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Simple Love

by David Dondero

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1.
I’m so tired my eyes are bloodshot red I’ve been around some I have discovered The dream ain’t what it seems But this reality Is nearly dead I’ve gotta leave I’m gonna leave you now Can’t stay up in Alaska Take me down south of Mount Shasta Going to California in the morn I’ve had enough of rugged edges of the world Where there’s too many guys and not enough girls The middle of nowhere Gives a guy a distant stare But i love you more than anyone i know I do not know anyone at all Well i awoke In the back of a station wagon Whittier, Alaska In the pouring rain Outside a bar called the Anchor Inn There was a fight I heard your love affair dissolve Problem solved With a broken fist Bloody nose and a busted lip You broke your hand You hit the wall when he ducked your punch Heard he’s waiting at your cabin with a gun Now there’s no sound Just the Prince William Sound And he don’t say a thing It’s almost summer It rains and snows and rains again If i return Just to find out i’m dead to you Could my ghost climb in bed with you I’ll possess your boyfriend’s body Then you’ll be making love to me But you love him more than anyone you know But you don’t know anyone at all “So do your dreams fuel the fire of your illusion?” Heart and mind are in collusion Asleep you’re not alive If you dream, can you still survive? Do you feel that your life is consuming you? The illusion’s ruining you Your love is a fallacy So what on earth could set you free? I love you more than anyone i know But i don’t know anyone at all You love him more than anyone you know But you don’t know anyone at all
2.
When your heart breaks deep And you’re feeling like there’s no place to go And you’re losing sleep Over things that you don’t even know I gotta tell you buddy Maybe you should just let her go Cause you’re feelin’ cruddy Like a naked guy walking in the snow When your heart breaks deep Cause you lost all your faith and your trust She was cleaning the sheets And she’s telling you the dog just threw up She told you she loved you She’s with someone else just the night, night before You’re feeling like a fool You just can’t take it anymore She was not being truthful She’s not being kind She was not being truthful, Larry She’s all full of lying And your heart broke deep Now you’re feeling like there’s no place to go And the coldest city in the world is San Francisco When your heart breaks deep And the butterflies are bleedingIn your guts You said “hit me dealer” And the card that you getMakes you bust You know It’s not so funny when you can’t even laugh At some stupid little joke And your eggs are runny Cause somebody came and broke out all the yolk She was not being truthful No she’s not being kind No she’s not being truthful, Larry She’s all full of lyin’ And your heart broke deep Now you’re feeling like there’s no place to go And the coldest city in the world is San Francisco
3.
There are some churches Where i felt the love emotion oh so sweet And there’s some churches Where i’ve been so bored i drifted off to sleep Well i have seen the light and power At the church of Saint John Coltrane But in the chambers of darkness Is where i felt the higher spiritual plain There are some chapels That have brought the people Way down to their knees And there are churches That have claimed to save the people from disease But there’s this place in Houston, Texas Seems like the perfect church to me Reminds me of your heart And how comforting a cold black void could be Your heart is like the Rothko Chapel Cold dark void yet simple and intriguing Somewhat comforting Got me believing almost anything There was this line by Charlie Parker Somewhat worth remembering “If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of the horn” Chances are you’ll never be reborn My religion is in nature, art and literacy My religion is in science, music and poetry My religion is the mountain, my church is in the sea My religion is to love you, yes my church is entropy My religion is in your eyes but my church ain’t organized My faith is in the sweetness that you might realize But my faith it could be fiction my faith could not be smart My religion is the weather, my church is in your heart But your heart is like the Rothko Chapel Cold dark void yet simple and intriguing Somewhat comforting Got me believing almost anything There was this line by Charlie Parker Probably worth remembering “If you don't live it, it won’t come out of your horn.” Chances are you’ll never be reborn
4.
I’m dropping out of the sky Feeling like a homeless guy In the city of pain Stuck in Oakland again My lover ain’t a lover no more Wonder what i got in store I got a feeling of shame It’s hard to deal with the change I’m feeling like it’s doomed But the ending never comes so soon Get me back to San Francisco Oakland’s like i’m stuck on the moon Get me back into the city honey Oakland’s like i’m stuck on the moon I’m feeling like it’s lingering on The song it’s already sung I wanted one more verse I need more time to rehearse It’s been played out and over again You and i could never be friends You know it’s all or none Don’t worry i’ll find someone I’m feeling like it’s doomed But the ending never comes so soon Get me back into the city honey Oakland’s like i’m stuck on the moon You sit and cry Watching all the couples dance You and i Never really got the chance I want to contradict the past I want a love affair to last For an eternity You gave me thoughts of a baby
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Simple Love 05:37
Sweet sister Help me along Help me be strong Never get bored Never ignore Always amusing Always in tune Sweet lover You know the dea I can predict Things that you feel I need a breather I need a towel I need a lover I need it now I was born for the simple love I was worn like a boxing glove I was torn from the humid skies above Sweet lover Don’t push me away Please let me say What i gotta say You told me you Love someone else You wanna go Be all by yourself I know i haven’t been kind I took you for granted It’s granted i’m blind I’m trying to give You all of myself Only to you Nobody else I was born For the majesty Of your warm Loving hand in me I was born Now there’s nothing left to be I sing a simple song About all the time That’s come and has gone Guess you have cried As i have cried Yeah we both loved yeah we both lied Someday together again Meet me down by the river bend My love for you Is not quite the same But maybe we Can blossom again Cause i was born For the simple love I’ve been worn like a boxing glove I was torn From the humid skies above I was born For the majesty Of your warm Loving hand in me I was born Now there’s nothing left to be How could you say that you love him When you don’t even like his music How could you say that you love him When you don’t even trust his music His music defines his heart His heart defines his music How could you say that you love that guy When you don’t even like In fact, you told me that you hated His music I wish so bad you would say “Honey come back, don’t go away” I would be on The very next bus Commit to you I’d commit to us Does it matter? Do you even care? I pushed you away When i wasn’t there I was confused Didn’t know what to do Now all i could say Is that i love you Cause i was born for the simple love I was worn like a boxing glove I was torn from the humid skies above I was born for the majesty Of your warm loving hand in me Not this lost and lonely tragedy
6.
You don’t love anyone You don’t love anybody You don’t love anyone But yourself honey You’re so beautiful You are so beautifully dull You got the perfect face But inside yourself You’ve got nothing at all You don’t love anyone You don’t need anybody You don’t love anyone But yourself and your money I just got bored by you Fake lips and a phony smile too You wanna be treated like a woman When all you are Is silicone and collagen You have been catered to your entire life I guess you never really had to try So don’t offer me your kind advice I don’t need it honey Don’t you even try You don’t love anyone You don’t love anybody You don’t love anyone but yourself honey You don’t love anyone You don’t need anybody You don’t love anyone but yourself And your money And i don’t got any So you can’t take it from me
7.
I want a clean slate I want a new fate I want to sing it happy never sad I want a new voice Another choice Sing a song that’s glad I’m going for a ride I’m going to the riverside I’m talking ‘bout the mighty Mississipp’ I’m going down Just for the trip I want to grow up Up to be a kid It’s what i want ma It’s what i did Cause the grownups They keep it hid They keep it hid From us kids I’m going for a ride I’m going to the riverside I’m talking ‘bout the mighty Mississippi I like the heat honey I like the humidity I’m going for a ride I’m talking ‘bout the riverside I’m talking ‘bout the mighty Mississipp’ I’m going down just for the trip I’m talking bout the mighty Mississippi I love the heat I love the humidity
8.
I saw a one legged man walk a three legged dog See a one legged man walk a three legged dog See a one legged man walk a three legged dog See an old alley cat, he was gnawing on the foot of a hog Saw a little green chameleon Saw a baby green chameleon Down in Opelousas on a porch swing He was trying hard to blend in but i seen him Yeah i saw him See a red and black snake he’s coiled up on a rock Seen a red and black snake he’s just coiled up on this rock Seen a red and black snake in Yosemite Park But i knew he wouldn’t bit me It was all just snakey talk sss sss sss sss This crazy dog he bit a porcupine This wild dog he bit a porcupine Why on earth did he bite a porcupine? You got those quills all stuck up inside your mouth It’s looking like you’re having a real bad time I’ve seen a big black bear he’s sleeping in a tree I’ve seen a shiny black bear he’s just snoozing up in a tree I’ve seen a big black bear you know he’s just catching some zzz’s In the Alaska summer sunshine in the breeze I saw a one legged man walk a three legged dog See the one legged man walk a three legged dog Saw the one legged man walk a three legged dog Seen an old alley cat he was chomping With his ronching teeth of course On the foot of a hog
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Lone Rose 04:33
You could share your skeletons with casual observers You could be best friends With the vagrants and the searchers Your tender heart was heavy It was weighing on your soul The two battled out inside you Neither one could have control I remember when your rabbit died You put it in the freezer Made an ornamental coffin With a shoebox from your sneakers You went down to help the people Of the flood in New Orleans You were living you were giving You were the first one on the scene Lone Rose Used to call me the high plains drifter Lone Rose I take a lonely ride Lone Rose Couldn’t help the crying Heard about you dying At least i know it wasn’t suicide Cause i know you didn’t want to die Although you fell out of a window Just about a year ago Some say it was intentional But no one really knows I’m waiting on the subway A rat runs across my shoe There’s a woman on the platform over Looks almost like you Lone Rose Used to call me the road rambler Lone Rose I’ll take the lonely ride Lone Rose Couldn’t help a cryin’ Heard about you dyin’ Least i know it wasn’t suicide I know you kinda didn’t want to die You left behind a couple letters You never sent to me I kept switching my address So you just let it be Don’t need to ask the coroner To find out what had happened It was the stupid deadly mixture Of cocaine and heroin Lone Rose Used to call me the high plains drifter Lone Rose I’ll take the lonely ride Lone Rose Couldn’t help the crying Heard about you dying Least i know it wasn’t suicide Cause i know you didn’t want to die I saw you passing by The Edwardian Hotel In a soaking wet pink parka You still looked hot as hell You didn’t care about the rain You said “Let it soak me to my bones!” As it started once again You went splashing off alone
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released August 24, 2007

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