Sgt. Pepper’s Hunky Dory Yellow Brick Road

#1
Lover, Lover,Lover

I’m trapped in this body that drips with shame.
My pleas for help go unanswered.
I search my heart and hear the sounds
of “you can do it and go for it”. I resolve
to do and go, but I don’t know what or where.

#2
Bird on the Wire

I wander the alleys and doorways
looking for a place of comfort.
I’ve tried the real world, been rejected
so often that I no longer belong. So I sit
and observe, pno longer an eager participant.

#3
Chelsea Hotel

There was sex and success and that
led to love or what we thought was love.
But we grew apart, our paths seldom crossed,
and what we thought was love faded
with the beauty of our youth. Adios...

#4
Heart with no Compassion

For the heart that’s broken and bleeds regret,
for all who’ve lost, who’ve missed or cried,
my heart aches and sobs along with you.
Some ignore your pleas for help, so self absorbed!
 I hear you, but, i to am lost and can’t help.

#5
That don’t make it Junk

I live inside a bottle, and reality is a blur.
I drink to see more clearly but nothing becomes clear.
I’m just a drunk who sold all that he holds dear.
That don’t mean that I don’t care.
I just can’t play the role you wrote for me.

#6
Waiting for the Miracle

Time keeps on passing, I’m waiting just for you.
Life is strange with problems old and new.
I hope you will hear my cries of love for us.
I’m not sure how I can go on alone..
I need that miracle of togetherness.

#7
Avalanche

I’m buried with life and can no longer breath.
I need to be rescued from this feeling of loss.
I need to be saved from the passion of my mind.
Can’t someone see my crisis and lend a helping hand?
I’ll slip below the surface and be gone forever.

#8
Suzanne

You draw me in like a moth to the flame.
Your glow lights my day and fills my soul.
What you offer transcends the gifts of this world.
I’m taken to a different place when I’m with you.
Cover me with your aura and peace will come to me.

#9
The Partisan

I’m in search of freedom and I am not alone.
We have surrendered everything to achieve our goal.
People have died in the winds of change but
we will prevail. Our efforts are not in vain.
Much to do before lying down to sleep in peace,

#10
Famous Blue Raincoat

I live my life with just a souvenir of you.
My lady has your aura and feeds me every day.
Will you ever find peace? Will you ever fix the rips?
Where you live is desert but I wonder what kind.
I hope the oasis is what you are looking for.

#11
Hallelujah ( one of the 3 top compositions ever written)

I feel the need, I’m drawn to truth but do you
have enough to share with me?  Songs of old
to praise the Lord were not enough for him.
I’ve done my best to keep the faith, to give
the praise that creation and song demand.

#12
Closing Time

Don’t think of this place as home, it’s a bar.
Last call isn’t about one last whiskey.
Who will take you home? Where will you go?
There are many like you who will wander.
Did you find any answers in the bottom of that bottle?

(I) "Second Hand News"  
    
Never ever thought this    
that I would become    
so dumb yet numb ...    
being retold, re-rolled    
over and over    
     
(II) "Dreams"    
     
I heard raw thunder    
the other grey day    
and I must now say    
wasn't any rain    
to wash myself clean    
     
(III) "Never Going Back Again"    
     
Keep telling myself that    
like it is a concrete fact    
set in lyrical stone    
written down in a poem    
     
till the next heartbeat    
     
(IV) "Don't Stop"    
     
Hard to think about such things    
when my heart has leaden wings    
my hands chained to the wheel    
fingers unable to feel    
     
to turn this melancholic page    
     
(V) "Go Your Own Way"    
     
You sure did come in    
that way    
with not much to say    
sweeping me off my feet    
before beating a sweet retreat    
     
(VI) "Songbird"    
     
I really do wonder    
if it was a blunder    
to write this quilled song    
let Christine play it for so long ...    
without even asking the chickadee    
     
(VII) "The Chain"    
     
You will always have me    
dangling that brass key    
from my collar      
just as long as    
     
you don't love me now    
     
(VIII) "You Make Loving Fun"    
     
Always a game with you    
with all that you do    
a fun one I must say    
making we want to play    
     
especially when it hurts    
     
(IX) "I Don't Want to Know"    
     
You know I am such    
a terrible liar    
even when on fire    
burnt sulphur in the air    
complaining about my hair    
     
(X) "Oh Daddy"    
     
Screw the pony    
just screw me    
make me finally see    
why I am so good    
when I am oh so bad    
     
(XI) "Gold Dust Woman"    
     
It is quite a glittering snort    
always unable to abort    
the gilded little flakes    
the feeling that it makes    
fourteen carat tingles    
     
(XII) "Silver Springs"    
     
I used to live there    
barely had a care    
eating lots of blue crabs    
dusted in Old Bay    
every single Memorial day    
     
     
     
 

Hounds of love by Kate Bush

Running up that hill

When I see you again,
Will you meet me halfway
It might be true, what you used to say
We are more strangers to our younger selves
Than to who the other is today

Hounds of Love

I often miss the old country house
With that little creek where wild things grow
You used to race me to the swimming hole
But that was forever ago
Oh, how I’d like to be there now!

The Big Sky

Nothing could ruin my mood today
Looking all around me as I skip and play
I notice little miracles as I jiggle my front tooth
Each tiny ant and leaf drawing circles back
To unanswered questions from my youth

Mother Stands For Comfort

Oh great, here it comes
My least favorite game
20 questions about who I was with
Just where on earth have I been
Yea, I know, I love you too

Cloudbusting

When my mind wanders from my work
I follow faded pink carpet to my grandparent’s house
And the impressions left in my mind
At the ages of 5 and 9
Too young to understand, too old to ever forget

And Dream of Sheep

Faded pink carpet leads up a grand staircase
That I’m not sure ever existed
But if I climb to the top
Suddenly I’m in grandma’s study
I smell cigarettes and tomato juice. But no one is home.

Under Ice

It’s dark and I’m alone and the front door
Is wide open, wind blowing in from the cold night
I know I have to leave, but where to go?
I think of the safest place I know - our church
The boogey man emerges! He chases me out into the street

Waking the Witch

As I reach the church gates
The sun is coming up
The boogey man slows his pace
we stand in place, just staring at each other
At least I think he is staring back. He has no face.

Watching You Without Me

I often wonder what you’d think
If you could see me now
But I take comfort in thinking of how
When someone that you love departs
They’re never gone. They’re in your heart.

Jig of Life

You are more connected to your ancestors
Than you will ever know
The roots of those before you are buried in your soul
Even now you are a living, breathing testament
To all their joys and sorrows

Hello Earth

Do you remember when the world stood still?
I was 10 living in Brooklyn. My mother drove us home from class.
I came home to my father watching the news in silent terror
When the twin towers fell, heroes from all walks of life rose to the task
But where are those heroes now? Just thought I’d ask.

Morning Fog

There has been a mass awakening
But some still slumber deep
Take a look around
At the company you keep
Learn. Heal. Repeat.