GREATEST FAN

Willie never once let his team down

He was loyal since he was a boy

He was not ashamed, they rarely won a game

Not even when they got destroyed

He'd holler from the bleachers, it's alright guys

Scream above the booing crowd

It's okay, you did your best, ya'll give it a rest

We'll get them the next time around

You all tried 

You did fine

We'll get em next time

~~~*Chorus*~~~

We'll get em next time

Don't you lose your faith

Your fans are with you

Know how hard you've played

You're all awesome

You won't always be behind

Cause you're all winners

You'll get em next time

~~*~~

Willie knew the names of every player

All men connected to his team

The stadium guards, would take his handmade cards

For the player's gains or injuries

He was never late, and he never missed a game

Oh man, to hear him, when they won

He yelled above the roar, You gave them what for

You whomped them, every Mother's Son

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

The team took Willie to his last game

Flew him to the Superbowl

He said it's about time that we got here

Ya'll know I'm getting pretty old

I love you all like my children

Proud of you for getting here

Now get yourselves out on the field boys

I feel the sudden need to cheer

~~*~~

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~

We'll get em this time

Yeah, I have the faith

This fan is with you

Now get out there and play

You're all awesome

So go kick their behinds

You're all winners

You'll get em this time

~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~

53 players and their families

All the coaches, and their staff

were there to say goodbye to Willie

The day they lost their greatest fan

~~*~~

Above the field every home game

Flashing in neon lights

It say's 

Hey Willie man

Our greatest fan

We'll get em this time

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com

Copyright© 2014

A MAN OF MEANS

The small dive that we live in

Isn't quaint, it isn't sweet

The water pipes are rusty

And sometimes there is no heat

The wedding band he gave me

Always turns my finger green

My Friends can’t see

They beg me please

Girl, find a man of means

~~~*Chorus*~~~

But oh… he loves me

Like no other could

Doesn't matter when you see the man

He is always looking good

Some guys have bad tempers

Their hearts pumping with cold

His is a volcano

Erupting liquid gold

Always out to please...

Everything to me...

 A man of means

~~*~~

He fixes our old car up

Every time that it breaks down

Pays all of our bills on time

Though, I swear, I don’t know how

He’s never missed a day of work

Down at the factory

So girls, you tell me

What is a man of means

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Because to me…
It's a shoulder I can lean on

A hand that I can hold

No games or little secrets

Believing him for what is told

Raw attraction and satisfaction

Yeah, he’s got everything

I don’t need a millionaire

When I've got a man of means

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Oh yeah… he loves me

Like no other could

Doesn't matter when you see the man

He is always looking good

Some guys have bad tempers

Their hearts pumping with cold

His is a volcano

Erupting liquid gold

Always out to please

Everything to me

A man of means

~~*~~

~*Finale*~

Keep your mansion, spoiled kids

Competition, rotten things you've hid

Servants, jewelry, all the frills

Therapy, the booze and pills

Yeah, all the phony things

You think you need

Live your lies, deceit

All high on greed

I've got the only thing
I’ll ever need

A man of means…
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON

From the day your precious life began

The first time that you looked at me

And I touched your tiny hand

Through the years, watching you grow

As your Mother, I've always known

What a wonderful man 

You would become

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Son

~~*~~

~~~*~~~

Happy Birthday to my Son

On this day you turn 18

I couldn't be more proud of

The man you've grown to be

~~*~~

~~~*~~~

I thank you for the laughter

Even the times of tears

For the bond of friendship

That's deepened through the years

For everything you've given

To enrich this family

Happy Birthday to my Son

The very best of me

~~*~~

~~~*~~~

Happy Birthday to my Son

On this day you turn 18

I couldn't be more proud of

The man you've grown to be

~~*~~

~~*~~
It won't matter through the years
The time, the growth, the age
My Love for you, this Mother's view
Sweet boy, will never change
~~*~~

Happy Birthday Son

I Love You Logan 

Forever & Always,

Mom 

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

BORN TO FLY

The "Lady of the lamp"   

Tended wounded souls    

Installed devotion to       

Make the broken whole    

The solution to a soldier's needs  

She was born to fly 

To make history

He was a President   

Leader of the States    

A fine and honest man

Bent on freeing slaves

He was a force for what he believed

He was born to fly 

to make history

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Some are born to fly

And they don't give up

fight until they die

To see what's right is done

You will never know

If you can't decide

Were you born to try

Were you born to fly

~~*~~

Her mission was to serve

Give the hopeless hope

No one was turned away

The drownings' safety rope

She was God's gift to humanity

She was born to fly 

To make history

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Were you born to fly

To make a difference here

Do you want to try

Is your calling clear

You can walk through life

Or you can decide

to rise above the rest

Were you born to fly

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Some are born to fly

And they don't give up

fight until they die

To see what's right is done

You will never know

If you can't decide

Were you born to try

Were you born to fly

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

YOU ARE RIGHT

Do you think that you are perfect

Do you think that you are hot

Do you think that all the ladies

Are after what you've got

Do you think I'm leaving with you

When we've only met tonight

Let me tell you what I'm thinking

I am thinking you are right

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Ooh, you can dance, have a sexy glance

Big shoulders and small hips

Dark curly hair, savoir faire

Six feet, with nice full lips

I'm blushing pink, thinking what I think

Same thing I've thought all night

You think that you are perfect

I'm thinking you are right

~~*~~

If there's no such thing as perfect

 You're as close as it can be

You made me, wake up and see

And that's not an easy feat

Do you think that I am thirsty

Oh, for you to hold me tight

Let me tell you what I'm thinking

I am thinking you are right

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Oh...take me home, I live alone
And I'll worship you tonight
You think that you are perfect
And I'm thinking you are right
Oh...here we go, sexy and slow
Hearts racing through the night
Now you think that I am perfect
 I'll convince you that you're right
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Ooh, you can dance, have a sexy glance

Big shoulders and small hips

Dark curly hair, savoir faire

Six feet, with nice full lips

I'm blushing pink, thinking what I think

Same thing I've thought all night

You think that you are perfect

I'm thinking you are right

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyrightt© 2014

LET HATE GO

Gripping his Bible in shaking hands
Loving eyes locked on the dying man
He believed him
Convinced he'd told the truth
That he was innocent
With nothing left to lose

~~~*1st Chorus*~~~
No man should ever die
Rage locked up inside
Never letting go
Hating life for life
Doesn't matter at all
If it's justified
No...People...No...
Misguided souls
Don't leave this life 
Until you've let hate go
~~*~~

The man forgave them
All who'd let him drown
found that he could breathe
With his chains unbound

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

On life's out-of-control, merry-go-round

Sometimes, as it circles, you will be let down

No one ever promised you'd be safe and sound

Lose the weight of hate

Laugh and ride it out
~~*~~

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~
Cause you don't want to die
Rage locked up inside
Never letting go
Hating life for life
Doesn't matter at all
If it's justified
NO... PEOPLE
NO....
Misguided souls
Don't leave this life 
Until you've let hate go
~~*~~

DON'T LEAVE THIS LIFE
UNTIL YOU'VE LET HATE GO...

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

LONGER NIGHTS

When attraction is mutual
There's nothing hotter, more sensual
Than being a lover to
The parallel of you

Far beyond the butterflies
Almost painful, It feels so right
The only thing you need...
All you need....
Mmm Longer nights

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Longer nights...
Longer nights, combining bodies
Though you can't get close enough
Longer nights of whispered secrets
That won't go beyond your love
Fusing lips, forging a kiss
That bears you to new heights...
All you need...
All you need...
Mmm Longer nights
~~*~~

When the chemistry is absolute
The passion flames, the fire acute
Never been so much alive...
Wishing that you had more time...
The only thing you need
All you need...
Mmm Longer nights

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Yeah longer nights.... 
You need longer nights
More time together
When it feels so right
All you need
All you need....
 Mmm Longer nights
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Longer nights...
Longer nights combining bodies
Though you can't get close enough
Longer nights of whispered secrets
That won't go beyond your love
Fusing lips, forging a kiss
That bears you to new heights...
All you need...
All you need...
Mmm Longer nights
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

FOLLOW THE SUN

I don't do gloomy days

I feel down when it rains

Cry when the skies aren't blue.....
It's not the weather
That breaks my heart
It's recalling losing you

~~~*Chorus*~~~
To keep myself from shutting down
I follow 
Follow the sun around
I've hit Redding
Aruba
Jamaica and Bermuda
Las Vegas
Barbados
Phoenix, down to Yuma
Since you've been gone
Baby all I've done
Is follow...
Follow the sun
~~*~~

Goodbye to dismal days
Tears that merge with rain
Welcome to the skies of blue.....
It's not the weather
That broke my heart
Lover, it was losing you

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Losing you...
The stormy day...
The crash, the call
All-consuming pain
The frantic heart
Conscious death had won
The urge to leave
Follow the sun
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
To keep myself from shutting down
I follow 
Follow the sun around
I've hit Redding
Aruba
Jamaica and Bermuda
Las Vegas
Barbados
Phoenix, down to Yuma
Since you've been gone
Baby all I've done
Is follow...
Follow the sun
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

BEAUTY OF THE SUN

I wake up just to watch the sun rise

Filter through the filigree

Of lacy clouds, that grace the sky

Resembling an angel's wings

I start the day out right

With the sunrise

~~*~~

~~~*1st Chorus*~~~

When it's overcast, and the sun is lost

I wander like a ship off shore

Finally find my way, back to faithful banks

It makes me love it that much more

Days are made...

Dreams are spun...

Beauty of the sun

~~*~~

I stay up just to watch the sunset

Majestic view of evening bliss

Brilliant red, yellow, orange, and pink

Barely breathing through the awe of it

Yeah my day's perfect end

Is a sunset

~~*~~

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~

When it's overcast, and the sun is lost

I wander like a ship off shore

Finally find my way, back to faithful banks

It makes me love it that much more

Nights are made...

Dreams are spun...

Beauty of the sun

~~*~~

Beauty of the sun...

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

LEARN TO LAUGH

I can't believe you told me not to laugh

It almost got you slapped

But I can't do that 

Laughter is the best thing that I have

~~*~~

 I won't let you bring me down

Keep your patent on that frown

I love being happy, so I laugh

A simple fact

What's wrong with that

~~*~~

I put stickers on my notes

Wear silly pins on all my clothes

Buy those crazy socks with toes

Cross my eyes, and twitch my nose

A well known fact

I love to laugh

~~*~~

I have today to make the best of life

Why cry and be sad

I have to try

Laughter's what makes me feel alive

~~*~~

 I won't let you bring me down

 keep your patent on that frown

I love being happy, so I laugh

A simple fact

What's wrong with that

~~*~~

I draw faces on my mirrors

Ride my brake, and grind my gears

People stare, some shake a fist

So I smile, and blow a kiss

Yeah, that's a fact

I love to laugh

~~*~~

Don't ever tell me not to laugh

There is something wrong with that

If you want to be happy

Learn to laugh 

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright©2014

BEYOND YOURSELF

If you can't see...

Beyond yourself...

How can you love...

Somebody else

If you are first...

In everything...

Professing love...

Won't mean a thing
Just a bunch of lies to me
*
Sure wish that you could see

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Narcissus was an empty shell
Always staring at himself
If you can't look on past the view
The only one you love is you
~~*~~

You cannot spare...
Your precious time...
To help a friend...
Out of a bind
You think that you're...
The only one...
Whom we should aid...
When things need done
That's not the way that hearts are won
*
I'm sorry you're so numb

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
You make me want to put on my beat-you-gloves
Sense-knocking tools about the rules of love
I wouldn't have the time it takes to get them laced
Before you run to protect that pretty face
~~*~~
It's better if you run away
*

You are far too vain

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Narcissus was an empty shell
Always staring at himself
If you can't look on past the view
The only one you love is you
~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~
Beyond yourself
Does not compute
The only one 
You love is you
Selfishness is a lonely Hell
You must see beyond yourself
Beyond yourself
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

TESTIFIED

Johnny Marshal's trial was set

For the tenth of June

He had nine deaths on his hands

And folks to answer to

No Attorney wanted near him

The judge said it's the law

For the first time in his courtroom

Lawyers were drawing straws

Sam De Luca drew the short one

Felt his blood chill inside

The others said they'd help him

But relief was in their eyes

They warned him...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Don't ever let a Mother testify

Someone on that jury's

Going to cave in when she cries

Please, I beg you

Don't let my baby die

~~*~~

The tenth of June couldn't come too soon

De Luca looked like Hell

The courtroom was overflowing

And the hatred you could smell

They thought that Sam had lost it

When half way through the trial

He called on Johnny's Mother

Looked at them all, and smiled

They'd warned him...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

Don't ever let a Mother testify

Someone on that jury's

Going to cave in when she cries

Please, I beg you

Don't let my baby die

~~*~~

Johnny shifted in his chair

When his Ma turned to him and stared

Then nodded to the Jury, and raised her hand

Then she looked at Sam

He said if convicted 

Johnny Marshal will be hung

Tell me about your Son, ma'am

Start back when he was young

There was no fond look in her eyes

She opened up and testified

Said he was explosive as a child

And as he grew, other people knew

To lock their doors, and hide, when he went wild

Now he's like a vile wind

Doesn't blow things clean

Just evil in

I'm not going to plead you for his life

I've testified

Johnny Marshal hung his head

Said I change my plea, every word I said

I'm as guilty as Mama testified

 Mama doesn't lie

She testified

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

EVERYTHING HE LOVES

He said, it's okay to cry

Wiped the tears off of my cheeks

Ah...such a tender moment

That I didn't try to speak

He said, I'll be right back
Honey wait right here
I sat down on the bed
He returned to brush my hair

~~~*Chorus*~~~
No, he's not above
Doing the things I love
And he shows me that he does
Constantly
Oh, he knows me
Yes, he knows me
Ladies
Ladies listen up
This is love
~~*~~

He helps me keep the house clean
And he cooks if I work late
We take turns picking the movies
Choosing where we'll spend our dates

He tells me I look pretty
Even when I know I don't
He could find someone better
But I'm just as sure he won't

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
He never promised me the world
Just to be my other half
He's gone beyond my every dream
Giving me much more than that
He puts me above...
Everything he loves
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
No, he's not above
Doing the things I love
And he shows me that he does
Constantly
Oh, he knows me
Yes, he knows me
Ladies
Ladies listen up
This is love
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

WOUNDED LIVES

They're surrounded by their secrets

But unforgotten are their truths

Bone weary, keeping up

Hiding all that they've been through

But to let somebody in
To bare all that there once was
So hard now, been too long
Settle for what they've become

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Wounded lives
Blending, like chameleons, with the crowds
Shattered bad, trying to get past
The nightmares they have lived out
Where life's been unkind, you'll find
Wounded lives
~~*~~

Their secrets do not hurt a soul
They're simply a protective shield
To block out prying minds
And to hold in unshed tears

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
No, a secret can't be called a lie
Not in the eyes of wounded lives
Don't step in and twist the knife
Love them, hold them, give them time
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Wounded lives
Blending, like chameleons, with the crowds
Shattered bad, trying to get past
The nightmares they have lived out
Where life's been unkind, you'll find
Wounded lives
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

DON'T MAKE ME

Don't make me crawl
Knowing that I love you
Oh so much
Instill the fear
I will have to live 
Without your touch

Don't make me walk
Make me walk behind you
It's just wrong
And life's too short
Yeah...
Life's too short
To tag along

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You build a burning fire together
To heat you through the trials you weather
Bond side by side 
As one 
Be twice as strong
Cause life's too short
Yeah...
Life's too short
To tag along
~~*~~

Don't make me wait
Leave me to burn 
As a single flame
Left all alone
I swear to you 
Nothing will remain

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Girl restore me
To your side where I belong
Life's too short
Don't make me tag along
Rekindle the fire
Match me flame for flame
Girl don't make me
Don't make me turn away
Please....
Oh, Please...
Don't make me
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
You build a burning fire together
To heat you through the trials you weather
Bond side by side 
As one
Be twice as strong
Cause life's too short
Yeah...
Life's too short
To tag along
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014

NOTHING BUT YOU

Oh....

See the reflection

The sunset, on the river, leaves me breathless

So close to perfect

That it makes me laugh

What beauty, in this life, compares to that

Mmm

See the mountains

The Aspen, on the incline, seem on fire

So deep the colors

That it makes me laugh

What beauty, in this life, compares to that

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You...

Inside and out

With no reservations

Without a single doubt

You, are beauty, through and through

What compares to these wonders, but you

Nothing

Nothing but you 

~~*~~

ooh...

These wildflowers

The brilliance, of the petals, are superior

So rich the glory 

That it makes me laugh

What beauty, in this life, compares to that

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

You're my laughter

A thrill I can't contain

Every time I see you

My eyes appreciate

The light behind the smile

The fact you're unaware

Only God's true wonders

With you, can compare

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You...

Inside and out

With no reservations

Without a single doubt

You, are beauty, through and through

What compares to these wonders, but you

Nothing

Nothing but you 

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014
~~~*Donna*~~~

THERE WILL COME A DAY

Captain Henry docked the vessel 
All was disguised by waves
Inside the village, natives slept
Like bodies in their graves

Asha was the Chieftain's daughter
She was spellbound by the sea
She wandered the water's edge
While the rest of them would sleep

She came upon them innocent
Occupied in reveries
The ship sailed from the coastline
Echoing the fading screams...

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Cruelty on the ocean
Set future deeds in motion
Fools to think that
They would never pay
Ruthless does not fathom
The dauntless strength of passion
Born of a mind 
Turned by rage and pain
But there would come a day
~~*~~

Captain Henry claimed the captive
Her beauty could not be masked
Blindly gave her to his Sons
And to any man who asked

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Pity died on open seas
Revenge grabs it's fortuity
A Father's pride
His precious Sons
One by one 
Their day would come
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
Cruelty on the ocean
Set future deeds in motion
Fools to think that
They would never pay
Ruthless does not fathom
The dauntless strength of passion
Born of a mind 
Turned by rage and pain
But there would come a day
~~*~~

~~~*Finale*~~~
Kismet, Karma, Juju, Fate
Remember, there will come a day
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright© 2014
Human Trafficking
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