Life: Here & Now II

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, and my heart is fainting now Feeling that the time may never come for what I want to come around I don't think it's so unusual for me to want these things To fill my life with the grace of words spoken so sweet To be convinced with a smiling clutch To be cheered on with a kiss To be challenged to go for the best By the charms of true genius So I'm tilling my heart here I"ve planted all the seeds Praying for the desires of my heart watching for the life-giving tree “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” –Proverbs 13:12 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

What you've given me is just the ticket to get me goin, to set me free It doesn't matter where I've been Your love has me movin again Sitting too long off to the side Letting the best pass me by Sometimes I laughed, sometimes cried But you finally explained to me why I was stranded at the station Stuck sleeping at the gate I forgot my destination but it wasn't too late What you gave me is just the ticket to get me goin to set me free You've got me moving again without asking me where I've been It's just the ticket Just the ticket for me This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I have never known a love this deep, never known a love so sure can I tap into this love's strength to make all my loves endure? Can I find the key that's drawn me? Know why I made this choice? The devotion and the longing that weary my weeping voice? Beyond mere emotion, "love is an ability." Perhaps my heart's implosion can set all of us free. When I take my choice to love you make that choice o'er and o'er again I will be a better lover too and be your better friend. Posted mobile from Nokia E61i This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

there are some choices that are easy to make tell me I can choose joy, or I can choose pain and it's easy to see what my choice will be let me pick between getting a win or a loss or between going free and being caught and I'd rather choose one in which I don't lose but sometimes the harder choices are the best ones sometimes being right is a lot less fun sometimes loving you means letting you run away and be free it's not about me sometimes i have to choose to not get mad when the words flying at me batter my head sometimes i choose to say something loving instead though it's hard to take the choice is mine to make when i found you it was easy to choose to be glad now i've lost you the tough choice is to not be sad to choose to let you be free from the chains of loving me these are the hard choices I've got to decide these are the reasons I battle inside between the choice that's not right and the one that makes me cry but sometimes the harder choices a...

I can see it in your eyes..... (click on title)

Took the old guitar from its case Lovingly touched the shaded varnish on its face Remembering the first time I saw it in the store The time when I wanted nothing more Through years it had responded well to my hand But now simple stress was more than it could stand When it snapped Bobby said it couldn't be restored I could look at it, but not play it any more This old guitar, for these 35 years Has seen love lush and dry, seen the tears The songs it played from the very start Were songs that said what was on my heart Songs of life and songs of praise Songs that took me through these days Songs to watch love fade away This old guitar, have to put it away My friends tell me its best this way Let those years and the wood rest Set aside the sad and remember the best Now I've found a sweet sweet blonde One that will love being part of the songs That have come with new joys and new tears One that will help me say what's in here This old guitar, for these 35 years Has seen love lus...

Lord, have mercy on a man who has dug this pit put a rock beneath these muddy feet throw a rope that I can grip In the path that I have taken and the ones that I have not one way I have forsaken the way once dearly bought make love complete guard me from the ragged tear in the fabric of my being that i keep putting there then i'll wake up with love's truest friend feelings won't be enough to amplify love's reign within Lord have mercy This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

there's a phrase running through my mind that I once heard you say i hold on to it every day and i will for all time a simple word of kindness a forgiving nod toward me compassion for my blindness instructions to help me see when you said "love will always be here, love will always remain though at times, it won't always be clear love is always the same." I know when it comes to loving I'm lacking in so many ways in my words and my deeds I end up causing pain you loved me and you taught me how the only way I'm going to learn is to love only you now and let you heal all the hurt when you'll say "love will always be here, love will always remain though at times, it won't always be clear love is always the same." i'll find the love unfailing i'll find the love built to last love that survives the nailing only True Love can do that and I'll say "love will always be here, love will always remain though at times, it won't alway...

try as I might, I don't think that I could do anything more, and if I did, it wouldn't change the way my heart moves when I think of you it's not that I think there's anything more to gain by trying harder, to come up with some game to keep you try to stop you from running away but baby, it's just the way it is a reflection of the love I wanted to give and receive from you, a loving place to be in a place we've needed for a long time, from the beginning so i'm giving it up the best that i can can't pretend it away, not that kind of man who can just ignore the memory of your hand here in mine with a squeeze to tell me you understand but baby, it's just the way it is a reflection of the love I wanted to give and receive from you, a loving place to be in a place we've needed for a long time, from the beginning This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

deadline's coming, the milestone's weighting me down the point of no return is gonna eventually come around if i don't start right now to get my act together ain't no amount of work gonna make things any better getting going on the essentials get cranking on fixing my heart and mind not gonna answer the salesman's calls keep convincing me that I'm not lying when i say losing you doesn't mean losing it all but it's hard to believe a tale that tall so i sing to myself this old lyric line "no one works harder than a man out of time" the day you left me was like the starting line the race was on, but i just sat there and cried other heartbroken runners are coming round the bend better get up if i'm gonna finish before the end getting going on the essentials get cranking on fixing my heart and mind not gonna answer the salesman's calls keep convincing me that I'm not lying when i say losing you doesn't mean losing it all but it's...

out on the court the score's looking grim all my shots are thunking there on the rim the coach looks at me and I look at him as I head for the bench after the game the coach pulls me aside sets me down on the bench to set me right we can get past this really off night with a simple cure get back to the basics, son it's the simple things that can keep us from being all we can be go back to the start, and start again find yourself from beginning to end go back back to the basics again I drove to the college in my home-made truck a 51 body held together by luck wind blowin my hair didn't matter much my stetson stayed on the dreams of those years fell away chasin status and the take-home pay now I'm wondering how it got this way and I hear him say get back to the basics, son it's the simple things that can keep us from being all we can be go back to the start, and start again find yourself from beginning to end go back back to the basics again so I'm pounding the pa...

wasn't a day, that I wouldn't wonder how I was going to get through another thought for sure I was going under till I found you now I'm thinking I'll stay right beside you cos running away isn't gonna do sweep away the past with a big broom and start again it'll be you and me, baby top's down, jump on in full speed ahead, like crazy never looking back again we're racing toward that happy ending moving forward with a never-ending love too many days, i was comfortable with everything being incompatible didn't know I was able till I found you now I'm thinking I'll stay right beside you cos running away isn't gonna do sweep away the past with a big broom and start again it'll be you and me, baby top's down, jump on in full speed ahead, like crazy never looking back again we're racing toward that happy ending moving forward with a never-ending love it's you and me we're gonna see what it takes to be a life-long friend it...

this is the price I pay as I walk away from your counter with an empty hand this is the road I'm on I'll sing one last song with no help from Jubal's band i can very easily see it's been all about me i have come around and at last paid this price I pay every day without your hand in my hands This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

i'm not an artist, at least not the award winning kind I'm not a poet, whose works gain value over time I'm just a rambler spilling words from my mind Not filling in much detail, content with the outline I want to circumscribe your heart I want to draw a circle round our lives I want to outline you lips I want to trace the source of your sighs I want to paint you into my corner hold you through the hows and the whys and if I can, I want to draw you here to me, without a trace of goodbye. Some things last forever, at least that is how it seems Some times are remembered, others fade into dreams All our times have woven together into these memories That won't go away, so won't you let me, please I want to circumscribe your heart I want to draw a circle round our lives I want to outline you lips I want to trace the source of your sighs I want to paint you into my corner hold you through the hows and the whys and if I can, I want to draw you here to me, without a trace o...

with this ring, i have said all the things here in my head easy to feel harder to say hope this ring makes it plain with this ring i circle round everything I have found to be true to be right there in your loving eyes with this ring i'm letting go of everything i want to hold treasures fine memories clear but not mine in life now and here with this ring i have said everything in my heart and head This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

rhythm of life

When they called it was dry outside, but raining in my heart Told me my dad was gone, disease had gone too far wondering how the years would go without him to call hear his advice when I start to fall: "love, always" i opened up the lock box, read your letter again last night, mouthed the words written there for the thousandth time knowing that grace would make your life work out all right with a promise I still hold dear every night: "love, always" love always keeps you in my heart and mind love always reaches across this space and time in times like these, fun or hard, it doesn't matter where you are or  upon whom  you depend love, always love always reminds me our love stands on that day I always knew would come, the day my baby girl wed looking like the pretty princess I know she's always been she slipped me the note now pressed flat in my wallet "thanks for being the great...

I wanna follow the dotted line Hear the pavement sing I want the top down in the night Keeping you close to me But you've run away Flown with the coupe Gone without a wave And me staring after you The line starts to fade Out on the horizon Too far to find a way To get to you again Cos you've run away Flown with the coupe Gone without a wave And me staring after you drive baby, drive off into the sunset drive baby, drive go for all you can get without me to slow you down without me after you you'll find your way out when you've flown with the coupe This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

He's typing as fast as his thumbs will fly Hopin his message gets to her in time So she knows he wants to be her guy She feels the vibration, sees the little light resists the temptation, puts up a fight tells herself she's gonna really try he drops the flowers there on her desk thinks the card and candy will do the rest makes sure he's looking his best she picks up the card, reads it all alone smells the flowers, picks up her phone and types the letters one by one This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

picking up speed as I tumble down I'm going too fast, but not making a sound If I hit a tree instead of goin around I'm done for I wasn't really made for this kind of thrill Standing on boards while flyin downhill I'd rather be holding you, sittin still And be indoors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

where does it begin, this feeling inside where does it end, is there time to ask why? cos it's a growing stronger every day it's this kind of feeling that make a man cry with a trembling lip, and tears in his eyes it's the feeling that makes me say Without you, I'll be driven insane Apart from you, I won't be the same Away from you, I keep playin this game And this feeling just won't go away I've put my head in my hands again Left my heart on the desert's sand And I hear myself say Without you, I'll be driven insane Apart from you, I won't be the same Away from you, I keep playin this game and this feeling just won't go away This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

sure it seems logical to keep things that have been special to me but if i keep everything I've ever known that's just to much to be holdin on there are memories that are best faded songs still unsung, movies best left unrated but past joys that still leave me elated yes, these are worth holdin on that's why i'm hodlin on to love that's why i'm holding on to you no matter what does or doesn't come i will always be holding on to you heartaches I should let go, books never read, with dust jackets gone voicemail from callers I don't know no reason there for holding on all the smiles from a friend loving kisses go on and on laughter that never seems to end that's why i'm still holding on that's why i'm hodlin on to love that's why i'm holding on to you no matter what does or doesn't come i will always be holding on to you gonna hold on, not let go take a hand, always show loving to the end or more i'm holding on holding on on ...

pullin on my shoes, gearin up for the race startin out a new day, with a smile on my face how I'll do, who can tell but I know I'll finish well cos I'm running for you trying to catch you going after you there ain't no match for the way you love me the way you pull me through i'm running for you leaving me breathless running for you no longer restless coming home to love tonight my goal's in sight i'm running for you pullin on my shoes, gearin up for the race startin out a new day, with a smile on my face how I'll do, who can tell but I know I'll finish well cos I'm running for you trying to catch you going after you there ain't no match for the way you love me the way you pull me through i'm running for you leaving me breathless running for you no longer restless coming home to love tonight my goal's in sight i'm running for you This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unite...

sittin on the shore skippin stones remembering the times we were alone just you and me talking constantly now here in the silence it's the same as when I call your name and nothin is said except inside my head I"m missing you, missing your laugh All that humming you did when you'd take a bath The instructions you'd give for Saturday chores That "I'll be right back" when you went to the store I'm missing you, all those little sounds Bangles danglin, heels on the ground Noisy kisses and the softest sighs My own heart pounding when I look in your eyes I'm missing you, and the sounds of our love Standing on the porch, an hour before dawn just before the birds sing their morning song I try to hear, but you're not there All of this silence is drivin me mad Your sounds are the best song I've had now all i hear is me singing this for you I"m missing you, missing your laugh All that humming you did when you'd take a bath The instructions y...

woke up in the middle of the night just to hear myself cry reached over and you weren't there and I remembered why all those things I could have said those few things I should have done the one thing I knew you needed was the one way I couldn't love and now it's too late, there's too little time you won't answer my calls, I'm tired of tryin but I can't stop, and it's clear why no matter what else I do, my love wasn't right for you it was hard thing to just get out you said that I should though I knew it was over, I had my doubts about if I even could You gave all the early signs 'bout how you were startin to feel And now after all this time why am I hanging on to some ideal? and now it's too late, there's too little time you won't answer my calls, I'm tired of tryin but I can't stop, and it's clear why tried it too many times, in so many ways can't keep goin the rest of our days cos no matter what else I do it always c...

don't know how, but it's happening again my heart is revvin up, gettin ready for a spin it'll be another wild ride if I can only survive last time I did this, I only fell down heard my soul thud as it hit the ground picked up the shards of my shattered heart but you've got me believin this isn't the same all my friends are asking me if I'm insane love's givin me that light-headed feeling again there's a stirring in my soul, and I know it's name it's love, and i'd rather be dizzy than in pain ever since I was a young lad, just wasting my time waitin for the right girl who'd want to be mine who would cheer me through all the tough things we'd do but all i've ever done was inflict my heart's damage by bein taken with some pretty little package with a fair-weather smile didn't last a country mile but you've got me believin this isn't the same tho all my friends are asking me if I'm insane love's givin me that l...

"Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows" and the strength of this tide in my soul grows as minutes become hours, days months long and the crescent moon empties itself again This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

she walked onto the job with a clipboard in her hands the boys and I figured she was looking to command but with her in those high heels and that pink hard hat we figured she would learn it wasn't gonna work like that this must be the new supe that the boss has found but ain't no way this dame will boss me around when she asked her first question, it was easy to see she didn't know construction, but she sure knew me knew when I hedged the schedule to keep a few days free knew every time I dodged and where I was hiding when she walks, her shoes and jewelry go clickity clack I know it sounds crazy, but I think I like it like that Now She's the one I want to supervise me I want to let her know that I'm aiming to please when she looks over those glasses with those cool green eyes I want to start doing everything right she rules with her smile, keeps us on track with her charm and best of all, when day's done, she takes my arm we head on home open the garage and park...

when morning comes and there you are I understand night's dreams when the sun rises slowly over the wall And then reveals to me The fan's breeze in your hair The necklace lying there and the love that we share. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

been working hard all these years, helping the man succeed the boss calls me in for my review, gonna tell me what he thinks of me We'll talk about contribution, negotiate my salary and see if what I bring to the table is still what he needs what i bring to the table is smarts, savvy and sweat I've been bringing it every day, but you ain't noticed yet, so pay me what I'm worth, I think it's only fair cos what I bring to the table, you can't find just anywhere been sippin a short one in a tall glass in the pub over in the corner, another game is startin up gonna pull up a chair to the table, try my hand we'll all find out if I'm a winnin kind of man cos what i bring to the table is smarts, savvy and luck watch how the river turns, you'll fold and give it up i'm on a real hot streak, i know it doesn't seem fair but what I bring to the table, you can't find just anywhere now i need to figure out the hardest thing - how to win at love i've...

there he goes, out of mind that's what he chose, and there's no time to bring back something that was never really there there he goes, and she doesn't care he's nursing that drink, like he knows how but he's never really had one until now that bitter taste of alcohol doesn't really take away the bitterness of the words he heard her say "I don't know you, I never have It's all wrong, you're a different man You might as well go, no need to stay there is nothing really here for you anyway" so there he goes he stands to go, pays the tab remembers the first time he wore his hat now he's going to wear it in the night, all alone there's no turning back, and no place to go "I don't know you, I never have It's all wrong, you're a different man You might as well go, no need to stay there is nothing really here for you anyway" so there he goes there he goes, out of mind that's what he chose, and there's no time t...

there are geniuses who crunch numbers equate with algorithmic ease others split atoms while they slumber and decode to cure disease it takes a genius to love well a genius of another kind that kind of genius is able to tell what's on my heart and in my mind This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

you found me when my tides were ebbing and I had given up hope lifted me, though my load was heavy how could I have known? that it would be a love like yours that would turn me around? that a smile from the heart would bring a cure? unconditional love that won't set me down and a safe embrace that always returns I thought for sure I was sinking deeper in the sand Then your look got me thinking and so I took your hand I don't know how or why you did it, only what you have done Untangled me from those lies around my feet and gave me sweet love it took a love like yours to really turn me around, that sweet smile from your heart brought me a cure unconditional love that won't set me down and a safe embrace that always returns is there something I can be doing to let you know? drop these masks you've been removing, and let the loved me show that it took a love like yours to turn me around? that a smile from your heart would bring a cure? unconditional love that won't set...

i heard about that explosion just the other day made me wonder what will happen next, what will come my way nothing is very certain, trouble is all around but what's really amazing is in the midst of it I've found a friend who's always smiling at me someone whose love keeps me feeling free I know everything is going to be all right Whenever I wake up to that smile. late at night, homeless and out in the cold there are faces barely seen, names I don't know sleeping in a school, on pads spread out on the ground I can't help but pray that they'll find what I have found a friend who's always smiling at me someone whose love keeps me feeling free I know everything is going to be all right Whenever I wake up to that smile. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

whisper to me the code I need to enter write down the combination to turn help me hack my way in to the very center where all your secrets I can learn I want to go to the heart of your existence know the why and where, and wherefore I want to unlock the secrets of your puisance and live beyond that door plug me in, i'm wired with fire And let the bandwidth grow a wide, high-speed bus to tie us together heating up as it starts to flow all of this to say something very simple -- I guess that I love you your smiling eyes, when you flash that dimple make me want to stay with you This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

When she walks in Every game ends It's a saner world again She gives us a wink And we all think It's the best we've ever seen Her personality is definitely magnetic When she's around I can barely think I'm sure I'm acting quite pathetic But I want to be the metal that goes "clink" We scramble everywhere to pull up a chair under the lights where they'll catch her golden hair you'll never see a rush quite like this bunch when we all stand up shake her hand for just a touch Her personality is definitely magnetic When she's around I can barely think I'm sure I'm acting quite pathetic But I want to be the metal that goes "clink" i'm feeling giddy she sittin by me sips her sweet tea and everybody can see when she catches my eye offers to let me drive take a look at the sky I tell the losers "bye-bye" Her personality is definitely magnetic When she's around I can barely think I'm sure I'm acting quite pa...