Song Lyrics

In case anybody is  interested, I thought I'd post lyrics to some songs I wrote a long time ago.  Chorus is in italics, and feel free to comment - even if its to say "keep your day job."  I am  more than a little embarrassed about some of them so no worries.  Thanks.  I'm currently working on lyrics to a song called "Her Name is Jane" based on several inside jokes, because I need to finish an inside joke - in case that swallow starts singing!  "Working on" is a relative term, by the way.  Without further ado, song lyrics I wrote once:

You May Not Be Mine, but I'm Yours

In my mind I yearn to find
The words to tell you
The way that I feel
The words I could tell you
That would keep you near

My brain is racing, contemplating
Earnest seeking, ways of keeping
You

You're beautiful, engaging, amazing
My darling, you're all things
I'm seeking, except you're not
Mine
In spite of this fact
In spite of the hard times
You know me, I know you
I love you
You may not be mine
But, girl, I'm yours

If only there were some kind of token

Some magic something
That could convince you
To choose me, not lose me
Please be mine,
Cuz you know that I'm yours

CHORUS

I'm hoping and waiting
Anticipating that day
When I can call you mine
Please be mine
You might not be mine
But I'm yours
If you want me
I'm yours….


Jacked Up

It's all jacked up
It's so jacked up
I do my best
Pass every test
It's all jacked up
So jacked up
Only to be passed by
She takes the other guy
It's all jacked up
It's so jacked up
I can't do anymore
She kicks me out the door

Everything,
Everything
How is it that I
Can be everything
They tell me that
They're wanting
Time and time again
I start to love
"Sorry, my best friend
I just don't feel that way"

CHORUS

She describes
Her perfect man
He's standing
In front of her
Here I am!
There's nothing
I can do
To impress
Any of you
Girls don't know
What they want
They say they need
A man like me
But here I am
Standing alone… again

CHORUS

A World Without Me

The first time I met you
I saw dreams come true
An angel that haunted
You had everything I wanted
Your eyes opened windows
I saw into my soul

I loved you too much
I offered you all things
The world and then some
There was nothing I would not give
Until that day when
I realized what you thought
In spite of my caring
The love I was sharing
The world that you sought
Was a world, without me

A world without me
The hardest gift to give
I loved you too much
Gave up my right to live

Thank you so much
For asking too much
I gave you my gift
I left you to live
In a world, without me

CHORUS

So lovely, so perfect
An omen ignored
"A girl will find you
She'll hypnotize you
You will be taken
Until you're heart broken
I can't thank you
Enough for taking
My innocent heart and stomping
You never knew
How much I offered you
I was all you ever dreamt of
But you never knew me

CHORUS

Because I left you
When you asked me
Because I gave you
A world without me
I have found the reason
A world to live in
No longer your world
There's a better girl
Thank you for asking for…

CHORUS

I'm glad I gave you
A world without me
It seemed you asked for
All I could give and more
After all I've been through
I'm better without you
If you had known
All I offered
You would have had
Your dream man
But now I see
You never knew me….


Not My Bluebird Anymore

It was Summer that year
When the bird appeared
She landed looked at me
She started talking
Little bluebird was my friend
Hello little bird
Won't you come on in?
Entered into my life
Oh pretty bird
She brought sunshine
Made me happy

She's not my bluebird anymore
She flew off to another door
Brought into my life
Happiness and smiles
My sweet little friend
Flew away from me
Not my bluebird anymore
Fly away my friend
You're not my bluebird anymore
Time to go away
It's not summer now
I'm standing in the cold



Looked outside the other day
See if a bluebird might come my way
Nothing on my lawn
The good times they are gone
I don't have a bluebird anymore

It feels like winter now
The warmth has gone away
The bluebirds in my life
They decided to migrate

It's such a cold night
And I just want a friend
Please bluebird come
Melt the snow with your sun

CHORUS

Some day there'll be
A bird that stays with me
She won't choose to fly
Off into the sky
A bluebird for my friend
Friendship to never end
Little bird will stay with me
The summer's warmth
Will stay with me
Someday some pretty girl
Will be my bluebird
Forever more.
But for now this last one's
Not my bluebird anymore.

Some day there'll be
A bird that stays with me
She won't choose to fly
Off into the sky


Until You Came Along

Standing all alone
A windy rainy night
No place to call my home
'Twas a life I couldn't fight
I was by myself
Until you came along

Until you came along
The darkness was my life
I couldn't find my place
There was no guiding light
Until you came along
The world was so dull
My feelings had gone numb
But now my life is full
Because you came along

Have you ever felt this way?
Seeing only shades of gray?
I really cannot tell
The impact you have had
The difference you have made
Because you came along

The world's a scary place
There's so much I could fear
But when I see your face
I know that I'm safe here
When I see your face
I need you to be near

CHORUS

Now I'm not alone
Today I am not scared
There's laughter in my life
There's happiness and joy
I've found my will to live
Because you came along
I've finally found the one
Who understands my mind
I've finally found myself
When I look into your eyes
Such beauty kills the pain
And all is right again.

CHORUS

For so long I have searched
For a woman I could love
I found so many girls
To take my heart away
But now I've found the one
Who will give her heart to me.

The cold and rainy night
The time I stood alone
My life was not complete
Until you came along.


A Player's Window

It's another night
He's with another girl
He puts in his time
But doesn't want to be with her
In his mind is a former love
The new girl's waiting
And he's there, but she's all alone

I look inside the player's window
I look inside the player's soul
I see his hurt from life's great passion
I see his lack of moving on
So many girls, should be so much fun
It's too bad, he just wants one
The girl left him, she sent him off
So now he'll find a new girl
And he'll hurt her like she hurt him

So many women
They just want love
But the player cannot give
For some other girl
At some other time
Took away his will to live

Women get hurt
Players hurt too
The human heart
Is a fragile organ
And it spreads its pain to others
A broken heart
A broken man
He seeks healing
They don't understand

CHORUS

It doesn't matter
How many girls
The player goes through
The hurt's still there
Until he gives up his fear
He will never love again
He will never live again

Life is painful, scary
And heartache hurts so bad
Afraid of falling
He cannot leap
But you'll never fly
If you don't risk your heart.


Someone My Home

I'm just trying to find myself
Put all these lies up on the shelf
Help me please to find my place
I'm no longer the person I was
I no longer know who I am

I want to be that somebody
Who somebody loves
I need to be that somebody
Who I once was
I'm trying to be everything
But I don't know where to go
I'll find my self in her eyes
I need someone my home

All alone feel so lost
I can't find myself
Here I am in a room
Full of some selves
But which self
Is my self
I truly cannot say
I'm not the man I used to be
Said goodbye to yesterday

CHORUS

Some one, my home
The home I'm looking for
There I'll find the peace I seek
The warm welcome door
It's home I need
It's home I want
I have lost my home
All alone, by myself
Yearning for those eyes
The eyes of someone
Some one my home.

CHORUS

It's in those eyes of that one
That I find my place
When I see those eyes
I remember me
The man who I used to be
The man who I will be
My goodness, my greatness
My potential full
I'll find it
In her eyes
Someone my home