Author: brsmcms

All the stockings are hung by the chimney with careEvery street’s lit up just like Times SquareStore windows bring life to the make believeThe halls are decked with boughs of hollyEverybody all aboard the Christmas TrolleyBut I’ll be bluer than Graceland on Christmas Eve ChorusSanta Claus cross me off your listUnless you can wrap up… Continue reading Christmiss

With these hands, I make my fistsGrind my foes, mill to gristWith these same two hands, I clench in prayerTo battle well, what is mine to bear With these arms, I take my swingsFending off, whatever this world bringsWith these same two arms, I raise high aboveReaching for, that Mighty Love But it’s my heart,… Continue reading The Fighter (Kristi)

Well he laid her down, put her in her placeIn that old Leo Fender custom caseSweat fresh on her from his boyish faceMaybe he said goodnight, when off he racedSafe and sound, tucked in the holdReady to ramble down that open roadWarmed from the bitter winter coldFrom the young man’s hands and the stories that… Continue reading ’59 Stratocaster

Pots and pansFreed from the kitchens, take their positionsIn the grateful hands of at least one million new musicians ‘Cause at 7 o’clock, for the nurses and docsThey play their songgrab an old tea pot, whatever you gotjust play along Cling cling clang, bang bang bangBing bam boomRattle prattle skattle, fiddle faddleSuch a lovely tune… Continue reading Pots & Pans (Cacophony Symphony)

Walkin’ down this hallway tonightSee the angels gatheredAll dressed in whiteResplendent, but tattered Walkin’ up this stairway tonightNot sure where it is goin’I ascend another flightNext steps are not showin’ Will you be my Mother tonightWill you be my Father and Children tooCan you be my beloved Wife‘Cause I’m scared and I need you Hand… Continue reading Angels

Put me in the bottom of a boatCrossed a raging seaStacked up like cordwoodI can’t breathe Shackles on my shouldersChains for sleevesGoin’ to the highest bidderI can’t breathe Put me down officializedA 5 under a 3CompromisedI can’t breathe Miss Harriet she got meAll the way to TennesseeNever made OhioI can’t breathe Everything wasn’t OK in… Continue reading I CAN’T BREATE