The Canvas on the Mirror - David Bazo

I had a a brother, who wasn't from my family We worked a ranch by the border, where the rain cloud's never seen And old Rocco was a ranch hand, he got fired from our boss man Now he works a 'dozer in Eagle Pass I ain't seen him in a long time, I wonder how he's gettin' by And I wish our fate sometimes could take us back He said, "your life is a canvas, you paint some everyday And when you think you've got it all figured out In your head you know the Man's got your final say Look back on all your memories, if we go our separate ways Don't forget your life's a canvas, we might get painted back someday" Rollin' barbed wire, and killin' time You wake the sunrise, and work 'til 9:00 Just like the sunset on the ocean, the light just fades away You see the stars shine in the desert, just before the break of day And then the wind throws me a memory, of a L.A. girl I loved You know she left me for the sunset, when she said she'd had enough And as the sweat rolls through my work Glove, ask me "what are you doin' here?" Could she love you for a lifetime, and not even shed a tear? I bet she'd ride by Arizona, when them mountains all turn black Question faith down at some crossroad, drinkin' from a paper sack I've lost two buddies from two drunken nights And that alone is tough They're probably in some better place, but man it's gettin' rough It's gettin' rough It's gettin' rough He said, "your life is a canvas, you paint some everyday And when you think you've got it all figured out In your head you know the Man's got your final say And look back on all your memories, if we go our separate ways Don't forget your life's a canvas, we might get painted back someday"

Clean up your image All things equal and all things free I stapled myself to a crooked sea My hand got swatted away I couldn't make it out I'm gonna drive around until I hammer it out Now that everything has changed It's just like everything's the same Now that everything has changed It's just like everything's the same Like a sky piece of a puzzle You've bent to fit You cheat a little bit And then you cheat a little bit Hands were built for battle Tongues were made to spit Onto the cream of a canvas On top a mountain of debt Nothing's ever settled Nothing's ever fixed Nothing's ever counted Cuz nothing's ever missed

Saved by the bell My life on the line, and I can't even see it You drag me through hell My friends try to tell me, but I think I need it It might sound crazy But I think I need it I think I need you now Tear me apart I'm a broken machine Wanna see what I'm made of Reset and restart Don't care what I've been That's not what I'm afraid of It might sound crazy But I think I need it I think I need you now Saved by the bell My life on the line and I can't even see it I'm under your spell My friends try to tell me, but I don't believe it It might sound crazy But I think I need it Oh, I think I need you now So, what do you think when all you want is to have peace of mind? And what do you do when all you see is making you go blind? I wanna close my eyes and make it all just go away Sometimes the silence speaks the words that you're afraid to say So, what do you think when all you want is to have peace of mind? And what do you do when all you see is making you go blind? I wanna close my eyes and make it all just go away Sometimes the silence speaks the words that you're afraid to say I'm not gonna hesitate I'm gonna bend and break To see what I'm made of