My Mind’s Eye - Lyrics

This is a song I wrote after my ex-wife and I called it quits to express how I felt at the time.  Enjoy.

MY MIND’S EYE

In my mind's eye you're still there
In my mind's eye you still care
In my mind's eye you still love me

Why did you have to go and leave
Why couldn't you just stay even though it wasn't fair to you?
Five years long, what am I to do?

I know that it's over and that I must move on,
But I don't know what to do
for in my mind's eye I still love you

Girl, I'm sorry that we were too different, and it didn't work out
And I'm glad we can still be friends, and maybe that is best
Maybe sometime soon, I can get over you and find a new love too -
But I just thought I'd let you know that
In my mind's eye I'm still in love with you.

The Pretender - lyrics

One of my favorite songs by Jackson Browne is The Pretender.  Here are the lyrics to it.

THE PRETENDER

Im going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
Im going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
Ill go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
Ill get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
Ive been aware of the time going by
They say in the end its the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
Youll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

Im going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each others paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender

Are you there?
Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender

If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time - lyrics

This is one of my favorite songs by R. Kelly.

IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

How did I ever let you slip away
Never knowing I'd be singing this song someday
And now I'm sinking to rise no more
Ever since you closed the door

Chorus:
If I could Turn, turn back the hands of time
Then my darlin' you would be mine
If I could Turn, turn back the hands of time
Then my darlin' you would be mine

Funny, funny how time goes by
And blessings are missed in the wink of an eye
Why oh Why oh Why should one have to go on suffering
When everyday I plead come back to me

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
And you had enough love for the both of us
But I, I did you wrong I admit I did
But now I'm facing the rest of my life alone

CHORUS

I'd never hurt you (If I could turn back)
Never do you wrong (If I could turn back)
And never leave your side (If I could turn back)
If I could turn back the hands
There'll be nothing I wouldn't do for you (If I could turn back)
Forever honest and true to you (If I could turn back)
If you accept me back in your heart, I Love You
If I could turn back the hands
(If I could turn back) That would be my will
(If I could turn back) Darlin' I'm begging you take me by the hands
If I could turn back the hands
I'm going down yes I am (If I could turn back)
Down on my bended knee yeah (If I could turn back)
And I'm gonna be right there until you return to me
If I could turn back the hands
(If I could turn back) If I could turn back the clock on the wall
(If I could turn back) Then I'd come to realize how much I Love you,
Love You, Love You, Love You, Love You

With You Without You - lyrics

Brad Paisley is one of my favorite country singers.  Here are the lyrics of one of my favorite songs from his “5th Gear” album.

WITH YOU WITHOUT YOU

You really left your mark. On this old house, in this old heart. I see you everywhere and when I close my eyes you're still there.

And I know you want me to move on. Start living a new life start writing a new song. Don't worry, I ain't gonna ask you to come back and love me. Baby, you don't have to 'cause I can be in love with you, without you.

It's not that hard at all. It's like you're out of town and just forgot to call. Just because you walked away doesn't mean my feelings have to change now.

And I know you want me to move on. Stop living an old life, stop singing an old song. Don't worry, I ain't gonna ask you to come back and love me. Baby you don't have to 'cause I can be in love with you, without you.

Ah and if you're gone for good I hope that you go far because how I feel about you don't matter where you are.

Yeah and I know you want me to move on. Start living a new life, stop singing an old song but I can be in love with you, without you. No matter where you go, No matter what you do. I can be in love with you, without you.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SUPERBOWL 43 HALFTIME SHOW PERFORMANCE MAKES HIM BORN TO RUN

I have been a big fan of Bruce Springsteen since I was 10 years old (1990).  I don’t even have all his albums – just 3: Born In The USA, Greatest Hits, and The Rising, and I’m looking forward to purchasing his new one “Working On A Dream.”

His halftime show performance was only 12 minutes long and it had an interesting intro.  They played 4 songs: a new one I can’t recall the name of, born to run, another new one called “Working On A Dream” – obviously a short version, and then broke into “Glory Days,” changing the lyric “big baseball player” to “big football player” – for obvious reasons.

At the end of glory days, he jokes about needing to go into overtime and a referee comes on the stage and made some motion – obviously just jokes, and at the end of the performance he twirls his famous Fender Telecaster around his shoulder 4 times.  I can’t believe what he does with a vintage instrument such as that!  At the beginning he threw it in the air, luckily his guitar tech is well trained to catch and catch well.  He then tells the audience “I’m going to Disney Land” – the famous line one of the VIPs of a Super Bowl in the early 90s (can’t remember which VIP or which super bowl) said.

On another note, I’m not a football fan.  I only watch the super bowl for the commercials and the half time show, but I didn’t care too much for the commercials this year.  There were some cute ones, but nothing really worth saving.  I thought the best one was the Bob Dylan/Will I. Am “Forever Young” Pepsi commercial.  I really enjoyed that one.