Decided to raw dog this one, basically no production, one go!

Invisible arms, yearning eyes
uniform grey, incandescent light

Mama's blessings
pollen in the night
a cold wind rises
her wings in the sky

birds of paradise
land on these shores
follow the glow up to the north
birds of paradise
followed the rest
smell of plum trees in a dim hotel bay

dreams of magnolias 
in her old backyard
childhood pictures 
sent in a postcard

stiletto heels
chandelier balls
the bottles they drink
the dirt on her knees

birds of paradise
land on these shores
follow the glow up to the north
birds of paradise 
followed the rest 
smell of plum trees in a dim hotel bay.

(for the life of me i can't write a third verse)

Birds Of Paradise

you say you wanna be my baby-daddy-o
well there're a few things you oughtta know
I'm a bad mama-jama with a whole lotta trauma
and I ain't coming home til you write me a song

I like em playing those ol steel strings
cus they always pick it up when it rings
when their palms get sweaty 'cus they'd just been banging
that little drummer boy, he can put one in me

now boy you better think this through
don't tell me i've been playin too cruel
if you ain't got a tune like Seger and Marley
then what's a girl to do to set herself free?

So pick up that old guitar
that talk ain't gonna get you far
and use that brain that your sweet mama gave ya
so my mean old man can rest his soul

Tango

Millenium

Dear Stranger

Perfect Homosapien (a Christmas rip off)

Mmbam

Wrote this one circa 2010!

Well the cloud-covered sky
seems so out of reach, far away
let me know if you're ever coming back
well goodbye has been said long ago
call a cab, catch a plane, wanna roll
just a few more miles away

You're sick and tired of this old place
the people trying to pave their way
over you, over you.

so contained in this crazy life
all the flashing lights so bright
how do you know where to start?
now the streets are all aglow with
faces all unknown
wishing you could get there fast

New Face

*rough recording*

i know a boy who was loved by the world
he holds the keys to all that's good
some say he's pure, 
some say he's funny
his mama calls him her baby

up on the hill we were rolling ahead
crossing state-lines with our young hearts burning red
who could have known where the wind was blowing
winter turned to spring and into summer, into fall

days go by, i'm so glad I have you by my side
clouds go by, i'm so glad I have you by my side

I know a boy who shined like arrows
with tired eyes he learned to see
he read his books in the furthest galaxies
counting stars and counting dreams

for me

this is everything I wanted to say

lyrics:
it's too late, too late he said
there's a scar the size of a plane
he said he's doing better now, over it
so why don't you get over it

I'm bruised at my own feet
I'm crushed by the sounds ringing
the hurt stinging, the heart reeling
but if I had a dime

I would turn back time
and tell you the words that I know now
You couldn't see the sunlight
in your darkened room with your drawn up blinds
I couldn't swallow your blues
so you cut me loose
when it all came crashing in 
I wasn't even there
I wasn't even there

It's all wrong, so wrong he said
that his life ain't worth living, he'd rather be dead
he said I'll never understand
where he's been and where he's going
he waited for someone
to throw him a lifeline
but the venom I spewed, the jabs I threw
if I had a dime

I would stand to hold your hand
I would sing to you in the night
I would tell you the words I've learned
I would tell you

The words

LIke a shadow you follow me
whichever way I go
like a warm breeze you envelope me
just like you did before

tried to kiss him, there you are
tried to love him, there was no luck
gonna bury you in my heart
he ain't never gonna find out

hmm hmmm
I've been dreaming of you in his bed
hmm hmmm 
I've been dreaming of you in his bed

Pictures of us still hanging on the wall
he don't mind though when I give him the "call"
I see him shining in the sun
but soon as the day is done

hmm hmmm
I'll be dreaming of you in his bed
hmm hmmm
I'll be dreaming of you in his bed

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