Life: Here & Now II

from the first time I saw you there across the room I knew there wasn't much my heart could do to stop the things I've felt and have tried to put into song From that first time you turned me on You turned me on to the power of sweetness you turned me on to the strength of a smile you turned me on to giving completely and I turned you on to loving me

when we get alone and you turn off the phone and the slow dancing music starts to play there's a feeling in here that I have to make clear but I'm finding it so hard to say i'd try to tell you but you giggle try to show you but you'll squiggle try to hold you but you'll get away And when I reach out to catch ya you start that there stretchin turn around and go the other way girl you'd better be believing if you're coming or your leaving either way it's just a matter of time cos when I hear the bangles janglin and the guitars start to twangin I know I'm gonna make you mine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

when I go to bed after a long day I try to clear my head and there's so much to say but you're always here to listen if I wake up in the middle of the night feeling rough turning on the light wash the cares away with a song you've given and as the sun breaks through that slit in the curtain i can count on you your love is certain and what i go through is helping me learn you're the joy that comes in the morning after a restless night you're the feeling of being reborn after I've given up trying you're the reason I can keep holding on to the hope that keeps dying you're the joy that comes in my mornings This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

radio plays another song about heartache, and I sing along though the words don't really match my life, I admit I feel like that see that couple holding hands as they listen to a Texas band? I remember days just like this but all I have is an empty fist and I'm bluer than those endless skies that clothe the mountain ranges thinking of all those days with you those memories could fill pages and if the spinning of the globe brings you around back to me baby, i want you to know that's more than just alright with me I took your picture off the wall had to turn off your screensaver kept your ringtone, but you won't call so I'm doin myself no favors and every time I walk by that store where you liked to shop i try to walk on the other side but still I have to make the stop and I'm bluer than those endless skies that clothe the mountain ranges thinking of all those days with you those memories could fill pages and if the spinning of the globe brings you around back to

the evil that we do begins when once we set aside, affection for our dearest friends, our hearts reigned by pride pursuing my own ends grabbing for my own prize the boundaries of love I bend with the foolishness of lies grave danger waits hidden there among the desert rocks where I reckless run without a care for refusals, nays, and locks forward stumbling into a fall plummet into the deep dry well and ignoring wisdom's call open the gates of hell This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

you're taking me closer to what you have for me you're drawing me nearer to where I should be nothing could be clearer than the grace you've given me take me on, take me up, take me there you've got me thinking about where i've been I had been sinking till you drew me in and now I'm drinking all of your love in take me on take me up take me there take me there -- to another level take me there -- it feels like heaven let me share in this unfolding story of your love that's changing me from death to life's glory I should have known it you would seek me out i've not outgrown it i'm child enough to shout about your atonement that shatters all my doubts take me there take me there -- to another level take me there -- it's starting to feel like heaven let me share in this unfolding story of your love that's changing me from death to life's glory This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.

Her friend came up to me, Do you like Cheri? She likes you, You should like her too What's a boy supposed to do? We were just thirteen, Do you know what I mean? How could love even start? I shut the locker door, Shook my head, said no more Ant that's when I broke her heart It seems I leave behind broken hearts Over and over again, one at a time I'm always guilty of the crime But the heart that breaks again is mine Saw her there at school and in youth group fast Mustang looked good in that thing Top down, blonde hair blowing Down by the creek moonlight kisses so sweet Was this where love would start? I shut the car door, Hung my head, said no more Ant that's when I broke her heart It seems I leave behind broken hearts Over and over again, one at a time I'm always guilty of the crime But the heart that breaks again is mine Got on the airplane, Out of town again. What goes on, Every time that I'm gone? Seems I'm gone way too long But even when I'm there The

it's hard to respect a man who needs you more than you need him and I know you're so much stronger than me but loving you isn't me being weak I think I've found the wound that had me running from you and now I'm facing all those fears that kept me from letting you near I can do now what I couldn't do then Is it too late to start over again? I've trying to work this all through and maybe I'm strong enough now... to be the man for you since the day you said goodbye I've tried to figure out just why and where things took a wrong turn after all these years, what have I learned? rocket science, I can get that but figurin out how to get you back hurts my heart, taxes my brain you did it before, but could you explain? I know now what I didn't know then Is it too late to start over again? I've been working on my love IQ and maybe I'm smart enough now... to be the man for you (bridge)you said you wanted more than stong arms, you needed a strong he

Daddy always said I'd get what was coming to me some day Grandpa said grass seeds had a way of making hay And I've dodged more bullets than that Matrix guy Neo And soon I'm gonna have to pay

from the very start, i felt the pull -- something in your words sounded so good shot through me like lightning knocked me off my feet seemed like the right thing made the unfinished complete why would i leave you? why would i resist the irresistible   words that are sweeter than honey or wine a light in your eyes, nothing short of divine definitely classy even in a mess and when you ask me i get things off my chest why would I even try? try to resist...the irresistible It's in your eyes when you sit across the table When i hold your hand, you try but you're not able I saw you stretch to try to get comfortable why would you resist -- the irresistible? i'm gonna tell the truth, ain't gonna lie gonna turn on the fan, let the chips fly it's hard, but not as hard as it can get gonna live rightly seek His ultimate yes why would I even try? try to resist... the irresistible?

Pilate wasn't sure what it was We swear to ensure we get enough It's what freedom is born of it's where I want to be living it helps when forgiving I don't want to miss it the truth is we want reality the truth is we can't see the truth is my love is misplaced truthfully I won't survive without grace the truth is I'm dying in sin living on my whims the truth is I need you yes, that's the truth This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Prying in, breaking down, pushing you to the ground What have I undone, who have I let myself become With empty, outstretched hands I am the guilty man Free to go And once whole Free to remain outside I've locked the door By prying in, breaking down, pushing you to the ground This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

gotta take a look at what happened here gonna let the truth light shine bright and clear keepin the lid on never did anyone good no need to hide, gotta do what I should gonna shout it out leave no doubt i love you gonna find a way to really say I love you there's no need to dispute the truth of it why not wear the shoe when it fits? running away never won the race I'll tell anyone to their face gonna shout it out leave no doubt i love you gonna find a way to really say I love you This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I can learn to dance, if you'll let me step with you Give me a chance, and see what I can do I'll be a fool if it means I can dance with you I'll be cool, as long as I can dance with you Step right up and face me down Find the missteps and turn me around I won't be the best dancer in town But we'll have fun dancing around I can be true, in every step I can hold you, I can't forget That you love me too, I don't regret I can dance with you if you'll only let me dance with you Let me dance This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

We all want to know for sure, want to have things figured out when it comes to love and life, we'd like to have no doubts I've come to the conclusion I live a lot without knowing how And as for love, I'm not sure about anything right now But I still believe there's a sun that's going to shine I expect it every morning; I see it every time I still believe that I can learn some more I believe you'll answer if I come knocking at your door I believe that grace reveals and heals the wounds and that His love will see me through And in spite of what I've said and done, Baby, I believe in me and you When it comes to saying what's inside, I'm a neophyte I've deceived myself for so long, it's hard to get it right That's when you came along with your big soul flashlight Showing me things I should have seen, and holding me through the night 'Cause I still believe there's a sun that's going to shine I expect it every morning; I see it ever

when the bomb drops, when i lose it all when all my past comes to call and prayers like morning mist fade into the sky when the sky falls, when repentance peals like thunder and the stalwart reel and tears come from a well drawn dry that's when I know I'll find you that's when I know you'll be near that's when love rings true it's simple, and it's clear when hearts break, when truth rips out as clamorous as the touchdown shout and mourning marks the day when light shines, and darkness flees into the ether and away from me and love's steps mark the way that's when I know I'll find you that's when I know you'll be near that's when love rings true it's simple, and it's clear when hell breaks loose upon the land when heaven answers with mercied hand and grace is shed abroad when I stand to my feet once more and come to knock at your door loved by none but God that's when I know I'll find you that's when I know you'

a treasure discovered quietly glimmers in the moon's light yellow sheen flash of green jewels set on alabaster white stretching out to be gathered in collected in a long embrace precious bangles golden tangles pressed now against my face for greater gain I must let go all that I hold and cherish gold's warm hues stones' red and blue released before they perish This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

at the altar, I put it down set it aside, turned around dropped to my knees, face on the ground by the grace I have found in the desert, I buried it deep parched by thirst, in the heat forever changed by what I've seen in your mercy, I'm made clean for your love, I have pined pushed away, turned aside love eternal, be my only guide through these tears on my eyes standing up, now with joy of a hope I'll employ and walk toward a deeper knowing of your love building in me at the altar, I put it down set it aside, turned me around dropped to my knees, face on the ground by the grace I have found This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

ill-conceived and second-rate my offenses are too great for a broken heart to bear pulled over for this violation I've made with my heart and hands once more, a sudden abrogation if there's no trusting left, i understand Good God, you know just where it's rooted Uncover and blanch it in the light Close my eyes and see all the colors muted Till I've learned the borders of my fight and love always, always remains buffeted by memories battered by the pains it heals and sets free ill-conceived and second rate my defenses crumble here my offenses are not too great for redeeming love to heal

Come for a spin with me in my Miata, It will be fun, you know you really oughta find out what its like, to be loved this way Top down, hair tangling in the wind, Feel those high torque gears changing once again Hop on in, cutie, I know you'll want to stay We'll rev it up, speed along into the night Run away to somewhere fun for the rest of life You and me, mister, we'll be such a sight Come and get in my Miata, Miata, Miata You know you feel it too, ya gotta ya gotta, ya gotta I might even let you drive my Miata, Miata, Miata And we're sure to go further, and faster, and fartha If you hop in my Miata ( zoom zoom)

Took many years of exploring to get to a new world it took man more to cross to the far side and its taken far too many to find what I've tried to hide from you but now it's happened, I've been discovered by truth the truth is I'm a liar, I try to cover my tracks the truth is I'm wanting things I cannot have the truth is that you love me in spite of my sin Ive been discovered by truth and I am known end to end

Run away little girl, run as far as fast as you can Run away little girl, I'm not good enough to be your man You know I'll be a bother always wanting to hold your hand You know I'll want to take it farther; I'm not your kind of man You know I'll be jealous of other gazing eyes, You know I'll want to talk to you, keep you up all night (repeat chorus) I'm gonna want to keep you forever by my side Gonna wanna make you feel happy and safe inside Gonna give you more attention than you might be able to take Better get up and outta here, before its too late (chorus) You played the fool to fall in love with a vagabond you'd better get away soon, get up and get yourself gone (chorus)

The strangest things have this effect on me make me think of how it could be if i had been whole enough to keep friendship alive if i could do it, and do it right crazy things like construction sites a crescent moon, a rainy night greens, coppers, browns, black and whites fluffy dogs, galactic fights just the right songs, sound advice my soul cries a prayer at these sights for healing, and to be a friend of right

Woke up from the dream Where your eyes flashed green and my tears ran clean across your lips Torn asunder, inside out Samson's pillars pulled down trouble comes to the house and blows the wind

Swirl around, girl, lay it down when we're done girl we'll have won hearts like ours were meant to be loosed from chains and set free so hold on and spin with me swirl around girl, lay it down make it right, girl, in the light gonna work girl through the night heal the wound from the deep a soul that's made to keep make it right girl, in the Light

I could have been I should have been I remember when I was him I might become I should have begun I hope to run To the end

you said love's forever I tried to prove you wrong and though i was trying to be more clever I guess you were right all along it seems no matter what I do, you're waiting for me to come running back to you I guess I finally see love given freely has no bounds the love that you've shown me can turn me upside down though I hurt you deeply, and push it to the ground your love, true love, is going to always be around I ran away in anger, stomped off in fear believing that you couldn't be right when you said you'd always be here but every time I turn to see if you've said good-bye you're there looking at me waving me to your side love given freely has no bounds the love that you've shown me can turn me upside down though I hurt you deeply, and push it to the ground your love, true love, is going to always be around This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

on the road to babylon, forging my own chains look back to the city walls, see nothing remains into the furnaces I know we will go in the fire, your strength will be known there's no watchman on the walls, no elders at the gate the weak and wounded linger out in the street while the bound warrior is taken away and their families sit in ash and pray it's a long road out of captivity, where no songs are sung it's a trail of tears for the years of things that can't be undone but a word surely spoken says that one day I'll return and that's what I hope in so let me live, love and learn This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

waiting for me stealthily dancing there before me silken short, sweaty chest leathered fists twitching the canvas bounces beneath my feet I gauge the distance quickly I resolve to give my best And then I find I'm flinching I didn't try to see it coming though it was obvious to see and in my fatal weakness my flaws sucker-punched me This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

tell me what you're thinking I need to hear Tell me what you see in me you see it so clear This is what I really need This is why you're here Show me where I've got it wrong I think I'm right Keep me from goin on Blindly in the night Give me back my reason That's why you're here An honest friend who will love me No matter what stupid things I say A cherished friend to hold me When i've spoiled a perfect day Who can tell me with candor things that make others afraid I need an honest friend, no matter what you say Some friends think it's ok To let my mind wander I'm sure it's not their business to say anything 'bout what goes on there But they still have the comments to make they just say it to each other But you tell me to my face an honest friend, a true lover An honest friend who will love me No matter what stupid things I say A cherished friend to hold me When i've spoiled a perfect day Who can tell me with candor things that make other

everything about you is beyond my comprehension but somehow you've managed to capture my attention to the point that some say I have an obsession i think it's true the way you know me so well is certainly genius you identify all the issues i should address you see them and you offer forgiveness and your love too that's so incredible to me that's so amazing to see that love like this could be found it's a love so timely in danger you found me reached inside, turned me upside down and you love me so completely I can't let my fear defeat me and there's no stopping this joyful sound like when angels sing ah-ah-ah-leluia tell me what does it mean to you my mind is racing with ideas of how I'll love you try to outdo all the gifts that others give you know that my praise is the best I can do it's no surprise thinking of a hundred ways I can get you even closer wonder how heaven compares to the joy I know here want to be sure that I've made it very clear

lots of places gain their fame for special sights in the seasons mountains, cities, lakes and falls claim that each is ideal for the heart but springtime in Paris is not the same as Paris in the spring For anywhere can make love plain or enriched as spring starts light-filled eyes bring smiles again and people again find their reasons for casting aside fear that remains and giving love a start This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

rumbling across the mountain's ridge squeegeed by crusty granite cold driven into the east by the forces behind it dark, damp, tall billowing there sliced by white blue slivers dumping it's bile upon me loosed from it's quivers the storm cannot be stopped or turned it demands full remittance of all that my actions have slung -- this windy inheritance This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Sittin on the deck, with a book on my lap my daughter brings me lemonade, gives my arm a tap looks at me with those blue eyes, "what you readin, Dad?" I took a sip and gave her the only answer I had it's about love in the end that's all there is it's about love it's all I've got to give The best songs we've ever known the greatest stories ever told are all about one thing like I said -- it's about love Flippin through the channels on a Sunday afternoon Thought it's time to introduce my boys to "high noon" "not another shoot-em-up" says mom from the other room I said it's about love =- hurry up it's startin soon it's about love in the end that's all there is it's about love it's all I've got to give The best songs we've ever known the greatest stories ever told are all about one thing like I said -- it's about love This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No

it doesn't seem to matter what I say everything gets interpreted the wrong way wait a minute - those words were mine they're coming from way deep inside sometimes they reveal what I meant to hide wait a minute - those words are mine they slice, they dice make you feel nice sometimes have to be said twice they're full of praise and a curse laced with anger and sometimes worse I want them to be a gracious fare change my heart, cos they come from there wait a minute - and these words will be mine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

before I even start, she knows what I'm gonna say and if I don't speak my heart, she shows me the way she's usually thinking about the very same things she hears the songs in my head I'm about to sing get out of my head and into my arms i think I'm at my best when I fall for your charms you're always thinking one step ahead get into my arms, and out of my head that smile of hers lingers longer than that cat's in my head I see it, no matter where I'm at her words of sweetness cheer me on when work gets rough and all my problems seem ok at the thought of her love get out of my head and into my arms i think I'm at my best when I fall for your charms you're always thinking one step ahead get into my arms, and out of my head When I get home tonight, I'll show you what I think fix a big bowl of popcorn, and something cold to drink I've been thinking all day about that one kiss that's wet and warm It's time to get to it, get outa my head

let me know what you've made me to be love those whom you have loved honor you with integrity and live well till I am done This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

on my second birthday, my daddy chased me out of the chicken house where I was trying to figure out just how many eggs would break if I let them fall compared to how many broke when thrown against the wall it wasn't that much later, y'can believe it or not when I was dying to figure out how hot is "white hot" ? i pushed that car button folks once used to light cigarettes popped out, touched my finger - white is as hot as it gets oh I was born to be a wonderer, can't keep my mind in one place born to try to figure out everything in time and space That's why I'm wondering just exactly what I'll do If I don't figure out how to keep a hold on you A few years later, on the playground chasing yellow curls Shaking bees in a tatachip bag, as I ran after those girls I started wondering if bein shook up meant those bees were mad I think I found the answer when I opened up the bag That chasing turned to yearning, and I changed my style girls weren't runni

It could have been a sign, It could have been a warning When you were on my mind First thing Sunday morning Going through the days Full of distraction Never chase away This fundamental attachment Don't be surprised It's not that complicated Look into my eyes Yeah, I see you know it too When we're apart absence is overrated Everyday's gonna start With me thinking of you I whisper up a prayer Say it with thanksgiving Me here and you there But grateful that we're living Wipe away the tears That always come from wishing Looking forward to the years When we'll kick back and go fishing Don't be surprised It's not that complicated Look into my eyes Yeah, I see you know it too When we're apart absence is overrated Everyday's gonna start With me thinking of you Heading off to church Gonna lay down at the altar Every thing since birth That might make my faith falter Gonna mention your name Thank him for giving me the best Friend in all of my days And ask t

she's a hot little grandma in her white T-bird got all those fine gents chasin after her tryin to get somethin they don't deserve -- that hot little grandma, in her white T-bird when she was a young girl scooting around on her motorcycle with her hair down she turned heads at every stop light in town she revved it up, smiled and turned them down she's always had it, and she still does this hot little grandma, yeah she's such fun and the guys young and old think she's the one to take them in her T-bird under the desert sun she's gone the distance, she knows the score she hears them knocking at her door she's lookin for love and something more than kicking up dust in that T-bird Ford she's a hot little grandma in her white T-bird got all those fine gents chasin after her tryin to get somethin they don't deserve -- that hot little grandma, in her white T-bird This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.

i fly all night and half the day and feel like I haven't gotten far I'm crammed in here on the plane In the smallest space you ever saw But when I wake up with a stiff neck There's something to remind me of home I know I'm not supposed to turn it on yet But I can't wait, there you are on my phone

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scraped knee bruised elbows, a need for tender care don't schedule surgery, just put a band-aid there chipped tooth, root canal, don't need to feel the pain trust the process, ask the tech for a shot of Novocaine the ache is caused by something you can't seem to unlock and if you feel it's that drastic, ask for the spinal block it's only pain, nerves crying out their story, only pain, all the issues are that thorny there's no stopping the way you've been feeling until you make the choice for the final healing

we went up to the headwaters where the water is pure went to find the beginnings and we were sure we'd found it there past the mountain ridge when we went fishing by the black creek bridge icy cold water spring and snowfall fed aching in my feet, tingling in my head our footing unsure, I see you're slipping too and if you fall, what I'm catching will be you looking great in the waders, riding chest high mountain birds swooping down from the sky there are answers we can never know till we take the bait, drop a line from the pole so let's go up to the headwaters where the water is pure let's find the beginnings and then we'll be sure we'll find it there past the mountain's ridge let's go fishing by the black creek bridge

Made sure my bag weighed in less than 50 Have all my liquids in a zip-lock bag But I didn't prepare for the way you kissed me Or the fact that it would be the last kiss we'll have every time I walk down the jetway and look for some empty baggage space I wonder why love turned out this way And I feel the tears upon our faces I am up in the air wanting to land again soon feeling life isnt fair to tear me away from you I am up in the air flying away from dreams that dont come true when we were young everything seemed certain we had an idea how our lives would go but before the end of the act they called the curtain at the sound of hearts dying slowly now I'm up in the air not sure how to land again soon i know life isn't fair to tear me away from you I';m uo in the air flyin away from dreams that cant come true its the right thing to do i know you understand someday we'll find another place to land but now, i'm up in the air