She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late
A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Concrete Angel
She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late
A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late
A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot
Someone Like You
Someone Like You
by James William Foley
Someone like you makes the heart seem the lighter,
Someone like you makes the day's work worth while,
Someone like you makes the sun shine the brighter,
Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile.
Life's an odd pattern of briers and roses,
Clouds sometimes darken, nor sun shining through,
Then the cloud lifts and the sun light discloses
Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who stands steadfastly near me,
Knows me and likes me for just what I am,
Someone like you who knows just how to cheer me,
Someone who's real without pretense or sham.
Someone whose fellowship isn't a fetter
Binding my freedom—who's loyal all through,
Someone whose life in this world makes it better,
Blest to me, best to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who's the same Day and Morrow,
Firm as a rock and square as a die,
Someone who's steadfast in joy or in sorrow,
Someone who's dearer each day that goes by.
Fortune is fickle and hope is deceiving,
Comradeship ends and life changes all through,
There's only one thread that runs all through the weaving,
Fair to me, square to me—-Someone like you.
Never a trouble but you help me bear it,
Just by the fellowship you have with me,
Never a joy but I want you to share it,
How far you fare or wherever you be.
Never a burden but you make it lighter
Just by your smile that I see creeping through,
Never a glad hour but you make it brighter,
Heart of me, part of me—-Someone like you.
How come the thoughts of you joyously welling
Up like the water of springs bubbling clear,
What a new joy every time in the telling
Something that always I want you to hear.
Roses of June or the snows of December
Gray be the skies or like azure the blue,
Far be the day that I may not remember
, Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
by James William Foley
Someone like you makes the heart seem the lighter,
Someone like you makes the day's work worth while,
Someone like you makes the sun shine the brighter,
Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile.
Life's an odd pattern of briers and roses,
Clouds sometimes darken, nor sun shining through,
Then the cloud lifts and the sun light discloses
Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who stands steadfastly near me,
Knows me and likes me for just what I am,
Someone like you who knows just how to cheer me,
Someone who's real without pretense or sham.
Someone whose fellowship isn't a fetter
Binding my freedom—who's loyal all through,
Someone whose life in this world makes it better,
Blest to me, best to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who's the same Day and Morrow,
Firm as a rock and square as a die,
Someone who's steadfast in joy or in sorrow,
Someone who's dearer each day that goes by.
Fortune is fickle and hope is deceiving,
Comradeship ends and life changes all through,
There's only one thread that runs all through the weaving,
Fair to me, square to me—-Someone like you.
Never a trouble but you help me bear it,
Just by the fellowship you have with me,
Never a joy but I want you to share it,
How far you fare or wherever you be.
Never a burden but you make it lighter
Just by your smile that I see creeping through,
Never a glad hour but you make it brighter,
Heart of me, part of me—-Someone like you.
How come the thoughts of you joyously welling
Up like the water of springs bubbling clear,
What a new joy every time in the telling
Something that always I want you to hear.
Roses of June or the snows of December
Gray be the skies or like azure the blue,
Far be the day that I may not remember
, Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
Someone Like You
Someone Like You
by James William Foley
Someone like you makes the heart seem the lighter,
Someone like you makes the day's work worth while,
Someone like you makes the sun shine the brighter,
Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile.
Life's an odd pattern of briers and roses,
Clouds sometimes darken, nor sun shining through,
Then the cloud lifts and the sun light discloses
Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who stands steadfastly near me,
Knows me and likes me for just what I am,
Someone like you who knows just how to cheer me,
Someone who's real without pretense or sham.
Someone whose fellowship isn't a fetter
Binding my freedom—who's loyal all through,
Someone whose life in this world makes it better,
Blest to me, best to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who's the same Day and Morrow,
Firm as a rock and square as a die,
Someone who's steadfast in joy or in sorrow,
Someone who's dearer each day that goes by.
Fortune is fickle and hope is deceiving,
Comradeship ends and life changes all through,
There's only one thread that runs all through the weaving,
Fair to me, square to me—-Someone like you.
Never a trouble but you help me bear it,
Just by the fellowship you have with me,
Never a joy but I want you to share it,
How far you fare or wherever you be.
Never a burden but you make it lighter
Just by your smile that I see creeping through,
Never a glad hour but you make it brighter,
Heart of me, part of me—-Someone like you.
How come the thoughts of you joyously welling
Up like the water of springs bubbling clear,
What a new joy every time in the telling
Something that always I want you to hear.
Roses of June or the snows of December
Gray be the skies or like azure the blue,
Far be the day that I may not remember
, Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
by James William Foley
Someone like you makes the heart seem the lighter,
Someone like you makes the day's work worth while,
Someone like you makes the sun shine the brighter,
Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile.
Life's an odd pattern of briers and roses,
Clouds sometimes darken, nor sun shining through,
Then the cloud lifts and the sun light discloses
Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who stands steadfastly near me,
Knows me and likes me for just what I am,
Someone like you who knows just how to cheer me,
Someone who's real without pretense or sham.
Someone whose fellowship isn't a fetter
Binding my freedom—who's loyal all through,
Someone whose life in this world makes it better,
Blest to me, best to me—-Someone like you.
Someone like you who's the same Day and Morrow,
Firm as a rock and square as a die,
Someone who's steadfast in joy or in sorrow,
Someone who's dearer each day that goes by.
Fortune is fickle and hope is deceiving,
Comradeship ends and life changes all through,
There's only one thread that runs all through the weaving,
Fair to me, square to me—-Someone like you.
Never a trouble but you help me bear it,
Just by the fellowship you have with me,
Never a joy but I want you to share it,
How far you fare or wherever you be.
Never a burden but you make it lighter
Just by your smile that I see creeping through,
Never a glad hour but you make it brighter,
Heart of me, part of me—-Someone like you.
How come the thoughts of you joyously welling
Up like the water of springs bubbling clear,
What a new joy every time in the telling
Something that always I want you to hear.
Roses of June or the snows of December
Gray be the skies or like azure the blue,
Far be the day that I may not remember
, Near to me, dear to me—-Someone like you.
Life Is...
Life Is...
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Life Is...
Life Is...
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
River of Life
I wanted to feel like a bird on the wings of time
But it was not our time
I wanted to lie for a while in the fields and dream
But it was not to be
'cause sometimes you've gotta let love go
Even though it's hurting, even though
And sometimes you've got to let love slide
Out with the river, the river of life
I wanted to hold you so long in the dark till dawn
But I could feel you go
I wanted to sing; in my head I could hear a song
But it was not our song
'cause sometimes you've gotta let love go
Even though it's hurting, even though
Sometimes you've gotta let love slide
Out with the river, the river of life
But it was not our time
I wanted to lie for a while in the fields and dream
But it was not to be
'cause sometimes you've gotta let love go
Even though it's hurting, even though
And sometimes you've got to let love slide
Out with the river, the river of life
I wanted to hold you so long in the dark till dawn
But I could feel you go
I wanted to sing; in my head I could hear a song
But it was not our song
'cause sometimes you've gotta let love go
Even though it's hurting, even though
Sometimes you've gotta let love slide
Out with the river, the river of life
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