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The Mornings Aint Warm

(Boudreau)

planted deep in the back of my head

are the seeds of things my daddy once said

and up sprouted this stubborn old tree

with fading roots and lofted dreams

theres still a couple of two by fours

i guess the ones that would support the floor

of what became that great tree house

man i could see him now

stretched out on that endless limb

to knot the rope for the tire swing

yea thats the swing that broke my arm

and thats the arm that dont do me no good

when the mornings aint warm

i just think of your smile

when my thoughts get long

i reminisce a while

this old sweater must've caught a thread

who could forget her or the things that she said

'boy im gonna tan your hide'

but all kidding aside

these old values dont exist no more

seems we're living in a different world

dont know the reason why

it all just flew on by

you made me believe in a better way

every second of every day

safe will shield harm

rage will fall to calm

when the mornings aint warm

i just think of your smile

when my thoughts run along

i reminisce a while

barefoot on a hard-wood floor

the cold coming in up under the door

i swear the clock is the devils work

a different face everytime i look

this life sometimes aint our own

but i could never try and do it alone

sometimes i can see you there

oh i see you everywhere

cuz fallen seeds well they tend to spread

and through them all runs a common thread

to lead the way as you grow

and thats to carry it on

when the mornings aint warm

i remember your smile

when my thoughts get long

i think about you a while

I Got None

(Boudreau)

whatever happened to forgiveness

whatever happened to the long sharp hook of love

what ever happened to convictions

what ever happened to that push might turn to shove

i gotta listen to my reasons

and stop wishing on some falling star

and start dancing with my demons

Make em think they can take me just a little too far

and ive been waiting all this time’for this day to come

you got yours I want some

what ever happened to my some day

I guess they fade away just like my yesterdays

I'll be hanging at the drive-in

You can find me down on memory lane

And ive been waiting all this time for this day to come

You got yours and I got none

I'm not blind, i'm not deaf and i'm not dumb

You got yours and I got none

I'd rather give it all away then be stolen from

Sister Serenity

(Maiorano)

From a war zone, to war at home

Free to roam, the wood

The very land our forefathers stole

Marred with, righteous blood

(Chorus) Sister Serenity, lead me to your sanctuary

Mother of pity, take me to your city

The peaceful dell, a citadel

Her daily gift of wildflowers

An angel from the heavens fell

Healing shame in darkest of hour

(Chorus)

(Bridge)Runaway, hideaway, cast away – your pride

Their way, your way, my way – has died

That place, this place, no place – feels right

Hide my face, in disgrace, see her face – shine bright

Night turns to day, time and tide

Slowly reborn, with hopeful eyes

Fog of war fades, absent pride

Out of exile, the past euthanized

(Chorus) (add) Sister Serenity, love is the remedy

Sharing this country, freedom’s posterity

Happily Ever After

(Boudreau)

I’ve been waiting for the sun to come and melt my blues away

I’ve been dying for your smile all day

I’m trying to find the reason I’ve been moving so slow

I guess I’m just tired of blaming the snow

So I’m counting on you to lean on me

I’m gonna see this thru I’m gonna set us free

From these daily trials

I want to trade em for smiles

Happily ever after

Or at least for a while

I tried flipping the world off this morning

I couldn’t find a switch

And never leaving the bed never hurt a bit

And sometimes I’m up and sometimes I’m down

Ya never know what’s going around

I try kicking it up but keep falling down

Cuz its all I know

So I’m counting on you to come and lean on me

I’m gonna see this thru I’m gonna set us free

From these daily trials

I want to trade em for smiles

I wanna kill em with kindness and grin all the while

I’m gonna lick em with laughter

Drown em in joy

Happily ever after

It’s just a positive ploy

Whos fooling who

I think theres something sketchy going on

i cant quite put my finger on it now

They're scamming us to get along?

Its in our words and in this song

All Messed Up

(Boudreau)

I was hanging on the end of the block near the record shop

Waiting for my boys to show

You spilled out of a cab with your bags full of get up n go

And I wasn’t looking for trouble but it sure has a subtle way of finding me

This time in four-inch-heels and a feel to make a blind man see

(so I had to play my guitar…)

Now all the while I was guessing the mid-West must be missing an angel

Back where the grass is green and the girls grow up so fast

And her daddy warned her that her Hollywood dreams would only lead her to danger

But as I recall I’ve been called worst than that

I said “Baby what you doing on this side of town?”

She said “ I must’ve lost my way…maybe you can show me around some day?”

I said “Babe where ya wanna take it from here?

She said “we gotta take it slow”

You see I’m , I’m all messed up with no place to go

Now I never asked ya for much just to get on a bus heading anywhere

I hate to sound so cold but we both know how this is gonna end

And in my defense it never made any sense why you were with me in the first place

And if we get out of this one alive maybe we can stay friends

(you know I’d like that…)

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Back To What We Know

(Boudreau)

Stored in some old suitcase in the back of a closet shelf

Holds the stories that all but tell themselves

And maybe long forgotten or on the tip of a razors tongue

They demand a ransom for our young

It never had a frame so the edges were quite frayed

But the image well its quite as clear as day

Deafened by a whisper I swore we all could hear

The silence comes through loud n clear

It says ‘Oh no, where does the time go

I hate to be the one to tell ya so

Come on and walk with me along these random streets

That only lead us back to what we know

Oh no

Anyway the wind might blow

I hate to be the one to tell ya so

Fly with me across my endless sea

That always leads us back to what we know

Home Again

(Boudreau)

I was brought up just north of New York City

Where the Merrit greets the Hutch

In a noisy house on a quiet street

Where the neighbors know too much

Theres a weekend in spring when folks throw out old things

and he came home with a broken set of drums

traded a baseball mitt for a Sears n Roebuck kit

and three songs by the Rolling Stones

And they said

Dont you know you can never go home again

Dont you know you should never even look back

You should know all old-time freinds are gone from here

Just as long as the memory's in tact

I had a road-rashed notchback with an in-dash eight track

and quarter tank of gas

If only I could get out (of) that neighborhood

I'd bet i'd get half a chance

But that hamster wheel is all too real

and we run as fast as we can

And we headed no where and wound up here

Despite our best laid plans

And they said 'You should know that you can always come home again'

'It'd be real swell to have ya back'

'All your long-lost friends they've been asking for you'

But theres too many memories attached

I took a red-eye at midnight as straight as the crow fllies

touchdown 4 am

The sun was on the rise and much to my surprise

never to go down again

An Architect Of Peace

(Music - Jay Miles)

“School Prayer” by Diane Ackerman

In the name of the daybreak

And the eyelids of morning

and the wayfaring moon

and the night when it departs,

I swear I will not dishonour

my soul with hatred,

but offer myself humbly

as a guardian of nature,

as a healer of misery,

as a messenger of wonder,

as an architect of peace.

In the name of the sun and its mirrors

and the day that embraces it

and the cloud veils drawn over it

and the uttermost night

and the male and the female

and the plants bursting with seed

and the crowning seasons

and the firefly and the apple,

I will honour all life

- wherever and in whatever form

it may dwell – on Earth my home,

and in the mansions of the stars.

The Lonely Orphan

(Arpino)

Well i'm just a lonely orphan

wearing somebody's hand-me-down shoes

Well i sure aint got nothing

So i damn sure got nothing to lose

On the day i was born

i started paying my dues

mom and daddy kept on drinking their booze

I swear i gave em both a bad case of the blues

And its been this way since they've been printing the news

Well i'm just a lonely orphan

Wearing somebody's hand-me-down shoes (oh my!)

Well i sure aint got nothing here

So i damn sure got nothing to lose here

When i grow up to be a man

Just one thing i'd do if i can

gonna bang on your door and wish you well

Momma and daddy you can both go to hell

Well i'm just a lonely orphan

Spent a year staring at the wall

Well i aint happy and i aint sad

I'm just shuffling through these empty halls

When i grow up to be a man

Just one thing i'd do if i can

gonna bang on your door and wish you well

Momma and daddy you can both go to hell

Because i'm just a lonely orphan

wearing hand-me-down shoes

i'm just a lonely orphan

And i swear i got nothing to lose