I wasn’t offended at all
By your touch
It was welcomed
So much
BROOMSTICK
Ride someone else’s broomstick
This one’s all mine tonight
I am gonna dance and twirl
And around the room I’ll swirl
Riding my broomstick
My broomstick tonight
REGRET
Your silence screams at me
Your tears that don’t fall are drowning me
I believed, I wanted to believe
That your feel’s for me
Were the same as mine for you
Now I know that isn’t true
With all we’ve been through
I thought I had a friend for life soon after we met
Now there’s nothing left except sorrow and regret
Lots of it, tons of it
NOT JUST YOUNG
Stupid . . . . Youth
Nah . . . Not just young
Just stupid
Littering
Lazy . . . . Young
Not completing what they’ve begun
Stubborn . . . Young
Nah . . . Not just young
Always wanting more
When they already have enough
Afraid someone else might
Get more than you
Boo Hoo
RACHEL
You’re a sassy, sarcastic smart mouth
And you’re disrespectful to your mother
Now girl listen, you’re twenty-two
Not fifty-five
This is my home
Do Not !
Bring strangers to my home ever
That’s my choice not yours
I’d pretty much prefer
You not come around
If you can’t be pleasant
You are so very pretty
Why are you such a smart-mouth
I just can’t understand
Still, I’ll tell you
It makes you so ugly
I know that’s not your plan
Ugly yet
Your attitude
Is rather rude
You look at me
Like you can believe, I’ve been where you are
Honey
It wasn’t as easy for me as it is for you
So unless
You intend on getting old
Alone!
With not even one friend to phone
You better back up and change your tone
QUIT IT
Stop it, don’t do it anymore
It’s against the law
It could cost our license
Then you wouldn’t have a favorite place to go
You’re smart enough to know
The things that can cost so much
Aren’t worth it
So quit it!
ASK, JUST ASK
Ask, just ask the question
Cuz’ I got plans for you and I
And they start with
Whatever it takes to keep you happy
Cuz’ I got a plan
That doesn’t include a mockingbird
But a diamond ring isn’t out of the question
If you got plans for you and I
Ask
Just ask the question
The View I Never Take For Granted
The view I never take for granted
What I see is peaceful and happy
For hours at a time
I just watch the waves
As my mind wanders onto many things
Some special
Some happy
Some with thanks
And a few regrets
Looking behind me
To who and where I’ve been
It’s all okay
PLEASE WAKE UP
You sleep so deep
Waking up is so hard for you
From dreamland
To the real world
Takes a minute or two
Three or four
I’m not sure, it’s a long way
From dreamland
Where you love to be
To the real world
Where people cause pain
And drive their neighbors insane
You sleep so deep
Waking up is so hard for you
You stumble
You shake
You look so confused
Dreamland over the real world
Is what you choose
In the morning when there’s school
And we all must hurry
Sit down!
Refuel!
PART OF MY PAST
Oh I’ve been hurt
And things won’t ever feel
The way they did
Before I heard some of the stuff you said
I don’t want to take anything from anyone
So carry on
Just remember
I’m not the enemy
Nor’ am I your friend
Just an acquaintance
This last year and an half
Has proved to me
To be a part of my past
YOU KNEW
Oh my mind
The journeys it takes me
On the memories in time
Was it really as peaceful
As I remember?
It had to be special for me to remember
So many little details
Twenty years ago
I didn’t have a clue
But
You knew
OVER MY SHOULDER
Over my shoulder
On my lap
There’s love
Real true sincere
Forever stuff
There’s rainbow’s, colored like magic
Dancing on the wall
If you touch me
Will I break?
Will I crumble in pieces and fall apart
Or will I be strong and hold onto my heart
Hold, Hold
Onto my heart
Or will the power
The love
Let it begin to really start
Real true sincere
Forever stuff
SURGERY
That’s the only way to fix it
Well, that’s better than not being able to fix it
The diagnosis could have been
Worse!
Life threatening!
Still, that’s not much consolation
With surgery to face
Another doctor
Another place
You just want the pain to erase
Morphine!
Vicodin!
All the rest don’t take away
The pain
DE’JA VU
Someone’s knocking on my door
I did this all once before
Now it’s time to know for sure
I want what it takes
To pull in the money with rakes
Sitting by the ocean
Remembering the Great Lakes
REGRETS
Wish I’d never done it
Couldn’t believe I did it
But that was years ago
Now added up to age
It’s come to me as a
Welcome change
YOU DON’T KNOW ME
You don’t know me
No! You don’t know me at all
Now that I have heard you make that call
The one that says
I’m that bad
Oh! Now it’s you who’s really sad
And always has been sad
And
A little to bad
To be a true friend
Now this has finally come to an end
HAS IT WENT TOO FAR
Has it went too far
Have I said too much
The tears roll out of my eyes
WOW
&nbs
p; Back up!
Get back!
On track!
Am I wrong?
Probably I don’t remember after pizza
And only bits and pieces
Of before
STRENGTH
Building a history
After a year
There is no fear
Building a history
There’s no mystery
To our history
Together we will be stronger
And live longer
THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU
The first time I saw you
You took my breath away
Twenty years later
I’m still stoppin’ in my tracks
When I hear your voice
Or by chance
See your handsome face
LOST IN MY MEMORY
I’m not so sure I believe what
I’ve just seen
How did we get here
Now that you’re just a dream
Lost in my memory
With the exception of death
Nothing is really final
Or completely over
WHERE I CAME FROM
Where I came from
Was tuff
Yet so simple
So real
So right
It was true
The way I felt for you
THESE FIFTEEN YEARS
These fifteen years
I knew my destiny was
Happiness
And
Fulfillment
I just didn’t have a clue
It wouldn’t be with you
Happy in the morning
Happy in the afternoon
Happy in the evening
And
Extremely happy at night
When his arms are around me
Holding me tight
Oh yeah
That’s all I need at night
I AM ALIVE
I can smell of the air
I can see out the window
Some things I shall never
Forget to take
Advantage of
Now I choose to hear
I no longer plug my ear
JUST DRINKING
Just drinking cold beer
There’s no Brokeback Mountain stuff
Going on here
We’re just racin’
Hopin’ our favorite driver
Has no fear!
PEACEFUL DREAMS
If I could, I’d pull them out of the sky
And give them to you
Like the Heavens
The Stars
And
The Moon
In your very own bedroom
As you fall asleep into
Peaceful dreams
Where the world is like cartoons
And no one screams
Oh the safe
Safe place of
Peaceful dreams
I’d pull them out of the sky
And give them to you
Like the Heavens
The Stars
And
The Moon
STORIES
Why do you listen
There’s no proof
Cuz’ I wasn’t there
This just ain’t fair
I’ve heard stories
Stories
About us all
Some so small
Some so tall
Tall tales about us all
Cuz’ I wasn’t there
This just aint fair
Whispers going through town
With the latest gossip to spread
Keeping all the rumors fed
Why do you listen
There’s no proof
Cuz I wasn’t there
I’ve heard stories
Stories
About us all
Some so small
Some so tall
Tall tales about us all
Why do you listen
There’s no proof
Cuz’ I wasn’t there
This just ain’t fair
THE DEAL
The whole deal
The one that was real
Maybe it was like a sitcom
Sometimes
But on all
The important stuff
It held steady and true
Plenty tough
I gave you both a family
Anyway
I’m rattling on
Some sentimental journey
I’m gonna go now
I love you
Kisses and hugs
THAT KIND OF GUY
Do ya’ love what you do
Are you good at what you do
Do ya’ wake up ready
Ready
For a new day
Sunshine or rain
Windy or calm
Do ya’ smile and nod
Or wave and say hello
During your day of work
Or play
Do ya’
Are you that kinda guy
TAKE A MINUTE
The view I never take for granted
What I see is peaceful
And happy for hours at a time
I just watch the waves
As my mind wonders
Into many things
Some special
Some sad
Some happy
Some with thanks
Some with a few regrets
Looking behind me to who
And where I’ve been
It’s all okay
Now that the waves keep rolling in
I remember a friend
Maybe I’ll call or drop a line
Maybe share a glass of wine
That would be the best
And oh, so fine
I’M GONNA
I’m gonna be that someday
I’m gonna do that one day
I’m gonna get old before my time
Just like everyone else
The knowledge I have now
And the youth I had then
Oh
How many times have we
Heard that
Said that
I’m gonna
Gonna
Gonna
I am
Older
Not much
Wiser
But
I am going to someday
One day
I’m gonna
M.S.
I gotta ask sometimes
Who the hell is the Bitch in my body?
This M.S.
I tell ya
I didn’t have a clue
Now sometimes I do
They know more today
Please! Dear Lord
Teach them how
To make it go away!
OMIGOSH!
It’s happening over night
From twenty-four to forty-two
Like flipping a coin
Eighteen years
Again has past
That first eighteen seemed to take so much longer
Than the last eighteen
In the spring when the world
Becomes brand new
With fresh leaves
Am I the only one who can see
I will accomplish this dream
I’ve had since I was knee high
It seems
I always wanted to
Do something
Be somebody
Go somewhere
Ya’ know be noticed
For something good
Something small
Something big
I was twenty-four when I started this job
I’m forty-two now
With a Super Bowl bleep
In “2003”
Twenty-four news put me on TV
Raiders and Buccaneers
Omigosh!
NO NOTHING
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I’ve been working
Too hard!
Too long!
Not to have a mate
I come home and can’t wake you up
For
A kiss!
A hug!
Nothing!
I’m so tired of nothing
I have to have MORE
I’ve worked
Way too hard
Way too long
To end up with nothing
No loving!
No hugging!
No kissing!
No nothing!
IT’S A PRETTY PLACE
There’s an island in the Gulf of Mexico
With a nine and a half mile seawall on the coast
What an awesome view of the water and waves
Bikini’s and thong’s in the sea
Having fun
Young and old
Enjoying the wall
Bikes, rollerblades and a few fancy skaters
Neat people and street people
Something about the water attracts ’em all
To this island somewhere near Texas
In the Gulf of Mexico
Surrounded by dikes
And serviced by ferry’s
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