slow

so we danced for awhile
and we danced real close
the lyrics blue
the tempo slow

you held me tight
whispered in my ear
just for one night
the meaning clear

so we danced for awhile
and we danced real slow
that song has ended
that one night gone

secrets

I'll claim that piece 

where secrets roam 

that hidden part

that mirrors my own

a slice of pleasure 

a dance of desire 

it's you and me baby 

an infernal fire

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lessons

you taught me things 

the lessons I learned well 

it's not that I'm not smart 

you know I'm quick as hell

an enigma to my friends

at most things I excel 

you taught me how to smile 

at the silliest things 

to enjoy a smooth latte 

it's a Starbucks thing 

and to enjoy a love 

the kind that your heart brings 

you taught me how to dance

as time moved too fast 

I knew you were here for now 

not how long we could last 

when the dance was over 

is when you turned your back 

the lesson I learned best 

was learned after you were gone 

no longer hearing you sing 

any of my favorite songs

the breaking of my heart 

that just keeps stretching on

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I dreamed you were here

I dreamed you were here 

we sat on my terrace 

sipping wine under the stars 

the full moon bathing us in lunar light

I dreamed you were here 

singing me a love song 

as we danced, locked together, 

barely moving to the song you sang 

I dreamed you were here 

holding me close under Egyptian sheets 

your whispered words 

surrounding me with love 

morning dawns, the dream fades

as I stretch and turn 

reaching out for you 

finding you weren't there

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dance with me

put on your boots
and I'll don mine
let's go some place
where the music's fine
all the others
are forming a line
dance with me baby
one more time

let's dance real late
into another night
till the moon disappears
and it becomes light
hold me close
hold me tight
dance with me baby
one more time

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then and now

yesterday's song, 

gone before dawn

bits and pieces of us 

scattered in the wind 

but one thing is true 

always about you 

I loved you then and now

yesterday's dance,

one more chance 

embracing fire and passion 

the music ends 

before it begins, 

still 

I loved you then I love you now

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let go

I don't need your love 

to make me complete 

read all the books, not about me

I'm smart enough to know 

about the heart I can't hold 

and the hand that has been let go 

it wasn't out of need but my heart's want 

about whispered words and  a slow dance begun 

unfinished lyrics once left unsung 

under a moon I thought you'd hung

the moon has a way of slipping behind clouds 

cool mountain breezes, that mock me now 

stars gazed upon don't shine near as bright

memory haunts dreams, and come every night 

when the dawn bleeds in red...

I write from my thoughts

putting it down, so I won't forget

an unpainted portrait without a regret 

how long does it take to forget this love? 

to put it aside and memory thereof 

I can put it in prose, lyric and haiku 

make it come out, the way I want it to

 

it wasn't out of need but my heart's want 

about whispered words and  a slow dance begun 

unfinished lyrics once left unsung 

under a moon I thought you'd hung

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electric slide

Between Heaven and Earth

on a wooden floor 

doin the electric slide

givin all we're worth

steel guitars

and a longneck night 

boots slide smoothly 

or tap in time 

cowgirls moving

quickly in line 

dancing late 

in the moon's light 

cowboy up

for one last time

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faith

I'm still believing, baby 

still believing in me and you 

I believe in these dreams of mine 

and will for quite some time 

I believe that you'll still sing

I believe that we'll still dance

I'm keeping my faith in love 

I'm keeping my faith in you 

I believe that as long as this fire

is raging down deep inside 

that if I believe it long enough

you will keep it ignited

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hello, again

let's start again 

"hello, how are you 

do we know each other?" 

this time, let's go slower 

"yes, we've met before,

but it was a while ago" 

can history repeat? 

can it be any sweeter? 

than the time before... 

 "they are playing our song 

would you like to dance?" 

this I remember well!

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Cowboy

I’m lookin' for a cowboy 

With, boots, hat and a horse 

The kind that doesn’t line dance 

Do real cowboys do that? 

Tall and lean and muscular 

From ridin' the range all day 

Ropin', brandin', workin' hard 

Always fences to mend 

Yeah, there’s something about a cowboy 

And romancin' under the moon 

He can sweep me off my feet 

Or maybe use a lasso 

We’ll get in his pickup 

Or maybe we can ride double 

I can ride in front of him 

So he can keep me from fallin’  

At the end of a long hard day 

His boots tucked under my bed 

He’ll fulfill my fantasies 

Just please don’t call me ma’am!

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video

once I made a video 

I'm dancing to a tune 

I can dance all by myself 

or I can dance with you 

once I wrote a love song 

from feelings that you knew 

I can sing it to myself

or I can sing it to you

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last dance

I was always hoping

there'd be one last dance

slow and sensual 

like it was in the past 

but the music changes 

and you're not in the mood 

I will never have 

that last dance with you

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piper's tune

I want to dance

to the piper's tune

I want to love you 

under a crescent moon 

you started a fire 

I still feel the heat

and what it brought 

was what I needed 

so dance with me baby 

to the piper's tune 

hold me tight, 

one more night 

under a crescent moon 

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love

on a lazy Sunday
with not much to do
played a couple of games
now that is all through
you put on some music
and I grab your hand
fast or slow tempo
we begin to dance

turn the lights down
while you hold me close
moving to the rhythm
of the songs we love
you start to whisper
sweet things in my ear
drowns out the lyrics but
it's what I want to hear

a lazy afternoon
is meant just for this
dancing close to you
and your amorous kiss
the music still plays
but the dancing is through
and in the dim light
I'm loving you

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dancing with you

baby would you take me dancing, 

just like we used to do
let's not stay home this evening
let's go and have some fun

I'll put on my little black dress
the one you really like
let's go find some music
and dance late into night

it has been such a long time
since you've spun me around
baby will you take me dancing?
I do love dancing with you

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fields of clover

you saddled the moon
so we could ride
in fields of clover
and crimson tides

you played the chords
so we could dance
close together
one more chance

you sang the lyrics
I wanted to hear
each beat of you heart
that kept me near

you wrote the words
the meaning clear
thought it was a dream
till you appeared

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Nietzsche

"I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher 

might wish more to be than a good dancer." Friedrich Nietzsche 

I am a good dancer so I must be a philosopher! 

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heaven

I am in heaven 

at the crossroads I stand

blue sky and drifting clouds 

I'll love you tomorrow 

as I loved you yesterday 

the wind will blow 

liquid silver drops 

will drench the mountain clover 

and I will dance with you 

until the music is over 

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wild night

you walk up 

ask me to dance 

see if I might want to

take a chance 

I can tell by the look 

there in your eye 

this just may be 

one wild night

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