She lives on inside a cloneof whispers she left on your phoneand though you'll never be alonewith her she lingersYou play those whispers one by onethe heat the hurt then Chekhov's gunyou're a third act prop, bud, just one amongthe necessary fingers There is no wound for you to healno letter waiting for your sealno … Continue reading Song To Pass The Time In Leonard Cohen Voice, Which Started As A Lark But Maybe I’ll Try To Work It Into Something (Unfinished)
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Early Bird Special
What thoughts should I be thinking now?Grand kids sprouting up like weedsNeighbors' twins got into med schoolWhat was that ping in the SUV? But I see the West is stacking hoodlumsEach one looking at his screenDon't hang your head boys things are hopelessBut they're exactly what they seem They watch the East collecting armiesMissiles point … Continue reading Early Bird Special
Song For M This Morning
I’ve opened my eyes to uncertain skiesI know you have as wellAnd try as we may and try as we mustTo hold to each other and the One that we trustIn time my angel the iron will rustAnd the vines will creep over the bell Oh, but the thing that you always did bringThat I … Continue reading Song For M This Morning
A Pigeon Story Yesterday
Beware of your own best intentionsInside the silver lining it's darkI thought I was feeding the pigeonsTurned out I was feeding a hawk The flock flew down and fluttered togetherI sighed at this particular twoHe was all, hey what's up?She was all, check you boo! [They'd dance awhile then take a peckAt seeds that I … Continue reading A Pigeon Story Yesterday
Evening Drivel Rover Red
I used to be the shadow on a bowling ballZoned in on any pin standing tallThe sight of humans well arrangedLeft my mind and soul estranged I much preferred the companyOf litter runt and orphaned beeWe knew then as they know nowThe game is rigged if you don’t ask how Two lines were formed a … Continue reading Evening Drivel Rover Red
Lawrence Immemorial (unfinished)
I was born in BabylonTime stamped three a.m.Maternity was packed and jackedWith what we knew as men The fog was thick in BabylonThe day I came of ageIt broke three hearts when I climbed the stairsAs the ink dried on the page I’ve booked a trip to BabylonTo shush up chatty tombsIf I’m not back … Continue reading Lawrence Immemorial (unfinished)
Nothing Better To Do
* Sometimes a thought you feel with certaintyis a thought too abstract to shape at any wheelinto an object useful or artful or playful or in any sense goodyet behind closed eyes persistently emerges from the clay... * Sometimes a cure you know for certainCould never come from some bad money labIs revealed behind your … Continue reading Nothing Better To Do
Song Written In Five Minutes of Uh-Oh
Song for a diagnosisSong for a spidey-senseThings ain’t right ‘n it ain’t the lightIt’s a bodily decompense The odometer’s pushingWay past the warranty cushionI can’t say it comes as a shockGet the paperwork inNotify next of kinNothing left but to run out the clock I wish I could sayI had my dayBut the truth is … Continue reading Song Written In Five Minutes of Uh-Oh
Sorting
This song popped into my head this morning. Mid tempo rock. Unfinished, a different breathline than usually occurs to me, but what the hey. My imagination is sheltered in place too. Found an address book in the back of a box of Not much of anything worth moving to a smaller place And I opened … Continue reading Sorting
Note To Self
Hard Rock Sad and blueSad and bluePick up penRed will do News is newsIt’s never TrueIt’s chewed up birdSpit for you They don’t love youNever didOf course you keptYour motive hid Through a windowIn the glassWho they areIs how you'll pass Sad and blueSad and bluePick up penRed will do
Cover Girl You Are
(Song, Uptempo Rock) Please cover up you cover girl You don’t gotta show Everything that nature gives a damn about Gonna notice in the workplace Gonna notice in the first place Who you are who you are Cover girl it’s in your face They don’t get to hack If you don’t turn your back They … Continue reading Cover Girl You Are
Water Heart and Seed
If you live your life like it was held for ransom every time some shadow rolls across your heart You’ll pay and pray plead with your captor But you’ll cry alone in the dark If you live your life like a bursting fountain water for the garden all the flowers and the weeds You’ll see … Continue reading Water Heart and Seed
It’s So You (Breaking Wave)
Chorus: Well now here you are, where the years fade away with a whisper And the people you loved, oh the people you loved they fade away too And you, standing at the window with a cup of tea, making a silly face, that would have made them smile It’s so you The laughter comes … Continue reading It’s So You (Breaking Wave)
The Word, the Word
Children's Song The Word, the Word is very near in my mouth and in my ear in my heart and in my soul I love Jesus that's the way I roll Jesus said if you hear my voice Father's given you a choice you can be good or you can be bad make Jesus happy … Continue reading The Word, the Word
Let Your Yes Be Yes
Let your yes be yes Let your no be no Anything more than this Is danger to your soul Will His guiding light Go dim as shadows grow Oh will he abandon us? No and no and no Speak His name in Truth And you will be blessed Is God One Person in a Trinity? … Continue reading Let Your Yes Be Yes
The Hour is Coming, and Now Is 