2016
trump makes freddy seem like a nice daydream (boo)
talk about horrifying putting predators in power and ignoring science
when every fox news line sends a shiver up & down my spine (boo)

what big lies they have
i'd rather jason chase me in a hockey mask
than watch rights get stripped away
for brown, trans, female, homeless, poor, or gay

what big hypocrites
placing blame on the journalists
aspiring to be like our enemies
& conspiring to murder our democracy
​
it's been halloween ever since 2016
trump makes freddy seem like a nice daydream (boo)
here's what we're gonna do listen up now i'm talking to you
this red's gonna kill us dead so please vote blue

Capo 1 shapes:
Verse: C Dm Em F G // F Em F G C
Chorus: Am Em F G // C Dm Em F G C

my thumb is one indecisive prick
don’t show him your swatches cause he’ll never pick
he’s got all these rules and sticks out when he’s sore
but he cradles the neck of his taylor guitar
he likes the road and the road likes him too
but he’s always hitching the first ride back to you
 
index is on deck, he directs and selects
he’s got brilliant ideas for what should come next
the grandiose one in the air for the win
blessed with hearing the soul and steering the pen
like god to adam in michaelangelo’s hue
he’s making a point to create a life with you
 
i always done what i could with the hand i was dealt
i raised it and shook it, wrote down what I felt
never won with a straight, just a face here and there
kept hoping for two of a kind for a pair
i’m down on one knee so you know where i stand
would have folded by now if it weren’t for your hand
 
the third’s like a bird, so careless and wild
a chip on her shoulder, the mad middle child
she’s mastered the art of the cold hard goodbye
when she turns her back proud with her head held up high
but index the peacemaker always steps in
if you ever see her, my love, you’ll also see him
 
the ring finger’s all heart, she’s made it her mission
to cry at commercials and value tradition
she won’t claim religion but her finger’s right on it
her prayers take the shape of rumi’s love sonnets
she’ll stand in a crowd and happily swear
to wear any ring you place there
 
last but not least, small but not weak
everyone stops to hear him when he speaks
his reach may surprise you, for it’s far and long
he’s got a tiny physique but he’s character-strong
not a word out of place, not a letter untrue
he’s pinky promising all his love to you

Verse: Bb Gm Cm F
Chorus: Bb Gm Cm F
Bridge: Cm Bb Gm F

i look good in a photo album from the past
i look pretty in your memories cause my colors don't fade fast
when you turn your head and look behind
i look like an accomplishment that was worth your time
 
but how do you like me now?
if there was no soon or then
how do i look in this moment that we're standing in?
i need to feel the presence of your love somehow
cause that's all we have my dear
how do you like me now?
 
i look good in a to-do list cause i'm organized
i look pretty in your hopes and dreams, silver hair and family ties
when you fix your gaze on down the line
i look like an accomplishment, well worth your time
 
the love that you have memorized
is looking you straight in the eyes
the love that you look forward to
is standing right in front of you

your chest, my head is pressed
the place i go to rest (feel the rhythm of you)
i can’t tell you how much
i love the sound of you living
 
heart beats through an hourglass
don’t breathe too hard, don’t breathe too fast
we can make each heart beat last
 
take a second, take you in
memorize your rhythm
we can make each heart beat last
heart beats through an hourglass
don’t breathe too hard too fast
heart beats through an hourglass
 
your breath, a quiet song
enters, exists your lungs (feel the rhythm of you)
i can’t tell you how much
i love the sound of you living

Section 1: C Dm Em Dm C
Section 2: F C Dm Em G

​her face is burned in my brain, in my brain
what makes it worse is i just learned her name
we broke some bread i passed her plate
thought in my head, your old friends are great
then i skipped town
and you slipped down
and she was just enough of everything i'm not
 
no thoughts of me with blond hair in your hands
so carelessly you gave way to circumstance
you're on your knees and I'm on the floor
i'd grab my keys if i wanted to find the door
are we strong enough
i hope we are
to erase her face in my place
before it scars

Verse: E A7 E F
Chorus: E A7 E A7 (end on F)

it is the season, the season of hunting
i’ve got a target on my back
I’m getting ready, getting my guns out
cause i’m the one who will attack
i’ve got a sharp shot, i’ve got a keen eye
i’m gonna take you down this time
but i am a slow beast, wounded already
alone in the meadow of my mind
 
i’m hunting myself now
i’m putting myself down
running away from my own gun
i’m open fire here
there’s no getting away dear
hunting myself, there’s nowhere to run
 
four in the am, still wide awake and
letting the tape spin in my head
what if i lose her all over again
what if the cancer kills him dead
why can’t i fix it, why can’t i forget
why am i scared and sad and stunned
the night is a vast sea, the water is glassy
and i am a pacing, sitting duck

Verse: Em Bm C
Chorus: C G A7

i’m just a flower doing my best to grow
you’re just a bee surrounding me
naturally i give you my nectar, it’s all I know
it’s the least i could do you found it in me
 
when will we taste the honey
that we both made?
when will we taste the honey, babe?
 
i’m just an ember in your life
trying not to go out without a fight
no matter how hard i prod and poke
you only give me secondhand smoke
 
when will we feel the fire?
when will you warm me up?
when will we feel the fire, love?
 
when will we touch tomorrow?
when will someday be here?
when will we touch tomorrow, dear?

there’s something about humans and fire
strike ‘em up, blow ‘em out
look what i made, look what i made expire
 
we’re so obsessed with life and death
we don’t know where we come from
we don’t know where we’ll go next

the difference between me and a tree is this
i wonder if I’ll ever be wonderful
and a tree just is

Verse: Cm Fm G# A# 
Chorus: Fm Cm Fm Cm G# A# Cm G# A# Cm G G# G 

couldn't live inside my head, i never made the bed
my brain complained and never seemed to learn
my thoughts would stay up humming
my ears would stay up drumming
those roommates made it hard to stay long term
 
if homeless is a state of mind
and HL is the postage sign
i live in fear, i must confess
it will remain my return address
i don't wanna stay here in homelessness
 
couldn't live inside my heart
slept in tents filled up with art
on every wall there hung a ticking clock
i had no time to pack
i left that bloody shack
and when i did i heard they had to change the lock
 
couldn't live inside my guts
it was a maze, it drove me nuts
every room i stayed in was for testin'
i couldn't stomach my own mess
it was too much to digest
and i left on account of never resting