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James Daniel Mar 2019
The days of the crying faces
And the songs of tears are over
And I wake alone and lonelier than ever

My bravery is taken away
And I have nothing better to do

I’ve been wondering about for a while now
But it hit me today

Does that pain have a name?
Will I see something similar or the same?

The characters in my play
Know where to stand
And plot is getting cliche’d

But I have to see it one more time

I have to see the way we were so lonely and forgotten

The way we cried together
The way we lived thru it together

We knew the songs, they were so sad
Because they were so real

Because it was painful
Because it was all we had

Because that pain, I do know it’s name
Because that won’t change

I’m here, far away, I’m here today
James Daniel Feb 2019
I am standing in your sunshine
And no I don’t want to say goodbye
Today I saw a man crying and so was I
For the death, for the death of sunshine

So how we gonna do this properly
So how we gonna we??
Thru the streets, thru the countries
Thru the mountains over the seas

Really how are we gonna do this properly

Properly, properly, properly

You know what I’m talking about
I know you know what I’m talking about


I am a man standing in your sunshine
And no I don’t want to say goodbye
In fact I want to say it’s time
It’s time
It’s time
It’s time

To do this properly
James Daniel Feb 2019
So many oddballs and odd-bits in this city
Sworn to secrecy
Torn out single pages
Littering the streets
Something in common

They are everywhere
Did you see what I just saw?
Where will we all go?
Peddling alone on our bikes
Thru the streets
Passed the houses
To our rooms

You could catch us for a second
Looking all stupid
But you’d never get us really
Don’t be stupid

So many oddballs and odd-bits in this city
James Daniel Nov 2018
Legs so short
They don’t touch the ground
Waiting for the bus
And listening to the sound

Of kissing your soul
Star shaped
And soppy wet
As if my heart melt
Yes I felt


These plastic telephones
Bad reception on a good day
And I’m in a major city what the hell

Singin down a tin can, with a string thru a hole

I want to kiss your soul
I want to kiss your soul


How long will it take
And how many lips will I have to kiss to get to you?
What will be the calendar month?
Mark it in for me
I’m here on satellite, way below

Waiting on your call
All illuminated and lonely
If my soul had a colour
What would it be?


Singin down a tin can, with a string thru a hole

I want to kiss your soul
I want to kiss your soul



She kicked that can
It hit me in the head
It left a mark, spared me death
I ran out of breath
And for a minute there was quiet

Then the bus came
And off she went
I pulled out my worn out itinerary
That had the answers to everything

Then I sang down a tin can, with a string thru a hole

I want to kiss your soul
I want to kiss your soul
James Daniel Nov 2018
I had in mind
That when we were together
Re-united
That it would be a certain way
The pictures
Touch and feel
And when we were
It simply wasn't

I was who I was now
As real as dream
And I couldn't discount
My eyes came into focus

The only way was forward
New love to make
New dreams to chase
Grow and change

I'm not the same as I was yesterday
She has nothing to say to me
I'm a million miles away
Here now and today

You can call me dream
You can call me reality
I've got two hands and two feet
And a heart that beats

The only way was forward
New love to make
New dreams to chase
Grow and change
James Daniel Sep 2018
Where is my girl
Who likes touch and poems
And watching the world
Rushing thru the trees
Pushing against the windows
Roaring under the night
Somewhere in the distance
She’ll let me
But she won't
Where is my girl
Who likes touch and poems

Who’ll push my shoulder
Hard up on my knees
Curl and pull under my fingers
Forearm over her eyes
She’ll let me
But she won't
Where is my girl
Who likes touch and poems
James Daniel Jul 2018
At midnight
You watching from your door
I’m out into the night
Forevermore

The sound of crickets
Fills the sky
It’s wide
And full of stars

I walk with you
In the corner of my eye
Until
You are no longer in sight

Your door was wide
And so were your eyes

At midnight
You watching from your door
I’m out into the night
Forevermore
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