2009
Waiting
05 January 2009
3:01 am
waiting I love to wait
sit and sit back stage
wait till the day is right
hope I got all night to wait
hope I got all night
didn’t have much to say when I was inside the womb
waiting I love to wait
guess mom didn’t have much to say
when I was inside the womb
waiting not much to say
I love waiting for the perfect day
Waiting for you
For the dreams to come true.
Better get clear on it this year
What constitutes a dream
When your painting
Is unclear
Opportunity
05 January 2009
3:07 pm
An opportunity to breathe I cannot take credit for
And opportunity
Where do I access the choice and when is it near
An opportunity I believe in fear
A friend I know and have for years
A friend that is with me from the dark to light from day and night
An opportunity to breathe
I cannot take credit for that
And You And The Dark
06 January 2009
7:01 AM
and you and the dark
both come brightly
light like a walk in closet
taller ? at some end
hallow in the middle
sunlight breaking thru often
somewhere
and your broken once a kind of liquid light
a morter has been fired?
thank you god for the reasons
9 January 2009
thank you god for the reasons
the seemingly complicated reasons
the lines
the path
the drift
the closure
the limited
the time
the wait
the watching
the let it pass whispers
the not so fast
the less then what I know
the this time
the well maybe not now
the ill let you know
the don’t hurry
the stop
the listen to me
the check with your friend
the sleep
the movie
the baseball game
the fever
the hospital visits
the sickness
and in health
the wealth
the poverty
the pain
the pain
the restraint
the sometimes provocation
the resting
the sleep
oh I love the sleep
like to day till 11 am
and oh the waiting
the waiting
I love to wait
for you
To move again
The waiting
To wait
the dishes that always need washing
the water that runs
the shower
the rain
the rain
oh I love the rain
the master
the teacher
the preacher
the student
I am
The First Time I Tried To Write
13 January 2009
The first time I tried to write
It came out right
I was a bit uptight
Been tired since you told me so
I been tired since I woke up
I been tired since I fell asleep
I been tried since I was true
I been lying since I could see
I been calm since I cried
I been near since you left
I been clear since you walked away
These Tears
20 January 2009
These tears
These tears
They shed light and drop for you to reflect in me and you
They shed light and drop for you to reflect in me and you
These tears to feel for you
To let it be known that you and i
Can contiune to die
That you and i
Can continue to die
Into the arms of love
These tears
Drop
Drop
Drop
And reflect the light and love
Of hearts
Unite
In light
And love
Take A Walk Somewhere New
21 January 2009
take a walk somewhere new
somewhere you like
somewhere over the rainbow
meet dorethy
meet the monkey
sleep with an angel just for a day
walk into someones arms
and kiss them on the face
tell them to love another today
let yourself go
today
And You Walk With God
23 January 2009
1:09 pm
For Corneila Street #3 my Junior Reading (updated 11-25-09 added the chorus)
NYC
And you walk with god
And you ask a lot of questions
And you walk with god
And you ask a lot of questions
And you find differences
And you try to simplify your life
And you make excuses
And you dream way too much
For what’s left inside
And you maximize your consciousness as to the best of your ability wasteline
And you minimize your references
And you stand quiet when you speak….so loud
And you make the most of your pathetic life
And you seem to be doing ok
And you watch the hours tick and sometimes just go to bed to pass the time
And you believe in something but not sure what it is but you do seem
to say that you walk with god
And that there is a plan and you are not really sure of it
And all you know is that when the tour bus passes by you hear them
talk about how electric lady studios is right here where jimi was
and every half hour our so you can count on it!
And you walk sometimes with god
And you ask a lot of questions
And you find differences
And you try and simplify your life
And you make excuses
And you dream way too much
For what’s left inside
And you maximize your wasted youth
And you make the best of the concerts you attended
And you do have some stories
That you tell when you are in a crowd of other men so you feel strong
But you weep at home at night and just want to be held tight
And you walk with god and you ask a lot of questions
And you find differences
And you try to simplify your life
And you make way too many excuses
And all you know is that when the tour bus passes by you hear them
talk about how electric lady studios is right here where jimi was
and every half hour our so you can count on it.
And You Dream
27 January 2009
Just back from first class with nancy kelton
And you dream and your shy and hyour awkward as all shit
And you sit and wonder why the words take you there or home and you wish you were there home
Where you dream ane your shy and your awkward as all shit
First Day Of Class
27 January 2009
and it is cold
and it is that way
and I wonder
as I walk in
to my first class at Newschool since I don’t know when
what
funny that I am now the student
and excited to be the student
and look into the personal
meet Ashley at Bean
and on my way to get a cup of coffee or decaf
and am I going through withdrawl
or am I just eating too many cherry liquorice strips
and what about the need for sleep
is that the same thing
or am I just feeling some pressure on my head
as it pounds slightly
pushing on the sides
Amd I think of mom and writing and
I’m An Actor
22 February 2009
7:06 am
Oscar night
7:06 am
Sunday 2-22-09
from Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, 1963: "and I’ll know my lines well before I start singing”
from Jim Peterik, Ides of March, "Vehicle", 1970, "I'll take you anywhere you want to go”
I am an actor
I study well
I become what you will
and before too long I believe what you want me to be
and I study
I rehearse the words
the phrases
the other players I’m with
become another
like I’ve done so many times before
A bookie
A rookie
A loser
A time controller
A lost soul
A beaten down drunk
A low life skunk
An aristocrat
A painted hat
A roof painter
A seamstress maker
A chief of the plant
A budding check out man
A banker
A hospital worker
cleaning out scum at the bottom of your toilet bowl
A train conductor that “will take you anywhere you want to go”*
So I put on another face
maybe another race
skin is changed to court another place and time
I’m way past my prime
but I can look different
the way you want
one might wonder where I got my chops
where I got my start
fell off a tree and began to cry
that’s where it all began
David took me for a ride in our radio flyer
I put on a good show
no one believed me
A runner
A strip teaser
A fabulous reader
An academy winner
A spinner of plates
I’m connected upstate
I won't let you down
I cost you more time then you allowed
I can embellish my needs
so you feel for me
I can substantiate my pain
so you believe me
I am an actor
And I want to thank my parents
Walk on your own water
21 MAY 2009
walk on your own water-4, fourth version of song
NEW intro: c cm f fm SLOW + CHORD CHANGES
C C sus 4
OPEN walk on your own water
(SLOW) walk on your own water
walk on your own water
share a drink with me
have a pocketful of dreams
but have a couple with me
be on your own island
but tell me how does it feel?
listen to your own seashell
have a swim with me
I never really met you
but know I can love
be on your own island
but tell me are you really free?
SO
Cm
walk on your own water
share a drink with me
SLOW CHANGE CHORDS + BACK
have a pocket full of dreams
but share a couple with me
watch your own sunrise
but know I’m with you
be on your own island
but tell me how does it feel?
I never really met you
But know I can love
CHORD CHANGE ##
Walk on your own water
Share a drink, Share a drink with me
CHORD CHANGE ##
Be your own somebody (SUNRISE)
Know there’s others to see
When you find it dark
When you find it dark
There’s always someone else that feels
NY 1
24 May 2009
and for all you lonely ones
it's my NY1
and for the weather on the 1’s
it’s a date
and for our favorite stars
it's NY1
business report
the arts, music, theatre, dance, fine art
we count on you
to tell us what to do
when I want to know
NY1
time and weather it's on cable and totally stable
unlike my apartment
that rocks
with the City under my feet
Ny1 never sleeps
in NY1
gettin out
reporting always on the street
it's alright
right, day or night
never up tight
and I know we don’t need to watch for long
sometimes I find myself watchin' till dawn
NY 1
I love you
your my date,
my morning shower,
my afternoon hour
you tell me the people to look out for
you keep me safe,
and
you keep me up to date
you keep me aware,
you keep my dreams in the air
you tell me how we relate
to the world
and how the world sees us
you watch out for me
you watch our for us!
My love is like a small river
12 December 2009
9:25 pm
9:25 pm Monday night after class songwriting @ Housing Works, Crosby Street, NYC.
My love is like a small river
It sways and moves thru you
My love is like a small river
Drifting away from you
Count the times I’m with it
sometimes see it too
Call the arms that reach for
sway and turn with you
The way it calls is true
I try and tell you something
that speaks in a line or two
Talk to the winter swimming
Its cold
its moving too
Your words they linger always
Your simple and strong and true
Your smile it brings me sunshine
Sometimes when I’m not with you
My love, it’s sometimes with you
These tears that drip on sidewalks
They drain on subways too
The rain that sings
in sunshine
walks all over you
The words they’re easy for me
When I come in touch with you
Monday morning
15 December 2009
On the meaning of being
On the being of seeing
On the trees i'm singing
for you i'm speaking on the meaning of
being for you i'm listening
for me i'm hearing for you i'm
seeing more clearly now i'm feeling
alright tonight
On the meaning of being
On the meaing of seeing
On the ground i'm laughing inside
On the fly i'm dreaming
On the way i'm living on the way i'm
praying for all my friends who are in pain.
On the train i'm listening
On the train i'm hearing on the plane
I'm feeling height
On you i'm watching on me i'm around
And in time I'm singing
And in time i'm dreaming
Again…
in the light of this day
I'm walking i'm listening to you
I'm here but i'm not
I'm with and i'm with out
I'm into and i'm out
I'm before and i'm behind
On this road im walking
On this road i'm talking my way
Thru something I don’t know
On this road i'm talking my way around you
On this road i'm dreaming and saying and being and doing and
watching and seeing and being and really not listening
and really not hearing and really not being
and really just dying to
be with you.
And IT Feels Good
October 13 2018
09.30 pm
and it feels good
and it feels good
when I can sit at peace
with you
and me
and all of us in the here and now
and it feels good
for you to tell the truth
and it feels good to be yourself
and it feels good to hurt
and know it is authentic
and the loss
the sadness
the joy
the pain
the participation of this thing called life
and it feels good
to let you know how I feel
to also be aware that doing so can cause some pain
and it is up to me to know the difference or when to not say
everything that is on my mind
I imagine that you would want the same.