This piece describes Donny's imagination of a mother's position after her husband(his father) has passed away. It's a "pop" creation using old an school soundboard. The beginning is somewhat sweetly and perhaps is a bit saccharine but the chorus immediately transforms you to another space and dimension. This was done with a purpose. The instrumentation gives you a light cherry feeling at the beginning for quite a heavy subject. The vocals on this track are extremely Superior. Donny holds an encreable note to screech into I cry out for his baby. It is heartfelt and most are surprised by this vocal as he was able to reproduce it in shows without fail. Charles McCortter get instrumental credit after DWadeP’s ramblings once again. Taking great artistic liberties and license as it transforms from a mother’s story of grief to personal perspective of the author Donald Wade Posey. It is an autobiographical story as Donald Wade was his father’s care giver after a massive brainstem stroke. His mother still survives today 24 years after his father’s passing.

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I've Tried Everything But Therapy

Need You More

I am incredible.
Incredibly happy
Incredibly sad
Incredibly sane
Incredibly mad

I am beautiful.
Beautifully shy
Beautifully outspoken
Beautifully perfect
Beautifully broken

I am strong.
Strongly still
Strongly shaken
Strongly free
Strongly taken

I am divine.
Divinely curious
Divinely sure
Divinely dark
Divinely pure

I am stunning.
Stunningly severe
Stunningly mild
Stunningly tame
Stunningly wild

I am perfect.
Perfectly soft
Perfectly hard
Perfectly healed
Perfectly scarred

I Am Perfect

I understand what you’re going through
I see you’re skin and bones
We’ll head for the coastline
As soon as we can
But until then
I’ll starve with you

There’s no doubt in my mind where we belong

No more waiting for a friend that’s true
I’m your angel in disguise
Meet me down by the ocean
As soon as you can
But until then
I’ll starve with you

The salt air will keep us young

There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
You know I’m your ride or die
We’ll give all our worries to the sea
As soon as we can
But until then
I’ll starve with you

Our solidarity makes us strong

Imagine a sky of bluest blue
Let your heart give up its hole
We’ll make our move
As soon as we can
But until then
I’ll starve with you

Dance with me, they’re playing our song

I'll Starve With You

Joyheart came into existence
Via pushing, confusion and fear
No one wanted to experience the event
Drugs nicely removed the pain and clear
Soft, stringy hair
Bright, brown eyes
Tan, knocked knees
Joyheart was alive

Joyheart grew wings and flew dreams
Out of pure spirit, delusion and need
No one noticed to encourage her flights
Negligent ignorance and dirty deeds
Styled, stringy hair
Blank, brown eyes
Breasts, full of nothing
Joyheart believed the lies

Joyheart clipped her wings and grounded her dreams
Because she couldn’t do what she couldn’t see
No one noticed the sliced oranges dipped in cinnamon sugar
Feeding her boredom and stealing her free
Long, stringy hair
Made up, brown eyes
Hips, full of ache
Joyheart hated her thighs

Joyheart lived many years in a fish bowl
Gulping, swimming around and around
No one could convince her there was another way
Until one moment when she nearly drowned
Wet, stringy hair
Watery, brown eyes
Belly, full of nothing
Joyheart was ready to rise

Joyheart grew back her wings and dreamed new dreams
Out of strength, determination and grace
Everyone championed her rise from the ashes
Fire under her wings, she soared above the waste
Burned, short hair
Red, brown eyes
Arms, full of ache
Joyheart began to fly

Joyheart adorns her wings and feeds her dreams
With hope, inspiration and faith
The entire universe answers when she calls
Healing her with its loving embrace
Sun, kissed hair
Wise, brown eyes
Heart, full of joy
Joyheart is alive

Joyheart

I learned my heart keeps score
It screamed until I could hear
Not a day goes by that it doesn’t have my ear

I traded in my fast car
And got off the mad freeway
Nothin’ on my agenda but breathing ocean spray

Hearts they can get angry
Hearts they can get hurt
Sometimes they run away
Sometimes they don’t return

I woke up this morning
And put a smile on my face
So don’t come ‘round here with your bullshit today

It’s the little things that kill
And expectations that maim
I let you walk away and gave myself some grace

Times they can be easy
Times they can be hard
It’s the hard that allows the easy
And the easy that allows the hard

It’s later than we would think
You think you can until you can’t
Only God knows how many beats your heart has left

I begin the finale 
Of my unrehearsed dance
Following the piper’s march toward the expanse

This may be my heaven
This may be my hell
I surrender to whatever this is
I pray that it all ends well

My Heart's March

The gardner left the garden
The day after she planted and watered
Our talking heads have theories as to why
But most of us don’t care

The sun and rain visit when they can
The bees seem to know a few tricks
We guess and experiment what gardeners should do
And we get it wrong most times

Some predict a wilder, diverse, stronger garden
Some complain and cry
Some can’t see past today
Some predict its demise

Time both cheers and mocks the garden
Annoyed with its alarms
We press the snooze button again and again
None of us fully wake up

And should the gardner decide to return
We would welcome her with a resentful hope
Knowing it’s too late to save the garden
But Vegas will still take bets

Gardner Goes AWOL

You decided to dive into my womb
Where there’s no death or conception
I gave birth to you through tides and moon
With me, you always have connection

You can tell me anything
There’s nothing I haven’t heard
There’s nothing I haven’t seen
You don’t need any words

Jump head first into my crashing waves
If you want to know what it means to be alive
Don’t be afraid of my undercurrent
It will deliver you to the other side

You can tell me anything
There’s nothing that’s forbidden
There’s nothing that’s taboo
You don’t need to be forgiven

You’ve been doing this for a million years
You won’t be done for a million more
Cast into my ocean all your fears
And redeem yourself upon my shore

You can tell me anything
There’s nothing you have to hide
There’s nothing you could have done
I’ll always be by your side

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JohnRussell Garten