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All Lyrics by Michael
Plishka
I WOKE UP
THIS MORNING
I woke up this morning,
and I looked outside my window,
and the water was above the water
line
deep down in the dungeon
you had me stretched out upon the
rack
I just asked you
to scratch my back
and you won’t give me the
pleasure
to just once kiss your hand
you don’t understand…
I woke up this morning,
and I looked outside my window,
and the water was up to the
window sill
The Chinese water torture
keeps on dripping on my head
makes me wish that I were dead
and you won’t give me the
pleasure
to just once kiss your hand
you don’t understand…
She wants something from me...
I woke up this morning,
and I looked outside my window,
All the fishes looked like an
aquarium
Everything was peaceful
everything was so serene
Do you know what I mean?
Do you understand?
You don’t understand....
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SEVEN SISTERS
Sunlit sliver in an aqua sky
Greek God planet shines into my
eye
High above immersed in char-blue
sea
Seven sisters looking down on me
Frosted breath beneath a mercury
light
Twists and curls
Disappears from sight
On wings of angels
From the skies above
Bring me whispers from the one I
love
Wind wisped flurries swirl around
my feet
Gold Fall leaves dancing
across the street
Through barren branches strain my
eyes to see
Seven sisters looking over me
Frosted breath beneath a neon
light
Twists and curls
Disappears from sight
On wings of angels
to the skies above
Take these kisses to the one I
love
Flying through the dark
to Southern skies
Wing to wing beneath the stars
they cry
Fly my soul
to the love you seek
While seven sisters looking down
on me
Frosted breath beneath a neon
light
Twists and curls
Disappears from sight
On wings of angels
to the skies above
Take these kisses to the one I
love
Frosted breath beneath a mercury
light
Twists and curls
Disappears from sight
On wings of angels
to the skies above
Take these kisses to the one I
love
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SNOWFLAKE ON MY TONGUE
It figures that
you'd fall from the sky
It figures that
you'd catch my eye
It figures that
you'd make me cry
I try so hard to catch you
Don't ask me why
REFRAIN:
You're like a snowflake on my
tongue
Trying to catch one
with a million falling
all around
And when I've got one
it's gone
You're like a snowflake on my
tongue
From far away,
frosty, kiss caress
Upon my window,
snowy, lacy dress
Still I see
you falling around
I try so hard to catch you
before you touch the ground
(Refrain)
You're everywhere
But my arms are still empty
It doesn't seem fair
I want to hold you but you won't
let me
Everything I do, everything I say
Doesn't help cause you
only slip away
Like a snowflake on my tongue
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WHEN YOU LOVE ME
I look into your soul and smile
You release me with your eyes
I can play
the fool and whirl
Spinning spirals
through the skies
REFRAIN:
When you love me
I become free
Becoming you
I become me
Each of us
a broken soul
Parts of us scattered
on the floor
She cradles every jagged shard
until the ugly is no more
(Refrain)
Lifted high
on a mountain top
Spread wings to fly away
Battle waging in the valley below
Holy Man of God still prays
(Refrain)
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AND THE RIVER FLOWS…
As timelines meet
intertwine and part
I will hold love and keep you
with all me heart
and the river flows.....
As each soul enters
Creation's dance
the timing is purposed
not simply chance
As timelines meet
intertwine and part
I will hold love and keep you
with all me heart
and the river flows....
If one should ask
If I’ve known love
I’ll smile and say
I know you my dove
all that you’ve given
allowing me to be me
through love’s liberation
like a hawk set free
and the river flows....
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PLEASE DANCE WITH ME
You were leaning against the wall
of the Mid-West Taj Mahal
Short dark hair, white stockings
and dancing shoes
Dressed in roses of blue
People dancing to the sounds
of big band beats
Bodies swirling around
Tapping your heel to the rhythm
in your soul
Please dance with me
Swinging silhouettes on the
balcony
Dancing in the shadows where no
one can see
Starlit ceiling twinkles above
Sparkle like your eyes when you
fall in love
I gaze into the courtyard and see
your face
Dancing with another
Hundreds of bodies and I stand
alone
You snuggle in his arms and I
stand like stone
Please dance with me
Smoke curls upward along minaret
spire
"No Smoking" signs but
my heart was on fire
I turned to go
gazed over the dance floor
Bodies galore
but you were
no more
Like Cinderella's prince I looked
for the shoe
of my dancing princess
dressed in roses of blue
Please dance with me
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MOVE
She was only six
and I was only ten
When she said she was moving
I knew I'd never see her again
and I said,
REFRAIN:
"Don't you ever go away,
don't you ever leave,
not today not ever,
please, no please, who'll be my
friend!"
We packed up all your toys,
We packed away my heart
Every box we filled just ripped
me apart,
It was all we ever shared
(refrain)
Across the stream
I see your face
In some unknown place
where the universe always stays
the same
I'll always
remember your name
The truck pulled up your parents
cried
They couldn't know what we felt
inside
but for me and you
this was all we ever knew
(refrain)
The truck pulled away
and I,
waved goodbye
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BERNARD'S WALTZ
The people you meet on an AMTRAK,
come into your life, and you
either walk out on them
or they leave on you… I left on
Bernie Shaw….
He was born on a dairy farm, was
one of nine children…
On his way to Libby, Montana to
visit his six children.
A WWII Vet who took Okinawa and
shot down a Kamikaze,
got battle fatigue and saw his
best friend die;
his friend had a girl back
home--Bernie had no one at the time,
He wished it was him….
He misses his wife, his second…
His first wife of 29 years was
killed
in a head on collision with a
drunk driver on the way
home from a wedding…
The second wife of 20 years died
of a stroke.
He took care of her in the final
years,
making Sun-catchers in his spare
time…
Now just wanted to forget the war
(though sometimes he still cries
and just can't help it…)
and spend time with the
grandkids and make
Sun-catchers…….
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EINSTEIN'S TIME
Countless times
like night time skies
I've seen the stars
shine in your eyes
I look above
diamond canopy dark
still not the light
of your soul spark…
If I could fly
through Einstein's time
to touch the edge
of God's great rhyme
Swirl of creation could not
compare
to your gentle voice
to touch your hair…
If I could dive 'neath Columbus's
stern
touch ocean's floor
where blind fishes burn
It's still not as wondrous
as the glow deep inside
that I've seen through your eyes
that your smile does not hide….
To simply dance with you
in each future past
to love you and beauty
through time's absence last;
Each moment in my soul,
I know love is true,
a heart touched by magnificence
because I love you……..
I love you….
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DANCE IN THE RAIN (LOVE YOU,
KISS YOU, SURE DO MISS YOU)
Love you
Kiss you
Sure do miss you
Smile while I smile
Will you love me
Miss me
Long distance kiss me
Dream awhile
Smile while you dance in the rain
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DREAM OF LIGHT (SOAR MY SOUL)
Dream of light
Unbroken flight
Unending spirals
upon the heights
Soar my soul
(or soul of mine sore?)
upon the winds
through day and night
Dream of light
Seek and love
With all my might…
Rose caress
Her cheek and hair
Smiling eyes
Of me lady fair…
Carry me,
Carry me on the wind…
Soar my soul…..
Upon sunlit wings
Dream of light I will
Hope skywards warmth
Takes me higher
and higher
and higher still
Soar my soul…
(or
soul of mine sore?)
upon the winds
through day and night
dream of light
seek and love
with all my might….
Carry me..
Carry me on the wind…
Carry me on.…..
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SPIT, SPUTTER, BLOW
Candle light
Fills my night
Cave damp air
I strain my sight
I picture all the world
in my mind's eye
Time to create
the sky
I fill my mouth with earth and
soul
Spit, Sputter, Blow…
To create for eyes
that which can't be said
To touch a soul
through a soul that's bled
To share a pain, a joy, a love
To share the breath
from the One above
I fill my mouth with earth and
soul,
Spit, Sputter, Blow…
Gaze upon this speckled granite
and tell me what you see
Can you perceive yourself
through experiencing me?
I place my hand
upon the wall
To leave my mark
on this hallowed hall
I fill my mouth with earth and
soul
Spit, Sputter, Blow…
I fill my mouth with earth and
soul
Spit, Sputter, Blow…
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