Sailing the ocean in your eyes
On a blue and balmy breeze
Striking out for an eternity
On your seven seas
And in the shade of your hair
I can’t help but stare
Deep within the secrets
You so gladly share
And I can feel my soul slipping away
Searching for the simple way
To delay setting ashore
Forevermore
Written in 1972
She is a dreamer
a sweet unfolding flower
Unassuming, sometimes amusing
What’s the secret to her power over me
She’s just a slight and slender reed
Flowing gracefully in the tall grass
Her long dress billows in the summer breeze
Making her appear as if in flight
She stands on higher ground than I
Gently lifting me to dare
Doing all she can to share
The schemes a dreamer dreams
Simply Sarah, a lover extraordinaire
Simply Sarah, worth more than any billionaire
Has all she needs, wants for nothing
Lives in harmony and peace, she is
Simply Sarah
Simply Sarah
Simply Sarah
Simply Sarah
This song was inspired by a painting by Russian artist Stenka Razin
This waiting is driving me crazy
The tears I’m tasting are just wasting me away
And though I know it’s in your eyes
I can’t help wondering why
I’m bound to lose, bound to lose with you
You’re a melancholy lady
No use trying to disguise it
I can see it’s in your eyes
It’s in your eyes
And though I know you’re not to blame
And I can’t help feeling it’s a shame
That loving you always costs
A tear or two, a tear or two
And you’re a lady lost
Hiding behind a curtain of your memories
Afraid to pull the string
Afraid to sing, afraid to sing
This waiting is driving me crazy
The tears I’m tasting are just wasting me away
And though I know it’s in your eyes
I can’t help wondering why
I’m bound to lose, bound to lose with you
Because loving you darling
Always costs a tear or two
Written in 1974
Every day I take my sorry soul
Filled with silly hope down to the wishing well
Each coin I toss is just a dream of mine
That I’ll hold your hand one more time
All through the years, the ups and downs
You’ve held my hand – you walked beside me
Through all the laughter and the tears
You’ve held my heart – you walked beside me
I look around me now and see this empty place
Oh how I miss, how I miss your face
This place was filled with your smiles and grace
Oh, how I miss, how I miss your face
My steps may falter and my gait my slow
But nothing will deter me from the wishing well
In the hopes that my dreams come true
In my wishes that I’ll once more hold you
The paths we’ve explored were treacherous at times
And through each one, you walked beside me
You gave me the strength to believe in myself
And it was easy because you walked beside me
Laying in a meadow painted with heather
Back to the ground
Chewing on a blade of grass
Feeling feckless, fancy-free
Playing games with the clouds
Laughing out loud
For no particular reason
But for the fun of it
Been so many years
I’d forgotten these feelings
Of being just a boy
On a lazy summer’s day
An epiphany of epic proportions
That a lifetime of events
Fades in the grass
With a hardy laugh
I have suffered for you
I have sweat for you
I have shed blood for you
I have shed tears for you
As my comrades lay dying for you
My family suffered for you
They have shed tears for you
They live in constant fear and worry
For me, for you
Will you wrap me in a flag and
Call me a hero too when it’s my turn?
Will you praise patriotism at my funeral?
Will you shout this is the cost of freedom?
History assures us killing breeds killing
Hide it behind a mask of morality if you can
War parades only selfish intentions
He’s my angel, a miracle to me
Sees all the possibilities, recognizes no boundaries
And his smile lights up my universe
Brighter than all the stars in the sky
And when he holds your hand
Surrender yourself, he’s in command
And when he holds you in his heart
Heaven is just a breath away
He’s a reflection of all that’s good
Mom’s apple pie, Walt Disney World
And his fantasies are just you and me
We’re along for the ride, can’t you see
And when he holds your hand
Surrender yourself, he’s in command
And when he holds you in his heart
Heaven is just a breath away
This song was inspired and written for my youngest son circa 1990
Just when I think there’s no chance at all
Just when I think it’s the final fall
Through the gray and cloudy skies
There comes a sliver of blue, shining through, that’s you
Paths I’ve chosen seem unimportant these days
Struggling through the morass of disappointing ways
That I’ve chosen to travel
Mysteries I’ve forgotten to unravel
Too busy these days to see my soul
Got lost along a lonely road
On the path of a simple fool
When all I want is a sliver of blue
Suffering sorrow makes me ache in my soul
Struggling each day to attain no sure goal
Think it would help if I knew what to do
I just keep hanging on for a sliver of blue
Chances are I will make my last stand
Fight the good fight and play my last hand
But you know I’m sure I will lose
Then all I’ll have left is a sliver of blue
Too busy these days to see my soul
Got lost along a lonely road
On the path of a simple fool
When all I want is a sliver of blue
Just when I think there’s no chance at all
Just when I think it’s the final fall
Through the gray and cloudy skies
There comes a sliver of blue, shining through, that’s you
You never cease to weave your webs of wonder
Breaking down my walls with thunder
With your soft and winsome laughter
And your eyes that long for loving
With hands so soft, yet sure and strong
You guide along children of ours
Sharing songs and stories, you’re in your glory
The years, they passed so fast, it’s a crime
To dream a dream, to know it is you
To lose oneself to a woman like you
To grow inside, beside as soul
It’s all one ever needs to know
Becky, she’s just a girl I met on the beach
Becky, she reached down to my soul, wouldn’t let go
She said stay here, sit beside me, just be free
Take it easy, make life easy in my arms
She broke me down, emptied me out
To fill me with the things that truly matter
Her kisses were just a promise for the moment
And that was all right by me, each kiss was an eternity
Choices we make, glimpse we forsake in the moments of insanity
Convincing ourselves the paths we choose are dear to lose
Becky, she’s just a girl I meet in my dreams now
Becky, she comes to kiss me in my dreams now
Becky, she’s just a girl I met on the beach
Becky, she reached down to my soul, wouldn’t let go