Seth and May

She said we put a little something by
For when the days come hard
But as for today, I will sing

He strummed and said there's no gold watch
At the end of thirty years of this
But as for today, I will sing

They sang its easy to die poor these days
Harder to die happy
But that's the kind of work we're willing to do
its easy to die poor these days
Harder to die happy
But that's the kind of work we're willing to do

She looked into his big brown eyes
And sang the song within her heart
And he played his song for her the whole day through

One gold band on her left hand
A silver band on his
They made their love into their music and they gave it to you

Because its easy to die poor these days
Harder to die happy
But that's the kind of work they're willing to do
its easy to die poor these days
Harder to die happy
But that's the kind of work we're willing to do

Providence

A surprise check arrived in the daily mail
And then a brand new bill to pay
I thought the old man'd be upset
Till I overheard him say

"How blessed I am
That the Lord provides
Always in the nick of time
I know that I can count on Him
Ain't Providence divine"

His truck broke down on a dusty road
Coming back home from town
He grinned as the sun broke right through the rain
And picked some flowers on his way, sayin'

"How blessed I am
That the Lord provides
Always in the nick of time
I know that I can count on him
Ain't Providence divine"

His wife was near her mortal end
Full of rising pain and fear
And the Lord he took her life that day
And brought her spirit near

I thought that this would be the day
My friend's faith would lose its light
But he said to me "it was answered prayers
That the Lord ended her fight

How blessed I am
That the Lord provides
Always in the nick of time
I know that I can count on Him
Ain't Providence divine"

Writer's block

Staring at a blank page
Pen in hand, devoid of rage
Or hurt or joy or anything
To write, and maybe later sing

Emotion is a writer's fuel
To just go numb feels rather cruel
Emptiness ain't good for me,
my music, or my poetry

Let go

I'm letting go
Of feeling like I need to know
Which way the dice will roll
I'm releasing all control

Cuz I never had it anyway
Its just another of the games we play
Pretending like we make the rules
Beneath it all we all are fools

The earth still turns
And the sun still burns
Not hastened by my hurry
Or bogged down by my worry

The stars, they stay
way up in the sky
Cuz they're not held there by you or I
(they're not held there by you or I)

Everything
is in its rightful place
Created and sustained by Grace
(Created and sustained by Grace)

So just let go
Of feeling like you need to know
Which way the dice will roll
You can just release control

Cuz you never had it anyway
Its just another of the games we play
Pretending like we make the rules
Beneath it all we all are fools

So just let go

Breathe me in

He reaches for me
in the middle of the night
he's still asleep
and yet he pulls me tight

against his skin
he breathes me in

I used to think
how long can this thing last
but before I blinked
it seems the decades passed

but time moves along
soon he'll be gone
and there's nothing to do
but keep on keeping on

Soon I'll reach for him
in the middle of the night
he won't be there
to sigh and pull me tight

against his skin
or breathe me in

Crazy Talk

I got a restless mind
and a troubled heart
my meds aren't working yet
I wish they'd start

Pills don't work for everybody
but they usually work for me
It keeps the prison of this illness away
and lets me live like I'm free

But every week is different
and no two days are the same
and sometimes there's nothing you can do
but say the meds are to blame

When you got a restless mind
and a troubled heart
and your meds aren't working yet
but you pray they'd start

I made a visit to the doc today
I don't know why, cuz I knew what he'd say
"We gotta get the dose to where it'll work
so you can stop being a jerk"

My reality can be a strange fiction
but I don't have a drug addiction
I do take some but that's okay
Because I only take what the doctors say

But I still got a restless mind
and a troubled heart
my meds aren't working yet
I wish they'd start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYuFg-GlZJ8

When you fell

You scored some points
for consistency
the lies you told yourself
were the same ones you told me

Now you're asking me to trust
the words upon your tongue
but it doesn't come as easy
as it did when I was young

Maybe it's her age,
that young and pretty, skinny stage
The one in the photo in your email
you tried to delete, but failed

I had you high up on that pedestal
and it hurt me when you fell

One home, one bed
one life to lead
I'm pretty sure that is just what
you and I agreed

when the words I do
were on your tongue
but it seemed a whole lot easier
when we were young

And I have nowhere else to go
cuz that's how marriage is, you know
I had you high up on that pedestal
and it hurt me when you fell

I hope you're done
with your lying
I'm not sure I could take
much more crying

It's time up you give up
that romance
and give our love
another chance

We've been together
since god knows when
and it's hard to tell where you end
and where I begin

I had you high up on that pedestal
and it hurt me when you fell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxJACzijzN0