Wednesday, December 22, 2004

after the fire

looking at the picture
i can see familiar faces
smiling from the faded photgraph
caught up in the memories
i remember how i felt then
like they'd always be my friends
along lifes path

(bridge)
but time and years bring danger
and an end to youthful cheer
the ones i wanted with me
only left me with a tear

(chorus)
why the hell did yesterday have to end so badly?
why must i always walk this empty path alone?
why do i always feel like i'm walking on a wire?
it's the same old thing on and on
after the fire

holding on to memories
i imagine what you'd tell me
through my tears i find a way to laugh
living in the meantime
has been a little different
i just wish i had you here
so i could ask

(bridge)
the world keeps getting colder
so fast the days go by
i dream of all the laughter
followed by a cry

(chorus)
why the hell did yesterday have to end so badly?
why must i always walk this empty path alone?
why do i always feel like i'm walking on a wire?
it's the same old thing on and on
after the fire


(in memory of an old friend...who for a brief time was like a big brother to me...in a time i really needed one...)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Sunday, December 12, 2004

play you no sad songs

gone like like the faith you've spoken
lost like the dream you've tasted
run like the worlds on fire
when will you cut the wire?

pleased all of those around you
they left you the way they found you
fall like there is no bottom
one of the mis-begotten

(chorus)
you said, play you no sad songs
still i sing to you
tell me no harbor's safe from rain
empty the pantry
there's no food for you
but i don't hear you complain

one of the last to show me
life is a meter running
dance while the music's playing
bow when the song is fading

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Thursday, December 09, 2004

catsleeping

catsleeping yawns to you
wait for the golden light
catsleeping comes to you
resting the long dark night
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
catsleeping come undone

catsleeping sings to you
guide me 'till daylight comes
catsleeping weeps to you
cry 'till the morning sun
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
catsleeping come undone

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Sunday, December 05, 2004

who cares?

i could lay it all out there tonight
tell it like it is tonight
i could whisper all my dreams tonight
and wish that it would be alright
i could try to make you understand
how it feels tonight in this wasted land
my is heart cold and it's feeling doubt
all the things i want
but i do without

but who cares?
who cares?
is there really anybody?
anybody out there?
who hears?
who sees?
nothing coming through tonight for me

i could sing a song for you tonight
sing it just for you tonight
i could say the words i meant to say
i could make the demons go away
i could live the life i always planned
make the world my private disneyland
but tonight don't feel so good inside
wanna find a place
wanna run and hide

(chorus)
but who cares?
who cares?
is there really anybody?
anybody out there?
who hears?
who sees?
nothing coming through tonight for me

(bridge)
i can make it through the night i know
i've done it many times before
but sleep won't come 'cause i've come undone
and the dream don't fly no more

(back to chorus, then end)


(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

time still waits for me

false alarms and accusations
excuses, all in vain
my heart is sealed for my protection
so it won't be beating in the rain
i had my chances and i passed them
let the dreams just slide on by
i'm holdin' out until i'm ready
will i be ready?
before i die

hide the truth in mis-direction
point the finger back at me
i spent my youth on camouflaging
everything i wanna be
now don't you worry i'm still hungry
a messed up mind won't keep me down
i believe i'll find out something
i'll find someone
someday i'll try

(chorus, repeat once then end)
time holds still for me
time holds on to me
time is all i've got
fills an empty spot
time my greatest fear
time comes i'm outta here
time won't wait for you
but time still waits for me

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Saturday, November 27, 2004

kiss, kiss

you find me on a saturday afternoon
you chase me down in the pouring rain
i wonder how you came so soon
i'm thankful for you all the same

the world will drive you crazy
if you don't take a break
and just kiss, kiss

you see me in the corner of your eye
you wonder what's goin' on inside
i wonder why you think of me
but still i'm glad that you try

the world will drive you crazy
if you don't take a break
and just kiss, kiss

(bridge)
what did i do?
to make you want me
now i can't runaway and hide
what do you know?
that keeps you after me
could we bottle it and ship it worldwide

seems you've found a place in my heart
somehow you found your way in
i thought i broke all the keys
but you break down my door again

the world will drive you crazy
if you don't take a break
and just kiss, kiss

the world will drive you crazy
if you don't take a break
and just kiss, kiss

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Thursday, November 25, 2004

maybe you're the one

just to think about you
all the things about you
makes me smile
makes me wanna hang around awhile

to believe ain't easy
love so far ain't easy
see the one
find out all my feeling's overdone

(bridge)
with you
there's something different
all the manic feelings go
i guess god in heaven
with his wisdom
thought you were someone
i should know

(chorus)
how do i find the words?
maybe you're the one
maybe you're the one
how do i understand?
you make it easier
so much easier with your love

just to be around you
the world i see around you
takes me in
makes me think that maybe i can win

just to touch your face
just to see the place
your smile resides
makes feel so warm and good inside

(back to bridge, then chorus)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Monday, November 22, 2004

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

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Friday, November 12, 2004

with hardened hearts

rain is comin', with the storm
i've been waitin', tryin' to warn
all these people, with hardened hearts
blame each other, fall apart

peace is nothing, but a dream
celebrated, but seldom seen
retribution, drips in blood
to mix with tears, in the mud

and we pray to god to deliver us
from this dark world
that we have made
he tells us how
but we're not listening
so we do it
all again


hell is comin', in a bomb
it's revenge, for the time before
mother's cryin', a child is dead
and the hatred, lives instead...

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Sunday, November 07, 2004

all we need

the world is falling all to pieces
and we're just taking it in stride
the price of gas too high for drivin'
i guess we'll have to stay inside
there's only crackers in the cupboard
and a little bit of cheese
but when it comes to how much lovin'
you and i have all we need

newspaper's drying in the kitchen
it sat 'till noon out in the rain
we tried to dry it in the oven
i guess the propane tank is drained
there's nothing on the television
there's never anything to see
but when it comes to how much lovin'
you and i have all we need

(bridge)
the world goes by and we just smile
and watch it fade away
we don't mind makin' up lost time all day
love is fine when it's yours and mine
that's the way it ought to be
we may not have what the neighbors have
but we have all we need

(repeat first verse...then end with)

but when it comes to how much lovin'
you and i have all we need

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Thursday, November 04, 2004

clint coleman

i went walking with my friend
but i never did come back again
i was young, i was just fourteen
waiting for what might have been
we crossed the street, the lights were low
now that's as far as i can go
the car hit me and my friend
now i never can come back again

(chorus)

do you feel me?
about to slip away
do you know me?
from another time and place
do you hear me?
calling in the night
trying to reach you
turn this wrong into a right


i was with my buddy sam
he was older than i am
five years difference between us two
if it bugged him i never knew
my life i left at the starting gate
before i knew it was too late
will you recall or give a damn
about a kid named clint coleman

(to chorus)

i never made it across that street
so in real life we will never meet
but my soul has business too
can't be done, if not for you
i thought i had alot of time
to see the world outside of mine
could you help me find a way
to tell my friends that i'm okay

(to chorus)

(end)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Saturday, October 30, 2004

the long walk

little blonde haired boy
steppin' off the bus
a bad day at school again
he's almost had enough
but a friend awaits
and she'll meet him by the road
and make the long walk easier, back home

he tried to just fit in
but the world goes by so fast
when you're lookin' out the window
the present is the past
but a friend will be there
to meet him by the road
and make the long walk easier, back home

(bridge)
and the teachers just can't understand what's wrong
what can the boy be thinking of
and why does it come out so wrong
all the tests say that his mind is strong
but he's not like all the kids who go along

he just stares out the window
while the others do their math
he doesn't want to follow
he just wants to leave the path
he only feels free
when she meets him by the road
and she makes the long walk easier back home

now there's a brown haired dog
who is waiting for her friend
she waits there for the bus
she will wait 'til it comes in
she will sit there patiently
'till he meets her by the road
and he makes the long walk easier back home


(by the way...this is a true story...written from an old memory about a good friend, my dog suzy.)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Thursday, October 28, 2004

my miserable life

dirt cold
that's how i feel most times these days
hurt so
seems the whole worlds runnin' away
but still you touch me
even though i'm an everyday charlie brown
why do you still care?
when you need me i'm not around

(chorus)
i'm thinkin' bout my........
my miserable life keeps bringin' me down
can't understand why........
you're thinkin' i'm right
when i act like a clown
do you know it?........
you're the one good thing
when you come around


wasted
i'm too damn good at wastin' your time
tasted
but then i drink up all of your wine
but still you want me
even though i'm a train wreck waitin' to call
why do you still care?
when i'm like a hammer ready to fall

(back to chorus then to bridge)

(bridge)
you're the only one who sees me sane
you're the only one who sees through all the pain
you got a way to make me think that i just might
even though you know i'll let you down tonight

(back to chorus)

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

if i was dependin' on you

if i was dependin' on you
to bring me up from darkness
would you be there?
to help when i'm in need
would you be there?
when i can't see the sunshine
or would you just let me be?

if i was dependin' on you
to take me in and calm me
would you open the door?
would you let me come inside?
would you open your home?
to someone sad and lonely
or would you just let me cry?

(chorus)
always in the sweetest days i see you
nothing seems to block you out of sight
but when the wheels of life go turnin'
would you still be there?
to share some of your light

if i was dependin' on you
to bring me consolation
could you find the words?
to make me feel alright
would you open your heart?
to a soul who's tired of losing
or would you just walk on by?

(copyight 2004 d.b. michel)

Monday, October 25, 2004

i never cry

deeper in the past i go
with every passing day i know
there's something that i remember

pulling at the soul inside me
all the time as if to blind me
something i won't surrender

(bridge)
yeah i remember you and all you meant to me
how you gave it all away and sent the bill to me

(chorus)
but i won't let you win a single day
someday i am going to find a way
don't have to tell you why
not even gonna try
i'll keep it all inside
i never cry

i recall the words you told me
lies you told so you could hold me
don't think i don't remember

you took my heart and then you sold it
beat it up and let it go
you took it, i didn't give it

(back to bridge, then chorus)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Sunday, October 24, 2004

hey, hey, hey

what can i say?
and who should i say it to?
should i go away?
on the next train that's coming through
just hitch a ride
to somewhere else
be somebody different
instead of myself

where do i look?
when this world runs out on me
do i grab the hook?
of what seems to set me free
making it small
in a bigger way
my destination
is outer space

(chorus)
and hey, hey, hey,
i'm just getting by
hey, hey, hey
the time sure seems to fly
when i'm not getting in
the universe won't let me win

what do i do?
take a number and wait in line
all that i knew
is in the distance and out of sight
i'm on a roll
yeah that's for sure
it's too damn easy
keeping it pure

(back to chorus)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Thursday, October 14, 2004

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

enter the only one

there were so many when he started this race
now they're all gone, but he remembers the faces
together they were gonna change the world
now there's only one left, as the moment unfurls

he was young and he believed in his mission
now he's alone, do the other ones miss him
the time has come for him to hang up his cape
that's what everyone says, but that's just not his way

(chorus)

enter the only one
he's just a lonely one
fighting a losing war
but he believes what he's fighting for
enter the only one
he's just a lonely one
a hero hangin' on beyond his day
'cause all the other heroes flew away

he just hangs out in his fortress of solitude
clark kent lost his gig, now what's he gonna do?
lois lane just ran away with the flash
now the man of steel, feels like the man of glass

jimmy olson grew up and he moved to L.A.
perry white just got old, and he passed away
lex luther moved on, even he's in retirement
spending all of his his loot, trying to save the environment

(back to chorus)

in memory of the late christopher reeve

(copyright2004 d.b. michel)

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

i'll still believe

you let me down today
i didn't see it comin'
yet it came right through the window
and burned into my brain
you found a way to say that nothing really matters
you left me in the darkness
drowning in your rain

(bridge)
i may be down tonight
that's how it's gonna be
but i won't be down for long
so please don't pity me

(chorus)
when everything is dark
and the light is hard to see
don't worry
i'll still believe
when the world is going crazy
and there seems to be no peace
i'll still be standing
and i'll still believe

you let me down today
but there's no use in cryin'
you walked right out the front door
and then you drove away
you took the time to say as if it really matters
you thought you took me down
but please let me explain


(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Monday, October 11, 2004

a million stars



warm summer night
just me and the sky
a million stars
all in my eye at once
and i'm missin' you

i looked at all
the places you go
searching for you
even the sky don't know
yeah, i'm missin' you

(bridge)
sky full of stars
one of them must be you
if you see my heart
tell me what i should do

(chorus)
'cause right now, in the middle of the night
got a crisis of the heart
i gotta know, i need some kind of plan
to get me back to you
somehow, something just went wrong
and i let you slip away
and right now, amidst a million stars
i hope you'll be okay

lost summer dreams
caught up in a lie
a wounded heart
how can i make you see?
i need you here

i've been through hell
i made a mistake
now i'm asking you
can't you feel i'm real by now?
and i'm missin' you

(back to bridge...then chorus)

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Friday, October 08, 2004

it's a big old mountain

when you take the high road
and it's a lonely place
sometimes you'd give up dinner
for a friendly face
'cause where you're goin'
takes a long, long, time
it's a big old mountain
it's a long hard climb

you ought to take it easy
but it's so hard to do
when a world of trouble
is comin' down on you
'cause to find a dream
takes a long, long, time
it's a big old mountain
it's a long hard climb

(bridge)
and you know they'll be no better time to try it
there ain't no day that's better than today
just remember that you're not the one and only
you're bound to meet some angels on the way

you wanna face tomorrow
but you don't know how
you're livin' in the moment
that's why it hurts right now
'cause where you want to be
takes a long, long, time
it's a big old mountain
it's a long, hard climb

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Thursday, October 07, 2004

i guess i'll never know

i know you won't see this
i guess it doesn't matter now
i thought you were different
but now i know i was wrong
you say that you're happy
but i know it's a lie
you say that you need a friend
then you change your mind

(chorus)
well i think i'm gonna quit you
just give it up
but their ain't quittin' in me
so i guess i'm stuck
in the corner, in the quiet
where the losers go
you could have been saved
i guess i'll never know

you tell me you're hurting
then you smile like i'm wrong
like you think i'd believe you
like the problems all gone
you say that it's over
your turning on a new leaf
who do you think you're foolin'
you need a little relief

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

when the world comes around

i'm still awake i hear the breezes as they blow
a twig rubs against my windowpane
i think about all the people that i met yesterday
and realize that most don't know my name
as another night falls cool thoughts pass away
and i wait for any kind of sign
are the dreams i dream somehow common in this world
or are they dreams that are only mine


wake me when the world comes around
let me feel you reaching out to me
take me from this darkness that i found
give me somewhere else that i can be

i take a dreamscape trip to a place that i recall
a place i have seen in dreams before
i look for pieces of my memories as they fall
wet and warm upon my pillowcase
my tired eyes close before morning comes again
i'll wake to just another day
are the dreams i dreamed something magic coming 'round
or are they just my heart about to break

(copyright 2004 d. b michel)

Monday, October 04, 2004

i wanna be



i wake up again
today is just another day
the world is still here
sometimes i feel i'm in it's way
i'm tryin' to be
a better man than i have been
the fight to wake up
is where the daily grind begins

gotta get back to work
i'm tryin' to make it there on time
this room is so old
enough memories make a man go blind
i'm tryin' to live
in peace with everyone i meet
sometimes it's hard
to remember what i believe

(chorus)
i wanna be better than i am
i wanna be the very best i can
i wanna treat a stranger like a friend
i wanna learn to fall in love again
i wanna be the man i need to be
i wanna be the one who helps
when others are in need
at least that's what i wanna be

i drive home from work
the traffic stop and go for miles
do i scowl at them all
or give someone a friendly smile
from day to day
i'm want to live the way i should
it's so easy to be bad
sometimes it's hard to be good

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Saturday, October 02, 2004

singin' to the moon

saw the full moon risin' nice and slow
thought about you, don't know why you, you know
must have been that song, on the radio
we would belt that thing out, every night, oh

(chorus)
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

i go to places that we used to go
half lookin' for you, on the sly, you know
must have been that song, on the radio
the one we'd be singin', every night, oh

(chorus)
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

(bridge)
and the days go by much too fast these days
i don't see the nights at all
i was just thinkin' 'bout our crazy ways
you know i just had to call

so i'm drivin' 'round with the radio
blastin' it out, cruisin' down the road
then here comes that song, that we both know
and i started screamin' it out, oh

(chorus)
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

(hearing the ALLMAN BROTHER'S "ramblin' man" while driving around town sparked this song...and yes there was a full moon in the sky...i had to rush back home to write this before the inspiration left)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Friday, October 01, 2004

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 surrender
away, away
the oceans boiling
away, away
it's time to remember
away, away

(this song came running through my mind one evening...after i wrote it...i had an armegeddon like dream...where flashing lights rose from the ground...i was told that the lights were defenses against our enemy's weapons...an enemy not of this earth...only one other person in the dream seemed concerned besides me...airports were closing and everyone seemed to think it was just another false alarm...i knew it wasn't....needless to say i woke up pretty creeped out)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

firefox rocks!

normally this post would be on LIVE JOURNAL...but LJ is screwed up again tonight...i've been trying an hour to get in...but so far no luck.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2004

start lovin' yourself tonight

if you leave you'll be a long time gone
better think it over
before you move on
reach out in the dark it's not too late
to try to get over
the lingering pain

(bridge)
can't do it all at once
in just one day
just baby steps
and maybe you'll get your way

(chorus)
no ones gonna do it for you
no one can get it right
so pick up all the pieces
and start lovin' yourself tonight
no ones gonna make you stand and fight
so do yourself a favor
and start lovin' yourself tonight

if you do this thing it will be done
no one can undo it
you're the only one
reach out for the light and feel it shine
and try to survive
how you feel tonight

(back to bridge...then chorus)

copywrite 2004 d.b. michel




Monday, September 27, 2004

(it's gonna be) a long time now

scoff and laugh at me if you like
keep me out all the way
from your number
be that as it may, i just might
fool you all the way
my soul uncovered

(bridge)
there's a place for me among the restless souls
searching there for someone i used to know

(chorus)
and it's gonna be a long time now
'till we meet again my friend
it's gonna be a long, dark night
'till we see the end my friend
just gonna leave 'em alone
knock on doors
and nobody's home to see
a long goodbye from me

make me out a fool, that's alright
you're trying to pin me in
to some small corner
but i see through the dim of your light
and i'm shining now
i'm feelin' warmer

(bridge)
there's a place for me among the restless souls
searching there for someone i used to know

(chorus)
and it's gonna be a long time now
'till we meet again my friend
it's gonna be a long, dark night
'till we see the end my friend
just gonna leave 'em alone
knock on doors
and nobody's home to see
a long goodbye from me

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

Sunday, September 26, 2004

if you haven't been gone

if you haven't been gone
you can never come home and leave again
if you haven't been gone
you will never know if it's wrong
you'll just live the day by day
bits and pieces of it pass away
but you'll never know
if you haven't been gone

if you haven't been gone
the changes will come in increments
if you haven't been gone
it's just another night until dawn
your world will slowly fade away
little details will be replaced
but you'll never know
if you haven't been gone

(bridge)

places you grew up
disappear without regret
for those who stayed those years
they havent noticed yet
changes take away
the misty film of yesterday
and leave you disilluision
progress in collusion

if you haven't been gone
the world goes on and doesn't care
if you haven't been gone
you think you're singing the same old song
but the special ground you walked
is under concrete around the block
but you'll never know
if you haven't been gone

yeah, you'll never know
if you haven't been gone

(copyright 2004 d.b michel)

singin' to the moon 2

this is my new blog...i'll still keep the one i have on LJ...but here i intend to post songs and poems...things that go over on LJ like lead balloons...my intent here is just to try to reach people outside my own little world...with my own words...without having to worry about taking up too much space on my LJ friends, friends page...if you read this...i hope you come back again.