i don't know the way to san jose

i feel the distance calling
i don't know where i'm going
i don't what i'd do
if i got there anyway, yeah
i'd try to go the distance
find another place to stay
but i don't know the way to san jose

something in your letter
made me feel like knowing
what is on your mind
when you don't know what to say, yeah
i'd find a way to get there
but i'd get lost along the way
'cause i don't know the way to san jose

(bridge)
cross the country in a car
a drive so far
leave the world i know
to be there where you are
i can't find a reason
that makes it seem okay
i could run to you
but instead i run away

looking at your picture
makes me feel i know you
we've been together
in a world so far away, yeah
i'll dream you in the distance
the road's a complicated place
and i don't know the way to san jose

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

fishing with you

beside the little pond, the weeping willows
frame the water with an understated green
i hear a bullfrog there who croaks
i see a bulldog there who mopes
as i sit upon the dock in summer breeze
and if i had a chance to go to somewhere
to a place that i remember from my youth
i would go back there
to a world that was more fair
and i would be there fishing with you

the sheep were like an army in the distance
but up close they were as scared as they could be
the ducks and geese would squack
as you and i would talk
as we sat upon the dock in summer breeze
back then when i was young and oh, so foolish
i thought those days would never see an end
but now those days are gone
but the memories live on
of the days i would go fishing with you

(bridge)
now i haven't gone fishing for years
and remembering those old days can bring a tear
but for every tear i cry
i remember how i smiled
when i would go fishing with you

(ending)
someday we will meet way up in heaven
and God will ask me what i want to do
the choice won't be too hard
i won't have to leave the yard
and i'll be up there fishing with you
yes i'll be up there fishing with you

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

i still miss someone

it's a long way from where we were
you and me were always good
every minute was better
when you were in my day

but those are times that are no more
we can't be like we were before
and every day when the evening comes
i still miss someone

so close sometimes we scared ourselves
know so much that we can't tell
we kept it all between us
now that seems a world away

but those are times that are no more
we can't be like we were before
and every day when the evening comes
i still miss someone

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

little spy (of the heart) edited, abridged 2x

look around you
see in a little while
try to remember
it'll catch your eye
if you really try
you can remember

(chorus)
i'm a little spy of the heart
always searching
for that better way
i'm a camera with lenses, overloaded
and the colors are strange
can you see me spying on your heart?
in the lonely pages
i've been reading you right from the start
and you're always changing

breathe around you
see in a little while
catching the flavor
you will feel me there
in a little while
if you remember

(chorus)
i'm a little spy of the heart
always searching
for that better way
i'm a camera with lenses, overloaded
and the colors are strange
can you you see me spying on your heart
in the lonely pages
i've been reading you right from the start
and you're always changing

(copyright 2005 d.b. michel)

damn good one man band

i always remember
feeling the music
i'm a damn good one man band
never together
with anybody
'cause no one could understand
so no one could take my hand
i'm a damn good one man band

and forever
is a long long time to be solo
maybe if you play the guitar, piano or oboe
maybe we could play something our hearts have felt
but could never play alone
another band is born
when the music takes us home

i always remember
singin' it loud
i'm a damn good one man band
standing alone
in any crowd
'cause i couldn't take the chance
so no one could take my hand
i'm a damn good one man band

and forever
is a long long time to be solo
maybe if you the guitar, piano or oboe
maybe we could play something our hearts have felt
but could never play alone
another band is born
when the music takes us home

(copyright 2005 d.b. michel)

don't close the post office

my friend from the UK, Jonny Billericay has written a hilarious protest song against the closure of the local post office in the village where he lives...i urge you to download the song, or better yet, the video, from his site...HERE are the coordinates.

about time

time
racin' on just like a rocket
i'm
standing here without a clue
maybe someday in a crisp clairvoyant moment
i will see
but not today
i'm just stuck here in this

time
ain't no friend to me today
i
could get hung all over you
maybe someday i can reconcile my feelings
i will be
but not today
i'm just stuck here in this

(chorus)
time, like a river, like an ocean
tossed about from shore to shore
and i don't know where i'm going
i am older than you
and the messages are true
but there's no time

time
keeps me on this lonely island
i'm
trying to shake the bitter blues
maybe someday i can make sense of the madness
i'll be free
but not today
i'm just stuck here in this

(chorus)
time, like a river, like an ocean
tossed about from shore to shore
and i don't know where i'm going
i am older than you
and the messages are true
but there's no time

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

would you abandon me?

if i said something that hurt you
or that you thought was wrong
would you leave without a word
leaving me to carry on
would you turn your head away from me
and never tell me why
would you leave me here just wondering
would you just take off and fly

(chorus)
could i be so wrong
that you'd abandon me
could you be so cold
just to let me be
do you hate my friends
or do you just hate me
if i let you down
would you abandon me

if i told you all my secrets
gave my heart away for free
would you laugh at my confessions
would you lose your faith in me
could you just take off a walking
because of something i have done
do i seem so little in your eyes
like i'm just another one

(chorus)
could i be so wrong
that you'd abandon me
could you be so cold
just to let me be
do you hate my friends
or do you just hate me
if i let you down
would you abandon me

(bridge)
no one is an island of perfection
i've made plenty of mistakes along the way
it hurts to think that someday
after all that we've been through
you could leave me far behind
and there'd be nothing i could do

(chorus)
could i be so wrong
that you'd abandon me
could you be so cold
just to let me be
do you hate my friends
or do you just hate me
if i let you down
would you abandon me

(copyright 2005 d. b. miichel)

100 percent chance of rain

been, dry as a bone out there
the withered plants bleached in the sun
a little piece of hell on earth
kind of makes me wonder, what we've done
grapes are dying, on the vine
you got no grapes, you get no wine

(chorus)
there's 100 percent chance of rain, someday
yeah someday the dry will give way
to puddles on the ground
100 percent chance things will be better, someday
and then i'll be glad i had the faith to stick around

been, tired of the heat out there
the summer heat stays beyond the day
sweat beads up on my brow
everywhere i go it, feels the same
crops are dying, beans and corn
you don't get paid, you just get warm


(chorus)
there's 100 percent chance of rain, someday
yeah someday the dry will give way
to puddles on the ground
100 percent chance things will be better someday
and then i'll be glad i had to the faith to stick around

(bridge)
i feel relief is out there somewhere
waiting for just the right time to come in
i can feel that hope is out there someday
you know the winners get their way
but even losers have their day

(chorus)
there's 100 percent chance of rain, someday
yeah someday the dry will give way
to puddles on the ground
100 percent chance things will be better someday
and then i'll be glad i had the faith to stick around

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the drought in my area has been broken...but for many area farmers the rain came too late...this song started out with the phrase '100 percent chance of rain' which i got from reading our local weather forecast...but the song is not just about drought...as in weather...but also the drought of the heart...trying to apply the same hopeful emotions i hear about the weather...to everything else...weather is one of the most elemental of song devices...and also one of the most relatable.

copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

as the days go by

see the clouds, that tower up to heaven
billowing up high
the raindrops fall, to earth from up in heaven
as the days go by

i believe, that someday i will see you
i won't have to cry
the teardrops dry, and rise straight up to heaven
as the days go by

as the days go by
the memories will get sweeter
all that we have done in this short time
i'll recall, the smiles and the laughter
as the days go by

see the sun, that's breaking through the shadows
from the blue up high
i'll say my prayers, and send them straight to heaven
as the days go by

as the days go by
the memories will be sweeter
all that we have done in this short time
i'll recall, the smiles and the laughter
as the days go by

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

ice cold morning in october

it's been a long time
but i can't escape the story
won't you come back to me
come back to me now
it's my own sign
that i don't understand the ending
won't you come back to me
come back to me now

(chorus)
ice cold morning in october
woke up hungover
from the apple wine
neighbor bangin' on my door
to wake me up
i guess i didn't make the trip on time

it's been a long time
but i remember all the faces
won't you come back to me
come back to me now
i didn't say goodbye
and the need is still within me
won't you come back to me
come back to me now

(chorus)
ice cold morning in october
woke up hungover
from the apple wine
neighbor bangin' on my door
to wake me up
i guess i didn't make the trip on time

it's been a long time
but i can't escape the story
wont you come back to me
come back to me now
it's my own sign
that i don't understand the ending
won't you come back to me
come back to me now

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

where were you?

when i tried to say what i had to say
when the rain was fallin' down
where were you?
where were you?

when i was searching my heart for an answer
trying to hear what you would say
where were you?
where were you?

were you hiding
from the difficult words
hiding from the feelings
that were really yours
hiding your emotions
so i wouldn't see
what you really think
when you think of me
were you somewhere in the darkness
looking in
but left me without a word
well i'm emptier for what i haven't heard

when i was spilling my soul on the paper
when i was dark as a winter's night
where were you?
where were you ?

when i was seeking your mind for some comfort
trying hard to find your light
where were you?
where were you?

were you hiding
from the difficult words
hiding from the feelings
that were really yours
hiding your emotions
so i wouldn't see
what you really think
when you think of me
were you somewhere in the darkness
looking in
but left me without a word
well i'm emptier for what i haven't heard

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

the one you need

if there was any way that i could ever be
then i would be
the one you need
but that kind of thing is so hard to achieve
for me to be
the one you need

(chorus)
time goes by so fast
this life ain't built to last
just 'cause we wanted to believe
i'd like to turn back time
and bring you back to mine
but i can't take you to it
so i guess it's wrong to do it

if there any way that i could ever be
then i would be
the one you need
but that kind of love is love that we won't see
'cause i can't be
the one you need

(chorus)
time goes by so fast
this life ain't built to last
just 'cause we wanted to believe
i'd like to turn back time
and bring you back to mine
but i can't take you to it
so i won't put you through it

(repeat first verse and end)

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

let 'em go

you gotta alot of pain in your shoes
let 'em go...let 'em go...let 'em go
every kind of thing you can't use
let 'em go...let 'em go
you're never gonna see that kind of light
you know the one your dreams are made of
if you don't kiss them good night
and let 'em go

you're tellin' me it hurts in your head
let 'em go...let 'em go...let 'em go
don't let them butter up your bread
let 'em go...let 'em go
you're waitin' for a dream in your hand
you know the simple life that you've known
if they don't fit with your plan
just let 'em go

(bridge)
every kind of answer
to the questions that you pose
the universe has
the universe knows
everywhere you're lookin'
like a fantasy that grows
hold on to the feeling
it tells you where you should go

you gotta lotta fools who hang on
let 'em go...let 'em go...let 'em go
they smile and tell you you're wrong
let 'em go...let 'em go
you gotta alot of living to do
don't let someone else do it for you
you already know that it's true
just let 'em go

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

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)