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I'm available for hire to write custom lyrics, or commercial jingles for you.
I live for the love of the written, spoken and sung word.
Tag, You're It!...
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Intro Lyrics:
Tag, you're it!
Run it to the left
Run it to the right
Tag, you're it!
Run it with fearless fight
Tag, you're it!
Run it all day
Run it all night
Tag, you're it!
---
Verse 1:
Circlin' the corner of want and need
Tryin' to plow through this foggy daze
With both hands held out in front of me
Verse 2:
I'm livin' my life in affliction
Inside this mind that's caught in a haze
With time's heavy load weighin' on me
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Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 3:
Starvin' in life with a soul to feed
Mirror reflectin' only parts of me
Time's reality is spinnin' and swayin'
Verse 4:
I'm runnin' fast on desperation
Pullin' out all stops blockin' me
Escapin' outta this nebulous maze
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 5:
Turnin' left takin' a side street
Dodgin' below life's infernal blaze
Where danger is swipin' at me
Verse 6:
I'm livin' my life in absolution
Droppin' all guilt weighin' heavy
Releasin' all burdens freein' me
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 7:
Shakin' it off and plantin' my feet
Keepin' life straight in front of me
Escapin' outta this twistin' craze
Verse 8:
I'm livin' my life high on inspiration
Oxygen refuelin' up my dreams
Givin' my life the perfect glaze
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 9:
Runnin' this pass tastes so sweet
Returnin' it back with a glowin' gaze
Life's overflowin' with love for me
Verse 10:
I'm livin' my life in deliberation
Bowin' down with eternal praise
Lettin' my caged soul run free
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
... jmf (c) ...
Driftwood...
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Verse 1:
Leaves quiver inside spring's silent breezes
Sunlight glistens off the green of their backs
Liminal time floats by aimlessly
The sparrow's song calls me into peace
While lying by the side of a brook
Cool, cool waters ripple with hope's memories
Verse 2:
Whatever happened to all my yesterdays
Why do I keep living inside lonely ways
When life should move along as it feels
Instead of lying dazed inside confusion
As time floats by like lonely driftwood
Floating upon life's peaceful waters
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Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
Verse 3:
Life come pour your cool waters over me
Birth spring's song straight into my soul
Come fill me full with familial hope
How I enjoy when life's cool, cool waters
Drown me in love's sweet familial memories
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
Verse 4:
If most of my yesterdays are done and gone
Let the rest remain inside three sides of peace
As we search together for the hidden side
Even strangers drifting through unsteady waters
Ask you to put your guns down ending all wars
That are disturbing life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
Verse 5:
One day I'll lodge ashore and build me a home
Made solely out of driftwood, love and peace
Driftwood that stacks up inside familial fields
Oh driftwood keep on driftin' through cool waters
Shelter everyone along your lonely driftin' way
As you make your way through cool, cool waters
Verse 6:
Some day collective hands will come together
That'll help this lonely piece of driftwood
Lodge onto communal shores of life
Where love extends beyond familial last names
Between earth's brothers and sisters the same
Come, let's all get lost inside life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
... jmf (c) ...
Spring Blooms...
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Verse 1:
We gave chase behind winter's cold curtain
Soon spring blew in on a cerulean breeze
Wrappin' us up in warm tendrils of love
Verse 2:
Tendrils droppin' us through vernal tunnels
Onto the green of spring's lushened lands
Dreamin' on our backs while holdin' hands
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Verse 3:
Them pansies kissin' us with velvety petals
Deep shades of pinks, purples and blues
And all of their floral colored scented hues
Verse 4:
Fragrantly floatin' above liltin' grass
Lavender crocuses sweetly sing to us
Our hearts well up with pure vernal joy
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Bridge:
Spring blooms as new lovers swoon
Their two hearts beating as one
Romance turns tipsy toes on a dime
Lovers dance under the Warming Moon
Two fused souls embracing as one
Slowly getting drunk off of lilac wine
---
Verse 5:
Tipsily frolicin' under easy blue skies
Livin' free of life's weighted cares
Our dandelion wishes float through mid-air
Verse 6:
We're glidin' across swayin' grass
Azure skies stretchin' long over us
Golden sunshine spreads across our days
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Verse 7:
Bright eyed robins flew back for spring
To sing to us through cracked windows
Their sassin' songs of whimsy and wonder
Verse 8:
Flittin' above brilliant bougainvillea
Robins perch upon branches near to us
Singin' lovely chansons in the light of dusk
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
... jmf (c) ...
Tag, You're It!...
---
Intro Lyrics:
Tag, you're it!
Run it to the left
Run it to the right
Tag, you're it!
Run it with fearless fight
Tag, you're it!
Run it all day
Run it all night
Tag, you're it!
---
Verse 1:
Circlin' the corner of want and need
Tryin' to plow through this foggy daze
With both hands held out in front of me
Verse 2:
I'm livin' my life in affliction
Inside this mind that's caught in a haze
With time's heavy load weighin' on me
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 3:
Starvin' in life with a soul to feed
Mirror reflectin' only parts of me
Time's reality is spinnin' and swayin'
Verse 4:
I'm runnin' fast on desperation
Pullin' out all stops blockin' me
Escapin' outta this nebulous maze
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 5:
Turnin' left takin' a side street
Dodgin' below life's infernal blaze
Where danger is swipin' at me
Verse 6:
I'm livin' my life in absolution
Droppin' all guilt weighin' heavy
Releasin' all burdens freein' me
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 7:
Shakin' it off and plantin' my feet
Keepin' life straight in front of me
Escapin' outta this twistin' craze
Verse 8:
I'm livin' my life high on inspiration
Oxygen refuelin' up my dreams
Givin' my life the perfect glaze
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 9:
Runnin' this pass tastes so sweet
Returnin' it back with a glowin' gaze
Life's overflowin' with love for me
Verse 10:
I'm livin' my life in deliberation
Bowin' down with eternal praise
Lettin' my caged soul run free
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
... jmf (c) ...
Driftwood...
---
Verse 1:
Leaves quiver inside spring's silent breezes
Sunlight glistens off the green of their backs
Liminal time floats by aimlessly
The sparrow's song calls me into peace
While lying by the side of a brook
Cool, cool waters ripple with hope's memories
Verse 2:
Whatever happened to all my yesterdays
Why do I keep living inside lonely ways
When life should move along as it feels
Instead of lying dazed inside confusion
As time floats by like lonely driftwood
Floating upon life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
Verse 3:
Life come pour your cool waters over me
Birth spring's song straight into my soul
Come fill me full with familial hope
How I enjoy when life's cool, cool waters
Drown me in love's sweet familial memories
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
Verse 4:
If most of my yesterdays are done and gone
Let the rest remain inside three sides of peace
As we search together for the hidden side
Even strangers drifting through unsteady waters
Ask you to put your guns down ending all wars
That are disturbing life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
Verse 5:
One day I'll lodge ashore and build me a home
Made solely out of driftwood, love and peace
Driftwood that stacks up inside familial fields
Oh driftwood keep on driftin' through cool waters
Shelter everyone along your lonely driftin' way
As you make your way through cool, cool waters
Verse 6:
Some day collective hands will come together
That'll help this lonely piece of driftwood
Lodge onto communal shores of life
Where love extends beyond familial last names
Between earth's brothers and sisters the same
Come, let's all get lost inside life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
... jmf (c) ...
Spring Blooms...
---
Verse 1:
We gave chase behind winter's cold curtain
Soon spring blew in on a cerulean breeze
Wrappin' us up in warm tendrils of love
Verse 2:
Tendrils droppin' us through vernal tunnels
Onto the green of spring's lushened lands
Dreamin' on our backs while holdin' hands
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Verse 3:
Them pansies kissin' us with velvety petals
Deep shades of pinks, purples and blues
And all of their floral colored scented hues
Verse 4:
Fragrantly floatin' above liltin' grass
Lavender crocuses sweetly sing to us
Our hearts well up with pure vernal joy
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Bridge:
Spring blooms as new lovers swoon
Their two hearts beating as one
Romance turns tipsy toes on a dime
Lovers dance under the Warming Moon
Two fused souls embracing as one
Slowly getting drunk off of lilac wine
---
Verse 5:
Tipsily frolicin' under easy blue skies
Livin' free of life's weighted cares
Our dandelion wishes float through mid-air
Verse 6:
We're glidin' across swayin' grass
Azure skies stretchin' long over us
Golden sunshine spreads across our days
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Verse 7:
Bright eyed robins flew back for spring
To sing to us through cracked windows
Their sassin' songs of whimsy and wonder
Verse 8:
Flittin' above brilliant bougainvillea
Robins perch upon branches near to us
Singin' lovely chansons in the light of dusk
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
... jmf (c) ...
Silent Cocoon...
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Intro Lyrics:
Deep within my slumber
Only truth can take me
Only love can wake me
Only spring can break me
Out of my silent cocoon
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Verse 1:
Above this vernal day
Below the waking sky
Dandelions hold wishes
Where only one breath away
Dreams blow in slow motion
Verse 2:
Twirling in a superbloom
Sun slides across the sky
Light slowly cuts into night
Day breaks me in two
Inside my silent cocoon
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Chorus:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transforms me
Love awakens me
Spring gently breaks me
Out of my silent cocoon
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
transforms me
Truth Love Spring
awakens me
Truth Love Spring
breaks me
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
---
Verse 3:
Floating through time
Wearing a naked calm
Inside my lucid dreams
Beyond infinite space
Above my waking life
Verse 4:
Sky dust falls to earth
Awakening my mind
Sleeping at twilight's edge
Spring breaks me in two
Inside my silent cocoon
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Chorus:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transforms me
Love awakens me
Spring gently breaks me
Out of my silent cocoon
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
transforms me
Truth Love Spring
awakens me
Truth Love Spring
breaks me
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
---
Verse 5:
Below this dreaming night
Above the sleeping earth
Shooting stars blaze and fall
A million hands reaching
Trying to catch them all
Verse 6:
Dreaming in the Milky Way
Moon slides across the sky
Dark slowly cuts into day
Night breaks me in two
Inside my silent cocoon
---
Chorus:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transforms me
Love awakens me
Spring gently breaks me
Out of my silent cocoon
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
transforms me
Truth Love Spring
awakens me
Truth Love Spring
breaks me
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
---
Outro Lyrics:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transformed me
Love awakened me
Spring gently broke me
Out of my silent cocoon
---
... jmf (c) ...
Vanities Insecurities...
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Intro Lyrics:
Vanities insecurities vanities insecurities vanities insecurities
When you bend and bow down
To your vanities insecurities
You'll let yourself drown
In your vanities insecurities
So stand up and face down
All your vanities insecurities
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Verse 1:
Lying silently below our flesh
Cunningly they camouflage
Life's unintended muted fate
With hidden vanities insecurities
Verse 2:
A slender sheath of fabrication
Slowly wraps around our skin
Encaging narcissistic intentions
Born out of vanities insecurities
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Chorus:
Our vanities insecurities
Trying to subdue our minds
Shadow beneath brooding thoughts
Our vanities insecurities
Tangled up inside suspicion
Slyly seduce us with deception
Our vanities insecurities
Vying in this vainglorious world
Try to take the best of us down
Our vanities insecurities
That once led us astray
Slowly lose their sway
---
Verse 3:
Staring into time's causal mirror
Reflecting factions of our soul
Our minds refract life's facticity
Questioning our vanities insecurities
Verse 4:
Delving deeper into delerium
We're lulled into a waking sleep
By life's enigmatic dreams
Animated with vanities insecurities
---
Chorus:
Our vanities insecurities
Trying to subdue our minds
Shadow beneath brooding thoughts
Our vanities insecurities
Tangled up inside suspicion
Slyly seduce us with deception
Our vanities insecurities
Vying in this vainglorious world
Try to take the best of us down
Our vanities insecurities
That once led us astray
Slowly lose their sway
---
Verse 5:
Avidly we search our soul's veracity
For love's entrenched emotional truths
Found within our visceral nature
That hide inside vanities insecurities
Verse 6:
If we lose our intentional purpose
Will life's directional hands throw us
Straight into time's chaotic sea
Drowning us in vanities insecurities
---
Chorus:
Our vanities insecurities
Trying to subdue our minds
Shadow beneath brooding thoughts
Our vanities insecurities
Tangled up inside suspicion
Slyly seduce us with deception
Our vanities insecurities
Vying in this vainglorious world
Try to take the best of us down
Our vanities insecurities
That once led us astray
Slowly lose their sway
---
Outro Lyrics:
Vanities insecurities vanities insecurities vanities insecurities
Don't bend and bow down
To your vanities insecurities
Don't let yourself drown
In your vanities insecurities
Stand up and face down
All your vanities insecurities
---
... jmf (c) ...
Winter's Beauty...
---
Intro Lyrics:
As we gaze upon winter's wondrous start
Snow crocuses bloom inside our hearts
Madrones have shed life's layered tendencies
Bare-boned trees reveal their weathered curves
---
Verse 1:
Winter days crawl slow to warmth
Upon mortal waking dawn to dusk
Shards of light carve out slivered patterns
Hope bleeds from the apricus sun
Verse 2:
Drinking down smoky coffee in silence
The falling snow echos our stillness
Verse 3:
Darting outside into morning's brisk air
Wearing our mittens, scarves and caps
Bracing up for winter's seasonal shifts
---
Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue
Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
---
Verse 4:
Our warm breaths exhaling solace
Sigh an ecstatic winter swoon
Shorter days yield to temperate moods
Underneath the vacillating sun
Verse 5:
Cold winds blowing briskly embrace us
Slender trees put on a shadow show
Verse 6:
Drinking our mugs of sweet hot chocolate
That warms us on this cold winter day
We gaily pass by lively snowmen at play
---
Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue
Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
---
Verse 7:
Calm inside this peaceful winter's eve
Glowing candles burn late into the night
Love is our harbinger of continuous hope
That steadily holds up the luminous moon
Verse 8:
Glazed icicles adorning our windowsills
Balance delicately upon what time reveals
Verse 9:
Spiced hot toddies sweetly soothe our souls
Inside our heart's home built on mutual love
As midnight quietly falls over this day's end
---
Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue
Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
---
Outro Lyrics:
Robins wistfully sing solstitial songs
Filling the night air with winter's melody
Soon spring will roll out deeper verdancy
Creating for us a euphoric afterwake
---
... jmf (c) ...
Cold, Cold Sky...
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Verse 1:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Icicles form webs of delicate beauty
Time holds memories inside winter's start
Promising hope's return as love departs
Verse 2:
Evening stars hang upon truth and lies
Even after we've said all of our goodbyes
To her, to him, to all that wistfully reminds
To the sun, to the moon, to all we left behind
---
Chorus:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Blanketing the ground with silence
Wrapping our city in tranquility
Creating a world of sentient solace
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Time whispers a silent goodnight
Our dreams start to take flight
Inside a sentient world of solace
---
Verse 3:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Airborne thoughts linger in mid-air
Leaving life still and unexpected
When love leaves us unprotected
Verse 4:
A trail of hearts longing and broken
Filled with emotions left unspoken
Lead back to life's bittersweet truth
Where loneliness dwells inside youth
---
Chorus:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Blanketing the ground with silence
Wrapping our city in tranquility
Creating a world of sentient solace
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Time whispers a silent goodnight
Our dreams start to take flight
Inside a sentient world of solace
---
Verse 5:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
That buries fear beneath a blanket of calm
Silence is repealed from prohibition
Long lost dreams are put on exhibition
Verse 6:
Even after childhood dreams disappeared
Love's hidden memories still lived on here
Inside hearts that time and again fall and try
When all life has to offer is more goodbyes
---
Chorus:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Blanketing the ground with silence
Wrapping our city in tranquility
Creating a world of sentient solace
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Time whispers a silent goodnight
Our dreams start to take flight
Inside a sentient world of solace
---
Verse 7:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
The sparrow's song has flown away
Chasing warmth across skies of silence
Leaving us singing winter's song of solace
Verse 8:
Holding ourselves within morning's quiet dawn
We walk on leaving behind what's done and gone
Even when time tries to silence our knowing
We keep on going inside winds secretly blowing
---
Chorus:
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Blanketing the ground with silence
Wrapping our city in tranquility
Creating a world of sentient solace
Snow falls from the cold, cold sky
Time whispers a silent goodnight
Our dreams start to take flight
Inside a sentient world of solace
---
... jmf (c) ...
Crawl Up...
---
Section 1 - Intro Lyrics:
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon baby
Crawl up beside me
C'mon c'mon c'mon lover
Crawl up inside me
Verse 1:
C'mon lover crawl up beside me
We'll share love's fevered kiss
As we backslide into tenderness
Verse 2:
Come drown your heart in submission
Where passion gives us permission
Inside our love that remains unbroken
Verse 3:
We'll travel under crimson skies
Holding the calm within this storm
Knowing that our love will never die
Chorus A:
Oh c'mon lover crawl up beside me
Let our hearts become one
Like when our love begun
Oh lover c'mon and crawl up
Crawl up inside me
Lover come catch me
As I fall for love's hidden truths
That lie deep within our hearts
---
Section 2 - Verse 4:
Oh lover crawl up inside me
Strip me down beyond love's emotional pale
Wrap your fiery flesh around my burning bones
Verse 5:
Tonight we'll lie still inside darkness
After the moon crosses over the sun
Casting time's shadow across a life undone
Chorus B:
Oh c'mon lover crawl up beside me
Let our hearts become one
Like when our love begun
Oh c'mon lover crawl up inside me
Time take us to the other side
Carry us over life's great divide
Oh lover c'mon and crawl up
Crawl up beside me
Lover come catch me
As I fall for love's hidden truths
That lie deep within our hearts
---
Section 3 - Intro Lyrics:
Oh c'mon c'mon c'mon baby
Crawl up beside me
C'mon c'mon c'mon lover
Crawl up inside me
Verse 6:
C'mon lover crawl up beside me
Let love wash over us like waterfalls
Lapping over stones reshaping our bones
Verse 7:
We'll ride horseback across the Kalahari
Dance barefoot over desert sands
Fated winds will carve us a new reality
Verse 8:
We'll leave behind our modern ways
Travel across the distant earth
For the rest of our impassioned days
Chorus A:
Oh c'mon lover crawl up beside me
Let our hearts become one
Like when our love begun
Oh lover c'mon and crawl up
Crawl up inside me
Lover come catch me
As I fall for love's hidden truths
That lie deep within our hearts
---
Section 4 - Verse 9:
Oh lover crawl up inside me
We'll transcend time's existence
Where we'll lose our resistance
Verse 10:
Come slip your arms around my fevered flesh
I'll drink down your hot tempered emotions
Love's faith will guard us against mortal fate
Chorus B:
Oh c'mon lover crawl up beside me
Let our hearts become one
Like when our love begun
Oh c'mon lover crawl up inside me
Time take us to the other side
Carry us over life's great divide
Oh lover c'mon and crawl up
Crawl up beside me
Lover come catch me
As I fall for love's hidden truths
That lie deep within our hearts
---
... jmf (c) ...
Tag, You're It!...
---
Intro Lyrics:
Tag, you're it!
Run it to the left
Run it to the right
Tag, you're it!
Run it with fearless fight
Tag, you're it!
Run it all day
Run it all night
Tag, you're it!
---
Verse 1:
Circlin' the corner of want and need
Tryin' to plow through this foggy daze
With both hands held out in front of me
Verse 2:
I'm livin' my life in affliction
Inside this mind that's caught in a haze
With time's heavy load weighin' on me
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 3:
Starvin' in life with a soul to feed
Mirror reflectin' only parts of me
Time's reality is spinnin' and swayin'
Verse 4:
I'm runnin' fast on desperation
Pullin' out all stops blockin' me
Escapin' outta this nebulous maze
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 5:
Turnin' left takin' a side street
Dodgin' below life's infernal blaze
Where danger is swipin' at me
Verse 6:
I'm livin' my life in absolution
Droppin' all guilt weighin' heavy
Releasin' all burdens freein' me
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 7:
Shakin' it off and plantin' my feet
Keepin' life straight in front of me
Escapin' outta this twistin' craze
Verse 8:
I'm livin' my life high on inspiration
Oxygen refuelin' up my dreams
Givin' my life the perfect glaze
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
Verse 9:
Runnin' this pass tastes so sweet
Returnin' it back with a glowin' gaze
Life's overflowin' with love for me
Verse 10:
I'm livin' my life in deliberation
Bowin' down with eternal praise
Lettin' my caged soul run free
---
Chorus:
Tag, you're it!
Takin' the next hit
Tag, you're it!
Swingin' left and punchin' right
Tag, you're it!
Day runnin' outta sunlight
Tag, you're it!
Passin' it on then exit
Tag, you're it!
Keepin' your dreams in sight
Tag, you're it!
Runnin' into the dark of night
Tag, you're it!
Livin' your life as you see fit
---
... jmf (c) ...
Driftwood...
---
Verse 1:
Leaves quiver inside spring's silent breezes
Sunlight glistens off the green of their backs
Liminal time floats by aimlessly
The sparrow's song calls me into peace
While lying by the side of a brook
Cool, cool waters ripple with hope's memories
Verse 2:
Whatever happened to all my yesterdays
Why do I keep living inside lonely ways
When life should move along as it feels
Instead of lying dazed inside confusion
As time floats by like lonely driftwood
Floating upon life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
Verse 3:
Life come pour your cool waters over me
Birth spring's song straight into my soul
Come fill me full with familial hope
How I enjoy when life's cool, cool waters
Drown me in love's sweet familial memories
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
Verse 4:
If most of my yesterdays are done and gone
Let the rest remain inside three sides of peace
As we search together for the hidden side
Even strangers drifting through unsteady waters
Ask you to put your guns down ending all wars
That are disturbing life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
Verse 5:
One day I'll lodge ashore and build me a home
Made solely out of driftwood, love and peace
Driftwood that stacks up inside familial fields
Oh driftwood keep on driftin' through cool waters
Shelter everyone along your lonely driftin' way
As you make your way through cool, cool waters
Verse 6:
Some day collective hands will come together
That'll help this lonely piece of driftwood
Lodge onto communal shores of life
Where love extends beyond familial last names
Between earth's brothers and sisters the same
Come, let's all get lost inside life's peaceful waters
---
Chorus:
Oh I'm just a lonely piece of driftwood
Driftwood driftin' through life's cool waters
A simple existence carved out of cool waters
Driftwood driftin' through life's twists and turns
Oh cool, cool waters come soothe my soul
Oh cool, cool waters come wash over me
---
... jmf (c) ...
Spring Blooms...
---
Verse 1:
We gave chase behind winter's cold curtain
Soon spring blew in on a cerulean breeze
Wrappin' us up in warm tendrils of love
Verse 2:
Tendrils droppin' us through vernal tunnels
Onto the green of spring's lushened lands
Dreamin' on our backs while holdin' hands
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Verse 3:
Them pansies kissin' us with velvety petals
Deep shades of pinks, purples and blues
And all of their floral colored scented hues
Verse 4:
Fragrantly floatin' above liltin' grass
Lavender crocuses sweetly sing to us
Our hearts well up with pure vernal joy
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Bridge:
Spring blooms as new lovers swoon
Their two hearts beating as one
Romance turns tipsy toes on a dime
Lovers dance under the Warming Moon
Two fused souls embracing as one
Slowly getting drunk off of lilac wine
---
Verse 5:
Tipsily frolicin' under easy blue skies
Livin' free of life's weighted cares
Our dandelion wishes float through mid-air
Verse 6:
We're glidin' across swayin' grass
Azure skies stretchin' long over us
Golden sunshine spreads across our days
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
Verse 7:
Bright eyed robins flew back for spring
To sing to us through cracked windows
Their sassin' songs of whimsy and wonder
Verse 8:
Flittin' above brilliant bougainvillea
Robins perch upon branches near to us
Singin' lovely chansons in the light of dusk
---
Chorus:
Spring blooms out rapturous shades
Flowers twirlin' under mellifluous skies
Liftin' us up through sun-drenched days
We sway to love's tender chansons
Spring fills our hearts with boundless joy
Spiral butterflies carry our dreams
Within their sky blue evermore wings
Our souls sing out love's sweet chansons
---
... jmf (c) ...
Silent Cocoon...
---
Intro Lyrics:
Deep within my slumber
Only truth can take me
Only love can wake me
Only spring can break me
Out of my silent cocoon
---
Verse 1:
Above this vernal day
Below the waking sky
Dandelions hold wishes
Where only one breath away
Dreams blow in slow motion
Verse 2:
Twirling in a superbloom
Sun slides across the sky
Light slowly cuts into night
Day breaks me in two
Inside my silent cocoon
---
Chorus:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transforms me
Love awakens me
Spring gently breaks me
Out of my silent cocoon
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
transforms me
Truth Love Spring
awakens me
Truth Love Spring
breaks me
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
---
Verse 3:
Floating through time
Wearing a naked calm
Inside my lucid dreams
Beyond infinite space
Above my waking life
Verse 4:
Sky dust falls to earth
Awakening my mind
Sleeping at twilight's edge
Spring breaks me in two
Inside my silent cocoon
---
Chorus:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transforms me
Love awakens me
Spring gently breaks me
Out of my silent cocoon
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
transforms me
Truth Love Spring
awakens me
Truth Love Spring
breaks me
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
---
Verse 5:
Below this dreaming night
Above the sleeping earth
Shooting stars blaze and fall
A million hands reaching
Trying to catch them all
Verse 6:
Dreaming in the Milky Way
Moon slides across the sky
Dark slowly cuts into day
Night breaks me in two
Inside my silent cocoon
---
Chorus:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transforms me
Love awakens me
Spring gently breaks me
Out of my silent cocoon
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
transforms me
Truth Love Spring
awakens me
Truth Love Spring
breaks me
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
Truth Love Spring
---
Outro Lyrics:
Deep within my slumber
Truth transformed me
Love awakened me
Spring gently broke me
Out of my silent cocoon
---
... jmf (c) ...
Vanities Insecurities...
---
Intro Lyrics:
Vanities insecurities vanities insecurities vanities insecurities
When you bend and bow down
To your vanities insecurities
You'll let yourself drown
In your vanities insecurities
So stand up and face down
All your vanities insecurities
---
Verse 1:
Lying silently below our flesh
Cunningly they camouflage
Life's unintended muted fate
With hidden vanities insecurities
Verse 2:
A slender sheath of fabrication
Slowly wraps around our skin
Encaging narcissistic intentions
Born out of vanities insecurities
---
Chorus:
Our vanities insecurities
Trying to subdue our minds
Shadow beneath brooding thoughts
Our vanities insecurities
Tangled up inside suspicion
Slyly seduce us with deception
Our vanities insecurities
Vying in this vainglorious world
Try to take the best of us down
Our vanities insecurities
That once led us astray
Slowly lose their sway
---
Verse 3:
Staring into time's causal mirror
Reflecting factions of our soul
Our minds refract life's facticity
Questioning our vanities insecurities
Verse 4:
Delving deeper into delerium
We're lulled into a waking sleep
By life's enigmatic dreams
Animated with vanities insecurities
---
Chorus:
Our vanities insecurities
Trying to subdue our minds
Shadow beneath brooding thoughts
Our vanities insecurities
Tangled up inside suspicion
Slyly seduce us with deception
Our vanities insecurities
Vying in this vainglorious world
Try to take the best of us down
Our vanities insecurities
That once led us astray
Slowly lose their sway
---
Verse 5:
Avidly we search our soul's veracity
For love's entrenched emotional truths
Found within our visceral nature
That hide inside vanities insecurities
Verse 6:
If we lose our intentional purpose
Will life's directional hands throw us
Straight into time's chaotic sea
Drowning us in vanities insecurities
---
Chorus:
Our vanities insecurities
Trying to subdue our minds
Shadow beneath brooding thoughts
Our vanities insecurities
Tangled up inside suspicion
Slyly seduce us with deception
Our vanities insecurities
Vying in this vainglorious world
Try to take the best of us down
Our vanities insecurities
That once led us astray
Slowly lose their sway
---
Outro Lyrics:
Vanities insecurities vanities insecurities vanities insecurities
Don't bend and bow down
To your vanities insecurities
Don't let yourself drown
In your vanities insecurities
Stand up and face down
All your vanities insecurities
---
... jmf (c) ...
Winter's Beauty...
---
Intro Lyrics:
As we gaze upon winter's wondrous start
Snow crocuses bloom inside our hearts
Madrones have shed life's layered tendencies
Bare-boned trees reveal their weathered curves
---
Verse 1:
Winter days crawl slow to warmth
Upon mortal waking dawn to dusk
Shards of light carve out slivered patterns
Hope bleeds from the apricus sun
Verse 2:
Drinking down smoky coffee in silence
The falling snow echos our stillness
Verse 3:
Darting outside into morning's brisk air
Wearing our mittens, scarves and caps
Bracing up for winter's seasonal shifts
---
Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue
Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
---
Verse 4:
Our warm breaths exhaling solace
Sigh an ecstatic winter swoon
Shorter days yield to temperate moods
Underneath the vacillating sun
Verse 5:
Cold winds blowing briskly embrace us
Slender trees put on a shadow show
Verse 6:
Drinking our mugs of sweet hot chocolate
That warms us on this cold winter day
We gaily pass by lively snowmen at play
---
Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue
Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
---
Verse 7:
Calm inside this peaceful winter's eve
Glowing candles burn late into the night
Love is our harbinger of continuous hope
That steadily holds up the luminous moon
Verse 8:
Glazed icicles adorning our windowsills
Balance delicately upon what time reveals
Verse 9:
Spiced hot toddies sweetly soothe our souls
Inside our heart's home built on mutual love
As midnight quietly falls over this day's end
---
Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue
Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
---
Outro Lyrics:
Robins wistfully sing solstitial songs
Filling the night air with winter's melody
Soon spring will roll out deeper verdancy
Creating for us a euphoric afterwake
---
... jmf (c) ...
I'm a lyricist, vocalist and poet, with basic guitar.
I'm available for hire to write custom lyrics, or commercial jingles for you.
I live for the love of the written, spoken and sung word.
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