Lyrics
Casino Man
Lady Luck smiles on him
Deals the cards, guides the Roulette wheel spins
He enjoys craps and can
Impress the ladies as Casino Man
High rollers wait for him
He may lose but more often wins
All of his drinks are on the house
A woman for each day, none are his spouse
He knows someday it will end
You can’t always trust that you’ll win
But until someone ends his hand
He enjoys the perks of being Casino Man
(The following verses sung as a round)
Orlando and Disney
Jesus and Constantine
One needs the other
Or why would we bother?
The world is in our brain
Not thinking keeps us sane
A new year is nigh
Expectations are sky high
Readings and liturgies
Reflect absurdities
2/3/23 (The Things Around Me)
You think it could only be me
Open my eyes and not see
Not to see
The things around me
But I know that everybody
They just don't want to see
The things around
Our little earth
But I know
The world will change
But I know
It looks like rain
The moon shines so very brightly
Makes it so hard to see
What is there behind
The brightness
You think it could only be me
Open my eyes and not see
The things around
Our beautiful universe
Sing Can Bird
You tell me that you’ve got everything you want
When you got rid of me
Bird can sing
I can take wing
Grab some precious things
Run but not hide from psychic pain
If I don’t get the time
To say the things
I should have said
A long time ago
Rain or shine I kept your
First letter in
An old shoe box
By my pillow
If my sands all run out
As they will no doubt
At least I tried
To let you know
Got a good reason
To walk what I write on paper
In the field of war
You’d better have more than just vapor
The more I learn
The less I know
In the psychic world
You only possess if you let go
Just how good
Is your walk?
In the wicked wind
You’ll fall if all was just talk
I want to understand the brain
It is driving me insane!
Where does biochemistry end
And the mind begin
My body seems to be so dense
But its atoms are in a cosmic dance
Why did God do things this way?
If not I wouldn’t be here today
I AM looking for the wow factor
And enlightenment is getting nearer
To see the wonder of mysticism
Just to look in the mirror
Last Poem
Nothing seems the same
Life is so lame
Life is one big game
The illusions in the world today
Just won’t go away
They refuse to slip away
The world has gone mad
The good memories that we had
Have all gone bad
I must confess
This world is such a mess
One big crazy swirl
In this crazy world
I keep carrying this load in my quest
To find what is best
Yet I keep falling down
As I drop the crown
No matter how hard I try
I try not to cry
The tears continue to fall
As I bang my head against the wall
When my final day is done
And I have won
I can rest in peace and harmony
And I will see
My victory
No more tears to cry
I will finally understand why
The truth has found my eyes
Vacation
Woke up I want to get away
I just need a brief vacay
Somewhere , anywhere, nowhere far
I hate airlines so I took my car
I went to Malibu
Hurricane's pounding the beach
GPS-ed Orlando and headed East
The drive's too long so I gave up on Disney
Trying to relax ain’t easy
Darn if this ain’t a big nation
You burn petrol on vacation
Check my account, oh crap!
Tank near E, might not get back
Stopped in St. Clair
waiting for a check to clear
Bank said 7 days, oh dear!
At a roadside diner I buy root beer
Guess my vacation is gonna be here
Vacation ...
I got the news this morning
My friend died without warning
And I’ll spend the day mourning him
Life is as precious as a flower
I try to live in the hour
And I ask the universe to bless my family and friends
