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Blue Eyed Angel
The lashes gently flutter, over eyes of crystal blue / I’m waiting so impatiently, to share the world with you. / Your crawl has turned to walking, as winter turns to spring
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My Monster
A monster came out from under my bed, / all hairy and ugly and oh so red. / He ran to my closet and ate all my clothes
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Baseball
I remember running to first, faster then a scream / Now that kind of speed is just a foolish dream. / Age is such a vicious foe, slower by the day
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Oldtimers
We all have this fear, when today is not remembered tomorrow / We worry that we miss happiness or sometimes bitter sorrow. / They put names on things like this but none will ever fit.
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A Bad Day
Some go out in a blaze of glory, some with a crazy, sad story. / I am not sure which I have chosen but it may get very gory. / I don’t care any longer about the skies I see
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The Parade
The animals left the zoo one day to have a big parade. / The plans for all and rules to follow had previously been made. / The elephants led the grand array trunk to tail they were,
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A Terrible End
It seems like an eternity since we last spoke a real word / something that didn't hurt and wasn't absurd. / I can't remember that real hard core feeling
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Guillotine
The morning of a special day, / And the whole town gathered there. / In all their Sunday finery,
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A Blind Ballad
As I lean against the windswept rock, a memory comes to me / of the days I spent on "The Courage Son" and the friends I lost at sea. / The Courage Son was a sturdy ship, built of solid oak,
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Tomorrow
I wait as patient as a man of age can be / I do not know just what I expect to see / I sleep the sleep of a painful aging soul
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