Howl @ the Moon

Howl at the Moon

I close my eyes not a moment to soon

the dream kicks in when running to the room

where the demons play in the devils tomb

When our eyes met I knew I was the fool

A white witch lady with electric eyes

she caged my heart kept it locked up tight

we fell in love down by the river that night

but the only place i knew her was deep inside

A stone in my eyes made me rock and roll

The cramp in my mind made me lose control

A stale pale dream made me come to soon

my human being starts howling at the moon

The years kept going and they left me behind

our visions overgrown cold and confined

like the rose and the briar we were forever intertwined

by our imaginary love was distant and unkind

I sought you out I knew your soul was real

but the dark arts secrets kept you far and concealed

we made a hidden lotus grown out of the night

I accept our fate and wait for our souls to collide

I feel it in my fingers

and sense with brain

an open ended question

flowing like your streams

the hope of satisfaction

erodes with every dawn

your spirits sweet nectar

I'm sucking till it's gone

it's scratching and it's clawing

the penetrating the gnawing

predictably withdrawing

like every morning swift thawing

Like a thoughtful poet perturbing

this rhyming getting disturbing

this nocturnal journey's unearthing

a part of my soul that's worth conserving

A stone in my eyes made me rock and roll

The cramp in my mind made me lose control

A stale pale dream made me come to soon

my human being starts howling at the moon

Bang Bang Bang

Boom Boom Boom

The night in your heart makes me howl at the moon

I fought with the dark

and I swam in your pools

the night your heart makes me howl at the moon

Understand

Understand

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Driving down I 89

looking for an exit from this ride

need to rest to stay alive

need to think and need to revive

the passions that flee from this road

a moment of peace from this overload

you'll get what you need or so I been told

when this life over you get rest for your soul

I understand what you're trying to do

But I don't know if it will work

They bring us together to tear us apart

the sooner we get there the sooner we'll start

maybe we could just listen to each others heart

maybe we could listen to one more part

you tell me your wishes I'll sing you my name

I think it is silly I think it is lame that

we're kind of similar we're kind of the same

we look at each other hoping we'll both change

falling up standing sound

I think of you as my solid ground

I'd hoped for love but I needed pain

there's no way else I'd understand

I push you down and you tear me apart

selfish ambitions fill up our heart

it's not what we want or what we need

to make the other hurt to make sure we can bleed

you hold open your arms and draw your home

i keep my mouth shut and draw you a bomb

drop it on my foot that blows you away

you open up your door and invite me to stay

Peace comes in stands next to my seat

expects your hospitality and something to eat

you make up some eggs and some fresh killed meat

I turn my head away ashamed by needs

She takes my hand and says there's hope for the blind

hope for the sinner and hope for our minds

what do you think of that you whisper to me

I said as long as I can rule we can all be free

Stop and listen to yourself

you sound like someone else did long ago

and you think that you can play

the games not a game and cats don't have 9 lives

Joyful Cry II (Song for a queen)

I wrote this song for my 93 year grandmother :D It actually uses the chorus that I wrote for my other grandmother. Always a wonderful time to honor those who came before you.

Joyful Cry(Song for a Queen)

Sitting on your front porch swing

talking softly sipping sweet tea

Your ears always open even when your closed

so let me tell you one more time

before you go away

there's never enough to tell you though

Sure you're tired to think for so long

like a river flooding your land

life grows on and I understand

God only knows how long

you've known

I'm so sorry that it's time to go

but it's been a long good life

you've seen a lot of love from the people you know

but it's time to say goodbye

And When I think about it I can not lie

it's your memory that brings a joyful cry:)

Like a bird in a blueberry bush

scattering seeds all over creation

you spun that wheel a thousand times

till it landed on what's right

the price is never worth cost

but you were worth the price

Oh my lady my queen

you have cradled me

in arms that never let go

quite opinionated at times

thank God you shared your mind

now I know the things

I thought I might never know

Good People

I wrote this song after listening to a lot Woody Guthrie, it was my attempt to honor the working man.

Good People

There's a lot good people out there out there

There's a lot good people on the line out there

Dear Lord can you help them find there way here

They don't want to be down but they found there way out

if you help in they may find there way back here

There's a lot good people out in the field

the factories making automobiles

dear lord can you help them find their way back home

They don't want to be greedy getting more than their worth

but the suits come in tell em what they deserve

They don't want to be extravagant just work and honest day

so they can afford the life for their honest pay

there's a lot of good people just trying to stay alive

do whatever they can find a way to survive

from the projects to the plains to and the mountain states

do whatever we can do whatever it takes

it's my family your family imprisoned and free

we're all in this together on the same damn team

the many have suffered long enough it's time we are done

they have to listen if we all stand together as one

There's a lot tired people out there out there

there's a lot of tired people on the line out there

Dear Lord give them strength to go all of the way

They offer us convenience as compensation for life

paycheck to paycheck ain't no way to get by

You make your silly contracts taking captive my time

I just want to see my childs first steps with my own eyes

There's a lot good people out there out there

There's a lot good people on the line out there

Dear Lord can you help them find there way here

Back Home

I wrote this song back 2000

Bring me back home

You better look before you leap

You better think before you speak

Cause your bridges will be burned

If you don’t start to think

You better learn when to sleep

You better count your blessings

Cause things don’t seem to stick

Around to long here

Take a deep breath now

And start to look around

Everyone seems stare you down

Because of what you’re near

(if you can send help,help

please don’t close your eyes

and walk away, I know you saw

cant you stay

I know they tell you

Live your own life

And leave others alone

But I cant find no one

Else to bring back to my home)

I tried to go back today

I thought I’d try a different way

But they cut down all the trees

And put a fence up in it’s place

I looked back today

At all my yesterdays

A couple of friends still remember

When we were young in those days

I need to take a deep breath

and Clear my head

after all that’s said

it’s time to go on now

(chorus)

I guess I question to much

When I should be having fun

But theres more at stake here

Then when I began

You could say that I’m walking blind

But I could say the same about you

Throwing stones wont help

To get us both through

Time, if I could would I buy some more

Time, if I could would I sell my soul

Time, is it worth the things I do

Time, is it important to me and you.

Site

I wrote this song regarding my life @ the moment. Where I have come from, Where I am and Where I would like to be going:)

You can hear it here.

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Site

Once upon a time I became you

looking over the terrace to our mountain view

And you said to me baby don't look down

I harbored a hero from the Susex nights

took plane headed east to the belfast lights

Baby don't let go don't you ever look back

Baby don't let till the healings right

on the west side of heaven

in the middle of the sky

Don't stay up late you need your sleep

you need your rest and you need to see

this damn boat won't guide itself

I talk you up for hours but your so busy plugged in

try to break away your so busy struggling

you didn't see the ice berg coming

You crash and burn like a bird in flight

you stare off in the distance there's no end in site

Give your money to the beggar he'll tell you where to go

set your heart on the veteran no longer fighting for

the children in the sky who fly over lights

and you pretty baby

you'll be passing me by

You walk crawl all at the same time

I coming running to you and the mountains you climb

your full steam ahead all of the time

your screaming your song is a mystery

the more I hear it the more I believe

baby I don't know put your trust in me

I'm yelling at you and your falling asleep

put my hand on your heart and my head between your knees

they stop and stare but there's nothing to see

like a sterile man and his dog in heat

whose gonna tell them

that you pretty baby

you'll be passing me

don't pass me by 5x

70 years

First song that I only wrote just the lyrics to:)

70 Years

I get up when the sunlight

Breaks up the night in my eyes

Or when the alarm goes off

Early to wake up my wife

I eat breakfast sometimes

In the middle of the night

But rush out the door

Most of the time without trying

The work day goes by so slow

The older I get the faster time goes

The hand that holds back our dreams

Has bigger and better things

Waiting in his wings

_ I’ve built bridges and torn some down

climbed up broken latters and fallen to the gorund

I gotta thank mr duritz for listening to spiritual things

Jesus spoke to me through you

Said do not forget about me.

70 years in the blink of an eye

don’t let regret be a cancer in your life

take a risk a go ahead full steam

cause even if you fall off the mountain

eventually you’ll land in your dreams

it is not what seems

so don’t shut that door

I hear a knocking at my door

At an inconvienient time

I get up from fear

He still talks tto me about dying

When I open up the door

There is a train outside

The whistle blows and I know

This is my last time

Well I looked up and said

Who is driving this thing

They said hey boy get on

Just sit back relax

And don’t you worry bout a thing

_well I’ve planted trees and I’ve burned some down

I’ve eaten seeds and spit them out my mouth

I’ve gotta thank patty and russ for all they’ve done

Cause at times I wanted a change

But in the end I’m thankfull to be there son

70 years in the blink of an eye

don’t let regret be a cancer in your life

take a risk a go ahead full steam

cause even if you fall off the mountain

eventually you’ll land in your dreams

it is not what seems

so don’t shut that door

at 23 now I can look back

and say I don’t know

I was arrogant then when

All that came out of mouth

Was I told you so

70 years seems so long from now

but in a blink of an eye

its all gone2X

Most of the Time

This is a song I wrote you can hear it hear:D

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Most of the Time

I speak to you softly

that's the only way you'll understand my words

I touch you harshly

You make me take away your concerns

I wait here yearly

Annually this is so absurd

You mentioned in passing

it's the 7 itch that starts to burn

I find, I find it's a little confusing

we all need a little convincing

And you convince me I can be wrong

some of the time

But most of the time i find

that I can't move on

I speak to you loudly

You only understand big neon love

I walk off quickly

the cleanest way to get to Toronto

I feel your movements

it still rains through your soul

You sift your memories

until the earth around evolves

I find, I find it's a little confusing

we all need a little convincing

And you convince me I can be wrong

some of the time

But most of the time i find

that I can't move on

I can move on

I wish through the window

And your windows are always on

c'est matière d'opinion

Not really sure why I wrote this one, I just did:)

c'est matière d'opinion

There is so much to do

so much to see

I already know

it's one times too many

I look back on you

extrude through and breathe

I want to think

I'm going to be ready

in the midst of the pain

they help me dull it

intro

Nothing to say

I will not hear

I already know

It's not what you know

You cross your arms

hold up your heart

give thanks for your work

build up your guard

in the midst of your struggle

they help you to bear it

The petty white coats

the pretty red rose

the thorny young heart

and the spirit it grows

whispering prayers

afraid to speak

scarring your soul

fathering your needs

one two three four

oh you know

offer your sacrifice

even though you're oh so sure

Drop to your knees

and share your please

blasé fair

or whatever it says

Cm# G#m F#m

au contraire mon ami

c'est matière d'opinion

Mr Everything

I wrote this shortly after the Columbine tragedy.

Mr Everything

hey mr everything i was wondering if though

about where youve been

I was thinking that you'd want to contemplate

the choices you've made

hey miss beauty queen i was wondering if you knew

what it means

i was thinking how said it always seems when you grow older

and i dont know if i could make better choices than the ones you have made

and i try not to judge you and the choices you made

but what about the things that don't blow away with the winds of change

the things that don't often slip and fade away the wicked things you just can't slay

somethings just won't wash away

Hey who chose this theme cause i was

wondering why we're falling apart at the seems

and why no one wants to wake up from there dreams into this world

hey could you tell me why we got to the place where children die

by the hands of there friends who just try

to find a way out

and i dont know if i could make better choices than the ones you have made

and i try not to judge you and the choices you made

but what about the things that don't blow away with the winds of change

the things that don't often slip and fade away the wicked things you just can't slay

somethings just won't wash away

do you wonder why we always say one thing and do another

do you wonder why jesus said don't even hate your brother?

maybe he was talking about something more

like peoples hearts and the deeds that they wore

maybe we need to contemplate the words that he spoke

hey la la la la ya

well hey ja ja ja ja ja ja ja

and now pa pa pa pa

how do we do that????

and i dont know if i could make better choices than the ones you have made

and i try not to judge you and the choices you made

but what about the things that don't blow away with the winds of change

the things that don't often slip and fade away the wicked things you just can't slay

somethings just won't wash away

Forget About It

I just finished this one up.

Forget About It

ticking and the tocking

dripping and the dropping

hipping and the hopping

starting and the stopping

hisssing and the popping

flipping and flopping

crimping and cropping

slipping and the slopping

And Oh it's the one time I let you down

forget about it

spending and shopping

binning and the bargains

the credit and charge in

the sytems got you all in

up to your ears

it's perfectly clear

when the darkness is coming

all you is running

And Oh it's the one time I let you down

forget about it 2X

I'm a credible witness

when incredible strickens

I'm loopy to the dickens

when hitting the chickens

a miracle kicker

a baker and stripper

completely sticker thicker

I hear that it's bitter

it's getting better and better
incredibly clever

dotting eyes crossing tee's

right down to the letter

passing through time space

till it blows up in my face

takes a chunk out of my mother

destroying this place

it's the thing that I'm telling you is what's up

and the thing you telling me oh it's enough

speaking all your words and calling your bluff

throw your cards in it's time to give up

Rhyming for the populace the freaks in the ford

trying to accomplish this for mine and for yours

no one will be stopping this not even the lord

and peasants in the streets start to rejoice

Heroine

I got the idea for this song after watching the movie the Watchmen and listening to an NPR program about the affects of women working more and making more money on American society.

Heroine

Talk to me to softly before you throw me in

to drown this old world still beating me down

I'll rush into you and you always resented my hands

push against the common purpose no shelter from your eyes

Talk talk we like to talk

shut your mouth up before

I knock it off

I was a Hero

second class

don't think to much of me

and this too shall pass

I was a hero

oh no a heroine

Don't You shoot me up

Don't you Patronize my sins

The world don't need no Heroine

This world falling no saving it from sin

waiting on savior so patiently dying

squeeze your intentions into tight clothing

my breast freed the world no thanks for this sacrifice

Walk walk we like to walk

tie your feet together

tripping over your thoughts

Crash Bam Kapow Thwack 2X

CRASH 2X

End of darkness, Tell tale days

2020 1908

You sitting with me my tales always sting

your beer in hand your tail between your legs

bitterly fighting uniting your cries

injustice to spite me always pointing out misfortune

Know your place my gender roles

take care of babes and let your yes be yes

Pain Pain we will to suffer

hold us close together

count it like a mother

I was hero

I was the hero

I was a hero

The world don't need no Heroine

Frames

I wrote this song in 2000, it's mostly about my grandfather who died in 1989

Frame

I walk and I fall

Try to make sense of it all

You run and do not wait

I pray you find a path to take

The sun shines down upon my face

Even as the lightning strikes

A rainbow appears over a mountain

Showers flow down into the fountain

Can you bottle a moment?

Save it for a black Tuesday

Well I saw you strapped to your torment

Wishing for a real Sunday

Holidays are never the same

When you start to change

You look to the pictures and

The people in the frames of yesterday

I laugh when I rise

I start to open my eyes

Perceive the dawn

Consumes the night

The mid day rain

Takes away the light

Don’t wait to long

Cause it will soon be night

(Chorus)

It strikes me strange

That the sun doesn’t always shine

On Sunday

It’s kind of funny

That I don’t always

Mean what I say

Little boys

Tiny girls

Please come back and stay