my dad he told me to go
and leave him alone today
he said "boy you are asking for
the belt on my closet door."
I didn't want to be there
just wanted someone to care
wanted someone to want
to have me around
a lost little homeless boy
bag full of photographs
of little perfect families
cut from the magazines
he didn't want to be there
just wanted someone to care
wanted someone to want
a picture of him
you never raised me
the way I would have raised you
and soft spoken Abigail
was left to fight for herself
her pink little tattered dress
hung dragging in such a mess
she didn't want to be there
just wanted someone to care
wanted someone to want
to buy a pretty dress for her
you never raised me
the way I would have raised you
people in this world left unrelated
children and adults all left abandoned
people make the choice, don't complicate this
people make the choice just come and save us
you never raised me
the way I would have raised you
30 September 2010
20 September 2010
yes oh yes
yes oh yes
I've found my way to you
you found me to
sometimes you feel just like the sky
then i am a cloud and I know that I
am everywhere surrounded just by you
heads are low we hide our time
lay on our backs and skip in the sky
you say that I am the best for you
come and live with both my hands
I'll find a way so I always can
tomorrow is a day we will always have
shake like a lamb the night before
speed through the states with you in store
i know this heart has been split in two
yes oh yes
I've found my way to you
you found me to
shooting stars and wishes made
the reasons why we are today
i love the way you kick about mushrooms
stolen nights that lovers share
open windows everywhere
now I know that you protect me to
popsicles and drowsy teas
little thoughts that show to me
Alice keeps me warm when we're apart
heavy eyes are glowing green
you're everything that i have seen
can you love as much as i love too
yes oh yes
I've found my way to you
you found me to
darling lady you have saved me
taken from me everything
that shouldn't live inside of me
I've found my way to you
you found me to
sometimes you feel just like the sky
then i am a cloud and I know that I
am everywhere surrounded just by you
heads are low we hide our time
lay on our backs and skip in the sky
you say that I am the best for you
come and live with both my hands
I'll find a way so I always can
tomorrow is a day we will always have
shake like a lamb the night before
speed through the states with you in store
i know this heart has been split in two
yes oh yes
I've found my way to you
you found me to
shooting stars and wishes made
the reasons why we are today
i love the way you kick about mushrooms
stolen nights that lovers share
open windows everywhere
now I know that you protect me to
popsicles and drowsy teas
little thoughts that show to me
Alice keeps me warm when we're apart
heavy eyes are glowing green
you're everything that i have seen
can you love as much as i love too
yes oh yes
I've found my way to you
you found me to
darling lady you have saved me
taken from me everything
that shouldn't live inside of me
13 September 2010
Ins and outs and whys
You see i know this girl, and it's easily assumed
i told her how i feel, she told me "same to you,
and I'm glad to be,
but I'm just afraid of my family."
See that's ok, i let her know,
that I'd never let her go,
and hold onto for such a time,
until the day we can be alive.
For the first time in my life
I know the ins and outs and whys.
For the last time in my life,
I pull a little bit down, down by my side.
And she's off for a while,
and I'm off for a while.
She said "I'll be here when you get home,
where I am is your home."
She makes me feel a little bit nervous,
and I hope I'm one to deserve this,
Sitting high on my chair,
tangled lost in her dark curls of hair.
I'll be back in day, just now,
and I'll see you some time, some how.
I've got you with me in the mean time,
just hanging heavy in my mind.
For the first time in my life
I know the ins and outs and whys.
For the last time in my life,
I pull a little bit down, down by my side.
In my past is where you are you say.
I'll slow down as you find your way.
And have your love from another sea.
Watch your love hold onto me.
For the first time in my life
I know the ins and outs and whys.
For the last time in my life,
I pull a little bit down, down by my side.
i told her how i feel, she told me "same to you,
and I'm glad to be,
but I'm just afraid of my family."
See that's ok, i let her know,
that I'd never let her go,
and hold onto for such a time,
until the day we can be alive.
For the first time in my life
I know the ins and outs and whys.
For the last time in my life,
I pull a little bit down, down by my side.
And she's off for a while,
and I'm off for a while.
She said "I'll be here when you get home,
where I am is your home."
She makes me feel a little bit nervous,
and I hope I'm one to deserve this,
Sitting high on my chair,
tangled lost in her dark curls of hair.
I'll be back in day, just now,
and I'll see you some time, some how.
I've got you with me in the mean time,
just hanging heavy in my mind.
For the first time in my life
I know the ins and outs and whys.
For the last time in my life,
I pull a little bit down, down by my side.
In my past is where you are you say.
I'll slow down as you find your way.
And have your love from another sea.
Watch your love hold onto me.
For the first time in my life
I know the ins and outs and whys.
For the last time in my life,
I pull a little bit down, down by my side.
06 September 2010
My little lactaid girl
stepping outside on this lazy night.
and i'm staring at the stars again in a big black sky.
and how you laugh when there is nothing else to do.
and how i smile thinking of you.
Little curly haired wizard just making my life again,
be the best it has ever been.
Don't disappear on me this time.
My shirt tucked in I'm looking smart on my walk,
tonight i see myself a part of every little spark.
You shake like a tambourine in the hold of my arms,
in the hold of my loving arms.
left handed trickster you are to the world,
my turquoise loving lady, my daisy crazy girl.
Don't disappear on me this time.
Oh mr. man in the sky,
make her the reason for my life.
oh mr. man in the sky,
get out of the way, let me have a try.
Darling you are a happy life.
Don't disappear on me this time.
Call me twice so I'm alive.
Darling I'm alive tonight.
and i'm staring at the stars again in a big black sky.
and how you laugh when there is nothing else to do.
and how i smile thinking of you.
Little curly haired wizard just making my life again,
be the best it has ever been.
Don't disappear on me this time.
My shirt tucked in I'm looking smart on my walk,
tonight i see myself a part of every little spark.
You shake like a tambourine in the hold of my arms,
in the hold of my loving arms.
left handed trickster you are to the world,
my turquoise loving lady, my daisy crazy girl.
Don't disappear on me this time.
Oh mr. man in the sky,
make her the reason for my life.
oh mr. man in the sky,
get out of the way, let me have a try.
Darling you are a happy life.
Don't disappear on me this time.
Call me twice so I'm alive.
Darling I'm alive tonight.
What we live for
Polluted by the fact we think we make our own decisions we are no longer clear. Fact is, people matter. People in our lives matter. People we don't know matter. So we can not make decisions for ourselves, they all have consequences. All have effect. What is your effect on others? I can say I don't know mine. For some, specific people, my effect is real, though i know not its full interpretation by others, i know it's genuine. For others, those i know half heatedly, my effects are half hearted and are clearly so. I can not judge my intent by others reaction. That is far-fetched and wrongly assumed.
All we do has purpose for someone else. We are pure and positive, we bring lighter times to others. We are stale and uncleansed, others regurgitate that agitation that is the taste of us. I have been both, that i know. At times, i can be one in the same, even so to the same person. It is a stunning power we posses, to be so positive and negative in unison on a single soul. They harbour love and hatred in the same breath. One sentence they appreciate you for a job well done, and in the same breath of stink abhor you for your discipline and monitoring.
I chased a car down my driveway the other day just so I could catch a ride I was not welcomed on by my own father. We agreed we would go to a store and purchase a case of water together. As i carried out one last chore in the house i saw the car leaving with my absence known. I screamed from the porch that I had been forgotten and saw the cold deliberate act of a closing window telling me I was unwanted. In boots, the best of shoes, I chased that damn thing down and caught it as it was pulling out of the driveway. It didn't stop until I had half a leg in the car, door opened, as it was accelerating to fend me off.
Then, down the road, I was told it was merely a drive to throw the trash out at the end of the driveway. I made the not so subtle observation that we were well past the end of the driveway and well up the road, which was not well taken, and instantly caused me to be the intolerant negative party. So. against a fathers will, it was only water purchased, though I did splurge a bit for a purple Gatorade to boot.
The dynamics we have make life real. Tolerable? Well that's for us to decide upon ourselves. But I can't sit on a chair and watch role models kill themselves. It isn't in me. Decisions are not our own. We choose to make others a part of our lives, we choose to make them a part of everything.
Those of you having a tea parity right now. Thank you for choosing to be a part of mine. I love you.
All we do has purpose for someone else. We are pure and positive, we bring lighter times to others. We are stale and uncleansed, others regurgitate that agitation that is the taste of us. I have been both, that i know. At times, i can be one in the same, even so to the same person. It is a stunning power we posses, to be so positive and negative in unison on a single soul. They harbour love and hatred in the same breath. One sentence they appreciate you for a job well done, and in the same breath of stink abhor you for your discipline and monitoring.
I chased a car down my driveway the other day just so I could catch a ride I was not welcomed on by my own father. We agreed we would go to a store and purchase a case of water together. As i carried out one last chore in the house i saw the car leaving with my absence known. I screamed from the porch that I had been forgotten and saw the cold deliberate act of a closing window telling me I was unwanted. In boots, the best of shoes, I chased that damn thing down and caught it as it was pulling out of the driveway. It didn't stop until I had half a leg in the car, door opened, as it was accelerating to fend me off.
Then, down the road, I was told it was merely a drive to throw the trash out at the end of the driveway. I made the not so subtle observation that we were well past the end of the driveway and well up the road, which was not well taken, and instantly caused me to be the intolerant negative party. So. against a fathers will, it was only water purchased, though I did splurge a bit for a purple Gatorade to boot.
The dynamics we have make life real. Tolerable? Well that's for us to decide upon ourselves. But I can't sit on a chair and watch role models kill themselves. It isn't in me. Decisions are not our own. We choose to make others a part of our lives, we choose to make them a part of everything.
Those of you having a tea parity right now. Thank you for choosing to be a part of mine. I love you.
Victory tomorrow
How many days do we have left?
At what time do you say goodbye?
This liquid life can't surely last forever.
This liquid life can't surely go one.
And tomorrow we part for some weeks now,
but we've been there before.
You've left, you've broken the rules, you say,
the rules don't apply to you.
I'll be here when you return.
Hoping that you have cleaned up your act.
It's not just you your dragging down.
It's all of us failing to help.
We can't forgive so many times.
I can't take so many lies.
One last break in our ties,
it's not the way to say goodbye.
Why by the bottle should we ruin all these years?
How did we get here?
Where are we going?
It's taken me the world around,
to come back and sit back down.
It's taken me a run around,
my eyes turned on but my hands shut down.
Is it now the quality?
I know we've given up hope on the quantity.
Hands down, let's let our guards down.
Why by the bottle should we ruin all these years?
How did we get here?
Where are we going?
No more threats they all mean the same.
You make rules for your own game.
You never lose, never seem ashamed.
We're all the only losers here.
Why by the bottle should we ruin all these years?
How did we get here?
Where are we going?
At what time do you say goodbye?
This liquid life can't surely last forever.
This liquid life can't surely go one.
And tomorrow we part for some weeks now,
but we've been there before.
You've left, you've broken the rules, you say,
the rules don't apply to you.
I'll be here when you return.
Hoping that you have cleaned up your act.
It's not just you your dragging down.
It's all of us failing to help.
We can't forgive so many times.
I can't take so many lies.
One last break in our ties,
it's not the way to say goodbye.
Why by the bottle should we ruin all these years?
How did we get here?
Where are we going?
It's taken me the world around,
to come back and sit back down.
It's taken me a run around,
my eyes turned on but my hands shut down.
Is it now the quality?
I know we've given up hope on the quantity.
Hands down, let's let our guards down.
Why by the bottle should we ruin all these years?
How did we get here?
Where are we going?
No more threats they all mean the same.
You make rules for your own game.
You never lose, never seem ashamed.
We're all the only losers here.
Why by the bottle should we ruin all these years?
How did we get here?
Where are we going?
A bit better spent
Rolling down that ocean road.
Wore the names out on both our name tags.
It's been a busy month don't you know.
We should spend our time a bit better spent.
On this weekend I'll be by your side.
Come this weekend baby , we be.
Under a tree you take my conversation.
And on a couch I sit with my hand alone on my knee.
We are miles apart when we share a few brief moments.
That's not enough for you.
Not enough for me.
On this weekend I'll be by your side.
Come this weekend baby , we be.
I've made you such a little gift.
I've put together such a little gift.
You've given me such a great little gift.
You have given yourself to me.
Wore the names out on both our name tags.
It's been a busy month don't you know.
We should spend our time a bit better spent.
On this weekend I'll be by your side.
Come this weekend baby , we be.
Under a tree you take my conversation.
And on a couch I sit with my hand alone on my knee.
We are miles apart when we share a few brief moments.
That's not enough for you.
Not enough for me.
On this weekend I'll be by your side.
Come this weekend baby , we be.
I've made you such a little gift.
I've put together such a little gift.
You've given me such a great little gift.
You have given yourself to me.
Grant Phelan
Often think of Grant Phelan.
See, he painted with both hands.
He was a special kind of friend.
He'd burn your chair and then ask you to sit down.
And he gave me his hat, and it fit just as it should have
until the day i lost that hat.
He knew the storms before they blasted.
Stayed outside while all they lasted.
Watched people die in earth's disasters.
He'd walk out unharmed.
There was the year of class wide burrow.
We all fled to our own sorrows.
He asked for only one straw to borrow.
He kept himself alive.
And he gave me his hat, and it fit just as it should have
until the day i lost that hat.
And someone came and called him homeward.
Bound he was a suited showman.
Find the hole in every omen.
He'd so shake the nerves of Christ.
Grant Phelan was one great (mystery)
(Mystery)for this town he played the blister.
He'd shake your hand and deep your sister.
You could roll no greater dice.
And he gave me his hat, and it fit just as it should have
until the day i lost that hat.
See, he painted with both hands.
He was a special kind of friend.
He'd burn your chair and then ask you to sit down.
And he gave me his hat, and it fit just as it should have
until the day i lost that hat.
He knew the storms before they blasted.
Stayed outside while all they lasted.
Watched people die in earth's disasters.
He'd walk out unharmed.
There was the year of class wide burrow.
We all fled to our own sorrows.
He asked for only one straw to borrow.
He kept himself alive.
And he gave me his hat, and it fit just as it should have
until the day i lost that hat.
And someone came and called him homeward.
Bound he was a suited showman.
Find the hole in every omen.
He'd so shake the nerves of Christ.
Grant Phelan was one great (mystery)
(Mystery)for this town he played the blister.
He'd shake your hand and deep your sister.
You could roll no greater dice.
And he gave me his hat, and it fit just as it should have
until the day i lost that hat.
a dream lived
peek through that little key hole.
hoping for a glimpse of no more,
but you.
into our home I'll step forward.
into your arms i am homeward.
you welcome me sweet love.
and i thank this whole world for you.
and i see this whole life with you.
in my pocket I've come to find see,
a lovely poem you have written for me.
i can see our doorknob turning.
in this man a love is burning.
and I see you as you see me.
hoping for a glimpse of no more,
but you.
into our home I'll step forward.
into your arms i am homeward.
you welcome me sweet love.
and i thank this whole world for you.
and i see this whole life with you.
in my pocket I've come to find see,
a lovely poem you have written for me.
i can see our doorknob turning.
in this man a love is burning.
and I see you as you see me.
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