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(Daughter sings)
Mother don't ask me I can't really say
They meant so much and they were all meant to stay

(Mother sings)
So who was you favorite you just oughta know
Can you choose the one you shouldn’t have let go

(Daughter sings)
It was the guy with the broad smile who always made me laugh, maybe the shy strong one that I knew would break my heart.
Could it have been the cowboy who wouldn’t gather no dust
Or Mr perfect who couldn't learn to trust

Mother don't ask me i really can't say
Who I loved more than the other or who I wanted to have and to hold on my special day

(Mother sings)
Are you talking about your 1st marriage my dear
The one that happened in your early twenties not lasting a year

Are you talking about your secret love my daughter
Was it the one that you vowed to love when you knew you never outta

(Daughter sings)
No mother I tell you I really can't choose
They were all precious you would understand if you danced in my shoes

(Mother sings)
So tell me sweet darling would you now know what you don't need
(Daughter sings)
No mama I dont and my heart will continue to bleed.

Give me a true love that breaks, it's better than no love at all
Oh mama I pick myself up even knowing I'll fall

(Mother sings)
So who did you love more can you say?
(Daughter sings)
No moma I can't for they all had a way
I loved every moment while I was singing their song
But sometimes the bad times outway the good times then it's time to move along

I’ll sooner have the hurt knowing the good will be there
I’ll take the pain for all the love I can bear
Every moment every touch every kiss
Every sweet breathe each moment of bliss
I'll take winter even though cold winds do blow
Just to feel the soft touch of spring in the warm evening glow.

No mother I tell you I really can't say who
Who made my heart beat faster or who made me more lonesome and blue
So mother don't ask me I can't really say
They all meant so much and they were all meant to stay

If love was a recipe I would take a small part
Of each of my loves and sprinkle them in my heart
Then I’d mix them all together in a bowl full of dreams
Wrap them with wishes and wash them in clear streams
I’d sprinkle them with stardust and knead them in that bowl
If love was a recipe
I’d bake the perfect soul.

So mother don't ask me I can't really say
They meant so much and they were all meant to stay
They were all meant to stay.

Mama don't ask

Goodbye Love

I saw the same love
The same game love
That you played so many times and more
I felt the hurt love, the deep pain of love, that I’ve felt so many times before.

Why do you think its ok, to to tell me it's not ok to tell me.
That you’ve gone and found someone to hold.
It’s not ok love to break this fragile heart and
Make my feeling s disappear

I loved you from the first time we touched love
The electric surge was so clear
Is sent a volt through me blood, dear
Into my heart that had waited for you

It was the same love
The same wild love
That we played from day to day
It moved my soul this love, so bold this love, in so many wonderfuls ways.

Here I stand my love
So broken and afraid love, why do you believe that's ok.
I’m still here and will be there in so many different ways.
But today love, I need to say goodbye love
And leave in my own way.

Goodbye love.
It was fine love.
Actually beautiful in every way.
Don't give me time love.
My time is mine love.
I hope you shine in your own spectacular way

Goodbye love
I’m moving on
And everything will be just fine.

Everything will be so fine
Goodbye Love

Goodbye My Love

I cannot cry
I cannot weep, my heart is numb and my mind is asleep.
I’m torn between loving and leaving
Leaving means loving you more.

The anger and pain from mistakes that have been made
Lingers much longer than the love we can sustain.
The years we tried to make our entwined lives and love survive
Is time only wasted on unwanted wishes and kisses gone dry.

Forgiveness is the greatest gift that you can bestow
On this heart that aches for the pure sanctity of unblemished love falling like pure white snow.
But our words fell like footsteps and the snow turned to gray
And hurt burnt the land and the pure love melted away

I cannot promise
And you cannot know, but I am in pieces and I don't want to go
I’m torn between loving and leaving
Leaving means loving you more.
Yes, leaving means loving you more.

You deserve someone holding you in a world without disappointment and pain
In arms that hold you and rock you and give you shelter when your tears flow like rain
That was supposed to be me, the one you leaned on the one you could trust.
Now everything broken, shattered and our loves turned to dust

So may the winds blow and the dust mix with the sands of time.
May your world shine and all your new memories turn into something sublime
And I will recall you with the beauty and grace you deserve
In my mind eye I will see you in your world without pain.

LEAVING MEANS LOVING YOU


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(Daughter sings)
Mother don't ask me I can't really say
They meant so much and they were all meant to stay

(Mother sings)
So who was you favorite you just oughta know
Can you choose the one you shouldn’t have let go

(Daughter sings)
It was the guy with the broad smile who always made me laugh, maybe the shy strong one that I knew would break my heart.
Could it have been the cowboy who wouldn’t gather no dust
Or Mr perfect who couldn't learn to trust

Mother don't ask me i really can't say
Who I loved more than the other or who I wanted to have and to hold on my special day

(Mother sings)
Are you talking about your 1st marriage my dear
The one that happened in your early twenties not lasting a year

Are you talking about your secret love my daughter
Was it the one that you vowed to love when you knew you never outta

(Daughter sings)
No mother I tell you I really can't choose
They were all precious you would understand if you danced in my shoes

(Mother sings)
So tell me sweet darling would you now know what you don't need
(Daughter sings)
No mama I dont and my heart will continue to bleed.

Give me a true love that breaks, it's better than no love at all
Oh mama I pick myself up even knowing I'll fall

(Mother sings)
So who did you love more can you say?
(Daughter sings)
No moma I can't for they all had a way
I loved every moment while I was singing their song
But sometimes the bad times outway the good times then it's time to move along

I’ll sooner have the hurt knowing the good will be there
I’ll take the pain for all the love I can bear
Every moment every touch every kiss
Every sweet breathe each moment of bliss
I'll take winter even though cold winds do blow
Just to feel the soft touch of spring in the warm evening glow.

No mother I tell you I really can't say who
Who made my heart beat faster or who made me more lonesome and blue
So mother don't ask me I can't really say
They all meant so much and they were all meant to stay

If love was a recipe I would take a small part
Of each of my loves and sprinkle them in my heart
Then I’d mix them all together in a bowl full of dreams
Wrap them with wishes and wash them in clear streams
I’d sprinkle them with stardust and knead them in that bowl
If love was a recipe
I’d bake the perfect soul.

So mother don't ask me I can't really say
They meant so much and they were all meant to stay
They were all meant to stay.

Mama don't ask

Goodbye Love

I saw the same love
The same game love
That you played so many times and more
I felt the hurt love, the deep pain of love, that I’ve felt so many times before.

Why do you think its ok, to to tell me it's not ok to tell me.
That you’ve gone and found someone to hold.
It’s not ok love to break this fragile heart and
Make my feeling s disappear

I loved you from the first time we touched love
The electric surge was so clear
Is sent a volt through me blood, dear
Into my heart that had waited for you

It was the same love
The same wild love
That we played from day to day
It moved my soul this love, so bold this love, in so many wonderfuls ways.

Here I stand my love
So broken and afraid love, why do you believe that's ok.
I’m still here and will be there in so many different ways.
But today love, I need to say goodbye love
And leave in my own way.

Goodbye love.
It was fine love.
Actually beautiful in every way.
Don't give me time love.
My time is mine love.
I hope you shine in your own spectacular way

Goodbye love
I’m moving on
And everything will be just fine.

Everything will be so fine
Goodbye Love

Goodbye My Love

I cannot cry
I cannot weep, my heart is numb and my mind is asleep.
I’m torn between loving and leaving
Leaving means loving you more.

The anger and pain from mistakes that have been made
Lingers much longer than the love we can sustain.
The years we tried to make our entwined lives and love survive
Is time only wasted on unwanted wishes and kisses gone dry.

Forgiveness is the greatest gift that you can bestow
On this heart that aches for the pure sanctity of unblemished love falling like pure white snow.
But our words fell like footsteps and the snow turned to gray
And hurt burnt the land and the pure love melted away

I cannot promise
And you cannot know, but I am in pieces and I don't want to go
I’m torn between loving and leaving
Leaving means loving you more.
Yes, leaving means loving you more.

You deserve someone holding you in a world without disappointment and pain
In arms that hold you and rock you and give you shelter when your tears flow like rain
That was supposed to be me, the one you leaned on the one you could trust.
Now everything broken, shattered and our loves turned to dust

So may the winds blow and the dust mix with the sands of time.
May your world shine and all your new memories turn into something sublime
And I will recall you with the beauty and grace you deserve
In my mind eye I will see you in your world without pain.

LEAVING MEANS LOVING YOU

Open your eyes sweet Leon
Or shut them from my light.
You played the deception sweet Leon while holding on too tight

Who wrote "die for you" was it the dealer from the corner store?
Who served your addiction with the nectar numbing syrups and powders galore?
Who invited you shit-faced into her tomb?
And played peek-a-boo from her womb.
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue.

Who wrote "die for you" was it the man from the Ayahuasca mountain cave?
With his scarlet stained teeth and a skin skeleton dog as a slave.
He promised you vision beyond mortal mind.
While he raised the dead and killed the kind
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue.

Open your eyes sweet Leon.
And feast on my delight
As you welcome in the darkness and farewell the light

Who wrote "die for you" scribbled rough by shaky hand?
Did they see you as a gleaming deity when you sang your poetry with the band?
As you crooned and growled under spotlight on a stage
To all those who preen in the thirsty age.
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue

I won't die for you sweet Leon
I did that every night
Even while we made up you tried to pick a fight.

Who wrote "die for you" sweet Leon, maybe the teacher from your youth?
The one that took your innocence while you were smashed on gin and vermouth.
You hang onto her number and still you call
For birthdays, holidays, first of spring and end of fall.
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue

I won't die for you Sweet Leon
like all the others do.
It's time to live and dance and laugh.
Yes it's time to live and spin and fly
Goodbye sweet Leon.
Goodbye.

Who wrote "die for you" Leon?

Dark Heart

Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Where rivers cease to flow
Where wilting flowers refuse to grow
May you serve me well
In situ - impaled - and in Hell
Where Dante dances heavy against the flame
Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Let's go one more round again.

All broken and bruised
Shattered and stained
Our pleasure was sealed as we sinned
My love a flammable rag tossed into the wind

Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Beat inside my cage of bones
Where breath exhales a whimpering moan
To conjure up this demons name
Unstable - shaken - and insane
Salacious survivor spin me in this game
So welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Brand me with your naked pain.

I am broken and blamed
Heartless and tamed
Lay gentle on the anvil as the hammer crashes down
Continue to beat and I will teach you to drown.

Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Lets go one more round again.
Lets go one more round again

Dark Heart

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(Daughter sings)
Mother don't ask me I can't really say
They meant so much and they were all meant to stay

(Mother sings)
So who was you favorite you just oughta know
Can you choose the one you shouldn’t have let go

(Daughter sings)
It was the guy with the broad smile who always made me laugh, maybe the shy strong one that I knew would break my heart.
Could it have been the cowboy who wouldn’t gather no dust
Or Mr perfect who couldn't learn to trust

Mother don't ask me i really can't say
Who I loved more than the other or who I wanted to have and to hold on my special day

(Mother sings)
Are you talking about your 1st marriage my dear
The one that happened in your early twenties not lasting a year

Are you talking about your secret love my daughter
Was it the one that you vowed to love when you knew you never outta

(Daughter sings)
No mother I tell you I really can't choose
They were all precious you would understand if you danced in my shoes

(Mother sings)
So tell me sweet darling would you now know what you don't need
(Daughter sings)
No mama I dont and my heart will continue to bleed.

Give me a true love that breaks, it's better than no love at all
Oh mama I pick myself up even knowing I'll fall

(Mother sings)
So who did you love more can you say?
(Daughter sings)
No moma I can't for they all had a way
I loved every moment while I was singing their song
But sometimes the bad times outway the good times then it's time to move along

I’ll sooner have the hurt knowing the good will be there
I’ll take the pain for all the love I can bear
Every moment every touch every kiss
Every sweet breathe each moment of bliss
I'll take winter even though cold winds do blow
Just to feel the soft touch of spring in the warm evening glow.

No mother I tell you I really can't say who
Who made my heart beat faster or who made me more lonesome and blue
So mother don't ask me I can't really say
They all meant so much and they were all meant to stay

If love was a recipe I would take a small part
Of each of my loves and sprinkle them in my heart
Then I’d mix them all together in a bowl full of dreams
Wrap them with wishes and wash them in clear streams
I’d sprinkle them with stardust and knead them in that bowl
If love was a recipe
I’d bake the perfect soul.

So mother don't ask me I can't really say
They meant so much and they were all meant to stay
They were all meant to stay.

Mama don't ask

Goodbye Love

I saw the same love
The same game love
That you played so many times and more
I felt the hurt love, the deep pain of love, that I’ve felt so many times before.

Why do you think its ok, to to tell me it's not ok to tell me.
That you’ve gone and found someone to hold.
It’s not ok love to break this fragile heart and
Make my feeling s disappear

I loved you from the first time we touched love
The electric surge was so clear
Is sent a volt through me blood, dear
Into my heart that had waited for you

It was the same love
The same wild love
That we played from day to day
It moved my soul this love, so bold this love, in so many wonderfuls ways.

Here I stand my love
So broken and afraid love, why do you believe that's ok.
I’m still here and will be there in so many different ways.
But today love, I need to say goodbye love
And leave in my own way.

Goodbye love.
It was fine love.
Actually beautiful in every way.
Don't give me time love.
My time is mine love.
I hope you shine in your own spectacular way

Goodbye love
I’m moving on
And everything will be just fine.

Everything will be so fine
Goodbye Love

Goodbye My Love

I cannot cry
I cannot weep, my heart is numb and my mind is asleep.
I’m torn between loving and leaving
Leaving means loving you more.

The anger and pain from mistakes that have been made
Lingers much longer than the love we can sustain.
The years we tried to make our entwined lives and love survive
Is time only wasted on unwanted wishes and kisses gone dry.

Forgiveness is the greatest gift that you can bestow
On this heart that aches for the pure sanctity of unblemished love falling like pure white snow.
But our words fell like footsteps and the snow turned to gray
And hurt burnt the land and the pure love melted away

I cannot promise
And you cannot know, but I am in pieces and I don't want to go
I’m torn between loving and leaving
Leaving means loving you more.
Yes, leaving means loving you more.

You deserve someone holding you in a world without disappointment and pain
In arms that hold you and rock you and give you shelter when your tears flow like rain
That was supposed to be me, the one you leaned on the one you could trust.
Now everything broken, shattered and our loves turned to dust

So may the winds blow and the dust mix with the sands of time.
May your world shine and all your new memories turn into something sublime
And I will recall you with the beauty and grace you deserve
In my mind eye I will see you in your world without pain.

LEAVING MEANS LOVING YOU

Open your eyes sweet Leon
Or shut them from my light.
You played the deception sweet Leon while holding on too tight

Who wrote "die for you" was it the dealer from the corner store?
Who served your addiction with the nectar numbing syrups and powders galore?
Who invited you shit-faced into her tomb?
And played peek-a-boo from her womb.
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue.

Who wrote "die for you" was it the man from the Ayahuasca mountain cave?
With his scarlet stained teeth and a skin skeleton dog as a slave.
He promised you vision beyond mortal mind.
While he raised the dead and killed the kind
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue.

Open your eyes sweet Leon.
And feast on my delight
As you welcome in the darkness and farewell the light

Who wrote "die for you" scribbled rough by shaky hand?
Did they see you as a gleaming deity when you sang your poetry with the band?
As you crooned and growled under spotlight on a stage
To all those who preen in the thirsty age.
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue

I won't die for you sweet Leon
I did that every night
Even while we made up you tried to pick a fight.

Who wrote "die for you" sweet Leon, maybe the teacher from your youth?
The one that took your innocence while you were smashed on gin and vermouth.
You hang onto her number and still you call
For birthdays, holidays, first of spring and end of fall.
Life's worth living not dying for you.
Oh yes my life is worth living
And my good life is overdue

I won't die for you Sweet Leon
like all the others do.
It's time to live and dance and laugh.
Yes it's time to live and spin and fly
Goodbye sweet Leon.
Goodbye.

Who wrote "die for you" Leon?

Dark Heart

Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Where rivers cease to flow
Where wilting flowers refuse to grow
May you serve me well
In situ - impaled - and in Hell
Where Dante dances heavy against the flame
Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Let's go one more round again.

All broken and bruised
Shattered and stained
Our pleasure was sealed as we sinned
My love a flammable rag tossed into the wind

Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Beat inside my cage of bones
Where breath exhales a whimpering moan
To conjure up this demons name
Unstable - shaken - and insane
Salacious survivor spin me in this game
So welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Brand me with your naked pain.

I am broken and blamed
Heartless and tamed
Lay gentle on the anvil as the hammer crashes down
Continue to beat and I will teach you to drown.

Welcome to my darkness weeping heart
Lets go one more round again.
Lets go one more round again

Dark Heart


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25 years in the music industry. Not a musician. Dedicated to the written word. Enjoys living in the shadows.

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