The Party's Over

the bar is empty

an empty beer stands alone

on a vacant table

left by someone who's gone

the night is over

the morning has come

my eyes are weary

it's time to move on

i'm stone cold sober

as i look at the scene

like a thousand barrooms

that i've seen in my dreams

the party noises

have faded and gone

the party's over

it's time to move on

(bridge)

and where do we go

now that we're fading away

the ghost of you and me

in a memory of yesterday

i turn around now

and see the faces we've been

friends and lovers

we thought till the end

but the light brings changes

the morning bares scars

from the people we were

to the people we are

 

(2007/2011 db michel)

Remembering the Fall

remember when you never got the call?

remember all the helplessness?

remembering the fall

someday,

you'll understand it all

you're searching now the way you used to do

running in the darkness

for a feeling that you knew

someday,

you'll see one come through

(chorus)

you can be what you want to be

you can see what you want to see

and if sometime your aim is true

the good you plant will grow back up to you

an old friend looks and sees you walk away

he thinks that he knows you

but he don't know a thing

you know,

just how far you came

after all you take another look

pieces of your life

are like the pages of a book

someday,

they'll read you again

(back to chorus)

(2011 db michel)

All The Things You Said

holding on to nothing

tight as i can hold

i say to me

you will be free

if you could just let go

waiting here for something

to erase this sad regret

to take away

the hurt and pain

of all the things you said

(chorus)

all the things you said

were all the things i know

but in the end

it was the end

i never thought you'd go

all i ever wanted

was shattered, torn and dead

the moment i believed in

all the things you said

make believe is ending

reality is cold

i try to find

a place to hide

a refuge for my soul

i'm living in the moment

like a book i've never read

i turn the page

on every page

is all the things you said

(chorus)

all the things you said

were all the things i know

but in the end

it was the end

i never thought you'd go

all i ever wanted

was shattered, torn and dead

the moment i believed in

all the things you said

(db michel)

 

Away, Away

the storm is coming

away, away

the mountains warn us

away, away

the time is over

away, away

it's time for running

away, away

the stars are falling

away, away

no excuses

away, away

the ocean’s boiling

away, away

it's time for ending

away, away

(2005 db michel)

 

I Know It Doesn't Matter

guess i'm feelin' older now

i done run outta things that i can do

that won't get me criticized

act your age unlike the way you do

i could be like all the rest

i could go

but i don't know the way

i'd be confessin' everything

but since i quit drinkin'

the words all run away

 

and i know it doesn't matter

to anyone or anything but me

that's all you're gonna get tonight

so you and i would best just let it be

 

once upon a time i knew

too little 'bout the world to give a damn

could be that was my mistake

made when i was lost in neverland

i could write a boring book

no one else

but me would ever read

i could tell it like it was

i start to thinkin'

it's not the way it seemed

 

and i know it doesn't matter

to anyone or anything but me

that's all your gonna get tonight

so you and i would best just let it be

 

sing a song of sad regret

sing it time and time again

and that's all you'll ever sing

turn it off and turn it on

day or night it's never gone

there just ain't no relief

 

and i know it doesn't matter

to anyone or anything but me

that's all your gonna get tonight

so you and i would best just let it be

 

(2017 db michel)

 

THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL

 

walkin' through a garden

runnin' in the park

chowin' on too much food

then dancing in the dark

how could it get better

when i've already seen the best

when i look at you

forget about the rest

 

(chorus)

that's so beautiful

(when i'm with you)

that's so wonderful

(don't need a thing)

when you call my name

like you do

like you do

(repeat)

 

makin' fun out of nothin'

just bein' where you are

stayin' out way too late

just cruisin' in my car

you make me feel so lucky

like the world unfolds for me

when i look at you

that's what i wanna see

 

(2004 dbmichel)

What I'm Gonna Find

What I'm Gonna Find

i might be
the loneliest man in the world tonight
but that's OK

it might seem
like only sadness rules my eyes
but you haven't seen everything

somewhere in a place you don't know
a hero walked with a face that seems so
similar to mine
if you'd just look closer
you might find

i've been places you ain't seen
i've seen forever in a dream
it took a long time
but that's the way it goes sometimes
the battles i lost
for far too long i paid the cost
what seemed like a dream
now i know is everything
all the good things that i left behind
are not as good as what i'm gonna find

they used to see
the loneliest misfit the world has ever known
they tell me so

i used to be
the one who's dream kept kickin' down the road
but seeds were sown

somewhere in a place you don't know
a hero walked with a face that seems so
similar to mine
if you'd just look closer
you might find

i've been places you ain't seen
i've seen forever in a dream
it took a long time
but that's the way it goes sometimes
the battles i lost
for far too long i paid the cost
what seemed like a dream
now i know is everything
all the good things that i left behind
are not as good as what i'm gonna find

(bridge)
the dream survives and grows up with the dreamer
the heaven's sent this light to you
someday you'll know what to do

i've been places you ain't seen
i've seen forever in a dream
it took a long time
but that's the way it goes sometimes
the battles i lost
for far too long i paid the cost
what seemed like a dream
now i know is everything
all the good things that i left behind
are not as good as what i'm gonna find

(2013 db michel)

 

Paranoic Demon Dances

paranoia scares

paranoia sells

paranoia burns and kills

it will kiss and tell

paranoia do anything

that you need it to

bring the people

to you

paranoia smiles

paranoia frowns

paranoia screams and shouts

it will bring you down

paranoia say anything

that you want it to

bring the people

to you

marching in the angry masses

whipped up in a ragged frenzy

paranoiac demon dances

evil words are necessary

vote for me i'll save our country

vote for him we all will die

vote for fear 'cause fear will save you

forget about the other side

paranoia loves

paranoia hates

paranoia twists the words

burns truth at the stake

paranoia be anything

that you want it to

bring the people

to you

marching in the angry masses

whipped up in a ragged frenzy

paranoiac demon dances

evil words are necessary

vote for me i'll save our country

vote for him we all will die

vote for fear 'cause fear will save you

forget about the other side

(2012 db michel)

 

The Final Fly

 

The days are getting shorter

It’s a bitter dying light

As the final fly of summer

Takes a lonely winter flight

The things that once were lively

Are slowly finding death

The visitors are leaving

On the next train headed west

the coming days loom frigid

For the warmth forsaken soul

The closing theme is playing

In the lonely winter cold

Maybe some fine morning

Spring will come again

Till then darkness rules the winter

Goodbye to you my friend

(2007 db michel)

A Poet

I once wrote a rhyme for you
I meant it with my heart
but sometimes when paths cross
they are meant to split apart

(chorus)
If something ever happens to your love
if your love goes away
maybe you can fall in love again with a poet someday

I once believed that love was true
if I could see it with my eyes
but I’ve been wrong enough
to see that was a lie

(chorus)
If something ever happens to your love
if your love goes away
maybe you can fall in love again with a poet someday

(bridge
sometimes endings last forever
and then again they don’t
if you ever change your mind
you won’t have to change alone

(chorus)
If something ever happens to your love
if your love goes away
maybe you can fall in love again with a poet someday

I once wrote a rhyme for you
I meant it with my heart
but sometimes when paths cross
they are meant to split apart


(2020 db michel)

The Lies That Make You Die

You can’t believe
in what you see
misdirection spin
leads you where they want you to be

you can’t break free
and you won’t try
you miss the evidence
shining right in front of your eyes

while your busy hearing what you want to hear
singing someone else’s tune
the lies that make you die
are messing up the world for you

while the truth is knocking at your door
and you don’t want to know
the lies that make you die
will go ahead and make it so

they promise more
and you get less
those with way too much
will never have to pass the test

you smile a lot
like you don’t care
resigned to your fate
you’re not going anywhere

while your busy hearing what you want to hear
singing someone else’s tune
the lies that make you die
are messing up the world for you

while the truth is knocking at your door
and you don’t want to know
the lies that make you die
will go ahead and make it so

(2020 db michel)

This Might Be My Year To Go To Mars

I don’t need a reason

like I needed one before

the earth I know is tired

from one too many wars

all the nervous humor

is getting tired and old

I can see it coming

and I don’t have to be told

this might be

yes this might be

as good a time

as there will ever be

I’d like to see

if I could go that far

this might be my year to go to mars

changes blur the seasons

from what they were before

the places I remember

are just pictures on the floor

I won’t try to deny it

the warm that should be cold

I can see it coming

and I don’t have to be told

this might be

yes this might be

as good a time

as there will ever be

I’d like to see

if I could go that far

this might be my year to go to mars

they ask me why

I say why not

there come’s a day

to fly away

from everything you’ve got

this might be

yes this might be

as good a time

as there will ever be

I’d like to see

if I could go that far

this might be my year to go to mars

(2020 db michel)

You Will Be Free

your world is falling all apart
crashing down upon your heart
you will be free
you will be free

nothing left of what once held you
fades away as if to tell you
you will be free
you will be free

(bridge)
freedom's early days can burn
the sting of what you left behind
a passage back to where you yearn
only in memory can you turn
and you're facing the future blind

silent floors where no ones walking
empty rooms where no ones talking
you will be free
you will be free

life goes on in other places
someday you will see their faces
you will be free
you will be free

(bridge)
freedom's early days can burn
the sting of what you left behind
a passage back to where you yearn
only in memory can you turn
and you're facing the future blind

(db michel)

I Know It Doesn't Matter

guess i'm feelin' older now
i done run outta things that i can do
that won't get me criticized
act your age unlike the way you do
i could be like all the rest
i could go
but i don't know the way
i'd be confessin' everything
but since i quit drinkin'
the words all run away

and i know it doesn't matter
to anyone or anything but me
that's all you're gonna get tonight
so you and i would best just let it be

once upon a time i knew
too little 'bout the world to give a damn
could be that was my mistake
made when i was lost in neverland
i could write a boring book
no one else
but me would ever read
i could tell it like it was
i start to thinkin'
it's not the way it seemed

and i know it doesn't matter
to anyone or anything but me
that's all your gonna get tonight
so you and i would best just let it be

sing a song of sad regret
sing it time and time again
and that's all you'll ever sing
turn it off and turn it on
day or night it's never gone
there just ain't no relief

and i know it doesn't matter
to anyone or anything but me
that's all your gonna get tonight
so you and i would best just let it be

(db michel)

What I Wanted

and as i ride that train in my wanderlust
ain't got no plans running just on trust
i can find my way if i ever do
it don't matter if the story's true

now the end of the line is a fairytale
somewhere between heaven and a country jail
i will leave my past in a garbage bin
then change my mind dig it out again

oooh...what i wanted
didn't work out
so i headed down south
oooh...where i wanted to be
but no one down there ever wanted me

now the planes go up and they come back down
what goes around will finally come around
i won't hurry while i'm in the rush
tell you stories make your mama blush

oooh...what i wanted
didn't work out
so i headed down south
oooh...where i wanted to be
but no one down there ever wanted me

(2016 db michel)