So...here are 6 of the most recently posted songs...all in one place.
If you want to check out some snippets about when, where and why each song was written...just scan some of the previous posts.
Enjoy.
-J
Planets and Stars
10/08, 2/14/08, 8/15/09, 8/18/09
v1
Careful,
Quiet now
Do you see
Above in the sky
So easily lost in this moment
So deeply lost in your kiss
I don’t want to miss
Just how the planets and stars align
The very moment you become mine
Chorus
Saturn, Orion, Jupiter, Mars
All fears set adrift
As the planets shift
Bathing in the light of a sky full of stars
All chances done
Like eon old suns
This love, our love
Will heal time-remembered scars
As witnessed by
The planets and stars
v2
Easy,
Here now
Do you know
How it feels to love you
So intensely how you love me
So easy to be with you right here
Outside in the clear
Under this dark blue blanket sky
Lying still we close our eyes and fly
Chorus
Bridge
Stay close beside me
Practice your astronomy
Connect the freckles on my skin
Left over from the day’s sun
Lay down beside me
Tell me dreams held in secrecy
Making love in a night air so thin
‘Til the blue sky of morning come
Overdue Love Song
8/13/09, 8/15/09
v1
This is it
This is the one
It should’ve been written
Way before
We were done
There’s no counting
The stars in the sky
Or missed
Opportunities
But this is a chance
If only for the record
A second chance
For days past to be rediscovered
Chorus
Here it is
A half-ass explanation
Here it is now,
Eyes-wide resignation
An apology
To you, from me
For knowing what was right
While I got it wrong
Here it is
Just an overdue love song
v2
Hear from me
I wasn’t blind
You were truly beautiful
I was lucky
To call you mine
You were deserving
Of knowing me
Not just my
Insecurities
Run from yes to maybe
There is no excuse
Only a maybe
Lost inspiration or a misplaced Muse
Bridge
One day, should you hear this song
On the radio
You won’t even have to second guess
You’ll just know
Sure it’s too little, too late
That’s how I know,
Some times in life, we create our own fate
Bring Me Bruises
8/15/09
v1
Your eyes
Brings no solace
Your touch
No longer sets me free
Outside of the pain
It’s left me ambivalent to your answers
When you try to explain
You say you hurt
Like me
You say you wish
I could see
Chorus
I say
Bring me bruises
Come back
When you are
Wearing evidence
Bring me bruises
Return
When your proof
Is real experience
v2
Your heart
Shares no memory
Your words
Hold no shred of salvation
Hanging in the air
It’s no longer left up to you
To decide how I care
You say you learn
I know
You say you feel
What I show
Chorus
Bridge
The extremes
From lost dreams
Sends me so far
Away from you
Come back when
You’re wearing scars
Chorus
Through
11/08, 8/15/09
v1
You
You of all people
Made it in record time
You stumbled right into this heart of mine
Unprepared, unaware
Of walls I can quickly mortar
And reckless traps I’ve been known to lay
Keeping ones like you at bay
But now here you are
Here you are
Chorus
Now, what do I say?
Now, what do I do?
When the one who didn’t even have to try
Made it through
I lose my defenses
You bring me back to my senses
Like only you know how to
So, now, what do I do?
v2
You
You of all the ones
Who came bravely before
You came in bringing less but demanding more
Unsuited, unaffected
Of how I made myself
With my self-trained power of persuasion
Making me easy to abandon
But now here you are
Here you are
Chorus
Bridge
Past broken hearts, played tricks on me
Turned me into someone, I gave myself the excuse to be
If there’s any chance for safety, any chance at all
Then build again, build a higher wall
This time dig, dig, a moat
Bloody your hands, and surrender hope
Then you
A smile and a mirror standing opposite me
Giving me permission
To set myself free
Chorus
Take Texas
4/5/08, 8/10/09, 8/11/09
v1
You and me
What do you know
We’re both here
Country music on the radio
I can find myself
Lost again
From the start
Wrapped in you
Two country boys at heart
Chorus
Never thought
No, I never thought
This New York City boy
Could be tempted to take Texas
But here I am
Yes, Here I am
Trading the subway for the sky
If it means getting an “us”
Our of you and me
Then baby, I’ll take Texas
v2
Didn’t take much
To make me fall
A well-timed kiss
Another dropped “Ya’ll”
I could see myself
Right here
Right with you
I fit right in
Then it all comes true
Chorus
Bridge
I lose all sense
Lost in that Southern cadence
You in white T-shirt and blue jeans on
Standing six foot, nine
Smiling sly at me
Next thing, I’m just doing time
Counting minutes
Til I give up
Manhattan’s skyline
Chorus
To See You Happy
8/6/09
For ARB
v1
So this is how it feels
When enough time has past
Making things real
Get a little distance
Allow the hurts to heal
From here
I can look at you and finally understand
I was many things
Just not enough to be your man
Chorus
It’s good
To see you happy
And now
To see you happy
Means so much to me
It’s right
To see you happy
So good
To see you happy
As you deserve to be
v2
I will let the future thaw
And just rest outside the past
Though it still feels raw
Trips my tongue
Sticks to my jaw
Doesn’t come easy to call you a friend
Given our history
But our lives will let us write the end
Bridge
I can hold the memory
He’ll hold you, instead of me
It’s gentle ache
To acclimate myself to
A quiet break
I appreciate when I see you
