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Learn to Love Again 5:100:00/5:10
This Wonderful Life Lyrics
This Wonderful Life
What Does it Mean?
Chant: What is it this life? Is it what we seek? Do we still believe? Now
I’ve been thinking, I’ve been dreaming, I’ve been seeing it through
From the cradle to the edge of the grave
All the wonders of the world, all the joy to be found
Is it something that we still need to save?
And is it something we need?
Something we should believe?
What is the world today, and tell me, what does it mean?
What should we be (when we have) all that we need?
Is this what they mean when they say free
What do we do (when we don’t know) where that leads?
And what does it mean for you and me?
Homes and cars and phones and clothes, the things they say will surely make us thrive
In a world where no one worries anymore that all they have to do is survive
I’ve been listening to the talkers, I’ve been staring in space
I’ve been wondering if I need to excel
All the things that people tell me, well it doesn’t seem straight
But then we all got our stories to sell
So, tell me what does it mean?
When we say that we dream?
Striving to be the one, but tell me, what does that mean?
What are we now (that we have) everything that we need?
Is this what they mean when they say free
Are we what we thought we’d be when we believed?
And what does that mean for you and me?
What does it mean? 7/6/21
The Waters
Where are my children? Where are my friends?
Where are the tears here at the end?
Once there was laughter and a strong belief
I walk now in shadows seeking relief
Oh, the waters
How they rise
Oh, the waters
How they rise
What of the promise? What of the lies?
Where we all flourish; where we all die?
We once stood for something, tall in the world’s eye
Now it’s about needles and a junkie’s cry
Oh, the waters
How they rise
Oh, the waters
To the sky
I don’t want to be free
I just want to believe
The town is dying, as is the past
Like the promises not meant to last
But people remember, we cry to the lord
In churches now empty sown with discord
Oh, the waters
How they rise
Oh, the waters
As I cry 2/23/18
What’s in it For Me?
Oh, I can hear you talking
I hear the words you say
How you’re so excited
How the world will change, how I’ll soon be free
But what I need to know is
What’s in it for me?
Can you tell me brother; tell me sister too
All these pretty words-what they mean to you?
I can see you smiling; playing to the band, but
In these plans you’re making, in the bones you’re breaking
Tell me will I see- what’s in it for me?
Yeah, I can tell you’re angry
You want the world to change
It’s a time for action
But before you holler and before you shout
Think about who matters
And what’s in it for me
Won’t you tell me brother, tell me sister too
All these angry words-what they mean to you?
Can it really matter when you got no plan?
Is the work you give me meant to set me free?
But what I got to know is- what’s in it for me?
I can see it people,
Out across the land
All the crying faces
Shouting out to warn me, demanding of my time
That I’ll come to see
What’ll happen to me!
Won’t you tell me brother, tell me sister, too
All these tangled words-what they mean to you?
The world is full of liars
Trying to steal my time
But I refuse to listen, I won’t even try
Unless it’s clear to see
What’s in it for me? 9/11/18
A Mother’s Arms
The sun is out today
We’ll take a drive and find a place to play
Far away from angry cries
It won’t be like this long
Let’s sing our favorite song
It’s time to dry those tears for you’ll never be alone
When your mother’s arms are home
Sometimes the world ain’t right
People shout and people fight
But bruises fade away
We’ll find a place to stay, just maybe not today
So let me see you smile, cause you’ll never be alone
When your mother’s arms are home
A mother’s love is strong
Strong enough to help us carry on
The sun is out today
I know God’s watching and he’ll help us find a way
To get us through the day
So pull yourself in tight and feel the morning light
Don’t you worry child, for you’ll never be alone
When your mother’s arms are home.
The sun is out today 11/24/18
How Does It Feel?
It was only a moment, just a quick little look
You were sure it was nothing, and the car barely shook
Now you just sit there with nothing to say
About the mother and child after driving away
So why are you crying if it seems so unreal?
As the judge reads the charges, tell me how does it feel?
It was only a little, every once in a while
It wasn’t a problem, merely going in style
But the money you’d taken, meant to cover her bills
Left your own mother dying after you sold her pills
So why are you crying if it seems so unreal
As the judge set your bail, tell me how does it feel?
People don’t listen; they don’t even try
They’ve got all the answers when you ask them why
But after it’s over, after time slips away
They stare at the floor with nothing to say
She always would argue and you always would yell
You drink and you’d fight and wish she’d go to hell
Only that night you struck her and pulled out a gun
She screamed when you killed her, one shot and done
But now that you’re sober, it seems all too real
As you’re rotting in prison, tell me how does it feel?
So how does it feel? 2/25/20
In the Rain
(In the rain) Running till your skin is soaked
(In the snow) Angels all around
(In the light) Swimming till the sun goes down
(In the dark) gazing at the stars
All we ever wanted was a place to play
Life was just a melody of day to day
I can see the two of us as the cars go by
Now it’s just a memory of you and I
(In the rain) Splashing in the flooded streets
(In the snow) Forts in every yard
(In the light) Riding down a country road
(In the dark) Waiting to be scared
(In the rain) stuck inside the same old room
(In the snow) Bundled from the cold
(In the light) Building castles in the sand
(In the dark) Howling at the moon
(In the rain) laughing at our ruined hair
(In the snow) Kissing frozen lips
(In the light) Working on the perfect tan
(In the dark) Laying very still
All we ever wanted was a place to be
Life was just a symphony of you and me
I can see the two of us standing side by side
Smiling in the pictures of you and I
In the rain 5/25/21
Settle Down
Roll on by, as the sun lights the sky
Slide on through if it feels good to you
Some moves are easy; others go slow
But movement only matters if there’s somewhere to go
Time to settle down
The road grows cold and the wheel takes your hand
To someplace where your feet trace the sand
But tides like to carry the soft sand away
And the rocks left will cut you the longer you stay
Just need to settle down
There’s no going back, there’s no coming around
But you can’t keep running, running yourself down
The night sky shines as the time rolls away
And you still yearn to find a warm place to stay
You want to live easy no matter how you roll
But it hard to find tomorrow when there’s no place to go
You can’t seem to settle down 1/20/19
After Me Babe (You’ll Never Love Again)
The sun is shining, shining down on me
And it always will be shining down on me
You see, some are special, but not like me
Cause I’m the one you really need
Ride the love train, but it ain’t free
Got to say you love me while on your knees
I love to hear you tell me: pretty please
Cause after me, babe, you’ll never love again
The world’s full of losers with little plans
Wannabee lovers with tiny hands
A man like me don’t come cheap
I’m very discerning about where I sleep
Ride the love train, but it ain’t free
Got to say you love me while on your knees
I love to hear you tell me: pretty please
Cause after me, babe, you’ll never love again
People love to tell you that they know
How the world works; how it goes
Who you need to love; who you need to please
And you will love me
And you will see
After me, babe, you’ll never love again
You might think there’s someone else
Someone to love you wearing bells
But you’re a fool to think that’s true
Cause after me no one else will do
Ride the love train, but it ain’t free
Got to say you love me while on your knees
I love to hear you beg me: pretty please
Cause after me, babe, you’ll never love again 11/14/19
Say a Prayer
Standing in the corner ain’t easy
Tearing at the flesh on your arm
Say a prayer cause you know it ain’t easy
Say a prayer though you don’t give a damn
You know they’re selling your sorrow; you know they’re selling your soul
You know there’s nothing to save you as you come and you go
Can you hear me?
Waiting for the clock to turn over
Waiting for the high to kick in
Say a prayer cause you won’t last an hour
Say a prayer though you don’t give a damn
They say it’s God’s special magic; they say it’s life in your hand
Because it makes you feel precious, you don’t want it to end
Are you with me?
Friend?
Why do you owe us? Why do we care?
Why do we owe you? Why should you care?
Somewhere out there someone is crying
Crying for the cycle to end
Say a prayer cause you know they are dying
Say a prayer thought it won’t change a thing
You say you just want your freedom
You want to be left alone
But then you turn to your demons
And you never come home
Still with me?
What do we owe you? Why should we care?
What do you owe us? Why should you care?
All that’s ever left is the music
All that’s ever left’s in your head
Say a prayer that you hope they rest easy
Say a prayer though it won’t change a thing 4/30/21
This Beautiful Disease
Deep in the cage that defines where you are, hiding your face from the light of the stars
Where is the smile that we all used to know, what of the pain that the smile didn’t show?
Is it what you believe?
Is it what sets you free?
This beautiful disease
The thing that deceives (you, me, us, them)
Whatever happened to the words of your song, what did you do when you found they were gone?
How can the notes sound so strange to your ears, to a song that you sang to yourself through the years?
Is it what you believe?
Is it what sets you free?
This beautiful disease
The thing that deceives (you, me, us, them)
Come with me, let us dance; close together, a sweet romance.
Love and beauty, grace, and charm; the two of us, arm in arm
Life will always be so sweet, a life to love, a life to keep
You and me, like the sun; we will always be as one
Time is the cudgel that murders us all, takes all our moments, the big and the small
What once was vital and sure always fades; all that was light now lingers in shade
Is it what you believe?
Is it what sets you free?
This beautiful disease
The thing that deceives (you, me, us, them)
Come with me, let us dance; close together, a sweet romance.
Love and beauty, grace, and charm; the two of us, arm in arm
Life will always be so sweet, a life to love, a life to keep
You and me, like the sun; we will always be as one 1/2/21
Mother Earth Child
Sitting in the darkness, alone within her room
Still beside the window, as silent as a tomb
She dreams of life beyond the water, and seeks her fame among the stars
She’s longing for a new adventure
She steers her way with the power in her hands
To the people that she meets, with a heart of hidden beats
That drives her ship across the waters, and sails it deep into the stars
Far away from this world she flies
What are we if not our dreams?
Beyond the color of our eyes?
Framed inside a magic screen
We long for something different looking out into those distant skies
(We dream)
Fingers move in tandem, eyes from side to side
Jumps from place to moment, deep within the sky
She finds her world below the water, and out beyond the distant stars
Where character is what defines you
She meets her match, and there they stand
To find a hero’s place, in these far and distant lands
That takes them past their broken world’s borders, and wings them to another world’s stars
There they’ll find their own tomorrow (away)
Away from this troubled world of ours
Away from this angry world of ours
Away from this distant world of ours
My dear sweet Mother Earth Child 5/19/21
Yes, Dear
Come, dear, fall in my arms, let me long for
The light that I long to see
Shine dear, across all the time that had kept me from your smile
And dear, call me and I will appear- to take you along (with me)
And we’ll find the place where we both can belong
My dear, recall all the joy of our lives, dear
Listen as I let my love call
To where you can reach out and find me so near
And yes, call me and know that I hear (you calling and drawing me near)
And you’ll feel my heart as I come to your side
Oh, dear, look at the lives that we leave here
That take up the joys that we see dear
Shining so bright when we look in their eyes
Life runs away
And darkens the day
But that’s only life
For us, there’s always…
Time, dear, to sing all the songs that we love dear
When we were so young and in love dear
As the arc of our lives gave us so much to dream of
Like time dear, to sing all the songs that we loved dear
When we were so young and in love dear
As life gave us so much to sing and dream of 12/3/18
Better Than Being Alone
Every morning, she kicks me out of bed!
Says some things that are better left unsaid
She uses my toothbrush
And doesn’t rinse it out.
Sometimes I wonder
What this love is all about
It ain’t much of a home,
But it’s better than being alone.
She burns my breakfast, tells me that’s too bad
Life is tough
So don’t you get too mad
She’s rarely happy with the pretty words I say,
(She says) people love to talk
But it’s just a game they play
It ain’t much of a home,
But it’s better than being alone.
But when she loves me, when the love is burning hot
It doesn’t matter what is true and what is not.
She trashes my body and messes up my mind
It might not be pretty
But it’s the best that I can find
Every morning, she kicks me out of bed.
I get up on shaky legs
Thank God that I ain’t dead.
There are days when my heart is filled with doubt
But there’s something about that woman
That really knocks me out!
It ain’t much of a home,
But it’s better than being alone. 1/2/21
Everybody Knows
Oh, there you go… away
But did we see which way?
Ooh, what did you say? Today?
Did it matter anyway?
Everybody dreams, but dreams tend to fade away
Everybody hides, hides away, where we all can see
Ah, what we see… is often
What we want to see
The rest simply falls away… decays
Into another day
Everybody says it’s got to be this way
But everybody knows… it isn’t so
Sit me down and feed me schemes-of stories, myths, and dreams
I won’t ask if all that’s true today, tomorrow, through joy and sorrow for me… or you.
Oh, in the end, it’s just the end
Of another day
Days come and go… and in the end
It’s all we ever know
Everybody says it’s got to be this way
But everybody knows… it isn’t so 10/12/19
Learn to Love Again
People say they love you and say it’s from the heart
They love to pull you closer, then tear you all apart
(But you see)
Love is still around you, the thing we need to share
You got to let them know that it’s still there
Nothing’s ever easy, worlds they fall apart
People get too angry and forget what’s in their hearts
(But you know)
Love will always find you, push right through the pain
People get together, we got to learn to love again
We tell the young it’s easy
When we know that isn’t true
Love you got to work for, everyday
So it works for me and you
The world is what we’re given, there’s nowhere else to go
People come together, let everybody know
(That)
Love is still the answer, love’s where we begin
People come together, we got to learn to love again 4/30/20
Baby Baby
Baby, baby, why you look so sad?
Feeling crazy and breaking bad
Life has left you, pushed you to the side
Broke your heart and made you cry
Baby, baby, take my hand
We’ll go looking for that promised land
Where life is good, where life is sweet
Where every day is like a special treat
Sure it can fool ya, make you sigh
You end up thinking that it’s all just a lie
Just one long goodbye
You see
One minute they need you, and in the next they don’t
They’ll do anything to help, but then they won’t
The foolish keep on struggling
And the smart are pulled apart
The gawkers start collecting
To see what’s in your heart
I can tell you, life is hard
Leaves you broken, torn, and scarred
But you can’t worry, let it get you down
Cause what goes, always comes around
Baby, baby, don’t wear that crown
Or bare your soul in this distant town
Life ain’t always what it seems
But that don’t mean you can’t have your dreams
I can tell ya what to do
But in the end, we all know it’s up to you
Cause you know what’s true 12/22/19