Some people in the world today
Lead lives like beggars locked outside the door
They got the keyring in their pocket
But they cannot remember what it’s for
The Kingdom of God
Is a fortress built from broken bricks
The rough edges squared
Mortared in place straight and true
Archive for the ‘Song Lyrics’ Category
Song Lyric: Kingdom of God
Friday, March 20th, 2009Song Lyric: Beer & Cigarettes
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Drinkin beer and smokin cigarettes
Lookin at the programs on TV
Fill my mind with chemicals and empty dialog
Make it numb so I can find some peace
Don’t have time to find out what the government
Announced to us today
Not exactly happy with the way the world is run
But don’t think I’m informed enough to say
Song Lyric: Epiphany
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009High in the night
Shining like a pearl
The supernatural beacon beckoned all the world
Some looked in awe
And then went on their way
A few men listened, and the star was heard to say:
Song Lyric: Cold Light Of Day
Saturday, March 14th, 2009So many astronauts
Wait until darkness
Before they fly to the stars
Desire is a knife that’s both pointed and sharp
We should know — we both bear the scars
And the poets burn that midnight oil
They struggle and toil
Crafting the words that they say
All my words are struggling too
But I bring them to you
In the cold light of day
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009Isn’t it funny,
What we say when we’re not thinking?
What words we rattle off,
With our eyes hardly blinking?
Just like that time,
I said “I miss you,”
Instead of goodbye,
Goodbye.
Song Lyric: 14 East
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Alvin used the phrase “two-lane blacktop” in his last post, and it reminded me of this song I wrote in 1984…
Two-lane blacktop undivided highway
Runnin on next to the long-distance power lines
You got the long straight stretches with the skidmarks on the corners
I got a hundred miles to go and I’m runnin behind
You got the fence posts diggin in, leanin in every direction
You got a picture postcard in a hundred shades of brown
You got the water on the road but you know it’s just an
empty reflection
I got a woman waitin in a little desert town
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