| Please
Take Your Time
Please take
your time
Please take your time
I will be fine
I’ll be just fine
Do what
you need to do
I’ll still be here for you
Patience,
my love
You’ll rise above
The hurt and the pain
For you’re not to blame
You’ll
need some time
To make up your mind
The least I can do
Is give that to you
If you decide
to leave
Promise me you won’t grieve
For a love that has gone astray
Of course, you could choose to stay…
Please take
your time
Please take your time
Grumpy
Man Blues
One
day someone said to me
“Your songs are all so sad
Consider it objectively
It can’t be all that bad
Look at your life, look at your wife
You’ve really got it made”
The comments got me thinking about
The way we are portrayed
All the
songs I write are
By way of apology
For I am not the man I think
I really ought to be
The verse is terse, the chorus worse
In each and every song
And all the words obsess about
Relationships going wrong
Small talk
isn’t my forte
Of that there is no doubt
I have such strong opinions
I just have to let them out
I’m drawn to matters dark as pitch
It’s just the way I am
Behind my back my friends all bitch
That I’m such a miserable man
The songs
I write might focus on
My natural self doubt
They don’t reflect reality
That’s not what they’re about
All the songs I write for you
Are to apologise
But I can let it all go when
I see the love in your eyes
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Learning
to Pray Again
These are things you notice
When you’re not down any more
I was locked inside myself
And you opened up the door
Let me in the garden
Your body is the key
All the world has meaning
Now you’ve taught me to be free
I saw TV full of guns
Papers filled with crime
Now you’ve shown me other news
I am making up for lost time
Body full of alcohol
Head full of screams
Now I’m learning how to live
By walking in your dreams
Everything you touched today
Has turned into a shrine
The cutlery you handled
In a world that’s yours and mine
I bless every telephone
That rings to bring you near
We exist in harmony
The music of the spheres
And I’m learning to pray again…
Sunbeam
I wouldn’t want to see you to cry
That’s something I don’t wanna do
I wouldn’t want to hear you weep
That’s something I don’t wanna do
Be my happy valentine
And some day we will pull it through – that’s all
I wouldn’t want to see you sigh
That’s something I don’t wanna do
I wouldn’t want to be resigned
That’s something I don’t wanna do
Be my happy paradigm
And someday I’ll be good to you – it’s all
Too much to take
Leave my sunbeam where I
Leave my sunbeam where I need it
Leave my sunbeam where my heart decides
To leave it lying
I wouldn’t want to waste your time
That’s something I don’t wanna do
I wouldn’t want it incomplete
That’s something I don’t wanna do
Be my joy personified
And someday we can pull it through – that’s all
I wouldn’t be without these eyes
That’s something I don’t wanna do
I wouldn’t dare incur your ire
That’s something I don’t wanna do
Suffer in a stupid lie
I know you must have pulled us through -it’s all
Too much to take
Leave my sunbeam where I
Leave my sunbeam where I need it
Leave my sunbeam where my heart decides
To leave it lying
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