I'm Alive!  For Dr. Buckner and Dr. Hipp
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

I'm alive, listen to me, 
I'm alive, feelin' so carefree
I'm alive, 
so happy I'm alive with my faith 
to show show show show

My body broke in three places, 
but God pulled me through it somehow 
I almost left this creation, 
but I've found my will right now. 
God used His doctors to fix me, 
and spared my life for awhile. 
A miracle's passing through me; 
l'm a brand new man with style.

Oh why was my life spared? 
I really need to know
I'm asking but He's not telling me yet
He knows I need to grow
But you know I'm alive, Oh Yeah Listen to me
I'm alive, Oh yeah, feelin' so carefree
I'm alive, Dear Lord so happy I'm alive
With my faith to show, yeah, yeah, Whoa oh
With my faith to show, yeah, yeah, Whoa oh


Oh why was my life spared? I really need to know.
I'm asking but He's not telling me yet,
He knows I need to grow.
But ye' know I'm alive, oh yeah won't you listen to me.
I'm alive dear Lord, and so carefree I'm alive
And trying not to act too cocky, I'm alive
With my faith to show, yeah, yeah, Whoa oh
With my faith to show, yeah, yeah, Whoa oh

 Help Me To Renew
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Help me to renew, overcome and find a clue
Help me to renew, overcome and find a clue
Dark and forlorn, alone and in doubt
Can't wait till morn, to let it all hang out
Escape my dreams, anticipation,
Invent new schemes, imagination
Frigid and cold, twilight mist
Feeling so old, easy to admit
Alarms ringing, perspiration clinging
Nipples stinging
But I kept on singing, singing, singing
I kept on singing, singing, singing

(chorus)
Help me to renew, overcome and find a clue
Help me to renew, overcome and find a clue
Where ye gonna be right now?
Tell me what ye' gonna do? (Help me to renew)
Can you ease the pain somehow?
Are you gonna pull me through? (Help me to renew)
Step up to my plate right now
Help to make my life so rich and true (Help me to
renew)
Give up all you can allow
But please help me
Help me to renew overcome and find a clue
Help me to renew, overcome and find a clue

(Repeat chorus)

Help me to renew, overcome and find a clue.

 This Time Last Year
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

This time last year, I never really learned to love
Puah would always come to shove
Didn't have no inspiration
It was quite clear it was hard to be a man, be a man.

This time last year, the roses didn't smell as tresh
My tastebuds really were a wreck and
I was a hibernating bear
It was quite clear
Life was neither here nor there, here nor there

(chorus)
This year the sparrow calls with sunset meadows,
waterfalls
Intense surroundings, life breathes true
There's clarity in what I do
My vision keen and hearing tine
Eternal wonder by my side
The music flows from head to toe
Across the mountains overflow
It pours and goes in rivers' tow
Reminds me of my mortal soul

This time last year, I didn't know the sun was shining
Had no vision need reminding
Where were you?
I was screwed and blued and real tattooed

(Repeat chorus)

This time last year Ö This time last year Ö 
This time last year Ö This time last year Ö

 Solitude
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Solitude, The seagulls flying the water's calm 
Just sitting here alone
Away from the traffic endless noise
 or talking on the phone Solitude, 
I have no schedules, pressing wants, 
important things to do
I'm just sitting here, feeling tree, 
and thinking of loving you

Oh this feels so great, 
and everything's in it's natural State

Solitude
I strum on my guitar as it 
echoes through the trees
The big sun it's a shining, 
I hear buzzing from the bees
Solitude
The secrets of the universe, 
Unfold before my eyes
They tumble down from the Heavens, 
away up in the sky

Oh this feels like home, 
Solitude is a pretty poem
Solitude
Solitude
Solitude

 Can't You See You're Free?
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Color in rhythm
~me without seasons
Riddled confusion of the mind
Life blown asunder
Nature in wonder
Makes me reach up to the sky
To see you're free

Can't you see free? Well look at me.

Mansions that glisten
Moonlight reflections
Castles that reach to the sky
Dog on his leash, Strains to see
He can't see the reason why he's not tree

Can't you see you're free? Well look at me

Delusions of grandeur
Women in make-up
Man with a suitcase and tie
As years go by
I'm wondering why
Why can't we give it a try?
We'll still be tree

Can't you see you're free? Well look at me

 Radio Man (dedicated to Steve Slayton of KZOK Radio.)
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Radio man, help me belong
Show me what's right, tell me what's wrong
Oh radio man, don't take too long
Or I'll give up the tight, for the price at a song

Music makea the world go 'round
Dollar for dollar, pound for pound
So sing a sweet song when you know I'm down
Oh Radio man , wipe off this frown, wipe oft this frown

Keep playing your music, don't stop too soon
Radio rocket shoot me up to the moon
Oh Radio man, come on and keep me in tune
Come on and keep me in tune
(Repeat chorus)

A.M. F.M. whatever it takes
Crank up the music end keep me awake
Oh Radio man I dig the music you make,
I dig the music you make
A Flugelhorn or a Bass Guitar
Maracas, piano, exotic sitar
Oh Radio man I think youfre a star, think youire a star
(Repeat chorus)

My radio's blasting, mile after mile
Thanks to you brother I'm cruising in style
Oh Radio man, let's rock for a while, let's rock for a
while

Oh Radio man, keep on singing
I teel your vibrations, my ears are still ringing
You're part of the plan, my Radio man, my Radio man
Yes you're part of the plan, my Radio man,
my Radio man
Keep on, keep on giving,
so I'll have reason to keep on living
You're part of the plan
My Radio man, My Radio man
My Radio man, My Radio man

 Chasing Rainbows (with you)
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm beautiful and bold
I'm high, I'm low, I'm looking up from down below
I'm left, I'm right, I'm always up all night
I'm weak, I'm strong, and I can do no wrong
I'm near, I'm far, I'm eliding oft a falling star

(chorus)
And oh, in my afterglow
Chasing a rainbow with you
And oh, I can overflow
Learn to lead or follow you
And oh, I never will outgrow
Where you are I'll go to you
And oh, I'm putting on a show
Your love is bringing me to you

I'm North, I'm South, I love to twist and shout
(shake it up baby - ooh)
I'm black, I'm white, and feeling out of sight
I'm East, I'm West, Glad and sad like all the rest
I'm down, I'm up, I try not to interrupt

I'm day, I'm night, I put up quite a fight
I'm right, I'm wrong, can't you hear it in my song?
I'm there, I'm here, because you are so near
I'm fat, I'm thin, so deep within my akin

(Repeat chorus twice)

 To My Surprise
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

To my surprise, to my surprise.
We can socialize , and individualize
We can identity, and rematerialize
When we fantasize, Receive the noble prize
We can commercialize, the corporate advertise

We can legalize, it's time to localize
We can specialize the way we vocalize
The people organize, and hate to exercise
Preachers moralize and prophets analyze
So let's familiarize, reach to philosophize
We should maximize but always minimize

(Repeat chorus twice)

Felons victimize all who monopolize
Tabloids scandalize, then they apologize
When we socialize we tend to jeopardize
Then we emphasize, but always terrorize
We need to unionize to become sanctified
If we synchronize we'll truly sympathize

(Repeat chorus)

The way we criticize end universalize
'Cause it's a big disguise
We can analyze, 
yes we can visualize
The publics wailing cry
We can rationalize 
and immortalize and modernize
Try not to crucify, 
satisfy, revitalize

I see the dragon fly

To my surprise, to my surprise.

 Oh England
 (co-written by Ken Aronson 
  and Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Spoken:"England's a barrel of fun, 
straight up, I would-n't tell you no lie."

(Chorus)
Oh England, whoa Oh
Oh England, here we go
Oh England, whoa Oh
Oh England, here we go

Take a trip to England, 
fly across the sea
Take a trip to London, 
just you and me
Hang out with the Beatles, 
and sing at the BBC
Piccadilly Circus is the place to be

(Repeat chorus)

Dark fog is littin', 
as we hit Tratalgar Square
Red buses stacked up, 
and tourists everywhere
Pigeons lit softly, 
on the lion statue's hair
And the sound of music, 
you could hear it in the air

(Repeat chorus)

Bed and breaktast, 
with your best triend
Buckingham in the morning, 
and it's off to see Big Ben
Black taxi's on narrow streets, 
take us to Abbey Road
London's overwhelming, 
makes us overload

(Repeat chorus)

Oh England, whoa Oh
Oh England, it's time to go

Spoken:"Whatcha Mate! 
Bloody come over on holiday to merry England 
Do the pubs and clubs with a bird on each arm. 
Tour by coach and drink a bevy on me guv'."

 Amsterdam
  (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 
the biggest party in Europe man
Amsterdam, time to jam, 
you're my kind ot town Amsterdam, 
spend your clams, 
when you go out and score a gram 
Amsterdam, what a scam, 
a dollar, a guilder, or a pound

Amsterdam, old Siam, 
tavorite place since rtuckinghsm
Amsterdam, glitter and glam, 
excitement sure abounds
Amsterdam, jam the dam, 
youire the envy of Uncle Sam
Amsterdam, what a scam, 
a dollar, a guilder, or a pound

Don't get lost in the red light district, 
you may never come back 
Primadonnas will consume you, 
lite turns from white to black In Amsterdam, 
Whooo!

Send a telegram to Amsterdam,
My head's been hit by a batter ram
Amsterdam aint no Viet Nam, 
you are always around
Amsterdam have a one night stand,
when you sleep with a Madame
Amsterdam what a scam, 
a dollar, a guilder, or a pound

Repeat Verse One

A dollar, a guilder, or a pound 
A dollar, a guilder, or a pound

 Face the Nation
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Is it time to face the nation? 
Can I make an accusation? 
A stimulated calculation, 
waiting with anticipation 
Make it with sincere elation, 
wrapped up tight in admiration 
Set me free from strangulation, 
with high hopes of expectation

Browsing through a publication,
rummage deep in contemplation
Avoiding all the radiation, 
with a quick modification
Keep it cold refrigeration, 
feel the love and recreation
Avoiding bad association

(chorus)

Ceiling all around, 
there's a bluesy kind of sound 
As we roam around the town, 
getting lost then bein' found
As I probe the underground, 
quote a Proverb so pro­found
As we drink another round, 
get up get down 
Get up get down, 
get down get down

Sail away on a vacation, 
get lost in the vegetation
Going through a transformation, 
in a higher elevation
Keep on sleeping hibernation,
shun the damp cold isolation
Longing for a filling station

Miles away from exaltation, 
wishing for rejuvenation
Enjoy the awe of God's creation,
but don't cough up a cash donation
Search for truth in congregation, 
signing up, orientation
Fill it with consideration

(Repeat chorus)
Get loaf in hallucination, 
speak direct communication
Stocking up on information, 
white lies of exaggeration
Kick your heels in deep trustration, 
then move on, con­tinuation
Help increase the population

Nudie bars for stimulation, 
lusting hard for fornication
Hoping for gratification, 
drooling with intoxication
Cast a spell of incantation, 
ruin it with masturbation
Wrap  it in some insulation

Is it time to face the Nation?

 Dad  (A Fafher's Day message formation.) 
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

Dad I need to tell you
That you're the only Father 
I can call my own 
Dad listen to me
When I say that you're the finest man 
I have everknown

(chorus)
And a son needs to tell hia Father
That he loves him every once in awhile
And so I'm telling you exactly that today
When I think of all the memories 
I have inside of me
I simply have to smile
There's enough of them to cover the Milky Way
Dad Dad Dad Dad

Feeding bears in Yellowstone, 
Rock hunting in old San Antone 
Ferris wheels, and Disneyland, 
and old Mt Rushmore oh so very grand 
From the world's fair called Expo, 
to the redwoods way down south 
I can sing about memories all day long, 
the words keep flowing out ot my mouth 

(Repeat chorus)

There's enough of them to cover the Milky Way 
There's enough of them to cover the Milky Way

 Date the Blind
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)

(chorus)
He says he wants to date the blind, 
philistines and concubines 
Sin with rhythm, rock with rhyme, 
a nation working overtime 
Ne says he wants to date the blind, 
philistines and concubines 
Sin with rhythm, rock with rhyme, 
a nation working overtime

Even Jack the Ripper needs someone new to kill
Jack Ruby is hollering, "let me out of this jail"
Mahatma Ghandi's well aware, 
that justice will prevail
Pocahantas in the backroom, 
tryin' not to fail

He says he wants to date the blind, 
philistines and concubines
Sin with rhythm, rock with rhyme, 
a nation working overtime

Tm Mcvey commits his cdme, 
while crawling in his muck and grime 
Marcel Marceu will try to mime, 
Napoleon to wine and dine 
Cleopatra knows she's in, but 
Anne Bolin will lose her skin 
Norman Schwartzkopf needs a win, 
Jay Leno leading with his chin

(Repeat chorus 3 times)

A nation working overtime 
A nation working overtime

 Second Chance
 (Written by Eric "E.T." Tumbow)


I'm alive, listen to me, 
I'm alive, feelin' so carefree
I'm alive, so happy 
I'm alive with my faith to show show show show

(chorus)
Am I a better person now?
I've got a second chance to live
Am I a better person now? 
I didn't die I'm here to give
I try not to blow it, let love overtlow it
Continue to show it, so all souls will know it
I've given all I've got to give
I've given all I've got to give

I try to go that extra mile, 
to make the world a better place 
I'll lose the trown and keep the smile, 
and stay in God's good grace
Never steal, or lie or cheat, 
help the needy in distress 
Try to live my life complete, 
like all the rest (Repeat chorus)

I'll try to eat more healthy food, 
fresh broccoli and cantaloupe 
Let love of music make the mood, 
set me tree trom the occult 
Listen to my fellow man, never tight, 
and turn the other cheek
Expand and grow, and live and learn, 
and find the answers to what I seek

(Refrain)

Yes I'm a better person now
I've got a second chance to live
Yes I'm a better person now, 
I didn't die, I'm here to give
I'm here to give, I'm here to live
This time I won't blow it, my love overflows it
Continue to show it, and all souls will know it
I've given all I've got to give!
I've given all I've got to give!
I've given all I've got to give!