Cheers

Here’s too being young

and beautiful.

When everything is unclear

and five minutes from now is the future.

Here’s to this never coming to an end

that we may always have that passion.

That in your eyes, that’s passion.

Remember the song you sung about being young

and the friends we never thought would end.

The dumb things we thought were suitable

turned out to be just beautiful.

We will never mature, I will not willingly be your future.

She says I am too beautiful

for you to take all my passion.

You rung me you hung me, but you never went young for me.

Do you really think your going to be my future?

Not you or that doctor. Not you sir, you’re not in my future

Not even Mr. Business man will send me to there.

Here’s to being young when only one thing is clear.

Use all of that passion to kiss me

so here’s to being young

and beautiful. Breath, that’s the end

Ill say it once more to be clear.

Passion will come from staying young.

The Usual

Im gonna open the car door.

Its not something I haven’t seen before.

What kind of music you listen to?

Get some big papa and turn it up like he’s risen too.

What kind of food you eat?

Does it matter cuz I know you only want my treat.

Talk to me like you want to know

what I did when I was young and

what I want to do when I’m grown.

Ask me questions about

what I do in my spare time

and what’s on my mind.

You’re really beautiful and fun.

Thanks for the compliments but

Your work is not even almost done.

Dance around me and throw my trash away.

Isn’t the whole point to show me

how it could be, day by day.

Isn’t the whole point that you want me to want to stay

positioned this way and that way.

Isnt the point that you don’t want me to go away?

What do you want to do?

You asked me out so it’s up to you.

But if you take me back there to play pool

so you can watch me hold a stick as a tool

What are you gonna learn about me then?

You’ll just learn how I bend.

I wanna learn how you take your drink.

You can have everything but the kitchen sink.

Baby you might think its right to get me that drink.

But don’t be the usual bite, that move is trite.

Walk me up to my door because you think this will help you score.

Because I’v had a few drinks and you think I could have some more.

But I know you, you’re that guy.

Just because you’re hot, you still have to try.

One Minute You Have It, The Next You Don't

Everyone has one

Their own Ukraine. You completely are but your not.

It was serene harsh from every direction, courage

that’s the only way to deal with looking no – moving, forward.

Its distant from now, the trees were large and matched March.

Everyone has one

Their own Long Beach. You are but your not.

You’ve known it and you are it and you love it but

Its only the majority of your minimal mind.

It’s the place that has the mold of you in it. But I cant see a future.

Then comes the hope.

Everyone has one

Their own Nice, France. Oh my gosh the wonders that were ahead.

Daydreaming of the house on the Mediterranean ocean.

Astonishment.

black pause of awe.

out of this world pain.

Recovery time.

The door slammed so hard it resounded shut.

Courage baby, there are tears on your cheek.

Everyone has one

Their own Australia. The easiest way to get away. For now.

It is the beginning of courage, the looking.

Stairs inside your chest of excitement,

Anticipating the stairs going higher

until

Breath, you haven’t gotten there yet

Everyone has one

Most don’t know what it is.

It is the opportunity

the pout of waiting.

I know it hurts baby.

I know time is gone but you aren’t.

Courage baby, there are tears on your cheek.

Hello

She wanted to meet him because he looked real good

He had the scruffy face and baseball hat like he should

She thought she knew what to expect

Time will fade his intensity

She doesn’t need his sensitivity

Time will crack his color and he will peel

She kept waiting for something to show

What every other guy has led her to know

After a month, time deteriorated him into

an exposed jerk.

After a year, she saw him out. He called and she give him another shot.

After only three days she realized that he is nothing but a

a whiny bitch.

He obviously needs someone to care about things a 21 year old shouldn’t care about.

“Why didn’t you call me back?”

I’m not your woman. be calm. step back a little.

I don’t owe you shit. Remember that.

I decide what you get.

You should be happy being a bonus in my life.

Did I hurt your feelings? I know I’m pretty tough.

But you’re a man, you should be able to take it rough.

But I guess that’s why it never went down in the first place.

I tip toed around it on the phone, but ill say it to your face.

Isn't It Funny

The blur helps make things clear

you have your emotions near

so let your mind loose.

Chew it. Swallow it. Lets call it truce.

Don’t use your doctor brain.

Don’t put my decisions down

because your afraid to play.

You don’t have all the answers

If you did why do you keep asking me for mine.

Look around you, notice the green trees around you

and how the leaves change over time. They are like your mind.

Aren’t you curious what they look like over there?

Can’t you feel your hair move - when the air is on the move?

No. You obviously don’t.

I have one answer for you,

I do what I want to do.

If you don’t like it then walk away

but don’t think that you have the right

to tell me what to think today. I want to figure it out my own way.

I listen to you

but you don’t say anything new.

To you its your way or no way.

No way, buddy. Enough is enough.

Not that you ever did

But I control how I live. Not you.

So get over yourself, you see the harm that could come.

Befor you soak you feet in that water

You’ll think that your toes will turn red and blister if the water were hotter.

You ask me how you ended up with a sister as stupid as me.

I ask, how I ended up with a brother that’s as short sighted as thee.

Little Ol' You

Your shell holds so many different melodies.

Different tones that depend on the notes

and the notes are words that mean stories

about what she felt when she eloped

and about the loses and trophies.

Your purple on the outside, where its hard

and if you fell the beat is always there.

Continue playing that face card.

Continue giving when it seems like no one cares.

Play it, let it be loud.

When its loud there is no noise.

Tell the queen to make that sound.

When there is no noise, nothing matters

not school, trying to find a job, or boys.

You tell me tales of her and him

You tell me tales of California dreamin

and of the streets of Harlem.

You tell me tales of things that could happen to me.

You tell me tales of hard times, young girls, and greed.

but none of these tales scare me from you

because she is too nice to be true

and he is too scared of my feelings to pursue

my mind. So I need you and you need me too.

The Line Up

I must have sat in that room for an hour.

Grey was light and black was normal.

The window to the other room is

very bright. They say you can see who

but they cant see you, the person with the power.

After seeing tall scruffy guys

with faces like they are holding lies.

Like it wasn’t me. Then who killed her?

Then I saw a striking black figure.

All her clothes are black

And the way that tight black

skirt is giving her hips away

is the same with those venom lips.

I see the poison dripping from the tips

of all your shadowed bits.

Flip those tight brown curls like that again.

Hold that skirt up some more.

Keep those heels on baby,

Push then down to the floor.

So I can compare you to the rest

that look like their minds have the best

ability to kill and not feel detest

with themselves.

I like that black strap on your shoes

around your ankles. Makes me melt but

Makes you fast and makes me lose.

I cant give you away

because you’ll be mine someday.