© Aprli 12th, 1983
I didn't ask to be here, this way,
But here I am,
With only my dreams to guide me through this maze;
(The strangest journey)
I've never asked for you to change,
So meet my eyes,
And tell me why I should reach for your brass ring.
You know my face:
I'm the son or daughter who was not the easiest to raise.
I know my place:
Wherever I stand, it's where I've set my gazes!
God creates and so do I...
And those who don't are the ones who speak of "normalcy".
No one I've yet met's rationalized
Why beauty grows on the plain,
Beyond the normalcy line.
Doesn't always make sense,
Yet still I reach out before me,
Throwing caution to the wind
For-whatever thrill it affords me.
Is it the taste of conquest?
Well, let my fear's scent be damned:
I’ll just pick up the fucking paint
And fill that canvas with my hand,
Because...
God creates and so do I...
And those who don’t
Are the ones who speak of “normalcy”.
No one I’ve met’s yet rationalized
Why beauty always grows from the plain,
Beyond “The Normalcy”…
So much more than I can explain
Beyond “The Normal~
What you’ll wear and drive and sing, we create
Beyond “The Normalcy Line”!
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© April 2nd, 2019
I was seeking, but not finding,
Looking high and low, and reminding
Everyone I saw, what I was looking for,
Before you.
Seems so crazy -- sounds so sappy --
All the crazy ways I'd tried to be happy:
Meeting babes in bars, steaming up our cars,
Coyote morning hours, sad but true...
All of those were me, my love...
Before you.
BRIDGE
Sure, some of it was fun, but some was a chore...
(Like "Groundhog Day", 200th date? I know you know the score.)
When I was wit's end, how could I know
That just when I was giving up, you'd come and steal the show?
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK WITH SAX OR GUITAR SOLO
Yeah, I was seeking, but not finding,
As both my sanity and patience were unwinding,
Hoping the waters'd part for my big lonely heart,
Before you.
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© March 7th, 2016
I... just... thought I'd let you know
That you've been on my mind...
With a little song I hope'll make you smile.
(Would you like to snuggle up and talk awhile?)
Don't even begin to ask me why,
'Cause I really just don't know;
All I can say is that I feel this way...
"Just Because".
You smile at me and the rest of the world
Just disappears...
(It's funny, I guess, but that's the way it seems;
Like something shifts, and everything's a dream!)
Don't even begin to ask me why,
'Cause I really just don't know;
All I can say is that I feel this way...
"Just Because".
BRIDGE
A simple man, trying to understand...
How it can be you're not in love,
When all the joy you bring exceeds all that I've known...
For you, my lovely "special friend",
Seems I'm falling like a seed,
Wondering what it will be like to be full-grown...
INSTRUMENTAL 4 WITH SOLO
And there you are, so beautiful
That words just fail...
Could it actually be that are here for me?
Given time enough, we'll find out what's meant to be...
Don't even begin to ask me why,
'Cause I really just don't know;
All I can say is that I feel this way...
"Just Because".
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