January 2011
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For Pap
Time’s a road we all travel With the same destination Some reach it without warning And many without salvation I’d ridden along with you But not as often as I’d wish And I’d love one more trip Even if it’s just to go fish Up at the crack of dawn You’d already have your plans Making sure they were met With your strong and sturdy hands You knew wrong from right...
June 2010
3 posts
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The Wind and The Rain
Lyrics I Wrote to a Song by my Rock and Roll Band; Sons of Our Fathers
Thunder echoes across the hills Chimes warble in the wind Dark night lit up by a crack of lightning Branches they crack and bend While safe inside we watch through the window Telling stories ‘bout days gone by And I’m loving every thing you do Each word, every laugh and sigh I know you’ve got your...
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Back to The Source
Lyrics I Wrote to a Song by my Rock and Roll Band; Sons of Our Fathers
Give me a secret to keep I’ll stay mum and let it grow
Tether and bond all you like
Soon signs will start to show Show me the way to your heart But I’ll chart a different course Find my path there in the end Take you back to the source It’s a great day to begin again Just like we’ve never met ...
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Sons of Our Fathers
Lyrics I Wrote to a Song by my Rock and Roll Band; Sons of Our Fathers
Dance with me through the last starlight Before the day breaks to the sound of People stirring to lay waste to their dreams Wander with with me, wonder what it all means
As Christs blood spilled would He know That so many would forget His gift Yet it flows through to this day Come up through as I pray
Laying pen to...
May 2010
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The Heartland Hero
Rising bright and early just to race the dawn Testing his strength just to say he’s that strong Braving torrid summers and ice cold winters Time-torched hands and metal splinters Just another part of that big machine But his crooked smile still has a sheen That says he’s fine with just where he stays And that’s where he will be until the end of days The young ones come and...
March 2010
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Ode To My Grandparents
It’s been some time since I’ve seen you I know you watch over me every day It seems my whole world’s come apart Since you’ve went away But I know it’s for the better I can’t question how or why I can still make you proud All you asked is that I try And I will still wear your quilt No matter how old I grow I will always think of you When I see...
“When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.”
– ~ Italian proverb
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February 2010
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January 2010
12 posts
100 Random Facts and Memories
1. My earliest memory is of my mom pushing me in a little yellow bucket swing on a bright spring day in my backyard, singing my “ABC”s with me and counting.
2. The first birthday I can remember is my 4th birthday. I received a monster truck board game.
3. I was obsessed with dinosaurs from birth, practically, until about the age of 10.
4. I owned literally every action figure from the first...
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Let This Love Glimmer
Read between the lines You’ll be sure to see your reflection Listen to the silence in my song That’s the sound of your rejection Try to block out your memories I’ll just keep coming back through Even in an abstract dimension I’ll find my way back to you We’ve been apart for awhile now Barely seen you nor heard your voice I’ve been missing you more than...
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Burned Bridges
I always have this vision of who I want to be And I try to fulfill my expectations But often I come up far too short And I put my goals out to sea
I always have this dream I want to come true It comes to me in the night But as I’m forced into the prison of reality The spectrum’s colors all turn blue
It’s a common occurence these days For me to to drop the ball And all the metaphors I write...
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6:43 PM Is Too Early To Be Lonely
Tied down chained up Refusing to budge Friends are letting go Hard not to hold a grudge Mind made up Praying for that chance to fly I’m a lonely man Too fed up to lie No refuge to be found Stuck in place for days Life’s gotten ahead of me I sure hope patience pays Biding my time with music Trying new food and drink Taking walks and making talk Too much time to think ...
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South Carolina Sunrise
I’d go about my day as always Come home a life past death Lay my head down to rest And pray for my last breath I’d live my life like clockwork What comes already came before I’d be well off sleeping on a bed Well off sleeping on a floor ‘Til days started to come and go That I’d actually want to see Something to look forward to I found sweet love’s...
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We Can't Be Tailors
New years’ blue moon shrouded by a wreath of white White flag flown high for I have no will to fight This will long gone, I know naught what to do Icy wind licking me, fingers slowly turning blue Concrete jungle native man will never understand The ins and the outs of Gods’ ever-changing plan Every person that we know is a piece, is a pawn Discarded easily even yet as we grow...
December 2009
12 posts
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False Hope (Song of Mead City)
So I find myself back right where I began Fallen behind all the others who ran Surrounded by places that are too familiar Ash-covered roads lined with broken mirrors
You can do anything that you dream At least that’s how they make it seem But I’m caught in Hell right when it gets hotter Stuck here in this forsaken backwater
Oh, what a wonderful world It’s just too bad I can’t see it Yes, ’tis a...
All I Want is to Watch People Succeed...
thisisnotjon:
Nowadays, it seems like unhappy endings are everywhere. People are losing their homes, going bankrupt, divorcing. It seems like everyday more and more people are losing hope, putting aside their dreams so that they can focus on surviving.
It makes one want to lose hope.
So when I see someone start a blog, or write a book, or start a band, it fills me with pride; To see them...
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We're All Flawed
Look down your nose at me if you dare My will and words will lay you bare I defy those who tell me to stay hush You may have pull, but I have push Hittin’ it lucky can make you for life Then others are dogs who die in strife I’m straddling what’s in between Writing the song of souls unseen You stand atop a pedestal you built yourself A beautiful ogre, an impeccable fraud...
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Try to Smile
As the smoke collects against the stained sky I look to the trees through drained eyes I realize that life can’t be faked But it’s damn easy to forsake
We all have something others would die for Let alone cheat, steal, and lie for In our desire for more we tend to lose sight Of the things we need to hold tight
In this small town Where we were all born We could fall down Or stand to...
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You Never Hear The Sound That Wakes You
Traveling through time and space Wandering about with no set pace Not running, for there’s no race These were the early days When inside me something stirred I wiped away the blur I was unaware of the dirt That had gathered on my shirt Is it too late to change? Have too many already seen? Have I really ever felt pain? Is this how it’s always been? Now I can hear them calling...
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No Worries at All
The streetlights shine in the distance, a cloak of light Shielding the city from the darkness of outer plight Visible from valley and dale, meadow and hill A land of chaos but yet time stands still Beckoning for all to come from far and wide Losers and loners coming like waves on the tide Searching for solace in the comfort of the limits Not caring for the outside just as long as they ain’t...
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Night of Living (Town of the Dead)
The day is dimming down as the Ohio night comes alive And the boys try to look as tough as the muscle cars they drive Together we speed the beat of the street pulse down to the market square Where girls with chill intentions await us with flowers in their hair The night becomes a blur as it all happens much too fast I hold onto each moment a little too long as it slips into the past I cry out a...
October 2009
3 posts
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