Conceived, composed, and recorded on 9/16/1992

Beautiful

I have to make a confession
Not without reservation
When I'm home I see your face
Don't know how it got in this place
And if you weren't married I swear, I swear
That if you weren't married I'd bare, I'd bare
You're beautiful
You're beautiful

It's when I'm near you, when I'm near you
It's when I know you, when I know you
It's when I want you, when I want you
When I'm near you, you're beautiful

Not the first mistake I've made
But it's me and mine to make
If it were safer I swear, I swear
If you weren't married I'd bare, I'd bare
You're beautiful
You're beautiful

It's when I'm near you, when I'm near you
It's when I know you, when I know you
It's when I want you, when I want you
When I'm near you, you're beautiful


Beautiful

Knowing - prototype 1

(First of) Three Songs of Shattering

Song to the Siren -- partial prototype

Written and recorded 10/1992

I'm Alive

"Oh I am too tired to laugh out loud today
My empty hands and aching eyes won't make it one more day
On top of that I've made mistakes that have all but ruined my life"
-- so they say --
"I will never be what I meant to be"

I must make a pact with the sun
Will to move and to breathe and be forever young
Cut words, let the dead bury the dead
By a "Yes" and a "No" it comes from my head

I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive


Brad Williams 16