Poems that became songs

Said your peace

In the darkest of September 

In the darkness of my mind

He say

“This bottle lasts forever”

Call my name 

Don’t you call my name

And say we felt the rain

It wasn’t me

Who shot you down 

On the coldest street 

Before you said your peace 

It must have been me

Who laid you down

For your endless sleep

Before you said your peace 

“Ain’t no easy way to glory”

He say

“You got to pay your way”

Nothing seems the same now

Call my name 

Don’t you call my name

And say we felt the rain

Needle and the bottle

He say

“Old scratch he hold my hand”

Nothing feels the same now

Call my name

Don’t you call my name

And say we felt the rain

Walk on

I guess you figured out

I’m a foolish man

And devotion

Is a lonely 

Word

In the middle 

Of my purest notion

Someone left

And pulled

The plug

But I’m gonna walk on

I’m gonna keep on

Keeping on

I can’t remember 

All the good times 

Together

You just kept on taking

Forgot about the man

You were breaking

You lied

Now 

You cry

Loneliness is endless 

What a mess confessing

I was weaker still

Love and pain

Should all be sleeping now

They shake my weary bones

But I’m gonna walk on

I’m gonna keep on

Keeping on

My eyes

I’m the clown

You’re the sun 

Shining through 

The menagerie 

Come on closer

A little bit closer

Song I sing 

To make you smile

Some tell you

I wanna show you

Can you see

It’s in my eyes?

Summer angel

Sweet Madonna

Chestnut sky

Above your head

 Violins played

The same old song

You came walking

In my light

This ole world 

Goin be gone

One day

Like a smile from a clown

It fades away

But this is love babe

That good good love babe

I’ll play my song

You shine your light

Some tell you

I wanna show you

Can you see

It’s in my eyes?

Another Sad Song

My girl

She talks about love

With both eyes

She smiles always

Sometimes 

When the light shines 

I used to try so hard

To be all alone

I thought I found my heart

I thought I found my home

(It’s just a)

Another sad song

For you to cry though 

Another lonely heart

For you to lie to

It’s so easy

Then it’s so hard y’all 

To fall in love

She goes in the winter 

She stays in the rain

Last time I saw her face she said 

“You look the same”

My heart’s on the cold concrete

For so long

She said “please don’t go, but if you must

Sing me a song”

Another sad song

For you to cry though 

Another lonely heart

For you to lie to

Here

So, so far gone

I am not my own

Please baby

Don’t make me stay

I am too far away

Surely there’s a way 

Miles behind me there

I can’t find me 

here

Me

Sharp as a gun

pride

Unwilling to run

Fire set on a line

Love

Ain’t never on time

Surely there’s a way 

Miles behind me there

I can’t find me 

here

I can’t find me 

Here

I can’t find me Here

I can’t find me 

Here

I can’t find me Here