some people are bashful
and a little bit shy
some people feel awkward
but they can't figure why

They get out in public
and try to fit in
but they think people are talking
again and again

some people feel like crawling into a shell
they say what is the use
and oh what the hell

some people try to have a good sense of humor
but then they think that people are spreading a rumor

but let me tell you that there has been days
that I have even felt the very same way

so I get up and step up to the base
and all I do is have this look on my face

people come up to me and tell me how funny I am
then I think to myself and say I'll be ******

a sense of humor I really do show
and ever since then my humans been on the go

my sense of humor is as funny can be
people laugh so hard and they even slap their knee

so I know if I have it
I know you can
and when you do show it
I will give you a hand

life can be full of challenges
life can be full and free
Life can be very interesting
especially if you knew me

life can be full of laughter
Life can be full of silence
life can be artistic
but in me you'll see no violence

life can be very happy
life can be very sad
life can be full of questions
but for me that can't be bad

life can be having best friends
life can be having enemies
life can be just about anything
but most of all life is being me

has anyone ever heard of a historical place
it is in Alton Illinois
and been known as a scary place

it was built in the 18 hundreds
back in the Civil War days
back when there was slavery
which is now a disgrace to the human race

there's been some odd things happen
that I cannot explain
lights flashing on and off
And stereos that does the same

back where that I am sleeping
there is a slave that enters
but he is very harmless
oh what a weird adventure

I've tried and tried to communicate
but nothing has been said
but I feel a presence very close
next to my sleeping bed

Mitchell mansion I've been told
that there are many spirits
ready to unfold

many people believe in spirits
and so many that denies
but I am a firm believer
because I seen it with my very eyes

Mitchell Mansion has its secrets
that many will never know
but tell me friend would you come here
to spend a night alone

I wake up every morning with sweet memories
of me and my daddy  sitting under the apple tree

We sat and talked about a whole lot of things
especially about what the future will bring

me and my daddy we did everything
from cutting grass and chopping trees
even some gardening

he taught me things that everyone should know
about life and love and how to reach a goal

he told me that I should be honest faithful and true
and when I got married is to be loyal to

my dad had his nickname for me I must tell you
I was ( sugar) to him and that name I will value

me and my daddy went through thick and thin
to turmoil and trouble but we always would win

I sat with my daddy as he read his Bible
he talked to me about Jesus
we had our own revival

but as time has now passed
he is in heaven I know
looking down on me with a heavenly glow

he smiles down with glee
with a glow bright and shining
I will always be daddy's girl
with our souls both combining

one day when God takes my soul away from me
I will be back with Daddy
back under the apple tree

the beauty of life is as bright as the Sun
I sit here thinking all the battles i won

the beauty of life is an extraordinary thing
all the joy that this beauty can bring

the beauty of life makes me stop and look over
how I got through has made my mind Hover

the beauty of life I'm thinking today
the life that I've lived I could be in my grave

the beauty of life has finally been good to me
and the beauty of God he has set me free

the beauty of life God has in his plan
for a woman to have a very good man

the beauty of life God send him to me
because for his purpose it was meant to be

the beauty of there is a beauty in you
the beauty of life there is beauty in me

the beauty of life combine both together
the beauty will show us being together forever

where did I go wrong while I was growing up
I did everything that I was told
but that was not enough

I had no chance to be a child
that I should have been
but instead I played an adult part
and didn't know where to begin

I felt like I had shackles wrapped around my legs
and at those times my soul it begin to beg

release me from this awful days
of torture and abuse
I pray that God unlocks these chains
and he turns me loose

freedom freedom now I can say
the binds that held me down
I am proud to tell you
that they are no longer still around

sometimes my thoughts are weary
when I think about the times
of all the daily living
I wish I could leave behind

but they keep on haunting so strongly in my mind
not even daily prayer helps
that I prayed a thousand times

oh how I wish I could take those times
and erase them clean and clear
but every time they haunt me
I shed another tear

I pray that the higher power
would give me inner strength
to fighting battles in my mind
so that I can think
the trials of life is like the venom of a snake
I wish there was a potion I knew that I could make
to cure the bad times to the good
to take away my mistakes
to wipe away this bitterness
I would truly take

all the years of torture
I would cure them if I could
to make my daily living
like it always should