Of all the songs that you could sing,
It had to be that one,
Every single time I hear it,
My heart comes all undone,
Goes wandering back to better days,
Before we fell apart,
Makes me want to go and look you up,
Try to make another start.
I tried it several times before,
It always ends the same,
We find the button not to push,
It’s the way we play the game,
We don’t seem to know the way,
To leave well enough alone,
Always wanting something more,
Until loving is unknown.
I'm tired of staying quiet as I watch this hard rain fall,
Even though I saw it coming, I just didn't make the call,
Now as the storm continues and I watch the waters rise,
All the things I thought were sacred are destroyed before my eyes,
The closed up shops on Main St. tell a tale of better times,
While the thieves high up on Wall St. are rewarded for their crimes,
Over on the avenue our wants are turned to needs,
While the pundits on the radio scream their hateful screeds.
Light on the horizon rises,
Stars begin to fade for day,
Been wandering out here all night long,
Trying to think of what to say.
You saw me talking with another,
Last night at the dance,
Been wandering out here all night,
Wishing for another chance,
We thought it was forever,
Since our five years old romance,
Been wandering out here all night,
Wishing for another chance,
Too Much
Too much worry, not enough life,
Too little love too, much strife,
We only have these numbered days,
Might be time to mend our ways,
Can we enjoy the sunlight and the rain?
Learn not to cause our neighbor pain?
Can we take only what we need?
Learn not to make our neighbor bleed?
All the darkness and the hatred,
The bloody stain of mankind’s greed,
The worthless things we so fear losing,
Are they really what we need?
When see our brother hurting,
When he’s trembling in his fear,
Will we forget it’s ours to help him?
Until his skies are clear.
Have we lost for good the days of old?
When walked the planet side by side,
When we looked out for each other,
Instead of trying to save our pride?
When the soldiers came knocking,
At my lonely door,
To tell me that I could not,
See you anymore,
it broke my heart when you went away,
You were coming back so I let it ache,
Now they've come to say you're gone,
I can see my big mistake,
I know that I'll get over you,
There's nothing left for me to do,
I can't just sit here feeling blue,
I tell my self that I'll get through,
You told me that you had to go,
I never understood what for,
I knew I couldn't hold you here,
But now you're gone forever more,
Who Are You
Who are you?
To tell someone who to hate,
Or who they cannot love,
Who appointed you to speak,
And set yourself above,
My heart can find its own way home,
It knows where I belong,
I know it when I’m with you,
No one can tell us that we’re wrong.
Broken Blue
I can’t feel how you feel,
But your sadness breaks my heart,
I just want to bind your wounds,
But I don’t know where to start,
I’ve been broken blue before,
Felt someone had run me through,
Left me bleeding in the dark,
Mostly left me broken blue,
This illusion we call life,
Sometimes feels like it’s untrue,
Sometimes bittersweet to tears,
Sometimes leaves you broken blue.
Reaching for the sky again,
I hear the slipstream call my name,
This old land is all worn out for me,
I want to fly and leave this game,
Rising up to see the sun rise,
Patchwork Earth beneath my wings,
Feel the jostle of the thermals,
And forget all earthly things.
I want to fly into the sunset,
Orange to purple, blue to black,
Fly above the storms of sorrow,
Dream of never turning back.
The Night
I feel the heat of your closeness,
Any chance you feel mine too?
Can we wander in the darkness?
Let the night take me and you?
There’s this vacuum in my soul,
And I don’t know what to do,
Would it make it any better?
If the night took me and you?
There’s really nothing that I’m lacking,
Got all I need to make it through,
But I still find I’m wanting,
For the night and me and you.