Billions of people in the world
There must be one who’ll ask me to dance
One who takes me out on the town
One who is looking for a soul to take a chance on

I just want one
One date,
One time stamp in this universe
One empty dessert plate
One weekend getaway
One step away from the curse
One connection and one last look
One strong drink, one first kiss
Once upon a timeless bliss
One note, one tune is all it took

I sing, I dance, I am free before you
You look right at me and
You see me like you have all the clues
You got a table for two like there’s no one else in the room
And I’m paying attention

I don’t need expensive things
Unless they come with a person who loves me on my arm
I don’t need corner store bouquets
Unless they come with a lover who looks me in the eye
I don’t need trips and vacation homes
Unless the man who wants me shows up at my door
Who dares to ask what I'm doing tomorrow
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What are we doing tomorrow…

I want to want someone who thinks like me and loves like me and tries like me
There must be someone out there who knows romance is hard to beat

I want you to want to take me on
When no one is watching
When no one’s around
I took a good look around
You got me to notice
There’s no one else to see

Year after year of birthdays and sour tears
Hopeful wishes disappear each Saturday night
Dreaming of a new years eve
I’m all dressed up about to leave
On a night of my life with the person I love
But
I never got the date

Anniversaries and Valentines come and go like starry skies
Can’t seem to wrap my mind around the many times …
I waited for you
Night after night I imagined a sweet surprise
Hope of dinner and candlelight
I just wanted a date

Years came and years went by
Romance faded into lost paradise
I can’t remember why I tried
Dropping hints all those times
I just wanted a date

I just wanted a date
But now it’s too late
I have decisions to make
I just wanted a date
Not where we go or when
Not why this place or then
Making the rules this time

Damn the times
I just want a date
I’m done with you
It’s someone new
I want a date
With any you know who
I’ll take the date
I want a date
But now - it's not with you

I want a date
I don't have to plan
I don’t wanna pay
Or worry about the next day
By myself I go
I’m making my date
You can leave and relate
To the time you wanted your parents to care

There once was a girl who wanted the world
But soon enough realized it was too much
The cost was too great the wars were too bloody
The price of love meant her heart would break slowly
Year after year a piece of her fell
She fought battles valiantly but the enemy prevailed
They spun her around until she had no choice but
To welcome the sickness and smile at the world

Years went by and the sickness remained
The kind people don’t seem to notice right away
It keeps her mouth shut and her movements so small
Yet she keeps starting again to forget about it all

Memories of dusty tables
Piles of laundry, games, and candles
Memories that don’t like to wait
Every memory has a voice
Chants and songs, the prayer’s choice but
Memories can’t keep the sickness away

In all of the world what she grieved most was a book
A large purchase she made with all of her heart
It was a roadmap to show joy came to her world
She filled it with memories of happy days gone by

Memories of glee and giggles
Dances, movies, songs and riddles
Memories she scrapped all neat in the book
Every memory an airborne flu
Book’s been lost twas the proof she knew
Memories can’t keep the sickness away

In the back of her mind tears fall through the storm
As the grin on her face keeps the sickness at bay
If she only had the book, the proof of her worth
She would call back the angel that went from her home
And read the Velveteen Rabbit story again

Hey there Chicago
I missed you a lot
I’ve missed your bright light
Your love for this life
Hey Chicago
What do you say
Is the timing right
To see you again

I want to see you shine under the moon
Fulfilling dreams and laughing upstream
Making the most of this park and these streets

Cubbies chants, victory dance, train sounds and true romance
Hey Chicago hear my song
Walking down your busy streets I can’t help but wondering
Why has this dance lasted so long

Hey there Chicago
Sing your best song
act like you want me
And like I do belong
Hey Chicago
What do you say
I need you tonight
Tell me she’s alright

Where is she hiding as I close my eyes
Starry sapphire skies got me wondering why
Misty eyes praying that she is alright

Kids running on the beach, people laughing, chess players preach
Hey Chicago help me out
Looking over city lights, urban feelings turn to pride
I want to join her to live life out loud

Keep her safe Chicago
Don’t let her light run out
Chicago hold her close

Hey Chicago open her eyes
Keep her warm, don't make her cry
Until the day she calls me back
And says hello as I hug her tight

Goodbye Seattle,
This is the last time
I’ve wandered your streets wanting to hide.
Goodbye Seattle
Keep your sunsets and pain,
green neighborhoods and blue water-ways.
Your fancy art deco and September rain
Isn’t the memory I want to save.

It’s sunny Seattle,
The sun’s out today.
But not as it was,
There’s too much rain in my eyes.
The storms in my heart,
Gray out the blue skies.
I remember her running
Back and forth on this deck
Waiting for the boat to arrive.

It was years ago, so much time has gone by
Goodbye Seattle I can’t bear to think twice.
I once thought you were, the answer to life,
But now I can’t see a thing besides her smile.
You’re not what you seem to be, not who you use to be,
This city of wandering souls.
You’re lonely,
You’re sad, in segregated drag,
A city of pretense I once held so close.

Goodbye Seattle,
You’re worn out and tired.
You need an awakening of youth in these streets.
Goodbye Seattle,
Don’t pray for good weather but for a spiritual spring.
When the rain stops to fall, when the clouds roll away,
Think of me then, bring her back again.
My mermaid.

Maybe then,
I’ll smile and say hello.

Skies look like winter
Hazy purple gloom and the clouds are gone
Taste of gin keeps setting a new bar
Of loneliness in a blue jar

I don’t like the hopeless skies or these cough syrup vibes
I just want to miss you one more time
And the skies begin to lighten up

I just want to miss you one more time
I just want to miss you
Cuz loving you is too freaking hard (Initially I used the curse word - either way works )
I just want to miss you one more time
I just want to miss you one more time
Until I’m so far away no one really knows who you are

Wind is still again
Trees are calm but the storm’s coming in
No more wine to sustain my rhythm
Of sad songs as I cry

I hate the taste on these cold lips in ghostly air
I just wanna miss you one more time
No meal can satisfy these hungry vibes tonight

I just want to miss you one more time
I just want to miss you
Cuz loving you is too freaking hard (Initially I used the curse word - either way works )
I just want to miss you one more time
I just want to miss you one more time
Until I’m so far away no one really knows who you are

I want to go away and erase your part of my name
Start all over without you near with all your complaints
I want to be known for who I am and not who I bring along side of me
Because they don’t know the real you gripping me
I need to walk away and not take you with me

But before I go
I need the strength to
Just miss you one more time

I just want to miss you one more time
I just want to miss you
Cuz loving you is too freaking hard (Initially I used the curse word - could be for just here in this spot )
I just want to miss you one more time
I just want to miss you one more time
Until I’m so far away no one really knows who you are