Seventeen

The ground is freezing me as I sit in your front yard
I guess there's no pleasing you
I'm tired from all the thought it took me to get here
but I don't sleep, I think of You
Tell me that you've had enough
tell me that I am wrong just like you always do

Will that ever be enough for me?
wanting this to be real when I know its make believe
But still we know the time we spent chasing dreams means more when you're seventeen

The lights are blinding me as I look over your town
I guess there's no fooling you
I'm tired from all the time that I have spent here
but I don't sleep, I think of You
tell me that you are sorry
tell me that I am wrong and that I should be sorry too

Will that ever be enough for me?
wanting this to be real when I know its make believe
But still we know the time we spent chasing dreams means more when you're seventeen

All these words are killing me
spent my life wasting breaths on dreams and wishing
But I know that its never more real and you'll never be happy
when you're alone and seventeen
alone at seventeen
my heart has always been seventeen

to send love your way

You wake up in the morning
and you talk to God, everyday
you wake up in the morning
and ask God for the strength

but not today
some thing's changed

you always said
son, don't hold your breath
waiting on the world to choose
you're gonna have to make the first move
and you always smiled, you always smiled

You woke up in the morning
and you sang a song
a song of praise
You woke up in the morning
to talk to God, but today you saw him Face to Face

You always said
son, don't hold your breath
waiting for love to come your way
because you don't want to be struggling to breath
when she sees you
wait patiently
and always smile, son give me a smile

I wake up in the morning
and I talk to God, everyday

I woke up this morning
and I asked God
to send my love Your way.

Big City Life

Awake.
dust the night off my eyes, turn out of bed alone
morning ritual, face, teeth, hands, hair
pants, shirt, cardigan, coat, scarf, hat and gloves, lets not forget glasses

walk out of my building
step down off the front stoop, and wait for a second, deep breath
extend my hand from my coat pocket and hail a cab
57th and 1st Avenue please

I'm meeting someone today
meeting at 59th but i enjoy a little walk, to clear my head

hand to the handle, money exchanges hands, thanks
All around me, giants...the biggest of buildings I've seen
and when i arrive to the cafe by the corner of the street, i sit...waiting
Coffee, black- and the breeze from the street sweeps up across my hand as i raise the cup to my lips

simple pleasure.
I look at my watch as if time will move faster, or you will arrive any sooner than the time that was appointed, i am early for this encounter

and then...
a familiar face in the crowd of people crossing the street like they where all going the same place, together

your bangs just brushed about your eyes, and the hat on your head, romantic
scarf to cover your neck, coat to cover your heart
walk up to me, i stand
kiss my cheek and i could have died, soft and comforting like the other side of your pillow after a long night's rest

just another day, always just another...please.

the important questions-

This is the question
who do you love, and how do you do it?
do you make things up to hide it from who you don't want to find out?
or do you shout it out loud?
I guess when all's considered, it comes down to

do you believe in me? do you want to see my face? do you want to feel what it feels like to be inside my world?

the lines in the road are like the direction that you gave me, never failing
the steps that I take towards you are nervous steps, but worth it
when I see your eyes
If this is to be my choice, like you say it is, then i choose you
always you.

do you believe in me? do you want to see my face? do you want to feel what it feels like to be inside my world?

be alone with me
be silent
breathing in, my lungs can't take it unless the air I breathe is shared with you, with you.

do you believe in me? do you want to see my face? do you want to feel what it feels like to be inside my world?

this is the question that you gave me, when you asked me to be inside your world.