FINALLY HOME

Yes, I'm finally home
To see how you've been
So much has changed
I saw it driving in

And my heart did break
At how they've altered you
Yes, I should have stayed
I didn't have a clue

~~~*Chorus*~~~

What kind of vandals came to my home town

Took all the pretty trees, and they cut them down

If I wanted a desert, I'd be Vegas bound

What kind of monsters ravished my home town

~~*~~

Oh, when we were kids

All my friends and me

We would seek the shade

Planning out our dreams

Pile up the cones

Or make a path with them

Imaginations reigned

And I miss back then

~~~*Chorus*~~~

What kind of vandals came to my home town

Took all the pretty trees, and they cut them down

If I wanted a desert, I'd be Vegas bound

What kind of monsters ravished my home town

~~*~~

Where's my Brother's fort

Why'd they take it too

What about the birds

We used to listen to

And the sun beats down

Drying all the grass

All the beauty's gone

That we had in the past

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Go find yourselves a mountain

Rape the blinded side

So it's not a blemish

To the praising eyes

You stay away from here

So the trees can grow

Yes I'm finally home

You leave my town alone

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

What kind of vandals came to my home town

Took all the pretty trees, and they cut them down

If I wanted a desert, I'd be Vegas bound

What kind of monsters ravished my home town

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

GIVEN TIME

Do you recognize the dress I’m wearing Daddy

It’s the one that you told me I should pick

I don’t know what I’m going to do without you

How could a man so wonderful get sick

The little saplings that we planted by the walkway

On the day you explained the birds and bees

Are thriving outside while you’re in here dying

Tonight I was struck by the irony

My date’s going to take me to the dance now

I wanted you to see me in this dress

You’re the greatest man that I have ever needed

And you can rest knowing that you did your best

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Daddy if you go to Heaven

Before the dance is done

Please tell my Mama thanks for loving you

That I wish I would have known her

But I've felt her by my side

And please tell God how deeply I approve

If He had to leave just one

I’m Thankful He left you

And I’ll be fine

Given time

~~*~~

Don’t you think my graduation was exciting

That’s me blowing you a kiss at the end

Yes Daddy I will join the celebration

Do you want me to rewind the tape again

Oh, the flowers you pre-ordered are just gorgeous

And this locket that I will always wear

Yes, I love the picture of you and Mama

I showed it to every graduate I swear

Well my date’s here to take me to the party

I wanted you to see me graduate

You’re the greatest man that I have ever needed

You’ll be the best to grace St. Peter's gates

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Daddy if you go to Heaven

Before the party’s done

Please tell my Mama thanks for loving you

That I wish I would have known her

But I've felt her by my side

And please tell God how deeply I approve

If He had to leave just one

I’m Thankful He left you

And I’ll be fine

Given time

~~*~~

I feel your presence here with me Mom and Daddy

That’s one of the reasons for my smile

Uncle John said he’d be more than honored

Standing in for you to walk me down the aisle

I hope you know it’s because of how you raised me

I won’t fall apart without you by my side

For all my life you've taught me to be thankful

Of the beauty blessed, and the given time

~~~*3^rd Chorus*~~~

Daddy you went on to Heaven

Knowing I would be just fine

Did you tell Mama thanks for loving you

That I wish I would have known her

But I've felt her by my side

Did you tell God how deeply I approved

If He had to leave just one

I’m Thankful He left you

And I’ll be fine

Given time

~~*~~

~~*Finale*~~

Lord I can sense you all

Sharing this life of mine

Feel the beauty blessed

Thanks to the given time

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

BAD GIRL

No,,,

 Her house isn't perfect

And there’s laundry to be done

You say she should get busy

Not be outside having fun

Go home to your museum

Where all your junk is hid

I’ll just smile, I like her style

Out playing with her kids

Yes...

 She used to party 

Made a bad name for herself

But she’s one leopard, who changed her spots

And now she’s doing well

~~~*Chorus*~~~

So go judge on a jury

And leave this girl alone

She’s been remade, no need to hate

Why badmouth, and throw stones

If you don’t want to be the swine

On whom she’d cast her pearls

Try to support, hold your retorts

Don't call her a bad girl

~~*~~

You say not to hold my breath

That bad girls always stray

You have made mistakes yourself

Don’t look at me that way

Yes I can forgive her

That’s what it means to love

We all have scars, she’s trying hard

Besides, what’s done is done

Come here, look out the window

Oh, her kids loves her so much

She always puts them first now

So how can you hold a grudge

I know she was a bad girl

But believe this good will last

Please try to be a stronghold

And quit bringing up the past

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Yeah...

You can get on the wagon 

Or you can stay away

I’ll miss you like crazy

But you can’t have it both ways

I love her, and I want to help

Show her a different world

But she’ll never feel, like it is real

If you treat her like a bad girl

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

So go judge on a jury

And leave this girl alone

She’s been remade, no need to hate

Why badmouth, and throw stones

If you don’t want to be the swine

On whom she’d cast her pearls

Try to support, hold your retorts

Don't call her a bad girl

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

SARATOGA SON

In 1931 Saratoga had a Son

Whose voice would make a country listen up

The distinction was made, when Hank Williams told him Hey

You just sing like yourself, and don’t give up

Well, he tried a couple times, and he almost lost his life

But didn't lose the love of fans and friends

Never tried to hide his vice, Some times did not play nice

Just one of Country Music’s wild men

~~~*Chorus*~~~

When the drink came after him

We all thought that it would win

But he was more of a man 

Than it could hold

The Good Lord Took him home

But his memory will live on

You will be missed down here

Mr. Jones

~~*~~

In 1931 Saratoga had a Son

And he became a country superstar

A downright renegade, that did learn to change his ways

And then survived the scars of living hard

And everyone that loved him, I know has shed some tears

Over the loss that we've sustained today

To his family and his friends, I pray for hearts to mend

And once they do, remember him this way

Hear laughter from the skies, take a chance and close your eyes

Until you picture him with Hank and John

I hear him singing loud with the angels in the clouds

You know a legend’s never really gone

~~~*Chorus*~~~

When the drink came after him

We all thought that it would win

But he was more of a man 

Than it could hold

The Good Lord Took him home

But his memory will live on

You will be missed down here

Mr. Jones

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013
~~~ I will Miss You~~~

LIABLE SOULS

~~*Intro*~~
She had helped so many people
Who were worn and trodden down
For many years proprietress
Of the finest store in town
They all appeared, shed guilty tears
While standing at her grave
Oh they knew what she had given
Were contrite for what they gave
Oh…Oh…
Liable souls
~~*~~

She was crippled and old, on a bench outside the store
But her retention of the past contained no flaws
She sat there by the street, smiled at customers she’d meet
They all viewed her as a relic with a cause

Her weakness was the poor, the lost souls found at her door
She always welcomed them, and tended to their needs
Not a being inquired, why a lady aged and tired
Would just sit there, on a bench, so endlessly

If they would have asked, they’d have danced into her past
Could have shared in someone’s story, lonely tears
Yes, then they would have known, why she waited all alone
Could have grasped whose face was haunting her for years

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Thee indifferent do not care
We choose not to be aware
Of our neighbors sometimes vital needs
And I don’t believe we’re here
Not to listen or to care
With our time, display the greatest greed
But to reach out, heal the pain
So we all do not remain
Cold and heedless of the poor and old
Oh, and I will pray today
That our hearts will find a way
So we don’t become a liable soul
~~~*~~~

He was old, in the back, shedding tears on sculpted grass
Holding her faded picture to his chest
He heard them when they said,she spent years on that old bench
He'd been long absent, but he knew her best

She was eighteen and sweet, Lord he tried to be discreet
But he loved her, every body knew
They were both so young, and he was poor as they could come
He told her he’d be back in a year or two

But life it has a way, of making promises fade
He cursed himself, he didn't keep his word
While his life had gone on, He had married, had a son
The promise of his love remained with her

 ~~~*~~
She had helped so many people
Who were worn and trodden down
For many years proprietress
Of the finest store in town
He had appeared, shed guilty tears
While standing at her grave
Now he knew that she had waited
Deep remorse took him a slave
Oh…Oh…
Liable soul
~~*~~

~~~*Final Chorus*~~~
Thee indifferent do not care
We choose not to be aware
Of our neighbors sometimes vital needs
And I don’t believe we’re here
Not to listen or to care
With our time display the greatest greed
But to reach out, heal the pain
So we all do not remain
Cold and heedless of the poor and old
Oh, and I will pray today
That our hearts will find a way
So we don’t become a liable soul
~~~*~~~
Oh...Oh...
Liable Souls
~~~*~~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

HE ENVISIONS ME

He envisions me

In a pretty dress

While I'm sitting here

Looking such a mess

Said he still smells

The perfume I wear

He remembers wheat

Woven through my hair

And I let him dream

On the phone with me

I am, as he left

That is what he sees

But...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I'd been on the tractor since the break of day

Working like a man, since he went away

Forget about the manicure, and pretty curls

When your man's in the service, it's a different world

No Cinderella story, with the gowns and balls

Just a whole lot of farming in his coveralls

I might feel like screaming, nothing's going right

But I tell him that it's perfect, when he calls at night

I'm not that girl, of his dreams, in reality

But I'm all that he envisions on the phone with me

~~*~~

I was freaking out

All the cows escaped

Found the lot of them

Eating up the hay

And the truck broke down

Gasket needs replaced

His old dog won't eat

And the trees need sprayed

But he misses me

Wishes he was home

Yes I am okay

We kiss through the phone

No I won't complain

He tells me sweet dreams

He is reassured

On the phone with me

 But...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I'd been on the tractor since the break of day

Working like a man since he went away

Forget about the manicures and pretty curls

When your man's in the service, it's a different world

No Cinderella story with the gowns and balls

Just a whole lot of farming in his coveralls

I might feel like screaming, nothing's going right

But I tell him that it's perfect when he calls at night

I'm not that girl, of his dreams, in reality

But I'm all that he envisions, on the phone with me

~~*~~

When I thought I'd die

His whole family came

Helped me fix the truck

And bring in the hay

Oh, his Mama cried

Held me in her arms

Said he called last week

That he knows your heart

Asked us to come help

When things got too hard

Said he sees you girl

Angel that you are

I said...

~~~*Final Chorus*~~~

I've been on that tractor, every single day

Working like a man, since he went away

Forget about the manicures, and pretty curls

When your man's in the service,  it's a different world

No Cinderella story with the gowns and balls

Just a whole lot of farming in his coveralls

I might feel like screaming, nothing's going right

But I tell him that it's perfect, when he calls at night

I'm not that girl, of his dreams, in reality

But I'm all that he envisions on the phone with me

~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~

She held me at arms length, and smiled at me

She said, he knows everything, he sees you perfectly

How you try to protect him, all that you've been through

There's no illusion to...

How he envisions you

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

IT'S TRUE, TRUE, TRUE

Do I love you

Do you really have to ask me that

Do I need you

Yes I always will and that’s a fact

Do you please me

Oh my life has never been so full

Can I feel you

Like an undercurrent when it pulls

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Oh people talk about butterflies

When it’s love they’re trying to describe

Can’t live without you I’d rather die

If you’re not in it, then it’s not life

You are the veins running deep in me

Part of my soul for eternity

I hope that’s the answer that you seek

Because you are all I’ll ever need

It’s true, true, true….

Yes, I Love You

~~*~~

Can I read you

I just have to look into your eyes

Can I hear you

Yes, your thoughts are flowing into mine

Will I hold you

Oh I will like you are fragile glass

Glad I found you

Never letting go, and that's a fact

~~~*Lyrical Bridge~~~

It’s true, true, true

It’s not butterflies but eagle wings

Yes, I love you

You were born to be my everything

Oh I love you

Right down to the core of me

Now you’re smiling

The doubts are gone, you finally see

~~*~~

That it's true, true, true...

I love you

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Oh people talk about butterflies

When it’s love they’re trying to describe

Can’t live without you I’d rather die

If you’re not in it, then it’s not life

You are the veins running deep in me

Part of my soul for eternity

I hope that’s the answer that you seek

Because you are all I’ll ever need

It’s true, true, true….

Yes I Love You

~~*~~

It’s true true true

That I love you

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

LIGHT TALE

Have you ever had a tale to tell

And you didn't know where to start

Is there ever a way to explain

The deceitfulness of a heart

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Was the evidence there somewhere

Was he always cruel within

Did we only see the blinding light

Reflected when she was with him

Love’s not supposed to tear you up

Make you feel like you’d rather die

He was brutal with his wicked words

Damning with his eyes

He wouldn't be an honest man 

He couldn't let her shine

A cloak of darkness in disguise

Extinguishing her With time

~~*~~

The introduction to the story is

Our sweet Princess’s life

Falling in love and becoming

This charlatans new wife

Oh…he acted like Prince Charming

In the beginning of the book

But as our Princess began to fade

We all took a closer look

 ~~~*Chorus*~~~

Was the evidence there somewhere

Was he always cruel within

Did we only see the blinding light

Reflected when she was with him

Love’s not supposed to tear you up

Make you feel like you’d rather die

He was brutal with his wicked words

Damning with his eyes

He wouldn't be an honest man 

He couldn't let her shine

A cloak of darkness in disguise

Extinguishing her 

With time

~~*~~

I may have to start the tale again

Include the Cardinal sins

I wonder if the scholar knows

That five of them apply to him

His ugliness is showing through

The illusion he’s portrayed

The moral of the story is

Not everyone’s been swayed

He had better know deep in his soul

It is time to make amends

If that light doesn't shine like it once did

We will be coming after him…….

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
LIGHT TALE

THE ROAD

Flowers open

They’re beautiful to see

And when they’re wilting

You offer them a drink

For it revives them

Their fragrance is released

And you’re delighted

By the very air you breathe...

Without the water

They shrivel up and dry

And you are mournful

Because you let them die

~~~*Chorus*~~~

We all know the side of the road

We should be driving on

And we don’t change the lane we’re in

Just because the paint is gone

So if someone’s coming at you

When the lines are clearly drawn

It’s time to shake yourself awake

Something is surely wrong

~~*~~

People struggle

Some fight the malice off

And some are tender

They’re delicate and lost

They live for lightness

Their innocence unfolds

When bad approaches

They can’t take what wicked holds...

Without a comrade

They recoil from the fight

Are overtaken

Another loss of life

~~~*Chorus*~~~

We all know the side of the road

We should be driving on

And we don’t change the lane we’re in

Just because the paint is gone

So if someone’s coming at you

When the lines are clearly drawn

It’s time to shake yourself awake

Something is surely wrong

~~*~~

Life is precious

So don’t forget to care

About the people

Who feel alone out there

You know they need you

Just look to see the signs

Offer your friendship

Be the beauty in their lives...

Bleed with compassion

For other human beings

Protect the fragile

From hardships that life brings

~~~*Chorus*~~~

We all know the side of the road

We should be driving on

And we don’t change the lane we’re in

Just because the paint is gone

So if someone’s coming at you

When the lines are clearly drawn

It’s time to shake yourself awake

Something is surely wrong

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

YOU

When I see the sky

All dark and grey

You say oh my friend

The miracle of rain

Waiting in line

I start to get mad

You smile and ask

About the day I had

In the flower beds

I curse the weeds

You explain the marvel

Of a tiny seed

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Right before I sleep

When I’m on my knees

I feel the tears of gratitude

For all that’s given me

And the one thing

I don’t forget to do...

Is to thank my Loving Father

For blessing me with you

~~*~~

The service was so bad

Down at the cafe

You said that poor girls

Had a rotten day

While I was seeing

A yard full of leaves

You were enchanted

By the maple trees

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

I don't know what I'd do 

Without your light my friend

And Lord I hope I never have to know

You make everything so wonderful in life

When I feel the dark descending 

You turn it away with hope

You're Sleeping Beauty's Kiss

You awaken life anew

Such a perfect Friend

God's Blessing for me

You

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Right before I sleep

When I’m on my knees

I feel the tears of gratitude

For all that’s given me

And the one thing

I don’t forget to do...

Is to thank my Loving Father

For blessing me with you

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013
~~My Awesome Friends~~

I LOVE YOU BLINDLY

(Woman sings)

Would you please ask me again

Back it up, and push replay

Lord tell me I was dreaming

That I didn't walk away

(man sings)
Would you please come back to me
Put the pressure in the past
For I am lost without you
Girl forget I ever asked

~~~*Chorus*~~~ 
I love you blindly
I can't see, can't find my way
I need you badly
I won't last another day
Oh you're my heartbeat
I beg you
Don't let it end
I love you blindly
Help me find my way again
~~*~~

(woman sings)
I think my heart is broken
Don't believe that I can breathe
I stayed in bed this morning
There's no point, when it's just me

(man sings)
I feel like I am dying
Tried to breathe, but there's no air
Thought I could reach out to you
But your boss said you weren't there

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I love you blindly
I can't see, can't find my way
I need you badly
I won't last another day
Oh you're my heartbeat
I beg you
Don't let it end
I love you blindly
Help me find my way again
~~*~~

(woman sings)
Oh Babe I wasn't ready
The truth is I'm scared to death
I'll change if I can keep you
All alone there's nothing left

(man sings)
Oh maybe I just scared you
And I pray it's not too late
Babe you can take forever
I won't let you walk away

~~~* Final Chorus*~~~
I love you blindly
Couldn't see or find my way
Needed you badly
Wouldn't last another day
Oh you're my heartbeat
There's no way
For this to end
I love you blindly
But I've found my way again
~~*~~

Hmm, hmm, hmm

I know you see...

I Love you blindly

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

A DADDY DEAL

I went to pick my date up

The dance started at eight

Her Daddy opened up the door

And put me in my place

He said that they aren't kidding 

When they mention Dads and guns

If this girl wasn't so special

I’d have turned around and run

He said you go straight to the dance

And don’t you leave that school 

I’ll put you in a body bag

If you don’t follow my rules

~~~*Chorus*~~~

It was so hot that the floor was burning

Underneath my feet

All I wanted was to dance with her

And all I got was heat

When I grow up I’m having daughters

When the time to have them comes

So my boys won’t have to deal with Daddies

Like my Father’s Son

~~*~~

She looked like a Goddess

Coming down the stairs

I wanted to kiss her badly

But her Daddy was right there

Her mama wanted pictures 

Of her daughter's special night

I went to put my arm around her

But I held them at my side

Her Daddy’s eyes said try it

But I couldn't take the chance

That he would twist my arm off

So that we would miss the dance

~~~*Chorus*~~~

It was so hot that the floor was burning

Underneath my feet

All I wanted was to dance with her

And all I got was heat

When I grow up I’m having daughters

When the time to have them comes

So my boys won’t have to deal with Daddies

Like my Father’s Son

~~*~~

Oh he left an impression

I could barely hold my date

All I saw were body bags

Surely not her pretty face

She said just take me home please

I’m getting used to this

I’ll call you in the morning

Go ahead give me a kiss

She said I know he scared you

And I’m sure he mentioned death

Daddy’s are protective

I said Yes, let me confess

~~~*Final Chorus*~~~

It was so hot that the floor was burning

Underneath my feet

All I wanted was to dance with you

And all I got was heat

When I grow up I’m having daughters

When the time to have them comes

So my boys won’t have to deal with Daddies

Like my Father’s Son

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013