Category Archives: Poetry+Music

My Voice

See no light and see not sorrow, Hear no crying all night long; Worry not where goes tomorrow, Put things past beneath thy song. Though now is small, yet now is now; Let all thy soul be singing. No outside … Continue reading

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O Come, All Who Reason

(Now it is time to metamorphize Christmas into New Year’s Eve.) O come, all who reason, Thinkers self-reliant. O come ye, O come ye, To sing through the town! Come and behold them— All our works of profiting. O come, … Continue reading

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Wawa

(Here are the lyrics of a light, fun song I wrote several years ago.) When I look and look and look into your dark brown eyes I see everything I’ve ev ev ever wanted to see. When I look and … Continue reading

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Ev’ry Little Thing

([Some] years ago I thought I’d try my hand at country western songs, had two made into professional demos, but there were no takers. Here are the lyrics of one of them.) Ev’ry little thing you do today To get … Continue reading

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America (revised song lyrics)

(Lyrics originally by Samuel F. Smith; revised by Brian Faulkner) My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers’ pride, Unbound in open stride, From every mountainside Made freedom ring. My sovereign … Continue reading

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Confidence

(1992, a song without music) It’s mine—-everything I see; Yes, it’s mine, waiting patiently. And I, I have the golden key; It opens wide everything for me. I walk along a busy street; Windows shine, everything is neat. Sellers whistle … Continue reading

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