Almost Full

I try to quiet my soul
the moon is almost full
I attempt to write a song
to sing out strong
but somehow everything
just comes undone

and no matter how hard I try
I just can't climb a light beam
I reach and cry
but its slips right by like lightning
when will the beauty cease to decrease
as my proximity increases
cause no matter how hard I try
the fullness of the wonder seems to come down and die

and every time it happens I die a little inside
weary from the world and my thoughts and my pride
my worries and anxieties seem to get the best of me
and when I try to think of you
all that comes from me is a broken tune

Joe's Song

The house is empty
inside and out
you say everyone's left me
and you reach for it now
it promises hope
it promises peace
at the end of your rope
you give into the least
likely thing
that will ever make your heart sing

Please take a second thought
don't you know you were bought with blood
please take a second thought
don't you know you were caught by love
He saw you since the beginning of time
and if you will have him he says, dear one you are mine

You cannot earn this favor or grace
it has nothing to do with the face
that you see in the mirror
cause all those disguises disappear
this is the real reality
can you feel it coming on
its the song you want to sing
its coming up through your lungs

Please Carry the Light

A yellow bus comes up to tell us
its time to start another day
ok
we climb aboard
walking the halls with the crowd
you get pushed around and its too loud

Oh I want to drown it out
but then in mass of people now
I see faces
and in those faces I see eyes
and in them are the places
and their questions why
and the tears they cry
but no one ever sees
please tell me you will carry the light
in these dim dark dingy desperate hallways

And maybe that face that laughs
is really trying to get its life back
and maybe the ones that seem so set to do wrong
would crumble into soft words, tears,and songs
when they see that they are loved
by the best and dearest love from above

Forest Peace

Oh, where is the forest green
the places so uncommonly seen
I want to be lost in the cool deep
To sing in the place between wake and sleep

the name of the place is peaceful
the hope that I carry when sleeping
and dreaming of a the piece that the world is missing
everyone else is dismissing
the only one who can bring this love
the king of the forest, and the sweetest dove

Here he takes me when I doubt
when my mind is weary inside and out
when everything seems to blur the lines
he takes me away inside deep sighs
where waters cry
and to die is to die and to be reborn
no longer living like a stranger forlorn

Go Here

You have no place to go
home is not your home
anymore
than the hotel room you just left before the show
whats left to show
you feel alone
worn to the bones
youre feeling old
the flames have turned cold

But there is still a warmth from somewhere outside
a heavenly promise from tears you've cried
He is here
He is near
Have no fear
of the heartache
He knows every inch of all heartbreak
the sun of sorrows
has waked the tomorrow
he stands in front of you
really what have you got to lose

Strum Like A Stranded Sailor

Blue sky
true eyes
Honest ways
slower pace

Strum on your guitar
home is not to far
is just an airplane ride away
and couple trains
and a big subway
and a long stretch of highway

We wait
no fear of fate
See the sunrise
the song and reprise
of the day
when we'll away
I'll say it again
and then

Strum on your guitar
home is not to far
is just an airplane ride away
and couple trains
and a big subway
and a long stretch of highway

Stare into space
hear my heart race
the sky is upturned
all our hopes have turned
this is simplicity
join in the mystery


Strum on your guitar
home is not to far
is just an airplane ride away
and couple trains
and a big subway
and a long stretch of highway

Im Gone

The wind sweeps down
and around
barely touches the ground

Its sound
resounds
with the waves and they shout
together now
as my heart pounds

Ooooh oh ooh oh
I'm alive
I was made to live
but soon I died
so strange
to be back to life
What might and power
and glory
to pen down such a story
we're alive
more than the planet in sight

The waves collapse
the moon relapses
and the tide laps at my hands
in the sand
My soul comes to stand
the band of angels are singing
and all of heaven is ringing
with the joy's of the song
so long
so long
I'm gone
I'm gone