This is my last defense.

Little Life

When all of this
Makes the news
Will they remember to tell it right
Or will devils make off in the night
Can you tell me why
I got so high as

As she lays in bed
In her piece of ground
Will they remember how
Blessed soul
Or just that she lost all control
Can you tell me why she had to die alone

And people wake up
People get moving
There’s a life waiting here
Get up
People start doing
There’s a life waiting here

When all our time
Spent away
We remember the loves of our past
Or just that love never lasts
Can you tell me why
This little life goes so fast

Out Of Time

Where’s the love song?
To set us free
Too many people down
Everything turning the wrong way around
And I don’t know what love will be
But if we start dreaming now
Lord knows we’ll never leave the clouds

And you’ve been so busy lately
that you haven’t found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning gently out of time

Feel the sunshine on your face
It’s in a computer now
Gone are the future, way out in space

Tell me I’m not dreaming but are we out of time?
(We’re) out of time

Poem for a Little Lady

She’s young and soft and kind
And she deserves a whole lot better
than a guitar picking drifter
who never gave a damn.

And if loving me is all
she ever wants some gonna let her
And I’ve tried to be kind of man
She thinks I am.

She makes those little kitten sounds
and ( that ) trembles when I love her
she makes me feel so bad and strong in me
She whispers how she can not wait
to be my baby’s mother
She’s the only glimpse of God
I’ve ever seen.

Her mama sure had warned her
Never take out with a poet
For poets travel rocky roads
In search of truth and life.

I’m the only blemish on
Her virgin soul but she don’t know it
and I thank the Lord she’s lying gentle
by my side tonight.

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

I thank god she’s lying gentle, by my side tonight

An Olive Grove Facing The Sea

Sworn to secrecy I might go after school
She was an angel I saw her swimming there
I am in such a mess I can’t cope without this
She just teases me pretends she can’t see me here

So let me go out there
I can breathe fresh air
Stay with you all night
Just let me love you
Just for a while want to
Be with you all night
Be with you all night

Until I fall asleep
Just let me be here
I won’t tell anyone

Don’t want to wake up

The blind lead the blind so why can’t I find my way
This could be heaven but I don’t know where I am
I am too scared to come out from behind here
My body is aching it feels like it’s wearing me

You oughta know

I went to your house
I walked up the stairs
I opened your door without ringing the bell
I walked down the hall
Into your room
Where I could smell you, and
I shouldn’t be here
without permission
I shouldn’t be here
Would you forgive me love
If I danced in your shower
Would you forgive me love
If I laid in your bed
Would you forgive me love
If I stayed all afternoon
I took off my clothes
Put on your robe
I went through your drawers, and
I found your cologne
Went down to the den
Found your CDs, and
I played your JOANIE and
I shouldn’t stay long
You might be home soon
I shouldnt stay long
Would you forgive me love
If I danced in your shower
Would you forgive me love
If I laid in your bed
Would you forgive me love
If I stayed all afternoon
I burned your incense, and
I ran a bath
I noticed a letter
That sat on your desk
It said
“Hello love, I love you so,love
Meet me at midnight”,and no
It wasn’t my writing
I better go soon
It wasn’t my writting
So forgive me love
If I cry in your shower
So forgive me love
For the salt in your bed
So forgive me love
If I cry all afternoon

Human Nature

Looking out across the night-time
The city winks a sleepless eye
Hear her voice shake my window
Sweet seducing sighs

Get me out into the night-time
Four walls won’t hold me tonight
If this town is just an apple
Then let me take a bite

If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?

Reaching out to touch a stranger
Electric eyes are everywhere
See that girl, she knows I’m watching
She likes the way I stare

If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
I like livin’ this way, I like lovin’ this way

Looking out across the morning
The city’s heart begins to beat
Reaching out, I touch her shoulder
I’m dreaming of the street

If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Ooh, tell ‘em
Why, why does he do me that way?

If they say, why, why? Cha cha cha
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say why, why, why? Ooh, tell ‘em
Why, why does he do me that way?

If they say, why, why? Ooh, tell ‘em
Why, why does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Da da da
Why, why does he do me that way?
I like livin’ this way

Why didn’t I hear of this song while he was still alive?

All Or Nothing At All

All or nothin’ at all
Half a love never appealed to me
If your heart, it never could yield to me
Then I’d rather, rather have nothin’ at all

I said all, nothin’ at all
If it’s love, there ain’t no in-between
Why begin then cry for somethin’ that might have been
No I’d rather, rather have nothin’ at all

Hey, please don’t bring your lips close to my cheek
Don’t you smile or I’ll be lost beyond recall
The kiss in your eyes, the touch of your hand makes me weak
And my heart, it may grow very dizzy and fall

And if I fell under the spell of your call
I would be, be caught in the undertow
Well, you see, I’ve got to say “No, no, no”
All or nothin’ at all

And if I fell, fell under the spell of your call
Don’t you know I would be caught in the undertow?
So, you see, I just got to say “No, no”
All or nothin’ at all

All or nothin’ at all

The Funeral

I’m coming up only to hold you under
I’m coming up only to show you wrong
And to know you is hard and we wonder
To know you all wrong, we were

Really too late to call, so we wait for
Morning to wake you; it’s all we got
To know me as hardly golden
Is to know me all wrong, they were

At every occasion I’ll be ready for a funeral
At every occasion once more is called a funeral
Every occasion I’m ready for the funeral
At every occasion one brilliant day funeral

I’m coming up only to show you down for
I’m coming up only to show you wrong
To the outside, the dead leaves, they all blow (alive is very poetic)
For’e (before) they died had trees to hang their hope

At every occasion I’ll be ready for the funeral
At every occasion once more is called the funeral
At every occasion I’m ready for the funeral
At every occasion one brilliant day funeral

Come Up

What did you mean
‘there’s too many angels here’
is it the sweet ones that keep you here
or did you mean that everyone you love
is already gone, too early
whatever you mean
I came to mine and realized
that it’s all fake
but I love to dream
and to feel everything
come up, come up
it’s so hard to love when you know how it goes
come up, come up
waves of pleasure waves of control
and the waves run their course
turn into foam
they start with a roar and then it’s back home
come up
it’s at the shows
I feel so alive
and otherwise
there’s a craving so bright
well my friend with not many words
but it’s just as well cause what are they for
you see through me you make me quiet
you know all the words so why should I hide it
when love starts up
you can’t escape
you run and you hide
duck under the waves
come up, come up
and when you do it’s there to greet you
come up, come up
water and sand and fish all around you
come up