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Joel L Langham Dec 2020
Dancing in the sunshine
Basking in the rain
Take a deep breath Eliza Jane
You can lift me
can I lean on you
One gentle push has me running through
Colors just reaching out to be seen
Come back around from your busy world
To escape a life you don’t truly understand
Yes I hear this song you’ve been singing
Going to the big unknown
What if we could
What if we would
Behind these windows and walls
Taking it day by day
Behind this concrete and steel
You’re only a dream away
Feel your love around me
Put your eyes upon me
Such a shame Eliza Jane
I am waiting alone
But I am never alone
Leave it at the corner of your morning light
Dark Street small town
By the door that takes me from this night
Lost and can’t be found
Above me only clouds
Below me only ground
Every street every road
For our feet to walk upon
Your world sets out on a ledge
All roads lead back to you
Keeps you living on the edge
What am I supposed to do
What am I going to do
The dusk invites the dark
A path presents itself
Through my brand new eyes
The sun is going down
Time has come around
When will I see you again
Sailing through beautiful blue
Beautiful blue sailing through
You are never alone
Going to the big unknown
I am waiting alone
But I am never alone
Your mind never sleeps
And your heart won’t turn aside
Nothings going to change that dream
You’ll never have to hide
Joel L Langham Dec 2020
There’s no way around it
No way to escape this troubled mind
The old worlds left behind me
Light years from the love
That we would find
These days I’m not afraid to feel too much
I’m swept away with you
I just flew in from Memphis
All I own is hanging on my back
There’s something about your boldness
Something about the way you state the facts
Step aside she’s trying to prove me wrong
With clever lines she comes across so very very strong
Dance away the night until the new day comes
You crossed  the river and you swim the tide
You were all alone
I want to go with you
The subway glides to the lower Eastside
The city lights up the sky
All in a moments time
Summer breeze give your hand a squeeze
Let’s get gone
Take me out of this town for a while
Let’s get gone
Joel L Langham Dec 2020
Stuck here in the city
It’s running over me
You can go where you want to go
You can be who you want
Seems like so long ago
You were here with me
Standing at the cross roads
We’ve seen those streets before
I miss our used to be
So I’ll just close my eyes
Seems like so long ago
I was there with you
There’s a light along the way
That always shine so true
And it guides me from above
To bring me home to you
What if I said I was pleading
Running scared is what I do
What if I said I was dreaming
Of coming home to you
What if you thought in that mind of yours
Of what we were and still could be
What if you said you were thinking
Of coming home to me
Here with me
Joel L Langham Dec 2020
Now that you’re on your own
And this whole world’s gone mad
What directions ever known
From a suitcase and a song
You’re walking that slow silent walk
So this world is still spinning around
I wonder who’s waiting for me
These are the days he thought
Sing it to me softly
Dispel these crazy myths
Break it to me gently
This puzzle piece won’t fit
She waits for him and Mitchelstown
How would she even know
Came flying on a swift cloud
Now Molly is growing old
Why did you choose this place
What brought you here
You and your eccentric ways
And peculiar days
You are doing well I can tell
Life is coming your way
You took a break and turned the page
It’s a song you’ve never played
Joel L Langham Dec 2020
The sun shines bright on the city
Not too far from where she stays
Here it’s not so pretty
It’s rainy cold and gray
The streets are dark in this small town
And somehow we lost our way
I see your face in the shadows
But in my heart is where you’ll stay
There’s no sunshine
On this stormy day in May
Memories of September
Seem so far away
Joel L Langham Dec 2020
Barefoot skipping in her jeans
Moon won’t  you light up her night
Soft as a daydream
Quiet as the rain
To the next horizon
Where you belong
Vivid colors disappear
Take me back in time
Hope never faded
When you’re lost at sea
Hands are shaking
Can you show me the way
Words don’t always come true
Now that you’ve healed with time
Your hearts competing
Over which way to go
You are a survivor
And you belong
My daughter you belong

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