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joseph-goodwin
I write words and music simply for the satisfaction I get from the process. / / If you're interested in hearing the music versions of my poems some of them can be found here: / http://soundcloud.com/joegoodwin / / Thanks for reading!
Miss Inspiration rain down on me. Give me smoke free air to breath. Lead me through the day and guide me through the night. Be my eternal light. Take away my darkest fright. Show me the truth in the pictures in the clouds. Miss Inspiration rain down on me. Give me smoke free air to breath. Lead me through the day and guide me through the night. Keep me humble; never proud. So I can see your face in the crowd, when I'm looking in the wrong direction, focused solely on imperfections. My own self causes me to slip I lose the warm safety of your grip. Miss inspiration rain down on me. Give me smoke free air to breath. Lead me through the day and guide me through the night. Be my eternal light. Take away my darkest fright. Show me the truth in the pictures in the clouds.
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Mar 2, 2011
Mar 2, 2011 at 9:33 PM UTC
Miss Inspiration
Hey old man in the cadillac, where you goin? Hey old man in the cadillac, where you goin? What's the price you had to pay for those wheels? Do they make your life seem more real? Hey old man in the cadillac, where you goin? hey, hey, hey Hey young woman with the gucci purse, how's it goin? Hey young woman with the gucci purse, how's it goin? I can tell by your bags you're too expensive for me. Do designer clothes make you feel free? Hey young woman with the gucci purse, how's it goin? hey, hey, hey Hey old man in the cadillac, where you goin? Hey old man in the cadillac, where you goin? What's the price you had to pay for those wheels? True satisfaction must be something surreal. Hey old man in the cadillac, where you goin? hey, hey, hey
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Feb 5, 2011
Feb 5, 2011 at 2:28 PM UTC
Old Man in the Cadillac
Even among my friends I often feel alone. Each of us in turn, and simultaneously, sitting on our thrones.
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Feb 2, 2011
Feb 2, 2011 at 4:17 PM UTC
Untitled #2
I'm playing the game that I swore I would never play The dice and the cards on the table make my legs lame One more shot, maybe a bowl 'till I don't feel a thing There's never a winner You know that's the rule of the game
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 9:00 PM UTC
The Game
Take me down from this cloud of ecstasy The higher we go the harder this fall is gonna be It took me nineteen years to begin to know myself How many more years until I truly trust someone else? It's cold up here There's groups of clouds far as the eye can see People crowd floating around mostly aimlessly It took me twenty years to begin to know myself How many more years until I truly love someone else? It's raining now My cloud disintegrates It wets my feet The people crowd anticipating my fall almost expectantly By twenty-one years will I know myself? How many more years until I truly find the root of doubt?
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 8:58 PM UTC
Untitled #1
After you pleasure yourself with that mirror you're lookin' in why don't you bring yourself down to the universe we're in Look past yourself I'm right in front of you, you can't see me standin' here you're unconscious ignoring brings my heart to tears Look past yourself Sometimes I complain about food I get to eat It's dumb, where I live the world is at my feet Look past yourself Sometimes you feel invisible but you'll learn to stand on your own maybe they'll notice what you wear Sometimes I feel invisible but at least I can stand on my own maybe they'll notice my hair I know God didn't mean for anyone to be alone It's tough when you're stuck in a world you can't condone Look past yourself
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM UTC
Look Past Yourself
Still livin' in this town my father's town the town of my youth Got to clear up this cloudy view of our little world with you Sometimes, when it rains it pours but it's feelin' more like a monsoon Got to make a plan of escape real, real soon, soon soon It's been dark for forty days I'm on the edge of sane It's time to get away The sun is ticking like a clock a new day it starts, a new day it stops My heart is beating like a drum it wont end until the battle for affection is won Sometimes when it rains it pours but it's feelin' more like a monsoon Got to make a plan of escape real, real soon, soon soon It's been dark for forty days I'm on the the edge of sane It's time to get away Time to make haiste
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 12:01 PM UTC
Rainy Day in my Father's Town
I'm gonna need some time to think things over I'm gonna go outside and breathe some air Today will go down in my insignificant history as the day you fractured my heart If your gonna leave now, please, don't come back I wish you were made of crystal so I could see your veigns but I would probably break you A clumsy boy's not easy to train I wish your mind was as clearly defined as the curves of your body I wish your book was easier to read I wish you were made of crystal so I could see your veigns but I would probably break you A clumsy boy's not easy to train
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 11:51 AM UTC
Think Things Over
Please, stop talkin' 'bout yourself that way as if you have a smaller brain No one's buying that but you You care too much about your good grades and all the things your teachers say Don't you know those thing will never last? Educated idiot In the desk right next to me Educated idiot Writing on the board where you teach Educated idiot Your words, they sound so sweet From the pulpit where you preach once or twice a week, once or twice a week Well I don't want to know how much you get paid or hear the ***** details 'bout the last time you got laid Sometimes you really make me sick You act like you have somethin' important to say but then you treat people like animals no, only a fool will listen to a word of it Educated idiot In the desk right next to me Educated idiot Writing on the board where you teach Educated idiot Your words, they sound so sweet From the pulpit where you preach once or twice a week, once or twice a week Oh, how do drugs and cigarettes help us to achieve the greatness locked inside of us that no one else sees We're all wandering aroung on nameless roads the destination no one knows Lookin for a chance to bathe in the see Please, don't be The Educated idiot In the desk right next to me Educated idiot Writing on the board where you teach Educated idiot Your words, they sound so sweet From the pulpit where you preach once or twice a week, once or twice a week
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 11:46 AM UTC
The Educated Idiot
I met a woman named Gazelle She loved others much more than herself until one day, one day she died so it goes lots of people cried I met a snake in my dreams he hated others he was covered in green, green slime one day he died a man crushed his head nobody cried God, do you hear me when i pray? Do you have ears? Do you really work that way? I don't know. I might never know, but it can't hurt so here I go Lord, help me through today I need your lighthouse show me the way I've every reason to me glad, but I'm goin mad Show me the peace I'll one day have. Show me the peace I'll one day have! Show me the peace
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Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011 at 11:33 AM UTC
A Girl and a Snake