November 20, 2002

The day was mine
To cherish forever
The day was mine
To Love
The day was mine
To do what I wanted
She was all I could
Think of

Loved so much being inside
That I was reluctant to step out
And see the way I was, the way we were

My friend, my confidant
Forgive me
I'm a selfish fool in love
I don't know why
I did not think I did not care
How I behaved when you were there
And now I can't stand this regret
Inside my mind
Forgive me


"The day I made Lauren and Bill uncomfortable"

Nov 17, 2002

Purity Ring

With this kiss on your lips I promise
Before God and before you my love
I will serve you be pure and honest
With the strength that comes from above

With this kiss I confirm that I love you
With this kiss I declare I'll be bold
And I will cherish and honor
This ring on your hand 'til
I replace it with a band of gold

With this kiss on your lips we're reminded
Of what our Father has called us to be
Though desire in our hearts
Can make us blinded
With this kiss we will walk in purity

Nov 15, 2002

More

When your blue eyes melt into mine
I hold your hand, lose track of time
I hear your soft voice, see your long hair,
The way that you return my stare
I swear - I couldn't ask for more

As I watch you drink your tea
I see your warm eyes smiling back at me
I hear your soft voice, see your long hair
I get all tonguetied but you don't care
I swear - I couldn't ask for more

So unexpected, so undeserved
I got so much to say but a loss for words
So I just look in your eyes and I sigh so deep
I've never been so glad to be losing sleep
How could I ask for more

How perfect it all seems
As I close my eyes and welcome my dreams
I hear your soft voice, touch your long hair
And then you tell me that you hunt bear
I swear - I couldn't ask for more

"I wrote this song for Teofelia and sang it to her at her house.
She fell in love with me, then dumped me on Valentine's day.
It hurt for about 5 minutes, but then it was just funny."

November 2, 2002

Vaguely familiar these suspect
vixen eyes blur having nothing so they
believe on which to gaze. Thirteen minutes
of disquiet and transition, as they wait
for the demise of contestant number one.
Hardly one to primp and preen this would-be
of the ragged veil of aging, with the weight of
the years resting gently on her brow, she
mills about and about with purpose.
With a vague wonder and subtle disappointment
the ritual commences. Everything in place, if it
has one, shown to be less specific than one
might have though, the shadows betray
traces of ugliness, and we are less
than disappointed


"Fire and Water, before it closed"

November 2, 2002

Are you happy now I called you.
Am I still lacking as a friend?
I let you moan and heard your story
From the start until the drawn-out end.

Am I back in your good graces
Like it matters if I am
Hold your comments and your faces
Save them for your bathroom miror

Not sure why I give a care
You're more effort than you're worth
But I do and that's the scary part
When you're rude it kinda hurts.


"Rachel"

November 2, 2002

All that glitters

Threw my nickel in the fountain
Never thought I'd get my wish
Since it hasn't worked the last sixty eight times
Could it be that my persistence has paid off?
This aint the first time
that I've thought it
Only fool's gold
but I bought it
All that glitters
in that fountain
All that glitters
is not you

November 2002

This chicken dance we walk through
Every time, the steps the same
More or less I've heard it all before
Will you get it when the song ends

Preaching to the stupid masses
So frustrated just to speak
A word of knowledge, words of wisdom
Wishing always to cast this ballast overboard

There's so much I have to teach you
How can I impart truth to liars
To the wretching angry child
I bring you a meal fit for a king

Some take it in; choose to thrive
on understanding your own world
Just don't look at me like that
And tell me I haven't taught you.