Anytime, Anywhere

I’m an older woman now
Doesn’t mean that I am dead
More than anything, it means
I’m more alive inside my head
I’m not talking ethereal
We’re physically bred
I can talk you in circles
And I can talk you into bed

CHORUS:

‘Cause it only gets better
And it only gets smarter
It’s sweet and it’s sexy
It’s softer and harder
And it’s all about the comfort
And it’s all about the dare
So I’ll take you anytime, anywhere

I’m a married woman now
Doesn’t mean that I am blind
There’s so much more to see but only one to take the time
I’m talking fidelity
‘Cause we’re physically fine
I can talk you in circles
And I talk because you’re mine

CHORUS:

Slowly I’m turning the wheels of my world
Twisting through time both a woman and a girl
Passions beat brighter if you take the time to burn
And if you take the time, time takes a turn

I’m a different woman now
I’m no longer aloof
More than ever when you touch me
Well, it sends me through the roof
I’m talking ecstatically
‘Cause we’re physically fed
I can talk you in circles
And you can talk me into bed

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When the Wind Blows

Graffiti on the rooftops
Antennae from the fifties
A boulevard so broken by the beat
The train coughs out the lonely
On their way to work and home
And I make my way down sentimental streets
I board the battered bus and I take the easy seat
Staring at the stares of starving faces
Riding to Manhattan with the day to day survivors
Through their neighborhoods and sacramental places

Buildings boarded over
Old men on the sidewalks
A town that tells the history of ages
Each person has a story
You can see it in their walk
You can read between their lines and turn their pages
But I live far away where the grass appears much greener
Where you often might forget to lock the door
Though we’re all one on this planet, we’ve got different ways of coping
We’re given each a lot that’s less or more

And I clatter on my way
And I chatter through the day
And I look at people’s lives through their windows
Into town and back
On another beaten track
Wondering how they weather when the wind blows

So you’ll see me in a cafe
Or walking to the subway
And I’ll try to catch your eye if I am able
If I only had the nerve
Or maybe took a chance
I’d offer you a seat across the table
But we live each alone in our solitary shelter
Where we never take for fear of also giving
We tend to turn away, speaking silence to the masses
And wondering how we’ll find the key to living

And we clatter each alone
And we chatter on the phone
And we look at people’s lives through their windows
Into town and back
On another beaten track
Wondering how we’ll weather when the wind blows

When the wind blows……

So if you need a bit of company
An ear or just a voice
Then call someone if only but in passing
You may well get lucky
And find a kindred soul
Who wonders how we’ll weather when the wind blows
Well, I wonder how we’ll weather when the wind blows
When the wind blows

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Trouble

I kissed you once, I kissed you twice
And then again, Oh God, I’m in trouble
I touched you once, I touched you twice
And then again, Oh God, I’m in trouble
I watched you walk right by me
Had to hold myself down
Had to hold myself in
Had to hold onto something for dear life
I caught your eye a’wandering
Had to sit myself down
Had to take a deep breath
Had to hold onto something for dear life

So I smiled once, I smiled twice
And then again, Oh God, I’m in trouble
Said hello to you once, said hello to you twice
And then again, Oh God, I’m in trouble
I heard you talking to someone
Had to try not to listen
Had to try not to breathe
Had to hold onto something for dear life
Thought you might have said something to me
Had to feign not to hear
Had to turn a deaf ear
Had to hold onto something for dear life

‘Cause it wasn’t safe, and it wasn’t clear
I wasn’t free, Oh God, I’m in trouble
But it seemed so good, and it seemed so right
It seemed so clear, Oh God, I’m in trouble
I took a big chance on love
Couldn’t hold myself down
Couldn’t hold myself in
Couldn’t hold onto anything but dear life
I stepped right into the void
I took one giant leap
“Mother May I?”  I cried
I had to let go of everything for dear life

Now I sit down beside you
And I don’t hold myself down
I don’t hold myself in
‘Cause I can hold onto you for dear life

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End of Glory

Curtis died the other day
It was somewhere in the news
They said it was pneumonia
But I think it was the blues
His wife of over fifteen years
Had left him without warning
I think he couldn’t face the nights
And even less the mornings

How could he not have had a clue
There were red flags everywhere
Like how she always pulled away
When he tried to touch her hair
And how she always cut him off
If he ever tried to speak
Everyone but Curtis knew
And had known for several weeks

CHORUS:

But love dies hard for those who live
In some forgotten story
But for Curtis it was more than pain
It was the end of glory

I’d seen him in his last few days
His weight was falling thin
He couldn’t seem to concentrate
And you’d never see him grin
And “Why?” was all you’d ever hear
If you ever got him speaking
I think he couldn’t face the days
And even less the weekends

CHORUS

I thank God that we don’t all succumb
To heartbreak’s deepest depths
‘Cause when I heard that Curtis fell
I wept, I wept, I wept and I wept
Oh I wept

How could he not have ever known
There were signs on every street
Like how she always turned away
And their eyes would never meet
And how she cut him to the quick
If he ever criticized
Somewhere deep down Curtis knew
‘Cause you could see it in his eyes

CHORUS

Curtis died the other day
And I think it was the blues

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The Eyes of God

Driven by a need for grandeur
As the world falls down around us every day
We’ve got actors in the races
We’ve got liars in the lead
We’ve got bullet holes as architecture
And wounds that always bleed
While families starve everyday
And a brother comes home in a bag
We’re rife with retribution
As if it all comes down to war
That peace is not a prophecy
But settling a score
Is our right as human beings
In the Eyes of God

I’ve got lakes all around me
But I dare not set a foot upon the shore
Pollution’s marking sorely
Across the currents of our lives
There are solutions clear and possible
But politics decide
So I dare not test the water’s depth
I dare not taste the water deep
We turn our backs on the answers
As if it all comes down to greed
If we only cared beyond the buck
We’d understand the need
To live as our lives as humans
In the Eyes of God

CHORUS:

In the eyes of God
We throw that phrase out lightly
Like we possibly could understand
We dare to think we know
We would walk this earth so lightly
If only we could fathom
What’s behind the Eyes of God

So we march in boot and loud command
That this country could demand the fate of all
That a president could dictate
What is absolute and wrong
That everything is fixable
And everyone is strong

In the land of free and the home of brave
As if culture doesn’t rock the rule
We allow ourselves to follow hard
Shut off from belief
In something we should know by now
From time and war and grief
We’ve got the right to live as humans
In the Eyes of God

CHORUS

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Drivin’

It’s a gorgeous night
There’s a plane in the sky
And I’m drivin’, drivin’
With my girl by my side
And the moon is up
Not a cloud to be seen
Is this an earthly delight
Or a heavenly dream
And I touch your arm
To make sure you’re real
That I’m not making this up
This is really how love feels

And the first star comes out
Starlight, star bright
You’re always the wish
That I wish for each night
And the hours fly by
Like the telephone lines
And the radio’s on
And we’re keeping the time
And I touch your arm
To make sure you’re real
That I’m not making this up
This is really how love feels

I want to promise you the world on a string
I want to swing you on a moonbeam, baby
I know this life is such a precious thing
And I want to stay with you forever

Now it’s getting real dark
It’s getting real late
And I’m taking you out
On a real long date
Past the Ohio line
Through the Kentucky night
And though the sky is so dark
My heart is so light
And I touch your arm
To make sure you’re real
That I’m not making this up
This is really how love feels