LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN
(words & music by LHS)
Sunlight coming down on me
After a long winter’s stay
The warmth it is surrounding me
Settles on my face
I see the morning sky
It shines from a cleansing rain
And then suddenly I realize
Life is good again
Snow fades on the mountaintops
From a storm that hit so hard
And a wind that almost blew me down
Now feels so free and soft
I hear a sparrow’s song
Makes me smile with its sweet refrain
Took a moment to reveal itself
Life is good again
Oh those sad and darkened clouds
They have all lifted now
And the hope that once seemed far gone
Has drifted back to carry on
There is a gentle voice
And I turn as it’s calling out my name
Then I look up into your eyes
Life is good again
Yes, I look up into your eyes
Life is good again
TIME TO BE
(words & music by LHS)
Eyes turn away
Hearts set in stone
Don’t like what I say
How I look or how I carry on
But they all can just think what they want
I don’t care
I’m going to keep singing my song
Whistling along
Now it’s time to be
No pretentions, or inventions
What you get is what you see
Caught in a blitz
A tumbling wall
I search for a twist
An answer, a call
I look for a sign I can trust
To be there
And move toward the kindness of some
The ones that can love
Now it’s time to be
No delusions or confusions
The truth sets me free
It’s been way too long
Way too long and too tough
To let anyone tell me it’s not enough
Now it is time, to be
The crowd they can howl, they can hiss
I don’t care
I’m going to keep saying my wish
And then seal with a kiss
Nothing left but just to be
No pretending or defending
No apologies
It’s been way too long
Way too long and too tough
To let anyone tell me it’s not enough
Now it is time
To, just, be
JUST LOVE
(words & music by LHS)
It’s hard to care about
Open my heart and see what it’s all about
It’s hard to understand
The thing that I want the most
I run from when it gets close
But I’m trying to make a stand
When the world turns upside down
A hum becomes the only sound
Well then what can it mean
A tour de force at first glance
The inevitable just by chance
And I am trying to see
Is it a past life, ancient rite
Trace of mother, some ex-lover
You remind me of
Is it my creation, recreation
A psychic vision, new religion
Or is it just love
Is it right to hesitate
Or is it a skeptic’s fate
Who’s seen miscues before
I must admit the way I feel
Sometimes I wonder if it’s real
Why is this so strong?
(Chorus)
I could go out, be with another
Go inside, stay undercover
But then how would I know
What it would be like
To lie with you, hold you tight
I may not let go
Is it a past life, ancient rite
Trace of mother, some ex-lover
You remind me of
Is it my creation, recreation
A psychic vision, new religion
Or is it
Just love
THESE DAYS
(words & music by Jackson Browne)
I’ve been out walking
I don’t do that much talking
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things I forgot to do
And all the chances that I had to
I had a lover
It’s so hard to risk another
These days
If I seem to be afraid
To live the life that I have made in song
Well it’s just that I’ve been losing
It seems so long
But I’ll keep on moving
Thinks are bound to be improving
These days
These days I sit on corner stones
Count the time in quartertones till ten
Don’t confront me with my failures
I’ve not forgotten them
Yes, I’ve been out walking
I don’t do that much talking
These days
These days
.
DOWN ON YOUR KNEES
(words & music by LHS)
There you were, so assured
Of your fate within this world
A coat in style, boots shining bright
You brazenly walked into the night
But as the sea eats away at the shore
As the earth breaks through the floor
Time has found you
And now you’re
Down on your knees and ready to pray
Down on your knees and ready to pray
What was once so defined
Has somehow slipped away and now you’re
Down on your knees, ready to pray
Someone loved you dear, someone loved you true
Held you near, spoke up for you
And feeling so fine you went to share your gifts
With others who showed some interest
But a heart can be kicked for just so long
And what was your strength is now your loss
You are alone - so go on, get
(Chorus)
Soon you too were put to the test
When your rulebook fell, so did the rest
Now your answers they're all gone
And look at you, you’re
Down on your knees and ready to pray
Down on your knees and ready to pray
What was once so defined
Has somehow slipped away and now you’re Smack down on your knees
Flat down on your knees, you're
Back down on your knees
Ready to pray
ANOTHER MAN'S EYES
(words & music by LHS)
Maybe I’ll take my dog for a walk
Maybe I’ll take her down to the park
Maybe we’ll go to the corner of Hollywood and Vine
Get on the freeway till we cross the state line
Maybe we’ll stop in at a meeting
To ease our loneliness
Tune in to a Ted talk
Learn the secrets of success
Then it’s on to the plains of Idaho
Find us a chief who’ll tell what he knows
Through another man’s eyes
Maybe we will find
The meaning of this life
Through another man’s eyes
Maybe we’ll hitch a plane to Rome
Run to the chapel and fall on the cross
Skip on over to Jerusalem
Get on our knees and wail at the wall
Then we’ll turn to Mecca and bow to the east
Float down the Ganges and sit under a tree
Through another man’s eyes
Maybe we will find
The meaning of this life
Through another man’s eyes
And then we’ll know, what others have told
Then again, maybe me and my dog,
We’ll just stay right where we are
Search the Internet, turn up the TV set
See what is on
It’s all coming at me, every man’s view
Will this ever take me, to a girl’s own truth
Through another man’s eyes
Will I ever find
The meaning of this life
Through another man’s
Through another man’s
Through another man’s eyes