Eye Of The Beholder 

Another night I sit and write, 

The same thoughts bend my brain, 

The world, the sky, the people's cry, 

Are we really all insane. 

Madness here psychosis there, 

Everywhere are minds a smolder, 

Sanity is only in, 

The eye of the beholder. 

We beat our young, spoil our pets, 

And hurt each other wholesale, 

We make up rules to smother love, 

And sell our bodies retail. 

We work each day to build our death, 

On both sides of the planet, 

Never learning from our past, 

Though we never quite outran it.

Tears on each other’s sleeves, 

Hugs for the one that leaves, 

Out the storefront window, 

Scene played in the heat, 

Sad songs, sung inside.

Kids in Cages 

Words are hard to find these days, 

Failing in so many ways, 

Kids in cages hear their cries, 

This is how a nation dies, 

Kids in cages, no one cares, 

No one speaks out, no one dares, 

All around us life goes on, 

No one sees our soul is gone, 

Kids in cages, can’t you see, 

The evil poisons you and me, 

It seems more normal every day, 

No one knows there’s Hell to pay, 

Kids in cages, fleeing fear, 

We don’t even shed a tear, 

Running from a killing land, 

We’re too cruel to understand, 

Kids in cages coming here, 

Escaping from a land of fear, 

Screens that lull us back to sleep, 

Seems we’re turning into sheep.

Stopped in one warm evening, 

To hear an old friend sing, 

Sat right up waiting for the break, 

Not sure what the night would bring, 

Three lost years faded quickly, 

As I listened to her voice, 

It was like we’d never parted, 

Even though it was my choice, 

I could have chose to follow, 

But her dreams aimed far away, 

She said she had to travel, 

I had nothing left to say, 

I always thought I’d be the leaver, 
It’s the way I’ve always been, 

Now I’m the one that’s lonesome, 

Dreaming we could start again.

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,