Diane

Stately Elegance…
You never knew you had;
But for Holocaust,
Long since dismiss this Lad.

Gradual Trust...
Blossoms to Humor 'times so Ripe;
Classy in its Passion...
Sex with Tiger's Stripes.

Chorus:

Harold and Maude...
Tremble: Love we Shared;
A Passionate Bite...
Betrayed you Unaware.

Past Releases...
Don't know quite where you've gone;
I'm just a philanderer...
Swim upstream to Spawn.

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Ink and Pen tattoo;
Bound by circumstance to Serve...
But you were my Savior;
If I'd only had the Nerve.

One comment so Caustic;
Is all it took to now unhinge...
Desolate Romance;
Born on Dachau's fringe.

Chorus:

Harold and Maude...
Tremble: Love we Shared;
A Passionate Bite...
Betrayed you Unaware.

Past Releases...
Don't know quite where you've gone;
I'm just a philanderer...
Swim upstream to Spawn.

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Hold my Line;
Can't place tradition 'for the Christ...
Guess I'll be a Coward;
But "Wouldn't it be Nice...."

Meet Whole just once again...
Run the Gauntlet of our Death;
S'pose you'll be Waiting...
When I draw my dying Breath.

Chorus:

Harold and Maude...
Tremble: Love we Shared;
A Passionate Bite...
Betrayed you as Unaware.

Past Releases...
Don't know quite where you've gone;
I'm just a philanderer...
Swim upstream to Spawn.

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Endgame

Judge lives life in our stead,
Casts illusions and shadows in Mind;
Only the blame of our neighbor...
Traps the Light in a darkening bind.

Cruel and deep spiral downward;
One kind up-turn does not make repair...
The apple Adam 'put' onto Eve;
Fuels a War of malicious despair.

Chorus:
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Endgame waits Coming...
Two Minds become One face to face;
A Still Mind bathed in Boundless Love...
We truly are answered by Grace.
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Grace of God's Love somehow finds us...
Cloud's Unknowing takes its Merciful Hold;
Silent Gathas so Holy and Grateful...
Turn monsters to Friends in our Fold.

Work on the space in-between us...
And learn just what not to say;
Seems the only game left me...
With debts the Honest can't pay.

Chorus:
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Endgame waits Coming...
Two Minds become One face to face;
A Still Mind bathed in Boundless Love...
We truly are rescued by Grace.
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I ain' even set for the Endgame...
Face the Sister I sent to a Cross;
The World's just got to Soften...
Before I Forgive Her for bearing my Cost.

Love lit - 'til our eyes flee and dart scared...
Until ready - I confess - and run wise;
Drop my eyes in face of Mankind's wrath:
Christ wears such a brilliant disguise.

Chorus:
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Endgame waits Coming...
Two Minds become One face to face;
A Still Mind bathed in Boundless Love...
We truly are redeemed by God's Grace
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Dangerous Blessings

Bless'd Dharma Duel:

God's own Burr in my Saddle...

Sinful Saint...

Awash in Love's own Tears.

Confess my deepest Darkness,

and Hope She'll Taddle:

Pay in Shadow Contracts -

For a Life held so Dear.

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Chorus:

Eyelash to eyelash...

Every Second - Each Moment;

Killed and set free...

In the blink of an Eye;

Dangerous Blessings...

'Round every friggin' Corner;

You've heard the Story...

Don't you dare wonder Why.

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To a long day's Work...

What can a Crook offer;

Saddle-up the Horse...

And go for a Ride;

He'll end up Sick...

or Joyfully Tearful;

Either way...

It's just residual Pride

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Chorus:

Eyelash to eyelash...

Every Second - Each Moment;

Killed and set free...

In the blink of an Eye;

Dangerous Blessings...

'Round every friggin' Corner;

You've heard the Story...

Don't you dare wonder Why.

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Keep a Face...

These People do need Me;

Tell myself...

When the Path gets Stark;

Betrayed Men to Crosses...

And Boiling Water;

The Frog has Jumped...

Now we "Dance in the Dark."

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Chorus:

Eyelash to eyelash...

Every Second - Each Moment;

Killed and set free...

In the blink of an Eye;

Dangerous Blessings...

'Round every friggin' Corner;

You've heard the Story...

Don't you dare wonder Why;

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You know our Story...

Don't you dare wonder Why.

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Broken Chariot

Krishna cooks bacon; this side of the road
Hot Miso Soup and a six-pack of Stroh's
Light doesn’t blind; now we both can see
The ways and means of stark insanity

I asked him how, why, what must be
He slapped me up, “Don’cha whore for me”
So better suited: Savior in dis-guise
Love would un-hinge me; win an ill-sought prize

Chorus:
Broken Chariot: Gita’s got me by the balls
Broken Chariot: Come clean these filthy walls

Wisdom of Ages
Bristles on an old stick broom
Angel’s would fear to tread
Her lit-up first floor room

Chrous:
Broken Chariot: Christ’s tears shone in Her eyes
Not for Her own sake, but the Warden and His lies.

Busted my own heart, now I’m sinkin’ in
World as Lover, not my mis-shaped box of Sin
Cautious Sister: with those smiling eyes
Eyes now taken, but “Per-haps” can stay a while

Chorus:
Broken Chariot: i fade; a spacious room
Broken Chariot: Spirit born to Mary’s womb

Barstool Zen

You’re just too smart...
...she said, for your own damn good;
Enjoy this food and wine,
And forget ‘bout Brotherhood.

I AM shooting to be simple,
But it's a long and twisted game...
The kind I want is where,
I don’t even know my name.
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Chorus:
Don’t know my own name,
But answer to it none the less...
Maybe that girl wants me,
But I can’t even get undressed.
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Sunshine in a bottle,
I’ve tried that road...
Smoke-up in the hash pipe,
Just transfers the load.

Perhaps the greatest Sin, though,
Is no skin in the game...
Sin’s are merely trinkets;
Treat ‘em all the same.
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Chorus:
Don’t know my own name,
But answer to it none the less...
Maybe that girl wants me,
But I can’t even get undressed.
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So yes, I’ll have a drink,
Catch a buzz and smile...
A puff on the pipe’s just fine;
It won’t stay my while.

Partake but just don’t drown,
Rule of my green thumb...
Joyful stoned or sober,
Get Drunk, but just not Numb.
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Chorus:
Don’t know my own name,
But answer to it none the less...
Maybe that girl wants me,
But I can’t even get undressed.
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Outro:
Yes, I draw the line some...
Not a careless fool;
Vultures tend to circle...
Near the old Barstool.

The Muses

Supple hints of Intrigue...
We knew from very Start;
I'd one day have to Leave...
A Heart must play its Part.

Can hardly even Think...
Of your Love anymore;
Kind words remembered... here and there...
Is all... without a War.

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Chorus:
Through a Stained-glass Darkly...
Is how I see you Now;
A man must stand between Us...
For me to grow Somehow.

Ever grateful for the Grace...
You've shown to me and more;
Christ calls me, now, to leave this Game...
Not even know the score.
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You taught me how to Make Love...
With the Spoken Word;
I hardly ever touched your Hand...
Before you cut the Cord.

Though you Nursed my Soul and Spirit...
Far beyond their Due;
Doubt' you in my own damn Mind...
...s'pose Christ did Mary, too.

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Chorus:
Through a Stained-glass Darkly...
Is how I see you Now;
A Man must stand between Us...
For me to grow Somehow.

Ever grateful for the Grace...
You've shown to me and more;
Christ calls me, now, to leave this Game...
Not even know the score.
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God give me Strength and Courage...
Avoid Path back to Her Form;
Her Voice as now I Hear...
No longer Soft and Warm.

Though Her Grace and Love live on...
In my Emboldened Chest;
The Smile I wear so Tender...
Is Her's, until I Rest.

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Chorus:
Through a Stained-glass Darkly...
Is how I see you Now;
A man must stand between Us...
For me to grow Somehow.

Ever grateful for the Grace...
You've shown to me and more;
Christ calls me, now, to leave this Game...
Not even know the score.
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Through a Stained-glass Darkly...
Is how I see you Now;
A Man must stand between Us...
For me to grow Somehow.
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The Advocate

The Advocate approached me,
An offer for to steal;
I said “I’m on the payroll,”
But don’t answer that throne’s weal...

I gave the dog a biscuit,
Keep skin stretched on the bone;
He laid out my Savior’s body,
Before that dirty throne...

Oh my Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord...
Oh my Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.

I paid all the service,
Faithful lips can stand;
Then tears streamed down my ashen face,
Where was the promised land...

The depth of my betrayal,
Is just now sinking in;
A stranger to the faces,
Who count me their kin...

Oh Dear Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord...
Oh Dear Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.

No-one knows their neighbor,
A mine-field which we sow;
Church itself a battleground,
Damned even if we go...

There is a path, this trackless waste,
I seek to find and grow:
Where the Advocate’s my Brother -
And Love we surely know.

Oh Sweet Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord...
Oh Sweet Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.

Oh Dear Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord...
Oh Dear Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.

Oh my Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord...
Oh my Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.

Oh my Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.

The Beast

Well, now, the Beast...
settles in on me;
with all the weight...
of Galilee;

hushed tone - forked tongue...
in a quiet room;
and the taste...
of creeping doom.

well, now, the Past...
is mine to keep;
for all its Sins...
I dearly weep;

I choose my battles...
when I am strong;
and the Lord's dear Mercy...
carry me along.

Oh God and demons...
Please give me time;
We'll work this through...
In metered rhyme;

And soft whisper...
of the lis'ning trees;
Sends a man...
straight to his knees.

Kind lantern lit...
as this Valley looms;
Love of an Angel...
I could never woo;

Time waits for no one...
or so they say;
but female Grace,
keeps the Beast at bay.

Sandy soil...
Faith grows so slow;
i need my demons...
to make a show;

I trust the Beast,
will wait on thee...
to give the mercy,
he extends to me.

Oh God and demons...
Please give me time;
We'll work this through...
In metered time;

And soft whisper...
of the lis'ning trees;
Sends a man...
straight to his knees.

Oh God and demons...
Please give me time;
We'll work this through...
In metered rhyme;

And soft whisper...
of the lis'ning trees;
Sends a man...
straight to his knees.

The lost distraught...
And the workin' Kin;
Thanks and Respect...
To keep my Skin.

I don' know nuthin'...
Not a friggin' thing;
And no woman...
Could wear my ring.

Oh God and demons...
Please give me time;
We'll work this through...
In metered rhyme;

And soft whisper...
of the lis'ning trees;
Sends a man...
straight to his knees.

Oh God and demons...
Please give me time;
We'll work this through...
In metered rhyme;

And soft whisper...
of the lis'ning trees;
Sends a man...
straight to his knees.

Baby, Get On Board…

Externalize more chaos
I beg you... if you please;
My past comes back to haunt me...
Quaking want and need.

We’re not gonna have‘em split tender...
For two red fxxxin’ cents;
Our new found sex appeal...
Will help us pay the rent.

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Chorus:
Baby get on Board;
This train’s only costing us time...
Baby, get on Board;
Switch tracks, click-clack of this rhyme.

Baby unpack your Bags...
Just stay with me, and dig on in;
Beauty in Rags...
Forgive me; a Life of Sin.
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Can’t put a single price-tag...
Rough Spirit so Bright;
Lovin' you with scissors...
Past ‘comes Light.

Can’t say how much you scare me...
Trembling infant at your Breast;
Raw power - Mistreated child...
But your smile resurrects.

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Chrous:
Baby get on Board;
This train’s only costing us time...
Baby, get on Board;
Switch tracks, click-clack of this rhyme.

Baby unpack your Bags...
Just stay with me, and dig on in;
Beauty in Rags...
Forgive me; a Life of Sin.
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I know of your Voo-doo, my dear...
Witchcraft in the name of Christ;
Center of a vengeant cyclone...
All around, but you, must pay the price.

Treasure your heart so,
Both the wrath and the kind...
Hurt you so dearly:
Before the Dawn of Time...

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Chorus:
Baby get on Board;
This train’s only costing us time...
Baby, get on Board;
Switch tracks, click-clack of this rhyme.

Baby unpack your Bags...
Just stay with me, and dig on in;
Beauty in Rags...
Forgive me; a Life of Sin.
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