Me Being Me: 2023

Sunday, November 5, 2023

When Love Finds You

Love sure is something no one can explainIt can bring you such joy, it can bring you painAnd with every emotion that love puts us throughThere's nothing you can say when love finds you

Love is the power that makes your heart beatIt can make you move mountains, make you drop to your kneesWhen it finally hits you, you won't know what to doThere's nothing you can say when love finds you

Give it all you can give it when your love comes aroundIf you put your heart in it, then it won't let you downYou'll find out it's trueBaby, someday when love finds you

And when you least expect itIt'll finally come trueThere's nothing you can sayWhen love finds you

Give it all you can give it when your love comes aroundIf you put your heart in it then it won't let you downYou'll find out it's trueI promise you soonBaby, someday when love finds youYou'll find out it's trueBaby, someday when love finds you

Friday, November 3, 2023

If Texas Had a Heart

We really had a good thing going
But I wasn't satisfied
I watched the tumble weeds keep blowing
To different dust across state lines
The gates were open, I did what I did
But I keep on wondering what if

If Texas had arms they would've pulled me in close
And if it had a voice it would've said "Please, don't go"
If Texas had a smile it would shine big and bright
Like a lonestar pointing me home in the middle of the night
If Texas was jealous it wouldn't like Tennessee
But if Texas had a heart, then Texas wouldn't ever let me leave

It would've shut the highway down
Took the air out my tires
Would've made me step on out
To stop and smell the wildflowers
Would've tried to slow me down just for a minute
And painted the sky one more time to keep me in it

If Texas had arms they would've pulled me in close
And if it had a voice it would've said "Please, don't go"
If Texas had a smile it would shine big and bright
Like a lonestar pointing me home in the middle of the night
If Texas was jealous it wouldn't like Tennessee
But if Texas had a heart, then Texas wouldn't ever let me leave

If Texas had arms they would've pulled me in close
And if it had a voice it would've said "Please, don't go"
If Texas had a smile it would shine big and bright
Like a lonestar pointing me home in the middle of the night
If Texas was jealous it wouldn't like Tennessee
But if Texas had a heart, then Texas wouldn't ever let me leave

Thursday, September 14, 2023

You Were Never Mine

I saw someone again today who remembered me and youThey asked all the same old questions, I gave the same excuseThey said, "What a shame, what a shame, to lose a love so fine"But I never lost you, I never really lost youI never lost you, you were never mineI kept on believing what I wanted to believeThe unspoken promises that you could never keepBut it's a sin, oh, it's a sin to tell yourself a lieI never lost you, I never lost youI never lost you, you were never mineDid you give me all that you gave me just because, cause I needed youBut when I needed, all your love completely was it more, more than you could do?Sometimes deep in the night when I hold you in my dreamsI get lost in your loving touch, baby, I can't believe how real it seemsAnd I know, Lord I know, I'll have you till the end of time'Cause I never lost you, I never lost youI never lost you 'cause you were never mineI never lost you, I never really lost youHow could I lose you? Cause you were never mine

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

In Your Love

I will wait for you'Til the sun turns into ashesAnd bows down to the moonI will wait for you

It's a long, hard warOh, but I can grin and bear it'Cause I know what the hell I'm fighting forAnd I will wait for you

We were never made to run foreverWe were just meant to go long enoughTo find what we were chasin' afterI believe I found it here in your love

I will stand my groundI'm a bad man looking for takersYou're the finest thing aroundSo I will stand my ground

'Cause it's cold out thereAnd you know some men search for agesFor the love that I have foundSo I will stand my ground

We were never made to run foreverWe were just meant to go long enoughTo find what we were chasin' afterI believe I found it here in your love

Honey, I will wait for youHoney, I will stand my ground

I will work for you'Til my hands are tired and bleedin'I know what it is from us I'm needin'I will work for you

Like a team of mulesPulling hell off from its hingesIt's for love that I'll keep tendin'I will work for you

We were never made to run foreverWe were just meant to go long enoughTo find what we were chasin' afterI believe I found it here in your love

Honey, I will wait for youHoney, I will stand my groundI will work for youI will stand my ground

Friday, July 7, 2023

I Miss My Friend

I miss the look of surrender in your eyesThe way your soft brown hair would fallI miss the power of your kiss when we made loveOh but baby most of all

I miss my friendThe one my heart and soul confided inThe one I felt the safest withThe one who knew just what to say to make me laugh againAnd let the light back inI miss my friend

I miss the colors that you brought into my lifeYour golden smile, those blue-green eyesI miss your gentle voice in lonely times like nowSaying it'll be alright

I miss my friendThe one my heart and soul confided inThe one I felt the safest withThe one who knew just what to say to make me laugh againAnd let the light back inI miss my friend

I miss those timesI miss those nightsI even miss our silly fightsThe making upThe morning talksAnd those late afternoon walksI miss my friend

The one my heart and soul confided inThe one I felt the safest withThe one who knew just what to say to make me laugh againAnd let the light back inI miss my friend

I miss my friend

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Believe in Me

If I could ever say it right
And reach your hostage heart
Despite the doubts you
harbor then you might
Come to believe in me.

The life I lead is not the kind
That gives a woman peace of mind
I only hope someday you'll find
That you can believe in me.

Those other loves that came before
Mean nothing to me anymore
But you can never be quite sure
And will not believe in me.

Too many hearts have been broken

Failing to trust what they feel
But trust isn't something that's spoken
And love's never wrong when it's real.

If I could only do one thing
Then I would try to write and sing
A song that ends your questioning
And makes you believe in me.

Too many hearts have been broken
Failing to trust what they feel
But trust isn't something that's spoken
And love's never wrong when it's real.

If I could only do one thing
Then I would try to write and sing
A song that ends your questioning
And makes you believe in me
makes you believe in me.
Oh, you can believe in me.

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Whenever You Come Around

The face of an angel, pretty eyes that shineI lie awake at night wishing you were mineI'm standin' here holding the biggest heartache in townWhenever you come around

I get weak in the knees and I lose my breathOh I try to speak but the words won't come I'm so scared to deathAnd when you smile that smile, the world turns upside down

Whenever you come around

I feel so helpless I feel just like a kidWhat is it about you that makes me keep my feelings hidI wish I could tell you, but the words can't be foundWhenever you come around

I get weak in the knees and I lose my breathOh I try to speak but the words won't come I'm so scared to deathAnd when you smile that smile, the world turns upside down

Whenever you come around

I get weak in the knees and I lose my breathOh I try to speak but the words won't come I'm so scared to deathAnd when you smile that smile, the world turns upside down

Whenever you come around

And when you smile that smileThe world turns upside down

Whenever you come around

You'll Be In My Heart

Come stop your cryingIt will be alrightJust take my handHold it tightI will protect youFrom all around youI will be hereDon't you cry

For one so smallYou seem so strongMy arms will hold youKeep you safe and warmThis bond between usCan't be brokenI will be here don't you cry

'Cause you'll be in my heartYes, you'll be in my heartFrom this day onNow and forever more

You'll be in my heartNo matter what they sayYou'll be here in my heartAlways

Always

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

This time

Ran into you yesterdayMemories rushed through my brainIt's starting to hit meNow you're not with meI realize I made a mistakeI thought that I needed some spaceBut I just let love go to wasteIt's so crystal clear nowThat I need you here nowI gotta get you back today

This time I want it allThis time I want it allShowing you all the cardsGiving you all my heartThis time I'll take the chanceThis time I'll be your manI can be all you needThis time it's all of me

I hit the bar every nightLooking to score a good timeIt's not like I planned itLeft empty handed'Cause I'm still alone in my mindNow what will it take to feel rightCan I come see you tonightIs there someone new nowWhat can I do now'Cause I need you back by my side

This time I want it allThis time I want it allShowing you all the cardsGiving you all my heartThis time I'll take the chanceThis time I'll be your manI can be all you needThis time it's all of me

Last time I wasn't sureThis time I will give you moreI'm more matureI'll show youLast time I didn't knowI messed up let her let you goI need you, don't say no

Laying alone in this roomAll that is missing is youPick up the phoneWon't you come home

This time I want it allThis time I want it allI' m showing you all the cardsGiving you all my heartThis time I'll take the chanceThis time I'll be your manI can be all you needThis time it's all of meAll of me

I Want You

Anytime I need to see your face, I just close my eyesAnd I am taken to a place where your crystal mindAnd magenta feelings take up shelter in the base of my spineSweet like a chic-a-cherry cola

I don't need to try to explain, I just hold on tightAnd if it happens again, I might move so slightlyTo the arms and the lips and the face of the human cannonballThat I need to, I want to

Well, come stand a little bit closerBreathe in and get a bit higherYou'll never know what hit youWhen I get to you

Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I'd die to find outOoh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I would die to find out

I'm the kind of person who endorses a deep commitmentGetting comfy, getting perfect is what I live forBut a look, then a smell of perfumeIt's like I'm down on the floor and I don't know what I'm in for

Conversation has a time and placeIn the interaction of a lover and a mateBut the time of talking, using symbols, using wordsCan be likened to a deep sea diverWho is swimming with a raincoat

Well, come stand a little bit closerBreathe in and get a bit higherYou'll never know what hit youWhen I get to you

Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I'd die to find outOoh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I would die to find out

ya, ya(Ooh, ah) ya, ya

Anytime I need to see your face, I just close my eyesAnd I am taken to a place where your crystal mindAnd magenta feelings take up shelter in the base of my spineSweet like a chic-a-cherry cola

I don't need to try to explain, I just hold on tightAnd if it happens again, I might move so slightlyTo the arms and the lips and the face of the human cannonballThat I need to, I want to

Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I'd die to find outOoh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I would die to find out (so can we find out?)

Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I'd die to find outOoh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I would die to find out

Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, butOoh, I'd die to find out (I'd die to find out)Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but (oh, why can't we find out?)Ooh, I would die to find out

Monday, May 29, 2023

One More Try

I've had enough of dangerAnd people on the streetsI'm looking out for angelsJust trying to find some peaceNow I think it's timeThat you let me knowSo if you love meSay you love meBut if you don'tJust let me go

'Cause teacherThere are things that I don't want to learnAnd the last one I hadMade me crySo I don't want to learn toHold you, touch youThink that you're mineBecause there ain't no joyFor an uptown boyWhose teacher has told him goodbyeGoodbyeGoodbye

When you were just a strangerAnd I was at your feetI didn't feel the dangerNow I feel the heatThat look in your eyesTelling me noSo you think that you love meKnow that you need meI wrote the song, I know it's wrongJust let me go

And teacherThere are thingsThat I don't want to learnOh, the last one I hadMade me crySo I don't want to learn toHold you, touch youThink that you're mineBecause there ain't no joyFor an uptown boyWhose teacher has told him goodbyeGoodbyeGoodbye

So when you say that you need meThat you'll never leave meI know you're wrong, you're not that strongLet me go

And teacherThere are thingsThat I still have to learnBut the one thing I have is my prideOh, so I don't want to learn toHold you, touch youThink that you're mineBecause there ain't no joyFor an uptown boyWho just isn't willing to tryI'm so coldInsideMaybe just one more try

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Who Am I to Stand in Your Way

Forgive me
I may have said things
That aren't exactly
The way that I feel

I told you I'd be strong
I said that I've moved on
But it doesn't take long
To realize

That I'm not over you

But if there is somebody that makes you feel happy
Tends to your heart in the ways I'd been lacking
Then who am I, who am I, to stand in your way
Stand in your way
Stand in your way
Stand in your way

I know it sounds crazy
But I need you to trust me
If it's how it must be
Then I'll fade away

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Thank God I Do

I've seen love come and I've seen love walk awaySo many questions, will anybody stay?It's been a hard year, so many nights in tearsAll of the darkness, tryin' to fight my fears

AloneSo long alone

I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know YouI'd probably fall off the edgeI don't know where I'd go if You ever let goSo keep me held in Your hands

I've started breathing, the weight is lifted hereWith you it's easy, my head is finally clearThere's nothin' missing when You are by my sideI took the long road, but now I realize

I'm homeWith You, I'm home

I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know YouI'd probably fall off the edgeI don't know where I'd go if You ever let goSo keep me held in Your handsI don't know who I'd be if I didn't know YouI'd probably fall off the edgeI don't know where I'd go if You ever let goSo keep me held in Your hands

You're my safe place, my hideawayYou're my anchor, my saving graceYou're my constant, my steadinessYou're my shelter, my oxygen

I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know YouThank God I do

Paradise

When she was just a girl she expected the worldBut it flew away from her reachSo she ran away in her sleepDreamed of para-para-paradisePara-para-paradise, para-para-paradiseEvery time she closed her eyes

When she was just a girl she expected the worldBut it flew away from her reachAnd the bullets catch in her teethLife goes on, it gets so heavyThe wheel breaks the butterflyEvery tear a waterfallIn the night the stormy night she'll close her eyesIn the night the stormy night away she'd fly

Dream of para-para-paradisePara-para-paradisePara-para-paradise

She'd dream of para-para-paradisePara-para-paradisePara-para-paradise

Sing, la la la la la la la la laLa la la la la la laAnd so lying underneath those stormy skiesShe'd say, "oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohI know the sun must set to rise"

This could be para-para-paradisePara-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise(Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh)

This could be para-para-paradisePara-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradiseOh oh oh oh oh oh, oh, oh

This could be para-para-paradisePara-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise(Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh)

This could be para, be paradisePara-paradisePara-paradise

One More Day

Last night I had a crazy dreamA wish was granted just for meIt could be for anythingI didn't ask for moneyOr a mansion in MalibuI simply wished for one more day with you

One more day, one more timeOne more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfiedBut then again, I know what it would doLeave me wishing still for one more day with youOne more day

First thing I'd do is pray for time to crawlI'd unplug the telephone and keep the TV offI'd hold you every secondSay a million I love you'sThat's what I'd do with one more day with you

One more day, one more timeOne more sunset maybe I'd be satisfiedBut then again I know what it would doLeave me wishing still for one more day with you

One more day, one more timeOne more sunset maybe I'd be satisfiedBut then again I know what it would doLeave me wishing still for one more dayLeave me wishing still for one more dayLeave me wishing still for one more day with you

One more day (one more day)

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Find Me

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

I hope you find what you're looking for out there

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Wreckage

I don’t mean to be guarded, I don’t mean to be rude I don’t mean to just shut you out, it’s just what I’ve been used to My heart got calloused, I don’t wanna make that excuse It’s hard but you’re worth it, I just wanna be good for you I’m a little damaged, but damn you saw the good When everyone saw baggage, you loved when no one could Laying in this bed beside you, I don’t have to hide away You see all the wreckage, and it wrecks me that you stay When I get lost in my own head, you always tell me the truth And girl you find me right where I am, you’re the one thing I can’t lose Baby you’re my hero, I ain’t scared to say that out loud You’re teaching me to trust again, erasing all my doubts, yeah I’m a little damaged, but damn you saw the good When everyone saw baggage, you loved when no one could Laying in this bed beside you, I don’t have to hide away You see all the wreckage, and it wrecks me that you stay You put all the shattered pieces back together, made them better You saw what I could be through all the pain I’m a little damaged, but damn you saw the good When everyone saw baggage, you loved when no one could Laying in this bed beside you, I don’t have to hide away You see all the wreckage, yeah You see all the wreckage, and it wrecks me that you stay And it wrecks me that you stay

Friday, May 5, 2023

Love Someone

Say You Say Me

Saturday, April 29, 2023

When Someone Stops Loving You

Still gotta walk into a crowded roomWith the radio onCrack a smile and crack a beer like it don't bother youLike it ain't your song that's on

Still gotta cross the bridge to get to workThe one by her placeMake it through the nine to five like you don't hurtIt goes that way

When someone stops loving youIt don't make the evening newsIt don't keep the sun from rising, the clock from winding, your heart from beatingEven when you want it toWhen someone stops loving you

Still gotta button up your collared shirtThe one she used to button downSleep on the mattress where her body left a curveOr maybe just the couch

Still gotta keep her number in your phoneIn case she calls backOne night when she's drunk and all aloneYeah, you pray for that

When someone stops loving youIt don't make the evening newsIt don't keep the sun from rising, the clock from winding, your heart from beatingEven when you want it toWhen someone stops loving you

The hardest part about it isThere ain't a switch that you can flip'Cause you can't stop loving them

When someone stops loving youWhen someone stops loving youIt don't keep the sun from rising, the clock from winding, your heart from beatingEven when you want it toWhen someone stops loving youWhen someone stops loving youWhen someone stops loving you

Unlove You

I could break down and cryLaugh it off and denyDraw lines in the sandAnd count on both handsAll the reasons why

This just won't workIt'll be nothing but hurtI can swear that I don'tAnd maybe one day I won'tBut for how hard I've tried

I can't unlove youMy heart can't unbreakI can't unfeel how it feltBut feel so much myselfMy whole body achedAnd I can't unknow thisLord, I wish I knew howI can't unlove youCome love me for now

If I were 25I know just what I'd doI would have already kissed'Til I was drunk on your lipsA thousand times too few

But we have other livesAnd we know it ain't rightAnd this is going nowhereIf I'm with you, I don't careTake me nowhere tonight

They call it fireBut it feels just like drowningWell, the weight of my burning desireClosing in all around meI wasn't lost until you found me

And I can't unlove youMy heart can't unbreakI can't unfeel how it feltBut feel so much myselfMy whole body achedAnd I can't unknow thisLord, I wish I knew howBut I can't unlove youSo come love me for now

I can't unlove youSo come love me for now