songwriting – SIMPLE WORLD

Give me your Love (Love Song)

The morning fell on a green valley

Breeze with it

Rising and then a slow heave

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The first hue hitting eyelids

A call from the land of the big waves

Seasons of migration

Everything i know

Everything i thought i did

This was all

Past the pupil

Sounds of the stars

Whales bellowing in the skies

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Today the spirits moved

And i truly was there

Energy pixelated

into cells and letters

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No question asked?

None so whatever

Whatever

Nights like this
Neon light dimmed right
Gets me thinkin of you
Yeah you dressed in sun flower
Yeah i remember us
That night you danced on me
Yeah i remember your body
The way your hips moved, swayed
Spoke to me without even moving your lips
I know, i know
I never called you
Never reached you
Never drove to you
Yeah that, but i keep missing you
We were lovers that never kissed
Yeah my loss, you said
My loss but i cant stop hoping
Believing I’ll get you back
Yeah i see the new guy
Yeah but tell me who holds your heart?
Who mine?
Who saw you beyond that smile
The way i wrote my heart down for you
Yeah nights like this
Always hit me hard
Yeah no other but you
Got me writing to you
And, i hope you see this
So, you know a piece of me i never showed

A Generation Lost Within

I see my youth,
My ways, both singing:
“dying of thirst”

I see my soul,
My voice, both singing:
“dying of thirst”

I see my life,
My existence, both singing:
“tired of running”

Only the real will
reach the fountain of life
After surviving the roar of the lion

Old Slaves

Chanting the victory song
Their volume filling up the skies

Old slaves, old ways

Singing about their triumphant return
Their shackles no more

Old slaves, old ways

Look at their pain written on their minds

Old slaves, old ways

Crying about their children lost

Old slaves, old ways

Today their new ones are born free

Old slaves, old ways
Do sing and walk back onto the Promised Land

Afro Blue (III) (I know, lets go there one more time)

I have come back to you
My back is tired, my legs weak and full with dust
The desert was not kind, sand storms all about
Voices of women dragging me here and there
But a voice so smooth, so subtle, so crisp
Came into my mind and with speed I let them be
Back on feet, I continued my journey
Walk and walk, I did
My heart worked hard as the sun burned skin
My mind weak, fell
My bones deep dry, followed after it

In the sand, I laid waiting for death
But again it came, rich as the night
Blue as the sky, plump as the sea
Illuminating like the carving of your hips
Strikingly divine like the beauty that holds soul
That voice, it comes back, waking me up
With grace and energy, it fills me up
Rich in my strength, I stand, full up
I look back at the journey so far
Then with my flask now somehow filled with water
I move towards that saving muse
Beauty galore when I think of you
My hearts beats a bit more when I remember
The other times of life when we were
Kings and Queens of the land of the big waves
When we lived amongst our people
Without pain or strife
We honored our people with respect
As they did us, reward to all……….so and so

So my mind continues
Drifting on and on
Flowing with the flying sand
My taste is gone and my flask is again dry
But as I ponder about the coming of days
I look up to the waves of sand
There across from where I stand
There in the midst of the dust
There you stand, your blue garment flowing in the storm
Like a dream, I try to awaken from it
But I’m already awoken by your startling presence
There you are, back again for another life time with me
Rich as our love, souls met to be one

Shades of delight, Afro blue
Shades of delight, cool cool hue
Shades of delight, Afro blue
Shades of delight, cool cool hue – Erykah Badu

Enchantment (II)

What kind of game are we playing?
Lost and found in my blank sheets
There we go again drinking cheap wine
We’re broke, yet we build castles
So high they touch the tip of the stars
Experiences explored, it tastes so good
Finding new set of skills, performing art
Twisting legs, fingers locked
The sounds we make burns from room
Troubling our neighbors next door
But when have we ever cared for them?
Selfish ways, when it’s just you and me

Hey gorgeous, before we start again
Tell me what’s this taste on my tongue?
This sweet bite, this sweet sweet taste
What’s this sweet bite on my tongue?
This sweet bite that’s taking over my mind
This sweet taste that comes on when I kiss your neck
Your hairs rise, powerless for more
So mesmerizing, we’re enchanted in that one moment

What kind of game are we playing?
Here I am with a blindfold on
Mesmerizing, your spell has been cast
You know, I know
She knows, he knows
They know, they know
The potion is out into the skies

Enchantment (I)

The windows are open, swinging
The air’s just right
The breeze so cool and soft
Friends long gone and lost
Now it’s just you and me
The potion’s now in full effect
Our minds now entangled
Brings our souls a little bit closer
So just, its shinning pure gold
There’s no escape, I already tried

Enchanting, your spell has been cast
Sleep walking, I’m moving freely with your scent
Lately, passion easily comes strong
Sweetly, your lips taste of divine bliss
Skies full with stars, dreams full with you

Touch me and I’m gone
Lost, tucked deep into your scent
Free, no need for directions when I’m with you
Fire, the temperature’s scorching hot
Mesmerizing, the spell has been cast
Starved, I need your tender caring

Come here and bring that taste we both need
Don’t run, walk slow
I don’t want to miss those swings your hips give
Don’t run, walk slow
I dare not miss the way your eyes keeps drifting
So baby, don’t run, make those steps count

I can’t escape your gaze, I don’t why
I run away and you’re right there in my dreams