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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)