I Used To…

April 23, 2016

wwwkristenwen

I used to smile at the babies
And sing with the birds
I used to serenade you
With all my pretty words

My soul
Was beaming
Now my
Bloody heart
Is screaming
Cuz you laughed
At my dreaming
And broke me
With your scheming

I used to walk in sunshine
I used to plant flowers
I dawdled in the meadow
And dreamed of you for hours

My soul
Was beaming
Now my
Bloody heart
Is screaming
Cuz you laughed
At my dreaming
And broke me
With your scheming

I cherished every moment
Of our blesséd happy life
Till the day that you told me
You would never be my wife

My soul
Was beaming
Now my
Bloody heart
Is screaming
Cuz you laughed
At my dreaming
And broke me
With your scheming

 

by Richard W. Bray

Chronic Talkaholic

April 17, 2016

wwwtalkaholic

You state and speak
And yap and gab
You lecture and scold
And gossip and blab

You’re a chronic talkaholic
And every word you say
Is a futile attempt
To try and get away

You utter and spiel
And spout and spew
But you never come up
With anything new

You’re a chronic talkaholic
Every word you ever said
Is an effort to avoid
The crazy in your head

 

by Richard W. Bray

Coffee Coffee Joy Joy

April 16, 2016

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Rich and dark and lovely
I drink my coffee straight
Serve it hot and fresh
I don’t got time to wait

Coffee Coffee Joy Joy
I crave you every day
You never disappoint me
Don’t ever go away

Percolate or press it,
Or cook it drip by drip
Just fill my thirsty mug
I cherish every sip

Coffee Coffee Joy Joy
I crave you every day
You never disappoint me
Don’t ever go away

Intoxicants hurt my head
Or make the room spin round
Coffee is the only drug
That never lets me down

Coffee Coffee Joy Joy
I crave you every day
You never disappoint me
Don’t ever go away

Don’t need no fancy mocha
Don’t need no Frappuccino
A simple steaming cup of Jo
And I am good to go

Coffee Coffee Joy Joy
I crave you every day
You never disappoint me
Don’t ever go away

 

by Richard W. Bray

she broke me so bad

April 15, 2016

wwwbroken man

She broke me so bad
I’m drinking beer for my brunch
And a bottle of whiskey
Is all I have for lunch

She broke me so bad
I fell apart and lost my job
I’m begging on the corner
I swindle and I rob

She broke me so bad
My anatomy stings
She got me seeing monsters
And hearing crazy things

She broke me so bad
My life is such a drag
Got a heart torn and tattered
Like a dirty old rag

I’m lost and I’m loaded
And I’m sick and I smell
I gave all my sweet lovin
To a demon from hell

by Richard W. Bray

Who Knew?

April 10, 2016

wwwwmoonlight

Moonlight can caress a face
Who knew?
I never thought I’d meet someone
Like you

Rainbows are so radiant
Who knew?
After rainstorms birds chirp in
The dew

Sunshine is so glorious
Who knew?
I’m bathing in the light since I
Found you

Stars are so spectacular
Who knew?
A billion billion worlds where love
Might brew

The universe is beautiful
Who knew?
Since I discovered that you like
Me too

by Richard W. Bray

Teeter Totter

April 8, 2016

wwwwteeter

My daddy beat me every day
When other kids went out to play
My daddy taught me right from wrong
He made me pure; he made me strong

Wonderin’ what it’s all about
Turns my insides inside out
It hurts to look inside my head
I’d rather just hate you instead

My side’s right and yours is wrong
We’re good and great and pure and strong
You’re demonic; you are sick
Your words are just an evil trick

Wonderin’ what it’s all about
Turns my insides inside out
It hurts to look inside my head
I’d rather just hate you instead

I’ll never walk inside your shoes
We can’t win until you lose
Life’s a seesaw; I can’t twiddle
There is nothing in the middle

Wonderin’ what it’s all about
Turns my insides inside out
It hurts to look inside my head
I’d rather just hate you instead

by Richard W. Bray

Drivin Down Your Freeway

April 4, 2016

wwwdrivin

I’m lost in the sun
On the 101
Dragging round a torment
That weighs a ton

What can I do
To get back to you?
Can’t find the 57
From the 22

I can drive and drive
On the 405
But I was too dumb
To keep our love alive

I cry again and again
I’ll never take the 10
Back to Cucamonga
And my best friend

I could get away clean
On the 215
Never look back
And bust out of this scene

by Richard W. Bray

I’m Me Because I’m Not You

March 27, 2016

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I’m me
Cuz I’m not you
And I hate everything
You do

I hate hate hate hate hate you
And I hate your stupid group
You’re a bunch of stupid losers
And you’re all full of poop

I hate everything you do
I hate everything you say
I could fix the whole world
If you just went away

I have a pair of handrails:
Anger and disgust
I don’t hate you cuz I want to
I hate you cuz I must

by Richard W. Bray

Futility

March 27, 2016

wwwwwTalkTalk

You can talk till you turn blue
You can say what he should do
So he can be someone like you

You can call in kith and kin
And have them add up all his sin
But you ain’t never gonna win

You can devise a perfect plan
So he can be a better man
But you will never understand

You can bitch; you can complain
But there’s nothing you will gain
Cuz you’re never gonna talk a person sane

by Richard W. Bray

ReadyReady for the Weekend

March 26, 2016

wwwwwready

ReadyReady for the weekend
ReadyReady for my friends
ReadyReady to get crazy
Never thought the week would end

ReadyReady for the weekend
ReadyReady for some fun
ReadyReady for some freedom
And I really miss the sun

ReadyReady for the weekend
ReadyReady to explode
ReadyReady for some contact
Gonna find someone to hold

ReadyReady for the weekend
ReadyReady for the sky
ReadyReady for the outside
Before I suffocate and die

by Richard W. Bray