For a time
I’ve found words that can rhyme
But now it seems
I can’t find those words even in my dreams
the expectations
They come
Being put on some pedestal
Seems so dumb
Let’s speak the words and be free
Just live life between you and me
So between and me
Let’s go get coffee
If not maybe a cup of tea
If those things don’t ring a bell
Between you and me, it’s all swell
If I Had Died
You know the world can’t make a home
It drove away at the bus stop and left me alone
And when another man had died for my sake
It makes me wonder if in the morning I’ll still be awake
It makes me wonder
If I had died
Have I lived a fulfilled life?
Unsullied by my pride?
Have I been a good man?
Understanding of the master plan
Sacrificing for one another
Being there for each other
You know I want to stop from being alone
The ringing won’t leave my ears
Even if I answer the telephone
Sometimes I don’t know where I’ve gone
I was hoping I’d find my place in the middle of the song
But every chorus and every note
Dissipated after being wrote
It makes me wonder
If I had died
Would I leave this planet satisfied?
Was it worth all those tears I cried?
Have I been a good man?
Have I done all that I can?
Even though there’s things I don’t understand
Even if things don’t go as planned
I can die a happy man
Knowing someday I’ve done what I can
I moved on past the things I can’t understand
I’ve moved through the things that go unplanned
What if I had died?
Heads up
Keep looking for that next hit
Cause you have to look forward
After every little bit
Cause you have the strength
To keep going along
But if you don’t keep your head up
You won’t be as strong
You won’t be as strong oh no
So heads up, find the way to go
Words Said
Everything and nothing
Always seemed to mean something
In this crazy world we’re living
Whether standing up or sitting
Shouting out or contemplating
The words that we meant to say
Like do you know that the way you’ve been?
It’s made me come undone again
That the pompous prideful shell of a man
You claim to be you
But we can do better than this
Turn back the clock and put the pedal to reverse
Rewind our time and go back to bed
Forget all about the words we had said
Words that we said yesterday
Are words we’ll forget, I’ll hope and I’ll pray
Tomorrow will top today
I’m not as free as I wish to be
Take my words with me
As I sail out to sea
Get a crew together and sail round the world
Where we’ll end up I won’t know
All along the journey her hand I’ll never let go
I’ll roll my eyes to the cloudy skies
Take time to rest my head otherwise
I might go crazy if not for you
We’ve sailed through a storm a few times before
Lets hope we wont shipwreck if once more
And I’m hoping that there’s not more in store
To bring us down we’ve come so far
But no storm can change who we are
We’ll make it out, we’ll turn out okay
Let’s hope tomorrow will top today
Tomorrow came, untill today
The outcome came quick and we didn’t know
What to say
Lets just say that my mind tried to make sense
If only my brain wasn’t as dense
If it goes the way that we’re heading I’m surely betting
They’ll try and bring us down as we’ve come so far
But no one can change who we are
We’ll make it out; we’ll turn out okay
We’ll be ready for tomorrow unlike today
So lets hope that tomorrow will be better than today
Okay?
Low
Oh dear
It’s clear
That I am unmistakingly
Troubled
Where I am
And it’s hard for me
To get back
When I’m so low
Low
Cause you left me down here
On my own
The sky is so high
I can barely catch a glimpse
Squinting my eyes
How can I get out
When I am so low
Troubled darlin, is how I’m feelin
This sorry state I am dealin
With
Isn’t helping my cause
And I am…
Low
Cause you left me down here
On my own
So get me outta this hole
Bring me back from down below
So I may no longer feel so low
Cause you left me down here
On my own
So get me outta this hole
Bring me back from down below
So I may no longer feel so low
Out and about
Like a deadbeat drifter im out of here
I’ve left my life behind, all that I hold dear
I kissed my girl and said don’t call me soon
I’ve packed and gotten out before noon
I’m out and about
Not a care in my mind
Just wanting peace and quiet
So very hard to find
Ocean Lovers
Carry me across the sea
My darling be near to me
Cause you’re all I want to see
But it’s hard to see you across the sea
Our love was always there
Never separate, but carried over the air
I’ll know that when you come home
But for now…
We’re ocean lovers
Hoping for the day to end
Wanting more than my lover
Wanting my dearest friend
Only now…
We’re ocean lovers
The days have set sail
And to my avail
You’ll come home someday…
My lover over the ocean
I’ve sold all I got
Every last pan and pot
So I can come home to see you
I get my ship, and I get my crew
Tell them that we will set sail soon
Cause I have a treasure, all for me
Across the sea
And I’m on my way…
My ocean lover
I’m coming for you
And there is nothing
Anyone can do
My ocean lover
I’ll get to you fast
I want to end this distance
And I want this to last
Until now…
We’ve been ocean lovers
And I’ve learned how
To cope without you
From so far away
Sanity’s River
Sanity left me drifting without a paddle
Taking me out of my game
Bucking me off of the saddle
I could say
Taking all from my mind, even my name
It’s taken me longer to realize
How I despise the line
Of sanity
My mind drifts over it from time to time
Sanity has taken me down
A trip on her river
I’m lost when I’m without her
Oh Sunshine
Oh beautiful sunshine
Will you come closer to me?
You always brighten my day
You always make me happy
Oh wonderful sunshine
Please stay so I can see
That everything you do
Seems just so perfect to me
Oho dear sunshine
Can you put my mind to the test
Just give me a sign, at anytime
To let me know I’m better than the rest
Sunshine, oh Sunshine
Just slowly take your time
Every day that I see you
Makes me know
That it is true
That I love sunshine
Oh lovely sunshine
Please don’t let the day-hay end
You’re always there to be with me
Whenever I need a friend
Oh happy sunshine
You can always make me smile
Cause I know that
For a matter of fact
Seeing you is so worthwhile
Sunshine oh Sunshine
Just slowly take you time
Every day that I see you
Makes me know
That it is true
That I love sunshine
Oh Love
He finally set sail
Unable to unveil
His plans from before
All that was in store
He kept it inside
But unable to hide
What he knew was true?
Unconfident without a clue
He worked at it daily
Only ailing his mind
Still being kind
But slowly going blind
Only wanting to unbind
His heart
Love oh love
What have you done?
You’ve broken a man
Before the day has begun
Love, Oh Love
Why is it so?
That this man was taken
Before his time to go
He risked everything
Wanting to sing
Everything out
Left with no doubt
That it was done
No longer needing to run
But he knows that purpose has
Purposely taken him thus far
That these things break us, and make us
Into who we are
That love takes it toll, and tolls for all
Cause it takes someone to step up
To rise from each fall
Love oh-ho love
What can he do?
His life is in shambles
Unable to be new
Love, Oh Love
Unlike death
You can make a man sing
But you always sting
Thinking
I’m thinking
About the day
That I am leaving home
I don’t want to fight anymore
I don’t want to be left alone
I’m thinking about the day
That I am leaving home
12 years just seems a bit too long
Though nothing was wrong
Where I was
Oh where I was
Its just time for me to make a change
I’m heading out to find my home on the range
I’ve packed up all that I can find
All the good memories packed into my mind
I’ve contacted all my loved ones
They won’t love it when I am gone
My shadow has left the sunshine
When it reaches the dawn
I’ll fly out ready for whatever’s next
2000 miles riding out to the west
I’m leaving home
I’ve got nowhere else to go
I’ll build it all up
Start a new life
I’ll be grownup
And I’ll even find a wife
Well… hopefully
I’ll get rich and famous
My style will be aimless
And all because I left home
But, hopefully
Now I can see
That so many people
Truly love me
And I hope my life goes on
And I’ll be laughing and singing along
Hopefully nothing will go wrong
And all it is… is I’m
Thinking
About the day I leave home
I don’t want to feel alone
I just hope I’m not wrong
And I’m thinking
I want a place to belong
And maybe its not too far gone
Hopefully
Not far
From home
Dreaming
Been dreaming for far too long
My minds in the clouds
My mind is now long gone
My dreams take me places
That I’ve never gone before
But each place is an empty space
Of me lost even more
These dreams haunt my days
It’s clear enough at times
I can clearly see a face
And it’s left me to face
These dreams alone
Leaving numbers
With no telephone
No answers
No time to figure out what’s going on
Dreaming
Oh let me dream for a little longer
Let me get a little bit stronger
When I’m done dreaming
Oh dreams
Make sense to me
Just let me see
What to do next
A dream once happened so suddenly
That I didn’t have a chance to breathe
And I thought it was reality
And dreams make me so happy
And although it may sound sappy
They’ve even made me cry
Cause I’ve seen loved ones that have come and gone
People I haven’t seen for so long
And I’m sad cause won’t see them again
But my dreams won’t taunt me anymore
Cause the life outside has more in store
For me
To see
Dreaming
Oh let me dream for a little longer
Let me get a little bit stronger
When I’m done dreaming
Oh dreams
Make sense to me
Just let me see
What to do next
With Equal Hands
With equal hands
The world demands
That a man must work
His wage
He fights the times
Defends his crimes
With every written word
And every page
But can you heart it?
The fateful sound of the world
Coming down
One by one everyone
Responding to the madness
With the trigger of a gun
Leaky Conscience
It’s a problem to let something out
Even more, to let someone down
If there was ever a time in your mind
That had caused you to doubt
You conscience, well then you’d frown
Common sense is at a loss
Uncommon amongst chaos
If a simple thought, turned into an action
Then this doubt would be cut into a fraction
Speak you mind (speak your mind)
If you do, just hope that you’ll find
A conscious way, hoping to say
I wanna live for today
I want to decide what to speak
I wanna be strong for the weak
Love for me?
Been learning for a better cause
Been learning to live a better life
I’m tired of these same old situations
That always seems to cause this strife
Been walking a different path
I’ve been keeping my balance intact
I’ve been stuck with this blurry vision
Unable to tell what is fiction or a fact?
I’ve been working at living
Been leaning on these promises
But is there any love for me?
Cause it’s something I need to see
I’ve been working at living
Been leaning on these promises
But is there any love for me?
Cause it’s something hard to see
I’ve kept this love in a stronghold
Working on walls that can’t be breached
But slowly my strong walls began to crumble
Forgetting what my mentors had preached
For I wrote love on my arms
And I did it cause I loved her
But I didn’t feel that love at all
With the fact the love on me
Was written so small
I’ve left myself out for so long
Never wanting to get involved
Finally figuring out that any answers
Would then never get solved
I could never get past the starting point
Cause I always fell short from the bang
And whenever I tried to get back up
The fat lady had already sang
For I’ve continued living
And I’m stronger than before
I’m still looking for that love for me
Hoping that it’ll be something I’ll see
For I’ve continued living
And I’m working more than before
And love has its way with words
To me, it’s not even spoken
Cause whenever I look upwards
It seems more fixed than broken
Realize
Realize that help has been halted at bay
I wish I could realize that you aren’t here to stay
Half hearted faith is only part of the problem
Those thoughts in your head, the ones that talk too loud
Now there’s nothing left to stop them
There’s a new soul, a new mind for the day
Finding your perfect path, the track where you’ll stay
Sister, you’ve got a new forsaken heart
You thought its all been solved, but you’ve been the problem from the start
Your childlike eyes wonder for the days end
That magic is real, never seemingly pretend
You’re one bold angel, flying as high as you can
But after reaching the top of the sky, what’s the next step to your plan
Working for the mind, trying to find control
Having both, but unable to connect the heart and the soul
Singing for one more song, just one more to get it right
The last time, before riding into the night
Run, run for the rabbit’s hole
Capture is imminent
Finding home is something
I’ll never know
Swinging for success
Going for gold
Just working at whatcha do best
Before getting too old
Death is slowly seeping in
Its normal for us all
Finding these trivial pursuits vain
But making sure each step doesn’t
Come with a fall
Let our actions be a message to the young
Drifting blues are not part of the fun
Fire creeps up without the slightest delay
Stop it from coming near and don’t let it stay
Forever with You
If the end leads to the beginning
Then with us, it shows we’re winning
With every right step, there’s one more left
And with every fall, your support was worth it all
With every sad day, I’ll stay with you, and try to make it okay
With every lie, I still love you, and still want to be by your side
With every hardship, I’ll be there for you, another moment with you I would never skip
With every mistake, you still make me smile, all for my sake
With every loss, I still thank God for you, even if you’re lost
Dear Friend
Dear friend
Is this long and
Hurtful fight
going to continue
till the end
We’ve fought so long
Both on one side at
One time
But now we’ve sided with
Ourselves
Finding each other in the wrong
Dear friend
Can you tell me how
This story will end
We’ve toiled these days
Working for each other
But those memories
Are all but a haze
Oh take me back
To the time
That we were
Friends
Why should it be
That this is how
It ends
Dear friend
Why is it so?
That this is the way things will go
That we can’t find peace
Can or will this fighting ever cease
Even while siding
We continue our fighting
And war is never over
This may be the end
My dear friend
Smile
It’s like a kind of magic
Whenever I see your face
The warmth of your smile
Whenever we embrace
It brings me happiness
To see you happy
And even if it sounds sappy
I love you
Your smile will brighten my day
It makes me happy
Even if you have nothing to say
Your smile captures my mind
Cause when your not here
There’s not one person I can find
Whose smile I find as dear
And baby realize
That I want to write a love song for you everyday
Because when I’m gone the more I want to say
I love you
And that will always be true
Cause when you are far away
I always pray for the next day
That I can see you
And see you smile
Because
Your smile will brighten my day
It makes me happy
Even if you have nothing to say
Your smile it captures my mind
Cause when you’re not here
There’s not one person I can find
Whose smile I find as dear
