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Ramsey Lewis trio "TheInCrowd"



Because I hope we're still good friends

I'm scribbling these few lines

In hopes that just for old times sake

You'll answer me something.



It's funny how the time flies

When one is past the tender years

And yet old memories seem to cling

To things I once held dear.



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We were strangers when we met,

Only half alive, both trying to forget

The lonely nights that seem to have no end;

Afraid to love, or trust our hearts again.





And yet I knew

In the way your eyes searched mine,

You still had hopes,

That one day, some true love you'd find.





I bowed my head,

Not wanting you to see

The turmoil in my soul,

That you had stirred in… Continue

Where oh where, is this road I seek

That leads a lonely heart,

to happiness peak?



Did the last one who passed that way

Remove the markers along the way?



Then I hard a voice from within me say

Was there a friendly smile,

you could have gave today



Was there a kindly word,

you could have spoke today



Was there a good deed,

you could have done today



Or a silent prayer,

you could have prayed… Continue

Tormented by a madness

So vaguely planed

That even I

Cannot understand



For seething deep

Within my soul

Are destructive forces

I must withhold



Fantastic dreams

That sear my mind

Like being God

And stopping time



Oh life

If there's no inward peace

For such as I

Who seek relief



Then beckon death

Whose silent wings

Will set me free

And erase all pain



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Have you ever gone for a walk in the evening

In the cool of a twilight blue

And thoughts of the past came floating back

Like they so often do.



You thought of the good and bad things

That had happened in your life to you

The times you laughed, the times you cried

As though your heart was breaking into.



You remember the days of your childhood

And fairy tales that seemed… Continue