WEDDING BANDS
Janie Anne took off the rings
She used to wear 'em every day
Now she's alone an' feels silly
Cryin' cuz she feels that way
CHORUS
What is Married when it's Over
What is left: Just rings of gold
Leavin' white clean bands of Lonely
Where they used to Have and Hold
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Janie Anne is really angry
Janie Anne is often sad
Cuz he left her for another
Old, old story: Pretty bad
No one says much to her now
About her man and what he done
He's runnin' round town lookin' OK
All she looks is 'bout-to-run
CHORUS
All her friends agree with Janie
All her family's really kind
Wouldn't be so bad if only
Night would pass, she'd be just fine
Same lame story leads to nothin'
People go their busy ways
Janie Anne just waits her heart out
Fillin' chores into her days
CHORUS
If you're left behind, you know that
What she's feelin' is so low
You want to rise, but Hope ain't willin'
An' you got nowheres to go
So you sit and watch the TV
Wonder where the Time has been
Why the rings inside the drawer
Make it so clear you didn't win
CHORUS
Repeat First Verse
CHORUS
7/30/12
7/26/12
CIRCLES TO CARRY OUR SPIRITS HOME are Lyrics about the Rings that my Den and I wear on the little fingers of our left hands - his was my Dad's and mine was bought from a beloved Friend: they are tourquoise and silver...they mark our bond with each other...we're happy wearing them....
CIRCLES TO CARRY OUR SPIRITS HOME
Rings are stones of mirrors bright
Reflect our own souls with fine light
Still the circles flow on and on
To carry our spirits home
We've been wondering where
We can go and we've been seeing
What we should know
Still the circles flow on and on
To carry our spirits home
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CHORUS
Rings going round and round
Circles of Dark of Light
Sun Glitter on the Tourquoise
Silver Moon of the Night
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No need to marry no
Promises to keep
Can't Love the old way
New Risks to greet
Still the circles flow on and on
To carry our spirits home
Not worried a'tall
Just Woman and Man
Who love life so fine
Best we ever can
And the circles flow on and on
To carry our spirits home
CHORUS
Don't need a ring
Other than these rings
Tourquoise and silver
Say our everything
For the circles flow on and on
To carry our spirits home
He wears my Father's -
Final finger, like mine
These rings tell our entwining
For the rest of time
Our circles flow on and on
To carry our spirits home
CHORUS
7/22/12
First Draft: EAST BROTHERS LIGHTHOUSE STATION AND INN lyrics, will hopefully be put to Song by Bill Taylor and Den McCue, who know a good song when they write one, and a 'bad' song when they hear one! At Tom Butt's request: one of the Fine Founders of this wonderful Island in the San Francisco East Bay....
EAST BROTHERS LIGHTHOUSE STATION AND INN
Takin' the old whale boat out from San Pedro
The Harbor is dark with the mud of low tide...
Just everyone's faces are lined with new smiles
For this trip to this Island's a really fun ride!
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CHORUS
East Brother - West Brother - shine in the sunshine
And both go to silver under Bay moonlight...
East Brother is magic with Light from the Lighthouse -
It spins it's good web of hope into the night....
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The house is so Gingerbread-Victorian - and
The barks of the seals - the seagull's harsh calls:
Are the Music around her awash in the currents -
Dark cormorants dive near the Island's rock walls...
Her Diaphone Foghorn shakes all in its hearing -
Gives grand reassurance: All Is As Should Be...
White picket fences guard - the grounds are for walkin' -
Her Innkeepers smiles are so welcome and free...
CHORUS
Staying at night, ten asleep on the Island:
Enjoying fine meals and good company -
'Real World' far away - Richmond Bridge lights all blinkin' -
Only the Lighthouse Beam shines on the Bay...
For decades this Lighthouse has harbored its Keepers -
Kept the way open from Delta to Bay...
It's days knew the likes of hard-Workers who keep her still
Open for all to enjoy yet, today!
From Walter "Pops" Fanning, Tom Butts, and the Others
Who gave years and years to keep her future bright:
Many Thanks to her Keepers and Friends of this Lighthouse
That brightens both Hearts and the Bay with her Light....
CHORUS
Takin' the old whale boat out from San Pedro
The Harbor is dark with the mud of low tide...
Just everyone's faces are lined with new smiles
For this trip to this Island's a really fun ride!
______________
CHORUS
East Brother - West Brother - shine in the sunshine
And both go to silver under Bay moonlight...
East Brother is magic with Light from the Lighthouse -
It spins it's good web of hope into the night....
______________
The house is so Gingerbread-Victorian - and
The barks of the seals - the seagull's harsh calls:
Are the Music around her awash in the currents -
Dark cormorants dive near the Island's rock walls...
Her Diaphone Foghorn shakes all in its hearing -
Gives grand reassurance: All Is As Should Be...
White picket fences guard - the grounds are for walkin' -
Her Innkeepers smiles are so welcome and free...
CHORUS
Staying at night, ten asleep on the Island:
Enjoying fine meals and good company -
'Real World' far away - Richmond Bridge lights all blinkin' -
Only the Lighthouse Beam shines on the Bay...
For decades this Lighthouse has harbored its Keepers -
Kept the way open from Delta to Bay...
It's days knew the likes of hard-Workers who keep her still
Open for all to enjoy yet, today!
From Walter "Pops" Fanning, Tom Butts, and the Others
Who gave years and years to keep her future bright:
Many Thanks to her Keepers and Friends of this Lighthouse
That brightens both Hearts and the Bay with her Light....
CHORUS
7/20/12
LAST NAME WAS RAGE is lyrics I sang off the tip-of-my-tongue and out-of-my-mind just suddenly to a guy's guitar playin' at a local Open Mic on a kind'a dead night there...goodness knows where it came from, but it lives now, so here it be!....
LAST NAME WAS RAGE
I was 'hummin' 'bout Georgia Peaches
I was jus' hummin' then I recalled this Song
An' the Girl who jus' sang it who's real name was Peaches
An the Girl who jus' sang it who's last name was Rage
Yeah, her last name was Rage
An' her last name was Rage
This Georgia Girl sang and her last name was Rage
I was jus' recollectin' how she jumped freight trains
She jus' jumped trains way the hobos all do
My Ma called her White Trash tho we was all poor too
My Ma said don't play with that Family named Rage
Their last name was Rage
An' her last name was Rage
Peaches jumped trains and her last name was Rage
Onc't she came back for the Miss Peaches Contest
An' she almost won, bein' strawberry blonde an' all
Til some biddy called Ain't that Peaches from Statesboro?
The one they call Peaches from that Family named Rage?
Yeah, my Family is Rage
An' my last name is Rage
An' I'm madder then Hell and my last name is Rage
Well I don't go Home much to Tobacca Town where
The Peaches and Back Roads stay still in the sun
But I sure do remember that Girl and her name an' all
Who never lost onc't an' there was nothin' she won
Cuz her last name was Rage
An' she lived full'a Rage
Peaches left long ago - she jus' left full'a Rage...
Her Family was Rage
An' her last name was Rage
She was Wilder than Wild and her last name was Rage
I was 'hummin' 'bout Georgia Peaches
I was jus' hummin' then I recalled this Song
An' the Girl who jus' sang it who's real name was Peaches
An the Girl who jus' sang it who's last name was Rage
Yeah, her last name was Rage
An' her last name was Rage
This Georgia Girl sang and her last name was Rage
I was jus' recollectin' how she jumped freight trains
She jus' jumped trains way the hobos all do
My Ma called her White Trash tho we was all poor too
My Ma said don't play with that Family named Rage
Their last name was Rage
An' her last name was Rage
Peaches jumped trains and her last name was Rage
Onc't she came back for the Miss Peaches Contest
An' she almost won, bein' strawberry blonde an' all
Til some biddy called Ain't that Peaches from Statesboro?
The one they call Peaches from that Family named Rage?
Yeah, my Family is Rage
An' my last name is Rage
An' I'm madder then Hell and my last name is Rage
Well I don't go Home much to Tobacca Town where
The Peaches and Back Roads stay still in the sun
But I sure do remember that Girl and her name an' all
Who never lost onc't an' there was nothin' she won
Cuz her last name was Rage
An' she lived full'a Rage
Peaches left long ago - she jus' left full'a Rage...
Her Family was Rage
An' her last name was Rage
She was Wilder than Wild and her last name was Rage
7/18/12
FATE IS A BEAR is lyrics, I've got to admit here, inspired by seeing the Disney movie BRAVE, with friends this afternoon...never know when the Muse will speak to ya these days...could be at a 'flick'!....sigh....
FATE IS A BEAR
CHORUS
Fate is a Bear where the Bears are no longer
Fate isn't talked about - no one is there...
Fate is the Way we are goin' to go an'
Fate isn't tame, o no: Fate is a Bear....
_____________________
I, just like you, believe I make my life My Life -
Nobody else: just myself and my song...
There is a Greater Song singing my lyrics, though -
Greater the Purpose than mine all life long....
We Meet and we Join and we Part and we Leave...
We're on Roads together - and then we're apart...
There's nowhere we're goin' where folks haven't been -
An' there's no Way to Home except Ways of the Heart....
CHORUS
So hold my hands, Darlin', and tell me we're winnin' -
Hold my very Spirit to keep safe from Harm....
I've met Fate whenever I kiss your warm lips
An' I've met Destiny when I'm held in your arms...
There are Drums that beat slowly and call for the Ends of Fate -
Bears that roar strongly for Destiny's Call -
So I take your hands and we run for our Own Lives...
We run for Ourselves an' our Selves never fall....
CHORUS
The Path of the Bear goes the Woods and the Rivers -
The Ways of the Bear meet the Rise and Set Sun -
An' Fate is So Natural - so much the Warp of Life -
No one can see how the Weavin' is Done...
Destiny's held in the Song of the Bear - though the
Bear is not really about Fate at all -
Bear is a Way just to see how Fate's Real...
Because we can't hear our own Destiny's Call...
We really can't see our own live's Fates at all....
CHORUS
CHORUS
Fate is a Bear where the Bears are no longer
Fate isn't talked about - no one is there...
Fate is the Way we are goin' to go an'
Fate isn't tame, o no: Fate is a Bear....
_____________________
I, just like you, believe I make my life My Life -
Nobody else: just myself and my song...
There is a Greater Song singing my lyrics, though -
Greater the Purpose than mine all life long....
We Meet and we Join and we Part and we Leave...
We're on Roads together - and then we're apart...
There's nowhere we're goin' where folks haven't been -
An' there's no Way to Home except Ways of the Heart....
CHORUS
So hold my hands, Darlin', and tell me we're winnin' -
Hold my very Spirit to keep safe from Harm....
I've met Fate whenever I kiss your warm lips
An' I've met Destiny when I'm held in your arms...
There are Drums that beat slowly and call for the Ends of Fate -
Bears that roar strongly for Destiny's Call -
So I take your hands and we run for our Own Lives...
We run for Ourselves an' our Selves never fall....
CHORUS
The Path of the Bear goes the Woods and the Rivers -
The Ways of the Bear meet the Rise and Set Sun -
An' Fate is So Natural - so much the Warp of Life -
No one can see how the Weavin' is Done...
Destiny's held in the Song of the Bear - though the
Bear is not really about Fate at all -
Bear is a Way just to see how Fate's Real...
Because we can't hear our own Destiny's Call...
We really can't see our own live's Fates at all....
CHORUS
7/17/12
THIS LADY I KNOW is sad lyrics about a sad-eyed Lady I know...all of the ladies I've known...who have had many more problems and sorrows and pains than I've ever known...my heart goes out to them, for certain....
THIS LADY I KNOW
This Lady I know is still searchin' in sorrow
This Lady I see is still cryin' in pain an'
I feel her sadness through walls up between us
She's got so much loss and jus' nothin' to gain
An' I wish I could take all the ladies jus' like her
An' tell'em about all the Songs they could sing
About all the Good Stuff that Life has to give them
About all the fine days and nights Life can bring
This Lady I know cries her dear self to sleep
An' it's harder than hell for her to have good days
She can't seem to even see straight for the worries
She walks like a sleep-walker through her dark ways
An' I wish I could take all the ladies jus' like her
An' tell'em about all the Dances to dance
About all the Beauty each day holds for jus' them
About all the fine loves and the sweet kind romance
This Lady I know has been round the block plenty
She knows that there's love and she's had some good friends
She lives alone proudly but lonely and brave an'
She makes no apologies makes no amends
An' I wish I could fill all the needs that she wants filled
I wish I teach her one way that I know
But she's not like me and I haven't walked with her
I don't even travel the roads where she goes...
I don't even know all the sorrows she knows
An' I don't know one way that she goes...
I don't know one way that she goes.....
This Lady I know is still searchin' in sorrow
This Lady I see is still cryin' in pain an'
I feel her sadness through walls up between us
She's got so much loss and jus' nothin' to gain
An' I wish I could take all the ladies jus' like her
An' tell'em about all the Songs they could sing
About all the Good Stuff that Life has to give them
About all the fine days and nights Life can bring
This Lady I know cries her dear self to sleep
An' it's harder than hell for her to have good days
She can't seem to even see straight for the worries
She walks like a sleep-walker through her dark ways
An' I wish I could take all the ladies jus' like her
An' tell'em about all the Dances to dance
About all the Beauty each day holds for jus' them
About all the fine loves and the sweet kind romance
This Lady I know has been round the block plenty
She knows that there's love and she's had some good friends
She lives alone proudly but lonely and brave an'
She makes no apologies makes no amends
An' I wish I could fill all the needs that she wants filled
I wish I teach her one way that I know
But she's not like me and I haven't walked with her
I don't even travel the roads where she goes...
I don't even know all the sorrows she knows
An' I don't know one way that she goes...
I don't know one way that she goes.....
NIGHT COMIN' ON is lyrics all about when love is almost goin', goin', gone....and the sun just passes by...and the moon just passes by....
NIGHT COMIN' ON
The sun passes by
Passes by my window
And I'm
All about the night
Night comin' on
And I'm
All about the night
Comin' on
Can't find my purpose
In this wild, small day
Can't find my meanin'
Meanin's all gone away
And I'm all about the night
Night comin' on
And I'm all about the night
Comin' on
CHORUS
When you asked for me, babe,
I was the one you wanted -
Really Wanted...
Now I'm not sure why, babe,
I'm really not sure why...
When You asked for love, babe,
I was the one who gave love -
Really gave my love -
Now every day - every night -
And all we do is cry....
__________________
The moon passes by
Passes by my window
And I'm
All about the day
Day comin' on
And I'm
All about the day
Comin' on
Can't find my rest
In this wild, small night
Can't find my wonderful dreams
Dreams are all gone away
And I'm
All about the day
Day comin' on
And I'm all about the day
Comin on
CHORUS
The sun passes by
Passes by my window
And I'm
All about the night
Night comin' on
And I'm
All about the night
Comin' on
Can't find my purpose
In this wild, small day
Can't find my meanin'
Meanin's all gone away
And I'm all about the night
Night comin' on
And I'm all about the night
Comin' on
CHORUS
When you asked for me, babe,
I was the one you wanted -
Really Wanted...
Now I'm not sure why, babe,
I'm really not sure why...
When You asked for love, babe,
I was the one who gave love -
Really gave my love -
Now every day - every night -
And all we do is cry....
__________________
The moon passes by
Passes by my window
And I'm
All about the day
Day comin' on
And I'm
All about the day
Comin' on
Can't find my rest
In this wild, small night
Can't find my wonderful dreams
Dreams are all gone away
And I'm
All about the day
Day comin' on
And I'm all about the day
Comin on
CHORUS
7/15/12
WATER FALLS is a Poem/Lyrics about my Waterfalls...I love All the Waterfalls that every were, Are, or ever will be...They are in my very blood...I am so glad they are on this planet in so many, many places...I try to see and hear and feel as many as I can...so my life goes on and on...in the Spray of the Falls....
WATER FALLS
Water Falls and I am filled with
Air that cannot be
The Richest Air all filled with Soul
Flows in and all through me
And you and I covered with Mist
Feel the Love so strong
As every Wave of Spray that falls
From Fallings day and night
Fill this Mountain with their Songs
And Sing with all their might
Wonderful Falls that Sing and Mist
And Fall and Fall and Fall
If you leave them still you feel them
In your Heart and all
Each drop of Water is Sacrament
That fills your lips and mouth and hair
Your ears and hands and eyes and breath
Your Heart filled everywhere!
Water Falls and I am filled with
Air that cannot be
The Richest Air all filled with Soul
Flows in and all through me
And you and I covered with Mist
Feel the Love so strong
As every Wave of Spray that falls
From Fallings day and night
Fill this Mountain with their Songs
And Sing with all their might
Wonderful Falls that Sing and Mist
And Fall and Fall and Fall
If you leave them still you feel them
In your Heart and all
Each drop of Water is Sacrament
That fills your lips and mouth and hair
Your ears and hands and eyes and breath
Your Heart filled everywhere!
BRING LOVE HOME is kind Lyrics about being responsible to bringing Love into Life...my own...yours, too....
BRING LOVE HOME
There is no Sorrow than when Love's torn from me
There is no Time when Love's not here
There is no Joy without dear lovin' Arms
When there's No Love then there is Fear
And I
And I
Must Bring Love Home with me
And I
Must Bring Love Home, all alone
There is no Breathing like the Way Love Breathes
There is no Touch without Love's Touch
There is no Future where Love hasn't Passed
When there's No Love there isn't Much
And I
And I
Must Bring Love Home with me
And I
Must Bring Love Home, with or without You
There is no Wonder without Magic Love
There is no Flight without Love's Wings
There is no Circle where Love does not bind
When there's No Love there is Nothing
And I
And I
Must Bring Love Home, my dear,
And We
Must Bring Love Home, Together....
There is no Sorrow than when Love's torn from me
There is no Time when Love's not here
There is no Joy without dear lovin' Arms
When there's No Love then there is Fear
And I
And I
Must Bring Love Home with me
And I
Must Bring Love Home, all alone
There is no Breathing like the Way Love Breathes
There is no Touch without Love's Touch
There is no Future where Love hasn't Passed
When there's No Love there isn't Much
And I
And I
Must Bring Love Home with me
And I
Must Bring Love Home, with or without You
There is no Wonder without Magic Love
There is no Flight without Love's Wings
There is no Circle where Love does not bind
When there's No Love there is Nothing
And I
And I
Must Bring Love Home, my dear,
And We
Must Bring Love Home, Together....
7/14/12
STILL MORE LOVE SONG is Lyrics: Another Love Song...simply That....
STILL MORE LOVE SONG
You are in my Heart I am in your Heart
And we know Every Song We Sing
You may touch my Life and I say You Do
And You wear my Love like a Ring
When the Dark is Dear to me as the Light
When the Day is a Sorry Time
Then You Bear my Pain as You are my Knight
And I know that Your Love is Mine
And I know that my Love is yours, my Dear,
And I know that Your Love is Mine
We still Dance this Dance as if We were Young
We still Sing all the Loving Songs
We are Wrapped in Warmth of Eachothers Arms
And We know this will be Life-Long
There are Loves that came There are Loves All Gone
There are Loves that are There for Life
This is more than Those This is Love so true
It is more than Husband and Wife
And I know that This Love is yours, my Dear,
And I know that this Love is Mine
Our Love Is til the End of Time
Our Love Is til the End of Time
You are in my Heart I am in your Heart
And we know Every Song We Sing
You may touch my Life and I say You Do
And You wear my Love like a Ring
When the Dark is Dear to me as the Light
When the Day is a Sorry Time
Then You Bear my Pain as You are my Knight
And I know that Your Love is Mine
And I know that my Love is yours, my Dear,
And I know that Your Love is Mine
We still Dance this Dance as if We were Young
We still Sing all the Loving Songs
We are Wrapped in Warmth of Eachothers Arms
And We know this will be Life-Long
There are Loves that came There are Loves All Gone
There are Loves that are There for Life
This is more than Those This is Love so true
It is more than Husband and Wife
And I know that This Love is yours, my Dear,
And I know that this Love is Mine
Our Love Is til the End of Time
Our Love Is til the End of Time
7/10/12
LUCKY CHILD is Lyrics about the big, not-so-big 'gap' between me and very young people...in years it's growing daily...in my heart, not at all...
LUCKY CHILD
When I see the little children
Runnin' round just anywheres
Feel all the oldness in me
Feel all my pains and cares
Often think of 'em as lucky
Can see the troubles that they see
Watch them while they look my way
I see them good as they see me
CHORUS
Lucky Child I see you playin'
Lucky Child I see you fine
You're my Grandkid from the future
An' your Past behind is mine
You got hopes I haven't dreamed of
You've got dreams I cannot see
I'll be kind to you sweet Child
An' hope that you'll be good to me
______________________
When I have all my hopes goin'
Then I feel good and fair
An' I try to be a Help an'
Make sure I am one who cares
Reach out and say I will be there
By your side as you go by
Make you way a bit more easy
Teach your wings just how to fly
CHORUS
So I'm older but you are too
We're all older every day
No way I can turn back Time
An' no Time you can turn away
What is Young will go to Older
It just happens naturally
I'll help you cross them streets dear Child
And when I can't then you'll help me
CHORUS
When I see the little children
Runnin' round just anywheres
Feel all the oldness in me
Feel all my pains and cares
Often think of 'em as lucky
Can see the troubles that they see
Watch them while they look my way
I see them good as they see me
CHORUS
Lucky Child I see you playin'
Lucky Child I see you fine
You're my Grandkid from the future
An' your Past behind is mine
You got hopes I haven't dreamed of
You've got dreams I cannot see
I'll be kind to you sweet Child
An' hope that you'll be good to me
______________________
When I have all my hopes goin'
Then I feel good and fair
An' I try to be a Help an'
Make sure I am one who cares
Reach out and say I will be there
By your side as you go by
Make you way a bit more easy
Teach your wings just how to fly
CHORUS
So I'm older but you are too
We're all older every day
No way I can turn back Time
An' no Time you can turn away
What is Young will go to Older
It just happens naturally
I'll help you cross them streets dear Child
And when I can't then you'll help me
CHORUS
RIVER ROADS is lyrics about my kind-of-trying-it-out business 'Name'...it became some interesting thinkin' for today...when I wasn't really finding much else I wanted to write about anyways...
RIVER ROADS
CHORUS
River Roads are simply water running down from high to low
Still they are the only Roads I want to travel as I go
River Roads will lead me to the Seas of Home and as they flow
I'll sing this Song for Freedom for me
Sing this Song for Feedom
_____________________
I have Plans I haven't finished - Charts to navigate and such...
Have some Dreams and Ways to Follow -
Haven't been doin' so much...
Sittin' here while benign Suns go East to West across the sky -
Want to fly Time's Space with class
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by...
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by....
CHORUS
If I had the Will to Swim - the Will to Move Myself at all -
Then I'd swim from these Headwaters down to Falls -
An' don't I know: goin' over Falls is deadly as this stillness
An' I find: never goin' anywhere is really jus' a State of Mind....
I am movin' on Inside Me - where my Soul's sweet Rivers twine
An' meander through the Spaces given to me and my Time...
I could say I've got Tomorrow and can say: Can't really recall my
Past and can't really affect Today....
CHORUS
Have so many Plans to start - Dreams to navigate and such -
Have some Chores and Work to finish -
Haven't really done too much...
Ponderin' here while busy Suns go East to West across the sky -
Want to use these Charts with ease
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by
CHORUS
CHORUS
River Roads are simply water running down from high to low
Still they are the only Roads I want to travel as I go
River Roads will lead me to the Seas of Home and as they flow
I'll sing this Song for Freedom for me
Sing this Song for Feedom
_____________________
I have Plans I haven't finished - Charts to navigate and such...
Have some Dreams and Ways to Follow -
Haven't been doin' so much...
Sittin' here while benign Suns go East to West across the sky -
Want to fly Time's Space with class
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by...
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by....
CHORUS
If I had the Will to Swim - the Will to Move Myself at all -
Then I'd swim from these Headwaters down to Falls -
An' don't I know: goin' over Falls is deadly as this stillness
An' I find: never goin' anywhere is really jus' a State of Mind....
I am movin' on Inside Me - where my Soul's sweet Rivers twine
An' meander through the Spaces given to me and my Time...
I could say I've got Tomorrow and can say: Can't really recall my
Past and can't really affect Today....
CHORUS
Have so many Plans to start - Dreams to navigate and such -
Have some Chores and Work to finish -
Haven't really done too much...
Ponderin' here while busy Suns go East to West across the sky -
Want to use these Charts with ease
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by
Like Rivers do jus' flowin' by
CHORUS
7/9/12
THE DAY WHEN IT FORGOT TO RAIN are lyrics inspired by hearing our friends The Hopeful Romantics, perform a Country and Western Song quite beautifully....
THE DAY WHEN IT FORGOT TO RAIN
The Day is was supposed to rain and end this
Desperate little Piece of Desert Heat
Also was the Day when I first found You
An' thought you were the Best of Men to Meet
I thought I saw Bright Stars where your Eyes were
Felt them sparkle Rhinestones down on Me
But you were all just honky-tonk and Dried-up
Somethin' Bad You really shouldn't be
The Day when it forgot to rain I wondered
If Single's What I always was to see
If I was gonna dry-up in this desert restaurant
Jus' mutterin' "Tea or Joe, what will it be?...."
But now I've thought a whole lot more about it
An' I can see I wasn't very wise (no, not a'tall...)
Cuz in our love I thought I saw Sweet Rainfall
But you had jus' a Mirage in them eyes
O somewheres there's a Heaven where it's Rainin'
And all the Love can grow there, yeah, so well
But here we're facing weeks without a drop of happiness
An' wantin' Rain is jus' a Livin' Hell
Someday I jus' gonna up and leave here
No one wants me so some cloudy day
I'm jus' gonna foller them clouds forever
Til I let some Rain wash Love away
Til I wash all my Memories away
Wash them thoughts of you jus' all away
The Day is was supposed to rain and end this
Desperate little Piece of Desert Heat
Also was the Day when I first found You
An' thought you were the Best of Men to Meet
I thought I saw Bright Stars where your Eyes were
Felt them sparkle Rhinestones down on Me
But you were all just honky-tonk and Dried-up
Somethin' Bad You really shouldn't be
The Day when it forgot to rain I wondered
If Single's What I always was to see
If I was gonna dry-up in this desert restaurant
Jus' mutterin' "Tea or Joe, what will it be?...."
But now I've thought a whole lot more about it
An' I can see I wasn't very wise (no, not a'tall...)
Cuz in our love I thought I saw Sweet Rainfall
But you had jus' a Mirage in them eyes
O somewheres there's a Heaven where it's Rainin'
And all the Love can grow there, yeah, so well
But here we're facing weeks without a drop of happiness
An' wantin' Rain is jus' a Livin' Hell
Someday I jus' gonna up and leave here
No one wants me so some cloudy day
I'm jus' gonna foller them clouds forever
Til I let some Rain wash Love away
Til I wash all my Memories away
Wash them thoughts of you jus' all away
7/8/12
SUN KISSED SALTY KNEED AND HAPPY is lyrics for Little Grasshopper Vicky, who said that line about her Great Day on the Beach in Santa Monica, where living on the beach, whenever she can, is what she does!....
SUN KISSED SALTY KNEED AND HAPPY
Sun-kissed - salty-kneed - happy girl/woman:
Gimme your hands, darlin' - Gimme your heart!
Waves can't hide you and the Waves can't claim you:
There's jus' no way you and me are gonna part!
Now's the Time I finally understand Love
Love's a Beach that feels like Home...
Cuz you're here and Home is jus' wherever
You are - then I'm not alone!
Sun-kissed - salty-kneed - happy girl/woman:
I got your sweet brown skin to kiss...
Time can't take you - Life can't make you
Ever leave me, darlin' Miss!
You are golden - I am golden! We're jus'
Children of the Sun...
Long ago, I saw this comin' - We were Two
Meant to be One - so much like One!
Now's the Time I finally understand Love
Love's a Beach that feels like home...
Cuz you're here and Home is jus' where ever
You are - then I'm not alone!
Repeat First Verse
Sun-kissed - salty-kneed - happy girl/woman:
Gimme your hands, darlin' - Gimme your heart!
Waves can't hide you and the Waves can't claim you:
There's jus' no way you and me are gonna part!
Now's the Time I finally understand Love
Love's a Beach that feels like Home...
Cuz you're here and Home is jus' wherever
You are - then I'm not alone!
Sun-kissed - salty-kneed - happy girl/woman:
I got your sweet brown skin to kiss...
Time can't take you - Life can't make you
Ever leave me, darlin' Miss!
You are golden - I am golden! We're jus'
Children of the Sun...
Long ago, I saw this comin' - We were Two
Meant to be One - so much like One!
Now's the Time I finally understand Love
Love's a Beach that feels like home...
Cuz you're here and Home is jus' where ever
You are - then I'm not alone!
Repeat First Verse
7/6/12
WINGS FOR THE IRISHMAN is about love for an Irishman...go on with you now: you know 'why'!....
WINGS FOR THE IRISHMAN
I was gonna give wings to this Love of mine
Wings for the Irishman -
Wings for his Song -
An' Life came along, lads, an'
Lifted him for me an'
Brought him along, oyeah,
Brought him along...
An' then over the Seas he came Flyin'
Yeah, n' over the Waves he came Flyin'
On Wings of Great Love he came Flyin'
An' landed right here on his own...
An' folded those Wings an' was Home...
So it's now I was thinkin' of Flyin' meself
But there's nowheres to Fly now withou' him...
So I might as well lay in his kind, strongly arms
Be content with this Love that came wi' him...
For he's mightily Lovin' and he's mightily Kind
An' there ain't a thing wrong with the Man...
So on Wings of this Love we'll just take to th' Skies
An' we'll travel as Free as we can -
An' we'll travel as Brave as we can...
Repeat the first verse, or both of the verses....
I was gonna give wings to this Love of mine
Wings for the Irishman -
Wings for his Song -
An' Life came along, lads, an'
Lifted him for me an'
Brought him along, oyeah,
Brought him along...
An' then over the Seas he came Flyin'
Yeah, n' over the Waves he came Flyin'
On Wings of Great Love he came Flyin'
An' landed right here on his own...
An' folded those Wings an' was Home...
So it's now I was thinkin' of Flyin' meself
But there's nowheres to Fly now withou' him...
So I might as well lay in his kind, strongly arms
Be content with this Love that came wi' him...
For he's mightily Lovin' and he's mightily Kind
An' there ain't a thing wrong with the Man...
So on Wings of this Love we'll just take to th' Skies
An' we'll travel as Free as we can -
An' we'll travel as Brave as we can...
Repeat the first verse, or both of the verses....
7/5/12
WHEN YOU SANG JOAN OF ARC is about how I feel when I hear the CD of Den singin' Leonard Cohen's Joan of Arc when he was in his twenties...sad for what we didn't have...happy, for what we do have now...it's a poem/lyrics...there's a song for it somewhere inside of us....
WHEN YOU SANG JOAN OF ARC
When you're singin' Joan of Arc,
I simply gotta cry...
When your voice goes up like angels -
Makes me want to fly...
And you were young and full of life
You sang with feelings so:
It makes me cry to feel them now -
Just knowin' what I know...
That all our lives we should have been -
Should not have been apart...
That all that time we were of One:
One Way of Life - One Heart...
And that's all that I ever hear
When you sing Joan of Arc...
That's always what I hear, my dear,
When you sing Joan of Arc....
I sang her sad song, too, you know -
I sang it all those years...
And that is why I'm mourning now -
Tho smiling though my tears...
For you are all I ever knew
in every single song...
You're all I want singin' beside me
For this whole life long....
When you're singin' Joan of Arc,
I simply gotta cry...
When your voice goes up like angels -
Makes me want to fly...
And you were young and full of life
You sang with feelings so:
It makes me cry to feel them now -
Just knowin' what I know...
That all our lives we should have been -
Should not have been apart...
That all that time we were of One:
One Way of Life - One Heart...
And that's all that I ever hear
When you sing Joan of Arc...
That's always what I hear, my dear,
When you sing Joan of Arc....
I sang her sad song, too, you know -
I sang it all those years...
And that is why I'm mourning now -
Tho smiling though my tears...
For you are all I ever knew
in every single song...
You're all I want singin' beside me
For this whole life long....
YOU'RE SUCH A WARM-HEARTED LOVER is a love-sick Blues with lots of happy notes!!!
YOU'RE SUCH A WARM-HEARTED LOVER
You're such a warm-hearted Lover -
You make me feel very fine...
You're such a warm-hearted Lover -
You make me feel very fine...
I was lost and now I'm found, Baby -
I do think it's our time...
Must really be our time....
You got a good heart, Lover -
You really are so good...
You got a good heart, Lover -
You really are so good...
You been so kind n' sweet, Baby -
You treat me like you should....
Gonna hold on to you, Lover -
Until the sun don't rise...
Gonna hold on to you, Lover -
Until the sun don't rise...
I seen all that I need ta'see
Right there in your lovin' eyes....
Bring me home with you, Lover -
I'm gonna bake you a cake...
Bring me home with you, Lover -
Gonna bake you a fine cake...
Your's is the brightest star, Baby,
The sky done ever make....
BRIDGE OR CHORUS: YOUR CHOICE:
You are the Brightest Star, Baby,
This Life done ever make...
An' I am yours, my loved Lover -
That's somethin' I can't fake...
Bein' yours: I jus' can't fake it, Baby...
I'm yours, sweet Lover...
All yours...All this Love, my Baby...
All this warm-hearted Love...
You're such a warm-hearted Lover -
You make me feel very fine...
You're such a warm-hearted Lover -
You make me feel very fine...
I was lost and now I'm found, Baby -
I do think it's our time...
Must really be our time....
You got a good heart, Lover -
You really are so good...
You got a good heart, Lover -
You really are so good...
You been so kind n' sweet, Baby -
You treat me like you should....
Gonna hold on to you, Lover -
Until the sun don't rise...
Gonna hold on to you, Lover -
Until the sun don't rise...
I seen all that I need ta'see
Right there in your lovin' eyes....
Bring me home with you, Lover -
I'm gonna bake you a cake...
Bring me home with you, Lover -
Gonna bake you a fine cake...
Your's is the brightest star, Baby,
The sky done ever make....
BRIDGE OR CHORUS: YOUR CHOICE:
You are the Brightest Star, Baby,
This Life done ever make...
An' I am yours, my loved Lover -
That's somethin' I can't fake...
Bein' yours: I jus' can't fake it, Baby...
I'm yours, sweet Lover...
All yours...All this Love, my Baby...
All this warm-hearted Love...
7/3/12
LEAVIN' MOUNTAIN AND SEA is Lyrics just about that...how I really don't want to leave the Mountains here and the Seashore...I'd have to come back every year for a couple of months to be with Them again...that's all there is to that!
LEAVIN' MOUNTAIN AND SEA
How far could I live from the sounds of the Sea
By the Sea where I'm sleepin' here briefly
The Breeze from the Waves washin' sweet over me
As the Breath of some Loved One so near me
How long would it take to start longin' for Shores
An' the Songs of the Gulls flyin' round me
The Sands meeting Sea weavin' in around me
As a pillow of warmth so benignly
How far could I live from the winds of the Mountains
Sierra an' Foothills and Coast Hills
The clearest of Skies and the coolest of Lakes
As the Trail meets my feet as all Trails will
How long would it take to start longin' for Highs
An' the Blues of the Waterfall's Spray
The Rivers all boundin' along over Stone
As the Mountainlands hold me in sway
How long could I live and how long could I wait
Til I met Sea and Mountain once more
I cannot imagine a World every day without
Mountainside and Ocean Shore
I Will Not imagine a World every year without
Mountainside and Ocean Shore
How far could I live from the sounds of the Sea
By the Sea where I'm sleepin' here briefly
The Breeze from the Waves washin' sweet over me
As the Breath of some Loved One so near me
How long would it take to start longin' for Shores
An' the Songs of the Gulls flyin' round me
The Sands meeting Sea weavin' in around me
As a pillow of warmth so benignly
How far could I live from the winds of the Mountains
Sierra an' Foothills and Coast Hills
The clearest of Skies and the coolest of Lakes
As the Trail meets my feet as all Trails will
How long would it take to start longin' for Highs
An' the Blues of the Waterfall's Spray
The Rivers all boundin' along over Stone
As the Mountainlands hold me in sway
How long could I live and how long could I wait
Til I met Sea and Mountain once more
I cannot imagine a World every day without
Mountainside and Ocean Shore
I Will Not imagine a World every year without
Mountainside and Ocean Shore
THE YEW TREE is lyrics written to honor a Huge Mass of Life in a thousand-year-old Yew Tree spreading over and over out onto land in West Wales...many love this Tree of Life....
THE YEW TREE
I want to be
Under that Yew
That's in West Wales -
Spreadin' its Years
Just Earth-Givin'...
One thousand Years -
It's seen more than me -
More than any anyone has
Who's now Livin'....
An' I want to be Old Like That -
Bigger than Life is -
Than One Life could Be...
An' I want to hold Soil like that
Deep to my very Roots...
Want to know Life like That -
Bound - yet still Free....
I want to be
Deep in that Yew
That's in West Wales -
In Its Blood-stream of Sap
So Life-Given...
I want to breathe in every Green
Life it bears - every Root and each Branch
Sharin' Livin'....
An' I want to be Old Like That -
Bigger than Life is -
Than One Life could Be...
An' I want to hold Soil like that
Deep to my very Roots...
Want to know Life like That -
Bound - yet still Free...
Bound - yet so Free....
I want to be
Under that Yew
That's in West Wales -
Spreadin' its Years
Just Earth-Givin'...
One thousand Years -
It's seen more than me -
More than any anyone has
Who's now Livin'....
An' I want to be Old Like That -
Bigger than Life is -
Than One Life could Be...
An' I want to hold Soil like that
Deep to my very Roots...
Want to know Life like That -
Bound - yet still Free....
I want to be
Deep in that Yew
That's in West Wales -
In Its Blood-stream of Sap
So Life-Given...
I want to breathe in every Green
Life it bears - every Root and each Branch
Sharin' Livin'....
An' I want to be Old Like That -
Bigger than Life is -
Than One Life could Be...
An' I want to hold Soil like that
Deep to my very Roots...
Want to know Life like That -
Bound - yet still Free...
Bound - yet so Free....
7/1/12
RIDIN' ON BEGGARMAN is another one for the Horse People I know who write songs and sing them and play guitars for them and for the horses they love...
RIDIN' ON BEGGARMAN
I'm ridin' on Beggarman
Dear Horse and Kind Soul
An' the sweetest of Paints
Ever born to be rode
He's as fine and as grand
As an Old Paint can be
An' he never is bolder
Than when he's with me
So saddle up Beggarman
Take him to ride
With his love of wild places
Godspeed at his side
With his brave and sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
I'm there with ol' Beggarman
Horse Friend so good
He wants to do well by me
Just as he should
An' I want to do well by him -
I always do
For he runs like the wind
An' he trots fine and true
So saddle up Beggarman
Take him to ride
With his love of wild places
Godspeed at his side
With his gentle sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
There's a sayin' they say
about Beggarman's name
That if Wishes were horses
We'd ride all the same
Like Beggars all wishin'
For somethin' we ain't:
Like Horsemen as I am
Upon my old Paint
So saddle up Beggarman
Take him to ride
With his love of wild places
Godspeed at his side
With his simple sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
With his old and sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
I'm ridin' on Beggarman
Dear Horse and Kind Soul
An' the sweetest of Paints
Ever born to be rode
He's as fine and as grand
As an Old Paint can be
An' he never is bolder
Than when he's with me
So saddle up Beggarman
Take him to ride
With his love of wild places
Godspeed at his side
With his brave and sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
I'm there with ol' Beggarman
Horse Friend so good
He wants to do well by me
Just as he should
An' I want to do well by him -
I always do
For he runs like the wind
An' he trots fine and true
So saddle up Beggarman
Take him to ride
With his love of wild places
Godspeed at his side
With his gentle sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
There's a sayin' they say
about Beggarman's name
That if Wishes were horses
We'd ride all the same
Like Beggars all wishin'
For somethin' we ain't:
Like Horsemen as I am
Upon my old Paint
So saddle up Beggarman
Take him to ride
With his love of wild places
Godspeed at his side
With his simple sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
With his old and sweet gallop
Godspeed at his side
APPLE FARM is a summer lyrics for California Valley days....
APPLE FARM
Wish I had an apple farm or maybe peaches, almonds too -
I would pick them apples for us an' the peaches just for you!
Wish I could take all them almonds - shake 'em down and when I'm through -
Take them in their canvas bags and toss 'em into our truck, too!
We'd be rich!
We'd have fun!
We'd be jus' one happy couple raisin' stuff for everyone!
Wish I had a big ol' Truck Farm - veges raised in pretty rows!
I would keep them irrigated, squishin' mud between my toes!
Wish I could take all them veges - harvest them - and 'can' em sweet -
Take them to some Farmers Market - sell 'em out on our Main Street!
We'd be rich!
We'd have fun!
We'd be jus' one happy couple sellin' stuff for everyone!
Wish we had some little homestead, high and lovely on some slope -
We would keep that home of ours jus' full of love and full of hope!
Wish we had a load of children - act like me and look like you -
We would raise 'em smart and happy - Life would all ways be like new!
We'd be rich!
We'd have fun!
We'd be jus' a happy family rich with love for everyone!
Wish I had an apple farm or maybe peaches, almonds too -
I would pick them apples for us an' the peaches just for you!
Wish I could take all them almonds - shake 'em down and when I'm through -
Take them in their canvas bags and toss 'em into our truck, too!
We'd be rich!
We'd have fun!
We'd be jus' one happy couple raisin' stuff for everyone!
Wish I had a big ol' Truck Farm - veges raised in pretty rows!
I would keep them irrigated, squishin' mud between my toes!
Wish I could take all them veges - harvest them - and 'can' em sweet -
Take them to some Farmers Market - sell 'em out on our Main Street!
We'd be rich!
We'd have fun!
We'd be jus' one happy couple sellin' stuff for everyone!
Wish we had some little homestead, high and lovely on some slope -
We would keep that home of ours jus' full of love and full of hope!
Wish we had a load of children - act like me and look like you -
We would raise 'em smart and happy - Life would all ways be like new!
We'd be rich!
We'd have fun!
We'd be jus' a happy family rich with love for everyone!
WIND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN is a short, sweet lyrics about the power of wind and storm...when it's not being destructive....
WIND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN
The wind is blowin'around the mountain -
Across the mountain and through the pass -
An' it's greater than greater can be...
I heard it's wailin' - I saw the lightnin' -
I felt the rain that came up...
It was greater than I'll ever be....
The wind is blowin' around the mountain -
Across the mountain and through the pass -
An' it's greater than any of us....
I've felt its power - the sky was fallin' -
I heard the thunder roll by...
It was greater than great, jus' to see....
The wind is blowin' around the mountain -
Across the mountain and through the pass -
An' it's greater than any of us...
An it's greater than any of us....
The wind is blowin'around the mountain -
Across the mountain and through the pass -
An' it's greater than greater can be...
I heard it's wailin' - I saw the lightnin' -
I felt the rain that came up...
It was greater than I'll ever be....
The wind is blowin' around the mountain -
Across the mountain and through the pass -
An' it's greater than any of us....
I've felt its power - the sky was fallin' -
I heard the thunder roll by...
It was greater than great, jus' to see....
The wind is blowin' around the mountain -
Across the mountain and through the pass -
An' it's greater than any of us...
An it's greater than any of us....
LOVE ALL AFTERNOON is a quiet little lyrics about when my guy and I occasionally just hole-up all day and let the day go by, jus' enjoyin' eachother's company and not much else....
LOVE ALL AFTERNOON
Makin' Love all afternoon...
Jus' too old happy lovers now -
Nowhere to be...It's a nowhere
Afternoon...we'll go 'out' soon...
Where the world seems to be
Leaving us all alone - not even our
Phones are ringin' - it's a lazy
Day for sure....
Makin' Love, jus' like two Kids...
Full of good stuff for eachother -
An' there's no soul here to bother -
We're just free...just to be...
In this quiet day of rest...in our
Nest up here alone...no one home -
If you knock we won't be here -
Tho we are....
There's a star...it's the
First star for tonight - an' I think
That we did right: not to go
Out at all....after all: we're still new
To one another and it's surely not a waste
Of our time...let the clocks run down...
Let the whole earth go...it's been a lazy
Day for sure....
Makin' Love all afternoon...
Jus' too old happy lovers now -
Nowhere to be...It's a nowhere
Afternoon...we'll go 'out' soon...
Where the world seems to be
Leaving us all alone - not even our
Phones are ringin' - it's a lazy
Day for sure....
Makin' Love, jus' like two Kids...
Full of good stuff for eachother -
An' there's no soul here to bother -
We're just free...just to be...
In this quiet day of rest...in our
Nest up here alone...no one home -
If you knock we won't be here -
Tho we are....
There's a star...it's the
First star for tonight - an' I think
That we did right: not to go
Out at all....after all: we're still new
To one another and it's surely not a waste
Of our time...let the clocks run down...
Let the whole earth go...it's been a lazy
Day for sure....
OLD FORGOTTEN TRAIN is clickety-clack Lyrics about how there are many days I just don't feel like leavin' this little nest we got...it's small and quiet and homey and it's just a great old roundhouse for an old train like me to rust away in...hate to have to hit those tracks again when the time comes round-about....
OLD FORGOTTEN TRAIN
I'm always runnin' a bit behind lately
Like some old fogotten train, yeah, baby...
Runnin' all clickety-clack down these old tracks
With every car and wheel complainin'....
Used to be be chuggin' along so fine
Makin' each stop on a dime...
You could set your watch on me
I always made the time....
Now, sometimes, I don't make the grade...
Don't even get my days work done...
Hittin' the rails in the setting sun, now, baby -
Cuz I can't find no reason an'
Can't find no rhyme - no, baby...
Not even on these tracks...
No rhyme....
I'm not lately leavin' the round-house, baby,
Jus' some stream train run out of steam...
Runnin' only if I have to and then slow-some
With brakes and wheels complainin'....
Used to accomplish way past my prime
Makin' a Life so fine:
You could follow in my tracks -
Get your stuff done on time....
Now, baby, I don't bother to get done -
Time and old tracks and old trains are one...
An' the day goes from sunrise to settin' sun -
Cuz I can't find no reason an'
Can't find no rhyme - no, baby...
Not even on old tracks..
Not one rhyme....
Jus' clickety-clack to fill the time...
No reason, baby, and yes,
No rhyme....
I'm always runnin' a bit behind lately
Like some old fogotten train, yeah, baby...
Runnin' all clickety-clack down these old tracks
With every car and wheel complainin'....
Used to be be chuggin' along so fine
Makin' each stop on a dime...
You could set your watch on me
I always made the time....
Now, sometimes, I don't make the grade...
Don't even get my days work done...
Hittin' the rails in the setting sun, now, baby -
Cuz I can't find no reason an'
Can't find no rhyme - no, baby...
Not even on these tracks...
No rhyme....
I'm not lately leavin' the round-house, baby,
Jus' some stream train run out of steam...
Runnin' only if I have to and then slow-some
With brakes and wheels complainin'....
Used to accomplish way past my prime
Makin' a Life so fine:
You could follow in my tracks -
Get your stuff done on time....
Now, baby, I don't bother to get done -
Time and old tracks and old trains are one...
An' the day goes from sunrise to settin' sun -
Cuz I can't find no reason an'
Can't find no rhyme - no, baby...
Not even on old tracks..
Not one rhyme....
Jus' clickety-clack to fill the time...
No reason, baby, and yes,
No rhyme....
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