HOME

I don't know how I got here

I needed a change, feeling low

So I came to this tropical paradise

And I knew that I was home

I am so far from where I started

So far away to roam

But I will never regret my decision

To find myself a better home

The scenery is beautiful

No bustling to and fro

I needed to get in touch with nature

And so I made this my home

I don't know how I got here

I needed a change, feeling low

So I came to this tropical paradise

And I knew that I was home

STANDING IN THE RAIN

Oh the heartache and pain

To be left here standing in the rain

Anticipating your sunny smile

Still, you are taking a long while

To get here and rescue me

From feeling so sad and lonely

My sobbing is muted by the rumbling of the train

As I stand here in the rain

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CORRIDOR

I used to play in this corridor 

Between your house and mine

Our laughter echoed from the rooftops

As we played hide and seek

We were so innocent

We were so safe

They tore down the apartments today

Our haven is gone

A sign of things to come

You are married with kids

I remember our laughter in the corridor

I remember our innocence redeemed

TRAIN

I waited for you again last night

Last night, where you normally get off the train

The train, it kept rumbling past

Rumbling past, with no sign of you there

You there, getting off the train

The train, where you once grabbed me and kissed me

Kissed me, with passion and arrogance

And arrogance, it's all you left me

Left me, here on the train platform once again

Once again, waiting for the train

FLOWERS IN MY COMPUTER

You wrote me an email

After all this time

The fights, the words

They can't be taken back

But I checked my email

And there were flowers in my computer

I guess I should have known

You would try something like that

Sneak in through the back door

Pretend you never made me cry

There are still flowers in my computer

Their fragrance makes me unable to forget

CLOUDS IN MY EYES

As we watched our last sunset

You asked me why I cry

When we were only driving each other crazy

Continuing on with this lie

As I looked at him, my eyes brimming with tears

I said it was the clouds in my eyes

Years later I look back on that memory

The way I craved your touch with every sigh

And how you left me there alone and wanting

I had so many questions, but I did not dare pry

For it was your decision to leave me there

Alone, with the clouds in my eyes

THE MERCY SEAT

He comes now

Prepare the mercy seat

Cover it with raiments of blue and purple

Gold frame throughout

Prepare the mercy seat

For we are to meet with the King

With burnt offerings and prayerful cries

Prepare the mercy seat

For we are to be honored

To finally be in the presence of the King

 

THE BEGGAR ON THE CORNER

Every day I sit on the corner

Hands outstretched

Waiting for your mercy

I am your father

I am your son

I am your friend

Give what you can

Let me live in peace

CLUMSY

She's just clumsy

Oh so clumsy

And so weird

No wonder she doesn't talk to anybody

No one wants to be her friend anyway

She always keeps her head down

Especially around her parents

It's like she's afraid

I don't understand why

She's just clumsy

Oh so clumsy