Running Out of Daylihgt (formerly LIVE)

running out of daylight   7-25-99
i feel you in my bones
i feel you in my soul
you're like fresh new water from the great lakes
i drink you in i drink you up
you come to me like a sweet wine
you are like water to my dry mouth
i'm tasting you as if honey were on my lips
i drink you in i drink you up(3x)
when you call my name out loud
when you call me out from the crowd
with sounds unlike any words
it's then my spirit soars
and i am yours oh great spirit
when the waves of your spirit
come crashing down on me
i dive in i don't hold back no
i drink you in i drink you up(3x)
running sand through my toes
i hold your spirit-oh i hold it close
i'm sitting here looking out over Lake Superior
watching the sun set down low
and i'm thinking to myself-oh my God
then i drink you in i drink you up(4x)
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modern day prophet  10-19-97
will you give ear to my song, to the calling of my heart.
to the passion in his blood (and) to life his counterpart.
will you give ear.
i am a modern day prophet. speaking words from the great spirit. love your brother, love your sister, love your mother.  do unto others as you'd have done to you.  treat others good you know they'll probably treat you cool.  don't be a blind man, don't act the fool.  don't act the fool.
i feel trapped here somewhere in time.  between a 60's hippie and a new age rocker.  i need to find my place, and i need to find it fast.  generation x is gonna pass.  what about washington or the people in the press?  what the hell will they think of next?  lie, cheat, steal, stab each other in the back.  are we working together or is this a counter attack?  is this a counter attack?
So my friends let us come together once again.  tear down those walls that we so intricately built inside.  combat hate, combat fear, combat wasted space in our brain.  let us love each other and go on, be a prophet yourself.  be a prophet yourself.  for the things of love.
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love somebody 6-11-97
reasons why-why you died all alone
reasons why-you were raised to the throne
from the grave-imitating a slave
conjuring up spirits-to be with you where He is.
tell me when-i'll see you face to face
tell me when-i'll see death and be saved
come alive-in the world around me
in my spirit, God, come and make me free!
ponder the rolling stone-as it tumbles away
in fact you know-it doesn't roll much at all
that's how my life used to be-before a "new" was created in me
not that religious garbage-that keeps a slaved man a slave
freedom comes only once in a lifetime
when His son breathes His breath your way
freedom comes only once in a lifetime
let it fill you and love somebody (other than you)
it's so peaceful-that sound in the trees
the water's falling-from leaf to leaf
as my mouth-calls for the freshness of you
come with cleansing-come with fire-come with living water.
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root  9-16-99
i stepped to the window
tilt back my coffee cup
i feel the wind blow
inside of me.
i was out on a ledge
branch fallin' down on me
holdin' on to roots
beneath me slippin' boots.
oh the sky is clear
don't think the end is near
but there's One that i adore
there's only One i bow before.
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down out on the corner  5-22-97
i will look up to the heavens
and i will look up at the blue skies
i will turn my face to the shining sun
that's where my help comes from.
cause i've been down out on the corner
selling out, selling high, selling low.
i've seen all the faces shine & glow
come & go, come & go.
but what i need is some of that real, real kind of love. love that won't leave me cold, won't leave me sold, won't leave me alone growing old, won't leave me alone with my last dollar.
the other afternoon i met suzie down at jake's bar & grill, she was telling me about the way things go down. and i said, "hey suzie, why do you want to let him treat you that way-you know suzie you ain't gotta pay for his drunken way. things go around, things come around, things are gonna come back around once again-you don't want to be there when he sees the end."
she said, "i know joe, but he's a good man-you've got to understand he's been through a lot-he's been dropped, been back up and been dropped again."
i said, "suzie wake up, you know he's done it before with another woman right outside that door-when are you going to realize that he's got you hypnotized, fallen' all over the place."
the sad thing about suzie is she may never realize-behind these blanketed eyes-she's got to get herself free. won't someone just throw her a line, hey, i guess i already tried that but,
"suzie, why don't you just-->
look up to the heavens
look up at the blue skies
turn your face to the rising sun
that's where your help comes from."
the other day i saw acid andy looking through another garbage bin on my way across town-i didn't stop to give him some help or even slow down.  i just thought to myself, "hey, there's andy," as i always do-see him singing the blues.  one time i got to talkin' with andy outside the burger barn-he was waiting for a hand out or maybe even a lucky charm. i said, "hey man, what's your name, what's your game, what's your claim to fame?"
oh yeah-and then i forgot that i was talking to andy-but you know everybody's always down on the clown like he's some kind of hound-but i learned that day that you can't judge a book by it's cover; people are always judging people by their color.  You know i still have an old green eggs and ham book i read cover to cover.  and as he was walking away-he turned back to say,
"i look up to the heavens
i look up at the blue skies
i turn my face to the shining sun
that's where my help comes from
that's where my help comes from."
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by the brook  9-6-99  (in dillon's parking lot)
oh my love, oh my love, oh my love, come to me
come to me, come to me, come to me, my love
take my hand, take my hand, take my hand, come with me
lay me down, lay me down, lay me down
in the green grass by the brook
by the brook, by the brook, by the brook lay me down
whisper my love, whisper my love, whisper my love,
your heart to me
oh my love, come to me, lay me down in the green grass by the brook
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blue  1-4-94
highways, byways it don't matter to me. i'm gonna follow you Jesus wherever you may lead. straight ahead, alive not dead, reading the road signs, they tell me i'm going some where.
i left my old life, it died a short while back. it hung up on a tree, thank you Jesus for saving me. i was livin' for me, livin' a life of sin, thank you Lord my Savior, thank you for setting me free.
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JAM POT


did you fall?   1-13-96
i can philosophize what you mean to me.  i suppose you have degrees of intensity.  your humanity's real, you were'nt made of steal.  but i could break my back with the weight of entertaining complications.  i see a synopsis of a well-known fairy tale, that speaks of love and a striked cheek turned.  it narrates life with a wonderful embrace.  a poor man turned rich and a rich man with a poor man's needs.  questions of confusion running in your head.  people seem to doubt, doubt what you said.  to the liar, and to the theif, your life brings sweet release.  temptation - did you overcome?  to lose your virginity did you not succomb?  in your divinity did you feel my fears?  in your crucifixtion did you wipe away all my tears?  i see horizon in my mind but i can't relate, to the miles that i've traveled in a foriegn state.  i run and run and run oh i just can't hide, from the definitions of truth dripping from your lips.  oh kiss me.....  embrace my childlike fears.  open me up and lay me out.  brake my soul upon the rock.
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huck finn and mississippi jim   6-10-97
i've gotta make a choice right now about heaven or hell.
i don't know which way to go but my conscience serves me well.
i've got a letter right here in my hand.
it's my best friends life. should i do what society
says or should i just do what's right.
one hand in my pocket, one foot out the door.
one arm extended to the waste basket,
one leg to the postman's door.
mississippi jim, can't give the letter to him.
we could float all night to the bayou's green free light.
ohh huck finn, you've got to be true to your best friend.
ohh huck finn, don't succumb to culture's cruel whim.
Ole tom sawyer - well he's a scavenger too.
Maybe I can get him to send a letter to miss watson promptu.
I know what momma always said, like the preacher down on 5th and pine,
 "you've got to do what's right, boy, all of the time,
expecially if it's a crime" - but maybe not this time.
The hand of providence, it is slapping me in the face.
Letting me know that wickedness is watched from heaven's gates.
Ohh huck finn, you've got to pray if you want to win.
Ohh huck finn, guilt on your conscience surely has you pinned.
So I tore up the letter and I mailed it in the trash.
Dear miss watson just didn't pass. My present to jim, he's so faithful and true,
best ole "black folk" that I ever knew!
Ohh huck finn, mississippi jim is your best friend.
Ohh huck finn, the test of friends has met you in the end.
One thing I learned is that "you can't pray a lie", you've got to be true to
your conscience and to the divine in the sky, cause it don't lie.
One man's freedom is another man's fight. If jim ain't free then they've taken
away our rights, and I'm a slave tonight.
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.rebecca    8-20-96
Wondering what i did last night to deserve this pain. Since that woman walked out on me, things just haven't been quite the same. Your true friendship is what I need. You coming around the bend and you takin' a look at me. Well, just come on back girl and I'll do things right. Just like it was before baby every little thing is gonna be alright. It's gonna be alright. Ohh rebecca cole, give me a chance. Ohh rebecca jean, give me another glance of that lovin'. When I would hold you on those Saturday nights, Sunday morning church
folks they would have to wait all night just to see us in the morning light. So come on back rebecca, and every little thing is gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright. Ohh rebecca cole, give me a chance. Ohh rebecca jean, give me another glance of that lovin'. Ohh...when I'm by your side. I think of all those things about you. Ohh...rebecca come and set my heart free. Well I'll come on by girl and I'll take you down, to the coppercino and we can ride all over town, talkin' 'bout the good ole days when we used to be in love. Well those days are back again and I wanna give you all my lovin', baby give me some lovin'.
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me and joe    10-14-93
me and joe down by the river
me and joe down by the sea
me and joe all covered in laughter
me and joe what a sight to see.
me and joe in new orleans
me and joe in santa fe
me and joe ridin' the bus around
me and joe doing what we must.
me and joe and cappacino
me and joe and herbal tea
me and joe down at the bean shop baby
yah, that's where we want to be.
me and joe were full time sinners
me and joe were flat deceived
me and joe had all the answers
me and joe just gotta believe.
me and joe looking for a friend
looking for one who'd be true
me and joe we found jesus
hey friend, how about you?
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to his house for dinner   9-12-96
i was walking down a dusty road in a town off galilee.  a little man up in a tree, he was calling to me.  he said, "hey, hey jesus come over my way.  i've gotta talk to you about life's long highway."  he was a man of stout posture, but he was small in stature.  he was dressed in the best of clothes, a taxgatherer and master.  he didn't hesitate to climb that ole sycamore tree, just to see me walking down that narrow winding street in jericho.
zaccheus was a sinner at heart, making money was his game.  leaving people broke and sold didn't touch his cold black heart.  but when he heard me walking down that dusty lane something touched his heart and he knew things would'nt be the same.  when i saw him his face a glow, he knew that i loved.  i invited myself to his house for a party of love.  i said, "i'm coming over just to be with you, today we are friends," and everybody knew that i loved him.
the religious they all stood around, just talking cheap.  they were grumbling religiously as we began to eat.  saying, "how could he be a guest at a sinner's house, he should be with us in the temple praising god if nothing else."  but i say being with the people is where it's at, they need my love more that that.
we finished the dinner and broke open the wine.  we saved the best for last, just like cana's bride.  i said to zaccheus before we went our way, "the lord has brought to you salvation on this very day."
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at your feet     10-8-98
I will worship at Your feet oh Lord, all my blessed days.
I will worship at your feet oh God, when You lead me to praise.
I will come into your presence, I will bring you gifts from my heart.
Replenish unto me Oh Lord, the beauty of Your grace.
Replenish unto me Oh God, Your redeeming faith.
I see You walking before me, standing strong and bold.
I feel Your warmth beside me, me in Your arms You hold.
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Call Down --> Spontaneous Worship   7-6-98
As I come into Your presence, Oh Lord. Lovingkindness and truth, they dance together.  Righteousness and peace, have embraced with a kiss. Truth springs from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven above. Indeed our Lord will give us what is good, what is true, what is good, what is pure. Lord You are so abundant in mercy. Lord You are abounding in graciousness. And all we can do is call down Your mercy from heaven.
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taste my sweet wine    7-14-95
i've been walking this road for a mile now and i don't see where it might go.  i've been testing these raging waters and i don't know if we're gonna float.  i see that mystic conception within' the father's eye.  i'll plant my vineyard in your heart child until you explode with joy.  regress now, retreat now, regress now, repeat now.
taste my sweet wine.
roll in my arms of love.
take my hand reaching out to you.
go on die and be born again.
i see the garden of zoe soil.  i feel the sensation of your presence within' mine.  come overflow me with respectable touch.  let your gallery be me to show your love and your mercy.  the complications of a possible answer seek to prove my intuition wrong.  a window in gives a view of my desire.  a window out burns with intense fire.
regress now, retreat now, regress now, repeat now.
taste my sweet wine.
roll in my arms of love.
take my hand reaching out to you.
go on die and be born again.
go on die and be born again.
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michigan   8-13-94
fall:
driving down highway 41.  the leaves are falling colors in the sun. i finally have reached the covered road.  looks like i'm gonna put heaven on hold, for sweet michigan.
winter:
icy cold winters on lake michigan.  jack frost is biting i won't let him in.  it snowed so hard that year that the roof caved in.  looks like we're gonna see winter once again, in sweet michigan.
oh michigan, how i love your sweet land.
oh michigan, you know i'm coming back again.
my body cries for the great lakes.
i know that it won't be long, till i see sweet michigan.
spring:
the snow begins to melt down the hillside.
and where it goes i don't know, it just likes to hide.
new life shines forth in the evergreen.
it looks like we're gonna see the promises of spring.
summer:
the sun is shining everywhere around me.
superior's talking like she invites me;
to know her shores and seek her deepest waters.
but the mountains, they are jealous and they beckon me,
from the seas, of sweet michigan.
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DON'T NEED A STONE TEMPLE

Seventh Heaven
I've something to say today because my heart is light and my feet are dancing
and life to me with you is pure bliss!
A silly smile has dug its way into my face and settled to plant itself deep!

-walking hand in hand,
-music flowing through my head,
-laughin', singin', Father's leadin',
One day I was looking for the Lord and I found him 'round a bush.

We were eating pumpkin cookies in the evening, there came a knock at our front
door.  A lady from Arkansas said she was looking for something, and knowing the
Father we let her in.
Now Arkansas has a light to shine.
Sittin' in the second story writin' songs, all about the joy, that's set us free.
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need yur lovin'
Ooh baby, need your lovin'
I said darlin', need your lovin'
Early in the morning baby, just around supper time, need your lovin'

Come on baby, need your lovin'
Come on darlin', give me some lovin'
When I come home at night, and you come running after me,
need your lovin'
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agape   12-20-93
have you ever known what it means to be a giver?
have you ever given from your supply?
now is the time for your light to shine.
the vine is budding new life for you to give.
agape is the season, the festival, the reason
why what is mine, i will share with you.
come in and receive it, the feast is yours believe it
the bread of life, his love has made a way.
come on and lend a helping hand.
the veil is split and agape is in demand.
remember that what you have was not yours to begin with.
so give, give and give a little more.
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don't need a stone temple  (a poem)   12-16-95
who am i to understand the way you touch me with your gentle hand.  arms of
love, a breathe of air, soft fingers running through my hair.  i've seen the sky
open up it's wings and fly, but what i see is a little bit more of.... the
lonely sight of a warm glass of beer, in the hand of a man alone in his fear
(fear, leave that beer alone).  mixed up emotions leave me inside out - shaken
up - laid out flat in a sandbox full of grass.  but your sweet aroma and your
jealous motivation to take captive my imagination in a place of my dreams is
what i need to be at peace and have a conscience that can rest.  i don't need a
stone temple to know that it is you!  i can find my way by a word of truth.
they ask me how i know that i am free.  they don't believe that i am talking to
you, they just think that i am talking to me.  i don't need a stone temple to
know that it is you!  i've seen fear in her eyes and a want to disguise.  with
that tremble in her lip and the anger that wants to spit, in his face, with her
fist in the air.  she's burning bridges in her heart but the evidence is not
there.  we don't need a stone temple to know that it is you!
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Spirit
I see you in the rainbow.
I see you in the sky.
I feel you when the wind blows.
Spirit, it's you who makes me high.
Spirit of God come free me.
Spirit of love bring me peace.
Come let us join together.
Let us become as One, become as One.
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not worthy to untie  (a poem)   5-17-95
i always wonder about my days, by rock, my time, my days.  what picture have i painted that the earth would know the deepest desires of perdition.  who draws life impartially, as a rite, knowing the darkness of others but still moving towards the light?  the turtle always begins the walk from inside his shell, as the devil is the mocker of our every move.  the sky cries and the wind does blow, that the thoughts of hades should soon be over.  the river styx runs deep and wide, and the immortals heel is his rendered pride.  but who would believe that darkness is naked, looking so beautiful, but covered by a blanket?  to the thoughts of man, the gods will bow.  in their creation will they allow.  so what looks as if were near, comes face to face with mind.  the color of the earth and sky, the rain cannot wash away.  i stand in the valley, unclothed by my humanity.  but there is one, and "the thong of His sandal i am not worthy to untie."
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autumn    5-18-95
autumn's from his father's womb
he did trust upon his mother's breasts
but he'll wither, in lonely cold and shame
i see, death in the light
they open their mouths as a ravening lion roars
they pierce the meek leaf, and it lays in the dust of death
autumn, where is your god?
autumn, where is your god? oh, be not far from me.
autumn lay as a ruin king
all creation cries for his throne
pulling, pulling down is the land of ettinsmoor
to the underworld where the sun and the sky are no more
the assembly of man will fear you
dayspring is your new birth and soul
so rise all you underworld to the light....
you will find the road
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Easy Street
I'm telling you I want to drive to the mountains
Jasper, Canmore, Alberta
I need to get some space and set my soul free
Cause you know I've had a lot on my mind
God knows from A to Z
I'm gonna lay myself down in the midst of these giants
And become insignificant again

Cause life ain't no easy street
Life ain't no smoking weed
Life ain't always what it seems to me

Gonna dip down - down in a mountain lake
And let cool water rush over me
Gonna take up space in this emerald vision
Gonna let God recreate
I went down the mountain to the sweet valley
I said I'm gonna meet me some peace and love
I laid my head down in the grass
Gonna fly with the eagles once again
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forty seven    12-16-94
(a combination of ezekiel ch. 47 and lord of the rings trilogy)
as we walk through the garden
we remember the times that were forgotten
open your eyes, behold the rising sun
look to the east, from there you must believe
looking out from atop the highest mountain
i see the dawn of the new day arising
looking back over across my shoulder
i see a horse and upon him his rider,
black as the night
my spirit begins to fly into the city,
and into the river of life
i was standing on the river bank
with water rising up over my head
when the ring master, he captured me
now i can see the key
to the door
that held me in by the walls of my skin
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we bid you goodnight
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest.
Won't you lay your head, upon your savior's breast.
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best.
And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.  (2x)

Walkin' in Jerusalem just like john
(goodnight, goodnight)
I remember right well, I remember right well
(goodnight, goodnight)
Lordy overflow my cup
(goodnight, goodnight)
And the "A" resurrection arose
(goodnight, goodnight)
And the "B" for the beast at the end of the woods
(goodnight, goodnight)
If we'd leave all the children it would not be good
(goodnight, goodnight)
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like John
(goodnight, goodnight)
Walkin' through the valley of the shadow of death
(goodnight, goodnight, goodnight)

Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest.  Won't you lay your head
upon your savior's breast.  I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best, and we
bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.  (2x)
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(a poem)    6-2-95
i grew with the grass as he fed his beloved.  i lapped as a dog before the dish of desire in the absence of his presence.  feeling his love (naked), has bought my gold, my serenity.
vanishing is the price of my name, never to be seen again through the red crimson flow.  whirlwind, whirlwind, whirlwind.  be still as the light brings forth rings of smoke in my soul.
i felt the feathers of the moon caressing my heart to the beat of this song.  dancing in my arms was the smell of mercy, and i saw the soft, warm, sunday morning shine.
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(a poem)    4-16-96
tie-dyed quicksand has you lost at sea
the weather man's reporting, the harbors
not fit for you and me.
six string guitar is the man with the overcoat
not saying a word but betting all he's got on me.
one more time you say
but how do you know that's ok
rolling the dice of life on more time.
sleezy jane is going all insane
having trouble with her pants
can't seem to keep them up.
there is a life worth living
it borders on the edge of where the water meets the air
step on over and leave your fears
come on in and begin to put away those dark and shameful deeds that wrestle you down
they'll just try to keep you from hanging around.
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aubra jam    2-6-99
he is the lord;  the lord god most high.
he is the lord who reigns on high.
he is the king;  the king of all saints.
he is the king who reigns on high.
so let us worship him, and come to him with
thanksgiving in our hearts.
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virgil lee    6-12-95
freight train gonna ride a many mile down a rode to memphis on a midnight run.  i see my friends without a nickle to spare and a cup of whiskey to freeze the chilly air.  so i'll hop on board for another miracle ride.  salvations in the air but i ain't got no shoes to wear.
there is no longer anyone at home.
my families died and left me all alone.
Lord be my guide and hold me to your side.
i've been ridin' the midwest rail now for 30 years, not a days gone by where i forgot to chalk my time, ridin' the mississippi line north to south.  livin' this old life you can never retire.  no one to love and no warmth but a cold cold fire.
piece by piece my life fits together.
rail by rail the miles i will ride.
carrying in my satchel, not seeing but believing.
my daddy he called me virgil lee from west tennessee by the arkansas line.  me and my family we grew up on the run from tent revivals to government funds.  poor as poor can be we had to make ends meet.  so me and pop took the railroad ride, railroad ride.
i'm prepared to clock out soon, seeing as the lord jesus gonna call me home.  my friends they have heard the news and one day i hope to see them too.  so i'll hop on board for an eternal soiree.  live in joy and peace with a place to lay my head, my weary head.
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spinning wheel   12-18-94
i see you spinning wheel all around my face.
always looking for that universal embrace.
you never seem able to love;
even though you want to, that's not enough.
backed up in a corner, no where to run.
you've been hiding all these years,
through the fears and through the tears.
but it's time reality gets a hold on you.
peace, peace to you my friend.
peace, peace to you my friend.
i've watched you from a distance,
but you want to be close to me.
but i say i've tried, and your eyes are blinded
by all your freaky dreams.
i just want to love you, put my arms around you,
set you free.
but you put on a show, can't let anybody know,
what you feel inside.
peace, peace to you my friend.
peace, peace to you my friend.
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(thoughts)    9-3-96
i see you in the darkness and i see you in the light.  sometimes i wonder if everything is gonna be alright.  when i hear you whisper gently, speaking through my head, ecstasy is my answer and i won't stop until i'm dead.  i just want to see that light shining up ahead.  if i use my tunnel vision i'm already dead!  so come on guitar man and play a tune for me, take me back to binghampton, a place that i could be soon.  but i'll see.  you tell me.
it's the fourth inning of the second day, when i began to write because i could not keep you away.  but my mind travels far away to places that i've never seen, i've only dreamed that you and me would walk along a dusty street of precious rock and you'd carry my coat two miles and we would talk of swimming 1/4 miles to a sandy treat.  but i'll see.  you tell me.
people always ask me what will happen when the bottom breaks.  i just give them a little sigh and tell them it has already dropped and thin air stands between them and grace's airfare.  there is no easy way about it.  many questions in my mind, but the world has lost it's love and there are many people who have yet to find - a way to a peace of mind beyond the walls of their selfish worlds.
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a shortcut (a poem)   4-10-96
i like to take it in the morning
after breakfast
i have my choices you know,
it's not a golden pathway
it's not a stoned cut way
the enterance stands very low
it doesn't seem appealling to the eye
at first glance, it makes me think of a spider