• Notes - Quintana Roo was written about Hoffman's second honeymoon in Cancun,Mexico. Quintana Roo is the Mexican state where Cancun lies. Les and wife arrived home at Cincinnati International Airport on September 11th, 2001 at 1:00 a.m. in the morning. Just hours before the 9/11 tragedy.

You give me something that I can't live without 
So I sit patiently waiting 
Is that what this gig called love's about? 
I shutter the thought I'd lose you 
I shutter the thought I'd take your hand 
I can't live like this forever I'm not a one woman man 
  
©Robert H. Hoffman / Brookwood Garage Publishing 2002 BMI

Does the morning leave you restless for the life that you'd left behind? 
I can see it in your eyes but it comes and goes with no surprise 
Though the clock decrees the midnight and this evening is so fine 
Is it the music or the wine or the stars shining in your eyes? 

I won't analyze - Please don't scream 
We're so twenty-first century 
  
Don't the view just leave you breathless? 
Isn't the street a symphony? 
Come fly away with me 
We'll fly 
  
Chamomile and Steinbeck 
Kerouac and Claire De Lun 
Just to satisfy the moon 
Are you satisfied 
  
I won't apologize 
Please don't scream 
We're so twenty-first century 

 
• Notes - 21st Century was written by Rob over The Family Secret's holiday break. The track is actually three seperate references to events happening over that holiday week within the Hoffman family.

I said goodbye to Hollywood and the all night picture shows 
A word in my defense I ain't ever had much common sense 
In that place where you go big or stay at home 

I kissed my babies on the head and smiled - told'm daddies gotta go 
But I'll be home pretty soon and each night if you'll stare up at the moon 
An know that daddy is somewhere down below 
  
You can't call that living - when you're living day to day 
If there's a moment to spare could you say a prayer 
For St. Michael to guide my way 
  
Said goodbye to promises I've been lied to before 
I ain't so naive that I'd honestly believe 
But you never really know for sure 

You can't call that living - but I'm living day to day 
If there's a moment to spare could you say a prayer 
For St. Michael to guide my way 

 
• Notes - Archangel St. Michael expelled Lucifer from Heaven and is the patron saint of children, travelers, and a guard against earthly temptations, among other things. The track, one that Hoffman feels is his best ever, was written about life in the music biz, the road, and seperation anxiety.

Old movies and photographs 
Frozen moments in some forgotten past 
You live each moment as though it were your last 
You still got ten minutes to go 
  
You shake your tail like you's a runway queen 
And all the heres and theres and the in betweens 
Don't amount to nothing but a hill of beans 
When you ain't got but ten minutes to go 
  
I've been looking for a new direction and trying hard not to let it show 
But I know - that I ain't got but ten minutes to go 
  
Don't sacrifice the magic for the dull routine 
Don't hide the mystery in all the songs you sing 
Don't pretend that someday you're gonna be the king 
You ain't got but ten minutes to go 
  
Don't flaunt it, flirt or giggle in a flash it's gone 
You'll be preaching to the pulpit on somebodies lawn 
You think you've got it but I think that you're wrong 
You ain't got but ten minutes to go 
  
The grass is greener and the beer is free 
And it's one helluva way to spend reality 
If you ain't but a generation from the trees 
You ain't got but ten minutes to go 
  

• Notes - Ten Minutes to Go is a parody of reality tv and microwavable entertainment. The theme is based on the 15 minutes of fame premise. Hoffman said he took into consideration the current economic state of the country and rounded off the number to equate with the cost of living. Fifteen minutes of fame is now just ten.

If I ever get out of this place first thing that I'm gonna do 
Is catch myself a Greyhound bus and bring it on home to you 
I've been reading your letters and kinda hoping that this short bit of time 
Might bring us closet together but baby if you only change your mind 
  
Coz - time ain't nothing but hands on a clock 

I was sitting here thinking bout a boy round the age of nine 
Just sitting there praying and crying as his daddy died 
I ain't blaming past history on all the reasons that I'm here inside 
Baby I'll be a different man but baby if you only change your mind 
  
Coz - time ain't nothing but hands on a clock 

©Robert H. Hoffman / Brookwood Garage Publishing 1998 BMI

I like to dream but I got no regrets 
Have another glass of wine and one more cigarette 
I feel the earth shake beneath my feet 
I ain't just another fool on the street 
  
The sun rises and sets 
One more cigarette 
  
I gotta go but I ain't finished yet 
Have another beer and one more cigarette 
I feel the earth beginning to sway beneath my feet 
I'll have another and make my way back down the street 
  
The sun it rises and sets 
And I got one more cigarette 
  
©Robert H. Hoffman / Brookwood Garage Publishing 2002 BMI

We're so far from the moon 

©Robert H. Hoffman / Brookwood Garage Publishing 2002 BMI

I dug myself a hole 
I dug myself a hole 
I keep prayin' coz the good book says 
That the Lord's comin' to save my soul 

I ain't the type to testify 
Lord said you've gotta walk before you can fly 
I look around and all that I see 
Ain't no one to blame but me 
  
I dug myself a hole 
I dug myself a hole 
I keep prayin' coz the good book says 
That the Lord's comin' to save my soul 
  
The mountain's high 
The river's wide 
I keep waiting for the sun to shine 
Ain't nobodies fault but mine 
  
©Robert H. Hoffman / Brookwood Garage Publishing 2002 BMI

It blows my mind girl you're so beautiful 
Your eyes shine like the stars up above in the sky 
I'm drawn to you like a moth is to a flame my dear 
Don't ask me why 
  
I know the sun do rise in the morning to see your pretty smile 
I've known for years - you tried to hide it but I knew all the while 
That trail of tears couldn't save you but it hurt me when I tried to explain 
Don't ask me why 

I know the sun is in the morning and the moon in the evening 
And the stars come shining through because they love you 
The way that I do 
Today, tonight forever, You know I'll never ever be away from your side 
You'r always on my mind and I don't know why 
  
It blows my mind something sacred but I don't know what it is 
It shines like the moon and I feel it every time I kiss your lips 
I'm drawn to you don't ask me it hurts me when I try to explain 
Don't ask me why 

©Robert H. Hoffman / Brookwood Garage Publishing 2000 BMI