New Adventures (For an Old Heart)

Every new adventure

Has a little seed of doubt

Stay focused on your guiding light

To keep the darkness out

Nothing lasts forever

Love's a cruel game

Passion fades like memories

Just like a dying flame

Starting over isn't easy

Much closer to the end

I may not love another

But I sure could use a friend

One who knows the truth inside me

And somehow loves me still

Who sees inside this damaged heart

A love that time can't kill

I can't undo all I have done

I can't rewrite the past

All the chapters I have lived

Prepared me for the last

Another new adventure

One more uncertain start

The only thing that stays the same

Is your place in my heart

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Unbroken

I have nothing left to give away

I gave it all before

There is nothing that I hope to gain

Not wondering what's in store

Nothing much can hurt me

Or break through this stone wall

No one here can lift me up

No one can make me fall

No more happy endings

No more time to start

You can't break what has been broken

Born with a broken heart

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 I’ve been running from old feelings

I’ve been hiding from the ghosts

Of memories that haunt me

Of love that meant the most

I’ve been chasing after rainbows

Looking for that pot of gold

Now, I sit here empty handed

Feeling lonely, growing old

In a hall that’s lined with mirrors

Reflecting on my past

Faceless pictures looking back

Never meant to last

But it seems I run in circles

That lead me back to you

Memories, both good and bad

A love forever true

It’s funny, but it isn’t

It’s happy, but it’s sad

That love that was and is somehow

The best I ever had

Letting Go

It’s so hard moving forward 

When your heart lives in the past

Tied to an old memory 

That you thought was going to last

But you can’t ignite a fire

That went dark so long ago

And there’s no one here to warm me

Cold embers never glow

It takes two to get it started

It took two to put it out

With nothing left but ashes

Both erasing any doubt

Haunted by the memories

These dreams my heart did weave

Lost in my own fantasy

And trying to believe

But dreams are for the sleeping

Now I find myself awake

There’s nothing I can give you

And nothing I can take

So I bury those old feelings

The final curtain of our show

See the clock no longer ticking 

Now it’s time for letting go 

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Circles

 

I’ve been running from old feelings

I’ve been hiding from the ghosts

Of memories that haunt me

Of love that meant the most

I’ve been chasing after rainbows

Looking for that pot of gold

Now, I sit here empty handed

Feeling lonely, growing old

In a hall that’s lined with mirrors

Reflecting on my past

Faceless pictures looking back

Never meant to last

But it seems I run in circles

That lead me back to you

Memories, both good and bad

A love forever true

It’s funny, but it isn’t

It’s happy, but it’s sad

That love that was and is somehow

The best I’ve ever had 

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Grateful

 

I’m grateful for the lessons

I’ve learned along the way

And grateful for the things I lost

That were never meant to stay

So lucky for the love I’ve known

My family and friends

That somehow kept me grounded

In a life of changing winds

I’m grateful for the artists

For every single word

For every book that changed me

And all your songs I heard

Life isn’t always easy

I’ve shed my share of tears

I’ve done a lot of living

In sixty-nine short years

For all my friends who left too soon

And loved ones I have lost

The joy that you have given me

Was worth the final cost

Because love lives on forever

And cannot fade away

So, toast the ones you’ll always love

On this Thanksgiving Day

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Timeless

 

I've loved you like no other

And have right from the start

All the years and miles between us

Yet, you're still in this heart

The fire that we ignited

Consumed us in the end

But risen from those ashes

Star-crossed lovers and still friends

You know the secrets in my soul

I know the beauty you possess

Inside that heart I love so much

I don't need to confess

You always see right through me

And always know what's true

Until I take my final breath

This heart belongs to you

 

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