Things to say

Lyrics: 

Raise your hand if you are here
Oh good you’re all awake
Close your eyes and take a breath
Oh good you're not a fake
Take a beat to contemplate
The universe in you
Your heart, your mind
The bone, the brawn,
The blood that courses through


If you're looking for a miracle
I know one, and it’s you

Now find something to write with
Anything will do
Write down the first thought
That you have
I won’t be grading you
Now take a beat and consider
All the thoughts your have in you
Stories, scenes, and faces,
Ideas coursing through

If you are looking for a miracle
I know one, and it’s you 

Now take turn and face another
Engage a person near to you
Can you see,  for who they are
And not all that they do
Ask, what you see in them
Ask, what they see in you
A body, mind and spirit,
Equally trying to make it through

Say …
If you are looking for a miracle,
I know one and it’s you

The Miracle Is You HD

Lyrics:

When it's all done
And we’re laughing 
At the good times
Counting  hours until the sun shines
Trying to find our way back home

Will you recall
All the laughter 
All the friendships
Or the misses
And the missteps
Of just the feeling of it all 

Before the sun
No time to think about tomorrow
No time to think about the sorrow
Hold on to what’s in front of you

The night so young
Feel the music 
Feel the earth shake
In your soul you feel 
an earthquake
And the spirits coursing through

The After Party HD

Lyrics: 

Now If you’re staring at nothing
Well isn’t that some thing
Worth sitting
And pondering about

In the vast void 
there's a space 
to explore
And go milling
And wandering about

If you're now missing
That something
That person, place or thing
Or a passable stand-in
And doubt

Rises up as a question
In lieu of a sure thing
Now nothing is
Something no doubt

You’ve got something
for nothing, no doubt
And nothing is something
How bout

A nice recollection
A point of reflection
In time
It will work itself out

A renegade thought
Will cut like a knife
And make you wake up 
With a shout 

Something subconscious
Something you sure do miss
Now something is something 
In doubt

Rises up as a question
You don’t see this coming
And now nothing is
Something no doubt

You’ve got something
for nothing, no doubt
And nothing is something
How bout

Nothing is Something HD

Lyrics: 

A big world
You know fear
It’s Innate in you
But have you haven’t
Met the predator

So you jump
At your shadow
And you won't know 
What you don't know
Til you don't know

In time
You’ll  find
Butterflies don’t bite
And flowers don’t spray
And the wolf doesn’t play

No you won’t know
What’s gonna get you
Until it’s too late

Go about 
your day
Avoid all that you may
And run free
And explore
Keep looking for more

In time
You’ll find
Butterflies don’t bite
And flowers don’t spray
And the wolf doesn’t play

No you won’t know
What’s gonna get you
Until it’s too late

Find joy 
In the trees
In the fields
In the streams
Don’t jump at shadows
Or go running like you’ve 
met the holy ghost

In time
You’ll find
Butterflies don’t bite
And flowers don’t spray
And the wolf doesn’t play

No you won’t know
What’s gonna get you
Until it’s too late

Little Deer HD

Lyrics:

Sending you
My love
From exile

I hope
This note
Finds you well

And your
Getting along
With a smile

I guess
Only time
Will tell

I  have found more time to write
Short days punctuate long nights
And when I’m up with the moon
I wonder if I’ll see you soon

Sending you
My love
From exile

Feels like
Mountains
Block our way

Peaks and valleys
Lows 
And the highs 

Fortuna
Am I here 
To stay?

From Exile HD

Lyrics:

The long sustain
Of a heart in pain
Placing blame
On what is not

Measures self
By not
What they have
Thinks that others
Have a lot

I can’t deny
We are
missing things
And those losses
Hurt a lot

The heart
Won’t heal
Until you
Find joy
In what you have
And it’s a lot

The long sustain
Of a heart in pain

Daylight breaks
Through the window panes
And you take count
Of what you’ve got

Another day 
And your grateful for
What you have 
And it's a lot

Still can’t deny
You are misisng things
And your missing 
What is not

Then laughter lifts
Your spirits high
And you're reminded what 
You’ve got

The long sustain
Of a heart in pain
The long sustain
Of a heart that rang

Sustain HD

Lyrics: 

Belle Isle I love you on a weekend
When the hipsters and the folksters
Make their way across Manchester Bridge
And the city dwellers ask
Ahat did we do 
To deserve all this 

River rocks
And old wet socks
And the sound of trains
Just passing through
And in that moment 
Everybody knows 
Just what to do

And all the ghosts 
Of battles past
Sing along 
To all the bands 
Anew (We knew)

And for a moment 
Total stangers
Come out of heir dark houses
For a chance to catch
Renewal 

The old and young
Join in the fun 
A chance to show us 
Their tattoos

Belle Isle...

Belle Isle HD

Lyrics: 

They were promised the American dream
Now they’re stuck in an un-American schemes
Bank is holding on to all that they’ve got
The roof is leaking there’s no soup in their pot

They were promised an American dream
Now they’ve stuck in Un-American schemes

Worked long hours at a minimum pay
Joined the union for an honest wage
Voted their conscience every chance they got
Buried by debt, it’s an impossible spot

They were promised the American dream
Now they’re stuck in Un-American schemes

Ancestors came here for a chance at life
free from oppression, to pursue what’s right
They quit the kings, broke the feudal chains
Now they’re hanging on to what remains

Built a country that was a beacon for all
Where all were welcome to pursue the call
A parcel of land and a decent life’s wage
On their backs this country was made

Stone by stone
Row by row
Piece by piece
Toe to Toe
Hit the streets
Take the hit 
We don’t have
To Take this shit


Now a few are trying to stake their claim
Using out taxes to promote their names
Aligning power in the hands of a few
They want parades. well we'll have a few

Time to rise up with all that you can
Heart to heart and hand to hand
We insist on the American dream
We will resist their Un-American schemes

Un American Dream HD

Lyrics:

The day begins
A group of friends
Are hanging out
In New England

Beside a lake
A summer day
A lake plane motors
Far away

An old  boats wake
Splashes ashore
They couldn’t want
for anymore

They reminisce
She steals a kiss
He grabs a drink
They pass the chips

Laughter echoes 
On the lake
And the turtles bake
Never felt more alive, then
The summers spent dock, divin

The boombox plays
Some old mixed tapes
Found in a closet
Tucked away

Under board games
That they might play
After the daylight 
Slips away

The stars shine bright
Late into night
The loon it wails
Under moon light

They float away
On a summers day
A day sublime
No track of time

Asleep they dream
Another day
Upon the dock
They float away ….

Laughter echoes 
On the lake
And the turtles bake
Never felt more alive, then
The summers spent dock, divin'

Dock Diving HD

Lyrics:

Well, here goes something
I hope its better than nothing
And you see that I’m trying
To be more than before

You’ve been misiing that sure thing
And need some reassuring
So I’m offering one thing
To the one I adore

Here is some thing 
I wish you more

Here goes something 
I know its not nothing 
It isn’t a sure thing 
But its more than before

I hope you see that I’m trying
To find the way back-in
To your good graces again
You’re the one I adore

Things to say

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