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.

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 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 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

A New Dawn Awaits

Lars Lindblom

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