LYRICS

Above all else, Masorti is a storyteller, each song weaving and revealing a sliver of life from the perspective of the experienced.

The lyrics to all nine songs on his latest album “Lost at Sea” can be found on the Masorti homepage linked here.

View other song lyrics from previous albums below.

MIRRORS (2022)

  • I went along with the rest of the crowd

    I didn’t stop when I knew I should
    I've done some things and I’m not real proud

    And you found out like I knew you would

    Oh


    Oh no

    There are broken bridges to my broken soul

    I lived my life among the lost and found
    It’s getting nearer as I’m growing old
    My life’s ambitions in a mushroom crowd

    Oh no

    No no

    You took the mortgage on our common ground

    Our expectations can be bought or sold
    You stood me up as I was standing down
    You didn’t give a care if truth be told

    No no

    No no

    You didn’t give a care if truth be told


    No no

    No no

    You didn’t give a care if truth be told

    What comes together often goes around


    A charming smile in a wicked world
    She paid in silver when I asked for gold
    She didn’t give a care that truth be told

    No no


    No no


    No no

    No no



    You didn’t give a care if truth be told



    No no

    No no

    You didn’t give a care if truth be told

    No no

    No no



    She didn’t give a care if truth be told

  • I would never run away
    If anything, I would walk
    It seems to me you've been searching for a discount
    Well, my baby, there's nothing cheaper than talk

    There's a book of deeds on the shelf full of excuses
    You've never seen it, it's right on top
    Well, it's hard to tell your blessings from abuses
    One day my love is gonna stop, just gonna stop
    One day, well maybe one day my love is gonna stop

    One day, well maybe my love is gonna stop

    Everything's been said, there's nothing left to say
    Things could've turned out any other way
    And I'll be moving on
    You wouldn't meet me in the middle, wouldn't take the time to change
    Sometimes in life, you gotta rearrange


    You'll miss me when I'm gone

    One day, well maybe one day you'll miss me when I'm gone

    One day, ah baby, one day you'll miss me when I'm gone
    One day, ah baby, one day I'll be moving on

  • Walked over coals for you

    There’s nothing more I could do

    I want to see it through

    Walked over coals for you

    I broke the ball and chain

    Said I’d return for you

    Stood in the freezing rain

    What else could I do

    No no no no

    Misunderstandings are to blame

    I’ve never meant to confuse

    I want to stay right here

    But I don’t want to be used

    No, I don’t want to be used

    No no no no no no . . . No

    The tenth floor is insane

    But oh what a view

    And if I’m jumping off

    You know I’m falling for you

    No no no

    No no no no

    I don’t want to be used

    I don’t want to be used . . . 3x

  • I don't feel lucky anymore
    My once bright star has hit a jet pack meteor
    It's a broken dream sequence that sears this crimson sky
    Their falling fortunes watch the sparks fly

    Their fragment shell-like fills the graves of those to shore
    The headstones read the same whether rich or poor
    They can rest in peace with the best intentions lie
    They're grown-over memories arranged there side by side

    What wasn't earned will come as it will go
    What wasn't learned, that's the lesson here, I know

    We speak of legacies, but we can't unlock the door
    Misunderstanding me, it wasn't what the key was for
    I wrapped my mind around the things I cannot buy
    Their wrought iron fences surround us when we die

    What wasn't earned, it will come as it will go

    Ah, what wasn't learned, is the lesson here, I know

    What wasn't earned, it will come as it will go
    What wasn't learned, is the lesson here, I know

    I don't feel lucky, do you feel lucky?
    I don't feel lucky anymore
    I don't feel lucky, do you feel lucky?
    I don't feel lucky anymore
I don't feel lucky, do you feel lucky?
    I don't feel lucky anymore
I don't feel lucky, do you feel lucky?
    I don't feel lucky anymore

  • I don't know what I've been sold
    The paint is chipped and the engine's old

    My silver-lining dreams are framed in chrome
    It’s a blue Pinto wagon with a stereo

    I bought a guitar with my student loans

    I played a few bars with the Rockford tones
    I was dating a chick that I couldn’t take home
    In my blue Pinto wagon with a stereo

    It had a four-speed standard transmission

    It had a wild horse under the hood

    The back seats down for two to stretch out
    My motor’s running good, my motor…

    So I started heading west with all I owned

    Only forty dollars and Candy-O
Can
    I call you collect on your telephone
    It's a blue Pinto wagon with a stereo

    I did not fear what I didn’t know

    Dry cleaning tags are not supposed to show
    You’re never getting hungry when you’re eating crow
    It’s a blue Pinto wagon with a stereo

    It had a four-speed standard transmission
    It had a wild horse under the hood
    The back seats down for two to stretch out
    My motor’s running good, my motor is running good

    When hell freezes over, the grass won’t grow

    But you’re gonna break the ice if you move too slow
    You’re never going to get there if you do not go
    Take my blue Pinto wagon with a stereo…

    Take me as you find me or let me go

    You can take me as you find me or let me go

    One day you’ll see me driving in my blue Pinto, yeah
    One day you’ll see me driving my blue Pinto
    One day, ah baby, one day my blue Pinto

    Honk, honk

  • On subway walls and tenement halls
    On box cars pulled by freight trains
    The language on the underpass to the cowboy in Times Square
    The back road billboards praising the Lord
    Slogans been my mind indeed,
    these are the signs of the times

    Can't you read the signs of the times?

    No, you may be dismayed; it's a misdirected, disaffected movement underway
    Can't you read the signs?

    Then there's the counterculture social vulture
    Pamphlet sold out to the Tea Party that was uninformed
    There was nothing read about, there were union placards made by slackers
    You can't cut their wage, it's a mixed and muddled message for their age

    Then there's the Facebook crowd that's quite loud
    They take freedom to the streets
    There's a Spanish gang in Harlem printing flyers every week
    They say help is wanted everywhere but it's nowhere to be found
    They’re claiming it's a man that holds them down
    They keep saying it's a man that holds them down

    Can't you read the signs of the times?

    You may be dismayed; it's a misdirected, disaffected movement underway
    Can't you read the signs of times?
You may be dismayed; it's a misdirected, disaffected movement underway

    On the rusted hulls of merchant ships who have finished with the sea
    On the backs of army surplus trucks, some stupid painted peace
    Where the franchise logo once adorned, there's Marley smoking weed
    And I don't think that's the message that we need

    And now it's time to come together but our country's torn apart
    There's a family still can't make it with both parents working hard
    And they still call us America but we somehow lost the dream
    And I don't think that's the message that we need

    No, no, I don't think that's the message that we need

    Can't you read the signs of the times?

    Oh now you may be dismayed; it's a misdirected, disaffected movement underway
    Can't you read the signs of the times?

    You may be dismayed; it's a misdirected, disaffected movement underway

  • Why don't you hang up the phone and extend a common courtesy?

    Yeah, I thought I had my calls blocked, how did you get through to me?

    No, I can't repay my student loans, I'm on the edge of poverty

    Well, I think I've done better than most, just five years for one degree

    A wire frame contains my sheepskin, I'll give it back to be debt-free

    But my interest is compounding, second shift begins at three

    
Well, it's time to make the donuts, fill the creamers and brew the tea

    Scrape the ice off the drive-through window and change the headset battery

    Well, I'm all about the service, I've got a minor in psychology

    When it gets slow, I snag my iPod and pinch the bag of my manager's weed

    
Well, you know we went to school together, we were Fullbright scholars on that scene
But corporate's in from Cleveland, we gotta keep these restrooms clean

    On the scene... (x4)

    
For the ladies and the gentleman, there's 2-ply tissue for your needs

    Yeah, Gram, it will get your hands dry, you gotta wave them under the laser beam, that'll work

    Employees must wash hands, it's a damn good thing we learned to read

    But I'm loyal to this franchise 'cause I've got nowhere else to be, nowhere else to be

    On the scene... (x2)

    
Fullbright scholars on that scene


    On the scene... (x2)

  • Look in the mirror, what do you see?

    Look in the mirror, what do you see?
    Can you tame the tempest, be honest with me?
    Can you tame the tempest?

    Is it a travesty?
Is there a vacancy?
    Is it morality?
What's your reality?

    Look in the mirror, what do you see?
    Look in the mirror and tell me, what do you see?

    Can you tame the tempest, be honest with me?

    Can you tame the tempest, be honest?

    Are you afraid of me?

    Are you betraying me?

    Are you deceiving me?

    A sudden fatality

    Look in the mirror, tell me, what do you see?
    You look in the mirror and tell me, what do you see?

    Can you tame the tempest, be honest with me?
    Can you tame the tempest, be honest?
    Look in the mirror

  • Willow, where do you go from here
    Should I shed another tear
    Should I try to call you back
    Should I try to meet you back here

    Willow, you’re a radiant neon light
    Things are going to be alright
    I put my $50 down
    One day you will come around
    One day we will move uptown

    When you gonna fall in love

    When you gonna fall
    When you gonna fall in love
    Willow

    Willow, your world is black and blue
    Trading in the old for new
    Sometimes you got to run
    Or your dreams will never come true

    When you gonna fall in love
    When you gonna fall
    When you gonna fall in love
    Willow

    Willow, why do you got to bend that way
    Letting others take your shade
    But if you’re gonna fall from grace
    Would you reconsider leaving this place

    When you gonna fall in love

    When you gonna fall
    When you gonna fall in love
    Willow

  • I realized I'm lonely again
    It wasn't that long ago when I looked into my father's eyes
    And all the books that I've read, all the authors, they're dead

    That makes sense as I'm heading towards the end of the line

    You don't know where you've been until you get to the end
    You don't know where you've been until you get to the end of the line

    I looked into my father's eyes, he said it's up to you
    Go ahead and try
    And if you fall, I will catch you and I'll make it right
I'll make it right

    I want to reach into the sky, touch the hands of those before me
    And say thanks to many fathers of goodbye

    I looked into my child's eyes, I said it's up to you, go ahead and try
    And if you fall, I will catch you and I'll make it right, your dad will make it right

    I want to reach into the sky, touch the hands of those before me
    And say thanks to many fathers of goodbye

    Oh, goodbye
    Oh, goodbye
    Oh, goodbye

    Realize I'm lonely again... x3

    Oh, goodbye... x3

FROM THE DARKNESS (2022)

  • How long will it take until you fade away
    And how long do you think you intend to stay inside of my brain

    There were times we shared
    Times that I care that I can’t erase
    And how long will it take until you fade, fade away

    But I can’t let go
    And I don’t know why
    Now I can’t let go
    No matter how hard I try

    They say that life is a journey
    Not a race, not a race
    But when it’s time to forget
    I’d like to quicken one pace

    When I close my eyes
    It’s no surprise I see your face
    But your smile’s not mine
    Neither is your embrace

    But I can’t let go
    And I don’t know why
    Now I can’t let go
    No matter how hard I try

    How many nights will I lie awake
    Lie awake
    Second guess myself, did I make a mistake
    Was it all a mistake?

    But I promised myself a promise to keep and never to break
    You never would give
    You would only take so I ran away

    It’s time to let go
    I know how hard I tried
    I gotta let you go

    You gonna let it die
    I said it’s time to let go
    I know, I know
    I’m gonna let you go

    Let go

    Let go

    Let go

    Let it die

  • When I’m feeling low

    Rock bottom is the only place I know

    And I’ll never ever ever be alone

    ‘Cause the bottom always welcomes another stone

    Hey mister, were you born around here?

    I saw you at rock bottom last year

    We walk along the boulevard of broken dreams at night

    I reach out to hold your hand but you’re not by my side

    So much time was wasted time

    A slave to foolish pride

    Does it really matter now who was wrong or right?

    Hey mister, were you born around here?

    I saw you at rock bottom last year

    Now the days get old, the nights are cold

    But they keep rolling by

    Now I’m stumbling through life’s alleyway, searching for a high

    I don’t have a place to live

    I don’t care if I die

    Once again I landed here

    Once again I don’t know why

    Hey mister, were you born around here?

    I saw you at rock bottom last year

    When I’m feeling low

    Rock bottom is the only place I know

    And I’ll never ever ever be alone

    ‘Cause the bottom always welcomes another stone

  • From the darkness
    It must follow
    Then the goodness
    Of the light

    And the Lord knows
    It’s been a long road
    And I know how hard that I tried
    But there’s no rest for the weary
    I was blind to the end in sight

    So let the so longs
    Be the bygones
    All the enmity
    Laid to rest

    In the springtime
    Of my lifetime
    It’s best to
    Forgive and forget

    But there’s no rest for the weary

    Don’t be blind;
    there’s an end and it’s in sight…

    It’s gonna be all right
    It’s gonna be all right
    It’s gonna be all right
    It’s gonna be all right

    From the darkness
    It must follow
    Then the goodness
    Of the light

    And the Lord knows
    It’s been a long road
    And I know how hard that I tried
    But there’s no rest for the weary
    I was blind to the end, and it’s in sight

    It’s gonna be all right
    It’s gonna be all right
    It’s gonna be all right
    It’s gonna be all right

  • All the time I feel myself looking south

    And I wonder if I'll ever fit in

    To follow my heart, I gotta follow the sound

    It's just across the Brooklyn Bridge

    I'm gonna find myself a black hair blue-eyed girl

    I'm gonna find a decent place to live

    And we're gonna dance well into the morning light

    Just across the Brooklyn Bridge


    Dear Lord, she's gonna play the piano

    And we'll sing out loud,

    And celebrate the love that's within

    I'm gonna wrap myself around her and hold her tight

    Just across the Brooklyn Bridge

    I'm gonna take her hand, we're gonna see the world

    Go to places that she's never been

    I'm gonna love my black hair blue-eyed girl

    She's just across the Brooklyn Bridge

  • You said you’d be here at 6 PM

    I’ve been waiting, it’s a quarter past 10

    There’s an empty wine glass that can’t pretend

    Looks like you stood me up again

    I’ll learn my lesson, but I don’t know when

    I typed the message but couldn’t hit send

    I wanted more than to be your friend

    But I’ll spend my night alone again

    Just as sure as the sun will rise

    You reached out to apologize

    Things get busy, you lost track of time

    Brand new story with the same old lines

    You said you’d meet me at 8 PM

    Outdoor seating, I’ll see you then

    Now I’m leaving, it’s quarter past 10

    Looks like you stood me up again

  • I remember that night you did me wrong

    When you finally showed up, you were three sheets gone

    Then you called me by another man’s name

    I was just a silly pawn in your crazy little game

    I’m not sure if I will see you again

    You needn’t much more than to just be forgiven

    I wrote you off after our last dance

    Maybe you just used up your third last chance

    Now you will find all your numbers are blocked

    There’s no way to text and there’s no way to talk

    Your Versace bag is on my sidewalk

    Well, you better get it quick because I wrote your name in chalk

    I’m not sure if I will see you again

    You needn’t much more than to just be forgiven

    I wrote you off after our last dance

    Maybe you just used up your third last chance

  • What’s behind curtain 1

    What’s behind curtain 2

    What’s behind curtain 3, Bob

    Which should I choose

    One’s a vacation to Paris, I understand

    Two’s a spa in hell

    Three’s a lifetime supply of Turtle Wax

    But I don’t got a shell

    No, I don’t polish well

    He’s the next contestant on the game show

    She’s the next contestant on the game show

    Gameshow

    Sometimes the price is right

    Sometimes the joker is wild

    Sometimes you gotta fantasize living on your Wheel of Fortune

    Maybe she’ll hang out for a while

    She’s got a bite like a crocodile

    He’s the next contestant on the game show

    She’s the next contestant on the game show

    Gameshow

    You gotta climb to the top of the pyramid

    If you wanna win a trip up the Nile

    But check out the big brain on little Billy playing Jeopardy

    He’s got his money stacked in a pile

    He’s got a mile-wide toothy smile

    He’s the next contestant on the game show

    She’s the next contestant on the game show

    Gameshow

    Here’s a little word from our sponsor

    Don’t get up

    We're not finished yet

    There’s so many things we can sell you here

    Check out the politicians on your TV set

  • Sounds of the sirens, where is the fire

    Or could they be coming for me

    There’s a knock on the door, who is it for

    Get on the floor, it’s the police

    So they’ve got a warrant to take me anyway

    They better come back on a different day

    If I’m going down, there’ll be hell to raise

    'Cause I’m coming out with my guns ablaze

    They won’t take me alive, I’d much rather die

    You can watch it go down on T.V.

    Now a legend is born, my body is torn

    The bullets pass through me with ease

    So they’ve got a warrant to take me anyway

    They better come back on a different day

    If I’m going down, there’ll be hell to raise

    'Cause I’m coming out with my guns ablaze

    No blood left a stain, you’ll remember my name

    I’m sure to be resting in peace

    And my only friend was me in the end

    I was too lonely to bleed

    So they’ve got a warrant to take me anyway

    They better come back on a different day

    If I’m going down, there’ll be hell to raise

    'Cause I’m coming out with my guns ablaze

  • She’s asking for a journal of my soul

    I’m wondering how far back she wants to go

    To include the times and the dates

    It’s gotta be ready on her judgment day

    All the different kinds and the weights

    But looking back, so much of it is vague

    I’m not sure when I stopped or when I stayed

    It’s gotta be ready on her judgment day

    And the paramours and all of the games I played

    An accounting of all the cash I made

    Listing every favor I took in trade

    It’s gotta be ready on her judgment day

    All the villains and the vagrants who have stayed

    And every dime of rent that was never paid

    And all of the secret plans that I laid

    Disclosed and exposed on her judgment day

  • I’m gonna fly, fly away

    Into the mountains and into the valleys

    Far, far away

    You’ll never find me; I’ll be in hiding

    Brand the new day

    In the morning, I’ll hit the highway

    I’ll be finding my peace and living in harmony

    I can’t afford to lose another part of me

    What do you say?

    Will you bear your soul and be there beside me?

    Going my way

    Into the mountains and into the valleys

    Far, far away

    In the morning, I’m gonna hit the highway

    I’ll be finding my peace and living in harmony

    I can’t afford to lose another part of me

    Why don’t you stay

    Where it’s safe and where you really wanna be?

    You’ll be okay

    The same old people and same old scenery

    Find your way

    Early in the morning, I’m gonna hit the highway

    I’ll be finding my peace and living in harmony

    Finding my peace and living in harmony

    And I can’t afford to lose another part of me

80 EAST (2022)

  • Something better

    Where have all my heroes gone

    Magic seems to fill the space

    I’m alone, and I’m not getting better

    One-way ticket out of this place

    Freedom is a state of mind

    I don’t have the time to waste

    I’ll be moving on for something better

    Shattered dreams that I’ve got to replace

    Don’t push me down

    Don’t pull me up

    Don’t lend me your hand because

    You’ve done enough

    You’ve done enough

    Seems that I have missed my train

    A dollar down, two days late

    Need someone to share my pain

    Not much more than I can take

    Don’t push me down

    Don’t pull me up

    Don’t lend me your hand because

    You’ve done enough

    You’ve done enough

    What point is my fortune told

    What guess does the gambler make

    Walking on the road to nowhere

    My destination is a final escape

    Don’t push me down

    Don’t pull me up

    Don’t lend me your hand because

    You’ve done enough

    You’ve done enough

  • I wanna be left alone

    When I'm all alone

    Don’t try to call me

    My voicemail is full

    I took down my posters

    I checked out of school

    Took a tent to Moshannon with my ol’ guitar

    Sleeping in the rain and living in my car

    Don’t you send me a letter through the US post

    Don’t you tell me I’m the boy that mattered the most

    My campfire’s crackling, my E string is flat

    The rearview mirror left a 4-inch gash

    I wanna be left alone

    They say go west, young man, go west

    You will find your way

    Go west, young man, go west

    You will find your way

    Along the open road

    From the bridges on 80 would be quite a fall

    On my way to Ohio, my gut crossed them all

    Then the mountains gave way to the Midwestern plains

    Divided near Akron, I stayed in the left lane

    At a rest stop near Dayton, I ran out of gas

    And put the keys on the seat and took the change from the dash

    I left a heartache and title, hitched a ride downtown

    And that rearview mirror, it was a long way down

    I wanna be left alone

    They say go west, young man, go west

    The newspaper said long ago

    They say go west, young man, go west

    And you will find your way along the open road

    I wanna be left alone

  • Tell me brother what’s the matter?

    Sullen faces no more laughter

    Tell me sister what’s the answer?

    Shadows hide a silent dancer

    Tell me father who should I turn to?

    Always close the door behind you

    Tell me mother what should I pray for?

    Nine long lives and no hard labor

    I never met the girl

    I never held the gun

    Why would they convict me?

    For things I’d never done

    Tell me warden what should I order?

    Never had a final supper

    Tell me children how is the weather?

    Daddy’s leaving some place better

    Tell me jail mate where is the justice?

    We’re both black so they don’t count us

    Tell me lawyer when can I call you?

    Ten days left there’s not much time to

    I never met the girl

    I never held the gun

    Why would they convict me?

    For things I’d never done

    Tell me Sheriff what will you witness?

    Final moment some resistance

    Tell me tailor how does the suit fit?

    Not too bad we will reuse it

    Tell me doctor after they kill me

    Will the prison try to bill me?

    Tell me Jesus how can I love you?

    Set me free from those above you

    I never met the girl

    I never held the gun

    Why would they convict me?

    For things I’d never done

  • Any thousand years ago

    They learned to work the stone

    Where the mighty rivers flow

    The eagle called it home

    In the land of melting snow

    The tallest corn was grown

    He taught his son to tie a bow

    So he could hunt alone

    And the stars will rise

    Many a moon will fall

    In the dark dark night

    Heard his father call

    Spring is done turn the fields

    The tractor pulls a plow

    My father and I walk behind

    Joint survey of the ground

    We would find the arrowheads

    The hunter never found

    Cigar box underneath my bed

    The sacred were found

    And the stars will rise

    Many a moon will fall

    In the dark dark night

    Heard his father call

    I want to take my children there

    My schedule won’t allow

    I wonder if they’d even care

    To pass along somehow

    Will they find their arrowheads

    And take time to look around

    The game box underneath their bed

    Plastic can be found

    And the stars will rise

    Many a moon will fall

    In the dark dark night

    Maybe my father called

    And the stars will rise

    Many a man will fall

    In the dark dark night

    Heard his father call

    And the stars will rise

  • I wish I was a millionaire
I wouldn't have another care

    And all of the people would stop and stare

    If I was a millionaire

    The architects that build my home

    Prettiest land and the finest stone

    We have Waterford Crystal chandelier

    And all of my friends would visit me here

    If I was a millionaire

    The city is cold this time of year

    The time I've got left is the time that I fear

    Another rider, another fare

    I wish I was a millionaire

    If I was a millionaire . . .

    The city is cold this time of year

    The time I've got left is the time that I fear

    Another rider, another fare

    I wish I was a millionaire