Life: Here & Now II

Give me a list, tell me what you want Just say "honey, please do" I want to hear what's on your mind when you're thinking about me and you Spell it out clear; Make it real plain; Don't leave anything out. Tell me all the ways you want, I'll get started on it right now anything you want, when you say honey do just ask me, girl, I'll give it to you nothing's too much, nothing's too hard to do you'll never hear me say I won't when you say "honey, please -- please honey do" Don't forget One little thing Whisper it in my ear I'll take you where you want to go Just say the words I'm waiting to hear anything you want, when you say honey do just ask me, girl, I'll give it to you nothing's too much, nothing's too hard to do you'll never hear me say I won't when you say "honey, please -- please honey do" This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

When second thoughts create no pause, when lesser lights turn the head, When doubt gnaws and claws just as the sage poet said, That's when you extend your hand, and ask to be touched and seen; telling again that you understand what it is for me to be me. When prophet's inward stare is blind, when once-seductive ambition pales, when truth is drowned in tired sighs amid the drone of old men's tales -- That's when your voice resounds clean, echoes now in lavendered grace, and pries open the heart to reveal the smile of the doubter's teary face. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

From the time she could talk She was doin it fast From the time she could walk Weren't any fences she wouldn't pass From the first time that I first saw her that's when I began to see some day I'm gonna get that girl or maybe someday she'll get me runs by pigtails flyin racing down the street left the boy next door cryin Thank God it wasn't me There's somethin there I admire Call it that stubborn streak some day I'm gonna get that girl or maybe someday she'll get me my momma always told me "son, that girl is crazy" my dad always warned me "That girl is quite a pill" And each Sunday School morning Miss Kay told her to sit still but some day I'm gonna get that girl or maybe someday she'll get me later on she fell for a boy Fell like a chain-sawed tree I knew he just wanted a toy She wouldn't listen to me And when she ran past me crying it wasn't what i wanted to see but some day I'm gonna get that girl or maybe

your love holds me always enfolds me until I discover the rest I need there is none other none such a lover that can keep me where I belong and that's why I adore you that's why yours is the name upon my lips and because I know you, I cherish mornings like this you astound me always surround me always ever-loving in spite of me in this moment I can't forget what you're doing here in my heart and that's why I adore you that's why yours is the name upon my lips and because I know you, I cherish mornings like this This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I've been thinking lately I have been completely Taken with thoughts of you Thinking 'bout how I'm thinking Looking at what I'm seeking Hoping for something true That's when I realize yours is the best love I've ever had Know that without you my heart would be so jaded It's that glance of grace you give to me It's those embraces filled with mercy Remind me you're the only one -- That's my meditation I've been sighing daily Seems you cure what's ailing -- medicine my heart needs Something new each morning See all that you've shown me are things that keep me free That's when I realize yours is the best love I've ever had I know that without you my heart would be so jaded It's that glance of grace you give to me It's those embraces filled with mercy Remind me you're the only one That's my meditation This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States Licen

Up on his shoulders as he trudged around Turning over boulders Scanning the ground My dad and I looking for arrowheads In the farmers' fields. Crack open the rocks tryin to find a geode Split wide open so everything's showin Every stone my own treasure Each flint a hero's tale. sometimes the most precious things are here right around us gotta dig a little deeper need to take a peek inside treasures in earthly vessels worth more than we can tell each one surely a keeper, and everything will be alright. just like those smooth stones in a winding circle a solitary path goes into the heart's world You and I walking together on this spinning wheel sometimes the most precious things are here right around us gotta dig a little deeper need to take a peek inside treasures in earthly vessels worth more than we can tell each one surely a keeper, and everything will be alright. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United S

Hey, what you up to? What ya been doing lately? It's been a long time Since you've been around Thought maybe you were gone for good, not returning But here you are Pull up a chair; sit down lovin you is what I'm up to going to get right back to you don't wanna know if this is going to last just want to get goin seeing you always reminds me that it's true 'n I think you know you're helping me become a much better man hey I'm up to you Hey, where ya been girl? What have you seen? You found some answers; Some things unexplained When we were just kids Spent all our time playing Now that you've come back We can start it all again lovin you is what I'm up to going to get right back to you don't wanna know if this is going to last just wanna get goin seeing you always reminds me that it's true 'n I think you know you're helping me become a much better man hey I'm up to you Hey I'm up to lovin you Gonna see this through That's

Lay your hands Upon my face One more time Heal this ache Only love like yours can help me understand What I need to be a better man Let your eyes watch me here You can see what I Feel Only love like yours can help me comprehend What to do to make it to the end Rest my head Upon your breast Hold me close Let me rest Only a love like yours can really satisfy What I long to see, and be, and try Lay your hands Upon my face Keep me here In this place This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

what's happening to us? can you tell? is it clear? The whole thing's gonna bust, 'least that's what we fear Working to the grave Something now we can't avoid It's always been that way Why should we be annoyed? But who's gonna bail me out, if I lose you? Who's gonna help me find something better to do Than to spend my days feeling blue Who's gonna help, who's gonna try, who's gonna bail me out, if I lose you? How far do things fall before we call it a crash? I hear what you're sayin, but I think there's a catch A path to recovery Something we can map out When it comes to you and me We'd better get started now But who's gonna bail me out, if I lose you? Who's gonna help me find something better to do Than to spend my days feeling blue Who's gonna help, who's gonna try, who's gonna bail me out, if I lose you? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United St

When it comes to you, I'm a little slow; thought my charm made up for sense I lack. And sure it took me a little while To figure you weren't comin back. But did you have to pull a fast one? Slowly slip away so i wouldn't see? I admit I didn't see it coming That day you walked out on me. When I said I was sorry, Did you have to agree? When you said "see ya tomorrow" Did you know you were leaving me? Was all this so confusing? Was it too hard to figure out? Forget the rest -- I'm gonna give it a rest Soon I'll be forgettin you When we started out, it was sweet -- It felt like we were such long-time friends The kind we've known since we were just kids And you asked me where I had been. And you were such the spittin image Of a dream I have always had And the way that you always held my hand... I never dreamed you could leave me like that When I said I was sorry, Did you have to agree? When you said "see ya tomorrow" Did you know you were lea

con amor canto, y con amor ella baila no otra mas dulce no otra podro encontrar va sentir feliz este noche con los manos juntas Dance, lady, dance in the moonlight lithely Dance, angels dance Praises done rightly With this simple song cuando ella bailaban mi corazon cantaban Vamos caminando y renovar el placer en un dulce sueño Dance, lady, dance in the moonlight lithely Dance, angels dance Praises done rightly With this simple song This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

I know just where you came from; I saw it while I slept -- A land of an endless kingdom Where love's promise is kept. I saw you walking free there, Through grasses deep and green -- With breezes tugging at your hair, winds of a spirit unseen. And now you've arrived, finally here In a heart you've set free A wounded land has been healed As your hands pass over me This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Mi alma no da razón Como duele corazón Cuando veo al cielo Y entiendo el camino Yo sé la respuesta

I"m running home to you, honey As fast as I can Stuck here in traffic And it's drivin me mad Wish I had a hovercraft to float above it all Land there on the couch and sing you these songs nothing's gonna stop me some things might slow me down it won't be too long baby till I'll be hanging round pestering you in the kitchen while we try to cook a passing kiss, a subtle wink hey, I'll be there real soon Another storm is coming 'tween this airport and home a flight delay, a re-route leaves me out here all alone if I could call on Scotty "beam me into her arms" I could leave this mess behind me and be surrounded by your charms nothing's gonna stop me some things might slow me down it won't be too long baby till I'll be hanging round pestering you in the kitchen while we try to cook a passing kiss, a subtle wink hey, I'll be there real soon Don't forget to start the coffee and hold a place for me Grab your favorite book The one you

we can just watch the pitches come flyin by we can just let hell break loose not know the reasons why we can give up all our pardon for gilt far less than gold but can never leave mercy behind all our days have been numbered to infinity with no algebraic calculations to show us a way no sacred geometry will set the heart straight and can ever leave mercy behind every day, after long restless nights every day, when the morning rises I have to say, though my speech has lost its sight I'll never leave mercy behind heard yet another rumor a war's beginning never enough of what it takes to keep the peace though we're standing on the eve of destruction we'll never leave mercy behind every day, after long restless nights every day, when the morning rises I have to say, though my speech has lost its sight I'll never leave mercy behind This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

across the table, one more time about to cry, but "i'm doing fine" there's a look in her eyes she can't hide it's hard to ignore the telltale sign muted behind the next glass of wine but it's still a cry she can't hide wondering one more time why he left her there looking for a sign that maybe he still cares she's seeking out a little bit of hope that she can't hide seemed so strong for all of those years, washed away, a flood of tears everybody else could see but she can't hide he pushes his chair back from the table puts the napkin down, walks away a calendar day she can't hide wondering one more time why he left her there looking for a sign that maybe he still cares she's seeking out a little bit of hope that she can't hide the bottle's empty, cleared away for another year, nothing to say they've made a date to do this again is this what comes of just being friends? loving way beyond the end? always thinking 'bout

there's a slow steady road to travel a path that doesn't turn left or right but as the road goes up and down my shoes fill with gravel but everything will turn out alright I've been walkin here since the beginning I may be walking it long past the end with every shaky step I take another day I'm winning and hearing the prayers of my friends on each side, the trees spread out broadly giving shade just when I need it most the heat of the midday sun is hell but not ungodly burning away all but the ghost walk with me here if you think you're able hold my sweaty palm there in yours we may both stumble and fall as we learn how to say no to all but the choicest of futures This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Oh the animals know about Christmas day Baby Jesus, asleep in the hay Shepherds on the ground Angels in the sky..... The animals know and so do I Originally written for a Christmas musical production, circa 1990. :) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

climbing on a rock, out in the woods thinkin how everything's turnin out good finding new treasures under the log lovin mother nature and sayin thanks to God it's amazing what young people do -- getting the most off of every page pretty soon, that'll be me and you -- pretty soon we'll be coming of age pretty soon we'll be coming of age walk through the gallery, looking at art holding hands and playing the part sipping cool drinks out on the deck planting a necklace around her neck it's amazing what some people do -- getting the most off of every page pretty soon, that'll be me and you -- pretty soon we'll be coming of age pretty soon we'll be coming of age been trying every day to get this thing right and looking back, it's been a pretty good life layin it down in the long oaken box don't weep for me, I hear heaven rocks it's amazing what some people do -- getting the most off of every page pretty soon, that'll be me and you -- pretty

the captain calls the flight time wheels up in about five everybody's gettin settled attendants walking down the aisle the flight's not really that long but grab a pillow anyway go ahead and lean right there on me hold my hand, let me hear you say "this flight's gonna take us where we can stay together not gonna let it get sidetracked by changes in the weather it's you and me, baby, no matter what they say this flight we're on is taking us... takin us to some brighter days it was oh so long ago the last time I saw your face But I could tell by the way you smiled this could be the time and the place when we'll find together what each of us had lost making things go better than the way things have gone "this flight's gonna take us where we can stay together not gonna let it get sidetracked by changes in the weather it's you and me, baby, no matter what they say this flight we're on is taking us... takin us to some brighter days This work is

simple, contained, unconstrained faithful, playful, undeservedly true untiringly loves, unflaggingly adores, and the hound of love gives more than its due This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

We're gonna dress up tonight Gonna go out on the town Gonna start a party, then we'll shut the place down Grab your hats, Put your dancin shoes on We'll go till we can't, and then we'll carry on There's no doubt a celebration's what we need Come on out and party with me Good things are happening, we oughta take note Cos when tomorrow comes, it'll be all she wrote Grab yerself a partner from those standing around Lift up your heels, let them settle to the ground Grab the hand of a stranger, you'll soon know 'em pretty well Maybe you came alone, but you'll leave with somebody else There's no doubt a celebration's what we need Come on out and party with me Good things are happening, we oughta take note Cos when tomorrow comes, it'll be all she wrote Listen to the music as the band starts to start Feel the manic rhythms chasing fear from your heart It's no ordinary music that can turn a soul around Listen with your heart and hear

I could wish the world would be at peace I could wish that all the bound ones would soon find release I could wish that all that's lacking would be made complete, I could wish earth's beauty would endure for all to see But the hope of my heart is you I could wish everyone would understand I could wish that all the people would have open hands I could wish that every scheme would turn out just as planned I could wish for the courage to risk all I've ever had But the hope of my heart is you This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

He walks in with a nod and a wink Doesn't take much to know what he's thinkin So self-assured and confident Positive what he wants he'll get Askin me if I wanna do lunch must figure I don't get out much But I've seen this type before And I'm gonna show him the door I'm not giving up so easily Not gonna forget everything that means so much to me Sure, it may take a while before it comes around But I'm gonna wait till -- till love comes to town Got another email for an online match The formula says this one is quite the catch Reliable, fun, exercisin three times a week And all the girls tell him that he's kinda sweet Likes to go dancing or watch movies at home Skinny dipping and tattoos are a big turn on Face to face, I'm in for a big surprise He doesn't even really have blue eyes I'm not giving up so easily Not gonna forget everything that means so much to me Sure, it may take a while before it comes around But I'm gonna wait till -- t