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Again and Again

  Closing all the doors again.
 Putting up the walls again.
  Staying out of the wars again.
 Not answering the calls again.

  Feeling like a wraith again.
 Feeling out of place again.
  Losing all my faith again.
 Tears on my face again.

  Descending into the dark again.
 Losing all my sleep again.
  The world is looking stark again.
 Falling into the deep again.

  Can I take it all in stride again?
 Will I abandon my pride again?
  Can you tell I've cried again?
 When will it ever end?

 Cliff Lake
 6/22&23/'96





Under The Sky
  


 I walked slowly through a field of green,
I counted flowers reaching for the sun's beam.
 I wasn't ready for the golden gleam,
 But it burst through,
 Under a sky so blue,
It was too bright a dream.

 I stood gazing past flowers under the sun,
There was only one place to run,
 I had been reaching, and so I was undone,
 Because there stood you,
 Under the sky so blue,
And lost in each other, we had both won.

We cannot make such things happen,
They only come by now and then.
But when it happens to you,
Under any sky that's blue,
Take it and let your new life open.

                       (Harder, now)
I walked slowly through a field of green,
I counted flowers reaching for the sun's beam.
 I wasn't ready for the golden gleam,
 But it burst through,
 Under a sky so blue,
It was too bright a dream.

                        (Wide open)
We cannot make such things happen,
They only come by now and then.
But when it happens to you,
Under any sky that's blue,
Take it and let your new life open.

Cliff Lake 
2/22/00
Copyright © 2000 Clifford Lake 





Steerin' My Way


When I first laid eyes on you,
My gray skies turned to blue.
And I gave to you my life,
When I said: "Please be my wife",
And my eyes have never strayed,
Through all the games that you have played,
But now you have out-welcomed your stay,
And you better listen when I say:

Tonight you might be hummin', 
But your day is comin'.
And my eyes just might be burnin',
But my wheels are turnin',
And I'll be steerin' my way...
Away from you.

Tonight when I came home.
I found you'd already been long gone.
Tomorrow I'll work all day,
Just so you can spend up all my pay,
Partyin' with your friends,
And all those other men.
Well, tonight your time is through,
You better hear what I tell you:

Tonight you might be hummin', 
But your day is comin'.
And my eyes just might be burnin',
But my wheels are turnin',
And I'll be steerin' my way...
Away from you.

I've been sinkin', stinkin', drinkin',
But now I've finished up my thinkin',
You've been grinnin', ginnin', winnin',
But now I'm tired of your sinnin', 
 
I've sittin' here all night, Baby,
Waitin' 'til a quarter past two,
But now my wheels are turnin'
And I am steerin' my way...
Away from you

Cliff Lake
8/22/'99
Copyright©1999 Clifford Lake










Down the Wind

I've been up & I've been down,
and I've stood in one place spinning 'round
I've been bad & I've been good
and I have done things I never thought I would
I've been here and I've been there
and I've wondered if I'm getting anywhere
and I've felt good and I've felt pain
but I've not broken against the strain

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so I just keep on walking down the wind
faltering, falling, and then getting up again.
Uphill or downhill, I keep one foot in front of the other
never stopping, walking down the wind

there are boys and there are men
and there are people I'll never be again
and there are visions that are only dreams
and there are ways and there are means
there are roads that are full of holes
that I must travel to fulfill my goals
but through it all I have tried to bear and grin,
and just keep on walking down the wind

so I just keep on walking down the wind
faltering, falling and then getting up again
uphill or downhill, I keep one foot in front of the other
never stopping, walking down the wind

Cliff Lake 7/21/95














Receiving Me


Well I never had to think too much
To say what was exactly on my mind.
And I never had to feel too much
To be particularly unkind.

So I look you straight in the eyes now
To tell you what I think I know.
I don't have to undisguise now
What I am is enough of a show.

Can you believe in something?
Do you believe me?
Can you conceive of nothing?
Are you receiving me?

I never had to talk in circles
To be wholly misunderstood.
You may think me to be some jerk, girl,
I never claimed I'd say something good.

Can you believe in something?
Do you believe me?
Can you conceive of nothing?
Are you receiving me?


Cliff Lake
4/7/'99

Copyright © Clifford Lake 1999













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