An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2021.

THESE FOUR WALLS

If your todays are like tomorrows 
and just like yesterdays

Meet me by the railroad tracks  
A new horizon is awaiting ways away 

These four walls that surround me
I will fight them 'till the end 

These four walls that surround me
they will never be my friend 

On a long train of longing
let the rails sing us to sleep 

Passing towns, fields, and valleys
with rivers wide and so deep 

No more walls to surround me
I will fight them 'till the end 

No more walls to surround me
Come ride with me my friend

Soon time's tide will wear us down
and the tracks run to an end 

but tomorrow, we'll wake as new 
to the mysteries lying round the bend 

One day walls may surround us
as down old age we descend 

One day walls may surround us
Please stay with me my friend

These Four Walls

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2022.

PADLOCK OF STEEL

It's Saturday night by the river
Where the lights of my home shine from the far banks

I'm holding your hand gently in mine
Here's where I belong, for this moment I'm giving thanks

A padlock of steel (I see it)
A lovers' seal (I feel it)
On the bridge we're crossing
Our days entwined (I see it)
The dark behind (I feel it)
It's been a long time coming

When we first met I was lost at sea
Like driftwood never floating to the shore 

But you salvaged me and we built a home
A fortress strong as one I'd never seen before

A padlock of steel (I see it)
A lovers' seal (I feel it)
On the bridge we're crossing
Our days entwined (I see it)
The dark behind (I feel it)
It's been a long time coming

We are cosmic dust by Darwinian law
No God of the gaps, but tonight is a revelation

As autumn leafs fall along our path
We walk with peace here at our destination

A padlock of steel (I see it)
A lovers' seal (I feel it)
On the bridge we're crossing
Our days entwined (I see it)
The dark behind (I feel it)
It's been a long time coming

Padlock of Steel

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2022.

NOTES ON THE FRIDGE

The migrant birds are heading South 
as the first leaves are falling
On my back porch I'll be waiting winter long

Once I reached for endless skies
Now all I want is a cup of coffee 
and a favorite Bob Dylan song

No mountains to climb searching for riches
Only “Masters of War” as I do yesterday's dishes

There's a long and winding road
over the hills and past the horizon
It brought you closer to me

Bring a blanket, put your arm around me
A quiet life with the biggest bang
and there is no place I'd rather be

There is no buried treasure beyond the ridge
Only “Blowing in the Wind” as I read the notes on the fridge

Notes on the Fridge

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2022.

THE WORDS I NEVER FOUND

East on the I-16 across the Oconee
with her by my side softly singing

I first saw her standing in the crowd  
as the band played “Night Swimming”

Soon the billboards showed pictures of the sea
Walking by the water's edge I dreamt of all that we could be

Now sometimes the radio plays the song
and the years fall from me and I still see her

Some memories are stones in our shoes
with each new step the cut goes deeper

Outside my Northern home the snow falls to the ground
while I'm alone inside with the words I never found

The Words I Never Found

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2022.

A TRICK OF THE LIGHT

I'm driving past your old house again
Past the oak tree we used to climb when we were ten
For a moment I was almost certain
That I saw you standing behind an open curtain

I know as I drive by in the night
It's a trick of the light
My friend farewell
Please come home with a story to tell

There is a burden of blood running through your veins
No, it's not your fault, you are not to blame
You try to escape and leave it all behind
But the further you run, the more darkness you will find

I know as I drive by in the night
It's a trick of the light
My friend farewell
Please come home with a story to tell

Your sister said her only comfort has been
That your spirit is stronger than the lure of the beast within
An ominous call or a loud knock on the door
Unspeakable news, or you laughing ”never seen a ghost before?”

I know as I drive by in the night
It's a trick of the light
My friend farewell
Please come home with a story to tell

A Trick of the Light

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2023.

IF ONLY A MIRACLE

From an open window facing the park
There is laughter of children and song of a lark

Sitting here waiting for you
In daydreams I'm forever blue

If only a miracle would light my way
Through the deep void where the shadows play
Into your arms of love and a brighter day

I miss you without knowing your face
For a nameless stranger I'm searching a maze

Of all my days god-given
Yet another in lonely submission

If only a miracle would light my way
Through the deep void where the shadows play
Into your arms of love and a brighter day

This fortress of solitude is without a defender
The gates are wide open and I want to surrender
To a power warm and tender

Why not risk a bridge too far?
When on the far bank is where you are

'Cause insecurity and fears
Are a boy's excuse and an old man's tears

If only a miracle would light my way
Through the deep void where the shadows play
Into your arms of love and a brighter day

If Only a Miracle

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2025.

SOUTHERN PRINCESS

Years of home school where magnolias and the Lord's prayer reach for the sky
You were taught faith in the good book and to never doubt or ask why

Through long sleepless nights -  forbidden thoughts in constant fights
With a fear of hell - when you were only twelve

Once a Southern Princess in a Kingdom Come
Now so confused by a world undone

A life secretly packed into your car. “I'm too sick for Church” you lied that Sunday
Then your father said ”she's unforgiven” but no guilt or sin could block the highway

Alone and so much to bare - eighteen with a thousand yard stare
'Cause you could not stay - and live your life their way

Once a Southern Princess in a Kingdom Come
Now so confused by a world undone

We met in nightclass like two ghostships drifting side by side on the dark seas
But I was of a different kind far from overseas. I guess some things were  never meant to be

Soon thirty years have past - couldn't make the moment last
Now wherever you call home - I hope you are not alone

Once a Southern Princess in a Kingdom Come
Now so confused by a world undone

Southern Princess

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

RED DIRT OF DIXIE

From the Nordic winters when the lakes freeze
to the red dirt of Dixie 
and the Southern breeze

I stood at Hartsfield with a bag in hand
I arrived as a young man 
in an unknown land

Memories I gained 
between bricks and colonnades
Many have faded, most remain

Half a life now has passed
I sometimes long for those days
Wish I'd made them last

So many friends now gone with the wind
Maybe one day I'll see them
and find out how they've been

Memories I gained 
between bricks and colonnades
Many have faded, most remain

From the Nordic winters when the lakes freeze
to the red dirt of Dixie 
and the Southern breeze

Red Dirt of Dixie

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

SWEETHEART CAROLINE

Down the road came a young girl about the age of seventeen
unaware of a world so cold and sometimes mean
As she turned on to main street a boy was waiting there
He smiled and said "Oh princess, my sweetheart Caroline"

Young lovers for a year
They married in the spring
She said "my darling Billy,
I'm glad to wear your ring"

Caroline, Caroline the road's open wide
Caroline, Caroline
There are wolfs by the side, Caroline

Though the payments were tough for a house a deal was done
Then before long two tiny feet would run
But bad times hit hard. No jobs were in sight
Billy took to the bottle to ease his mind at night

Once golden dreams
have faded into rust
And of their love so pure remains now only dust

Caroline, Caroline the road's open wide
Caroline, Caroline
There are wolfs by the side, Caroline

Now Billy is long gone. Nothing did he say
He got up one morning grabbed a bottle and went away
She sits by the window with a tear in her eye
A long road she's traveled, sweetheart Caroline

Young lovers for a year
They married in the spring
She said "my darling Billy,
I'm glad to wear your ring"

Caroline, Caroline the road's open wide
Caroline, Caroline
There are wolfs by the side, Caroline

Sweetheart Caroline

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

ETT STENKAST HÄRIFRÅN

Den här stan är långt från
där det händer

Många här bygger lastbil
och går på hockey var säsong

Livet är rätt enkelt
allt har sin gilla gång

Jag växte upp
ett stenkast härifrån

Pojkarna går i skolan
där jag själv gick en gång

Samma klassrum samma bollplan
Samma kyrka samma sång

Många passerar
Få stannar kvar

Tågen de saktar in 
och vänder sen om

och går tillbaka
samma väg som de kom

De unga lämnar
sin mor och far

men sängen står bäddad kvar
Möjligheterna här är små

och drömmarna till slut
kanske likaså

Ett stenkast härifrån

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

A NEW DAWN AWAITS

Two hands on the wheel heading South in the rain
There's a white line to the unknown 

And a dozen red roses on the passenger seat
I'm tired of traveling alone

I've got three hours to go
A new dawn awaits
So please, please, oh please 
may each passing mile help my soul awake

"Don't get your hopes up" whispers my past
"You'll never get back on your feet"

But tomorrow calls out to me
"never ever accept defeat"

I've got two hours to go
A new dawn awaits
So please, please, oh please
may each passing mile help my soul awake

My heart fights a busted valve
I don't know how far it'll run

But the rain has cleared the dark skies
and I'm driving with the rising sun

I've got one hour to go
A new dawn awaits
So please, please, oh please
may each passing mile help my soul awake

A New Dawn Awaits

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

BLACK VELVET BLANKET

A long black velvet blanket
was hanging over me

A long black velvet blanket
as far as I could see

It kept me from harm and tears
but alone with my doubts and fears

Can you see me now, can you see me?
Can you see me now, can you see me?
Can you see me now?
Can you see me now?

A long black velvet blanket
My comfort and my curse

A long black velvet blanket
Never better but forever worse

With courage stabbed and pierced
So far from your arms for years

Can you hear me now, can you hear me?
Can you hear me now, can you hear me?
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?

My long black velvet blanket
You tore it asunder

My long black velvet blanket
You brought me out from down under

And your love is my saving grace
My beacon for cloudless days

And you see me now, and you hear me
And you see me now, and you hear me
And you see me now
And you hear me now

Black Velvet Blanket

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

STUGAN PÅ KULLEN 

I stugan på kullen gick socknens barn
i skolan då seklet var ungt

I den mörkaste skog bland flyttblock och gran
nära vattnet där meteoren föll tungt

Om jag vandrar i vinden och kylan består
känner jag värmen i stugan som på kullen står
med minnen från igår

De köpte stugan på ålderns höst
Långt från bilar och asfalt för stillhet och ro

Mina somrar på kullen jag minns än idag
Kanske de bästa av dagar, bättre än jag förstod

Om jag vandrar i vinden och kylan består
känner jag värmen i stugan som på kullen står
med minnen från igår

Jag minns fisket från ekan och kvarnen vid ån
Sedan smultron och mjölk då solen gått ner

En tid som aldrig kan komma tillbaka igen
Den som gjorde mig till den jag blev

Om jag vandrar i vinden och kylan består
känner jag värmen i stugan som på kullen står
med minnen från igår

Stugan på kullen

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

DE VACKRASTE AV BLÅ

Slut dina ögon
De vackraste av blå
och lägg huvudet ner på kudden
Snart mot drömmarnas land du ska gå

Jag stryker ditt hår
Inga monster kommer inatt
Sov stilla och lugnt
och jaga piraternas skatt

För du, du, du är mitt blod
För du, du är mitt allt
För du, du, du är mitt blod
För du, du, du...du är mitt allt

Det är fem kalla vintrar
och fyra vårar sen du kom
Om tio varv till kring solen
vill du då höra mig sjunga min sång?

Måtte vi ritat 
alla kartor du behöver
När den dagen kommer
och du ska söka din lyckoklöver

För du, du, du är mitt blod
För du, du är mitt allt
För du, du, du är mitt blod
För du, du, du...du är mitt allt

Jag hoppas du hittar
någon som kan gå
som solsken vid din sida
när mörkret faller på

För det står redan skrivet
din dröm leder dig från mig
Så följ den till vägs ände
och låt ingen jäkel ta den från dig

För du, du, du är mitt blod
För du, du är mitt allt
För du, du, du är mitt blod
För du, du, du...du är mitt allt

Slut dina ögon
De vackraste av blå
och lägg huvudet ner på kudden
Snart mot drömmarnas land du ska gå

De vackraste av blå

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

BIOGRAPHY AT 2 AM

I was born in 1968
A time of peace & love and unsure fate

My daddy flew our figther jets
to scare the reds of the Soviets

When I was four we moved away
to the small town where I live to this day

It's been a long time passing
Circling round the sun
Tick tock tick tock the clock runs

I read Tarzan and James Bigglesworth
Dreamt of his Spitfire way above earth

I was the shy kid at my school
My desk was tidy and I followed each rule

Kept to my side with vinyls and sports
turned out I played well on the courts

It's been a long time passing
Circling round the sun
Tick tock tick tock the clock runs

A college said "let us pay your way"
I studied hard and found a job with good pay

23 years it has paid the bill
but left a soul with some holes to fill

Never made plans just hopped the train
Beyond the bend lies the tracks that remain

It's been a long time passing
Circling round the sun
Tick tock tick tock the clock runs

Now it's 2 AM and I can't close my eyes
Thinking of life and hellos and goodbyes

Come dawn I'll turn this night into song
with my loved ones right where I belong

It's been a long time passing
Circling round the sun
Tick tock tick tock 'till I'm done

Biography at 2 AM

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

OVER & OVER

I look out the window from my train
Grafitti and concrete along the way

We pass through the gates with our heads hanging low
Our eyes don't meet and nobody speaks

Alarm, alarm and breakfast, subway, work, work
Then lunch and work some more, more
Then subway, TV, sleep

Is this all there is?
Is this all there is?
Is this really all that there is?

Over and over every day is the same
I'll get up tomorrow and I'll do it again

I know my machine inside and out
I keep it running day after day

I do this for you boys. I hope "The River" was wrong
when he said that you do like your daddy once did

Alarm, alarm and breakfast, subway, work, work
Then lunch and work some more, more
Then subway, TV, sleep

Is this all there is?
Is this all there is?
Is this really all that there is?

Over and over everyday is the same
I'll get up tomorrow and I'll do it again

My flatscreen is my escape. My team is on tonight
I sure hope they hit a winning streak

I try to keep busy as best I can
Too many thoughts won't do me no good

Alarm, alarm and breakfast, subway, work, work
Then lunch and work some more, more
Then subway, TV, sleep

Is this all there is? 
Is this all there is?
Is this really all that there is?

Over and over everyday is the same
I'll get up tomorrow and I'll do it again

Over & Over

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

ALLT JAG BEHÖVER

Genom ett fönster kommer sommarnatten in
Rummet här är mörkt och bara TVn står på

Jag ligger kvar i soffan när filmen är slut
Nere från gatan ekar skratt från en fest

Men där, men där finns inget för mig
Nej, där finns inget för mig
för allt jag behöver det finns här hos mig
hos mig, hos mig, hos mig

Jag gör mig klar för natten och stannar till vid din dörr
och lyssnar försiktigt på dina andetag

Så tysta så lugna så oskyldigt små
En resa har börjat mot okända mål

För här, för här finns allting för mig
Ja, här finns allting för mig
för allt jag behöver det finns här hos mig
hos mig, hos mig, hos mig

Några steg bort i rummet bredvid
där sover din mor med månsken på kind

Jag kryper intill och ligger vaken ett tag
och väntar på sömnen och allt här är bra

För här, för här finns allting för mig
Ja, här finns allting för mig
för allt jag behöver det finns här hos mig
hos mig, hos mig, hos mig

Allt jag behöver

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2020.

ROADS NOT TRAVELED

I've been up and down
these same streets for years

They know laughter
and memories of tears

From a shop window 
a reflection stares back at me

It laughs and says
“This town, it's all you'll ever see”

Regrets, regrets for roads not traveled
Regrets, regrets for turns not taken
and chances forsaken

Could I have traveled the world
with guitar in hand?

From town to town
in a one-man band

But broken dreams pave 
the street beneath my feet

Beside ambitions 
fallen faded in defeat

Regrets, regrets for roads not traveled
Regrets, regrets for turns not taken
and chances forsaken

I keep telling myself
“He's just a liar and a thief”

“who's robbing my spirit
while offering no relief”

Then round the corner
our kids come running my way

and all my poisoned thoughts
soon fall away

Regrets, regrets are dead end streets
Regrets, regrets are bridges  crossed
and innocence lost

Roads Not Traveled

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

SNAPSHOTS IN TIME

My teddy hides a tear
Mama calls me it's time to go
We're leaving this town for some place new

A sunset in Savannah
Arm in arm along River Street
Red cherry blossoms for a love so true

These moments in time
they stay with me
These moments in time

She trembles with joy
Just brought life into this world
I'm so proud and relieved when they let me cut

Kids laughing in the morning
We have coffee in bed and we smile
while Isbell is singing "Cover Me Up"

These moments in time
they stay with me
These moments in time

She once gave me life
I listen for her last breath
Please make it 'till dawn, don't go tonight

Life, death, and in-between
Snapshots in time
Some we treasure and some we fight

These moments in time
they stay with me
These moments in time

Snapshots in Time

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

29TH OF SEPTEMBER

A bed made of steel
with white linen sheets

Your skin so pale
Crucifix on the wall

And INRI will you take care of her?
Will you take care of her?

Acquaintances 
they come and they go

Some say a lot
Some say nothing at all

But all of these words they can't help you now
No they can't help you now

Two clicks of morphine 
A tube to your spine

These waves of sedation
are all you have left

And I wonder, wonder if you still hear me
Do you still hear me?

29th of September 
the sun it came up

And 29th of September 
the sun it came down

But it was a day like no other
A day like no other

In the garden
In the garden of sighs

My kids are asking
“can she see us from above?”

And I wish I knew, wish I knew what to answer
What to answer?

29th of September

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

THE NORTHERN STAR

The hour glass is broken 
and time falls to the floor

Too many words unspoken
while I'm trapped behind closed doors

No the sand won't pull back
It covers all I've forsaken

Maybe it's the effort I lack 
or the wrong road I've taken

So throw away the maps and keys to where we are
Pack our bags boys, catch the Northern...the Northern star

Our new town shall be unknown
and our street without a name

Pure seeds will be sown
for our love to remain

I wanna make it up to you
for the time lost between

the most beautiful two
boys I have ever seen

So throw away the maps and keys to where we are
Pack our bags boys, catch the Northern...the Northern star

The Northern Star

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

WAY UP ON A HILL

She sits on a blanket on the icy cold ground
with a picture of a boy and a tin can at her feet

She's come long hard roads from town to town
trying to leave humiliation far behind

And now she's dreaming of one day living in 
a house way up on a hill

A man in a suit stops and fumbles for change
He drops a coin in her tin

With palms together she bows and smiles
but he quickly turns and walks away

Back to where a big long gate closes on
his house way up on a hill

A policeman taps her with his billy club
Says "please move along ma'am, you're not allowed here"

While she packs up her belongings he walks on
protecting an illusion

For all of those living in
a house way up on a hill

Way Up on a Hill

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2019.

WHERE THE WHEAT GROWS TO THE SKY

The great famine had forced
most farmers from their homes
In 1893 Nils Ericsson he decided 
it was time to go

'Cross to America
where the wheat grows to the sky
and the streets are paved with gold

He kissed his mother and father
and took the money they gave
His father said "son don't you forget
to write home to ma and me"

From America 
where the wheat grows to the sky
and the streets are paved with gold

He boarded the Romeo 
From Gothenburg to Hull
Then train on to Liverpool
and the White Star out to sea

'Cross to America
where the wheat grows to the sky
and the streets are paved with gold

He saw the flame in her hand
and got his name on Ellis Island
With only what a trunk could hold
he walked where millions had walked

'Cross to America
where the wheat grows to the sky
and the streets are paved with gold

That was more than a century ago
Now the tables have turned
Quotas walls and barbed wires
cannot contain a dream 

of a promised land
where the wheat grows to the sky
and the streets are paved with gold

Where the Wheat Grows to the Sky

An original song. All words, music and mistakes by Lars Lindblom 2020.

GROW WINGS & FLY

Do you remember so long ago?
It must have been ´86
We wore the grooves of "The Queen Is Dead"
sitting on your bed
with dreams and plans in our heads

Only you had the brains and grades
We cried on the day you left
and I had to stay behind
to bare the grind 
of the assembly line

Some dreams grow wings and fly
others crash burn and die
May yours soar like and eagle in the sky

I sent you mixtapes in the mail
We talked for hours on the phone
I said "go be an engineer
aim for the stratosphere
this town will still be here"

You moved to the city and you never called
Your mother said you found someone
All the years since have not erased
my memory of your face
laughter or youthful grace

Some dreams grow wings and fly
others crash burn and die
May yours soar like and eagle in the sky

Dark glasses hide your face
A streak of grey gives your age away
You say you're just stopping by 
but I sense a lie
please tell me why

All these years that I envied you
I'm so sorry but I never knew
You're safe now you've come this far
He is behind bars
No bruises no more scars

Some dreams grow wings and fly
others crash burn and die
May yours soar like and eagle in the sky

Lars Lindblom

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