1) Peace of Mind

I thought that with enough love you would walk through the mirror

I know you, I know your soul but I can’t set you free

The chains that bind you are self-imposed

You claim to see but your eyes stay closed

You live in a dream

I’ve tasted the sweetness of fame, too soon it turned bitter

You still want the light on your face, the stars and the glitter

Trapped by adulation’s call, They adore you until you fall

You no longer matter

‘Cross oceans of space and time I hold out my hand

You can find peace of mind

 

Again you turn to a stranger to make you feel whole

You try and keep it all on the surface avoiding your soul

The emptiness gnaws within You know you cannot win

The years take their toll

‘Cross oceans of space and time I hold out my hand

You can find peace of mind

 

You’ve walked alone on the road for many long years

Now you stand before the gate of yourself

And thus face your fears

Throw away foolish pride

Your sadness can now subside

I will be near

‘Cross oceans of space and time I hold out my hand

You can find peace of mind

2) The Ocean of My Heart

There are those who travel the world, in search of the secret to set them free

Put all of their money to gambling, all of their time into ships at sea

Not me, I stay close to the ocean of my heart

I used to play every game to win, saw my future in silver and gold

Spent all of my money in cities of sin, all of my time on dream’s high hopes

Until I came home to the ocean of my heart

My heart has a color like sky over Maine, purer than water, bluer than pain

And it feels a little like everywhere I’ve ever been

But it doesn’t let just anyone in

Never was able to settle down, like they told me I should

He asked me to stay and fulfill all his dreams

But I never could play at life’s games that good

And then I discovered the ocean of my heart

My heart has a color like sky over Maine, purer than water, bluer than pain

And it feels a little like everywhere I’ve ever been

But it doesn’t let just anyone in

Don’t know where I’m headed, but I know where I’ve been

I swim with the tides, and the moon as my guide

Searching without for what lies within

I’m carried along by the ocean of my heart

My heart has a color like sky over Maine, purer than water, bluer than pain

and it feels a little like everywhere I’ve ever been

But it doesn’t let just anyone in

No, it doesn’t let just anyone in

3) Hold Fast The Wheel

Hold fast the wheel

Though my eyes are lead astray

Though the signposts drift away

Though my heart says time to break

Hold fast the wheel

When anger rules the day

When I’m throwing you away

When I’ve lost all words to say

That I feel like a child in a storm

My fears have taken form I cannot find my way

Oh may you stay through the darkest of my days

Steering me away from the wreckage of my games

Hold fast the wheel

Hold fast the wheel

Don’t turn this journey ‘round

Back to familiar ground

Frozen and alone

Hold fast the wheel

Stay me on the road

Until I find my home

The home I’ve never known

Though my eyes, my eyes are filled with rain

The chasm calls my name I cannot lose the pain

Then you stay through the darkest of my days

Steering me away from the wreckage of my games

Hold fast the wheel, hold fast the wheel

All the roads I’ve walked without you, not the way I want to live

All my wars I put to rest now

Can you help me to forgive

Hold fast the wheel ‘til we reach the journey’s end

The pathway in my hand I come to understand

Hold fast the wheel

Though my eyes are lead astray

The signposts drift away,

My heart says time to break

Hold fast the wheel, hold fast the wheel

 

4) The Best Hamlet

New York City, West 51st Street, studying Shakespeare

You on the stage there, you all the rage there

How could I get near

I took your voice class, I took your scene class

I learned motivation

You taught me subtext, how best to read scripts

I gained concentration

You were the best Hamlet

You hid your confusion inside the illusion

You were the best Hamlet

And I so regret that I’ll never play Ophelia

Summer stock in Maine, I was apprenticing

Soon we became friends

You played Malvolio, you played Iago

I was your stage hand

That night in the prop room, you still in costume

I poured out my feelings

You were so sorry, I was so naïve, how could I not see

You were the best Hamlet

You hid your confusion inside the illusion

You were the best Hamlet

And I so regret that I’ll never play Ophelia

The roles that you played in life and on stage

Showed who you wished to be

But when the curtain was drawn, your audience gone

Look in the mirror, who did you see?

So many roles played, so much that you gave

For love of the theatre

The one part denied you, the one deep inside you

No one could go there

All that you taught me, the lesson that saved me

Stays with me forever

You were the best Hamlet

You hid your confusion inside the illusion

You were the best Hamlet

And I so regret that I’ll never play Ophelia No, I’ll never play Ophelia

 

 

5) Saying Goodbye

The sun is sinking and darkness moves in

Like eyelids of people and what might have been

As the rain keeps on falling through dawn to midnight

Its pleasure, its pain, this dimming of light

Saying goodbye, and early to cry

Just one more chance please, please look in my eyes

Saying goodbye, I don’t want to cry

Just one more chance please, please look in my eyes

The darkness moves in, the stars come up high

With lashes of wind, and one heavy sigh

The wind is still crying, but gentle to tell

As one final gesture brings one final bell

Saying goodbye, and early to cry

Just one more chance please, please look in my eyes

Saying goodbye, I don’t want to cry

Just one more chance please, please look in my eyes

Don’t leave me today, please show me the way

I want to be with you, what more can I say

The moment is here, the curse has been cast

It’s goodbye for good, the past has gone past

Saying goodbye, and early to cry

Just one more chance please, please look in my eyes

Saying goodbye, I don’t want to cry

Just one more chance please, please look in my eyes

Just one more chance please, please look in my eyes

6)Smart Blonde

I graduated MIT first in my class

I’m friends with Stephen Hawking, he’s really a blast

We’re talking Quantum Physics, String Theory too

You know I get to do this ‘cause I’m smarter than you

Lots of people think that the color of my hair

Means I ain’t got no brains in there

But I’m a smart blonde, my IQ’s real high

Yes, I’m a smart blonde, I know the whole sequence of PI

The time-space continuum is easy to grasp

When you’re a smart blonde, you pick things up fast

I played Mozart and Bach by the age of 3

We’re working on duets, Yo Yo Ma and me

I won the Pulitzer for my last Broadway play

And my Tony nomination got announced today

Artistic aspirations are not impaired

Simply because of the color of my hair

‘Cause I’m a smart blonde, I write movie scripts

Yea, I’m a smart blonde, I’m giving Spielburg some tips

My exhibit at the Guggenheim starts next week

When you’re a smart blonde, you can create in your sleep

I change my own oil and I fix my flats

I know every major leaguer and all their stats

My last four homes were designed by me

Because I’ve got an architectural degree

Just because the shade of my hair is fair

Don’t mean there ain’t brains in there

‘Cause I’m a smart blonde, I’ll make a web site for you

Yes, I’m a smart blonde, I’ll fix your transmission too

My tax returns are easy, I’m never in the red

When you’re a smart blonde, you just use your head

You just use your head, you just use your head

boo-boo-bee-doop

7)Cover Of Night

No Moon in Sight, cover of night

Run toward the hills in the distance, keep out of sight

Warm desert sand under my soles

Books bound and sealed in leather under my robes

For they are searching even now through our homes

They would destroy these truths I bear

Invent their own

Jabal al Tarif, Mountain of Caves

There will the clay jars conceal them

Safely away

From those who would seek to silence his words

Driven by power and greed and the end of a sword

I must commit to memory the lessons learned

For I’ll not see his words again

A lifetime’s turn

How can the ways of peace

Be labeled heresy?

Such a tragedy

Will they ever see? I don’t know

The stars know my path and my purpose

Keep me a-right

Will they guide the eyes of tomorrow

Back to this site?

To gaze once again on wisdom arcane

And share with all of the world these jewels in the sand

May future’s pilgrim bring light from the caves

And free from sorrow and shadow a world enslaved

No moon in sight, cover of night

8) Susan’s House

If you don’t mind the tolls

You can take turnpike north

Straight to 75

Pines Boulevard

Is not very far

Head East for 3 or 4 miles

Turn onto Flamingo

Pembroke Park on your right

Your heart starts to race

As you quicken your pace

You’re going to Susan’s tonight

You turn down the lane

Where the trees overhang

And geese waddle about

The kids are at play

On this crystal blue day

Softball’s drawing a crowd

You turn into the driveway

And as you run through her yard

Rocky’s bark makes you laugh

You stop on his behalf

To heed this pint-sized guard

Your senses are filled

From sight, touch and smell

As you move through her home

There’s incense and beads,

Brocaded lamps greet
Candles flicker and glow

The song from one hundred wind chimes

Serenades on the breeze

You smile at the prints

Of vegetable gents

As Susan finds poems to read

The fullness of life can be found inside

The walls of Susan’s House

There’s Dave on the wall

Next to Joni and Dar

You pay respects as you go

Although it’s now late

The Oz shrine awaits

Praise Dorothy and the Scarecrow

Hugs and gifts at the doorway

Rocky bounces about

Life’s harmony is no mystery

While you’re at Susan’s house

Life’s harmony is no mystery

While you’re at Susan’s house

9) I Wanted To Be Maria

She was the one so full of joy

She was the one who knew

If you danced on the hills and sang to the trees

They would answer you

And so I learned every tune

By age of six or maybe five

‘I am sixteen’, ‘Edelweiss’

And yes, ‘The Hills are Alive’

I wanted to be Maria

Like a million other girls

I wanted life to be a show tune

I’d sing from top of the world

Like her, I was a problem

They thought needed to be solved

But the nuns couldn’t see when I sang ‘do-re-me’

I found my heart and my love

I wanted to be Maria

Like a million other girls

I wanted life to be a show tune

I’d sing from top of the world

I could climb every mountain

I could fjord every stream

Me and Maria

We’d find my dream

I wanted to be Maria

Like a million other girls

I wanted life to be a show tune

I’d sing from top of the—

I wanted to be Maria

Like a million other girls

I wanted life to be a show tune

I’d sing from top of the world, the world

The hills are alive, the hills are alive

10) Time Changes

Time has come for us to part at last

Don’t seek me now, please turn away

I hold my breath, the moment’s soon to pass

This pain we feel will leave one day

I felt all your sorrow

Hold on ‘til tomorrow

Let time find its place in our moments

All we had together

Changed as in the weather

Time has played its part with our hearts

Close your eyes and think of days gone past

The love was there for us to share

If we had known all would change so fast

Would knowing take away the care

Minutes forming hours

Sweetness turning sour

All we know of today fades away

Clinging to the memory

Keeping you within me

I’ll see you in my mind throughout time

I’ll see you in my mind throughout time