Life: Here & Now II

Put me in charge, watch me go I can't think of anything I don't know I'm going ahead with or without the flow Just because I can Give me the reins; so I can shout 'yeehaw' Give me the wheel of this million-dollar car Up or down, I can take this far It's who I am

We played on the hot asphalt Bursting black bubbles under the August sun Dirt clod grenades And willow-wand swords and some imagination Made us soldiers, made us spies Rescuing damsels who were on the run In the small town we called home

One more shadow meets the light Another antidote I'm gonna try False effects -- we'll have to smile As one more shadow leans against the wall

West of the Pecos The landscape changes But through the ages

I was sitting at the table Sipping at my coffee Nibbling at my bagel Thinking too many things Here in my head Imagination fueled by the things you said

There I was Standing in the doorway Dinner in my hand Thinking that surely no way Would this fleeting love stand

you can have a friend who always tells you the truth tells it like there's really nothing left to lose the kind of friend who will faithfully wound the kind whose love is always in the mood for telling you nothing but the truth nothing but the truth

Don't just don't say a thing Don't guess what I might think Don't go trying to calculate It might surprise you when you see What I'm really thinking about you

down by the border, in a border town dads and daughters just hanging around watching the river, knowing it's Grand and sharing the dreams only fathers understand

sitting at the table in the afternoon light sipping at the coffee and everything's right it's a Sunday ritual reminding me of you sometimes in my mind I'm sitting here with you

doesn't it seem like yesterday? your hair hung straight and mine was long

cold, just like the day before, winter is this, nothing more a reason to stay always indoors until you asked me out to play now, like every other time that question makes me smile watch the dancing in your eyes as you lean to hear what I'll say

wasn't that long ago just yesterday or the day before that everything seemed like it would go on and on

When we were younger, lighter The days were longer, brighter We knew what we wanted to be and do Dr. Pepper was colder, sharper The nights were bolder, harder Than most things we'd ever been through But now I think I see How this was all meant to be Everything in my life is a stream carrying me to this end Sundays were for more than naps after loud shouts and the hand claps and those funny funeral parlor fans Summer days filed with books Summer nights exchanging looks and hoping we can just hold hands But now I think I see How this was all meant to be Everything in my life is a stream carrying me to this end... yeah, it all brought me to this momentous place where I'm finding you with your hands on my face You know I'm lovin it all like watching you get up and start a pot and I'll pour us a cup and we'll have a talk You know I'm loving it all I'm loving it all... When we were younger, lighter The days were longer, brighter...

some friends come by on sunny days to ask me out to play some friends wait till the lottery is at 22 and i have tickets in my hand some friends show up for dinner, or lunch on 2 for 1 Tuesdays Some are always there for breakfast Putting the pillows away

The thunder goes rolling by Like a train on the stereo The rain sheets are pulled across The horizon's bed

the thing about goodbye comes up from time to time when someone leaves another stays and everyone needs a sign

sit on the park bench feed the birds watch the town fly by there's nothing like this no more words I can find to describe just like the pancakes down at the cafe all I can eat is more than I want anyway but when you say you love me it's way more than i can stand, but say it again that you love me always a surprise there in your eyes when you say you love me down by the river put my feet in feel the fish swim past I could always live there always seein the things that last just like the pancakes down at the cafe all I can eat is more than I want anyway but when you say you love me it's way more than i can stand, but say it again that you love me always a surprise there in your eyes when you say you love me This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Here I am coming round again to where I was once before I begin seeing circles when I push through that door elliptical orbit of my fall doesn't make it soft there's that pall when everybody saw just what's going on spin it's coming around spin what we put in motion spin a rushing sound spin like reel devotion you make my heart spin You found me and so completely loved me the way I've been made Pointed out The things you've found Said whatever you needed to say spin it's coming around spin what we put in motion spin a rushing sound spin like reel devotion you make my heart spin spinning in a new direction spinning to our own perfection turning out the way it should now finding out if you and I somehow spin it's coming around spin what we put in motion spin a rushing sound spin like reel devotion you make my heart spin This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License

Sometimes I can lend a hand, Sometimes, I can just spin, Sometimes, I make the grade, Sometimes, I'm just in the way Sometimes, I get to really see Sometimes, I close my eyes Sometimes, I count the price to pay Sometimes, I'm just in the way Yeah, I'm always thinking about it Thinking about something, that's true And sometimes all this thinking just gets in the way of loving you Always want to be mindful Always want to be able to connect All of me to all of you and see what those times will get Sometimes, I'm just loving you Sometimes, I'm loving me Sometimes, I have nothing to say Sometimes, I just get in the way Sometime, I'm going to let you know Someday, you'll understand Someday, we'll both believe Someday, we'll see what is unseen Yeah, I'm always thinking about it Thinking about something, that's true And sometimes all this thinking just gets in the way of loving you Always want to be mindful Always want to be able to connect All o...