The Heat Of The Day (Ain't What It Used To Be)

noon is near
fall is falling
and the heat of the day ain't what it used to be
time to run
and the runners are running
but the wage they get ain't what it used to be
my belly's full
of the empty promise
and the speakers word ain't what used to be
the road is long
and bridge is crumblin'
the way back home ain't what it used to be...

(2011 db michel)

Doobie Do

night time looming
day time zooming
the data bits fly so fast
till the future is in the past
dreamtime waiting
i'm still waking
the stream always has it's way
tells me when it's time to play

(chorus)
ah doobie do
ah doobie dah
ah doobie wah
do do do doobie
la la la
la la la la

world time spending
day is ending
the data bits tell the tale
'cause the system's too big to fail
night time falling
dream time calling
the stream sends me on my way
down the wire it's time to play

(chorus)
ah doobie do
ah doobie dah
ah doobie wah
do do do doobie
la la la
la la la la

(bridge)
chop it in pieces
send it again
the binary code begins and it ends
encrypt it in legend
decode in prose
tells you the story
that's how it goes

(chorus)
ah doobie do
ah doobie dah
ah doobie wah
do do do doobie
la la la
la la la la

(2011 db michel)

The Ballad of the Busch Squirrel

runnin' like a squirrel do
zoomin' cross the infield grass
home plate in his view screen looms
one more frontier he must pass
the batter stands oblivious
to the nimble creature on the way
the pitcher stands incredulous
the umpire makes the pitcher pay
he calls a ball the hurler screams
that squirrel ain't on either team!
the call will stand
the squirrel will not
he must run on
or he'll be caught!

(2011 db michel)

The Gift

What if what you had dreamed of all your life had just appeared before your eyes?...And you didn't even know...

What if this was not the first time?...What if your dream come true had been presented to you before?...But you let it pass you by...

After having been rescued from the jaws of death more times than he was aware of...Will he ever learn to accept the gift?...

More than life..More than love...It's the gift of a new world...He dreamed of it as a child..Never suspecting that it was more than a dream...

He had been there...It was true...All of it...The ship with the silver seats...The view from the window...The control panel...

The promise to him as a little boy that he would know what to do when the time came...Now the time has come...Now they're back...

(2011 db michel)