Craig Moorhead's SPEED = DISTANCE / TIME
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Finally, the Not Done Album is finished and now goes by its original name 'Speed Equals Distance Over Time'. It's really not much different from the Not Done Album, except for some tweaks here and there, things that no one will ever notice but me. So there was only one way to stop obsessing over it and that was to put it out there.

And now here it is.

Most of the songs have to do with missing friends and family, being far away from folks I wanted to be close to, old memories, and what have you. Each one is a little gem, a child of mine, and I love them all. I hope you will, too.

Includes the tracks Invitation to a Basement and Memory is Quicksand.

THE LYRICS:

360
Three hundred and sixty miles from here
A house is painted on a hill
On dead man's curve

See the tree that hums
Whenever spring comes
There are bees inside it
A cartoon sunny door
And planks cut out of the floor
They put porn there to hide it

I'll see you in the summer there

In the wintertime
Lighting smokes out of the drive
See the house of Christmas evil
The air is cold and stale
The house looks old but never frail
All lit up with candles

I'll see you in the winter there

Let's not forget about the fall
My seasonal crush starting up
Aimless hearts like fallen leaves

Dumb folks won't let it make them cry
They sure do burn fast when they're dry
And I love everyone I see


I Alone Am In The Know
There are dozens of stars in the sky tonight
So don't ask me where I get my ideas
I am not as smart as you think I am
Your compliments
Of thought events
Are causing me to blush
But I alone am in the know

There are thousands of miles on the road tonight
And there are plenty between here and there
I'm not as away as you think I am
The traffic lights
Are shining bright
Just like at Christmas rush
And I alone am in the know


Voicemail a Go Go


The Safest Place
Driving home today
Everything went by so quick
Mountains looked like teeth
I felt so microscopic

Everywhere I looked
Everything was dead or dying
Trees and animals
I'm sure I'm one of those

I watched you stand
I watched you go and
I am in the safest place
I watched you stand

Driving home today
Sitting beside someone else's life
Or was it mine
I can't decide

But driving home today
I also got the feeling
That this was the end
Of all my bad days

I watched you stand
I watched you go and
I am in the safest place
I watched you stand
I watched you go
I watched you stand
I watched you go



Memory is Quicksand
It's a long way
To where
You
Live
Now

There is nothing
That moves
Fast
Enough
To get me there

I miss you
More than I wanted to

I wish
I had
Written
You down

Memory
Is
Quick
Sand

I miss you
More than I wanted to
I miss you
More than I wanted to

I wish
I had
Not run
So fast

Speed equals
Distance
Over time

I miss you
More than I wanted to
I miss you
More than I wanted to


Invitation To A Basement
They say it's harder to find love
Than to get a camel into Heaven
Through the eye of a needle
I don't know if that's true
Or if camels even go to Heaven
But I wrote this on the back of ticket
An invitation to a basement
And I'm feeling better about the camel
But not about the love

Is a straight point really the shortest distance
Between two lines
If those lines are her lips and mine
If I wrote this on the back of ticket
An invitation to another elevation
Could we talk about the camels and the needles
And the points and the lines

They say it's harder to find love
Than to get a camel into Heaven
Through the eye of a needle
I don't know if that's true
Or if camels even go to Heaven
But I wrote this on the back of ticket
An invitation to a basement
And I'm feeling better about the camel
But not about the love



Overstate
On her face
Was just his reflection
In his head
Was just a connection
To moments that he kept safe from harm

In her life
There was not enough meaning
In his days
There was not enough evening
To keep all those worries safe and warm

Don't blame yourself for things
That you think you did wrong
Without mistakes our hearts
Could never be this strong
And without tears they'd dry
And burn for way to long

If she could
Take a trip to planet him
They both might
Keep a sun from going dim
Wouldn't that be a helluva change

Don't take this silence as
A reason to abate
Something that could be gold
That I might vitiate
Sometimes I over think
But I always over state

They always
Wonder if they're wandering
When she felt
Focused it was fantasy
He remains perfectly fancy free

On her face
Was just his reflection
In his head
Was just a connection
To moments that he kept safe from harm

Don't blame yourself for things
You think that you did wrong
Without mistakes our hearts
Could never be this strong
And without tears they'd dry
And burn for way to long



Hideous Mutant Freek
Do you remember when
I was a hideous mutant freek
When I was driving all down your street
Some girls are so impossible to meet

And you were no exception

Now under dark of night
There were messages left outside (oh yeah)
And proposals that were left implied (oh yeah)
Now I can hardly believe that I

Was that young man in that car
Delivering crush in the dark
We don't know who we are

Somewhere under my hair
A thought had slithered just like a snake
That you were fated to be mine and one night
I curled up into a romantic
ROCK!

It's a great story I fear
No one really wants to hear (oh yeah)
And now I guess it's been eleven years (oh yeah)
And all the mountains, they look like teeth

So did you get my message
It's a decaying vestige
Of my vanishing pep-age


Soft Spots
I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know
I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know

Don't you dare take that from me
I'm full of shit
And sometimes it just spills all out
Don't let yourself be bruised
By things I failed to say
I fail everyday

I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know
I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know

I guess it can be said
Truthfully
Sometimes I just over think
And I'll leave here tonight
And you still won't know
I think you're made of gold

I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know
I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know
I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know
I've got nothing but soft spots for you
I hope you know
You know I hope you know


The Sad Good Thing
It has such a romantic sting
The sad good thing
Textbook bittersweet malaise
Sets my face ablaze
And magnifies my crazes
And my days

Are all awash in this bathos
I should pay close
Attention to dissolving suns
Stunned and underdone
I plunder fun with my
Nostalgia


Everybody Please Relax!
I'll wear this hat today
And you'll wear this hat tomorrow
That ain't communism
It's just a hat you want to borrow
That ain't terrorism
It's just a hat you want to wear
That ain't socialism
It's just a hat you like

You'll kiss my face today
And I'll kiss your face tomorrow
Well that ain't fascism
It's just a face I want to borrow
That ain't solipsism
It's just a face I'd like to kiss
If it don't cause no friction
It's just a face I like

And it's not a big deal
And it's not a big deal

He'll sing this song today
And he'll sing this song tomorrow
That ain't satanism
It's just a muse he wants to follow
That ain't cataclysm
It's just a song he wants to sing
It ain't pornographism
It's just a song he likes

And it's not a big deal
And it's not a big deal

So everybody please relax
Resist the urge for heart attacks
I don't wanna go like that
So everybody please relax
So everybody please relax
Resist the urge for heart attacks
I don't wanna go like that
So everybody please relax

You think it is a big deal
But it's not a big deal

So everybody please relax
Resist the urge for heart attacks
I don't wanna go like that
So everybody please relax
So everybody please relax
Resist the urge for heart attacks
I don't wanna go like that
So everybody please relax
So everybody please relax
Resist the urge for heart attacks
I don't wanna go like that
So everybody please relax