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In my dreams we're walking quietly and there are angels all around
And the poetry of madness is a distant Doppler sound
And the ghosts of my undoing are unraveling in the glow
To ease the crease of anguish, I am certain I must go
And it's a dream that's based on vision and it's truth that's lacking tough
But if our dreams can all come true, then the angels are enough
Well, I live the truth of consequence, of memory and math
Of history and hungry days and echoes of a past
And there are storm clouds that are hiding the promise of a sun
And the rain falls down in crying sheets until the pressure's gone
And promise pulses plenty and the past is but a rift
But if the future is a shadow then the present is a gift
Angel, angel
Angels all around me
Angels up above
But tonight I need the Angel of Love
So I call upon the saints who watch and guide me through these days
When I cannot tell what's up or down and my mind is but a blaze
And the ticking of my heart is all that keeps the timing so
I'd rather not get turned around if I know the way to go
And I trust your hand will hold me and I fear your heart may burst
But if all this leads to loneliness, then nothing could be worse
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Ancestors
( A true story about my Norwegian Grandparents, who lived to be 96 and 98)
She gazed down softly at him
Her special handsome beau
At 93, her love for Pa
Did ever brightly show
Three quarters of a century
Through hard times and the good
They never spoke an angry word
I hardly think they could
I watched her smile sweetly
Her twinkling eyes of brown
A young girl at the heart of things
Though age had slowed her down
"We never thought that kids would come"
Then Pa turned with a grin
"Ah, but when we learned, we couldn't stop
And quit after the twins."
Eleven children all in all
And a grandson taken in
Loving tales of years gone by
Through the thickest and the thin
A farmer needs a lot of help
The kids all worked each day
Plowing fields and digging peat
And bringing in the hay
Grandpa had the toughest skin
He'd never seem to mind
Packing in the silo
And putting in the time
The boys would stamp and shiver
Through winter's deepest chill
He never seemed to freeze like them
That strong Norwegian will
Then as they aged and needed care
A new life soon arose
With heavy heart at 90
The sweethearts still so close
With failing eyes and failing ears
Reluctantly agreed
To leave their home in Keister
And move on to Albert Lea
It was common knowledge in the home
With all the lights turned down
With all the elders tucked tight in
And darkness all around
Pa would push his bed up next to
Ma's there in the room
Hand in hand across the reach
The sleeping bride and groom
Pa would always say he hoped
He'd be the first to go
He couldn't bear to live without
His precious Anna Flo
As fate would soon decide it
Clemet passed away
At 96, a sweet goodbye
Was all that he could say
Ma passed from us two years hence
Peacefully at ease
Reaching outstretched arms to someone
Only she could see
I do believe she reached for Pa
I'd like to think it so
Waiting from the other side
For his precious Anna Flo
All that we remember
All we never will
The grandsons and the granddaughters
And the generations still
We've written down our memories
To pass as history
We cannot lose the light of
All our precious ancestry
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My Shoes
Have you ever had to walk away
From someone you had promised your whole life to
Have you ever had to face your fears, bear the tears
And wonder if you'd ever get it right
Have you ever had to close your eyes
Have you ever had to realize
That nothing lasts forever and a day
Well I've done what must be done
IÕve chased the moon and sun
Have you ever had to do what Ive done
Did you ever have to hold your ears
Pretending that the cries you hear were always there
Did you ever have to reexplain, take the blame
And wonder if you'd ever get it right
Did you ever have to justify
Look that person in the eye
That someone you had promised everyday
Well I've done what must be done
I've chased the moon and sun
Have you ever had to do what I've done
CHORUS:
Everybody has an answer
Everybody takes a side
Everybody has a ticket
On this never-ending ride
And the old adage is true
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
You don't know, but l I do
Did you ever feel the finger point
At everything you felt was meant to happen
And did you ever have to close the door on what went before
And wonder if you'd ever get it right
Did you ever tear your heart in half
Did you ever forget how to laugh
Cause nothing lasts forever and a day
Well I've done what must be done
I've chased the moon and sun
Have you ever had to do what I've done
CHORUS:
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
You don't know just what it's like
You may call it indiscretion
You may think you've got it right
You can draw your own conclusions
But every situation's new
And no one really knows what I've been through
But I do
Have you ever had to sacrifice
The safety of a home you worked so hard for
Did you ever have to pack it in, start again
And wonder if you'd ever get it right
Did you ever have to exit blind
Did you ever have to leave behind
The treasures you had gathered everyday
Well I've done what must be done
I've chased the moon and sun
Have you ever had to do what I've done
Cause no one really knows what I've been through
But I do
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Come hold me hand, come hold me tight
Lose that feeling that you can’t do it right
I may seem distant, I may look blue
It’s just something that I’m still going through
But I chose you, I choose you still
I always did and I ever will
It was a risk that I would once again choose
You are the love I can’t live to lose
Come here and put your arms around me
There’s a world here together we’re just learning to see
Though I tend to go away, it’s never that far
I come back every time to where you are
Cause I chose you, I choose you still
I always did and I ever will
It was a risk that I would once again choose
You are the love I can’t live to lose
All these apologies we’ve been making
All these nights spent so cold and shaking
All I mean to say and haven’t still
Give me time I will, I will
All these fences we’ve been trying to mend
All these days together we spend
All I mean to do and haven’t still
Give me time I will, I will, I will, I will
So don’t get scared, don’t get that look in your eye
We’ve found ourselves together and we both know why
There’s still some changes we’ll both go through
But it’s about me and it’s all about you
Cause I chose you, I choose you still
I always did and I ever will
It was a risk that I would once again choose
You are the love I can’t live to lose
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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 have 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 blow
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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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
CHORUS:
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