Category: Spoken-Word
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Promised Land (Audio)
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Gospel – Blues – The first part of the refrain is spoken as in a sermon describing the problem and the counterpoint is almost a shout “But I can see the promised Land from here”. As in defiance of any challenge, problem, doubt, etc. The verses fairly slow and bluesy and the chorus huge and…
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Talking to the Wind (Audio)
(Jazz – Blues – Country – some anger/strength which builds to the end. Mayer or Clapton or Marvin Gaye) (Start fairly soft and pointed) (Could be spoken over instruments the first time through) (R) I’ve been gone. There are just some things a man must do alone. So if they ask you where I’ve been…
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Pushing Back (Audio)
I remember me But what is it that I recall There are moments of sanity At least familiarity But they soon dissolve into A whirling mass of feeling, thought, and images At least I am writing Maybe that is something I feel the anger It provides structure That passes for sanity At least I can…
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What is (Audio)
What is That place between What Ought and What Ought not to be What is I do not like it much Except sometimes and Sometimes not at all What is A snapshot in time Never the same except When I am stagnant What is Waits for me To choose or not To refrain or move…
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One Tear (Audio)
I have penned no words for you since forever Out of time though, my heart has done nothing but call your name Over and over I find myself following paths that lead to you Or rather they lead to places where I realize your absence The separateness is startling and unreal Grief too deep for…