Weakness (c) 2020

Weakness has never been a part  

of my vocabulary, from the start. 

Yet how effortlessly you do --  

animate me, invigorate me, 

make me want you too.  

Yes, I have a weakness for you. 

You know you check all my boxes. 

You come near and every thought is 

scattered as a daydream blows through. 

I have a weakness for you. 

I have always been  

free as a bird, don't fence me in. 

But you come along so cool --  

Captivate me, aww you shake me, 

I must admit it's true.  

I have a weakness for you. 

Weakness -- perish the thought. 

I should toughen up, but what I ought 

isn't what I'm gonna do. 

Cause I've got a weakness for you. 

Yes, I have a weakness for you.

Won't Abandon Ship (c) 2020

I am a force of nature.  

You are a hurricane. 

I’m the softest breeze on a baby’s cheek.   

We are all of these the same. 

I bring all my fabulous flawedness  

to the crucible of care.  

When we are mashed down and running over 

All I’ve got will be right there.   

        

Chorus 

My love’s stronger than the worst of you. 

Take your confidence in this – 

 I’ve ridden shotgun with your demons, 

So you can take the wheel and I won’t  

abandon ship, won’t abandon ship, won’t abandon ship, won’t abandon ship.   

 

I am such distracted constancy,  

you fear sailing off the map. 

But believe where you set your anchor,  

I’ll take it in and hold it fast. 

So many signs and wonders,  

our search for intelligence. 

Terrible beauty in this world,  

that I’m licking off my fingertips. 

Chorus 

My love’s stronger than the worst of you. 

Take your confidence in this – 

 I’ve ridden shotgun with your demons, 

So you can take the wheel and I won’t  

abandon ship, won’t abandon ship, won’t abandon ship, won’t abandon ship.   

Bridge 

I’m an endless ocean, you’re the pull of the moon. 

When we tie our souls together, fear and doubt can find no room.  X3 

Chorus 

Our love’s stronger than the worst of you. 

Take your confidence in this – 

I’ve ridden shotgun with your demons, 

So you can take the wheel and I won’t  

abandon ship, won’t abandon ship, won’t abandon ship, won’t abandon ship.

You Don't Love Me Like You Used To (c) 2015

You blew in and won me over, with your sly grin and quirky ways.  

You loved me sweet, you loved me crazy, in those getting to know you days. 

As I got to know you better, I found the depth behind your charms,  

Helpful, loyal, smart, and stubborn, you were in my heart as well as my arms. 
  

            You don't love me like you used to, 

            and honey I like that just fine. 

            You don't love me like you used to, 

            it's getting stronger all the time. 
  

Just starting out when we got married, there was so much we didn't know. 

It took some time to work the kinks out, ‘tween holding on and letting go. 

We had to learn to live together, respect and love, sick or well. 

We bought a house and put some roots down, our love got sweeter the deeper we fell.  

     Chorus  

As we get older, you're a part of me, we know the things we depend on. 

You do the yard, I do the taxes, we ask forgiveness when we're wrong. 

Just starting out seems so long ago, yet when I look into your eyes, 

I see the one I fell in love with, you can still catch me by surprise.  

     Chorus/Tag

Left Behind (c) 2015

It’s my first night in this house alone. 

Ruins fall farther apart, in what was our home. 

Many things are missing, but what breaks my heart, 

Is all that’s left behind by your clean start. 
 

        You’ve gone away and just left me here. 

        You’ve started fresh, without me dear. 

        You’ve left behind what you didn’t need. 

        Too late, I realized, that included me. 


Your extra keys lie there by the phone. 

A bare spot on the floor was the dog bowl’s home. 

Empty closets where your clothes used to hang, 

Without you here nothing feels the same. 
 

       You’ve gone away and just left me here. 

        You’ve started fresh, without me dear. 

        You’ve left behind what you didn’t need. 

        Too late, I realized, that included me. 

        (Tag) You’ve left behind what you didn’t need. 

        Too late, I realized, that included me.

The Part of Me (c) 2015

 The part of me that is covered in feathers, 


flies to you every chance it gets. 

The moment I leave that cage door unmanned, 

it wings its way to your windowsill and pecks. 


     Hope is a glorious thing 

     and hope dies last, they say. 

     But my hope has died, and I’m still alive, 

     and you are forever away. 


The part of me that is covered in skin, 

still feels your touch though it’s been years. 

As soon as I remove this armor I wear, 

it burns and drives me to tears. 


     Hope is a glorious thing 

     and hope dies last, they say. 

     But my hope has died, and I’m still alive, 

     and you are forever away. 
 

The part of me that courses with blood 

hammers harder at your ghost. 

More than memory your presence is felt, 

a constant guest that I must host. 
 

     Hope is a glorious thing 

     and hope dies last, they say. 

     But my hope has died, and I’m still alive, 

     and you are forever away. 

     and you are forever away. 

     and you are forever away.