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Steeper
Slope
As you rise in
the mornin', and try to find the words
Just close your
eyes, convince the heart
Youre ever really
heard
You wrap your
prayers around you
To fit you like
a glove
The words wont
come, there is no light
Without your
love
The early dawns,
still out of sight
Without your
love
When uncertainty
is met with faith
And solitude
with hope
It only seems,
the more you need
The steeper is
your slope
Looking back
across the years
Through my childrens
eyes
I see the path
theyll never know
The road still
left untried
When uncertainty
is met with faith
And solitude
with hope
It only seems,
the more you need
The steeper is
your slope
The words wont
come, there is no light
Without your
love
The early dawns,
still out of sight
Without your
love
If
All We Had To Do
If all we had to
do
Was sign on that
bottom line, break the glass and drink the wine
Promise ever yours
and all of mine
And I still had
you
If all we had to
do
If all we had to
do
Was turn the key
and drive away
Watch old movies
on a rainy day
Let love and passion
finally have its way
And it all came
true
If all we had to
do
I wonder bout this
road Ive taken
I sometimes feel
that Ive been mistaken
Am I headed far
away or am I headed for the day
And you, and you
If all we had to
do
Was pray for heavy,
heavy rain
Watch the clouds
pull lightning in a chain
Pray for higher
love to wash my pain
And it all came
true
If all we had to
do
Killin
Me By Degrees
Minor blues-R&B jazzy-ala Robert Cray
They say December wind's sharpest
In the heart of the night
Hey I believe, I believe evry word
Cause man its cuttin' tonight
Lately nothins shakin but the leaves off the trees
December
Wind's been chllin and killin me-
By degrees, oh, by degrees
I called up my lady say hey what'cha doin tonight
She
said listen baby, maybe you aint heard - but I've been doin alright
Her words dragged me down like the tide off the sea
My
lovers been chillin
and killin me-
By degrees oh, by degrees
Lately nothins shakin but my soul in the breeze
December
Wind's been chllin and killin' me-
By degrees, oh, by degrees
Cash is gone, credit's bad and my car won't start
The boss said I should walk
"From here on in our ways part "
That December Wind's sharpest in the heart of the night
These blues are cuttin' through me
Like
a dull-edged switchblade knife
Lately Ive been achin from a pain I dont need
December Wind's been chllin and killin me-
By degrees, oh, by degrees
Life
is getting even with a word and a deed
December
Wind's been chllin and killin me-
By degrees, oh, by degrees
Caffeine
and Borrowed Time
Am7,
Em7,
E Maj7, Bsus, Bmaj7-slow/mid
tempo elec. blues (brush snare, P-bass/neck, Leslie organ, mute sax /trumpet.
Worried through the night
And waiting on the dawn
Lately
now I'm hangin fire
Just to keep on, keepin on
Evry day I ask myself but now I just don't know
Am
I the dice in someone's game
But losin' evry throw?
Livin' on caffeine, caffeine and borrowed time
Try
to find the words
Try
to write the lines
Workin' up the will to bless that bitter, bitter cup of wine
Drinkin'
foolish courage
Together
with the rhyme
Mumblin
in this waking dream and wastin' precious time
All
these heartaches like a drug
And
drunk from all the tears
Writing
lines under my eyes
With
one for every, every year
Livin'
on caffeine and bitter wine, bitter wine to slake my fears
Caress
your body in my dreams
A
ray or two of joy
Another
lovin' touchin' chance
To
teach this lonely boy
Another
soul to share the load
And make it through the night
Livin'
on caffeine, borrowed time and broken toys that don't work right
Wearin' down
my wits
Along
with threadworn jeans
Spendin'
money like I got it
Faster than my means
Leaning
on the ledge
My back against the wall
And
prayin' for redemption, Lord
Beggin'
please don't let me, let me fall
I've
heard the hand is open wide
You only have to ask
Strugglin'
for that daily bread
God's
Original task
Reconciled
to things I've done
But
not the wasted time
Knowin' judgings comin' on
Please no more of that hurtin' kind
I'm
livin' on caffeine
And
borrowin' your time
Livin'
on caffeine and borrowed dimes
Waiting
as the word comes down, shiverin' at your door
Lord
just tell me, tell me please just what it is I'm achin' for
Livin' life here on the verge
Stones burnin on the floor
Slouch'd down to Jerusalem
And eyeless in some holy war
I'm
livin' on caffeine and weighing evry word
But
tell me people, have you ever, ever really, really heard?
Count the
steps across the room
And
minutes through the night
Weave
that magic spell and say
The
words to make it right
Deep
down weary to my soul
And
leery of this fight
Been
far too long at things gone wrong
To
try to get them, set them right
I'm livin' on caffeine and borrowed time
Borrowed
time no more
Caffeine
and borrowed time
But
Lord what is it for
If
sin is just the mark we miss
Then
what about the darkness that we hit?
Road Till
Then
Acoustic, country blues
Many nights I've cried aloud
Just get me through
Another day
Live and learn
Just
one more time
While time like
sand
Just blows away
I turned, surprised
and caught your eye
As you looked back again
With little left to say
for now
And lifetimes until then
And my astonished
heart
Will give my soul no rest
Biding time since days gone by and God knows for whats left
Swept up your past
and broken glass dreams
wrapped against forever
Wondering when that time will come
Lately seems for
never
Sitting on your bags
waiting out eternity
When all you have to do right now's look and turn to me
Reach out your
hand just one more time and turn your soul to me
The beat of
my astonished heart
Tells more than I can say
To meet you on that highway halfway long past yesterday
To
meet you on the open road so long past far away
Walking down that
higher ground
As if it were today
Just talk about the things to be
And dream these blues away
Dream you right
back
here with me
Wake up to what
A love can be
And my astonished heart
Will drive me towards the
day
And see you on that road till then
And blow those wasted years away
And meet you on that highway
halfway long past yesterday
And meet you on
the open road so long past far away
This site is a work in progress. I welcome comments,
kudos and even critique as things get sorted out: triplets@bezeqint.net. Thanks, Dave
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