PRINCESS OF THE DUNES

She dressed up like a Princess
In flowing silks and crown
Put on every jewel she owned
Silver sandals she had found
Commanded the winds on high
To cover up her tracks
Walked into the desert with no 
Plans on coming back

~~~*Chorus*~~~
She hailed herself to be
Princess of the dunes
The wind, her admirers
Whom she blew kisses to 
Visions of the worship
Devoted masses bowed
She would throw her jewels for the 
Children in the crowd
~~*~~

Dancing with the phantoms
A mirage of swaying hands
Blindly going forward
Eyes closed against the sand
In her mind she heard them sing
Moved to their haunting tunes
Silk clinging to her body the 
Princess of the dunes

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
They found her in the desert
Lying in the sand
Dressed in yards of silk
Old jewelry in her hands
Seems that she'd been smiling
Even though her reign was through
Died with her loyal subjects the 
Princess of the dunes
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
She hailed herself to be
Princess of the dunes
The wind, her admirers
Whom she blew kisses to 
Visions of the worship
Devoted masses bowed
She would throw her jewels for the 
Children in the crowd
~~*~~

~~*Finale*~~
Seems that she'd been smiling
Even though her reign was through
Died with her loyal subjects the 
Princess of the dunes
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

NOTHING IN THERE

You say you want to know me better
I say no you don’t
I tell you to find some other girl
You say no I won’t

Listen to me
I am despair
There’s nothing in there!

I feel like I have lived forever
When I’m looking back
I cannot afford to let you in
I gave all I had

You can try to force your way inside
But you will enter blind
Into a vacant, void of darkness
With nothing there to find

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Why don’t you tell me

How deeply do you want to see

My heart is an endless cavern

It echoes back what I don’t need

Chambers of laughter

That it once contained

Are hollows of heartache

Walls built out of pain

Listen to me

Avoid despair

There’s nothing in there!

~~*~~

Now you’re claiming that you understand

I say no you don’t

Say I’ll love you if I only try

I say no I won’t

Listen to me

I don’t care

There’s nothing in there!

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

You tell me

 I am not alive

If I have no love inside

To wake up, and quit playing dead
~~*~~

I agree

That I have died

I’m just a body biding time

At least I have nothing to dread

There’s no despair

With nothing in there

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Why don’t you tell me

How deeply do you want to see

My heart is an endless cavern

It echoes back what I don’t need

Chambers of laughter

That it once contained

Are hollows of heartache

Walls built out of pain

Listen to me

Avoid despair

There’s nothing in there!

~~*~~

You just don’t care

When nothing’s in there

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright © 2013

WEEP FOR THE CHILDREN

Weep
If you want to weep
Weep for the Children
~~*~~

Children, they are innocent
Vulnerable, naive
They need love and attention
Protection, serenity
So many children suffer
From intolerance and pain
People with cold, empty hearts
They are the ones to blame

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Weep for the children
Deprived of love and care
Grieve for the babies
Who will perish in despair
Weep for the children
And do your part today
Weep for the children
Help deliver them from pain
Weep for the children
~~*~~
Heavy-hearted children
With sorrow in their eyes
Wincing with each movement
Of the ones who gave them life
Reaching for a drop of
Any warmth that they can find
Hands returning hopeless
Discarded, left behind

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
If everyone who has a heart
Could find a way to do their part
Give promises which they intend to keep
There wouldn't be so many children
Children who invoke our need to weep
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Weep for the children
Deprived of love and care
Grieve for the babies
Who will perish in despair
Weep for the children
And do your part today
Weep for the children
Help deliver them from pain
Weep for the children
~~*~~
~~~*~~~
If you want to weep
Weep for the children
~~*~~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

I WON'T FOLLOW

Don't you shake your head

Don't you tell me no

Take your leash and leave

No...

I won't follow

You're a hustling fraud

And you got me good

With your pretty looks 

Like you knew you would

Yeah...

I was crawling low

When I followed

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Man, I won't trail your heels

Like your little pet

While I still have some sense 

Of my self respect

It's the only thing

You haven't taken yet

God knows you didn't have far to go..

There wasn't far to go

When I followed

~~*~~

You just back away

Don't you touch me now

Or you'll exceed the bounds

Of all I will allow

Leave, get lost, just go....

No...

I won't follow

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Only a fool would follow you

And I wasn't raised as one

Yeah, it was close, it was touch and go

On what I would become

So many stones were thrown

When I followed

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Man, I won't trail your heels

Like your little pet

While I still have some sense 

Of my self respect

It's the only thing

You haven't taken yet

God knows you didn't have far to go..

There wasn't far to go

When I followed

~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~

Elation for tomorrows

On this road I've cleared of sorrow

Yeah...

Oh Yeah...

I didn't follow

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

ABOVE ALL (A Wedding Song...Father/Daughter Dance)

Here we are, on the dance floor, little girl

Where I... should have so much to say

I can sum... it all up.. in one emotion

I have loved you... loved you every day

From the moment... I held you... as a baby

You have been...the center of my world

I just gave... you away...as a woman

But with this dance, right now you are

My little girl...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Above all

Baby just be happy

Let your eyes shine

Always choose a smile

Share the light 

I saw shimmer in you

The moment you joined him

Down the aisle

~~*~~

As we dance...I can see you...little girl

And I'm so proud... of the woman... whom I know

I believe...your new life...will make you happy

He's a good man, or I wouldn't let you go

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Above all

Just know your Daddy loves you

And we will dance again I promise you

Now go

Be with the man you've married

Love each other as you've vowed to do

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Above all

Baby just be happy

Let your eyes shine

Always choose a smile

Share the light 

I saw shimmer in you

The moment you joined him

Down the aisle

~~*~~

Above all...

Baby just be happy

~~~*~~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

NO LIFELINE

She spun her web so fine
I couldn't see it
A barrier to shadow her disguise
I am tangled in it far too deeply
There's no escape
My heart's been compromised
She used love
As a brilliant maneuver
I'm the casualty she has claimed
Once I was entwined
And saw the truth arise
I was too addicted to feel shamed

~~~*Chorus*~~~
She wove her web
Flawless over time
An exquisite trap
No lifeline
~~*~~

There's no outside, of her web
For this prisoner
Obsessive thirst and aches 
Stake their claim
These yearnings 
This sick infatuation
Demand I bear the hunger 
I remain

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
When everything inside, feels crowded, so confined
When the hurting fires are on the rise
My body finally tires, no freedom from desire
I'm her captive, and there's no lifeline
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
She wove her web
Flawless over time
An exquisite trap
No lifeline
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright© 2013

YOU EXIST FOR ME

Yeah, baby, you’re good looking
Oh, you do sweet things for me
Wonder if you’d blush or get a rush
Oh... how I see you in my dreams

So enticing for the hungry
The aura you assume
A presence I can clearly sense
When you walk into the room

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You’re anything but typical
Such a fiercely burning flame
And I get downright fanciful
At the mention of your name
My mind and body both agree
Ah...that you've enchanted me
Yeah…
You exist for me
~~*~~

You know that I can’t help it
With illusions so intense
This Insanity comes over me
And your appeal is my defense

~~~*Lyrical Bridge *~~~
No soul, on earth, could perceive
What your existence does for me
To hell with sensibility
When mind and body both agree
You exist for me
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You’re anything but typical
Such a fiercely burning flame
And I get downright fanciful
At the mention of your name
My mind and body both agree
Ah...that you've enchanted me
Yeah…
You exist for me
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright © 2013

OLD DREAMS

I locked it up, I hold the key 
I suffocated memories 
By finally breaking free
Of my past 
Didn't plan on looking back  

When you asked me to share your life 
Wondered what I left behind 
I told you not a thing
I can use  
I won’t let the painful through

I sighed…
Old dreams
Old dreams are all you’ll find

~~~*Chorus*~~~
The little girl who cried a lot
Insecure, hopelessly lost
The teen, so full of dreams
That slowly died
Mistakes I made, just growing up
Bad love that made believing tough
That’s why I left that life
So far behind
Old dreams...
Old dreams are all you’ll find
~~*~~

You kissed my ear, and whispered soft
Love, those dreams are never lost
It’s when you give them up
That they die
Baby bring those dreams to life

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
I've unlocked it
I’m dealing with the past
Living it, devoid of love
Was all that made it bad
I can even laugh at things
That I once labeled sad
My new dreams, are my old dreams
I just had to want them back
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
The little girl who cried a lot
Insecure, hopelessly lost
The teen, so full of dreams
That slowly died
Mistakes I made just growing up
Bad love that made believing tough
That’s why I left that life
So far behind
Old dreams are all you’ll find
~~*~~
But old dreams
Old dreams revived
Old dreams can be new dreams
They just need redefined
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright ©2013

WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME

When Fall comes, and the tree is done

I want to gather up the leaves  

And put them back

The majesty doesn't seem complete 

For the barren, lonely tree 

Like hearts with cracks

Somehow they both are undefined 

Desolate, and left behind 

There is no draw

Eyes seek perfection naturally

Avoid the blemished, empty tree

And hearts with flaws

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Don't look too deep...

When you look at me...

I'm sure my heart is nothing

Nothing you want to see

Don't look too deep

When you look at me

~~*~~

The birth of Spring, it always brings

The slight bitterness, of envy, into light

It's so unreal

That I would relent, even consent

To begrudge an injured tree

It's chance to heal

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

On the outside, I can be

As pretty as, the tree in spring

The surface never shows

What I hold back

All that I lack

Underneath it, deep inside

Oh take a look, and you will find

The damage that will prove

I'm not intact

My heart is cracked

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Don't look too deep...

When you look at me...

I'm sure my heart is nothing

Nothing you want to see

Don't look too deep

When you look at me

~~*~~

Oh when you look at me...

Don't look too deep

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

I'M NOT GONNA BE THE NICE GUY ANYMORE

The window, it was shattered

So I crept into my house

The note said

You go ahead

And open up your mouth

Well I could feel the impact

Of that brick smashing my floor

I'm not gonna be the nice guy anymore...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I'm not rolling over

I'm not playing dead

I don't take it kindly

There's a price out on my head

I will always fight

For what is right

Give me what you've got in store

 I'm not gonna be the nice guy anymore

~~*~~

Doesn't matter what I've witnessed

You just need to know it's wrong

And that devious people

Have been doing it too long

I'm an advocate 

For the weak

Righteous bleeds from my pores

I'm not gonna be the nice guy anymore

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Nice guys finish last

I am sick and tired of that

I am thee enforcer, step aside

I don't plan to lose this time

No, not gonna lose this time

You want it, now you've got it

Here's your war

I'm not gonna be the nice guy anymore

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I'm not rolling over

I'm not playing dead

I don't take it kindly

There's a price out on my head

I will always fight 

For what is right

Give me what you've got in store

I'm not gonna be the nice guy anymore

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

ALL HALLOWS' EVE

Screams in the dark, that you can't trace

Blood on the moon, and open graves

Frightening tales that death lives on

Blackened swamps, fogs dance upon

Abandoned houses boarded up

Full of vengeful ghosts, and stuff

What you believe, if anything

Comes to life All Hallows' Eve

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Ooo ooo ooo

Insanity is breaking through

Bare your necks, and grab your brooms

The wolf is howling at the moon

Total darkness follows soon

Challenge those who taint your dreams

Ooo ooo ooo

All Hallows' Eve

~~*~~

Cauldrons, spirits, heads that turn

Protective fires, witches burn

Dracula and Frankenstein

Purgatory, Church bells chime

Rites of passage, spinning beds

Sign of the cross, and walking dead

What you believe, if anything

Comes to life All Hallows' Eve

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Dress any way you want to

Show your creative style

Be the creature of your nightmares

Or express your inner child

Take and give, be dead or live

Oh, anything you please

The hounds are free.....

All Hallows' Eve

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Ooo ooo ooo

Insanity is breaking through

Bare your necks, and grab your brooms

The wolf is howling at the moon

Total darkness follows soon

Challenge those who taint your dreams

Ooo ooo ooo

All Hallows' Eve

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013
~~Aunt Suzy~~

HONOR HASN'T LEFT US YET

As the country’s suffocating

Bathed in the power’s filthy greed

The multitudes are joining

To give our Brothers what they need

We revile oppressive blankets

Keep each other housed and fed

We’ll not fall under the pressure

But will choose kinship instead

~~~*Chorus*~~~

We can smile

We still laugh

The dependent

Cannot claim that

Try to drown us

Choke our spirit

With the senseless

Doom of threat

We’re determined

We will not fold

Live what you

Choose to forget

Honor hasn't left us yet

~~*~~

Do you not think it ironic

You call the users your trustees

Do you not think it’s immoral

They abuse the funds you need

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Those who built this country

Before all amenities

Would view our convenience

As the sovereign on their knees

They would demand the simple truth

Not sink below the stage

Command the performance

And avenge us for the shame

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

We can smile

We still laugh

The dependent

Cannot claim that

Try to drown us

Choke our spirit

With the senseless

Doom of threat

We’re determined

We will not fold

Live what you

Choose to forget

Honor hasn't left us yet

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright © 2013

MESSING UP MY LIFE

I saw him Monday morning

By his locker in the hall

Walked by me like a stranger

With no contact at all

My Daddy introduced him

To the way that fear ignites

Two hours past my Curfew

On our date Friday night

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You will suffer, if you touch her

Not a single hand

I will shoot you , like a varmint

Drop you where you stand

Burning rubber, on the concrete

Ripping from the drive

My Daddy, oh sweet Daddy

You're messing up my life

~~*~~

When I had finished high school

I thought college would change my luck

But Daddy had to drive me

In his bad-a** truck

I couldn't disrespect him

When the cops were on the way

You don't mention guns on campus

You don't threaten guys that way

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

There are many kinds of Fathers

You can flip a coin

Mine will go to jail

Just to prove a point

You don't touch his Daughter

No one even tries

Daddy, oh sweet Daddy

You're messing up my life

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You will suffer, if you touch her

Not a single hand

I will shoot you , like a varmint

Drop you where you stand

Burning rubber, on the concrete

Ripping from the drive

My Daddy, oh sweet Daddy

You're messing up my life

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

THE OTHER

Are you desperate
Do you even know
I heard you've lost it
That it's touch and go

A sensitive dilemma
That your drifting through
Is this a bad time to ask
If I can substitute

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I'll be the other
The one you don't speak of
A temporary surrogate
A mock stand-in for love
I'll be her double
Your confidant and lover
Yeah....
I'll be the other
~~*~~

Once you've played me
You won't let me go
A new found balance
Redeems fragile hope

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
I'll take you on the rebound
When your guard is thin
Handle the game gently
As I pull you in
I'll be the proxy baby
Your best friend
When you can't live without me
Then this other wins
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I'll be the other
The one you don't speak of
A temporary surrogate
A mock stand-in for love
I'll be her double
Your confidant and lover
Yeah....
I'll be the other
~~*~~

You can trust me
I'll help you recover
Until I am the victor
I'll be the other
Yeah...
I'll be the other
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

WHAT'D YOU DO

Oooh, oooh, oooh... 
What'd you do
Don't avoid the question
Just tell me the truth
We are bound together
So I am in this too
You know that I love you
What'd you do...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Whatever you have done

You can tell me

Whatever it is 

End your doubts

We 

Are 

In 

This together

Whatever it is

We'll work it out

~~*~~

Why why why
The sad eyes
You're withdrawn and quiet
Drowning in your lies
It helps when you surrender
Give up what you've denied
I'm here when you decide
Love applies

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

So many people on this earth

Underestimate their worth

And we all make mistakes

Like humans do

Just tell the truth

We'll make it through

I am in this too

What'd you do

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Whatever you have done

You can tell me

Whatever it is 

End your doubts

We 

Are 

In 

This together

Whatever it is

We'll work it out

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

GET TO ME

I guess it doesn't work to tell you 

That I've had enough

I guess that you don't give a rip 

My life's already tough

I guess you won't be happy till

I am on my knees

Well I hope you hold your breath girl

I won't let you get to me

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You Have to open up your mouth

And talk till I see red

I've already wished that 

Lightening would strike you dead

Well, it's not going to happen

So I'll just do this instead

I'll forget you, I won't let you

Keep messing with my head

~~*~~

Maybe you're too dumb to notice

That nobody cares

How you cover up your own mistakes

With the lies that you share

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

If I don't let you hurt me anymore

If I remind myself 

Exactly what you are

Will you finally give up 

If you are ignored

So my peaceful life without you

Can finally be restored

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You have to open up your mouth

And talk till I see red

I've already wished that 

Lightening would strike you dead

Well, it's not going to happen

So I'll just do this instead

I'll forget you, I won't let you

Keep messing with my head

~~*~~

~~~Finale~~~

The past is the past girl

Please just let it be

I'm not going to let you...

Let you get to me

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013

WASTED GIFTS

On one side of the highway there's a mansion

It looks like a great castle on the hill

On the other, a family with a farmhouse

Five horses and a tractor in the field

As a child, I always chose the mansion

So impressive to the untrained mind

As a teen, I fell in love with the farmhouse

I grew up, the castle stayed behind

~~~*Chorus*~~~

I never saw a soul

Enjoy that house of stone

They were shadows in the lights at night

The farm was always busy

With people in and out

Family that brought the place to life

Some people, they turn old

But their minds don't ever grow

That is why they don't know what I know

Life is a wasted gift

If you don't truly live

The house of stone has never been a home

~~*~~

On one side of the highway, they are living

On the other, they hide from the world

Are you like them or me, bright shiny plastic beads

Or a distant string of cultured pearls

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

I guess I'll always want the macaroni necklace

I wear it with my diamonds everywhere

Pictures of my boys, playing outside with their toys

And my girls with ribbons in their hair

I am thankful for this life

It is such a precious gift

It's the best ya'll !

It's the best when you know how to live

~~*~~

~~~~*Chorus*~~~

I never saw a soul

Enjoy that house of stone

They were shadows in the lights at night

The farm was always busy

With people in and out

Family that brought the place to life

Some people, they turn old

But their minds don't ever grow

That is why they don't know what I know

Life is a wasted gift

If you don't truly live

The house of stone has never been a home

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2013