Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

Cannot be silent That comes with years I’ve tried To be what someone wanted It all ends in wordless lies I’m not a bad man I’m waiting, looking for my match Not in some old fantasy From 40 years back I know I have a purpose I know I long to be heard Sometimes that comes with talking loud And possibly seeming a little absurd There is a deeper side Where a hope still grows Inside the cavern Rests this lonely man’s soul And I hurt When I hurt others I feel the sting  When I do them wrong I have beaten myself up When I can’t be Their picture from that Country song Yet I’ll rest Knowing I’m still trying,  striving to be Me. That’s all I know to be. I’m still learning, Still growing And I’m here Hoping God will see… 01/17/25 clc

Subtleties Like winter breeze Cooling my insides Trying to let go Caught up in The memories  So many left Even if I know That time will bring her  Back to me Maybe just in a thought Hopefully, she remembers me Don’t have to wonder  ‘bout that Think I already know But the future Isn’t a Disney movie It’s often times More like losing And moving on Breath it in Think I already know See my breath On the wind Escapes, And then I breathe again It’s amazing How such a little gesture Seems to show It’s not just about letting go It’s also about Knowing There’s spring After the snow… Wake up heart Only God truly knows And we get so caught up Tossing to and fro Winter morning - Help my weary soul. 01/15/25 clc

This beautiful peace More than I can measure When I stop I often find it’s presence  I breathe in Breathe out It seems to flow Though days will come When I don’t feel it calling Wound up inside my mind I struggle, just with trying  To Breathe Can’t seem to see That peace is never far No matter Just have to start Inside Where oft I hide Open deep my lungs And breathe… This beautiful peace Will find release For the burdens  In your soul He listens, As we pray He always knows… 01/14/25 clc 

Wonder if her heart‘s  still in Mississippi? Whispering Pines go back in time Wonder if she’s missing? A little peace, piece of her soul Often times those are the hardest  places to let go Roots Run deep Life may twist and turn I wonder if she keeps Looking west To a place her spirit yearns  To be Oh Mississippi, I hope her heart finds peace I still say a prayer For her to be Back in Mississippi,  if that’s where she’ll find peace 01/14/25 clc

Those  Marvelous mysteries Like sunlight above the trees Often we behold so many wonders Right below our nose  With a sigh Realize there’s so much to this life Hope seems  such a distant cause When in our thoughts  we find ourselves lost Looking so far  down the line That we stumble over the sublime At our feet In our grasp Miss it while  holding on to the past… <pause> If we can stop Take a breath Take solace in where we’re at I know it’s hard but gotta try There is more If we open our eyes… To those  Marvelous mysteries. 01/13/25 clc