Some new - some old
They all tell stories…
The Grateful Life
I have seen my share of sorrow
I have seen my share of strife
every morning I still wake up
and live The Grateful Life
Troubles always are a’plenty
and the heartaches always rife
with this fleeting time I’m given
I’ll live The Grateful Life
Sunshine, shadows…
day turns to night
time so lossless
love turns to light
This world is just a sea of strangers
their looks can cut you like a knife
I’m gonna keep my friends around me
to live The Grateful life
Sunshine, shadows…
day turns to night
time so precious
love turns to light
Turn around and we were lovers
turn around then man & wife
turn around we’ll teach our children
to live The Grateful life
We are left...(to) teach our children
‘n give them The Grateful life...
I have seen my share of strife
every morning I still wake up
and live The Grateful Life
Troubles always are a’plenty
and the heartaches always rife
with this fleeting time I’m given
I’ll live The Grateful Life
Sunshine, shadows…
day turns to night
time so lossless
love turns to light
This world is just a sea of strangers
their looks can cut you like a knife
I’m gonna keep my friends around me
to live The Grateful life
Sunshine, shadows…
day turns to night
time so precious
love turns to light
Turn around and we were lovers
turn around then man & wife
turn around we’ll teach our children
to live The Grateful life
We are left...(to) teach our children
‘n give them The Grateful life...
Porcupine
Held you close at the start
to my chest, to my heart
left a mark…
Porcupine…
The more I gave, the less I got
love me some, love me not,
cold to hot…
Porcupine…
You broke my heart
guess it needed breakin'
that's the only way I learn
all that love, now it sure feels taken
in the night…just ain't right
(chorus)
It's just the way, the story goes…
someone doesn't, but someone knows
and it shows…
(it’s) Porcupine
to my chest, to my heart
left a mark…
Porcupine…
The more I gave, the less I got
love me some, love me not,
cold to hot…
Porcupine…
You broke my heart
guess it needed breakin'
that's the only way I learn
all that love, now it sure feels taken
in the night…just ain't right
(chorus)
It's just the way, the story goes…
someone doesn't, but someone knows
and it shows…
(it’s) Porcupine
Spring Came Early This Year
I wasn’t ready, how could I know?
my heart it was frozen, after all the years of snow
but when you smiled, I felt as though
SPRING CAME EARLY THIS YEAR
A surprise party, but only you came
to take off my coat, after all the wind & rain
now it feels like stroll, down a warm sunny lane
SPRING CAME EARLY THIS YEAR
Yes the sun can come out, the wind can come near
The clouds can roll by, then disappear
The moon it can rise, when the night first appears
cuz deep in my hear, one this is clear (oh my dear…)
You are the promise, I finally kept
at first I laughed, and then I wept
out of the darkness, I finally stepped
SPRING CAME EARLY
SPRING CAME EARLY
SPRING CAME EARLY THIS YEAR…
my heart it was frozen, after all the years of snow
but when you smiled, I felt as though
SPRING CAME EARLY THIS YEAR
A surprise party, but only you came
to take off my coat, after all the wind & rain
now it feels like stroll, down a warm sunny lane
SPRING CAME EARLY THIS YEAR
Yes the sun can come out, the wind can come near
The clouds can roll by, then disappear
The moon it can rise, when the night first appears
cuz deep in my hear, one this is clear (oh my dear…)
You are the promise, I finally kept
at first I laughed, and then I wept
out of the darkness, I finally stepped
SPRING CAME EARLY
SPRING CAME EARLY
SPRING CAME EARLY THIS YEAR…
Numbered Days
These days are numbered
count them if you will
slip through your fingers
slip until...
Alone in the parlor
tick of the clock
pick off the petals
she loves me not
I forgot this blink of an eye...
These numbered days
nothing stays
numbered days…goodbye
It’s a house of slumber
sleepwalk the halls
rattling the teacups
until they fall...
When the spell is broken
the dream comes due
turning the evening stars
midnight blue
Midnight you...like geese as they fly...
These numbered days
nothing stays
numbered days…goodbye
count them if you will
slip through your fingers
slip until...
Alone in the parlor
tick of the clock
pick off the petals
she loves me not
I forgot this blink of an eye...
These numbered days
nothing stays
numbered days…goodbye
It’s a house of slumber
sleepwalk the halls
rattling the teacups
until they fall...
When the spell is broken
the dream comes due
turning the evening stars
midnight blue
Midnight you...like geese as they fly...
These numbered days
nothing stays
numbered days…goodbye
This Crooked Road
this crooked road
this road i’m on
just where i’m headed?
just where i’ve gone?
but i’ll keep walking
my feet upon
this crooked road
i’m goin’ home…
—-
feel like an orphan
on a rainy day
a pilgrim’s progress?
baby it’s hard to say
but i’m packin’ my bags
and i’m on my way
on this crooked road
i’m goin’ home…
Someday it'll be easy
a road so straight
right up to heaven
Honey I just can't wait…
don’t mean you no trouble
don’t mean you no hurt
tricks up my sleeve
‘n underneath my shirt
come judgment day
i’ll lose the dust and dirt
on this crooked road
i’m goin’ home
this road i’m on
just where i’m headed?
just where i’ve gone?
but i’ll keep walking
my feet upon
this crooked road
i’m goin’ home…
—-
feel like an orphan
on a rainy day
a pilgrim’s progress?
baby it’s hard to say
but i’m packin’ my bags
and i’m on my way
on this crooked road
i’m goin’ home…
Someday it'll be easy
a road so straight
right up to heaven
Honey I just can't wait…
don’t mean you no trouble
don’t mean you no hurt
tricks up my sleeve
‘n underneath my shirt
come judgment day
i’ll lose the dust and dirt
on this crooked road
i’m goin’ home
Calico is Out on Parole
Calico’s on parole, he’s just back in town
mmm...he picked up his soul from the lost & found
yes he served all his time, but they can’t arrest what’s on his mind CALICO IS OUT ON PAROLE...
(he’s out on parole...)
He’s down at the diner, back to the bar
cruisin’ the alley’s like an unmarked car
the husband’s think it’s a crime, but the women they don’t seem to mind
(that) CALICO IS OUT ON PAROLE...
There in the dark, the streets made him tough & smart Somewhere in his heart, he still dreams all his dreams...
Mmm, he’s lickin’ his whiskers, brushing his suit
howls at that moon he keeps trying to shoot
see the gleam in his eye...everybody in town knows just why... (that) CALICO IS OUT ON PAROLE...
There in his heart, he still dreams all his dreams...
Calico’s on parole, he’s just back in town and he’s out on parole...
mmm...he picked up his soul from the lost & found
yes he served all his time, but they can’t arrest what’s on his mind CALICO IS OUT ON PAROLE...
(he’s out on parole...)
He’s down at the diner, back to the bar
cruisin’ the alley’s like an unmarked car
the husband’s think it’s a crime, but the women they don’t seem to mind
(that) CALICO IS OUT ON PAROLE...
There in the dark, the streets made him tough & smart Somewhere in his heart, he still dreams all his dreams...
Mmm, he’s lickin’ his whiskers, brushing his suit
howls at that moon he keeps trying to shoot
see the gleam in his eye...everybody in town knows just why... (that) CALICO IS OUT ON PAROLE...
There in his heart, he still dreams all his dreams...
Calico’s on parole, he’s just back in town and he’s out on parole...
This Long Goodbye
It’s not as if I could forget
the moon & stars were going to set
but still I hoped I’d never get…to
This Long Goodbye…
It’s not as if I could ignore
the signs were written long before
the wave would finally come to shore…and leave
This Long Goodbye…
And while time, slips away down this river so blue
with no words, left to say…but I won’t forget you
I loved you when the fields were new
I loved you as your dreams they grew
I pray this love will get me through…
This Long Goodbye…
there no words, left to say…but I won’t forget you
And if the sun should rise again
and if this world should start to spin
I’ll close my eyes and then begin…to say
This Long Goodbye
This Long Goodbye
So long…Goodbye….
the moon & stars were going to set
but still I hoped I’d never get…to
This Long Goodbye…
It’s not as if I could ignore
the signs were written long before
the wave would finally come to shore…and leave
This Long Goodbye…
And while time, slips away down this river so blue
with no words, left to say…but I won’t forget you
I loved you when the fields were new
I loved you as your dreams they grew
I pray this love will get me through…
This Long Goodbye…
there no words, left to say…but I won’t forget you
And if the sun should rise again
and if this world should start to spin
I’ll close my eyes and then begin…to say
This Long Goodbye
This Long Goodbye
So long…Goodbye….
One Last Goodnight Kiss
The hour is late
the moon will wait
so patiently
outside my window
hold me close
just like this…
(For One Last) Goodnight Kiss
With all the words, in this world, there’s so much left unsaid
but all that doesn’t matter now, as we lay here in this bed…
Don’t be sad
we both had
all this love
for which I’m grateful
hold me close
just like this…
(For One Last) Goodnight Kiss
mmm I’ll miss
(One Last) Goodnight Kiss
the moon will wait
so patiently
outside my window
hold me close
just like this…
(For One Last) Goodnight Kiss
With all the words, in this world, there’s so much left unsaid
but all that doesn’t matter now, as we lay here in this bed…
Don’t be sad
we both had
all this love
for which I’m grateful
hold me close
just like this…
(For One Last) Goodnight Kiss
mmm I’ll miss
(One Last) Goodnight Kiss