Thursday, February 23, 2023

The Way We Were

 



Mem'ries light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored mem'ries of the way we were

Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would we, could we

Mem'ries may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember 
We simply choose to forget

So it's the laughter we will remember
Whenever we remember the way we were

The way we were

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Ordinary World

 




Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenueThought I heard you talking softlyI turned on the lights, the TV, and the radioStill I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?Crazy, some'd sayWhere is the life that I recognize?Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterdayThere's an ordinary worldSomehow I have to findAnd as I try to make my wayTo the ordinary worldI will learn to survive
Passion or coincidenceOnce prompted you to say"Pride will tear us both apart"Well, now pride's gone out the windowCross the rooftopsRun awayLeft me in the vacuum of my heart
What is happening to me?Crazy, some'd sayWhere is my friend when I need you most?Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterdayThere's an ordinary worldSomehow I have to findAnd as I try to make my wayTo the ordinary worldI will learn to survive
Papers in the roadsideTell of suffering and greedFear today, forgot tomorrowOoh, here besides the newsOf holy war and holy needOurs is just a little sorrowed talk
And I don't cry for yesterdayThere's an ordinary worldSomehow I have to findAnd as I try to make my wayTo the ordinary worldI will learn to survive
Every oneIs my world (I will learn to survive)Any oneIs my world (I will learn to survive)Any oneIs my world