Underdog

I won’t ever be the chosen one  

I won’t ever be the pretty one

with the clean tattoos and the unused shoes

that only get worn on stage

I won’t ever be the sure thing

But I’m content being the pure thing 

With my heart on my sleeve, while I sing like I breath 

fighting for what I deserve

I've got scars and demons

forming feelings

I can’t shake

I won’t live forever

but i’m never 

going to change

used to thinking like the underdog

they want digital, i’m analog

I could learn new tricks but I don’t need fixing

watch out for my bite

I've got scars and demons

forming feelings

I can’t shake

I won’t live forever

but i’m never 

going to change

call this a war cry, call this my manifesto 

We’ll never be accepted but we are still the best so

i’ll keep laying bricks made of authenticity

build up my own house unapologetically 

Between you and me that’s my name on the marquee

Unfiltered honesty is what the people wanna see

Keep your magic beans, I’ll keep being me 

there should be enough so that everyone can eat

This song is for my Pasadena family, the bastard suns and all the ones who ever dared to dream

8 weeks in a van towing something thats unique

Just to be subjected to industry critique

All the ones who care about the song more than the show

But had to call it quits before they had the chance to blow  

The outcasts, the losers, the addicts and the freaks 

the future of this shit will be taken by the meek

Passion Is Contagious

Rolling round the country

Burning down stages 

Dues paid

These days we’re getting our wages

These days

Every crowd we see is outrageous

We don’t fuck around, yo

Passion is contagious

I been saying it for years now

I’m the realest one around 

Go on keep them doors closed

Ima kick em down 

Everybody knows when

The circus is in town

Yo, I’m the fire breather

youre the mother fucking clown 

It ain’t content, god damnit call it art

Cause I’m the type of man that’ll tare someone apart

When disrespect is heard I suggest that you don’t start

Focused on the money no concern about the heart 

Round and round we go, where it stops you don’t wanna know 

Spray lead and reload

Burn it down. Make it slow

Ever since I was a youngster man they tried to keep me down

Now they dap me up every time I see them in their town

Talkin all that shit when I walked around with my guitar

Barely in my city when you said I won’t go far

Hear it on the daily

everywhere I’m told

Why it won’t work out

Or what will happen when I’m old

And life is urgent

So I’ll never fucking care

Put the peddle to the floor

When people tell me to beware

Cause I’m burning at both ends

Better to burn out than to fade away

I’m like a mothafuckin freight train

Just stayin on its course

No I won’t give up on mine just cause 

You gave up on yours

I’m smiling and running on empty

Been obsessing so everyone left me

And if it’s like this when I’m older 

I don’t care

I’m working for myself and not some fuckin millionaire

Lyrics Over Everything

Love over drama 

Nugs over bottles

Dreams over settling

Scars over models

Lyrics over everything 

My foot is on the throttle

We can get it in tonight 

Work out the rest tomorrow 

a wise man knows that there ain't no point wasting his time on things he can’t control

a young man thinks aint a man alive that understands the burden he holds

so he drinks and he smokes and he curses at jesus

swears that he’ll thrive but thinks no one believes him

he’ll feel alone making it through the unknown until he discovers we are all lost at sea

lifes too short to play the victim, sometimes you’re caught in the rain

loves too sweet to suck on hate, it ain't easy but it's worth the pain

humility is a vitamin that can shed your entitlement, so you can see that every days a god damn blessing 

and it's never too late, I said it's never too late, I said it's never too late to live

Love over drama

Nugs over bottles

Dreams over settling

Scars over models

Lyrics over everything 

My foot is on the throttle

We can get it in tonight 

Work out the rest tomorrow 

A proud man thinks he is strong enough

To shoulder the whole burden alone

An old man knows that it’s family that turns a house into a home

So he loves unconditionally, looking past misery, fire never tires so he burns unrelentingly 

The deck is stacked but he's immune to attacks because he's backed by all the love that he found

Life ain’t fair and people suck

Disappointment is a taste you’ll learn

Work with fire and test your luck

But ain’t no one gonna outrun the burn

When you open your heart, become the sum of the parts, the world around becomes a little less cold

and the night is still dark 

And you’re surrounded by sharks

Family always guides you home

[Joey Harkum]

It all started with a big idea 

To try and find a little purpose here 

This life gave me no choice 

I had nothing else 

So I found my voice

I sang aloud till there was no doubt 

I shed my pain when the truth came out

Now it seems so arbitrary

The weight of failure is hard to carry 

Keep pushing till you get your turn 

Every step back is a lesson learned

When all you ever known is violence

I’m gonna get what I deserve

We ain’t dead yet fuck what you heard

We built up more passion

In never unraveling 

Giving love instead of

Embracing sadness

And I can’t believe I made it back out again

Reincarnation is actually happening 

High Hopes

Morning came too quick

Sun invades my room

Let them think I'm sick

I'll sleep in 'til noon

And I’ll find ways to stay

You pack up the bong

Tomorrow is the day

Where concern belongs

Cause I got high hopes and low expectations

I can't motivate myself to find the motivation

Every time I think a course of action is clear

I get distracted in the action of cracking another beer

I've got high hopes and low expectations

I can't motivate myself to find the motivation

Every time I think a course of action is clear

I get distracted in the action of cracking another beer

Bills are piling up

Cause anxiety

But I'll stay on the couch

And give the day to the TV

Cause if given the chance

I'll procrastinate

I'll deal with it some time

Just not sometime today

Cause I got high hopes and low expectations

I can't motivate myself to find the motivation

Every time I think a course of action is clear

I get distracted in the action of cracking another beer

I've got high hopes and low expectations

I can't motivate myself to find the motivation

Every time I think a course of action is clear

I get distracted in the action of cracking another beer

Stanley

Stanley lays in bed all day

With a smile upon his face

The sunshine warming him did not cost anything

He won’t let it go to waste

Stanley lays in bed all day

Despite the things people might say

Simple pleasures are the only ones he knows

Lofty goals ain’t worth the chase

Yeahhhh...

In the moment is where his home is

No concern can hold his focus

Call him lazy call him hopeless

He'll just smile and fail to notice

Stanley lays in bed all day

With a belly full of steak

Nothing in the world could be as good as this

Savoring lingering tastes

Yeahhhh...

In the moment is where his home is

No concern can hold his focus

Call him lazy call him hopeless

He'll just smile and fail to notice

Stanley lays in bed all day

Cheat Codes

Playing the game without the cheat codes

Keep those short cuts to the top so when i Meet foes, sheep’s clothes

I ain’t gotta smile or pretend I give a damn

In the van with the plan, I’m the mother fucking man 

I do ten styles well you do one style poorly, you bore me

Think a career change surely

Would be a better choice, cause you’re  whack as an artist

Think youre better suited to be fucking with the garbage

Harvesting bars, writing the songs that pay the rent  

For the dead eyed smiles and 100 percents  

Fuck a tour, fuck a feature, fuck you if you ain’t with it

yo I said it all before, now lets go bullet point the credits 

No cowrite, no autotune, no rich dad no silver spoon

I’m ahab on the full moon, pissed off with a harpoon 

D-i-y til I d-i-e. Hard work built everything you see. 

I don’t got fans I got family, together we financed this reality

It’s flowing through my veins, you can see it in my eyes 

Maryland til I die, east coast is on the rise

I’m a mid Atlantic punk, the coast up on my back

you’re clowns up in the circus playing air guitar to tracks 

Playing the game without the cheat codes

Keep those short cuts to the top so when i Meet foes, sheep’s clothes

I ain’t gotta smile or pretend I give a damn

In the van with the plan, I’m the mother fucking man 

Used to play at Friday’s

Now I’m playing fly dates 

Used to tray up fry plates

Now I’m on the wide stage

Finger to the sky saying

I’m the type of guy

That’ll burn the fucker down

If instructed to by my rage

My way, has been tough as nails

cuz I blazed, my own god damn trails

out On highways, building ticket sales

no help from whales, quality prevails

yo I don’t dress well and I swear too much

Can’t look you in the eyes when i've been hitting on the dutch

Don’t look good on the gram

And your boy don’t dance

I don’t tik tok but I rock mic stands 

talking on brands, mine is unapologetic 

I sound better on a livestream then you do up on a record

pure cane sugar vs uncaffeinated diet

Now watch me play this guitar like a mother fucking riot

Forever to Go

2 hours down and forever to go

Headphones are dying

And traffic is slow

Hearts feeling heavy, worn down from the road

2 hours down and forever to go

6 hours down and forever to go

Lost in the droning of talk radio

Sun light is fading as the moon starts to show

6 hours down and forever to go

Another shot of hot caffeine

Some corn chips and a tank of gasoline

Fuels another late night drive

Don’t wait up for me

10 hours down and forever to go

the bench i was chained to now feels like a home

Wrapped in a blanket staring at my phone

10 hours down and forever to go

Another shot of hot caffeine

Some corn chips and a tank of gasoline

Fuels another late night drive

Don’t wait up for me

Anything worth having is worth fighting for my friends

The time that you invest in passion pays of dividends

So fucking move. Go chase your dream.

Don’t sit around and wait to die.

Flesh and bones will melt away but glory will survive.

Yin and the Yang

I got the time if you got the money

And I got a box of Kleenex if your nose is ever runny

Girl, I got everything you want, you've got everything I need

Find that happiness somewhere in between

I like the drumstick, you like the thigh

I like it when it's sunny, you like cloudy skies

I like to see you smile, you like my big blue eyes

I like your honesty, you like my little white lies

You're the yin to my yang, yin to my yang

You're the sugar in my tank, satisfy my hunger pang

Yin to my yang, yin to my yang

Well you like it when it's pretty, I just want it to work

Girl, I like your free spirit, you get my stupid quirks

You got that 9 to 5 with the healthcare perks

I've got shows in a new state every night like the circus

Well, you like the mystery, I like the facts

You like the digital, I like the wax

The point I'm trying to make is that like magnets in a stack

Girl, you can't blame nature, opposites attract

You're the yin to my yang, yin to my yang

You're the sugar in my tank, satisfy my hunger pang

Yin to my yang, yin to my yang

Yin to my yang, yin to my yang

She's the sugar in my tang, satisfy my hunger pang

Yin to my yang, yin to my yang

Yin to my yang, yin to my yang

She's the sugar in my tank, satisfy my hunger pang

Yin to my yang, yin to my yang

Maryland Boys

Got a chip on my shoulder seasoned up with old bay

Got a twang in my voice and it works when I say

I’m a Maryland boy so when I die one day

Take me back to the Chesapeake and bury me in clay

Got a book full of hits but this ain’t going in the catalog

This is an alarm clock stinging like a cattle prod

A love song for my roots lemme rattle off

Why we keep it focused like an adderall

you can freeze to death or boil alive

So the meek don’t eat only the strong will thrive

You can buy my time but I don’t sell respect

Authenticity is what you can expect

Spinning Plates

I drink coffee til I shake

I lift weights until I ache

I work my fingers to the bone

Spend too much time inside my phone 

Sometimes it feels like spinnin plates

lonely in a crowded room

I don’t know so I assume

People don’t like what they see

So they all sneer and talk about me

The laughing stock of the saloon

I get lost inside my head

Thinking bout the things that i’ve said

And things I know I cannot change

But as the sun sets in the west

I’ll hold this weight upon my chest

So, I drink coffee til I shake

Smile real big, sometimes its fake

I don’t talk, I just scream

I’m always cooking up a scheme

To score a bigger slice of cake 

I get lost inside my head

Thinking bout things that i’ve said

And things I know I cannot change

As the sun sets in the west

I’ll hold this weight upon my chest

I drink coffee til I shake

I’m all gas ain’t got no brakes

Always something on my mind

Because i overbook my time

Sometimes it feels like spinning plates 

Medium rare I’ll take that steak

God damn, I hope you can’t relate

Off the Grid

Sunkissed drinking moonshine straight

Strung out and sore cause we ain’t slept in days

Got the hot dogs cooking on the propane griddle

While the cocaine fueled swampgrass from the fiddle plays

In the middle phase of a fit giggles raised from a bag of sunshine, unwind while we blaze

Legs aching from exploring our surroundings

Eggs and bacon in the morning head is pounding

Cup of coffee heat it up and put it back, hit the trail with our nap sac

Going off the grid and we ain’t coming back soon

Gonna unplug unwind I’ll be howling at the moon

Snakes in the Garden

desperation can push a man to

try bartering with hope

they say that you’re only as good as your last envelope

Different in styles, but fundamentals the same, they all piss down your back and then swear it’s the rain

Everyone loves a winner, in the corner thats named

But if you take an L you gotta shoulder the shame

Snakes in the garden

Sharks in the pond

Devil in your ear

Always working on a con

Everyone’s your friend

So you won’t be alarmed

When the snakes in the garden

Take a bite out of your arm

Blow this line, pop this pill

Rip this shot, take your fill

Party like a rockstar, sign this deal

Party like a train wreck, pay this bill

The devil is a sycophant who loves to stroke an ego

The gluttony that he brings produces crumbs for him to feed so

He can feast upon your energy, savoring the taste

when the meal is done he just throws away the waste

Snakes in the garden

Sharks in the pond

Devil in your ear

Always working on a con

Everyone’s your friend

So that you won’t be alarmed

When the snakes in the garden

Take a bite out of your arm

End

You, you won't get, you will not get a single tear

Instead, here's a pint of blood

Spread with a pen throughout 16 bars

My knees are weak and I'm seeing stars

And now, my resolve is set...I'm gonna embrace the only things I have

This guitar, this mic, and a frosted glass

And I hope, I hope for the best

Try to remember the good times while I try to forget this fucking mess

Because everything was all my fault or so you made it seem

One day this'll be forgotten and we can reminisce about the in between

When we were so in love it felt like something from a dream

But now I'm awake, heed my warning friends

Everything with a beginning is included with an end

Yeahhhh

Now, now if, tomorrow if I should die

If I die tomorrow I just want you to know

I wouldn't trade a single moment

For all the money in the world

My love for you ran deeper than the oceans in your eyes

You're more beautiful to me than all the clouds up in the sky

You always asked me for a song, I hope that this one is good enough

You will never be forgotten but its right about time that the ties are cut

Because everything was all my fault or so you made it seem

One day this'll be forgotten and we can reminisce about the in between

When we were so in love it felt like something from a dream

But now I'm awake, heed my warning friends

Everything with a beginning is included with an end

End... yeahhh... yeahhhhh

I said that everything was all my fault or so you made it seem

One day this'll be forgotten and we can reminisce about the in between

When we were so in love it felt like something from a dream

And now I'm awake, heed my warning friends

Everything with a beginning has a mother fucking end

Yeahhh yeahhh

Live Your Life - Auggie’s Version

What if the sun

Refused to shine

Until the moon 

Fell into line

Sun says moon

Join my side

Embrace the day

Forget the tides

Moon says sun

Must I reply?

Please recall 

I reflect your light

You play your part

I'll play mine

Otherwise we'll freeze in endless night

What if the tune 

The robin brings

Made the blue jay 

Refuse to sing

Blue said bird

Your song is wrong

Here's my pitch

Follow along

Robin replied

Why all the ire?

You are my brother 

In the same choir

Sing your part

And I'll sing mine

Together we can harmonize

What if this life

Had assigned roles

And all of us

Were pigeonholed

Right is right

Wrong is void

Choice a myth 

Dreams destroyed

On the other hand 

Freedom is rough 

But ain't nothing wrong

As long as it’s done with love

Live your life

And I'll live mine

With any luck

We'll both be satisfied