Life: Here & Now II

put me in charge

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:52:00 +0000

Put me in charge, watch me go
I can't think of anything I don't know
I'm going ahead with or without the flow
Just because I can

Give me the reins; so I can shout 'yeehaw'
Give me the wheel of this million-dollar car
Up or down, I can take this far
It's who I am

There's really not a thing
That's too big for me
I've had things going good
All my life, you see
When others crash and burn
Here I am, still standing
and that's a good thing

Don't get some fool idea
That my time has come
And don't take me for a fool,
because, I'm not that dumb
And I've got the guts to stay
When others turn tail and run
and that's a good thing

Put me in charge, watch me go
I can't think of anything I don't know
I'm going ahead with or without the flow
Just because I can

Give me the reins; so I can shout 'yeehaw'
Give me the wheel of this million-dollar car
Up or down, I can take this far
It's who I am

And when it comes to loving
someone as unique as you
I can do the best
The rest don't even have a clue
And you don't have to tell me
I know just what to do
To make you smile

So let me be the one who keeps
The two of us in line
And I'll make sure we get
To where we're headed on time
Don't worry 'bout being happy,
Baby, you'll be just fine
and that's alright

Put me in charge, watch me go
I can't think of anything I don't know
I'm going ahead with or without the flow
Just because I can

Give me the reins; so I can shout 'yeehaw'
Give me the wheel of this million-dollar car
Up or down, I can take this far
It's who I am

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I can't begin to say

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:34:00 +0000

I can't begin to say
all the things i have in here
all the things that I love
the things that I fear
all the pain I've created
all the times that I'm elated
simply by seeing you smile

I can't begin to see
all the ways you've endured
all the ways you've sighed
the ways that you love
every time that you've shown me
every day you have known me
always giving me your smile

I can't begin to tell
all the ways that I love you
all the ways that I want
to discover more
more of your treasures
more of your pleasures
more ways to make you smile

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city boy

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:36:00 +0000

Waking up in the morning to the 'larm clock
Racing to get my favorite asphalt parkin spot
Wishing I was somewhere else
Could put this life on the cosmic shelf
And follow that no-trail across the range

The guy polished the toes on my distressed Ariats
Guess he thought 'round here they should look like that
Three days drive to do a two-step
And hear the music that I haven't heard yet
And even though folks think it's a bit strange

I know I'm not from Texas
Although my daddy was
And don't dis my boots and hat
Or trash my songs just because
you think I'm just playin at this part
I know -- I'm a city boy,
But I'm a cowboy at heart

Thanking the Lord for all this wide open space
Seeing an early morning smile on my woman's face
Sharing a cup of coffee at dawn
Sitting on the porch swing with our pjs on
Looking out across the high desert plains

I know I'm not from Texas
Although my daddy was
And don't dis my boots and hat
Or trash my songs just because
you think I'm just playin at this part
I know -- I'm a city boy,
But I'm a cowboy at heart

Laying my head down with her hair in my face
Listening to the night frogs sing amazing grace
Hey, now the coyotes join
They know where all this is going
And they don't think it at all strange...

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The Small Town We Called Home

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:16:00 +0000

We played on the hot asphalt
Bursting black bubbles under the August sun
Dirt clod grenades
And willow-wand swords and some imagination
Made us soldiers, made us spies
Rescuing damsels who were on the run
In the small town we called home

She was two years younger
And I pretended she was quite the pest
Her red hair blazing
Her knees dirty, and that summer green dress
Irish eyes smiling at all the fun
in the small town we called home

In the hallway by the lockers
Her passing laughter would catch my eye
A nod but no words
And I can't really begin to explain why
I never thought she could be the one
in that small town we called home

I left that place for good
Her own road never safe or secure
An intersection
And we're both looking for a cure
while looking backward in the future
Toward that small town we called home

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Looking at the hills

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:09:00 +0000

Hey, I've been lookin at the hills
Sittin here wonderin
Thinking 'bout things yet to come.
Remembering the times, and all the chills
Blue skies thunderin
Waiting for the rain to wash the sun
Yeah, I've been looking at the hills

There's danger all around, even here --
There's somethin reckless
About bettin all my eggs on you
Thinking that with time, it'll all be clear
But I'd rightly confess
I'm expecting to be pulled out of here
Yeah, I've been looking at the hills

My eyes are tired
As I look around again
Filled with desire
To see my help is comin
I can hear it now
Off in the distance
And I know somehow
this is the least resistance

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you've got me

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +0000

You've got me pondering
Making me think
My mind is wandering
over you 'n everything

You've got me figuring
Planning out my steps
Doing a calculation
for what I want to get

You've got me feeling
I'm out of my head
Now my soul is reeling
with you 'n everything

You've got me loving
this state I'm in
and I'll soon be moving
with you in everything

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Lost my Stetson in the wind

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:48:00 +0000

Lost my Stetson in the wind
On a rocky mountain climb
Couldn't get it back again
And eventually I'll stop trying

Never been much of a cowboy
Never punched or roped
What was inside rarely mattered
And the trappings were just a joke

And there it goes tumblin
Just like a tumblin tumbleweed
Out of sight, never out of mind
Ridin the wind down a slippery slope
Till you found me staring
Like a man who can't see his own need,
never met his soul, but knows his mind
and is facing his own vanishing point

Lost my Stetson in the wind
On a rocky mountain climb
Couldn't get it back again
And eventually I'll stop trying

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One more shadow

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:33:00 +0000

One more shadow meets the light
Another antidote I'm gonna try
False effects -- we'll have to smile
As one more shadow leans against the wall

Last night you told me through the tears
That you wanted to be part of me
But you couldn't get quite that close
I thought about how to make it clearer
That you're part of what I will be
Without making it sound so shallow

as one more shadow meets the light
Another antidote I'm gonna try
False effects -- we'll have to smile
As one more shadow leans against the wall

"If you don't have anything good to do
Just don't say anything at all"
is what I thought I heard you try to say
I want to make new things start with you,
and hop past that place I fall
But I can't go on if you have no faith

as one more shadow meets the light
Another antidote I'm gonna try
False effects -- we'll have to smile
As one more shadow leans against the wall

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One more time

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:26:00 +0000

One more time
with feeling
One more time
I'm reeling
The touch of Divine
has me seeing
One more time

One more time
I'm trying
One more time
You're crying
out to be entwined
I'm not so blind
One more time

One more time,
love is wanting
One more time,
I'm just punting
with no plan to unwind
and get it right
one more time.

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Where Grace Always Shows

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:25:00 +0000

I've got the mountains here around me
Like sentries about the sand
Guarding everything I can see
Across these lush desert lands
Not letting me ever forget you
Like stones stacked in the river bed
And no matter what this all comes down to
I know these rocks will live long after I'm dead
But it's one thing to stand in the mountains
And look at the valley below
It's another to be down there on tangled roads
And not know where to go
But from where I'm standing right now
I get a hint of what the mountain knows
About living down below the clouds
Where grace always shows

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in the end

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:08:00 +0000

in the end, it's all that matters
in the end, it's all I care about
to be with you

I've got to start
The beginning is calling me
To get up to the line
Listen for the count
be ready to set the pace
and stay inside grace's lines

in the end, it's all that matters
in the end, it's all I care about
to be with you

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I saw you walk on water, man

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:09:00 +0000

I saw you walk on water; man
it was more than I could anticipate --
More than I thought was necessary
To crash unbelief into the face of faith

I felt you stop the bleeding; hand
touching wounds I didn't understand --
In ways that made me gasp for air
and go in directions I had never planned

Oh, it's easy for them to point and stare
Yeah, so easy for them to suddenly care
But it's not anything that hasn't been tried before
It's not like no one's ever opened this door
It's just the way I'll have to go
It's the way I'll have to go

I heard you give that love-talk, and
I heard more than the words you were saying --
I could be wrong in my assumptions
About these life-long games I've been playing --
but I've only been that wrong this once,
And that news has got me praying

Oh, it's easy for them to point and stare
Yeah, so easy for them to suddenly care
But it's not anything that hasn't been tried before
It's not like no one's ever opened this door
It's just the way I'll have to go
It's the way I'll have to go

I saw you walk on water; man it was more
more than I could anticipate
too much for my poor faith
when I saw you...
Saw you walk on water

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What would Don Quixote do?

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:07:00 +0000

They're saying
I'm just some kind of fool
Enumerating
how I've been taken to school
Might be breaking
Some of the unwritten rules
Contemplating
what Don Quixote would

It doesn't really matter
Doesn't matter what they say
Doesn't really phase me
If they're thinking that way
I know what it's gonna take
I know it -- but I've gotta wait

I'm trying
To keep it all under control
I'm dying
Yes I am dying to know
I hear you sighing
When the west wind blows
Just trying
What Don Quixote knows

It doesn't really matter
Doesn't matter what they say
Doesn't really phase me
If they're thinking that way
I know what it's gonna take
I know it -- and I can't wait

I'm finding
What it takes to be loving you
Never minding
What everyone says I should do
Now it's unwinding
and it all feels a bit unglued
I'll be trying
What Don Quixote would do

What Don Quixote would do
What would DQ do?

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so far

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:17:00 +0000

I would go that far
to give you what you need
Will you come as far
As the Palo Verde tree?

I would go so far
as to say what you should hear
Will that be far enough
To drive out the unspoken fear?

Won't weave you into a past
That needs to be left behind
Let's make tomorrow last
long enough to enjoy the find
And as we're going past
we'll keep an eye on the signs
And I'm just trying to
Live in this now, be in here

So far is how far we've come
So far
So far we're not close to being done
So far
It's a long way down the road,
So far
So far, it's good

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fallin in the end

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:57:00 +0000

What's it gonna take to finally convince you?
What do I do to make you finally see
That what you're doing makes you look the fool,
But hey, that's alright with me.
You're telling all your friends how rough life has been,
and makin sure I get all the blame.
But darlin you're forgettin the best part of the story
and from where all these troubles came.

You've brought this house of cards down on yourself
You're the one who started spittin in the wind.
You're puttin all your energy into diggin this pit for me,
But you'll be the one who is fallin in, in the end
oh yeah
You'll be the one fallin in the end.

I can honestly say you weren't this cantankerous
When we first hooked up in eighty five
But over the years, Lord! How things have changed
And now there ain't even a Cheshire smile

Baby, I made lots of mistakes along this bumpy way
I can count them up just as good as you
And maybe redemption's not what your lookin for
But this hell ain't something I'm gonna go through

You've brought this house of cards down on yourself
You're the one who started spittin in the wind.
You're puttin all your energy into diggin this pit for me,
But you'll be the one who is fallin in, in the end
oh yeah
You'll be the one fallin in the end.

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when I'm with You

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:59:00 +0000

There's not a sunset that's not worth seeing
Not a heartache that's not worth feeling
Not a breath that's not worth breathing
When I'm with you

There's not a song too short for singing
Not a hope too distant for clinging
Not a gift too big for the bringing
when I'm with you

You've given me
The eyes to see
What's here and now
Made love so clear
Took all the fears
Away somehow

When I'm with you

There's not food too exotic for eating
Not a stranger too strange for greeting
Not a glance from you that's too fleeting
when I'm with you

You've given me
The eyes to see
What's here and now
Made love so clear
Took all the fears
Away somehow

When I'm with you

and I wanna be with you
all the time

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West of the Pecos

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:11:00 +0000

West of the Pecos
The landscape changes
But through the ages
Some things remains the same
West of the Pecos
West of the Pecos
Broken hearts ride the range

Too many tears shed
For too many years yet
the river still flows
As we carry on
West of the Pecos

Deep down in Texas
Cutting through the basin
Every hope we've been raising
There flows free the Pecos
There flows free the Pecos
Wetting another page

Too many tears shed
For too many years yet
the river still flows
As we carry on
West of the Pecos

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a quiet mind

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:55:00 +0000

Too many things running around
Rattling here inside my head
Things I've forgotten
Things I can't forget
Things I wish were dead

So many times I've tried to find
Trying to discover the gold
Of those famous silent sounds
Of those quiet moments
Of the things I've been told

Help me turn the volume down
Help me filter out the buzz
Help me learn what I've found
Help me quietly, just because

Jumping from branch to branch
On this conversational tree
Like a chimp chasing
Like a squirrel nut raking
Mind of the monkey

Help me turn the volume down
Help me filter out the buzz
Help me learn what I've found
Help me quietly, just because

Just because
just because
I need a quiet mind

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Passport

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:13:00 +0000

You've got your passport, baby
Ain't no where in the world you can't go
And if you leave today, then just maybe
You'll find what you're looking for,
yeah, you'll find what you're lookin for

Not gonna hold you back
or try to make you stay
I wouldn't ever try that tack,
and it wouldn't work anyway.
So, gonna watch you pack your bags
And buy you a travel guide
And if I said 'please hurry back'
It would sound like another lie

You've got your passport, baby
Ain't no where in the world you can't go
And if you leave today, then just maybe
You'll find what you're looking for,
yeah, you'll find what you're lookin for

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I'll try this out

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:00:00 +0000

There's something divine
I want to find it
Like the sweetness of wine
I want to try it
I think I'll try this out
with you

It's quite amazing
Don't want to miss it
It's the greatest thing
I am ever gonna get
I think I'll try this out
with you

Go with me down this road
The rest of the way
Is not a way I know
I know you'll help me see
Stuff I've been blind to
If you'll just go with me
I think I'll try this out
with you
Try this out - out with you

I see it in your eyes
down there deep within
partly seen and hiding
I comprehend
I think I'll try this out with you

Go with me down this road
The rest of the way
Is not a way I know
I know you'll help me see
Stuff I've been blind to
If you'll just go with me
I think I'll try this out
with you
Try this out - out with you

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go through the motions

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:47:00 +0000

Not gonna go through the motions
Not gonna put you on, just to put you off
I don't wanna go one more day
Looking around like a man who's lost

Don't wanna spend my whole life askin
What would have happened if I'd gone that way?
Don't want to wake up later
Just to find I've slept it all away

So stand here with me, right here
And right here and right now
Let's find the depths of this moment
and explore all that we've found

Not gonna expect less than something
Not gonna think that nothing will be fine
Put my faith in what lasts
And look forward to the end of time

Not gonna go through the motions
Not gonna put you on, just to put you off
I don't wanna go one more day
Looking around like a man who's lost

So stand here with me, right here
And right here and right now
Let's find the depths of this moment
and explore all that we've found

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no better way

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:16:00 +0000

It might have been
The way you walked into the room
It might have been
This impending sense of doom

That made me notice
And kept me from walking away
That made me know this:
I'm not gonna find a better way

No better way than to get there in your arms
No better way than to find it in your kiss
No better way to finish what's been done
No better way than to be loved

It might have been
That very first conversation
It might have been
Just all my imagination
That made me see you
and made me want to see you again
That made me believe you
when you said there is no better way

No better way than to get there in your arms
No better way than to find it in your kiss
No better way to finish what's been done
No better way than to be loved

It might have been
But there's no better way
It might have been
But there's no better way

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no getting past

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:17:00 +0000

I drove through Roswell
Without being taken
I went through the desert
Without even bakin'

I became a cowboy in Texas
With my sandals still unlaced
But you stopped me where I was
The first time i saw your face

There's no getting past you
Not that I'd really want to
There's no sense missing
This singular kind of blessing
There's no getting past you

I sped through a sleepy town
And never got busted
I left it all out in the rain
And nothing ever rusted
I took a sloppy shot
And still got to hear the swish
But I can't get away
From feeling just like this

There's no getting past you
Not that I'd really want to
There's no sense missing
This singular kind of blessing
There's no getting past you

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permission

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:03:00 +0000

I was sitting at the table
Sipping at my coffee
Nibbling at my bagel
Thinking too many things
Here in my head
Imagination fueled
by the things you said

Wondered if you meant
To say the things you implied
And then my heart went
Places it was not invited
Too late now
For a simple reprimand
No time to figure
How to understand

But it's clear to me
I have no doubts
That it's what I put in
That makes what I get out
Providential permissions
Have turned over to me
Most of this labor
and the responsibility

Thought I heard you say it
Though your lips never moved
But in your eyes you displayed
A variety of moods
Now I'm taking action
once contemplated but undone
My heart and all its factions
are making one more run

Providential permissions
Have turned over to me
Most of this labor
and the responsibility

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Here in this moment

noreply@blogger.com (the author) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:14:00 +0000

No time like the present to find out if it's true
Though once upon a time, it was all unglued

Like a molting raven
And the rattler shedding skin
There was nothing left to do without
Till something else was done within

Here in this moment
Now, just in time
The tough have got goin
All the rest left behind
All the rest, left behind.

No where but right here to see what's out there
Depends where you're looking, and if it's clear
as a Montana morning
or the dawn down in Mexico
where everything means much more
Than a sailor's red-sky warning

Here in this moment
Now, just in time
The tough have got goin
All the rest left behind
All the rest, left behind.

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