Saturday, September 10, 2016

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)

Monday, April 04, 2016

You Got

you got
time to spend
so what's your flavor
sugar sweet
or do you savor
are you sure
or will you waver

you got
lots of cash
but got no vision
passing on
your indecision
you want cheers
but get derision

(bridge)
you got it made
but you just don't get it
the bills are paid
but you don't feel any better

you make
lots of noise
but you don't hear it
scream for war
but won't go near it
speak the lie
'cause you don't fear it

(bridge)
you got it made
but you just don't get it
the bills are paid
but you don't feel any better

(2016 db michel)

Sunday, February 14, 2016

I Won't Shed A Tear

i love you more
than a little bit
i love you past
all the way
and if the world
had turned differently
we would have shared
all our days
so in these times
i can reminisce
i can almost feel you near
that'll have to be good enough
and i won't shed a tear

(2016 db michel)

Saturday, February 06, 2016

All I Know Is What You've Told Me

all i know is what you've told me
and you haven't said a word
you're the enigma
in most every song i've heard
i seek the mystery
but you do not let me in
i have your music
so i listen yet again

(2016 db michel)

You've Got Your Own Voice

the world goes by
just like a song
you can't help yourself
you're singin' along
then comes the chorus
and somehow you just don't know
it's so hard to face
the words that go by
you try to relate
but however you try
what seems so right to some
just sounds so wrong

you've got your own voice
you've got your own words
speak your own truth
not something you've heard
if the song is yours
you know the way to go
you've got your own dreams
you've got your own hope
sing your own tune
hear your own voice
if the melody shines
then you just can't go wrong

(2016 db michel)

Monday, January 04, 2016

Please Stay

so many situations
i left to fade away
never giving light a chance to grow
so many times i traded
for the safe and easy play
when the real thing on the way
was so close
i am left to wonder
as the days are falling down
is this dream i'm waiting for
gonna be around

when i say
please stay
i really didn't mean it
when i said i'd walk away
so i say
please stay
if i could change the world
i would say
please stay

so many times i need you
but i know you're gone for good
your fault or my fault i don't know
when i had the chance
i didn't say what i meant to say
guess i couldn't find a way
beyond almost
i am cold and worried
as the years are running down
inside i am screaming
but i never make a sound

when i say
please stay
i really didn't mean it
when i said i'd walk away
so i say
please stay
if i could change the world
i would say
please stay

(2015 db michel)