Creative

Music

I have been playing guitar since my late teens and a little bit later I started to write music and sing. Once upon a time I performed solo acoustic shows in front of live audiences. I have no illusions of grandeur when it comes to music but it has been a fun hobby and a great stress reliever. Now my kids love to hear me play and sing along.

Butterfly

She came into the window
So unexpectedly
She rose above my head
All pretty and flying free
And it dawned on me that maybe it was time
To loose the reigns
And it came to me like a lighthouse sitting on the sea

Butterfly butterfly take me where you go
Butterfly butterfly teach me what your heart knows

And I'm surrounded by craziness day by day
But you're my secret to finding sanity
Like a magic spell
Deep inside my shell
Gold and blue amazing you
And now I lay it down for you

Butterfly butterfly I see you in my dreams
Butterfly butterfly make my blind eyes see
Make my blind eyes see

I wish that time could stop now
And I could stay here somehow
You and me together
Flying the world forever yeah

But I can't hold you down
Your wings will take you around
And I'll stay here on earth
But my heart will always yearn for

Butterfly butterfly yes you light the night
Butterfly butterfly spread your wings I'll watch you fly
Butterfly butterfly I call out in the night
Butterfly butterfly you take off into the morning light
And I shed a tear

You will always be my butterfly
You will always be my butterfly

Late at night when its dark and there's no one there I feel you
Like the sun shining on me

Causeway Blues

[This is an instrumental track.]

Hollywood And Superheroes

Where were all the superheroes on nine eleven oh-one
Where were the happy endings on the day they blocked out the sun
Put in a call to superman, the x-men too
Put in a call to wonder woman couldn't get through
It was true that they never arrived but I'm sure they did try
And the hollywood writers they were barely alive

So the good people were on their own to get things done
But they didn't have the strength to hold two million tons
No they couldn't stop the birds falling from the sky
No they didn't have the breath to keep so many people alive

Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the sky was fallin
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the children were laughing somewhere
And our world was coming apart

Bruce Willis took a holiday at the wrong time
And where was James Bond when we needed him so
They were hanging with the superheroes on the mountainside
They were shaking martinis we were barely alive

Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the sky was fallin
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the people were laughing somewhere
And our world was coming apart

I saw the real superheroes on the CNN news
They were cops and firefighters and EMTs too
They were doin it all without millions or a cape
They were all of the superheroes that we had on that day
And you might say that it wasn't enough but it's all we had
On a day when the world came crashing down on our heads

Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the sky was fallin
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And the people were crying somewhere
And our world was coming apart

Tell Me

Tell me
Where are all the answers anymore
As I step through this door
And ask you to join me

People
Will say so many things within our time
Too often they don't rhyme
I guess they miss the point

You and I together
Man it's so easy
You're the one for me

Baby
Please don't you cry anymore
I lay me down
To give you a path

We'll go
Out to the edge of space and time
I wonder what we'll find
We'll see it all together

You and I together
Man it's so easy
You're the one for me

You and I together
Man it's so easy
You're the one for me
I know

Lately
I've been changing all these thoughts of mine
I've waited for you
For so long

The Hardest Thing

Hey you out there on the front lines
I know it's no good time but you're still there
I know you've been living in the darkness
And it's the hardest thing you do
But you do

I know it's easy to feel all alone
When you're far from home and can't find peace
Just remember that we're by your side
We're filled with pride for all you do
And you do

Losing too much sleep
Too many times
Standing up straight
Walking the line
Praying that you and your brothers make it back home

Hey you out there on the front lines
It's the hardest thing you do

We're breaking down terror it's falling apart
Red white and blue runs through my heart
Let's win this thing so that we can all get back home

We're all with you in the darkness
Please believe me and don't despair