SOMEDAY BLUES         
 

Mister, how long will this thing last?
How long until this ache has passed?

You’re gone and yet you haunt me still

I walk in shadows you still cast

I still can’t think of you without the blues

Phone calls still cause my heart to race

My eyes scan every passing face

I wait each night for sleep to come

Lying beside an empty space

Sleep comes at last but still I have the blues

I wake, reach out to stroke your hair

My hand caresses only air

Someday I know I’ll try no more

My heart may tell me I still care

But that day I’ll start to say goodbye to blues

Someday when lingering dreams move on

Someday when every ghost is gone

And when it’s not so hard to smile

I’ll wake to greet a carefree dawn

Someday I’ll think of you without the blues

CANDLE GLOW                    

Lights turned off, candle glow

Soft music on the radio

Sofa set for us to curl up tight

How could we ever dream of a more perfect night?

Sip of wine, gentle kiss

Sweet solitude is meant for this

I’ve been counting hours all day through

All I wait for now is you

What’s the time?  Dozed off ‘round ten

Didn’t hear you when you came in

The wine is stale, the sofa’s cold

The cushions get chilly when the night grows old

I’ll skip the wine, but I’ll take the kiss

The candle’s gone out, but I like it like this

It’s not the night I planned but it will do

Don’t need a perfect night, just you.

 I’ll skip the wine, I’ll take the kiss

The candle’s gone out, it’s better like this

It’s not the night I planned but it will do

Don’t need a perfect night, just you.

WAITING FOR THE MIDNIGHT BLUES   

I'm waiting for the midnight blues
Staring into the midnight air
Haunted by nights we used to share
I'm waiting for the midnight blues

I listen to the midnight blues
You sang me such a sweeter song
Well, sweet is not the same as long
I'm waiting for the midnight blues

That night you left, I made a vow,
The love that you once knew here would always wait for you here
Each night I lay in half my bed
Set half my breakfast table, kept half my closet bare

But that was then, and this is now
I've spent some time unlearning the dream of you returning
Where I now lie is where I choose
I spread my dishes out now, my clothes hang everywhere

I wait for nothing but the blues
Damn you, and may you burn in Hell
Damn me because I love you still
I'm waiting for the midnight blues

I'm waiting for the midnight blues
Wond'ring where all my dreams have gone
Blues my companion til the dawn
I'm waiting for the midnight blues

LAST DANCE             

At this dreamy hour, darkness has the power, to reveal the secrets that we hide so well

If you’ve a tender feeling you have been concealing, here’s a chance to prove it with some show and tell

Let the spirit guide you, look around beside you, find the one you think of in that special way

Time to let them know it, want a way to show it?  Here’s a dance to do it and the words to say

Chorus:

Hold me close, hold me tight, swing and sway together, softly as a feather

Don’t try to wonder what can this spell we’re under be

And if you hear me say tonight, I’ll still be yours tomorrow in happiness or sorrow

Won’t you take a chance with, dance this final dance with me?

Your arms were made to hold me, surround me and enfold me, your face was made to rest itself against my face

They say love can never stay the same forever, still I’ll never tire of your embrace,

I know night’s appeal, it makes fantasy seem real, I know not all my foolish dreams are meant to be

Are we just pretending, or when this night is ending, will the morning sun find you still with me?

 Chorus

MOONLIT RIVER                                 

Yes, I’m going to be OK, No, I don’t hate you

Yes, maybe we’ll be friends some day

Please don’t forget to leave me the back door key

And lock the door once you’re on your way

Yes, I’m going to take a trip for a day or so

I don’t want to be here when you go

Where to? Well, since you won’t be with me

Do you really need to know?

Chorus: I’m going to go back where we once walked by the moonlit river

           I’m going to lie on the soft wild grass where I lay with you

           For an hour or two I’ll believe love lasts forever

           Even though I know it isn’t true

They say the riverside path is now an asphalt road

Where the cars go barreling by

And though the moon still shines through the trees at night

The river has long run dry

But I remember when we lay and watched the leaves float by

You said “I’ll kiss you if you come too near”

Please tell me that kiss was one you can’t forget

It’s the kind of lie I’m hungry to hear

Chorus: I need to go back where we once walked by the moonlit river

           I need to lie on the soft wild grass where I lay with you

           For an hour or two I’ll believe love lasts forever

           Even though I know it isn’t true

Well, the earth still spins and the sun comes up

And the tides still ebb and flow

Time, the sages say, is going to heal all wounds

And the wounded ones tell me it’s so

So I’m sure with time I’ll forget your smile

I’ll forget the private thoughts we shared

And who knows, but if time is kind to me

I may wonder why I ever cared.  Still

Chorus I’m going to go back where we once walked by the moonlit river

           I’m going to lie on the soft wild grass where I lay with you

           For an hour or two I’ll believe love lasts forever

           Even though I know it isn’t true

           For an hour or two I’ll believe love lasts forever