C. Deborah Wellings 2003

Find That Rainbow

She left town with a small suitcase
full of memories of cloudy days
she can't look back, she won't return
she won't think twice, but soon she'll learn

Pre-Chorus

There's a place in the sun she's meant to
shine
Her dreams won't be denied, she'll leave the rest behind

Chorus

She's searchin for that rainboiw high
above all the clouds
runnin from the storms and her shadows
of doubt
She's come to realize it's not miles away
She's gonna Find that Rainbow
Find that Rainbow.....Someday

She's checkin out of the same old scene
of the promises that remained unseen
She surrendered all she tried not to lose
So tired from singin the blues

There's a place in the sun she's meant to shine
Her dreams won't be denied, she'll leave the rest behind

Chorus

She's searchin for that rainbow high
above all the clouds
runnin from the storms and her shadows
of doubt
She's come to realize it's not miles away
She's gonna Find that Rainbow
Find that Rainbow.....someday

Bridge

Now that she's found her wings
no longer afraid to fly
She'll never lose sight
of those colors in the sky
Those colors shine brightly
like the smile in her heart
the smile that now beams
that will never be far

Repeat Chorus

“ALONE ON THE FLOOR”
Lyrics By: Jesse Tipton - 6/29/03
280 Lorenz
San Antonio, Texas 78209
210-824-1883

Here I am again, alone on the dance floor.
Dancing by myself to our song!
I come here each and every night,
and wait till everyone is gone,
And when the floor is clear,
I ask the DJ to play our song,
that you loved to dance to so much!
But now I stand alone and all I am left with,
Are memories of you!

Chorus:
I stand on the dance floor dancing with the memories of you!
I hold your hand in my mind and,
Lead you down to the floor.
We waltzed with the song we loved to hear so much.
We turned and spinned, and did it again.
I looked into your eyes and fell in love the first night,
We Danced! and We Danced! and danced through our life together.
And we'll dance forever and ever and ever!

I hold my arms so tight, dreaming and wishing,
I could still hold you close to my heart.
Just to breath, just whisper the words in your ear, “I Love You! Forever Still”

My heart has left with you,
when you flew away,
that sad and lonely day.
I know you and I will dance again,
and our song, our dance will never end.
But until that time we meet again?

Chorus:
I will stand on the dance floor dancing with the memories of you!
I hold your hand in my mind and,
Lead you down to the floor.
We waltzed with the song we loved to hear so much.
We turned and spinned, and did it again.
I looked into your eyes and fell in love the first night,
We Danced! and We Danced! and danced through our life together.
And we'll dance forever and ever and ever!

Here I am again, alone on the dance floor.
Dancing by myself to our song!

Life Goes By

1st Verse

I knew a girl named Kimberly, was only fourteen.
She used to sit in class and daydream of turning eighteen.
The scene at school was lonely eating lunch up in the lunchroom,
Just sitting by herself with no one else to talk to.
Eventually some rumors start that she was void of heart.
All the girls they tease her, that’s where the drama starts.
Every day she’s a victim, that’s the outcome.
In class she draws pictures of herself marked with “red rum.”
Walking down the halls of school it feels like she ain’t there.
She thinks if she wasn’t there that nobody would care.
But little does she know her perception is the truth.
Now Kim is dressed up so she can go to school.
Looking in the mirror, checking her refection.
“What’s the use?” She always tells herself upon inspection.
But there’s no use, she’s a troubled youth with a plan
As she hops the school bus with her books in her hands
Thinking…

Chorus:

Life goes on, even if you ain’t in it.
You never know.
It could be a second, a minute.
Someone brings the curtains down on your whole show.
But that’s how it goes

2nd Verse

Now on the bus, she’s all alone sitting by herself.
Tells herself it doesn’t matter but it doesn’t help.
And what a way to start the day, lonely and dysfunctional
Always a topic for the schoolyard discussion pool.
“She’s a loser!”
That’s what they spit and deep down their opinions she agrees with.
True she’s just a kid but she’s making serious decisions.
So early she arrives at school ready and she’s willing without feeling.
The way her life seems to bounce her.
She needs help or maybe even…a school counselor?
But there’s no help.
Instead she puts her problems on the shelf
And tries to do the best to deal with what her life has dealt.
So now it’s back to class.
Gotta hit the books so she can pass.
‘Cuz life’s a bitch especially if you anger mom and dad.
But still the problems add.
She’s ready to cry out “This is the end!”
But it ain’t the end.
It’s just another day she’s gonna spend
Thinking…

[Chorus]

3rd verse

Now quicker than a vocal change the day was underway.
Never thinking twice because her mind’s already made.
It was just another day, didn’t nobody see it coming.
But little did they know how their afternoon would plummet.
Kids running;
Trying to make their next periods,
While she was in the bathroom thinking serious.
Very curious, the scene was from the outside?
Secretly she admired Kelly queen of Bosse High.
‘Cuz she was too fly.
A straight “A” student; drove a B-M
And never seen on Friday night without a boyfriend.
But poor Kim, ain’t no surprise she never had a date
And daily she would fantasize to be in Kelly’s place.
But what a waste-
While Kim was in the bathroom giving up,
In walks Kelly without her friends to interrupt.
Though she never heard Kim with the stall door closed.
She pulled out a razor and slit her own throat.

Break:

But that’s how it goes. (That’s how it goes.)

[Chorus]

Written by Jonas Tuck (“Sub-One” of Butterfly Toungz)

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No violence...just wordz.

My lyric entry for the contest:

Chatting

I'm just a country singer
Some say I've been around
Who's trying to make the big time
In the old Nashville town
I've heard that you're another
Who sings as good as me
Which one of us will make it?
Who knows? We'll wait and see ...

We both like country music
And playing with our bands
We want to hit the big time
Be known throughout the land
We both do finger-picking
On our beat-up guitars
And hit most of the right notes
And hope they'll take us far ...

We've got no time for braggin'
About how good we are
Our fan's will be the final say
Who's going to be a star
They are the judge and jury
Who ends up No. 1
Our fate is in their hands now
Your father?
Or my son? ....

Curtis Farrar
Copyright pending
clfarrar@mosescalhoun.com
12/30/03

[This message has been edited by seeyoutoo (edited 12-30-2003).]

Some Day, Some Way
(C)2002
Kaley Willow, Wyman Griffith

Verse 1
In the forest there's an old oak tree
And underneath, I know there'll be
A splendid den, with table set for three
Where Mama bakes blackberry pies
And Papa waits with twinkling eyes
For a little fox..who looks a lot like me

Chorus
Some..day...Some..way...
Some one will love me
Some..where.. there's some..place for me
Some..day...some..way
I'll have a home
And family to call my own

Verse 2
Each day, I'll wake to honey buns
Fluff my fur, and when that's done
Do chores and run outdoors to have some fun
When night-time skies bring lullabies
Mama will hug me oh so tight
While papa says, I love you, little one

Chorus
Some..day...Some way...
Some one will love me
Some..where.. there's some..place for me
Some..day...some..way
I'll have a home
And family to call my own

Bridge
Though it might not be tomorrow
I'll never give up hope
I'll follow every wooded pathway
Until..I find...my ..home

Chorus
Some..day...Some way...
Some one will love me
Some..where.. there's some..place for me
Some..day...some..way
I'll have a home
And family to call my own

Colombia
By Mindy S. Kornberg c 2002

Hey, look at us! We're flying. We're lighter than air.
We roll around - defy the ground, with hardly a care.
Everything looks so peaceful and the Earth's like a poem,
Fly away Colombia, fly away home.

They climbed aboard with smiles broad - a brave hearted team.
The future bright on every face - in each heart a dream,
To the wide space above us seven souls dared to roam.
Fly away Colombia, fly away home.

Chorus:
It's a beautiful planet on its path through the stars.
It's a beautiful planet as we gaze from afar.
Everything looks so peaceful and the Earth's like a poem,
Fly away Colombia, fly away home.

A flash of light, a streak of white - the noise breaks the sky.
Then all around, a quiet sound, the world asking why,
Why are seven stars falling - falling from heaven's dome?
Fly away Colombia, fly away home.

Chorus
It's a beautiful planet on its path through the stars.
It's a beautiful planet as we gaze from afar.
Everything looks so peaceful and the Earth's like a poem,
Fly away Colombia, fly away home.
Fly away Colombia, fly away home.

[This message has been edited by mindymusic (edited 12-31-2003).]

[This message has been edited by mindymusic (edited 01-01-2004).]

PINK BALLET SHOES
Copyright 2003
Judy Hollier

On a shelf in the closet tied up in a box
There’s a pair of pink toe shoes and lacy white socks
And sometimes at night when the baby’s tucked in
She thinks about how her life could have been

She would have danced like no other before
Her own dressing room her name on the door
She traded her future and now it’s too late
His kisses were sweet and love couldn’t wait

Chorus
She still pirouettes in her dreams
Soft leather shoes on her feet
She loved to dance but she had to choose
A baby or pink ballet shoes

A young single mother she barely scrapes by
Can’t survive without welfare so she has to lie
She never mentions that three nights a week
She works at the diner to make both ends meet

No time for dancing the baby comes first
She cradles him to her and quenches his thirst
The look on his face as she watches him snooze
She’d never trade for pink ballet shoes

Bridge
Some day when he’s grown
There’ll be time for herself
She’ll take those pink toe shoes
Down from the shelf

Chorus
She still pirouettes in her dreams
Soft leather shoes on her feet
She loved to dance but she had to choose
A baby or pink ballet shoes

LOVE LETTER
2003 Clay Canfield

The hardest thing I’ve ever done
Is look into your eyes
And see the love that once was mine
Become another’s prize
I know that I should walk away
My heart it must pretend
But for one sweet weak moment
I fell in love with you again

Our lives entwined so long ago
Our hearts they beat as one
Now it seems I can’t recall
The day they came undone
My lips that speak these words to you
Without my conscious will
For one sweet weak moment
I know I love you still

I Believe In Fairy Tales
c.2003 Glen King

1st. Verse:

I Believe In Fairy Tales
And happy endings,
I believe the pure of heart
Never need defending,
I believe that every soul
Will find it’s perfect mate,
Whether in this life
Or, in a higher state:

2nd. Verse:

I Believe In Fairy Tales
And second chances,
I believe we all can rise
Above our circumstances,
I believe that love will heal
The wounded and the lost,
Whether in this world
Or, one to which we’ve crossed,
Let dreams become the wind
That fills your sails,
I Believe Fairy Tales come true.

Bridge:

Peace is just a step around the bend
Where nations can mend their ragged ends,
I know, we'll live to see the day
When wars will finally fade away:

3rd. Verse:

I Believe In Fairy Tales
And, happy endings,
That, being in a child’s world
Is time worth spending,
I believe that someday soon
We’ll all be colorblind,
Neighbors hand-in-hand
With just one thought in mind,
To know that human kindness
Will prevail,
I Believe Fairy Tales come true...
And, I believe you do, too.

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"The process of learning is often more important than what is being learned"
-----The Kat-----
My site:
http://www.tune.cd

Help Me

Love hurts so bad
I feel so sad
The day you left me
Is the day I felt my misery

I can't be happy
Now that your gone
I've tried and tried, but can't be strong
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart

I'm weak in my heart
Now that we're apart
How can I go on
I can't adjust to you being gone

I can't be happy now that your gone
I've tried and tried, but can't be strong
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart

BREAK

When I think of you
It makes me blue
I can't let go
I love you so

I can't be happy now that your gone
I've tried and tried, but can't be strong
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart
So help me, help me mend my heart
It's tearing, tearing, tearing apart

HELP ME
Beatriz Santa Ana 1994

MY ONE
By: Brittany Ryder

You are my one, my only
When I look into your eyes
I see my future shining before me
You make me smile when I am down
You make me laugh when I cry
You love me with all of your heart
Through the good times and the bad

Chorus:
The way you laugh
The tears you cry
The smile on your face
The love in your voice
You are my light, You are my life

The sweet little things you do
Makes me feel special and loved
When I see you my day turns bright
When I leave you my heart feels empty
You complete me
You are my soul mate
And I will Love you Always

Chorus:
The way you laugh
The tears you cry
The smile on your face
The love in your voice
You are my Light, You are my Life

The love that we share
Is so beautiful and so rare
You know me and still
You love me forever

Chorus:
The way you laugh
The tears you cry
The smile on your face
The love in your voice
You are my Light, You are my Life

[This message has been edited by Brian Austin Whitney (edited 01-01-2004).]

Here I am

You say that you love me, that everything will be alright
But how can I believe you when I’m alone every night
A million miles away, I keep calling out your name
But you can’t hear me and you’re the one to blame

So If you wanna hold me, here I am
If you wanna love me, here I am
If you wanna know what my heart is feeling
Here I am, Baby here I am

I wonder what you’re doing, if you’re alone today
Do you think about me even in the slightest way
My heart goes racing with each ring of the phone
When I don’t hear you, it cuts me to the bone

So If you wanna hold me, here I am
If you wanna love me, here I am
If you wanna know what my heart is feeling
Here I am, Baby here I am

I know I shouldn’t live my life
On promises as empty as the rain
So I’m gonna let you go
So you can share this pain

And if you wanna hold me, here I am
If you wanna love me, here I am
If you wanna know what my heart is feeling
Here I am, Baby here I am

(c) 2003 Jeff O'Kelley - BMI
all rights reserved

"A Love Song For No One"
(c)2002
by Jen Tobey

Hey can you see it too?
I'm so in love with you
And I'll spend my whole life with you

I see it everyday
You take my breath away
You know I'll always stay with you

'Cause the pain has lost me now
You made it go away somehow
And I found my thoughts of you
Are the ones that help me through

I'm finding out myself
Things that I've never seen
And I only want to be with you

I see it everyday
You take my breath away
You know I'll always stay with you

'Cause the pain has lost me now
You made it go away somehow
And I found my thoughts of you
Are the ones that help me through

I see it everyday
You take my breath away
You know I'll always stay with you

And I'll spend my whole life with you
And I only want to be with you

www.jentobs.com

Joshua's Moon
©2003 Graham Andrews
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(V1)
Joshua just wouldn't go to sleep
Out of his bed he used to creep
to the window
Gazing up into star-filled skies
Head on the sill with sleepy eyes
Who filled the moon with fireflies
to make it glow?

(Ch)
Joshua's moon is a golden balloon
high over hill tops and cherry wood smoke
Joshua's moon floats to the tune
of the beer-bellied bullfrog croak
So big, so bright
On a beautiful night
but its over and done too soon
Hurry back now
Joshua's moon

(V2)
Joshua's teens brought a whole new world
Chevys and college and chasing girls
for the first time
Starry eyed passion with Anna-Marie
Sharing true love under their tree
Pledging devotion eternally
in the moonlight

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
Age after age
everything's handed down
The moon still circles
everything comes around

(V3 -short)
Joshua junior won't sleep tonight
until daddy rocks him in the moonlight
Anna-Marie says its alright
Just one more time

(Chorus)

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Glistening Towers K.M.Williams

Glistening Towers are closing in on them
On the horizon
Temperatures rising
Everyones hiding waiting to see.

Cool summer morning
They came without warning
With evil intentions
For unholy acension
Too morbid to mention
Too painful to see.

Glistening Towers are closing in on them
On the horizon
All the nations are rising
Theres no place for hiding
No where to flee

Cool summer morning
They came without warning
With evil intentions
For unholy acension
Too morbid to mention
Too painful to see
Glistening Towers......

copyright 2001 K.M.Williams

Save Me

(Verse 1)
I'm strugglin to find
hope in a hopeless world
Everyday it seems
love has lost all power
Hate and hurt, pain and poverty
cloud the peeking light
No one to save, no one who cares
Only broken hearts and shattered dreams

(Chorus)
I'm cryin out
hoping someone will hear
I'm tryin faith
wanting to lose all fear
Am I only a voice
lost in the stormy rains?
Or is someone really out there
listening to my hurts and pains?
Oh, save me

(Verse 2)
One day I heard
a story about a Father's love
How He sent His Son
to show others the way
From dispair to hope, from sadness to joy
the light began breaking through
Someone to save, someone who cares
Mending hearts and encouraging dreams

(Chorus)
I cried out
hoping someone would hear
I tried faith
wanting to lost all fear
Am I only a voice
lost in the stormy rains?
It seems someone is out there
listening to my hurts and pains
Oh, He's come to save me

(Bridge)
The teacher told me
that Father loves me, too
His love is unconditional
no matter what wrong I do

(Chorus)
So I'm cryin out
hoping God will hear
I'm tryin faith
wanting to lose all fear
I'm not only a voice
but a child in God's eyes
Not only is He listening,
He's waiting to reply
Oh, He saved me

(Tag)
He sent His Son
to die for me
So I might live eternally
Oh, He saved me
Thank you, Father
You saved me

I Want A Father

©2003 BMI George M. Parler
email: gparler@earthlink.net

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Looking back in the mirror
At the fruit of a broken home
A young boy's heart is breaking
The light of hope has gone

Reflections in his eyes
Reveal the scars of pain
A son without a father
Life would never be the same

And in the darkness of the night
Another child cries..

(Chorus)
I want a father
Whose word I can believe
I want a father
Who will spend time with me
In all of my hopes
And my dreams
I want a father
That never leaves

This path alone I journeyed
On my way to be a man
Momma tried to help me
But it was out of her hands

Just when I thought the dream was gone
And I was to blame
My life forever changed
When I called out His name

And the light of heaven shined on me
As I heard my Lord say..

(2nd Chorus)
I am your Father
My Word you can believe
I am your Father
Come unto Me
I am the hope of your dreams
I am your Father
And I'll never leave

(Bridge)
I am the Father to the fatherless
Who bear the scars of man
But you are now the child
Of the Great I Am...

(2nd Chorus)
I am your Father
My Word you can believe
I am your Father
Come unto me
I am the hope of your dreams..
I am your Father..
And I'll never leave

<><
George

[This message has been edited by George (edited 01-06-2004).]

Who Wants Her Today?

Nothing to offer but
one tarnished soul
to give to the highest bidder.
Clearly the life she led’s
taken its toll.
No other choice to consider.

Chorus:
Who wants her today?
What price must he pay?
Let the bidding begin
to see who will win,
Who wants her?

She wants to cover up,
hide her disgrace,
to keep everybody from knowing.
What she’s become is
revealed in her face;
no way to keep it from showing.

Chorus:
Who wants her today?
What price must he pay?
Let the bidding begin
to see who will win.
Who wants her?

Bridge:
No place to run to.
No place to hide.
Brought to her knees;
stripped of her pride.
All she has left that’s in her control
is finding somebody who wants her.

Chorus:
Who wants her today?
He’s already paid.
Won the bid long ago
when he ransomed her soul
and he wants her.

© 2004 J.M. Richardson

Some how, Some way
(C) 2003 Jan. 8
Trudi F.Cross66

Intro
All she needs
Is her country boy
With big city dreams

Chorus

Two lovebirds of a feather
Theyre gonna get together
And some how, some way
Shes gonna dance the hula
On their wedding day
Some how, some way

v1
On an imaginary beach somewhere
Listening to her hopes and dreams
Hes loving her without a care
Theyre chasing stray moon beams

v2
Not an ordinary kind of love
Glistening on the sands of time
A love that dreams are made of
Theyre hearing church bells chime

Chorus
Two lovebirds of a feather
Theyre gonna get together
And some how, some way
Shes gonna dance the hula
On their wedding day
Some how, some way

Bridge
With a glass of champagne
He says, I never thought I'd see this day
But I always told her
I was gonna marry her, some how, some way

Chorus 2
Two lovebirds of a feather
They finally got together
And some how, some way
She was dancing the hula
On their wedding day
Some how, some way

tag
They made it here today
some how, some way....
some how... some way....

We Will Find You

Copyright Mike Tuckner 2004

In Grand Forks, North Dakota, at the Columbia Mall
Dru Sjodin's life changed forever during a cell phone call
"Oh my God" was the last thing she said before the line went down
Thousands of people heard the call from all around the town

{Chorus}
We will find you
We will find you
Dru you are our daughter, our sister, and our friend
There is one important message that we want to send
We will find you
We will find you

Your smiling face has been seen by millions everywhere
They've hugged each other and held hands tight while saying prayers
They have come out on horse and foot and will leave no stone unturned
Dru please know that we will not rest until your safe return

We all know that the lord works in mysterious ways
Keep your head up because soon there will be brighter days
We know that you are out there Dru, waiting for our hand
The party that we have planned for you is going to be grand

Across the Ocean

As you slipped across the ocean
the sadness in your eyes
I remember too well
as you kissed our love goodbye
and though my heart is breaking
I promised I wouldn't cry
as you slipped across the ocean
with duty on your mind


and you slipped across the ocean
wanting to make things right
as you slipped across the ocean
with a fragile kiss goodbye
and though there is a distance
stretching across this sea
even if I sailed it
I couldn't be where you would be

cause you slipped across the ocean
with a fragile kiss goodbye
as you slipped across the ocean
we didn't know you would die
and even if I cross this ocean
I wont be where you would be
cause your sitting up in heaven
with angels for company

and slipping across this ocean
is my tears of disbelief
that slipping across this ocean
would take you away from me
and though my heart is breaking
I am trying to be true
to promises that I made
that I wouldn't cry for you

and you've slipped across the ocean
further than we believed
though you've slipped across the ocean
memories of love keep me company
and you slipped across the ocean
with sadness in your eyes
I wonder now did you know
it was our last kiss goodbye

I wonder now did you know
it was our
last kiss goodbye

Brenda Lee Kors
© 2004

Wedding Song
Words and Music by
April Barreiro

I want more than what they say
is status quo in this choice we make today
Cause when I give my life I give my all through thick and thin and all the things that they may say

Well it’s great to think that I am yours and you are mine yes we both are just as one
And like God said you’ll leave your home and I’ll leave mine and we will make our own

Chorus
And today I choose to love you in the way that Christ loves me
Today I choose to serve you in a way that you can see
How much I
Love

As time goes on and seasons change making old what once was new, I’ll still choose you
I’ll always try to let you see how much it means to me all the little things you do

Chorus
And today I choose to love you in the way that Christ loves me
Today I choose to serve you in a way that you can see
How much I ...

Bridge
Love is patient and kind, it does not envy or boast, it is not proud it is not rude it does not seek it’s own.
Love always trusts, Love always hopes, Love never fails.

Today I say the words I do and finally give myself to you and now this love we’ll share
And through times of drought and times of rain, times of joy and times of pain
We know the Lord is there……. to teach us to love

(c)2001 by April Hay

Inseparable Individuals (dysfunctional duet)

Allen Bilodeau 2003

(woman)
That man of mine is a no good lazy bum
I'd like to kick his butt to kingdom come
A stingy old miser without a soul
fingers glued to remote control
wax in his ears about ten years old
but all in all, he's the one

If I didn't have him
I wouldn't have anyone
I could never be happy
being all alone
I know I am
a demandin kinda woman
and he gives me every reason
to rant and carry on

(man)
That woman of mine keeps naggin all the time
She's so conversational'y inclined
She's like a dragon breathin down my neck
insecure and she's oversexed
you never know what she's gonna do next
but all in all, that's fine

If I didn't have her
I wouldn't have anyone
I could never be happy
being all alone
I know I ain't
a sociable kinda human
and she gives me every reason
to turn the tv on

(man) that tongue just keeps on waggin
seems a million words a day
(woman) and I'm inclined
to hide the remote away

(both)
But if I didn't have you
I wouldn't have anyone
I could never be happy
being all alone
Inseparable Individuals
for worse, or for the better
So we live and love
and we'll always be together

So we'll live and love
and we'll always be together

BUTTER FACE – Lyrics by Don Halcombe

I was sippin’ a drink, layin’ out at the pool, wearin’ a Speedo and lookin’ so cool
When she walked right by in a leopard skin thong and my eyes popped out of the place they belong

I said, my, my, my can I get you a drink? Then she turned around and there in a blink
I thought I’d go blind, my heart started to race, EVERYTHING WAS SO LOVELY (STOP)

BUTTER FACE

Ohhhhhhhh BUTTER FACE, Ohhhhhhh BUTTER FACE

Now me an’ ol’ butter got along real well, we had fun in the dark, but the daytime was hell
Didn’t wanna’ expose her to too much light, cause people I know would just pass out in fright

And I’d end up in court or end up in jail for indecent exposure to all who prevailed
And the judge and the jury would have to look away and turn out the lights in the middle of the day

Ohhhhhhhh BUTTER FACE, Ohhhhhhh BUTTER FACE

We decided together on tyin’ the knot in a midnight wedding a secluded spot
And we’d issue sunglasses to all of the guests, as they each arrived in their Sunday best

And I bought her a dress and I bought her a veil, and a J-LO mask in case the veil failed
That’s just one of my sensitive sides, when you’re takin’ a Butter Face for your bride

Ohhhhhhhh BUTTER FACE, Ohhhhhhh BUTTER FACE

When the service was over I just shook her hand and I kissed the priest for going on with the plan
And we headed on out while the moon was full to a honeymoon haven in Istanbul

And Butter and I had a couple of kids and they couldn’t believe all the things that we did
Like those midnight picnics alone in the park where everybody looks just great in the dark

Ohhhhhhhh BUTTER FACE, Ohhhhhhh BUTTER FACE
Ohhhhhhhh BUTTER FACE, Ohhhhhhh (STOP) BUTTER FACE (STOP)

Mexican Transient Song
copyright 2003

If I could be a transient down in Mexico
then I wouldn’t be so damn worried about my soul
spend my life a-livin’ and feelin’ free
and I wouldn’t have to answer to nobody

well I spent some time on the good side
been drunk in the shade all day
where the sun was bright and the people was true
where I wish that I would’ve stayed

If I could be a hobo on them big long railroad tracks
then I wouldn’t have no money to be spent
no address to receive no bills, so none to pay
you can take all that I have if you want my pants

well I spent some time on the good side
been drunk in the shade all day
where the sun was bright and the people was true
where I wish that I would’ve stayed
I never quite got this life I’m livin’
now I think I know the reason why
you see, every little thing that I ever touch just dies

(Stop)

My car, my guitar and my dealer just today
my preacher fell to pieces when I knelt down and I prayed Him to
return me back to peaceful times where my job was to play
where the sun was bright and the people was true
where I wish that I would have stayed

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"Familiar Strangers"

Life goes on, I guess
I've heard it said before
It just takes time, they say
Well, someday
What a pair, they'd said
Destined to be together
But we just couldn't stay
Forever

(CHORUS)
Now we're strangers
Familiar strangers
Exchanging smiles
Pretending old lovers can still be friends
We are strangers
Familiar strangers
Knowing a love like ours has reached
a bitter end

We say hello, hello
So, how have you been doing?
You wish me luck
To you the same
Same old hurt
Same old pain
Just lonely pawns in a vicious game
Playing

(CHORUS)
We are strangers
Familiar strangers
Exchanging smiles
Pretending old lovers can be good friends
We are strangers
Familiar strangers
Knowing a love like ours has reached
a bitter end

(Bridge)
A gentle touch could ease the pain
Won't someone hold me once again?

(CHORUS)
No, we're strangers
Familiar strangers
Exchanging smiles
Pretending lovers can still be friends
We are strangers
Familiar strangers
Knowing a love like ours has reached
a bitter end

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Slainte!
Lara

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Friction

Love's not built on fiction
Not a Cinderella act
Gonna' be some Friction
Keep that spark gonna' take a little tact

You know it's good to face the fact
When you rub it's 'cause you still attract
Well it's not an ill, gonna' cure a chill
Love's reborn in lovers' storms
Warm it up with Friction

Can use a little Friction
Build a signal fire
Let's you know what's goin' on
Before your love comes down to the wire

You know it's good to face the fact
When you rub it's 'cause you still attract
Well it's not an ill, gonna' cure a chill
Love's reborn in lovers' storms
Warm it up with Friction

(Instrumental break)

Woman in my life
Not afraid of heat
Sassy walkin', lightnin' talkin'
Times I want to sound my retreat

You know it's good I face the fact
When we rub it's 'cause we still attract
Well it's not an ill, gonna' cure a chill
Love's reborn in lovers' storms
Warm it up with Friction

Dave Morgan
Copyright 2001, David K. Morgan

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I Can Feel a Stranger Coming

I lie alone,
although you’re with me you’re not here.
On the phone,
a silent voice whispers in your ear.
Hear the footsteps of another man,
they’re closing in.
I can feel a stranger coming to take my baby…..again.

You turn to him,
I’ll turn to her just to stop the pain.
Who plays the fool,
when they’re gone only we remain.
My heart grows cold and our heart and soul,
is about to end.
I can feel a stranger coming to take my baby…..again.

Hide the shame,
with a smile and your lying eyes.
Each and every day,
Lord it comes to me as no surprise.
I know you think about him, time and time again.
I can feel a stranger coming there goes my baby…..again.

Lyrics written by
Charles N. Baxter Jr. "Chuck"

Music written by
Charles N. Baxter Jr. "Chuck"
James A. Wheat
Michael Bennick
Gilberto Linares

CD - I Blame It On the Blues
Artist - VuduBlu
Copyright - VuduBlu Entertainment

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IN THE MIDST OF MY ADVERSITY
By Willie Outley JR.

As I sit here
Searching my soul
Reminiscing a life
That was out of control
It’s hard to capture
The essence of the way I feel

I was blind
And could not see
I was hurting people
Who love me
Chasing an illusion
Of a love that was not real

CHORUS:
Then God

Opened my eyes
Now I realize
That in the lord’s
Where my deliverance lies

CHORUS:
With out Jesus
No one was there to guide me
With out Jesus
I know exactly where I’d be

Alone in the midst of my adversity
All alone
In the midst of my adversity

When the whole world
Seems to go insane
And the cares of this life
Bring hardships and pain
You have a friend
And he’s a friend indeed

When you need help
And help’s hard to find
Here’s something
To keep in your mind
He’s a very present help
In the time of need

CHORUS:
I must

Tell someone else
About Gods grace
In these perilous times
I must fast and pray

CHORUS:
Cause with Jesus
Victorious fists I will raise
No matter what the problem is
I will just give God the praise

When I’m in the midst of my adversity
Oh lord
When I’m
In the midst of my adversity

© 2003 Willie Outley JR.

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I'll Dream of You Tonight

Our favorite song was playing, when I turned the radio on,
Felt my heart drop to my feet, the floor beneath them gone.
God took you from us much to soon, but little did he see,
That every night you fly from heaven, just to visit me.

chorus

And you'll hold me in your arms, when I dream of you tonight,
You'll whisper in my ear, everything will be alright.
When the morning comes, I'll cry a few more tears,
And pray I'll have another night to say I still love you dear.

The days are long and lonely, so hard for me to bare,
there's no laughter in my smile like there was when you were here.
My eyes are blank and distant, filled with many tears,
The twinkle now is gone that was there for many years.

chorus

And you'll hold me in your arms, when I dream of you tonight,
you'll whisper in my ear, everything will be alright.
When the morning comes, I'll cry a few more tears,
And pray I'll have another night to say, I still love you dear.

And as I grow older, brown hair will turn gray,
But your memory deep in my heart will never fade away.

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melodyann

Big Man Of Steel
©2003 Butch Price

Verse:
Woke up cryin' with ghosts circlin' my bed
When dad's laser beam stare killed 'em all dead
I hid 'neath the sheets in a puddle of tears
But his Superman powers made it disappear

Chorus:
He wasn't afraid
Of what wasn't real
But I was a little boy
Not a big man of steel

Verse:
He told me a story 'bout a scrawny kid like me
Who was scared of shadows and big kids down the street
His dad made a cape and a blue shirt with a big "S"
That bounced off bullies and bullets from his chest

Chorus:
Then he wasn't afraid
Of what wasn't real
He wasn't a little boy
But a big man of steel

Verse:
My son wears thick glasses but can see through walls
His legs are skinny sticks but he knows how to fall
Ain't a building or mountain he won't try to leap
From his rocket ship wheelchair there's nothin' out of reach

Chorus:
He isn't afraid
Of what isn't real
He looks like a little boy
But he's a big man of steel

The Ballad Of Billy The Kid

Billy was an outlaw who traviled down the trail
With his six guns ablazin' as he rode strait into hell
The purple saged mountians outlined the western town
Where fate had been followin' like a shadow on the ground

The Marshall set there waitin' that hot and hellish night
A warrant for Billy just achin' for a fight
So Judus told the Marshall he sleeps across the way
Without his six guns handy and on a bed there he laid

Well the night had exploded with gunfire in the air
And as he awaken you could hear Billy swear

Marshall take your guns and ride out of town
Lets put an end to this a bullet cuts him down

Marshall take your guns and ride out of town
Lets put an end to this Billy tumbles to the ground

Billy was an outlaw who traviled down the trail
With his six guns ablazin' as he rode strait into HELL....

BY Randy Lane
mail2lane@aol.com
Lets put an end to this

Lord I Believe Please Help My Unbelief
Copyright © 2001 George Makredes

Lord, I believe. Please help my unbelief.
Help me understand the ‘why?’ of pain and grief
Why do good folks suffer sorrow?
Can’t there just be joy tomorrow,
And misfortune, sadness, heartbreak never be?

Lord, I believe. Forgive my unbelief.
With so many voices, can you hear my plea?
Here I’m troubled; hear me praying
Meekly asking You, in saying
Please keep with me through this storm that’s vexing me

(REFRAIN)
Yesterday, when everything was fine
You never came to mind. I’m sorry.
Now I seek Your solace, help and hope
Your answer I’ll abide, . . . . even if ‘No’

Lord, I believe. Some things I can’t perceive.
When the world seems upside down with no reprieve
There are times when fate seems cruel
Yet, I’m told fate need not rule,
That life’s the canvas and freewill’s the work we leave

Lord, I believe. Please know I do believe.
I thank you for the joys in life; some bittersweet
I know each day can’t bring fair weather
The sun and rain we need together
I guess I need to know you better, so to see

(Refrain again then this BRIDGE)
Yet, each new struggle, hurt and trouble
Conflicts my thoughts to challenge my belief
Or, could it be, it’s paradise on earth . . . . . that I seek?

Lord, I believe. Please help my unbelief.
For You suffered too, were pained, and knew deceit
Please excuse these many pleadings
Much in life I’m told is fleeting
It’s ‘Thy will be done on earth’ I’ll pray to be
It’s ‘Thy will be done on earth’ I’ll pray to be

Lyrics: Marjorie Carpenter
©June 2002
"RIGHT HERE"

I could spend the rest of my life – chasing all my dreams;
Travel across this land – from sea to shining sea.
Climb the highest mountains, reach up and touch the sky;
But when I looked around me – what would I find?

CHORUS:

There would be no you____ to walk me through my fears;
There would be no you____ to wipe away my tears.
Everything I’ve ever loved, and all that I hold dear –
I’ve found with you – it’s all around me –
Right Here.
~ ~ ~ ~
V.2
Some people think I’m crazy, wonder what I do this for.
They ask me if there aren’t times I’ve wanted something more.
They can’t seem to understand that I’m doing what I love;
That you loving me, and this family – are blessings from above.

ALTERED CHORUS:

What would I do without you – to walk me through my fears?
What would I do without you – to wipe away my tears?
Everything I’ve ever loved, and all that I hold dear –
I have with you – it’s all around me – Right Here.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Yes there have been times that I thought I wanted more____

When I’d sit and wonder – what was beyond that door.
Then I’d hear our children laughing down the hall, I’d see your smile,
And know I had it all – Right Here.

* * Repeat altered chorus * *

What would I do without the love of the ones that I hold dear?
Everything I’ll ever need I have – Right Here.

Mot Yumat
© 2004 Marsha Caddle

Verse 1
Two hundred years have whispered by
The earth is now an echo falling in the wind
From smoky corners children sigh
Darkness drinks the marrow of awakening
Unstuck in time I’m made to wander lands that I have walked before
To breathe the acrid sins that I have let escape that angry door

But they were not mine
This was not my wrong to right

Chorus
This was not my war
These were not my promises to keep
Death comes from the North and rides alone
I am not his friend
And if my sons should see the tears of regret running red
If they should wonder could their world not have been saved
Tell them this was not my war
And with that mark my grave

Verse 2
Two thousand questions haunt my mind
Were we really men of honour or of shame?
We wrenched our bodies from the line of fire
But were not our souls left scorched and grey?
Erased by time I’m made to wonder: are we just a memory?
And did the chains we flung in battle make them slaves or set them free?

For they were not mine
This was not my song to write

Chorus
This was not my war
These were not my promises to keep
Death comes from the North and rides alone
I am not his friend
And if my sons should see the tears of regret running red
If they should wonder could their world not have been saved
Tell them this was not my war
And with that mark my grave

Bridge
There were no heroes here
Only soldiers of misfortune
Young but ripe with fear
Holding on with borrowed wills
And trembling as they said to gods they did not know:

Chorus
This was not my war
These were not my promises to keep
Death comes from the North and rides alone
I am not his friend
And if my sons should see the tears of regret running red
If they should wonder could their world not have been saved
Tell them this was not my war
And with that mark my grave

Silverspoon
(Down and Out on Mission Boulevard)
(c) 2003 by Jon Russo

They say the grass don’t get no greener - so don’t look for anything more
And if you don’t want to sell your soul, you’d better get used to being poor

They say I’m wasting my talents - just doing nothing with myself
I could’ve made a fine lawyer or accountant -started building my wealth

But I know there’s got to be something more or else, why even be alive?
Just to measure your worth by your bank book or what kind of car you drive

I’ve ridden the lonesome highway - I’ve lived off of the land
I never asked for a silver spoon - there ain’t nothing wrong with my hands

(Chorus)
But it’s hard...
it’s hard...
It’s hard to see the stars
when you’re down and out on Mission Boulevard

Buying into the system only costs your youth
But it’s the easiest way out of being without a clue

But all my life my heart has sought a thing that I cannot name
I’ve thought about it many a night while watching those ascending planes

Maybe one of them can take me away to another shore
Where everything is meaningful and living ain’t such a bore

I’ve stood up high on windy plateaus overlooking the sea
I’ve come to know more than anyone knows - when it comes to me

-Chorus

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Verse 1

What gives you the right
To do me so wrong
What happened to the love
We had it’s all gone
Years I put in this relationship
I don’t know why
Cuz all you ever brought was pain
And rivers I cried
How could the one you love
Treat you so bad
Total disrespect
I gave you love you never had
All I wanted was you time
Instead you gave me lies
Roamed the streets all night
Steady chicks and alibis
Took for granted all the things
People spend their lives to find
Had it right before you eyes
You treated me unkind
Why’d we have to go through
So much hurt and pain
Don’t know the reason why
You claim that I’m the blame
Was you everyday fool
I took you back a thousand times
Couldn’t think of life without you
Was that such a crime?
I gotta move on
We no longer can go on
I gotta let go
We just can’t get along

Chorus 2x’s

Where did the love go
What happened to us
Can’t play the fool no more
Tired of the fuss
Didn’t wanna believe it
But now I know
You’re a waste of my time
And I gotta let you go

Verse 2

Tears run down my face
When I think of what we had
How could something so good
Turn out to be so bad
Used to yearn for your kiss
Your smile and your touch
Holding hands
Saying I miss you so much
Hot weather we made
When the nights were cold
The love was fresh for me
I guess for you it got old
Wish you would have let me go
When I tried to leave
Bought me gifts, plead the 5th
Even got down on bended knee
Dedicated to yourself
Was alone in this relationship
Failed to realize
It takes two for a partnership
Took anger out on me
My kindness for weakness
Down on yourself
You took my energy in selfishness
Steady blues in my life
I don’t wanna hurt no more
Love you for you
When your broke a** was poor
Tired of being tired
And running round in circles
We gotta go our separate ways
Even though it’s hurtful

Repeat Chorus 2x’s

Verse 3

Took each other through the trials
Name calling, fist fights
Blowing up your pager
Waiting up late nights
Brought the streets to the crib
Mixed your business with pleasure
When I was praying for you safety
You were giving up my treasure
For the love of money
We were no longer a team
A new you was born
F*** the family and the dreams
Had me wrapped around you fingers
I couldn’t breathe air without you
I catered to your needs
I went all out for you
Know we’re not together
But still act like we are
You Mr. Hyde muthaf***
Who you think you are?
Please understand
That now I’m doing me
And when you cross my path
Act like you don’t even see me
Karma’s gonna get you
For all the s*** you put me through
All the mental anguish
Blacking out from all the things you do
Forever was the vision
That I had in my head
You can miss me now
Cuz my love for you is dead

Bridge 2x’s

Where did our love go
You had you chance and let it go
Please believe that I am leaving
No turning back I’m gone

Repeat Chorus 2x’s

©2003 Elizabeth Oyola

The Hollow

Used to go out in the mornin' mist
and hunt deep in the Hollow.
I stayed clear of the Darker Part
'cause my hound dogs wouldn't follow.

My folks said somethin' happened there
a long, long time before...And
a ghost still haunts the Hollow
and waits to even up the score.

But I did not believe those things my kinfolk said to me.
One day I decided I just had to go and see.
It's been twenty years but I still keep the memory
of what lay hidden deep down in the Hollow.

Early Sunday mornin'
fetched the dogs and grabbed my gun.
I headed to the Hollow
'fore the risin' of the sun.

When I passed into the Darker Part
a cock began to crow.
My hound dogs started howlin'
as if beggin' me, "Don't Go!"

I knew they would not enter
so I told them, "Go on Home!"
I shivered just a little
'cause I knew I'd be alone.

My Daddys' voice kept sendin'
words of warnin' through my head.
But I just kept on walkin'
shruggin' off the things he said.

'Cause I did not believe those things my Kinfolk said to me.
One day I decided I just had to go and see.
It's been twenty years but I still keep the memory
of what lay hidden deep down in the Hollow.

I found the winding trail
just where my Daddy used to say...And
I knew then I should have turned
and tried to run away.

It led me to the clearing
where they'd burned her at the stake.
The wail that broke the silence
was more than any heart should take.

Suddenly around me
glowed an evil, eerie light...And
I could see her silhouette
darker than the night.

Her voice clapped loud as thunder.
Her eyes flashed red with rage.
The fear that froze my body
was like being in a cage.

The next thing I remember
I looked up and saw my home.
Don't know how long I'd been walkin'.
I felt weary to the bone.

I heard my Kinfolk whisperin'
'bout that dreadful night she died...And
I felt my body shudder
'cause I knew they hadn't lied.

I did not believe those things my Kinfolk said to me.
One day I decided I just had to go and see.
It's been twenty years but I still keep the memory
of what lay hidden deep down in the Hollow.

The Hollow Chuck Whiteside
Copyright 1995 lorquithai@yahoo.com

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Sweet Manhattan Melody
Colin Buckley (C) 2003

New Yorker's drifting down Park Avenue
July blowing in the breeze
Bebop and bagel with your mornin' brew
Sweet Manhattan melody

Soft shoe shuffle at the shoe shine stand
Street sweeper singing harmony
Traffic cop waving like a one man band
Sweet Manhattan melody

I love to walk on Broadway late at night
That's when all the stars begin to shine
Blue horn wailin' til the early light
Blowin' "Georgia On My Mind"

Sky scraper reaching for the morning sun
Cab driver searching for a fee
Yes sir the city rhythm has begun
Sweet Manhattan melody

I love to walk on Broadway late at night
That's when all the stars begin to shine
Blue horn wailin' til the early light
Blowin' "Georgia On My Mind"

When I see the harbour lights I know I'll find
The "Torch Lady" waiting there for me
Feel it tearing at this heart of mine
Sweet Manhattan melody
Sweet Manhattan melody

"Whispering"
Words and music by Pete Polifko
Copyright © 2002

I haven’t always been a gentle man
And I’ve been known to carry on now and then
But she’s loving and she’s patient with me
Never says a thing

She’s an angel on a devils shoulder
Whispering

I haven’t had the most in life to give
And it hasn’t been an easy life we’ve lived
But she takes my hand and understands
The saddest songs I sing

She’s an angel on a devils shoulder
Whispering

(Bridge)

We talk about love
We talk about life
We talk of dreams that never die
Always speaking loud and clear
Whispering softly in my ear

Well I haven’t always had the words to say
And something’s usually getting in the way
But in her eyes I’m satisfied
That true love solves anything

She’s an angel on a devils shoulder
Whispering

unklpeet@cox.net

THE CAPPUCCINO CROWD
words by Greg Barnett

Woke up this morning need my cappuccino
To get those grey cells circling round
The local caf' is calling me all that stylish company
The standout groovy guy across this town
Earl Greys and Cabernets the conversation's loud
The dulcet tones of mobile phones
Gotta be part of the cappuccino crowd

From Christmas to Easter we visit the barista
Greeting friends and strangers with a wink and a smile
Chocolate and pastries savouries and tasties
Discretionary spending with impeccable style
Lattes and canapes nothing ordinary is allowed
People waiting for the tables in designer labels
Want to be part of the cappuccino crowd

Pretty girls in a social whirl
Exercising freedoms and self esteem
Always time to chat and to chew the fat
It's so passé if you're not part of the scene
Sipping cold beer with a phone to your ear eager to make a splash
Following the trend to spend hours on end
And all of your cappuccino cash

Bertolucci and Fellini, focacias, panninis
Exotic café culture blows your troubles away
Global disasters don’t affect your choice of afters
The cappuccino froth helps you get through the day
Our world’s unsavoury for certain
That’s why we draw the curtain and the talk gets turned up loud
Our private café where we turn a blind eye to despair
And move on with the cappuccino crowd

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CARVED UP THE PLAINS
by Catherine Orland, copyright 2003

The distant rush of the highway
Whispering at night
I’ve never lived too far from a highway
Always someplace nearby to take flight

CHORUS
And all across America
The highways and byways are cutting a scar
Of a land that once stood so open
Until our ancestors saw fit to mar
The blood of the Indians
The countless trails of tears
How we treatied, stole it, and subdivided it,
Over the years
All the pain we’ve caused…
(The way) We’ve Carved Up The Plains

And now no one will ever know
If a tree once stood where that flag pole waved
And now no one will ever know
How many forests died for that farmers field
And now no one will ever know
The unrecorded hist’ry that went down here
Unless we keep on telling it
The past will simply…

CHORUS

And can we all come together
And mourn the death of what used to be
A culture of respect
Trampled by corporate greed
Can we celebrate the bloodlines
Of those who refused to be torn
And can we promise them
That never a false oath, again will be sworn

Can we return to them their land
And begin to restore
Trust that was broken
Can we beg, and plead, and implore
Can we humble ourselves for forgiveness
Can we begin to explore
The wounds of the centuries
Can we ever reform?

CHORUS

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"Holding Hands in Wal-Mart"
by Richard Berman

1. Holding hands in Wal-Mart
Doesn't seem especially brave
But I was right behind them
And I saw the cashier's face

The look of shock, then anger
Then the masking of that glance
So much feeling stirred so quickly
By two women holding hands

Chorus:
The world is not in danger
Of succumbing to a flood
Of being overwhelmed
By a rising sea of love

Every kind of caring
Is a blessing on the land
Seems what's needed here is more
Not less
Of people holding hands

2. One of the women had had a husband
For over sixteen years
Had worked hard to see herself
As happy as she appeared

But there was a voice that called her
From someplace deep inside
That told her not to settle
And would not be denied

3. Her father knows the Gospel
He's an elder in his church
And for him his daughter's choice
Unravels his life's work

"You know you're killing your mother"
He tells her when she phones
And once again she's made to see
There's no more going home

Chorus

4. I watch these women walking
And I am a bit in awe
They pay no heed to cashiers
Or others in the store

And I wonder 'bout myself
If I loved another man
Would I walk with him through Wal-Mart?
Would I offer him my hand?

Chorus

© 2000 by Richard L. Berman

CLOSER TO THE SUN

Written by Edward Solis (Snakebyte)
The Shine Junkies Copyright 2004

1st Verse

Well I don’t know what you've been sold
but in my life there's been lots of stories told
about a love that lives between the grains of sand
offered up by a kind and sacrificing hand.

Chourus

I never thought I'd learn how to fly
but watch me now as I kiss the newborn sky
Closer to the sun I can't get left undone
Closer to the sun I found the one
Closer yeah baby, closer to the sun.

2nd Verse

You have to let go of everything you know
and start to hold on to the things you thought weren’t so
its funny when you don’t stop to wonder why
you realize all your fears were really just a lie

Chorus

3rd Verse

You should see the view from up here
Its not like you have to climb a whole lot of stairs
Now I know why the stars sure love to shine
from way up here lifes gonna be just fine

Chorus

4th Verse

They had to push hard cus I didn’t want to go
the desert didn’t seem like a place that I could grow
Now that I see I realize I was blind
The sand between my toes was just a state of mind

Chorus

The American Dream

In a big city small cafe
A boy and girl are talking
Over breakfast, over music
From a speaker overhead
He watches how she takes her coffee
She hopes he still thinks she's pretty
As they get to know each other
On the morning side of bed

And they're feeling more excited than they seem
And they're part of the American Dream

In a quiet country kitchen
He helps her tie her apron
While they wonder what the weather
And the harvest have in store
Then she holds him for a moment
'Cause she feels a touch of lonely
With one kid off to college
And the other off to war

And they're feeling more frightened than they seem
And they're part of the American Dream

In a dark Mid-Eastern dessert
A young captain gives an order
And he prays that he will never see
The target he destroys
And the men who'll do the dying
Both the Omars and the Willies
Lie in trenches they were digging
Back when they were only boys

And they're feeling even older than they seem
And they're part of the American Dream


words and music by
Jerry Styner
© 2003 - all rights reserved

YOU’RE THE ONE THAT TAKES ME HOME
Steve Petersen San Clemente CA
Copyrights Accepted June 2003
Submitted for contest Jan. 12, 2004

I want to be the one you love, when you look up to the moon and stars above and smile

I want to be the one you’re holding, when you
wake me up at noon and ask if I’ll get the Sunday Times, and I do.

CHORUS: What I love most is our relationship
You’re constant kisses always on my lips
No matter how our day has gone
You’re the one that takes me home.

I love the cards you like to hide, under warm towels Waiting there when I come from the shower, from you to me

The Starbucks blend of coffee that I love, beside my favorite eggs and buttered toast, a note, that I’m the one you love the most

You’re the one that takes me;

BRIDGE: For a ride along a country road, a basket full of picnic And a checkered table cloth, we spread where we Make love until the sun is gone

I love our winter walks through snow and past the lights hung high across the eves and in the neighbors trees.

How fast the kids have grown and all the memories of how when they were young now young ones of their own.

CHORUS: What I love most is our relationship
You’re constant kisses always on my lips
No matter how our day has gone
You’re the one that takes me home.

Occam’s Razor
Copyright 2003 Debbie Franklin Wilson (BMI)

VERSE 1:
Outta the blue you call me up to say your thinkin’ of me
Just like you’ve done so curiously before
You started to stop by to see me but you fought the magnetism
Even seven miles from my door . . . (what a perfect irony)
You say it’s good to hear my voice then you apologize for the call
A delayed instant replay from a day a few months ago

And for one sacred moment as you rummage through your mental list
You cite another theory hoping somehow it will fit
Of what contributed to the demise of our relationship
Well it doesn’t take a rocket scientist . . . you were hers and you swear that I was his . . .

CHORUS:
Occam’s razor . . .
Oh, nothing can explain
Occam’s razor . . .
As we try to reason out the blame
Occam’s razor . . . it can’t cut you literally
Occam’s razor . . . but it can cause the heart to bleed
And we search our hearts and souls to find the best means to an end
So we twist and bend and multiply the principles within
Think we’re acting selflessly, well we better think again . . .
Occam’s razor . . . (ooh . . . ooh . . . ooh)

VERSE 2:
So what do we do . . . we repeat the conversations and play mind games
Just like we’ve done so casually before
A little name that tune . . . then the pain begins to resonate
As your sarcasm strikes a chord
You say you can’t just be my friend ‘cause you’re a bad influence on me
If that’s the case then why the hell do you call (oh yeah) to jog my memory

You couldn’t leave her, now time has put your heart to the test
The battle wages on . . . the spirit in competition with the flesh
So here we are again . . . contemplating signs we might have missed
But no matter what the outcome the simplest solution is the best
(Descant: or is it?)
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
No solution will ever justify or be satisfactory
So don’t make it any harder than this pain already has on me
Put the present where the past is . . . stop the insanity
Let’s just leave all the hypocrisy at this
The simplest solution . . . (as you have always said) is usually the best
REPEAT CHORUS

NOTE: Occam’s razor - The maxim that assumptions introduced to explain something must not be multiplied beyond necessity (in short, the simplest solution is usually the most desirable)

Strength
© (lyrics by: a girl named jaen )

Verse 1:
Curled up in a ball again
The wallpaper's closing in
No more breathing in denial
The air is vile

Anger's knocking on my door
Lying like he has before
Says he sorry but I know that I must go

Prechorus:
The little man says I'm not strong
And I should stay where I belong
But the little voice inside my head
Says maybe I'd be better off dead dead

Chorus:
I am searching for the strength in me
I am searching for the strength in me

Verse 2:
I'll leave him to an empty bed
I know I'll hear the words he says
Girl no matter where you hide
I'm still inside

I'll take off in the pouring rain
And hop aboard an empty train
I know I'll feel so all alone
This is my home

Prechorus:
I know he'll leave the door unlatched
Because he'll think that I'll be back
But the little voice pounds in my chest Says baby girl this is what's best

Chorus:
I am searching for the strength in me
I am searching for the strength in me

Bridge:
I often hear it said that I get too close Close to the edge
But I also know inside
That I have the strength
The strength to rise above it all

Verse 3:
I know that I will be okay
I realize enough to say
That I must do much more than leave
Much more than breathe

I'll take in all the morning sun
I'll be happy when Christmas comes
I'll request tables just for one
My life's not done

Chorus:
I am searching for the strength in me
I am searching for the strength in me

Contact: e-mail: ThejaenChain@altrionet.com
www.agirlnamedjaen.com

XXXOTIQUE

Words & Music By DAMALI

Copyright 2003

Kim, this morning when the steaming hot pellets of aqua where massaging my nude body, I’m sorry but I couldn’t help it ..thoughts, dirty little thought about the object of my sexxxual obsession, which I call you, slowly began to corrupt my brain. I closed my eyes and pretended the sensation of the smooth elixir was your tongue bathing my body. I had “The Kim” giving me a tongue bath with millions of her tongues this morning, that’s all I could think about..at first. Then I pictured you lying across your bed, exposed with just a pair of frilly white lace socks, touching yourself, and then fingering yourself, delicately, with your eyes closed savoring the moment with yourself.

Then, like the ghost of carnal sensuality, I floated naked from the ceiling. I gently removed your hands from your body and replaced them with my hands, my touch, my mouth, my heat, my kisses, my skin, my lips, my tongue, my nibbles, my freakiness, my desperation, my penetration, my push, my thrust, my orgasms, and then ? Heaven spare my cursed soul I feasted off of your abdominal wrenching orgasms, I drank, and drank, with all unholy hell every ounce of bodily fluids that your sopping wet flesh would secrete for me. It was evil baby …so sweet, pure, and evil ..I can’t stand it baby girl
I just can’t ..damn your succulent soft tissue ..damn you baby.. damned it!

As the shower finished cleansing me of my sins, and my wicked thoughts were being washed away down the drain, the pain of reality began to grapple with me. This was just another fantasy of mine, ten minutes of borderline unspeakable desires. Which you shared last Friday with someone else other than me…

Copyright © 2004 Paul Martinez

“THEY SAY”
By: Paul Martinez

[verse 1]
It’s Time to reinvent
Time to redefine
It’s Time to recreate
This lacking image in my mind

I know I can be different
And then they'll say I’m good.
I know that I can really change
And finally be just what I should.

[chorus]
So I'll be taller, I'll be smaller
I'll be everything they dreamed of.
So I'll be funny, I'll be money
I'll be the man the TV likes.
So I'll be pretty, I'll be witty
Just one more nip and one more tuck.
So I'll be classy, I'll be sassy
I'll take the job that bleeds me dry.
I want to understand it
I just wish that I could.
When did being me
Stop being any good?

[verse 2]
They say I can be better
They say I'll steal the show.
This pill should make me happy now
I'll just stop feeling, and they won’t know.

No more "i wish i was"
No more "i wanna be”
Pretty soon I'll be the first one picked
And maybe then, they will be pleased.

[chorus]
So I'll be taller, I'll be smaller
I'll be everything they dreamed of.
So I'll be funny, I'll be money
I'll be the man the TV likes.
So I'll be pretty, I'll be witty
Just one more nip and one more tuck.
So I'll be classy, I'll be sassy
I'll take the job that bleeds me dry.
I want to understand it
I just wish that I could.
When did being me
Stop being any good?

[verse 3]
So put the real me into the box
On the shelf, and down the street.
Tape his mouth and bind his hands
So I can’t hear him in my sleep.

And if someday I should awake
And realize my own theft
If I should find that dusty box
I hope there’s something left.

[chorus]
So I'll be taller, I'll be smaller
I'll be everything they dreamed of.
So I'll be funny, I'll be money
I'll be the man the TV likes.
So I'll be pretty, I'll be witty
Just one more nip and one more tuck.
So I'll be classy, I'll be sassy
I'll take the job that bleeds me dry.
I want to understand it
I just wish that I could.
When did being me
Stop being any good?

[This message has been edited by paulmartinez (edited 01-14-2004).]