Words (For Norma Lynn)

I'm rarely at a loss for words

But it seems so hard to say

The way you changed my lonely life

In almost every way

I always feared the future

And was haunted by my past

Until that elusive Angel

Filled this heart with love at last

For love was just a fantasy

A glimpse in sleepless dreams

In quiet corners of my mind

Where nothing's as it seems

Until you walked into my life

And took my tired heart

And cradled it with your sweet love

Right from the very start

The depth of love you give to me

So few could comprehend

Sweet comforting companion

My lover and best friend

But still I struggle trying to put

These feelings down in rhyme

Know you're my one and only love

Until the end of time

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Unfinished Business

There's a fight that's still worth fighting

There is work left to be done

There's a distance to be traveled

Before our race is run

There's business to be finished

And mountains still to climb

With promises that must be kept
We're running out of time

Where every man and woman

Lives equal in this land

And wealth is something we all share

It's time to take a stand

If you're waiting on some sort of sign

Start looking all around

The tide has turned against us

And washed away the ground

Where brave souls stood before us

Who paid a heavy price

For the freedoms disappearing

Wasting all their sacrifice

So, come and stand beside me

Hand in hand and heart to heart
Our strength is in each other
As it has been from the start

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Tyrant

You laugh and you tell me

That I'm not a man

While lying and being

The worst person you can

A cowardly bully

Up there on your perch

While thinking you're holy

By going to church

But I know who you are

And the things that you do

And I'm grateful I can't be

A man just like you

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