RainSong (for Aurora) Mr. can you hear the mothers sigh, her crying on the wind? Mr. don’t you feel her anquished heart, and prayers that never end? Lord can you feel the fathers pain, that pours down with the rain? Why’d you send the whole damn sky like a broken water main? Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down Thru the night the rain came down, after days without end. After 5 am the phone rang, the voice of a friend. You better get on over here, you better come right now. A terrible noise just woke us up , a loud and frightening sound The damn had breeched and the water came, like a demon bearing down. Father searched for a sign as the sun came up, that his kids got to higher ground. Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down As they searched in the light of day, the breaking of the dawn All the tree’s and the houses and the cars swept away, everyone was gone. Their sweet young daughter, and her baby, her husband and closest friend. Another young man and his pregnant girl, wedding planned next weekend. Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down How can you heal these broken hearts, how can you stop the tears? Wrap a lonely child in a warm blanket and take away it’s fear. Life gives a bit and it takes away, we never know when or why. But love lies just around the bend, it cannot be denied. Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down Rain, Rain, rain comin down, rain, rain, comin down Kauai December 08

The End of Love The winds are blowing westerly A picture of tranquility As I stand here looking out from my front door You left unexpectedly On the first day of the new century You couldn’t stand the silence anymore 1000 days in Tuscany I tried to give my heart to thee Now I look where you once walked before Now the end of love is testing me Loneliness takes the rest of me The end of love The end of love I came to you when your song called me Loving you so eagerly Giving all my heart, all my soul Our life became a tapestry Of children, work and family But nothing I could do would fill up that hole, in your heart Your heart kept looking out to sea In search of some unknown mystery A destiny I could not control And ,now the end of love is testing me Loneliness takes the rest of me The end of love The end of love And now the end of love is testing me Loneliness takes the rest of me The end of love The end of love The end of love The end of love The winds are blowing westerly A picture of tranquility As I stand here looking out from my front door Bellingham,Wa. July 09

River of Rain (1st verse) Dark clouds roll in Like the middle of November Darken down the landscape Of your heart You stand at this crossing Trying to remember Just how your kingdom Fell apart (Bridge) You’ve felt the teardrops falling You’ve felt the pain Let them wash away now Like a river of rain Let them wash away now Like a river of rain (Chorus) Can’t you hear That train in the distance? Can’t you hear That lonesome sound? Can’t you see Your putting up resistance? Can’t you see Your homeward bound? (2nd verse) She crossed all the t’s After years, it’s a work of art She finally signed those papers It’s a brand new start Lay down that cord That ties you to the past Let the train run over And cut it right in half (Bridge) (Chorus) (3rd verse) Big world gone mad with lust and rampant greed, Expecting endless growth Way beyond our need. Do we demand the same of love But never feed the fire Expect it to grow Forever getting brighter (Bridge) (Chorus) (lost verse) In the far off distance Mountains touch the sky They draw you to a new life Open, big and wide There’s no more waiting, No more asking why It’s time to cross on over To the other side Bainbridge Island, Wa. April 08

Texas Flower She came from heaven to the Texas plains 3 months early, just in time for the rain They kept her in a small box, in the oven warm Brought a lot of joy to that old Texas farm She liked to help in the kitchen, especially making pies Said her prayers to Jesus every single night Youngest of three sisters, father had passed on Mother and her grandma raised them all alone She was a Texas flower, she was a breath of spring Carried a piece of heaven hidden underneath her wings She fell in love to early in grandma’s eyes Eloped to California with a gangly guy She prayed a lot to Jesus to make it all alright They worked real hard there and made themselves a life Had a couple of children, made it through the Great War They were the light of her life along with the Lord Never forgot her family back on that Texas farm Kept the whole flock embraced in her loving arms She was a Texas flower, she was a breath of spring Carried a piece of heaven hidden underneath her wings As her life unfolded and loved ones slipped away Always kept her eye on the beauty of each day She always thought of others first, loved us all from the start Grandkids, cousins, great-grand children, kept ‘em all in her heart She loved to say, “I love you darlin”, whenever she had the chance Even when we disagreed she’d give me that loving glance She really loved this old world but it was time to go She faded like the evening star but she left a rosy glow She was a Texas flower. She was a breath of spring Carried a piece of heaven hidden underneath her wings And to the very end, she loved the life she lived She lived her life with loving, always there to give Avila Beach, Ca. September 09

FORGIVENESS You turn away from the hurt Cast your fire in the dirt Rage against the one you love Rage toward where rage comes from Drop the hat and love is gone She meant to share but you heard it wrong Pierce your heart just like a sword Walls go up and we have war Forgiveness heals the deepest wound Wets scorched earth like a monsoon Find the gift in every slight And it will take away the bite Your feeling hurt, afraid, and mad Why does it make you feel so bad See the fear where she comes from Her father left when she was young Then he died Suicide Forgiveness heals the deepest wound Wets scorched earth like a monsoon Find the gift in every slight And it will take away the bite Two towers fall before our eyes Three thousand people grope for sky One man sits there in a chair While Forty children sit and stare Ten thousand bombs fall on Iraq For we’ve just got to get them back Five billion hearts now filled with fear At every backpack that comes near One big blue planet spinning round Only God knows where we’re bound Ashes, Ashes Ashes, Ashes Ashes, Ashes Ashes, Ashes All fall down. Forgiveness heals the deepest wound Wets scorched earth like a monsoon Find the gift in every slight And it will take away the bite You turn away from the hurt Cast your fire in the dirt Rage against the one you love Rage toward where rage comes from Palomar Mt., Ca. March 08

Tag On My Toe Deep blue sky lies above me now The earth is down below As they lay this body down There’s a tag upon my toe What did I do between earth and sky As I moved from Birth to Death? Did I give my love away Before I drew from my last breath? There’s a light that beckons me to go… As they put the tag upon my toe As I walked with my fellow man Did I lend a helping hand To the ones less fortunate Did I ever take a stand? I was born into the house That sits upon the hill In precarious luxury Where we all get our fill In the far off distance down this hill Voices rise up to my window sill On CNN their faces show how they feel I wonder when that child had her last meal Light, like a million diamonds, fills the world. Fills the billion smiles, the billion tears Of the rich and the poor I see it now, like never before There’s a light that beckons me to go As they put the tag upon my toe. Costa Rica March 06

Whisper I like our look I like our laugh I love sitting with you in the bath I like our walk I like our taste Your hair on the pillow in my face Whisper in my ear As the Rising sun shines on the tear That glistens in my eye As the darkness slips from the sky You say you love me I say I love you The look in our eyes Says, “oh yes, it’s true” We met here In this crazy world A lucky guy And a lovely girl Life is short Let’s live it long Let’s love each moment ‘till it’s gone Whisper in my ear As the Rising sun shines on the tear That glistens in my eye As the darkness slips from the sky You say you love me I say I love you The look in our eyes Says, “oh yes, it’s true” I like your smile Let me kiss your head Let’s heal the planet from this bed It’s cold outside A long winter run Let our laughter be the sun Whisper in my ear As the Rising sun shines on the tear That glistens in my eye As the darkness slips from the sky You say you love me I say I love you The look in our eyes Says, “oh yes, it’s true.” Bainbridge Island, Wa. February 2006

That Look Cloudy morning. 6am dread Standing at the ferry. Wishing we were back in bed With that look in your eyes, that look in your eyes, I love Holding you tight. Shiver in first light Goodbye tears. Glisten in your eyes That look in your eyes, that look in your eyes, I love Crossing the water, sail away from your love Crossing the water, Away Now, far across the ocean. Life took me away from you, You wanted someone steady. Like a river running through That look in your eyes, that look in your eyes, I love Crossing the water, sail away from your love Crossing the water, Away Cold heart away, It’s all right I’ll survive another night Cold heart away, It’s all right You’ll get by, with a little light A little light, I will send you, a little light I remember when we met on Freemont Street. We hugged until we sighed. Now 3 years and 300 Ferry rides. We’re saying our goodbyes…. To that look in our eyes. That look in our eyes. We loved. Crossing the water, sail away from your love Crossing the water, Away Cold heart away, It’s all right I’ll survive another night Cold heart away, It’s all right You’ll get by, with a little light A little light, I will send you, a little light Cloudy morning. 6am dread Standing at the ferry. Wishing we were back in bed. Kauai March 09

Inconvenient Remember being young in 1962 Fly-by’s over Cuba photos from that U-2 The look on Mothers face as she came through the front door “Honey, I think we’re on the verge of the Third World War” I went out on the front lawn and stared up at the sky And hoped that somewhere out there was the Catcher In The Rye As the world fades, as the world fades, fades away They cleanse them from the land their blood runs in the street It’s all there on the evening news for all of us to see It’s not enough that there’s no rain food or running water But some guy’s got to make it worse and have a bloody slaughter If they had some crude oil the Powers might step in And save the last few victims cause losing money is a sin As the world fades, as we let it fade, fade away. (chorus) So much change painful to hear It’s uncomfortable to feel the fear Colors your life like an aching tooth, It’s hard to swallow such inconvenient truth. Sitting with our children reading “Goodnight Moon” While “Planet In Peril” is on in the other room I wonder what the future holds as I look in their sleepy eyes As Greenland’s getting smaller they just grow in size Will we find the wisdom to reign the monster in? Will we leave the world intact for our grandkids to live in As the world fades, will we let it fade, fade away (Chorus) So much change painful to hear It’s uncomfortable to feel the fear Colors your life like an aching tooth, Hard to swallow such inconvienient truth. So, meet me at the arch to the King Charles Bridge I’ll walk with you thru the Old Town to the top of the ridge We can make a toast to the lights of the town And the last setting sun as it is going down We’ll lie there in the grass like it’s 1984 And make love one last time at the foot of heavens door (Refrain) Can we hold a moment in the palm of our hands Can we even find one breath to frame the moment in As the world fades, as we let it fade, As the world fades, as we let it fade, As the world fades, as we let it fade, Fade Way Bellingham, Wa. February, 2010