An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2023

Still The Wind Blows

Missed the last train out of town
Wasted days hanging around
Put some roots down on stony ground
Now the wind blows you around

Loved a girl once some time ago
She took you home just for show
Too young to care then, or too dumb to know
Now the wind blows you around

Cleaning house yesterday
Fell on your knees to pray
‘There’s got to be a better way...’
Still the wind blows you around
Still the wind blows you around

Still The Wind Blows

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2023

Simple As They Come

Simple as they come
Strangers think him dumb
Some say he’s a bum
Simple as they come

Cowboy chords and an old guitar
He used to play at the Brighton Bar
It’s all gone now, history
Lives on in local memories

Merchants cut down all the trees
In favor of the current seas
They run their lines from pole to pole
So they can walk the world they stole from men…

Who were simple as they come
Anything but dumb
They placed their trust in the heart of man but did not see
the hidden hand

Simple as they come 
A better day will come
Perhaps only for some
Simple as they come

Simple As They Come

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2023

You Said

You said it all happened in my head
Spent all your days turning gold back into lead
You said it all happened just the way you said

No rhyme or reason
That’s what you said
Just the passing seasons, then one day you are dead
No rhyme or reason
That’s what you said

Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes can sometimes be deceiving
Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes…

Never really heard a single word you said
Your serpent tongue always preaching to the dead
Never really heard a single word that you said

Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes can sometimes be deceiving
Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes

You said it all happened in my head

You Said

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2020

Sitting Around Just Looking Up At The Sky

Sitting around just looking up at the sky
Bird on a wing and a breeze is passing by
Early morning sunlight in my eyes
Dog laying at my feet is satisfied
Tall grass in the meadow blowing in the wind
Red breasted robin tilts his head, he’s listening

Somewhere in the distance I hear a song
Blackbird in the garden sings along
Feeling deep within is growing strong
Everything is right and nothing’s wrong
Thinking about the ground I’m standing on
Exactly where you are is where you belong

Sitting around just looking up at the sky

Sitting Around Just Looking Up At The Sky

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2020

In The Forest Of Your Mind

In the forest of your mind your thoughts too close together
Worry is a waste of time and leads to stormy weather
In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed can see better
Secrets hidden out of sight, numbers become letters
Separating wrong from right we unearth buried treasure
Out of darkness into light, wealth beyond measure

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Changed the strings on my Takamine; first time in well over a year! Played this song, and Helene loved it, and said so repeatedly. Figured those new strings were sounding just right, and figured I’d capture that sound on the old iPad.   Background noises are Helene in the kitchen; I actually love that those sounds are there; music to my ears…

In The Forest Of Your Mind

Coolest C

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2022

Look At Me (Who Do You See?)

Look at me, who do you see
Just another man with another plan
Check out the shoes I’m wearing, why is everybody staring?
Well past the point of caring
I’m on my way 
Too easily amused, so easily confused
Can’t seem to win but losing comes naturally

Looking at you I thought I saw a fool
Always skipping school, making your own rules
Learning how to stand, working with your hands
Now that you’re a man I see you had a better plan
Not so easily amused, even harder to confuse
Born to win even when you lose so naturally

Look at me, who do you see?

Look At Me (Who Do You See?)

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2025

Every day you wake
Every choice you make
Every step you take
Shapes the days to come

The bed on which you lie
The splinter in your eye
In seasons long gone by
Seeds were sown, now they’ve grown

A silent telephone
An aching in your bones
Your friends like birds have flown
And left you all alone

Beneath a stubborn sky
You sit and wonder why
Breathe a heavy sigh
As sunset bleeds into night

Still you cling to hope
A strong and sturdy rope
To pull you up the slope
And find yourself again…

in a friend.

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