Adam Marsland has recorded and released over 100 original songs since signing with Big Deal back in 1996 as leader of Cockeyed Ghost, ranging from punk to roots rock to pure pop. Every song has a story, and for the first time, here are all the songs, in alphabetical order, with the lyrics and the tales behind them.

song:

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40 YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT
ABOUT JILL
A.M. GOLD
A MOMENT OF CLARITY
A TOWN CALLED ASSHOLE
ASIAN HERO WORSHIP
AT THE BOOKSTORE
BANISHED
BATESVILLE CASKET COMPANY
THE BIG BEAR
BIG BIG YEAH
BINGHAMTON
BURNING ME OUT (OF THE RECORD STORE)
BURN DOWN THE WORLD
BUZZ
CALL ME CHARLEY
CODA FOR CARL
CONTAMINATION
CRAP
CUT AND RUN
DAVE MATTHEWS AGAIN
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 24
DESPAIR
DIRTY BASTARD
DISAPPEAR
DOGS THAT SAY NO
DON'T LAUGH AT HOW I FEEL
THE EMPTY ROOM
END GROOVE
FADE AWAY
F/U
FALLING DOWN THE HILL
THE FATES CRY FOUL
FLIGHT OF THE STINKBUG
THE FOGHORN
FRIEND
FUCK NIHILISM
GHOST OF A CHILD
GINNA LING
GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN
GO WEST
GROUND 0:00
HALF LIFE
HALO BOY
HAPPY FACE
HAVE A NICE DAY
HELLO CLEVELAND
HOW CAN YOU STAND IT
I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE
I DON'T WANNA DANCE WITH YOU
I HATE ROCK N ROLL
I WANNA BE IN LOVE
I'M OK YOU'RE NOT OK
I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER
I WISH I WAS A GIRL
IMAGINE YOU'RE DEAD
JOLLYJOE (THE POLKA MAN)
KARMA FROG
KEEP THE SUN
KOREATOWN
LEAVE HER ALONE
LIKE OTHER MEN
LEARNING THE ROPES
THE LONELY BALL
LOVE X 10
LUDLOW 6:18
MAN IN AN EMPTY SUIT
MARRIED YET
MY KICKASS LIFE
MY NAME IS JONAS BROTHERS
MY PAIN
NEVEREST
NO ONE'S EVER GONNA HEAR THIS SONG
NO RETURN
OLD TRAILS
OTHER THAN ME
PARTY APARTMENT
PORTLAND
POWER POP DAYS
RADIO HELL (WAAL)
SOMEONE YOU KNOW
SOMETHING TO PROVE
SONG 11
SPECIAL
SPORTS BAR
STANDING IN CHICAGO
STRANGER ON THE STREET
TALKING ABOUT MYSELF
TEARS OF JOY
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING
THEME FROM LUDLOW 6:18
THEN I'LL BE HAPPY
THE NIGHT I BOUGHT MICKY DOLENZ A BEER
THE OWL AND THE FULL MOON
THE THIRD WHEEL
THE WORST THING (THAT I EVER DID)
THIS IS HARD
TO BE HUMAN
TRAINS
TWO CHILDREN IN A BED
USING YOU
WALKING IN WINTER
WHAT THE HELL
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS A GOOD DEUS EX MACHINA
WHEN I LIED TO EVERYONE
WHERE'S MY BEST FRIEND
WHO
WONDERLAND
YOU DON'T KNOW ME

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Go West
Hello Cleveland
Keep Yourself Amused
Hello Cleveland
You Don't Know Me
Hello Cleveland
Neverest
Keep Yourself Amused
Keep Yourself Amused
Hello Cleveland
You Don't Know Me
The Scapegoat Factory
Neverest
Ludlow 6:18
Go West
Neverest
Keep Yourself Amused
The Scapegoat Factory
The Owl And The Full Moon
The Scapegoat Factory
232 Days On The Road (live), Go West (studio)
Hello Cleveland
Ludlow 6:18
Go West
Go West
Keep Yourself Amused
Keep Yourself Amused
Keep Yourself Amused
The Owl And The Full Moon
232 Days On The Road
Keep Yourself Amused
Go West
Neverest
The Scapegoat Factory
The Scapegoat Factory
Hello Cleveland
Ludlow 6:18
232 Days On The Road
Hello Cleveland
232 Days On The Road
Ludlow 6:18
Go West
Go West
Ludlow 6:18
Go West
Neverest
The Owl And The Full Moon
You Don't Know Me
Hello Cleveland
Ludlow 6:18
You Don't Know Me
Go West
The Scapegoat Factory
The Owl And The Full Moon
Neverest
The Scapegoat Factory (Japanese version)
The Scapegoat Factory
The Scapegoat Factory
Hello Cleveland
Ludlow 6:18
Keep Yourself Amused
Neverest
About Jill single (B-side)
Go West
Go West
Keep Yourself Amused
You Don't Know Me
Ludlow 6:18
The Owl And The Full Moon
Keep Yourself Amused
You Don't Know Me
Hello Cleveland
Go West
Daylight Kissing Night
The Owl And The Full Moon
Go West
Ludlow 6:18
You Don't Know Me
232 Days On The Road
232 Days On The Road
The Owl And The Full Moon
Hello Cleveland
Neverest (Japanese version)
The Scapegoat Factory
The Owl And The Full Moon
Neverest
Hello Cleveland
Go West
You Don't Know Me
Go West
Ludlow 6:18
You Don't Know Me
Ludlow 6:18
The Scapegoat Factory
Hello Cleveland
The Owl And The Full Moon
Neverest
Hello Cleveland
Go West
The Owl And The Full Moon
Go West
Go West
Keep Yourself Amused
Neverest
You Don't Know Me
You Don't Know Me

Go West
The Scapegoat Factory
Go West
The Scapegoat Factory
You Don't Know Me