Starry, starry night: Paint your palette blue and gray. Look out on a summer’s day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Shadows on the hills. Sketch the trees and the daffodils; Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land. Now i understand What you tried to […]
The grave that they dug him had flowers Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colors, And the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone. He’s gone. When the wars of our nation did beckon, A man barely twenty did answer the calling. Proud of the trust that he placed in our […]
Every thread of creation is held in position By still other strands of things living In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline Of smoldering cities, so gray and so vulgar, As not to be satisfied with their own negativity, But needing to touch all the living as well. And every breeze that blows kindly […]
Ah, it ain’t so easy is it? you almost lost your place. And perhaps you’re wondering how you’re going to cope with your disgrace. Well your wealth is well established and your friends were never few, And all the things they told you of you’re finding to be true. Well if truth can free the […]
I’ve got nothing on my mind: nothing to remember, Nothing to forget. and i’ve got nothing to regret, But i’m all tied up on the inside, No one knows quite what i’ve got; And i know that on the outside What i used to be, i’m not anymore. You know i’ve heard about people like […]
And if she asks you why, you can tell her that i told you That i’m tired of castles in the air. I’ve got a dream i want the world to share And castle walls just lead me to despair. Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, A dream come true, i’ll […]
And i love you so. The people ask me how, How i’ve lived till now. I tell them i don’t know. I guess they understand How lonely life has been. But life began again The day you took my hand. And, yes, i know how lonely life can be. The shadows follow me, and the […]
A long, long time ago… I can still remember How that music used to make me smile. And i knew if i had my chance That i could make those people dance And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while. But february made me shiver With every paper i’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; […]
Where Were You Baby? – (Josh White) As recorded by DonMclean Now I’ve peeked through fancy boudoirs Searched through window grates But I only saw Republicans, romance and Southern states And where were you baby, when my heart went out? You left me ba___by, in all this darkness and doubt Now I’ve tried to replace […]
I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane Like gypsy moths that dance around a candle flame And I wonder if you know That I never understood That although you said you’d go Until you did […]
