Life: Here & Now II

there are dreams that don't come true there are stories that are left untold but I those all fade when I'm close to you and a new story starts to unfold This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

inside the swirl grief and regret mixed like green powder shaken and stirred suspended particulate in the liquid of my memories outside the rain wet and cold dripped like tears welled up and cried taking the place of mine dryness in my numbness This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

workin under the hood of the car grease under my nails knuckles all bloody, cos it's too hard to get that thing loose, try as I may And I'm about ready to toss it all in but then I hear your sweet voice callin "how's it goin baby? what are you doin?" I'm just working the best I can Try to keep things running Tryin to be the man that you need me to be I'm just loving you by workin real hard Keepin you safe when you're drivin the car Cos I want you back home again Yeah that's what I'm doin sitting here stuck in this traffic, try to get to work on time feel like a dog, but I can't call in sick why don't nine to five jobs ever start at nine? half past two, that's about all i"m takin your text my cell, it starts vibratin "feelin better, cutes? what are you doin?" I'm just working the best I can Trying to keep things goin Tryin to be the man that you need me to be I'm just loving you, and workin real hard To give ...

Although I may not see you much any more We're that kind of friends Although it's been a while since you knocked at my door This never ends More than comrades on a priority mission More than music lovers love to listen We're the kind that keep each other tucked in our hearts We're the kind that won't let time push us apart Our kind of friends can catch up in a minute Our kind of friends understands we're in it For the long road ahead And it will be said "They were that kind of friends" This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Filling up the potholes on a Chicago night Like forgetting you when you're out of my sight You keep coming back, time after time Pushing at a string to make it go straight ahead Would be like trying to keep you out of my head Time after time, you keep returnin Throw a baseball up and hope it won't come down Feels like trying not to ache when you're not around Time after time, it hits the ground Time after time, day after day Where I want to be Where I want to work and play Right there by you No matter what you say That's what I'm thinkin Time after time Try not to get wet throwin water in the wind Expect me not to think about my girlfriend I soak in your smile, time after time Try to catch a hummingbird in mid-air Or forget the sweet smell of your hair Time after time, I'm missing you dear Time after time, day after day Where I want to be Where I want to work and play Right there by you No matter what they say That's what I'm thinkin Time after time (rep...

In my head there's a recurring dream Of having you here right beside me And though I might be living in some kind of fantasy That's how I want it to be Tumbling around inside are all of these hopes Of time we'll spend, and fun places we'll go You and me dancing to our songs on the radio Telling each other what we already know Sure I realize That for you and I To be together lots of things have to change And I'm working on me Trying to be free Sighing when I think of maybe someday Some days I think it's all gonna turn out fine Other days are so hopeless I just wanna cry But I know this love is deep enough to never die And so I get up and try And not everything I do is right or smart And though my dream land seems so so far I keep holding that thought of you in my heart Where I'm safe and welcome in your sweet arms Sure I realize That for you and I To be together lots of things have to change And I'm working on me Trying to be free Sighing when I think of ...

She walked right in and started to put the moves on I'm thinkin in my head, hey i like those moves, hun (She's got the move on yeah and it's really fun) She's just the kind of girl that can take my breath away Make my brain go numb, make me forget what to say When she gets her moves on Hey get the move on Get the move on If I don't get up and out of this chair She might be outa here before I get anywhere My chances with her might be long gone Hey, boy, get the move on Well I got up, made my move right then and there walked over to her table, pulled myself right up by her chair and put the move on yeah, ain't I the bold one? Dazzled by her eyes, charmed by that crazy yellow hair Didn't take long to realize we'd make a perfect pair if we'd get the move on Hey get the move on Get the move on If I don't get up and get out of this chair She might be outa here before I get anywhere My chance with her might be long gone Hey, boy, get the move on Now she...

People are always talking about the "next big thing" Hoping that somethin else will be better than the last big thing There's something rumbling inside of me, way down in my soul It's flowing over me like a tidal wave, crashing out of control It's not a feeling that I think is gonna pass This is it, I know it's gonna last Loving you is the biggest thing I've ever done Loving you will take me to the end, you're the one There's something durable about the way I feel They say I'm incurable but at least it's real -- You're my last big thing! Sure they told me that you were just a passing fad Truth is yours has gotta be the best love I've ever had Even when to me you seem to be so doggone far away Your love reaches way out to me And makes me say Loving you is the biggest thing I've ever done Loving you will take me to the end, you're the one There's something durable about the way I feel They say I'm incurable but at leas...

give me just a minute give me time to finish and you'll hear me say just why I feel this way

Sometimes these things happen fast And some times they go real slow We're gonna make it last By making sure we know Exactly how this got started Cos we know just how it ends With you holdin on to my heart As the vortex spins and spins It started with one kiss, one look That's all she wrote, that closes the book It's for sure, a done deal, And I'm gonna keep her right next to me Let's keep it spinning Let it roll Love's gonna win If we hold on and let it go We know how this all got started And we know just how it ends With you holdin on to my heart As the vortex spins and spins It started with one kiss, one look That's all she wrote, that closes the book It's for sure, a done deal, And I'm gonna keep you right next to me We know how this all got started And we know just how it ends With you holdin on to my heart As the vortex spins and spins This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States...

softly, with slight tremor your breath escapes your lips revealing there night vision's plot telling with faint murmurs and the shifting of your hips what a slightest touch has wrought languid, a stretch stirs arm reaching, tightens, dips resolves waking what dreams have brought This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

it's been a long while since I saw you smile that very first time days and months have gone since I came upon the first right song And if time could tell all the feelings if time could recite every line then in time you'd find me asking please for time to hold you one more time it was the way that you came to me that day told me why i shouldn't try just let it die but if time could tell all the feelings if time could recite every line then in time you'd find me on my knees asking for time to hold you next to me but time can't tell you how I've loved you any more than I already have time can't tell you how you've made me turned me into a better man and time won't ever tell the story of my heart's journey toward you but time will tell only time will tell if you'll stay with me This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I know it seems kind of silly I might be out of my mind To let love back in To try it one more time But this time's gonna be different This time I'm gonna do just fine I think I'm ready to give it a spin And get it right this time She left and I knew that I was done for No way for me to get going again And when she closed that door It wasn't one I was going to open But you walked in and made everything safe I can show who I am and be sure That I'm still gonna have a place Where I want to be, next to you I know it seems kind of silly I might be out of my mind To let love back in To try it one more time But this time's gonna be different This time I'm gonna do just fine I think I'm ready to give it a spin And get it right this time Oh, yeah, I'm ready to do it again You've got me out of my mind I'm lettin you in And I'm gonna love one last time. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0...

it's just me, hanging around hoping to take care of you I can see, why it knocks you down when I say the things I do No surprises here, I'm predictable as rain The ugly side of me is coming through again I can say, "I'm sorry", but all that does is ease my pain I can say "I was selfish" and I was, but that's not all I should be sayin I should telling you that I messed it up bad I should asking too, What you need and that There's nothing I would rather do Than to simply take care of you Bring a hot cup, warm you up Celebrate the great things, mourn the sad Hold you and never stop, never look back But it's just me, hangin around This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Sometimes when I'm writing a song I take the first words that come along Just floating in the consciousness stream But often that river is a little bit cloudy And the words don't come out just how they Should, and I find myself stumbling This time, I'm gonna dig down deeper Find phrases that are real keepers Cos keeping you is what I have in mind girl For you and me, I've got to be real honest Not say things in ways that take the longest To show all the feelings that I might find, girl I'm not gonna Throw this on the wall and see what sticks Mumble some words while I play some licks I'm gonna really think this one through Cos I want to Reach inside and find the right words To speak my heart like you haven't heard I wanna find out what sticks for you I wanna stick with you Sometimes I end up sounding like a jerk You hang 'round while i find what works And what I say or don't say only hurts us But you still seem to love me through it all When I reach o...

just like a diamond in the jeweler's light, revealed deep within each facet reflecting what was honed but not revealed until the test only the expert can wield the lightly clouded spot ignored by all and here within it resides Aristotle named it well and only love can heal my fatal flaw This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

It didn't take me long from when she came into the class; I felt something shift, and my heart was falling fast. The way she walked, the way she talked, the way she raised her hand-- I knew then that girl was bound to get this man. The professor was impressed, hey we all were -- It's not often a real genius looks as good as her! Some of her answers I didn't even understand; I was concentrating on how to hold her hand. We shared a bunsen burner in advanced Chem lab. And hot? In that white coat, she was in no way drab! She knew exactly what would happen when stuff got mixed; I was plannin on a chain reaction with my first kiss. There's a rocket scientist beyond all that stylin; There's a prodigy behind that smile. There's a biological chemistry that keeps me tryin To carry her trig books an extra mile. But the real genius in this unlikely situation is in how I'm gonna make her mine yeah, the real genius is mine I'm gonna make this genius mine. I'm not ...

at the stroke of twelve a new day starts and the old one slips away but there is a constant that remains and holds chaos in check each day your love rises with the sun each wind carries the sound of your voice as you call my name and your tears wet the sky each evening your sighs brush my hair wisping cool on my face as sun drops to reveal the night your arms wrap me safely you are the constant, my friend whose love takes me through another 24 and crossing the line to another day changing This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I get the feeling I ain't seen nothin yet, Cos you're like no one I've known before breaking down every barrier that I've set oh, if you only knew what's in store I can't believe the way you're behaving I've been waitin for a chance to make it clear And to give you all that I have been saving up for you the next time I see you, dear... wait till i get my hands on you Ya know i've got half a mind to give you exactly what you have coming Everything you're deserving, I won't hold back, There'll be no reserving, You'll think twice when I'm done with you Every time I turn around, you're at it again Makin me come after you When I get all stern, you just grin Like you're waitin to see what I'll do! well wait till i get my hands on you Ya know i've got half a mind to give you exactly what you have coming Everything you're deserving, There'll be no reserving, You'll think it's nice when I'm done wit...

work drags on, and the days are long when you're not here everything goes so very slow when you're gone it must be because you defy all laws of time in my heart cos when I'm with you the minutes melt away when I hold you I can't find time to say what I want to Until another day when you're gone no, i'm never bored or hoping for more when you're here I have a huge list of things I miss when you're gone cos when I'm with you the minutes melt away when I hold you I can't find time to say what I want to Until another day when you're gone I'll write it down for when you're around and I can tell the things inside that i can't hide when you're gone cos when I'm with you the minutes melt away when I hold you I can't find time to say what I want to Until another day when you're gone This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

sitting in the puddle with my arms around my knees too tired from all the trying to care if anyone sees worn out from being everything everyone needs that's why i'm crying with the rain when you sent me the message to let me know you really cared when you told me that you really wished I could be there instead of going way too fast in the middle of nowhere that's when I started cryin with the rain I'm crying with the rain, it won't out do me When the clouds are dry and gone completely I'll be hoping for a friend who will come by and see The me I really am, and want nothing more from me I know I looked so competent, confident and bold the pressure to be what they wanted, they couldn't know All the praise and the applause came with something more The sweet clamor for perfection and an endless string of encores On my bike in the pounding rain, pedaling hard to get far away My fall won't be your burden, my crash will have no gain Even if they saw me here, th...

the poet got famous by counting all the ways her love would grow expand and deepen but for all her enumeration she never answered why she had such adoration but I have another conundrum, for I have a list of my own a list with hundreds of reasons all the reasons why I love thee I won't even touch on the how and I will leave the sum unknown I love you for the freedom you bring and for the love you've given I love you for insisting I be me and still graciously loving I love you for the insights that you tenderly share I love you for your patience waiting softly for me I love you for your beauty that is unsurpassed I love you for the smile of your eyes upon me I love you for your love This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

When the day's been long And you can't go on That's when I want To meet you here Sure you feel like a dud And I'm not sure I'll be fun A couple of couch spuds Is what we'll be Turn the lights down Don't worry about how You're looking right now You're just fine Flip the music on Let's hear a song About how long Our love goes Couch potatoes in love This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

From the time we first bumped into each other after class Everyone knew why I kept lookin at you like that I couldn't figure out how such a beauty could be a geek But it's a secret I relished and one I tried to keep But there's no hiding the fact that my heart's long gone It's written on my locker, and I hear it in every song They whisper it in the hallway, say I've lost my mind But the truth is I've found it, cos I've found you just in time And it's no secret now what you've done to me there's no more hiding that power: overwhelming, sweet It's no secret now that you've got me wowed And I'm right where you want me now This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

In just a little while we'll see All the grand things we're meant to be Everything that we can see only in each other's heart I can see your strengths every day In the things you do, when you do them that way And I'll cover your weakness when I say I love you with all my heart There's a level we're reaching for one that isn't reached by stairs or door One where we've never been before And we'll get there joined at the heart So let's get there as soon as we can Let's see what lies ahead in the plan Of things not intended but destined to stand And we'll get there through each other's heart. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

in the night a street light pokes through the window shroud

in the dark parts of the night, when the wind says the most I hear your sweet voice singing to me, and I follow where it goes it takes me to smiling spring meadows it takes me to pastures green it takes me to where no one else goes where the sun lets me be seen in the clatter of the mornings, when the day begins its toll I hear your laughter calling my name, refreshing my soul it makes me move with courage it makes me dance with delight and anticipate the entourage of your love through the night This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

trying to move to where I'm supposed to be getting my ducks lined up shaking the fears out of me It's hard, but it's worth the doin cos when the going gets tough I want to be one that gets goin

it wasn't that long ago, though it seems like an age it wasn't that far away, just a paragraph or a page and the memories replay the feelings over again reminding me how strong your love's been remember that day, when it was hard to say before I learned to form words the way that named those feelings yet unheard? remember that time when I started to climb hoping that you were so inclined to love me even in my condition remember that time? the good days roll up, soon it's a good year the bad days i'll give up, and it's so clear There'll be laughing and crying in the days ahead But when they're done, it becomes what's said when we say remember that day, when it was hard to say before I learned to form words the way that named those feelings yet unheard? remember that time when I started to climb hoping that you were so inclined to love me even in my condition remember that time? remember that time? remember that time? This work is licensed under a Crea...

When I'm looking for you, feeling blue and just a little bit rough I'm wondering why Even the desert sky is cold; I can't get warm enough When everything seems so much more than it use to be You hand, your love, you -- are sweet to me Some days its absurd Other people's words seem to tear me apart When go to bed, I lay my head with an aching heart When everyone is hanging around to get a piece of me Your words, your smile, you -- are sweet to me You are sweet to me -- it's the taste of your kiss You are sweet to me -- all those hugs i wouldn't miss You're sweet to me -- You find a way to make my day a little less crazy Yeah honey -- you are sweet to me They all want to know why I can't satisfy as a general rule It's such a pain when I can't explain that I'm just not that cool What they want is not something I'm prepared to be But your whisper, your nod, you -- you are sweet to me You are sweet to me -- it's the taste of your kiss Yo...

Inside there is a feeling that soon becomes a word that forms a line that we imagine might be inspired Inside there is a yearning not often said out loud and if we want to know it a secret decoder  ring is required