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Ordinary

My mind wonders. I don’t think. I listen to the noises. I write the mumble. I write the swoosh. Foot steps with voices. Rattling change with face. Alone on a bench waiting for a train. A train that will take me to no ordinary place. I close my eyes, think of what I want and who I am. I would rather think of anything besides those two things. Alas, a train comes but not for me. I’m going to this not so ordinary place, you see. Beeps are sound, the trains coming round.

“Ordinary”

Yeah Oh Yeah

Yeah Oh Yeah
I want you in my arms
I want you in my songs
I see you holding him
I wonder when it will end
You got me making a fool out of myself
And I haven’t been with anyone else
Yeah oh yeah
Yeah oh yeah
I need you in my life
I need you in my song
I have a feeling inside
That love will never die
You got me making love into a game
But I know it’s really myself that I blame
Yeah oh yeah
Yeah oh yeah
I want you in my arms
I need you in my heart
I want you in my life
I need you in this song

Rich Love Awesome Friends Forever and Always!!!

They

They came from beyond
Across the universe
They made the family
With Adam and Eve
It had to BE!
They’ve always been around
Watching over the playground
They’ll be here in the end
And the beginning again
We got to open our hearts
And let go of our minds
Then they will come here
And help us once again
It has to BE!

This was written during my first manic-state I experienced in 2006 for the film “An Amazing Dream” when I believed that my girlfriend (lady friend) and me first incarnation in this world was as Adam & Eve. I guess I was Eve…the first human to shred a tear and the essence of LOVE. Who knows??? I can’t prove it just as the doctors can’t disprove it.

Testify

I could move away
But what’s the point
I’m here to testify
Angel in disguise
Hidden behind love filled eyes
I’ve been asleep
In a world of heartaches and delight
So help me realize
Your love never lies
Sometimes I just want to get away
But there’s no way of escape
When I do try
All I see are dead end streets
And minds that hate
I thought I knew
How to love
But I don’t have a clue
At the end of the day
I hand over
My troubles to You

Somewhere Someway Somehow

Somewhere Someway Somehow
Everything tracks
On this road running flats
The big dogs have gone to sleep
Beautiful bodies off their feet
And we all shine
Somewhere beyond the stars
And we all rise far
Far within our own hearts
Nothing records
On this road of psych wards
This little tiger has gone sane
Beautiful magic has lost its game
And we all shine
Someway beyond the moon
So we will rise far
Far within and pass the sun
We can do anything
We can find music within a note
We can begin the began
We can find something so remote
And we all shine
Somehow beyond ourselves
Yes, we can rise far
Far within ourselves
Right on
Right on
Right on

This was written in 2006 during my first visit to the psych ward. At the time, I believed I was channeling John Lennon by answering to his song “Imagine.”

Sad About You

Sad About You
I loved you
No matter what
I feed you
With my heart
Now I am sad
Sad about you
I should have listened to
All of my friends
But I was in love with
Something new
Now I am sad
Sad about you.

Rich Love Awesome Friends Forever and Always!!!

Out of Body

Out of Body
Taking some time to ease my mind
Crossing the line on green pyramid wine
Hiding behind shadows unkind
Policemen pass by and I began to fly
Over the trees and across the sea
Keep on talking but my words mean nothing
Everyone is crazy and I’m just insane
Passing the bottle hitting the jay
Adjusting my throttle and I feel okay
Telephone rings I’m out on a limb
Bumblebee stings the future looks grim
Over the trees and across the sea
Taking some time to find my mind
Falling behind feeling too high
Running with time acting so blind
Policeman pass by and I start to fly
Over the trees and across the sea

Teenage wasteland song with elements of LSD and masturbation.

Love Revolution

If I told you how I feel would you laugh at me
If I revealed the things I know would you walk out on me
When you find a little time will you ease my mind
Don’t be so hard if I appear to be in a daze I just might amaze
Love revolution is coming down on you
Love evolution is turning the tide
Love revolution we don’t need to feel blue
Love solution all across the countryside
You know why this has to be
We don’t need to hide can’t you see
If I smile with a tear would you blame me
If I fall into the clouds would you catch me
When you get some time would you be mine
If you give peace a chance would you come to the dance
Love revolution is reigning over on us
Love evolution is turning back the tide
Love revolution don’t miss the bus
Love solution all across our country side

Another peaceful song from “Transcendence.””All this world confusion and chaos was inevitable and no one is to blame. What had to happen has happened; and what has to happen will happen. There was and is no way out (of illusion) except through my coming in your midst. I had to come, and I have come. I am the Ancient One.”- Avatar Meher Baba

I’m Leaving

I’m Leaving
You can’t tell me what to do no-no
You know it’s just not the way it goes
You can’t lock me up inside
You hold my heart, but destroy my pride
It’s over now I’m leaving (I’m leaving)
It can’t go on this way (I’m leaving)
No more deceiving (I’m leaving)
Nothing I can say
Cry to me rain inside my soul
Smile for me fill this empty hole
Face to face, and still, I face someone else
And when we talk, I’m talking, talking to myself
It’s over now I’m leaving (I’m leaving)
It can’t go on this way (I’m leaving)
No more deceiving (I’m leaving)
Nothing I can say
I’m leaving you
I’m leaving you

This was my first break up song I wrote at seventeen. My girlfriend at the time cried when I played it live with my High School. I had to tell her it was only a song… LOL.

Every Goddam Day

Every goddam day
Is just the same as yesterday
Do it again, do it again
Get on up and move on out
Be here and there and everywhere
Everything is just the same to me
Every goddam day
Is just the same to me
You get up out of bed
You fall down on your head
You jump out of bed
And join the living dead
Do it again, do it again, do it again
Get up for the day
Get up for the day
Eat your breakfast eat your eggs
Eat your eggs and ham
Woo Ah
Get up for the day
Get up for the day
Every goddam day
Is just the same as yesterday

Rich Love another teenage wasteland poem/song.