AI plays Delsono

I look around me now
And hear our children cry
I see them hurting so
And ask myself one question:

Why?

And prayers seem futile
If we can't find a way
To love one another
The same way,

every day ... and so I pray ...

Holy Mother, hear our plight
Holy Mother, stop the hate ...

They swim towards the shore
To run away from bitter
War

They get shot down in schools
Because we love our tools
More

Their cries we do not hear
Because we do not want
To see ...

But for a twist of Fate,
Their parent could be you ... or me ...

Holy Mother, hear our plight
Holy Mother, stop the hate ...

Ave Maria

***

We're cutting down their trees
So that they cannot
Breathe

We drug kids with a pill
Just to make them
Sit still

And as they wilt away
With every passing day
Who cares?

We send our thoughts and prayers
And carry on the same
Nightmares ...

Holy Mother, hear our plight
Holy Mother, stop the hate ...

Ave Maria (2025 remix)

Some night, long ago, I dreamt the Lord was here
And you know, I prayed to him,
I asked him to bring you back to me
If it wasn't too much for to dream.

He said you would write a letter to me,
"But when?", I asked him; "when will this end?"
"Oh soon, by her birthday, or yours, I mean,
Or Christmas, at the latest, my friend".

Your birthday's tomorrow, mine's coming up soon,
And the Lord has never betrayed me, yet,
I cannot complain, it's not yet the time,
So I cry in my heart, ever quiet.

There's so much I would have to say to you,
If ever us two were to meet again;
For now, I cry; "have faith", he says to me,
I'm afraid to even utter your name.

"And how have you been?", I would ask, soft,
"And tell me how life has been treating you, please".
I'd skip my own life, I don't want you to cry,
I would rather you felt at ease.

Your birthday's tomorrow, mine's coming up soon,
And the Lord has never betrayed me, yet,
I cannot complain, it's not yet the time,
So I cry in my heart, ever quiet.

And then, if you wanted to walk away,
I would happily let you fly ...
I know you're not mine; I'd wish, one last time,
To talk ... and then no more crying.

The Lord looks at me, enigmatic, always,
And asks me to trust in him;
But I've lost my faith, it feels far too late,
Perhaps it's too much for to dream.

Your birthday's tomorrow, mine's coming up soon,
And the Lord has never betrayed me, yet,
I cannot complain, it's not yet the time,
So I cry in my heart, ever quiet.

Your birthday's tomorrow, mine's coming up soon,
And the Lord just says "trust in me",
But whether you write is not his decision ...
I cry ... dare I hope? please come back to me.

A Dream (2025 remix)

Dance With Me

I know you're never coming back to me
I know that you're finally gone;
I know it's only you I lack, you see,
And yet, I've never been so alone.

I check my email inbox every single day
I look to see if you just wrote;
My hope is just a waste in every single way,
You know, I've never been so broke.

So I'm moving on ...
There's no-one to talk to on the telephone
And I'm moving on ...
It's time to invite another in this lonely home.

My friends tell me that you've been thinking of me
They say you're wondering whether to say "sorry" ...
If you came back,
how would I react?

And yet I wander around, like a forgotten child,
And you're the reason why each of my loves have failed,
They say hope dies last ...
But, one day, die, it must ...

So I'm moving on ...
There's no-one to talk to on the telephone
And I'm moving on ...
It's time to invite another in this lonely home.

And yet, if you knocked again upon my door,
I'd cry and forget everything that went before;
With open arms, I'd hug you once more.

For you're the only one I really ever loved;
The only one that I have ever really hugged,
But you still ain't here,
Your presence ain't real ...

So I'm moving on ...
There's no-one to talk to on the telephone
And I'm moving on ...
It's time to invite another in this lonely home.

Just not tonight; tonight, there's just one last chance
For you and me to have one more dance.

Just one more dance.

One More Dance (2025 remix)

Forgive me, Willie ... Maestro Nelson,
For daring to write one such a song,
You know, the words ... they do just fail me,
My chords, my timing, they are all wrong,

But when you stood upon that stage
With your guitar ... with tears so blind
I could just swear your songs drove me crazy,
Your music-making has been always on my mind.

And so I write these notes and lyrics,
Knowing too well they will never suffice
T' express my awe ... for half your natural talent
I'd simply pay the asking price,

For when you stood upon that stage
With your guitar ... with tears so blind
I could just swear your songs drove me quite simply crazy,
Your music-making has been always on my mind.

And now I go; this song is almost written,
The notes are down ... and this will have to do,
It is a sketch, a thought, even, Maestro,
A way of mine to say thank you,

For when you stood upon that stage
With your guitar ... with tears so blind
I could just swear your songs drove me crazy,
Your music-making has been always on my mind.

For Willie Nelson



There's this modern "spirituality"
Where everything is "just for me" ...
Where heaven's door's locked up, you see,
And lets us in, but for a fee ...

It's all about "enlightenment"
It's all 'bout "self-improvement"
It's all about what WE can get ...
And there is something left unsaid:

Where is Jesus?
"Love your neighbour as yourself"
Where is Jesus?
"Love him so, no more no less" ...

Where is Jesus?
"There's no greater love than this ..."
Where is Jesus?
"Than loving your enemies ..."

Nowadays, the selfish gene
We let loose like a machine;
We have never quite enough
And if others suffer? "Tough!

Where's it said I have to care
For my brother? Let him bear
His own fardels, his own weight!"
That's how hate we generate ...

Where is Jesus?
"Love your neighbour as yourself"
Where is Jesus?
"Love him so, no more no less" ...

Where is Jesus?
"There's no greater love than this ..."
Where is Jesus?
"Than loving your enemies ..."

And thus we give our conceit
Record heights for it to hit;
Meditate we do, for more
For ourselves, for evermore ...

We have never quite enough,
And if others suffer? "Tough!"
Is there another way, you know,
For us all to save our soul?

Where is Jesus?
"Love your neighbour as yourself"
Where is Jesus?
"Love him so, no more no less" ...

Where is Jesus?
"There's no greater love than this ..."
Where is Jesus?
"Than loving your enemies ..."

Where is Jesus?

Where is Jesus?

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James Delsono