(For my mother Grace: 1927-2010) Here in the twilight of reason Here in this strange new land Ah won’t someone take my hand I used to be a young girl Oh I had my days Now it’s just my mind that strays I used to have a husband I still see his face But the […]
The Mona Lisa’s naked – the world has gone to hell It seems quite at home there as far as I can tell Oh I wandered to the edge and I gazed out at the view If seeing is believing Not much of it is true…not much of it is true I want to sleep […]
You and I will meet on a random street Thirty years from now You’ll be married – tired and harried Fresh from your latest row We’ll wish that we were both still free We’ll talk of vanished years I’ll talk of lies and watch your eyes Fill with ancient tears The future’s waiting but you […]
These tears are new and they burn like hell Each one a secret I could never tell Each one a photograph I could never show It’s taken all these years but now you know No more secrets No more lies No more excuses no more childish alibis No more secrets Forgive the past – forgive […]
This life has happy endings – not as many as we’d wish We all end up somewhere – we can’t predict the finish You may find yourself in heaven You may find yourself in hell Or in a lonely room at The Thunderbird Motel Love is what we chase for the whole time that we’re […]
So many names for the things I do And so many more for what I am But it never got through to you I don’t give a damn You know I saw the plans you had for me I saw the tattered blueprints on your wall I could never get you to see I didn’t […]
For Bob Dylan I’m sitting in this diner with thoughts of what was I’m thinking of leaving but I don’t because I hear the jukebox reload I guess all I can say is that’s the way of the road Don’t know where I’m going don’t know where I’ve been I’m out here waiting for my […]
White jet trails carving up the sky – just some strangers passing by I don’t want to be lonely any more Soon they’ll be gone without a sound Glad I got my feet on the ground I don’t want to be lonely any more Don’t want to be lonely like a lost soul in the […]
I feel the wind I feel it blowing But where it goes is never really clear I let it take me Without knowing ‘cause you’re not here Life holds a card And it must deal it I hold my breath and taste the edge of fear The rain pours down But I don’t feel it […]
A lucky man he made it home after the war Turned his collar to the wind said it’s now or not at all It’s now or not at all He’d known the girl for a little while before he went away But war taught him that life could not wait another day Couldn’t wait another […]
Here we are again my friend still alone together So many memories of fine and stormy weather You the child who would not die – me the ancient soul Together in this heart – growing old We argue and we fight and lie but it never shows We’re bruised and we’re beaten but no one […]
Go on without me I’m staying here Where the skies are still blue and the waters run clear I’ve been dreaming of this thirty years or more With a pain in my heart that I bought one time in a record store Didn’t see it coming just music I thought But the blues took my […]