DON'T YOU THINK THAT IT'S CRAZY 
©2001 John O'Brien

Don't you think that it's crazy?
Don't you think that it's crazy?
Can you help me find my way
I seem to be lost in a scary place
Desperate people everywhere
And a lot of people that just don't care
Lot's of suits and fancy ties
Lot's of mommies there to cry
Daddy he's a voodoo doll
Stick in those pins and make him crawl
But you can't bust on out of here
Calm your temper, calm your fear
Go on for another day
Cause you'll be back on Tuesday
If we just talked and made our plans
Got the kids and helped them understand
But we just both got taken in
In this place only lawyers win
Justice man all dressed in black
Decide your life with a stoke of his pen
He gets everything that he does want
You get nothing except for squat
Can anybody help me see my way
What's gone wrong in this lunacy
Please, please lord oh won't you help
I'm surrounded by trouble in this living hell
What do you do if you come up for air
What do you do if your kids don't care
What a system, nothing right
What a way to destroy lives
I'm giving up, I'll go back home
I'll give up my rights in the danger zone
Love to see you Nick and Kate
But it ain't gonna happen, that way
Don't you think that it's crazy?
Don't you think that it's crazy?
The gamut they made you run
You ain't nothing until it's done
This is grand larceny
Makes you want to string some trees
See you sometime to say goodbye
Ain't seeing you for a long, long time
Nothing new to tell you about
Makes me want to scream and shout
Pay the man's bills, write the checks
Pay the shill, it's her payback
Take the car, highway robbery
I got nothing as far as I can see
She got robbed and I got taken
Everybody got really, really shaken
Who's gonna pay for this whole mess
Cause no one won this contest
Took my life, turned it upside down
Made me look just like a clown
Gonna get you back for all this pain
Cause you won't get no more capital gains





































CAN'T YOU SEE ME
©2001 John O'Brien

I'm looking at you
Can't you see me
I'm looking for you
What do you need
Am I invisible, not in your day
I'd lay down in traffic, to make you look my way
I've seen you walking and talking
Over here and there
I'm always watching you
You're my piece of cake
Can't you see, can't you see,
Can't you see me
I'll dress the part
Keep up with art
Look at the big, big picture
And always think with heart
Am I invisible, not in your day
I'd lay down in traffic, to make you look my way
I've got the courage
To bring you to me
I want that sweet, sweet rush
Can you make it be
Can't you see, can't you see,
Can't you see me
I'm hoping for good luck
Everywhere I go
Every chance I get
I want to see you
Am I invisible, not in your day
I'd lay down in traffic, to make you look my way
Please, please won't you see me
I'm gonna jump in your way
Gonna take some drastic measures
To make you look my way
Can't you see, can't you see,
Can't you see me







































FEEL YOU STRUGGLING
© 2001 John O'Brien

I feel you strugglin', I feel you strugglin' along
I feel you strugglin', I feel you strugglin' along
I see you're hurtin' but I can't help you no more.
Why did you do it, why did you do it to me?
Why did you do it, why did you do it to me?
I've done my cryin', now my eyes can see.
I thought I knew you and we had the right style
I thought I had you, we so damn wild
But when I found out you went back to him
I swore I'd never ever, ever see you again
But you're so fine, you're makin' me lose my way
But you're so fine, you're makin' me lose my way
Oh Lord please help me, she's about to make my day
I feel you strugglin', I feel you strugglin' along
I feel you strugglin', I feel you strugglin' along	 
But now I'm begging baby, oh please oh please come home







































OKLAHOMA COWBOY
©2000 John O'Brien

I ain't never been to Texas before
But now I'm winning money on my horse
But I'm just a boy who won 
Riding at the local county fair
And now I'm sitting here and wondering where
Where you are
Sweet Jesus, I'm in the rodeo
And doing all the things I always dreamed I'd do
But man they're big out here 
And I don't know if I can stand
To keep on pushing week after week
So I can win
It's all a dream

Cause I'm an Oklahoma cowboy
And I made the rodeo
It's all I ever wanted
It's a dream come true
But at night I think about you
And I trip back over time
And wonder if I had it wrong
When I had to decide whether to go
They all pay attention when I ride into the ring
And Becky my old horse 
Has been the best since the Spring
But now it's Fall 
And I don't  even know what town I'm in
And the memories of you stir deep inside 
And strum that chord again for your love
CHORUS
If I could do it over I think that I'd of stayed
And shared with you the love I left
When I decided to go away
Could be the blues I don't know
I can't seem to have it both ways
Maybe I'll quit after the Fall and come home to stay
If you're still there




































REASON I SURVIVE
©2000 John O'Brien

Swaying softly in the full moon light
Check to check and holding you so tight
My heart feels so alive
Island music singing in our ears
Dancing knowing that for all these lovely years
It's you I've held so dear
You're the sun that warms my face in the night
You're the reason I survive
In the morning when I raise my head
Your sight, your scent they make me so content
A day that's heaven sent
I kiss your cheek and you awake
You look my way and reach for me and take
The love that's our embrace
You're the sun that warms my face in the night
You're the reason I survive
There's a reason why love like our comes along
So we can be together for life and grasp the soulful depth
Of our love
Let's stay and dance until the rising sun
I'll hold you tight and share with you the love
That lives forever on
When I look into your eyes
And see the love we touch and say goodbye
My feeling swirls inside
 





























IT'S ME
©2000 John O'Brien

Can't you see that it's me
And I'm trying not to make a scene
I'm trying to be
What you want to see in me
And it hurts, just to try,
To be something I already am, But I can't seem to be
Please forgive my awkward tendency
To be loose and right and always just good company
I'm trying to show you that I have got it in me to fight
But I don't seem to know just how
Oh Lord, look my way
I feel the walls around me
I can't even guess the time of day
Lord I'm crying over you
Overlook my foolish pride
It's something that's making me lose my human side
But I can say a million things to you
But until it's me I'm nothing but a fool
And I feel, so alone, grabbing bits and traces of love along the way
 































I WON'T GIVE IT UP
©2000 John O'Brien

I have a secret, where I can hesitate
And not need to know why
Where I can think about, the things that matter most
Under God's blazing sky
I won't give it up
That's what it's all about
No I won't give it up
You're playing in harms way
Our precious moments saved for another day
But still I think of you, what else can I do
But then you push me away
I won't give it up
That's what it's all about
No I won't give it up
Dessert sun setting slowly
Look at me it's getting awfully hard
Harsh comfort it's keeping me alive
Dessert sun early morning
Here you are love is calling
Harsh comfort, can our love survive
Please come away with me, how else can it be
You're who I need please be mine
You're seeing both sides now
The things he says and how
How it's just a matter of time




























SO IN LOVE
©2000 John O'Brien

Everybody's asking why, why our love is so true
Everybody wants to know how I'm so in love with you
I'd climb the tallest mountain, go to any extreme
I've found the needle in life's haystack
Thank God this is no dream, dream
What can I do to make you happy, there's no limit to my schemes
All I want is for you to love me, it's always been my dream
There's no place I would not go to, to make you feel at home
You're the reason that I exist,
I'll protect you from life's storms
I need you to be with me, I'll never take a chance
Will you stay with me forever, join me in life's big dance
I'll never disappoint you, or keep you from your dreams
You will have just what you want
I'm exactly what you see, what you see






























STRANGE DAY IN MAY
 ©2000 John O'Brien

I see a thousand flowers in your eyes
Children playing there that never cry
Everywhere I look I see a brand new day
Gladness all around a, strange day in may
Come with me we'll share beautiful things
Knowing all the time that we, could have wings
The sun is all around, the sky's aren't gray
Come let's fly away a, strange day in May
When the Spring is gone, there'll images lasting
Of what we've said and what we've done
There'll be shadows casting
The fate of someone's soul, coming in the right day
To be yours I've found a, strange day in may