Song A Week 2017 - Week 7

Song a week 2017

Of the thoughts from my head about the world I live in.

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man in need

some of us are here to struggle,
others came to stray,
heaven knows the path I’ve chosen
got myself to blame

it is ok,
right, isn't it?

i'm a man in need of more,
you might not believe how long
i have wished time again to stay true to myself.

is it worth the pain we burden?
we seem to forget
do you promise that tomorrow,
shame will go away?

at least the shame
can it go away?

we're a world in need of more
it's hard to believe how long
we have wished time again to stay true to ourselves, 
what's hard about that? what the hell!

i have wished in my soul
for the time, for the time, for the time, to come home.

man in need

Of the cryptic souls we love.

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Little Soul

hey little soul,
why do you think that you need to be fighting the world?
you think you know more
only because it's the norm when you're 60 years old

at the very end of the day
when we won't be here
you and I need to understand
it's about how we lived

hey little soul
we couldn’t possibly know where to be born
you're fighting a war
the kind of war that can never ever be won

at the very end of the day
when we won't be here
you and I need to understand
it's about how we lived

hey little soul
has it been worth everything that you had to give up?
do you realize
we might have to give away what keeps us alive?

at the very end of the day
when we won't be here
you and I need to understand
it's about how we lived

Little Soul

Of falling in love in the wrong places. 
Or when you're new to the city and you have no fucking idea of the subway etiquette... sigh...

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Love on a train

Miss I don’t know yet,
I know we haven’t properly met yet,
but I feel I already fell for you

We “met” on the L train,
you talking about men with your best friend
made me think i might be the one for you

Please accept the coming flowers,
they’ll arrive in a few hours,
when I get your name and number,
I will be yours and yours only

Please talk to me soon,
and tell me you’re falling too,
that this is a song of two,
I have been a fool,
that’s how I learned,
you should not fall in love on a train

Miss I don’t know yet,
you probably just think I’m a stalker
and that’s why you will never send a text

Previous romances
have left me down questioning the chances
to find love if I try hard enough

Would you please accept the flowers?
they could arrive in a few hours,
can I get your name and number?
I swear i will be yours only

Please talk to me soon,
and tell me you’re falling too,
that this is a song of two,
I have been a fool,
that’s how I learned,
you should not fall in love on a train

What was I thinking?

Love On A Train

My week 7 submission for SAW17. I've missed a few weeks so it feels good to be submitting again. This is another song I am working on for my daughter Ruby. Was intended to be a slower lullabye but I like it at this tempo right now. It may become a piano ballad one day :)

O Ruby

Again

Copyright 2017.
All Rights Reserved.
Created with GarageBand for iOS/iPad.
Lyrics, vocals, & arrangement: Erin Wolf

Sitting here waiting for this train to come
Oh I hear it coming down the tracks
Like my heart, it's on the run
Leaving this place that I thought I'd known
No telling where I will land once I go

And I know that I'll get where I need to go
As the miles grow between us
I know I'll be alright
You say I'm a fool and a runaway
But better to be a vagabond than to stay

And now as I'm finally on the move
Oh, I'm releasing all my pain from you
All the darkness I held within
Is dimming from this new life I'm seeking

And I know I'll get where I need to go
As the miles grow between us 
I know I'll be alright
You called me a fool and you called me a runaway
But better to be a vagabond than to stay

Vagabond

I was challenged to put a haiku to music. Thanks to @TheSaltVine.

Haiku Song Challenge: Compassion

Of the sinner and his sins. Or when you wish you were a different person with different problems. 

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Forgiven

I looked for love
in places where I could get hurt
I am not ashamed

I lost my faith
in trying to make sense of it
who can now take my complains?

if I quit before the end
will I still be forgiven?

would it somehow make a difference?
would the sun shine if I were him?
would I feel that I can win at last?
would I still be mine if I were him?

I begged for love
and it never took me anywhere
roads of solitude

I was wrong
and I didn’t care enough
please wait in line to complain

if I quit before the end
will I still be forgiven?

would it somehow make a difference?
would the sun shine if I were him?
would I feel that I can win at last?
would I still be mine if I were him?

Forgiven

Of ill-fated love enterprises and bitter songs

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On my own

Babe, did you tell the truth when you walked away?
or when you said I was good
when you were forever sick I knew something was a little strange
and you couldn’t, didn’t, wouldn’t see me my heart would break

When your momma called you on the phone
You said “I’m home” but you were with me
Little girls shouldn’t be alone 
with older men, and that would be me.

Hey, I’m OK
we were not supposed to go
on and on and on and on and on for far too long

Babe, what changed you over the break?
why we never went back together?
then one day you texted me we needed to talk and you said
that you couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t see me and blamed school for it

When your momma called you on the phone
You said “I’m home” but you were with me
Little girls shouldn’t be alone 
with old men, who the fuck is old?

Hey, I’m OK
we were not supposed to go
on and on and on and on and on for far too long

Hey, I’m OK
I have always known
I’m on, I’m on, I’m on, I’m on, I’m only on my own

Forgiven

xtho