She’s out there somewhere
Her dancing rhythm’s
Dreaming dancing color
We danced side by side
Shape shifting magic real
Beyond my reach
She taught me
Skin to skin embracing
Soul to soul
I loved her then
And love her still
To eternity and beyond
She’s out there
Across the giant pond
Beyond my reach
For JCH
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You can come out of the woods now child you don’t need to hide anymore
You can come out now you don’t need mother’s leafed canopy to shelter you
Or the solid trunks of power she gives you to hide behind
You can come home now sweet wounded boy because you don’t have to hide
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You can come off the streets young man sheets and blankets wait for you
You can rest your head in the quiet now and sleep with peaceful smile
Or sit in the soft chair by the window and sing your heart song
You can come in from the cold now and live home safe warm
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You can come out of the house now man your long walks are waiting
You can rise up now brother and step out strong once again
Or skip to your heart’s delight under the rise of the cresting sun
You can come home now son because I’ve loved you all along
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You can come out now sweet boy child though so many are gone
You can sit at the table now and know you’re not alone
Or you can dance through the day and sing any old song
You come out in the world now because it’s your home too
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Rhythm moving moments remembering soft
Sweet tongues in sweet wood rhythm
It’s good to be alive
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Shifting sound breathes flesh to flesh
Memory deep in glistening time
It’s good to be alive
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The curling bend of a guitar note
Glistens a tear to my eye
It’s good to be alive
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Your voice calling across the nighttime sky
To me crying standing up again
It’s good to be alive
*
Come tomorrow’s daylight rising
I’m my father’s son I am always
It’s good to be alive
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See my words deep center of your heart
I can tell you now that’s where they’ve been from the start
From Degraw to Sackett street our dreams came true
Then I slashed your soul by wounding you
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See my tears deep center of your heart
I can tell you now they’ve been in mine from the start
They never were your doing then or now
I loved you more than life but I didn’t know how
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See my words dancing colors in the center of your heart
Our breaths were love joined wonder from the start
See my words now dancing life on the page
Still remembering all love lost and my age
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See the sunrise life in the center of your heart
You were my sunshine angel right from the start
See time moving by running out for the all of everyone
Still remember I do how I knew you were the one
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See my words deep center of your heart
I can tell you now that’s where they’ve been from the start
From Degraw to Sackett street dreams came true
Then I slashed your soul by wounding you
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If you need me, I’ll be there, with kind arms waiting, no furrowed brow for you.
Daylight comes and daylight goes, dreams seem to do the same, but I tell you
If you need me, I’ll be there, bringing you a cup of tea sweetened with a smile
From me because you are you and that’s all you need to be
If you need me, I’ll be there. In coming storms or in the thick of pain, during times
Of hunger and lost hopes and lives, I’ll be there, in your dreams, in your heart always
If you need me, I’ll be there, in the song of the morning birds, the early day sun glowing
Warmth into your heart, because I love you, you know that, I am there, you can hug me
If you need me, I’ll be there, in the quiet and in the loud, in the darkness and in the light
In the rhythm of your footsteps in the morning and in the night I am there always
If you need me, I’ll be there, because you are you and that’s all you need to be
In life and past it, I’ll be there, loving you, always, because you are you and I am me
Peter S. Kahrmann - Est. 1953 