Lyric writing, making music and the creative process
Here we go again
Want to get off our heads
like a Viking celebration
Winter needs a new creation
Here we go again
Want to go somewhere new today
Meet me at the train station
If you show I’ll be ready to play
Have faith we’ll get there soon
I believed in the Man in the Moon
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I feel it in my bones
I see it in your home
Echoes of the night
Tiredness no respite
A word a thought repeat
Independent feet
Keep them on the ground
Where love is lost and found
I’m no one without you here
I’m no one wrapped up in your fear
Freedom carries a heavy weight
I’ll carry you if it’s my fate
A word a thought repeat
Independent feet
Keep them on the ground
Where love is lost and found
There’s anger in the skies
Confusion in the lies
Recall relight the fire
Something starts desire
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With all the adulation
Love falling from the skies
Joy running just like water
Flickers in the people’s eyes
We didn’t have to do a lot
Just take another shot
Try to win to make a point
A gentle push then smoke this joint
We’ll be back again
Like raindrops in the spring
Lying on the perfect grass
Waiting for the birds to sing
All of the applause
Tingles rising on your skin
Lift us up above the earth and ground
So full up from within
It’s simple and it’s true
We’ve known this all along
You are we and we are you
In the beginning there was song
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Meeting old friends
They all say hello
Watching our kids
How quickly they grow
A cup of tea
Toast and honey
Playing cards
Losing money
You did well
To find a diamond so bright
We can get dressed up
Go out tonight
The little jibes
At my expense
We can laugh at them now
Truth makes sense
I’ll let the fire
You pour the wine
Watch a movie
You and me just wasting time
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It started out as just a game to him
She never felt any love for him
What he wanted she couldn’t give to him
Another heart he could keep her in
He started out as just another helping hand
A shoulder for her an ear to lend
What she wanted slowly came to be
A love could blossom and set her free
Something had to happen
Something had to give
So if you dip your hands in the honey jar
You sail the ship of love you won’t get far
You’ll get stung and you’ll get hurt
When you feel love there’s nothing worse
Hey hasn’t love such a funny way
Of always driving you insane
They got closer to the edge of love
Inventing trouble to make the passion work
A passion splintered to a sense of fear
Wanting something perfect but never getting near
Magazine gloss and a TV screen
Meant more to her than the air she breathed
What they wanted was a chance to be
Something more than just another dream
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You’re amazing
You’re wonderful
In everything you do
I can’t believe
The things you’ve made
It’s all because of you
All the work
That you’ve got through
I won’t give up
I won’t give in
I’ll fill my cup
Then I’ll begin again
I’ll take solace every morning
I’d take you on a trip
I’ll whisper you a story
I’ll hold off with the whip
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Sweet Justine
So outta my reach
I wish I was beside you
Yes she’s so sweet
We never even meet
I’d take her to the movies
On 58th street
We’d smuggle in popcorn
Candy for our treats
Make out in the darkness
Kiss in the love seat
Dreams are like celluloid
Life is just a beach
Sweet Justine
Don’t wanna cause a scene
Sweet Justine
Where have you been
We’ll go and see a band
In the Knitting Factory
She might hold my hand
Maybe dance with me
I’m not making a demand
I’m down on one knee
I hope she understands
How she sets me free
Justine
Sweet Justine
Don’t wanna cause a scene
Got ninety seven reasons
I need you with me
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I’m doing it for you
I’m doing it for the love
I’m doing it for the things you did for me
Who am I without you in my life
First steps are easy
It’s getting up when you fall down
You showed me how to use my hands
To raise me off the ground
First love cuts deepest
It’s letting go a broken soul
You be in bed by midnight
If you’re not coming home
First fights are epic
Even when you lose you win
You taught me to just walk away
Before you lose a friend
Lost words will be spoken
So listen with due care
The white door will be open
Push on through we’ll all get there
One day when the sky is slate grey
Raindrops fall in frozen sheets
The storm will break in golden shards
I’ll lay you down to sleep
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You’re playing games
With my attention
I’m in flames
If it’s rejection
Are you ashamed
Of my affection
I can’t be blamed
For loves direction
I’m not playing around
Take things seriously
Our hearts are allowed
To love deliriously
Even in this crowd
Feel your electricity
Our souls are bound
In love deliciously
I could be the one for you
If you really want me too
There’s nowhere to run
On this beautiful blue stone
On this beautiful blue stone
We can’t escape love
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I don’t wanna fight
About what’s wrong or right
We should both know
It’s just wasted energy
We are so alike
Just need love and light
Then we will grow
Flowers in the snow
It goes on
If we stay strong
Together we are one
We’ve known this all along
The watch towers and the wire
The steeples and spire
Where once they separate
Our history of hate
Tobacco and the shag
Newspapers and the rags
Leading us to the gate
The narrow and the straight
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