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

(2013 db michel)

Elvis In My Yard

i was sleepin'
'cause the day was hard
i was dreamin'
elvis was in my yard
what a thing it was
to see him there
then he started singing
when he saw me stare

wise men say
there's no way that you've seen elvis
suspicious minds
think i've gone back to the drink
idle chatter
oh i hear it in the hallway
all day long
but i swear that i dreamed elvis sang a song

one day later
i was in my bed
the morning after
went straight to my head
there was a masked man
dressed up in white
the old lone ranger
haunts my dreams tonight

wise men say
there's no way that you've seen elvis
suspicious minds
think i've gone back to the drink
idle chatter
oh i hear it in the hallway
all day long
but i swear that i dreamed elvis sang a song

(2013 db michel)

Lovin' Y'all

you don't know me
and i don't know you
but don't let that be a bother
i'm still the same
and my aim is true
i'm not like all the others
i can smile
i can sing
and i can make it better
i'm not wasting
anything
hit me up for dinner

and i love y'all
i'll be lovin' y'all
can't ya feel my love, y'all
i be lovin' y'all

the mystery
the lost affair
the one that didn't happen
i won't lie
i didn't try
i thought it didn't matter
i can sell
i can buy
the store is always open
now i'm chasing
desperately
i wanna be a winner

and i love y'all
i'll be lovin' y'all
can't ya feel my love, y'all
i be lovin' y'all

one step up
and two steps back
i can't hear you in the air
is this for real
is something there?

and i love y'all
i'll be lovin' y'all
can't ya feel my love, y'all
i be lovin' y'all

(2013 db michel)