Friday, April 30, 2010

After All You've Done For Me (lyrics)

These are my favorite lyrics: Bill Mallonee

I don't wanna lose this one before it is too late
Things just have a way of slipping through my fingers
When the strongest of convictions sort of gets bent out of shape
When the gnawing claw of doubt still lingers

You don't lose, don't lose
No pieces will you lose
After all you've done for me
It's the least I can do for you
You don't lose, don't lose
No pieces will you ever lose
After all you've done for me

As lonely as the final leaf swept from the barren tree
And the drugs, they don't go deep enough to set you free
And the fan blades reflect halo effects when I look up and see you
When the words won't frame the room you're in, pictures will have to do

To live inside these ruins where you move without a sound
Oh, to live inside this skin again and die outside your town
Oh, to break forth into sonnets
Oh Lord, keep me coming back
The stories that you tell your head to keep your heart intact

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

neologism

I have no doubt that you’re a wordologist
and that you place them well
I believe in neologism
and with it I excel
but luck is in the draw
and the tiles that you choose
how many used at once
it is your Scrabble expertise

Thursday, April 22, 2010

wander

as you wander
my heart ponders
wondering if you'll wander this way

no longer putting meaning
in what I am reading
cause I know it is not about me

no matter how much I want to believe
it never was or never will be
about me


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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

today

on a special day
twas one year ago today
you first came my way


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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

April 14th

on a spring day a year ago
on a day that was clear and cold
I met a lover with a heart of gold
he touched my heart, burrowed into my soul

a year in which we both have learned
each question answered, each concern
surprise around each and every turn
while the passion ignites and burns

times of happiness, times of pain
always faithful you remain
gold was struck in this deep vein
sun always shining after the rain


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come with me

come with me to the sea
walk the sand on the desolate beach
take my hand, take my heart
lay with me, under the stars

come with me, don't delay
in this place I want to stay
you beside me night and day
in the sun and times of rain

come with me, let us start
I know I don't want to be apart
you are now a component part
in my soul and in my heart


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Sunday, April 11, 2010

heading out

I'm heading out
as quick as I can
where the air is clean
the water clear
just south of here is Heaven
ah...Mexico


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face value

I read all you write
eloquent poems and lyrics
without inserting
me in its beauty
or wondering how I fit


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Thursday, April 8, 2010

poet

I don't have any expectations
what is it that turned your head?
was it all of the pictures?
or the words from my heart you read?

can you be the poet?
the one I've been searching for?
can you fill my heart with romance?
where others have failed before?


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Sunday, April 4, 2010

uncovered

I pushed them deep
these feelings, I uncovered
from the depths of my heart
they swim to the surface
now that they are here
I'm gonna see what I have to do
they were a long time coming
I finally stopped running
baby, I'm coming back for you

this may be the last time
you read what I'm going to say
tell me what to do
as you hold my dreams at bay
is it your beautiful words?
the hidden truths of you
I'm holding on to these thoughts
this all may be for naught
maybe you have forgotten
I'll say it one last time
just in case you did
before it fades away
I love you


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Saturday, April 3, 2010

that's how it is

I am here beside you
holding on to your hand
this is not how it started out
not quite the way we planned
but it is all working out
as it grows and continually expands
we've got each other's back
that's how it is with friends


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Thursday, April 1, 2010

angle

you are the stranger
I wanted to know
hiding in the shadow
working your angle
an unseen danger
to my heart
the real you I still haven't met

the words I hear
sweet like honey
thick and vague
watching what you say
so nothing is conveyed
and no one can see into you
protection for all that you do

a feeling arranger
keeper of the key
that locks my love
nothing can free me
everything keeps you free
you were never in danger
of loving me


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