every now and then

 

Every now and then

In my lonely reverie
While I think of you
Do you ever think of me?
Is the spark of love still burning?
Do you long for my returning
Every now and then?

-Helen Humes

where's that place where time stands still

 

Baby where's that place where time stands still

I remember like a lover can

But I forget it like a leaver will
It's the first time that you held my hand
It's the smell and the taste and the fear and the thrill
It's everything I understand
And all the things I never will

            -Mary Chapin Carpenter

ballad of the absent mare

 

...So he binds himself

To the galloping mare
And she binds herself
To the rider there
And there is no space
But there's left and right
And there is no time
But there's day and night

And he leans on her neck
And he whispers low
"Whither thou goest
I will go"
And they turn as one
And they head for the plain
No need for the whip
Ah, no need for the rein

Now the clasp of this union
Who fastens it tight?
Who snaps it asunder
The very next night
Some say the rider
Some say the mare
Or that love's like the smoke
Beyond all repair...

     -Leonard Cohen

I love you to the bone

 I love you to the bone

I love every piece of you
All the pieces you don't
That face you pull for strangers
The voice you assume on the phone

          -Sammy Copley

covert war

 I thought they'd passed right through me

That I had no scars to hide
But now I open up and try to love
And I find they're still inside

I used to run those battle lines trying to plead and to implore
Please won't you hold the cease fire out a little longer
Until the next uproar

I took it all in childhood
But I can't take it no more
'Cause I caught too much crossfire
In your covert war.

I should call my Mom

 

I should call my mom

And tell her I'm lonely
She'd say, "Don't you cry"
Tell me not to worry
Took me 'til I'm older
For this life to show me
That I'm not always in the right
I'm still a baby in her eyes
And I need my mom tonight

- Zevia

I guess I'll just be lonely

 

 know, I know you never should say never

Cause who knows what tomorrow holds in store
One day love may find out where you're hiding
But you can't find what you're not looking for
So may I have a table in the corner
Or anywhere, just nowhere near the aisle
And yes, it's just myself
No, there'll be no one else
I think I'll just be lonely for a while

           -Jesse Winchester

just like a woman

 Ain't it clear that I just can't fit

Yes, I believe that it's time for us to quit

But when we meet again, introduced as friends

Please don't let on that you knew me when

I was hungry and it was your world

             

                  -Bob Dylan

Don't let me come home a stranger

 

Will there come a time when the memories fade.

and pass on with the long, long years,
When the ties no longer bind?
Lord save me from this darkest fear.
Don't let me come home a stranger,
I couldn't stand to be a stranger.

     -Jerome Clark

elephant

 I've buried her a thousand times

Giving up my place in line

But I don't give a damn about that now

There's one thing that's real clear to me:

No one dies with dignity

           -Jason Isbell

A sight for sore eyes

Guess you heard about Nash, he was killed in a crash
Oh that must have been two or three years ago now
Yeah he spun out and he rolled he hit a telephone pole
And he died with the radio on

                  -Tom Waits

your Mother and I

 

Your Mother & I are not getting along

Somehow somewhere something went wrong

Everything changes, time takes it's toll

Your folks fell in love, loves a very deep hole

          - Loudon Wainwright III

put your shovel down

 

Some guys keep right on diggin'
You could say they're trouble bound
If you wanna get out of the hole you're in
The first thing you gotta do is put the shovel down

                -Slaid Cleaves

All Good Things

 All good things got to come to an end

The thrills have to fade
Before they come 'round again
The bills will be paid
And the pleasure will mend
All good things got to come to an end
All good times, all good friends
All good things got to come to an end-

                       Jackson Browne