Double-cross a lover
While she's sleeping upstairs
Betray your best friend
And never give a care
You could eat a flea for breakfast
Put a saddle on an ant
Ride it like a pony
To the centipede dance
The lies you tell yourself
The lies you tell the world
The never-ending lies
That pushed away your girl
You could hide inside a thimble
Crawl under a door
Get lost for an hour
In a crack in the floor
Leave a trail of destruction,
Misery and loss
Turn and walk away
Let others pay the cost
You could build yourself a castle
With toenails and sand
And declare yourself king
Of Tiny Little Land
by Richard W. Bray
"To see what's right in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."
–George OrwellWhen you don't wanna know
What you know
It takes a massive toll
It'll singe your living soul
When you don't wanna know
What you know
The fables that you tell
The fiction that you sell
When you don't wanna know
What you know
What people say and do
What's right in front of you
When you don't wanna know
What you know
His face is full of doom
He smells like cheap perfume
When you don't wanna know
What you knowWhen you don't wanna know
What you knowWhen you don't wanna know
What you know
by Richard W. Bray
I'm sad we broke each other's hearts
Didn't want to leave you blue
I'm sad we'll always be apart
I hate the stupid things I do
I'm glad for every moment
I got to spend with you
Your sweet and blessèd soul
Your heart was always true
A snowflake and a rainbow
A sunset and a flower
They fade and fall from view
But they never lose their power
I'm glad for every moment
I got to spend with you
Your sweet and blessèd soul
Your heart was always true
by Richard W. Bray
I can dunk a basketball With my left ear I can sing a sonnet While I'm drinking a beer
I'm pretty excellent at everything I do And my best thing is being with you
I can program a computer When I'm washing my car I figure out physics Just sitting in a bar
I'm pretty excellent at everything I do And my best thing is being with you
I can skip a stone Forty-seven times All the ladies swoon When I make up my rhymes
I'm pretty excellent at everything I do And my best thing is being with you
I made a rocket ship And took it to the moon I fought off a grizzly With a fork and spoon I'm pretty excellent at everything I do And my best thing is being with you
it's easy to hurt
another human being
if you're careless
if you're stupid
or just plain mean
you can't take back
the hurt you give
you're gonna
have to face it
as long as you live
it doesn't matter
how bad you feel
it ain't gonna help
the other person heal
you can't take back
the hurt you give
you're gonna
have to face it
as long as you live
by Richard W. Bray
Build a house upon a sinkhole
You can reinforce the walls
Build a house upon a sinkhole
You can bet it's gonna fall
You can look out real far
And never look too far in deep
You can look out real far
And always wonder why you weep
You can live inside a daydream
It's got a really nice view
You can live inside a daydream
But it never comes true
You can tell yourself she loves you
Any day she's gonna call
You can tell yourself she loves you
You know what comes before the fall
by Richard W. Bray
You've had enough and now you're through
With everyone you ever knew
Who didn't do what you want them to
Holding on to hate so tight
You're righteous and you're always right
Making lists of friends and foes
For every thought they ever chose
Paranoia grows and grows
Pumped and puffed with so much pride
Everyone must take your side
Every grievance needs a name
Where you can cast a heap of blame
Hiding from your inner shame
Your tender heart is hurt and scarred
Envy grows and dreams die hard
by Richard W. Bray
did you hear about the crazy thing
that Crazy Alice did?
been talking about Alice
since you were all kids
day after day, over and over
the same old conversation, over and over
nothing ever changes and you keep getting older
dry and dreary words
like cobwebs in your throat
stupid as a maggot
stubborn as a goat
day after day, over and over
the same old conversation, over and over
nothing ever changes, and you keep getting older
grab another name
and pass it all around
your whole wide world
is a dusty little town
day after day, over and over
the same old conversation, over and over
nothing ever changes, and you keep getting older
by Richard W. Bray
Life is liquid
Find your flow
Don't worry too much
Where other people go
Life is matter
And energy
You're connected to the sun
You are part of every tree
Life is music
Hear your call
Don't let anybody tell you
One size fits all
Life is love
You are never alone
The whole world lives
In your blood and your bones
by Richard W. Bray
Telling more lies
To prove you aren't a liar
Committing arson
To cover up a fire
Pretending away
Facts that burn your soul
Pretending away
Truth that takes a toll
Festering lilies
Troubles grow like weeds
Caress and fondle
The monsters that you feed
Pretending away
The pain and the smell
Pretending away
The things you never tell
Cardboard illusions
Menageries of glass
Forsaken future
Imaginary past
Pretending away
What everybody sees
Pretending away
Your own reality
by Richard W. Bray
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