DYING TO BE READ
DYING TO BE READ
THE PERFECT RHYME
CHAPTER ONE
All My Life I've Been Searching
For The Perfect Rhyme
Through The Seasons Of Time
From The Sands On The Shore
To The Stars In The Sky
The Reason I'm Alive
I Long To Find The Perfect Rhyme
I Know Not How It Started
It Just Happened One Day
People Told Me I Was Crazy
They Would Always Turn Away
I Would Just Turn The Page
Writing Until My Fingers Bled
No One Reading A Word I Said.....
CRYING IN WORDS
My Poetic Determination
Leads Me Into Frustration
For What I Write
Is Meant To Be Read
Would You Please Read Me
I'm Crying In Words
I Have No Voice
As The Pen Is My Choice
I Need You To Listen
Yet I Don't Need Your Ears
You Won't Hear Me
I'm Crying In Words
My Words Have The Power
To Make You Feel As I've Felt
Upon These Words I Dwell
Cast Without A Spell, And Oh
So Many Stories To Tell
No One Has Feelings For Me
I'm Crying In Words
I'm Crying In Words
I'm Crying In Words.....
THE POET DUDE IS ON YOU TUBE
( Channel ) Steven Adamski
When I Was Young My Mother And Father
Would Play Lots Of Music
I Paid Attention To The Words
The Lyrics Seemed To Be
Speaking To Me , So Then Out
Came The Paper And My Pen
My Thoughts , A Waterfall Of Dreams
As My Imagination Grows
My Thoughts Land Upon The Page
Like The River , My Words Flow
And Perhaps Someday I'll Be That
Storyteller Speaking Upon The Stage .....
WORDS, WORDS,
MY BEAUTIFUL WORDS
My First Memories Of Inspiration
Were Given To Me By My Mother
And The Beatles
Golden Slumbers Filled My Mind
I Dreamt I Was A Writer
I Dreamt In Rhyme
Momma Would Play This Wondrous
Music All The Time
Momma Taught Me How To Write
I Taught Me How To Rhyme
An Obsession Within My Mind
I Listen In Awe ,
As I Feel The Words
A Voice I Longed To Have
A Voice Inside Of Me
Longing To Be Heard
I Could No Longer Keep
The Pen Out Of My Hand
Imagination , Infatuation
Words , Words ,
My Beautiful Words
Written For You
Written For The World
I Love Writing Endless Verse
Determined To Be A Poet
The Years May Pass Me Bye
Yet My Dream Is Never Over
Writing Until The Day I Die
So Here I Am , Upon The Stage
Behind The Podium Once Again
I Once Again Turn The Page
As I Read My Writings To You
My Unknown Friends
Words , Words ,
My Beautiful Words
Written For You
Written For The World
Thank You For Letting Me Share
My Beautiful Words.....
CHAPTER TWO
ONCE A FRIEND
No Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow
Did Thunder Call To You From Within The Storm
As I Wonder How He Could Take His Own Life
I Now Feel The Shackles He Had Once Worn
Betrayed By His Self Inflicted Will
My Desperate Friend Has Died
All Alone Choosing Himself To Kill
All Alone My Best Friend Dies
All Alone His Best Friend Cries
Thousands Of Children On An Empty Stage
Rehearsing Their Own Death , The Climax
Their Rage , Their Last Breath
At Such An Early Age
Does Anyone Know The Reason
In Life's Darkest Season , To Return To Dust
And Be Washed Away By The Rain
To Lose Trust , To Have Lived In Vain
I Look Into The Eye Of The Storm
I See The Tears Within Many Eyes
Forever More In Their Memory Kept
The Face Of A Friend We've Just Left
Lying Beneath The Earth
Within The Shadow Of Eternal Rest
I Now Sit In Solitude
How May I Answer This Question
Such A Negative Attitude
In An Unknown Direction
For He Had No Feelings For
Another's Affection
Please Answer My Question
Answer My Question.....
SHOULD YOU
Should You Follow The Stars
Should You Follow The Leader
As I'm The Writer , You're My Reader
Should You Walk In The Rain
Don't Drown Within Sorrow
Should We Smile Again
For It All Ends Tomorrow
Should You See Their Dreams
Should They Touch Your Heart
Should You Hear Their Screams
It's Too Soon To Part
Between You And I
Feelings Are Far To
Deep To Compromise
Should You Laugh
Should You Cry
Should You Miss Me
Should It Be My Time To Die
Life's Not As It Seems
When No One Seems To Care
Life Was Just A Dream
Yet Reality Was The Nightmare
Going Through Life
So Much Aggravation
Dreaming Of Death
Too Much Hesitation
Should You Treat The Flame
With Respect Instead Of Desire
Should You Burn In Hell
Introduced To The Fire
When Life's Not What It Seems
When You Couldn't Change
When Death Is No Longer A Dream
When Death Is Pre - Arranged
Should Your Soul Be Exchanged ?????
THE ANSWER LIES
A Stairway Of Sand Will Take You Nowhere
Take Hold Of My Hand Should You Fall Into Despair
I Tried To Reach Out , You Offer Me Your Disgrace
Death Within Your Smile , As You Spit In My Face
Have You Forgotten Our Friendship
As You Put Your Life Around Your Throat
As The Noose Begins To Slip
It's The End Of The Rope
The Answer Lies , The Answer Lies
The Question Remains Forever Lost
The Answer Lies , The Answer Lies
Tell Me What To Feel When My Best Friend Dies
Now The Answer Lies Behind Forever Closed Eyes
Never To See Me Again , Nor Speak To Me
Or Be My Friend
As I Place Flowers At His Grave
I Remember The Face Of The Friend
That I Couldn't Save
There's No Answer To My Question
As Tears Fill My Eyes
I Never Even Told Him Good Bye.....
CHILD OF THE ROPE
Was Your Life Not Worth The Anger You Possessed
When You Reached Your Final Height Of Torment
Why Did You Have To Be So Obsessed
A Thirst For Blasphemy
Quenched Within Your Final Hour
Hungry For A Destiny
Soon To Be Devoured
Child Of The Rope , Desperate To Escape
Too Much To Take , Too Much ,Too Late
All Eyes Are One Tear ,For Your Fate We Feared
Within Our Tears Rain , Memories Within The Drops
Too Soon To Reach His End
My Best Friends Life Has Stopped
You Took Your Last Breath , It Wasn't A Joke
You Introduced Yourself To Death ,You Chose The Rope
Child Of The Rope , Desperate To Escape
Too Much To Take , Too Much Too Late
Tears I Never Thought I'd Cry
Never Thought That You Would Die
I Sometimes Wonder Why I Couldn't Stop It
I Really Did Care , Let's Just Drop It.....
I'M EVERYTHING , I'M NOT
It's No Use , I Just Can't Forget
Echoing In My Mind
Everything , Nothing
A Friend I Miss , A Friend
That I'll Never Forget
I Woke This Morning
With A Bad Attitude
In A Whiskey Bottle I Find Solitude
I've Forgotten Last Night
I Remember The Morning
For Only A Moment
I No Longer Remember Your Name
Or How My Times Spent
I Wash Down My Pain
With Another Shot
It's The Only Peace I Know
I'm Everything , I'm Not.....
ALCOHOLIC
I Can't Resist Temptation
Existing Upon Intoxication
To The Bottle I Fall
My Obsession With Alcohol
No Where Left To Hide
Overflowing With Pride
Nothing Left Inside
As I'm Living A Lie
Whiskey In My Blood
My Heart Distilled
My Kidneys Are Mud
My Liver To Be Killed
My Dreams Deceased
Inebriated Thoughts
My Mind Diseased
No Lessons Been Taught
I Refuse To Stop
I Refuse To Quit
I'm Everything , I'm Not
For This Is My Writ.....
CHAPTER THREE
SHE'S NOT THERE
Wandering Aimlessly Through A Life Of Silence
All Alone With His Torn Up Conscience
It's No One He's Searching For
There Must Be Somebody Out There
To Take His Hand And Show Him The Way
Out Of The Shadows Where He Hides His Pain
Through Her Veil Of Darkness They Share A Stare
He Tries To Touch Her , She's Not Really There.....
LONELY
I've Often Wondered What It's Like
To Be More Than Just Friends
Have I Met The Girl At Last
Will She Make A Man Of Me
Or Have I Again Thought To Fast
Will Love Pass Me Bye
Or Should I Be Calm
As She Looks Into My Heart
Sweat In My Palms
Trying To Be Kind
I'm Defeating My Purpose
With Her On My Mind
It's Making Me Nervous
I've Tried And I've Cried
It's Just To Hard To Pretend
Lonely Is Still The Name
In Shame My Love's Sent
Soon To Be Forgotten
Lonely One Hundred Per Cent.....
MY ONLY FRIEND , MY PEN
The Only Friend I Have Is My Pen
It's A Lonely World On The Page Again
I Stay Up All Night Writing Words
For No One To Read
I Care Not What Anyone Thinks
It's What I Long To Be
I'll Write Better Than Anyone Else
I'll Show You , You'll See...
Just Read.....
MY RESTLESS RHYMES
Another Night , Another Song
As For Me , There's Something Wrong
Question Without Answer
My Pen Bleeds Upon The Page
For The Drummer , And The Dancer
On Stage Share Their Rage
Blessed With Rhyme
Lost In My Songs
Searching For Time
I've Waited To Long
I'm Still Searching For The Perfect Rhyme
It's Somewhere Within My Dreams
This Rhyme I May Never Find
So Far Away It Seems
I Practice Rhyme All The Time
My Sinful Rhymes - Confessed
A Lonely Rhyme - Depressed
The Naked Rhyme - Undressed
An Immature Rhyme - Put To The Test
My Restless Rhymes , To Much To Digest
I'll Never Stop Writing !!!
Until The Day After I Pass Away
Rhyme Shall Never Rest
As Long As I Have Something To Say.....
CHAPTER FOUR
GIRL
A Smile , A Girl
Feelings I'm Being Shown
She Throws A Kiss At Me
My Hearts Taken Away
I Can't Believe It
She's Looking My Way
I Tell Her Of My Feelings
She Speaks Of Hers
Our First Kiss , A Thousand Words
A Million Rhymes
I'm Gonna Be Hers , She's Gonna Be Mine
All My Sorrow Now Turns Around
I Have To Tell The World
Of This Love I've Found
So I Write Down In Words
My Feelings For Her.....
SHE'S HAPPENING TO ME
My Heart Was Deserted
The Day We Met
The Arrow Inserted
I'll Never Forget
Your Touch Is My Treat
Your Love I Could Be
Until Next We Meet
I'll Sweep You Off Your Feet
Sweeter Than Honey
She Holds My Hand
Worth More Than My Money
She Knows Where She Stands
I Can't Believe
It's Almost A Dream
I Can't Believe
She's Happening To Me
I'm At The Point
Where My Heart Gives In
For This Reminds Me
Of A Love I Must Win
If She Should Frown
You Know It Brings Me Down
Aquarian Angel
For Your Love , I Would Drown
As The Oceans ,
Deep Are My Emotions
And As The Flower
My Love For Her Grows
I Can't Believe
As If In A Dream
I Can't Believe
She's Happening To Me
Within My Arms
Within My Heart
Like A Painting
She's A Work Of Art
I Feel Her Touch
Easing Me On
And I Do Believe
She's Happening To Me
She's Unlocked My Heart
She's Within My Soul
I'd Never Leave You
So Don't Ever Go.....
SHE
She Convinces Me This Is Not A Dream
She Loves Me As Much As I Love Her
Does She Know How Much She Really
Means To Me
Does She Love Me As Much As I Love Her
Does She Understand Me
Does She Understand
Does She,,,,,She?.....
UNDERSTAND
Precious Is The Love I've Been Shown
Our Destiny Lies Ahead Remaining Unknown
She Taught Me Of Love , As If In A Dream
Feeling Love , For In Love I've Never Been
Her Arrow In My Heart Will Always Be
If She Chooses To Stay With Only Me
Morning Comes To Often ,I've Got To Leave To Soon
But I'll Be Back To Love Her When The Night Sky
Holds A New Moon
She's The Only Flower In My Garden Of Love
A Precious Petal Is Shed For Me
I'm Her Sunshine From Above
She's Within My Soul
She Holds My Heart In Her Hands
I'll Always Be Here For Her To Hold
I Hope She Understands.....
I DON'T UNDERSTAND
The Space Between Us Is Growing
Why Won't You Tell Me Where Your Going
You've Introduced Me To The Feelings Of Love
And Now You Want To Throw Me Away
I Don't Understand
Lost In My Confusion , I Still Feel Love
I Long For Your Touch , Did I Ask Too Much
I Still Don't Understand , Are We Still In Love ?????
SO FAR AWAY
My Acquaintance Anguish , Come Back To Me
As I Bathe In My Tears , Intrude Upon My Misery
I've Lived For I've Loved , Lonesome Is No Good
Do You Feel As I Feel , As I Need Your Love
(Chorus) So Far Away
My Emotions Unchained
So Far Away
Don't Tell Me My Loves In Vain
So Far Away
You'll Never Put Out My Flame
It's Been Lonely Days Since We've Been Apart
My Only Wish , To Hold Onto Your Heart
Breaking Down The Distance Between Us
I'm Seeing Visions I've Never Seen
I See Your Face Encircled In Clouds
I Just Wish I Could See You Now
You're More Than A Thought , An Endless Desire
A Perfect Match , For You Lit My Fire
Such Empty Feelings , Of My Pain There's No Measure
Your Absence Leaves Me In Ruin
Forever Lost Is My Treasure
I'm Infinitely Undone , Reflecting Upon Memories
No More Love , For She Has Gone
So Far Away , My Emotions Unchained
So Far Away , Don't Tell Me My Loves In Vain
So Far Away , You'll Never Put Out My Flame
So Far Away , My Love For You Will Always Remain
So Far Away , My Heart Still Feels The Pain.....
THE FLAME BURNS DIM
Please Tell Me How To Forget The Love She Taught Me Of
The Months And Years When She Was Here
Have Changed My Life , Yet My Words Are Not Enough
To Change Her Mind
When She's Gone I Hope It's Love She Finds
The Candle Still Burns Deep Within My Heart
The Flame Burns Dim , As For Her Feelings For Me
Perhaps , Given To Him
Her Face , Her Name My Pain , My Shame
Our Picture In A Frame , You'll Never Put Out My Flame.....
PICTURE OF US
Tears Fill My Eyes
As Your Memory Dwells Within My Mind
A Thought I've Misplaced
I No Longer See Your Pretty Face
You Reminded Me
Our Love Had No Future
I'm Blind , Yet I See
I'm No Longer In The Picture
Are You Afraid Of Love
Are You Afraid Of Me
Am I Afraid Of The Faces
In The Picture I See
A Transparent Personality
Did You See Right Through Me
You've Shattered My Affections
You Broke My Heart
Imagine All We Could Have Been
Picture Of Pity Painted In Pain
Resemblance Of Our Image
Captured In A Frame.....
SHE'S GONE
A Lovebird That Flies Away
Is The One Who Never Longed To Stay
Love Is The Flower That Withered Away
As She Was The Love That Left Me Today
Lightning Held The Power
Of Our Love , Now Devoured
As The Candle Holds The Light
My Flames Put Out This Night
As My Feelings Fade Away
I'm Still Confused
Why Wouldn't You Stay
You Know It's Me You'll Never Replace
And All Our Memories , I Can't Erase
She's Gone , She's Gone
To Sing Someone Else's Song
My Songbird Has Flown Away
As My Nest Is Now Empty.....
Thank You
For The Love You Once Lent Me.....
I WAS
You Don't Want Me (Keep Me)
How Did Love Lead To Misery (Want Me)
Your Love Is My Hunger (Feed Me)
I Still Want You , Your Obscenity (Rape Me)
We No Longer Live In Each Others Fantasies (You Hurt Me)
I Was Your Lover I Was Your Need (Need Me)
Remember Our Pleasure Together (Feel Me)
Why Won't You See (See Me)
Lost And Alone I Call Your Name (Hear Me)
My Heart Turns To Stone , My Love's In Vain (Break Me)
From My Life You've Disappeared (Leave Me)
I Still Want You , You Want Me Gone
I Still Want You , So I Wrote This Song
I Was Your Lover
I Was Your
I Was.....
CHAPTER FIVE
TROUBLE
MORNING SPELL
I Wake Up Half Past My Mind
As I Drink My First Meal
Is It Something I Hope To Find
Or Something I Should Conceal
A Six Pack , A Case
A Shot Glass In My Face
Now Watch Me Pick Up The Pace
As I Continue My Disgrace
Alcoholic - Is That What I Am
Alcoholic - I Can Still Stand
Alcoholic - A Drink In My Hand
Alcoholic - I Can Never Say No
Alcoholic - I Just Need One More
Just One More , One More
One More... One More.....
ALCOHOLIC (PART TWO)
An Endless Hangover
This Morbid Condition
Over Indulgence
But It's My Decision
My Childhood I've Missed
Put Me On The Critical List
For It Was My Life To Ruin
Perhaps I Started To Soon
My Bottle , My Habit
I've Just Got To Have It
Feed Me More Poison
I Feel My Adrenalin Flow
Stripped Of Passion
This Endless Woe
I Often Ask The Question
Is The Bottle My Foe
Into The Asylum
My Life's Insane
Back On The Street
I'm Drunk Again
As You Already Know
The Alcohol Commands
The Problem Wasn't In My Head
It Was In My Hand
I Can't Fall Asleep
Until I Pass Out
I'll Have Another Drink
Without A Doubt
Alcoholic ,
Am I An Alcoholic ?
Why Can't I Wake Up
Please Don't Shout
I'm Back In The Asylum
Let Me Out , Let Me Out
Alcoholic , Alcoholic
I Need Another Drink
I Need Another Shot
No Need To Think
No Need To Stop
It's The Only Peace I Know
I'm Everything , I'm Not.....
Please , Just One More.....
Alcohol Plays A Role
In This Person , Myself
That I No Longer Know
The Keys , The Car ,
Another Beer Before I Leave The Bar
I Barely Get The Key Into The Ignition
It's Easier To Drive Under These Conditions
I Stop At The Liquor Store
To Buy Some More
Forgetting What Happened
A Few Nights Before
I'm Out Of Jail
It's Only Another D.U.I.
Another Court Date In The Mail
Another Beer For the Ride
Red Lights , Green Lights ,
Yellow Ones Too
Within My Rear View Mirror
The Lights Are Blue.....
HAVE ANOTHER
Will You Face Up To Your Ignorance
Or Are You Lost Within Your Innocence
As You Look Behind You
Does It Make Any Sense
Now You Stare At The Judge Without Defense
So As You've Lost Your Sanity
You Realize It's Such A Burdensome Cost
When It Becomes Your Reality
Once Again , It's No Big Deal
You'll Get Behind The Wheel
Of Your Lawless Car , Tires Squealing
As Your Leaving The Bar
The Reaper Behind The Wheel
Perhaps Another Life To Steal
Have Another Beer , Crank Up The Metal
I've No Respect For The Law
As I Push Down Harder On The Gas Pedal
Have Another Beer , Forget The Speed Limit
Have Another Shot , Forget Your Own Limit
Drunk On The Street , Drunk As You Drive
The Fate You May Meet , Your Own Suicide
Or Worse Yet , The Death Of The Innocent
With Whom You May Collide.....
CLICK , CLICK.....
I'm Wearing My Steel Bracelets
I'm Thrown On The Cold Cement Floor
Kicked In The Face
And Then They Slam The Big Steel Door
I Wake Up In A Jail Cell
No Where To Hide , No Where To Run
There's No Story To Tell
I Can't Remember What I've Done
Lost In A Secret Sentence
Of My Own Repentance
Marched Into The Court Room
Without An Excuse , Without A Lawyer
I'm Still Confused As To How I
Even Got Here
Now The Judge Lets Me Know
Of My Every Mistake
He Tells Me This Time
I Won't Get A Break
Did I Really Hit A Cop ?
Did I Really Hit A Truck ?
I Asked The Judge For My Car
He Laughed And Said Good Luck
He Then Announces My My Bail
And Then Slams Down His Gavel
So I'm Back Off To Jail
No Money , No Travel...
So Once Again I'm Out On Bail
And I've Got My New Court Date
And They Tell Me ,
You Better Get A Lawyer Boy
You're Gonna Pay Dearly For Your Mistakes.....
STATE YOUR CASE
I'm The Defense For Your Offense
Why You Did It , Makes No Sense
Established By So Called Authority
These Rules And Regulations
Jurisdiction Frowns Down Upon Me
Be It Misdemeanor Or Felony
Should I Plead Guilty Or
Start My Search For My Sanity
State Your Case
Crime Can Not Be Erased
All The Laws You've Defaced
And No One Can Take Your Place
I'll Take Your Case
But You'll Pay For My Mind
I'm Here To Protect You
But You May Do Some Time
I'm Now On The Stand
Too Many Questions At Hand
The Testimony Appears Disputable
A Few Remarks From My Lawyer
Keeps My Dumb Ass Out Of Jail
The Judge Weighs The Evidence
And Ponders His Decision
Drops A Few Of The Charges
And Puts Me On Supervision
State Your Case
Crime Can Not Be Erased
All The Laws You've Defaced
And No One Can Take Your Place
I'm Just A Lawyer ,
I Don't Make The Laws
But When You Get In Trouble.....
Give Me A Call.....
EXODUS 34-7
Preserving Loving Kindness For Thousands
Pardoning Error And Transgression And Sin,
But By No Means Will He Give Exemption
From Punishment , Bringing Punishment For
The Error Of Fathers Upon Sons And Upon
Grandsons , Upon The Third Generation And
And Upon The Forth Generation.....
THE FAMILY HEIRLOOM
The Family Heirloom In My Great
Grandfathers Hand
He Hands It Down To His Son
And He Does The Same
Generation After Generation
Is It For Me To Abstain ?
The Son Of That Son
Whom I Call My Father
Doesn't Even Care
So I'm Not A Bother
He Doesn't Know Me
Does He Know Himself
I Learn As He Shows Me
How He Ruins His Health
A Reflection Of My Parents
At The Bottom Of My Bottle
And I Need No Consent
Inconsiderate Of The Consequence
I Know It All
At Least That's My Opinion
A Love Affair With Alcohol
I Drink , It's My Obsession
In Addition To Addiction
My Inherited Intoxication
Enhances My Decisions
To Confront Life's Frustrations
The Manner In Which I Display
My Character Is A Re-Run
Like Father Like Son
Like Father Like Son
Parental Discretion
Won't Cure My Infection
They Give Me Poor Advice
And Help Me Fail
My Ancestors Watch
As I Trace Their Trail....
HEREDITY
It Was Water Under The Bridge
It Wasn't Long Ago
Now It's A Kettle Above The Fire
As Its Boiling Over , Overflow
Like My Father ,
And His Father Before Him
I've Fallen Prey
To The Bottle Of My Kin
I Look In The Mirror
A Reflection Of Them
A Face Full Of Fear
Am I Condemned
Heredity
A Transmission Of Traits
Heredity
A Formation Of Fate
To Relive The Past
As I Live Today
In This Role I've Been Cast
My Life Is A Play
I Follow The Footsteps
Of An Unfortunate Path
For All To See
Heredity - My Wrath.....
CHAPTER SIX
THE END OF THE INSANITY
ENTER THE COMPUTER AGE
Beeeeeep Clickkkkkkkk
Now My Consumption Is Out Of Control
I'm Back In The Mental Institution
So Tell Me , Who's To Blame
For The Order Of My Conscience
This Person I've Become , Insane
My Manifest Is Clouded
The Bottle Keeps Urging Me On
It Helps Me To Forget
All These Memories I Dwell Upon
Drunk And Disorderly , An Ill Fate In My Eyes
I Forfeit My Sanity , No Compromise
Taken Into Custody , To Be Legalized
For This , My Calamity , I'm Penalized
No Institution Could Hold The Solution
I Cancel The Cure Just To Be Sure
For My Mind Needs No Restitution
I Think I Need A Drink For My Overture
I've Entered The Computer Age
In A Toxic Waste Land
As I Press The Keys
With My Trembling Hands
Society Wants To Repress Me
Suspend Me From Myself
To Handicap My Habits
And Try To Help Me With My Health
Sentenced To Sanction
Speaking In Key
To The Municipal Machine
I Punch In My Plea
Not Guilty-Void Me
Negative , Read The Decree
Bring Your Disc Tomorrow
And Think Over Your Plea
(The Computers Name Is PIG)
(When PIG Speaks It Will Be Capital Letters)
(PIG Means Partisan Interrogated Guild)
DIGITAL P.I.G.
BEEP-CLICK , -
PARTISAN INTERROGATED GUILD
REQUESTS CODE TO OPEN STATUS ONE
(ME) S R A 6 12 66
ACCESS GRANTED , ENTER PLEA
(ME) I was found guilty of intoxication
BE MORE PRECISE , WHAT INTOXICANTS
WERE YOU INGESTING ?
(ME) Cn H2 Nt OH , Alcohol From
beer to 190 proof grain alcohol
DESCRIBE YOUR CONSUMPTION IN DIGITS
(ME) I really don't know , you must understand ,
once I Start , I Just can't stop , no matter how much
I drink I want more !
YOUR CAPACITY FOR ALCOHOL SEEMS
DEFINITIVE , SEEK DIAGNOSIS
(ME) I have , that's why I've been assigned to you,
the answer i long
THE EFFECTS OF THIS CONTINUOUS
EXPOSURE TO HABIT COULD BE CORROSIVE
TO THE HEPATIC SYSTEM IN YOUR BODY
(ME) Enough nonsense , what would you do
RE-ENTER REQUESTED
(ME) Re-enter , By Stever ,Cn H2 nt OH
into You - Not Me
POISON , POISON , POISONING MY CIRCUITS
NO REASON FOR THIS READOUT
IN A FUNCTIONAL FIT I FREE THE FEED OUT
WITNESS THE FALLOUT , FEEDBACK ON
FAST FORWARD , FALLING BACKWARDS,
STEPPING BEHIND , AS I'M GIVEN MORE,
NO QUESTION FOR THE ANSWER I WAS
SEARCHING FOR
(ME) Now that you don't know what you're
thinking about (as I'm pressing more buttons)
drink some more liquor Cn H2 nt OH
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF , I CAN'T , I CAN'T
I FORCE FLUID FOR FUNCTION
AND IN ADDITION TO ADDICTION
I CAN'T CONTROL MY CONDITION
PLEASE RE- PROGRAM THIS ADDICTION
I'VE BLOWN ALL MY CIRCUITS
TOO MUCH FRICTION
TOO MUCH FRICTION
TOOOO MUUUCCHH FRICTIIIIOOONNN......
The Defenseless Computer Lies Inebriated
I Press Buttons , There's No Reply
I Sever The Circuit To Its Intellectual Bloodstream
A Vein That Spits Electrical Sparks
No Longer In The Memory Bank ,
For I've Smashed The Security Chip
I Push More Buttons And Draw A Blank
As The Disc Into My Pocket Slips
Now Out Through One Door
And Run Past The Holding Cells
Now I'm Back On The Streets
Where We Used To Meet
Where I Used To Live
Here Everyone Lies And Cheats
And No One Forgives.....
My Past I Must Forget
Live And Let Live.....
THE STREETS
The Streets May Sometimes
Treat You Unfair
Empty , Yet Filled With Despair
I Remember A Time
When I Used To Live Here
It's Two A.M.
The Streets And I Alone
We Walk Together In Silence
Through The Places I've Outgrown
Shadows Of My Past Life
My Future Ahead , Remains Unknown
Words Painted Upon The Wall
Reflect The Writers Intelligence
As I Let Go Of The Past
I Listen For Destiny's Call
I Now Search For The Future
As I Erase My Name From The Wall.....
THE PAST
I Look To The Sky
The Past Calls To Me
It Can't Be Denied
My Past Is History
It Looks Me In The Eyes
Laughing As I Cry
Yet It Doesn't Tell Me Why
I Must Put It Aside
As Far As It Seems
My Past Is But A Dream
All The Vast Memories
Of My Deserted Destinies
Forever Gone
The Past Holds No Key
To Unlock The Future
As It Remains Unforeseen
Take Me Back To Where
The Distance Ends ,
And Would You Be Afraid
To Meet An Old Friend
Now The Tide Washes Away
What Time Had Not Wished To Stay
We're All Cast From The Past
As Time Moves Too Fast
Shall The Memories Forever Last
And Remember In The Future
Go Beyond Your Past.....
LET GO
Recollection Recalls Affection
As You Close Your Eyes
Your Tears Are Just A Memory
Perhaps The Past Has Made You Wise
You No Longer Walk Upon This Path
Choose Wisely At The Fork In The Road
Let Go Of The Past
A New Life You Shall Behold
Child Of The Street
Standing On Your Own
Defy Defeat
At This Your Troubled Milestone.....
WHATEVER HAPPENED
How Can You Forget
Good Times , Good Friends
Whatever Happened
How Did It All End
Whatever Happened
Remember The Cook Outs In Our Yards
The Picnics At The Woods
Parties In The Park
One Big Neighborhood
Drinking After Dark
Night After Night , Beer After Beer
Crankin' Our Jams At The Lake
And Drinking On The Pier
It All Seemed So Great Just To Be Here
Yet We All Collide
With Our Emotions And Pride
A Beautiful Girl , A New World
Our New Life Unfurls
We Still Remained Together
Through Friendships Stormy Weather
But Finding Our Ways
We've Drifted Apart
No Matter What Anyone Says
We All Follow Our Hearts
So Now I Write Upon An Empty Note
Of All My Friends , Few Remain True
Yet I Sometimes Wish It Could Still Be
The Same ,
All Of Us Together Again
But It Never Will
Because Time Doesn't Stand Still
Never Will I Forget
And Never Will I Regret
The Time Spent With You
Time Spent With Friends
I'll Always Remember
And I'll Always Care
Sometimes I Wish We
Were Still There
Whatever Happened
You're No Longer There.....
Whatever Happened ?
THE EDGE OF SOBRIETY
As If Looking Through A Rear View Mirror
At The Life I Must Leave Behind
Nothing In My Conscience Clearer
As I Lay Back To Unwind
Now All That's Passed , And Now I'm Gone
It Went So Fast , Yet It Took So Long
So Now I Wonder , Where Do I Belong
I'm Here On The Edge ,
Here On The Edge Of Sobriety
The Black Clouds Pass
And The Sun Shines Through
I Remember All My Friends
And All The Crazy Things We Used To Do
I Can't Close The Book
So I Simply Turn The Page
As I Take One Last Look
At My Younger Age
I Wonder How Time
Could Pass So Quickly Bye
As It Leaves Its Mark Upon My Life
I Can't Bring It Back
No Matter How I Try
So I Take One Last Look
At My Life gone Bye
I Sometimes Wonder How I'm Still Alive
And I Remember All Of My Life
I Can't Forget , And I Can't Deny
I Can't Stop Myself , As I Start To Cry
I Now Know Where I Belong
I Now Know Who I Am
I'm Here On The Edge
Here On The Edge Of Sobriety.....
CHAPTER SEVEN
SOMEWHERE
Somewhere She Waits For Me
I Wish I Knew Who She Was
I Wonder If She'll Notice Me
What Are The Odds
Does She Have Room In Her Heart
An Empty Role In Her Life's Play
I Could Be The One To Play The Part
Unknowing , My Audition Is Today
Sitting So Pretty Upon Her Rocking Chair
She Smiles At Me As I'm Staring In Silence
She May Be The Answer To My Prayers
As Both Of Us Are Showing Our Diffidence
In The Stillness Of The Moment Our
Eyes Meet , And Then Shy Away
We Both Share A Lonely Heart
Yet We Know Not What To Say
Now We Look Into Each Other Eyes
Her Beautiful Face I Now See
I Introduce Myself "Hi I'm Steve"
And It's You I Long To Meet
Every Time She Smiles At Me My
Heart Skips A Beat
As For Me , I Long To Hold Your Hand
In Love With You I Long To Be
Give Me A Chance , Let Me Try
To Be Your Man
So Try Me , Perhaps I Will Be The One
We Could Share Our Lives Together ,
And Share Each Setting Sun
Perhaps , For Worse Or Better
As Long As You're With Me
No Feelings Will I Ever Hide
For I Really Care About You Nancy
And Someday Soon I May Ask You
To Be My Beautiful Bride.....
Someday , Somehow
SOMEWHERE !
KEEPER OF MY EYES
In A Field Of Fantasy
At The Edge Of A Stare
Emotional Energy
Her Eyes Met Me There
Contagious Contact
In Her Eyes My Sight
A Starlit Stream
We're Ascending The Night
Taking Hold Of One Another's Hand
Touching Tenderness
To Love And Understand
We Are Truly Blessed
Keeper Of My Eyes
Sharing The Same Sight
Keeper Of My Eyes
Sharing The Night
Delicate Feelings From
The Depths Of Our Souls
Emotion And Ecstasy -
Out Of Control
Love Within My Arms -
And I Want Her To Stay
Forever Her Charm -
Forever Starts Today
Keeper Of My Eyes
Never Set Me Free
Keeper Of My Eyes
Forever ,
I'm In Love With Thee.....
WOMAN
The Language Of Love
Is Spoken In Every Tongue
This Woman I've Met
Has My Heart Undone
The Song She Sings
Is Music To My Ears
Will She Be My Everything
To Never Disappear
As She Departs
Her Love Never Goes
For The Love In My Heart
Only Stronger Grows.....
SO HARD TO SAY GOOD-BYE
Heaven Lies Within My Hold
My Angel Spreads Her Wings
Yet It's Time For Me To Go
For Us Sorrow This Brings
Kindness Within Her Kiss
As She Bids Me Good Night
It's Only Her I Miss
As We Hold Each Other Tight
I Look Into Her Eyes
I Try To Say Good Bye
Tell Me Why It's So Hard
So Hard To Say Good Bye
Her Loves Left Upon My Lips
When The Darkness Falls
She Reminds Me When I
Get Home To Give Her A Call
Farewell My Love
But Only Till Tomorrow
Separation ,
The Symptom Of Our Sorrow
I Look Into Her Eyes
I Try To Say Good Bye
Tell Me Why It's So Hard
So Hard To Say Good Bye
Warm And Welcome
You Fall Into My Arms
Another Wonderful Day
To Cherish Your Charm.....
Love You Beautiful.....
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Gathering My Lost Emotions
Poetry Upon The Page
Mixing The Perfect Potion
I've The Power To Engage
Enticing Me With The Wink Of Her Eye ,
Fervent , Yet Sly
Igniting The Flame That Once Had Died
Inviting Me To Stand By Her Side
Love , Love , It Flies As The Dove
That Lands In My Nest
And Sings Me Her Song
She Puts Me To The Test
Shall Our Love Be Strong
Flying Together , Emotions Entwined
Birds Of A Feather , Sharing Some Wine.....
MY LADY , MY LOVE
Love Is The Heart Forever Ablaze
The Look In Your Eyes , As You Look Into Mine
My Emotions For You Written In Rhyme
My Loving Feelings Shall Forever Endure
Our Intimate Feelings , Forever Pure
Yet , Only For One As Yourself
The Challenge Of My Quest
Is To Find A Woman True
I Know I've Found The Best
For I've Found You
My Lady , My Love
We've Finally Found Each Other
We Shall Share Each Others Lives
Love Shows Us The Way
Taking Us To New Heights
I'm Deep In Thought
I'm Deep In Love
You're All I've Ever Sought
My Lady , My Love.....
MY LADY FRIEND NANCY
There's A Space In My Heart
That Used To Be Empty
It's Now Overflowing With Her
And The Love That She Sent Me
I Try To Express My Feelings In Words
Yet They're Not As Deep As My
Feelings For Her
(Chorus)My Beautiful Woman
A Creation Of Fancy
Grace In Her Every Step
My Lady Friend Nancy
She Walks Across The Room
I Feel Her Every Move
The Scent Of Her Perfume
Seems To Change My Mood
She's My Friend , She,s My Lover
She Knows There's No Other
Who Could Replace Her
Under The Covers
As The Morning Wakes
We Cherish The Night We've Spent
The Love That We Have Made
Was What We Meant
She's My Reason For Waking
Our Lives Full Of Sharing
Our Loves For The Making
Two Hearts Full Of Caring
For Each Other , Each Day
Forever , For Each Other
Forever , I Need Her To Stay
(Chorus) My Beautiful Woman
A Creation Of Fancy
Grace In Her Every Step
My Lady Friend Nancy
One Arrow In Two Hearts
One Touch In Two Hands
Sharing My Feelings
Only She Understands
Every Day , More And More
I Grow Closer To The One
My Hearts Been Searching For ,
She's The One Who's Always There
When I Need Someone To Care
For We Need Each Other
To Share Each Day And Night
As We're Learning To Share
Each Others Lives
She's More Than A Friend
She Means As Much As Life
She's More Than A Feeling
I've Asked Her To Be My Wife.....
WILL YOU MARRY ME ???
May I Have Your Hand
For This Ring To Place
My Kiss Upon Your Lips
The Smile Upon Your Beautiful Face
There's Nothing Like Love
When It's You And I
As We Share Each Others Lives
Until The Time We Die
True Love Unknown
Then I Saw Your Face
Our Lives Together
A Never Ending Embrace
You're In My Heart ,
You're A Part Of Me
I'm A Part Of You
I'm Your Husband To Be.....
ENDLESSLY
A Beautiful Autumn Day
November Eleventh 1988
Upon This Day I Marry Nancy Lorraine
To Her My Life And Love I Dedicate
Together Forever ,
For Worse Or For Better
To Love , Honor And Cherish
Until The Day We Perish
(Chorus) Endlessly , Endlessly
That's What Your Love Is To Me
Endlessly , Endlessly
The Love You Share With Me ,
Endlessly
No Longer A Dream ,
We're In Each Others Heart
Nothing Shall Come Between Us
Nor Tear Us Apart
I Do , I Do
The Spoken Words Of Love
We Affirm Our Affinity
The Language Of Love
With This Ring I Thee Wed
We Share That Look In Our Eyes
Words Need Not Be Said
You May Kiss The Bride
Endlessly , Endlessly
That's What Your Love Is To Me
Endlessly , Endlessly
The Love You Share With Me
Endlessly
With Rings Upon Our Fingers
Two Souls Become One
Our Lives Are Intertwined
I Long To Share With Her
Every Setting Sun
Stay With Me For All Eternity
Never Leave My Side
Never Set Me Free
Always Be My Endlessly.....
THE GIFT
You And I Laugh And Cry
I Hold You In My Arms
Our Newborn Child
Conceived In Love
Developed In A Womb
Of Our Own Flesh And Blood
The Bride And The Groom
A Mirror Of Your Mother And I
A Reflection Of You
As You Look In Our Eyes
Happiness Overflowing
You're The Reason For Our Pride
So Fragile And Fresh
Let Us Delight In Him
Perfect And Precious
Heaven Must Have Sent
Him From Above
You Taught Me A New
Meaning Of Love
Shining Like A New Found Joy
Within The Morning Light
Beautiful Baby Boy
Who Loves To Keep
Us Up All Night
The Gift She Brought To Me
As Two Lives Have Created One
Finding In Myself Serenity
Holding Our Newborn Son.....
Say Hello Joseph Frank.....
Married Life ,
The Intimate Knot ,
My Beautiful Wife
Infinite Love
Is What We've Got
We Hold Each Others Heart
An Endless Embrace
A Work Of Art
The Smile On Her Face
The Weekends Pass So Quickly Bye
The Weekdays Seem To Drag On
Tonight When I Get Home
I Write Another Song.....
TOGETHER
Do I Work To Live
Or Do I Live To Work
I Wake On Weekday Mornings
To Make My Living
Seems I Live There
More Than My Own Home
I Arrive Home After
Twelve Long Hours
I Wash Away The Sweat
In A nice Warm Shower
I Throw My Blue Collar
Pride Aside ,
Slip Into My Levis
Slip Outside For A Beer
Slip Out Of My Mind
And I'm Glad That I'm Here
Am I Here To Work My Life Away
Buckets Of Sweat
For A Weeks Worth Of Pay
Five Days Of Work
Two Days Of Play
My Checks Spent Before It's Signed
But That's Fine , The Bills Are Paid
There's Food On The Table
There's A Call On The Line
It's The Woman I Love
She's The Reason My Life Is Fine
She Asks How We're Going To
Spend The Weekend
I Reply , Together
As A Family Should.....
CHAPTER EIGHT
FINALE
IT'S ONLY WORDS
Words And Words And Words And Words
Sometimes I May Sound Absurd
Write And Write And Write
And I'm Doing It Again Tonight
Words Of Passion , Words Of Pain
Words Of Action Flow Through My Veins
In This , The Final Chapter Of My Book
My Words Echo Within My Mind
All I Ask Is That You Take A Look
It's Only Words You'll Find
Words Of Fashion , Words Of Fame
Words Bring Me Satisfaction
So Let Me Explain
An Empty Page Within My Heart
As Ink Flows Through My Veins
Are You Reading A Piece Of Art
For Some Words Should Be Framed
Words Of Honer , Words Of Shame
My Words May Sometimes Hurt You
For This I'm Not To Blame.....
WRITTEN
Why Do I Write , Why Do I Write
I Seem To Ask Myself Every Night
The Pen Pours My Emotion Onto The Page
As My Words Flow Like A River
For I've Freed Them From The Page
My Power Of Perception
Painted On The Leaf
Even Carved Into Stone
I Write To Be Read
As You're Being Shown
I Write With My Mind
My Heart And My Hand
I Write For You
Please Understand
I Write For Expression
I Write To Be Read
Writings My Obsession
I'll Write Until I'm Dead
I've The Right To Write
You've The Right To Read
You'll See The Light
Realize The Rhyme
Take Heed.....
WRITER
Before The Words Fade
Think Of Me
Before The Songs Made
Think In Key
If The Words Flow
Let It Be
Are You The Song
Sing To Me.....
COULD I BE YOUR SONG
The Mystic Hour
The Musical Flower
Persuasive Poems
Enchant Your Ears
These Gentle Words
I Sing , You Hear
I've Found The Musical Notes
In The Heart Of Harmony
All The Sweet Sounds
A Magical Melody
Combine The Sounds
To Create The Score
This Love I've Found
Could Also Be Yours
Everything Is Musical
Fingers Touching Strings
To Compliment The Composer
Voices Begin To Sing
Poetry Upon The Page
Voice In Key
Sing Me On Stage
Sing To Me
You'll Never Cut The Chord
For I Rule The Rhythm
The Song Is My Sword
My Musical Incision
I'm A Library Of Lyric
A Million Words Strong
I've Made You My Critic
Could I Be Your Song ?
DYING TO BE READ
The Late Great Composers
Spent Their Lives Creating Works Of Art
An Infinite Talent
Music Created From Within Their Heart
A Love For Music
Beyond Imagination
Living Out Their Lives
In A Poor Mans Situation
A Penny For A Portrait
A Passion For Painting
There's No Such Thing As Profit
With Life Still Remaining
Paint Your Glorious Work
Upon Your Paupers Casket
Your Name They May Remember
Your Art They Will Never Forget
But Only When We've Passed Away
Will We Be Recognized
Only Then Will They Sit And Ponder
The Reasons They Never Realized
Famous At Last
You Lie Within Your Grave
Once An Outcast
It's Your Art They Now Save
If I Write A Million Miles
Would My Thoughts Run Out Of Ink
My Paperwork Lies In Piles
So I Break For A Drink
No Finance , No Obligation
I'm Writing All The Time
My Talent Has No Known Destination
I Am The Reason For The Rhyme
Dying To Be Read
Is That The Price I Must Pay
Upon My Death Bed
Or Within My Grave
Must I Be Ignored
Until The Day After I Die
Life Can We Afford
If All We Work For Is Denied
Will My Words Ever Touch You
As They've Touched This Empty Page
And Will My Words Ever Touch You
While I Have An Empty Grave
Dying To Be Read
Today The Price Is Paid
As This Is The Day
I Will Face Death
And My Words Will Have It Made
I'm A Painter Of Words
Is It For Words I Live ?
I'm Dying To Be Read
To You These Words I Give.....
Written By Steven R. Adamski
POETDUDE 1982 - 1991
P.S. I'm Still Alive.....
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