1. |
The Echo of Your Name
04:27
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I keep thinking I’ll quit missing you,
maybe find somebody new;
doesn’t matter what I do
it’s still the same.
People come and people go;
I still smile, say hello,
tell them all they need to know
If someone asks, I say I’m doing great,
wants me there I won’t be late;
when I have to I sit and wait.
I play the game.
But I still miss when I walk,
miss you when I need to talk,
and when I dream that you’re still here,
the only sound I ever hear:
the echo of your name.
I keep thinking I’ll quit missing you,
maybe find somebody new;
doesn’t matter what I do
it’s still the same.
But I still miss when I walk,
miss you when I need to talk,
and when I dream that you’re still here,
the only sound I ever hear:
the echo of your name
. . . of your name
. . . of your name
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2. |
Where Lovers Never Cry
03:56
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If I had wings
oh, I would fly
to the other side
of this dark sky
a place I know of
still see the glow of
where lovers never cry.
I saw it in a dream once,
a strange and distant land;
everyone was smiling
walking hand in hand.
Sun was shining bright,
air was fresh and clean,
soft clouds floated slowly,
silver and serene.
No one seemed to hurry
yet nothing was postponed,
and when darkness finally fell
no one walked alone.
Then everyone I ever loved
entered a wide green field,
all of them young again,
all of them healed.
They shimmered in the moonlight
then settled down to rest,
so peacefully,
as if they all were blessed.
A gentle hand took mine
and led me toward the light;
I rose up slowly off the ground
and I took flight.
If I had those wings again,
oh, I would fly
to the other side
of this dark sky,
find that place again
by and by
where lovers never cry
Oh, I would fly
past this dark sky
where lovers never cry.
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Tonight came right out said I love you
and you sat there still as a stone
I wanted to cry
but just said goodbye
walked out the door alone.
When only one heart is breaking
doesn’t make any sound;
no other heart can hear it
cause there’s no other heart around.
True love, so precious and rare
more than one heart alone can bear;
so it speaks up and then goes quiet
maybe hear an echo out there.
Tonight all it heard was that single word
always follows a quiet sigh;
then all that silence forever
on the other side of goodbye.
When only one heart is breaking
doesn’t make any sound;
no other heart can hear it
cause there’s no other heart around.
True love, so precious and rare
more than one heart alone can bear;
so it speaks up and then goes quiet
maybe hear an echo out there.
Tonight all it heard was that single word
always follows a quiet sigh;
then all that silence forever
on the other side of goodbye.
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4. |
Break of Day
03:13
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I got lost in the dark halfway to you
Had tried everything I could think of to do,
Looking for a way to get you to see
The things I saw in you, in me.
But nothing ever shows in the black of night
And nothing comes of nothing, like they say.
Just have to wait for dawn’s first light,
Walk back home at the break of day.
I’m happy for you, happy for me,
nothing more either one of us needs to be.
Gonna find a way for me to see
The things I saw in you, in me.
Because nothing ever shows in the black of night
And nothing comes of nothing, like they say.
Just have to wait for dawn’s first light,
Walk back home at the break of day.
Because nothing ever shows in the black of night
And nothing comes of nothing, like they say.
Just have to wait for dawn’s first light,
Walk back home at the break of day.
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5. |
And I Had It All
03:54
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as a boy I had it all figured
such a perfect plan
everything I wanted
when I’d become a man.
All the moves I’d ever need
to win the game,
who would fall in love with me
and how I’d make my name.
Well, life has it own ideas,
what you’re supposed to be;
doesn’t seem to matter
whether you agree.
You hear a soft voice calling
from a path you didn’t see,
then someone else’s life unwinds
so unexpectedly.
Hard to say if you got lost
or were just set free.
I’m happy now
I listened to that call;
I got nothing I thought I wanted
and I had it all.
I’m happy now
I listened to that call;
I got nothing I thought I wanted
and I had it all.
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6. |
Breakup
02:59
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Ice is melting
water set free
trickles mingle
soon to be
torrents pouring
toward the sea
A hardened heart
doesn’t heal
it softens
steel annealed
until it warms
enough to feel
Goodbye, such
a brutal word
you didn’t say it
it’s what I heard
something frozen
in me stirred
back to life
all these years
still alone
still the fears
still no answers
still some tears
but happy, peaceful
flowing free
trickles mingling
soon to be
torrents pouring
toward the sea
Ice is melting
water set free
trickles mingle
soon to be
torrents pouring
toward the sea
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paul kameen Olympia, Washington
Paul is a poet, essayist, and scholar who started writing songs, kind of out of the blue, about six years ago. You can find
all of his work for free on his website (paulkameen.com) or at cost on Amazon.
He was recently invited to share his "music story" on a website devoted to such stories. Here is the link:
mysoundposter.blog/singing-to-survive-paul-kameen/
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