Here I stand alone
Blue Melodies tingle my spine
But so fine
For you
This piano
That I’m behind
Lacks that colour on the keys
Still they please
For you
How many times
Can one sing a sad song
Thinking of the distance
Knowin that you’re here
So near to me
How many times
Can one sing a sad song
Thinking of the distance
Known that you’re here
So near to me
Not that you’re not home
He’s sittin stone cold
Hopin the next call is from you
Feeling like half a man
Didn’t know he had it that bad
Jonesn’ multi shades of blues
Not sure if he’s on
Not sure if he’s off
Looking for a sign
That’s he’s still your guy
He was sittin pretty
Now it’s all a little skitsi
Hangin on the line with you
Streakin down the boulevard
Top down
Hair blowing round and round
White vintage Cadillac
Singing songs
Feet up on the dash
He’s longin for more fun like that
Now you’re on your own
Now he’s alone
Second guessin meltin his glue
Thinkin bout what he had
Tryin not to be mad
Hopin that rumors aren’t true
Not sure if he’s on
Not sure if he’s off
Lookin for a sign
He’s still your guy
He was sittin pretty
Now it’s all a little skitsi
Hangin on the line for you
Not sure if he’s on
Not sure if he’s off
Lookin for a sign
That he’s still your guy
Things were pretty
Now it’s gone a little skitsi
Dangling on the line with you
Each morning
She rises from her bed
Gets down on her knees
How’s he head
She asks the sun to shine
Darkness clear
Calm the oceans
Part the
Give her strength
To hold on
And as she
Shuffles Out her door
She thinking there’s nothin she needs more
She asks the moon to shine darkness clear
Calm the oceans
Part the seas
Give her strength
To hold on
Hold on
To what you need
You’ve got to hold on
To what frees
And when you’ve found it
Never let it get away
You’ve got to hold on
Hold on
When you find what frees you
Never let it get away
Each evening
When she beds down for the night
She lookin forward to
The morning
She needs the sun to shine
Darkness clear
Calm the oceans
Part the seas
Give her strength
To hold on
Hold on
To what you need
You’ve got to hold on
To what frees you
And when you find it
Never let it get away
You’ve got to hold on
Hold on
When you find what frees you
Hold it close
Never let it get away
You’ve got to
Hold on
Taking it back
We’re grabbin it back
Won’t live with love like that
Do this
Don’t do that
We’re grabbin it
Snatching our lives back
Been takin it from teachers and all of their rules
And politicians ha their thinkin we’re fools
Tired of being used like tools
We’re grabbing it
Snatching life back
All our time
Jumpin through hoops
Lookin for love
Doin all to please
All the time
Hiding inside
Conditional love
Driving us to our knees
We won’t do that
Hackin it back
grabbin it back
Won’t live with love like that
Do this
Don’t do that
We’re grabbin it
We’re Snatching our lives back
All our lives
Jumpin through hoops
Lookin for love
Doin all to please
All the time hidin inside
Conditional love
Driving us to our knees
And the ain’t love
Been takin it from teachers
all of those rules
And those preachers
We’ll I’m nobody's fool
Tired of being used like tools
We’re grabbin it
Snatching out lives back
Been sitting here
Thinking
Bout you and me
Wondering how we’re gunna
seteach other free
Even if we go falling down
I can’t let your bad times
Be good for me
Anymore
No good, no good for me
Anymore
You must have seen
The way that I’ve been looking down on you
If you have then you know
What I’m saying to be true
I can’t let your bad times
Be good for me
Anymore
I’ve been in this winnin streak
Me getting high
You Lyin weak
Your tensions build
While I get relief
My lying eyes
Peering down at your grief
Playin the hero
Getting thrills on the cheap
I can’t let your bad times
Be good for me anymore
No good
For me
Any more
Some say I’ve used you up
And that’s why I’m turning from you now
I really do love you
And that’s why I’m breaking our vows
I can’t let your bad times
Be good for me
Anymore
No good,
for me anymore
No good for me
Anymore
No good
No good for me
Anymore
I need to be with you
Forget about sorrows
Let myself go
In lovin arms tonight
No need to whisper sweet lines
show me your kisses
I’ve already fallen deep in love
Long time ago
People say
Times have changed
Things ain’t what they used to be
I can’t understand
What there’re on about
Clearly they don’t know nothin
Bought you and me
Gently pull down the covers
Let fire burn through the night
Let ourselves go
In lovin arms tonight
Gently pull down the covers
Let fire burn through the night
Let ourselves go
In lovin arms tonight
Let ourselves go
In lovin arms tonight
La la la
la la la
Workin the line
Been out of work since mid December
Longest shutdown that I can remember
And this dog day summer
Makin it feel like forever
Just gotta get out of here
Livin on handouts
Just to survive
Never thought I’d need work
To keep me alive
Things gotta change
Before I lose my drive
Just gotta get back to the line
Workin the line
Sure would feel fine
A little straight pay
A little over time
Workin the line
Sure would feel fine
Everything will be alright
If I get back to the line
Kids are tired
Of eatin corn on the cob
I’d feed ‘em steak
If I had a job
I’m too proud to beg
To honest to rob
Just gotta get back to the line
Workin the line
Sure would feel fine
A little straight pay
A little overtime
Workin the line
Sure would be nice
Everything will be just fine
When I get back to the line
La La La
La La La
Workin the line
Workin the line
Workin the line
Feelin like we’re in it
Really gunna give it
Workin the line
Workin the line
Workin the line
Workin the line
Workin the line
Workin the line
Workin the line
La La La
La La La
Workin the line
Ya
I need a little boost up
Someone to hold the walls
Till I can fix stuff
Running hard
Through the thick muck
You know what I’m sayin
Things been rough
Doin it right
this time
Using my Insights
Ya I’ve been tryin
Looking for spark
Need little jump start
This time I need help
But there’s no one around
I need help here
But there’s no one around
I need help
But there’s no one around
I need a little help
But there’s no one around
Just me here m alone
Getting lean
Unlocking those energy drains
Injecting a little higher octane
Runnin hard North
On this southbound train
Before I fall
Before I Fall in again
I need help
But there’s no one around
I need a little help here
But There’s no one around
I need help
But there’s no one around
It’s Just me
I’m here alone.
Please come soon
Give me a little hand up
Pour some holy water
In my solo cup again
Find a quotient
Idea vague notion
That will get me goin
Get me goin again
I need help
I need help
I need help here
I need some help
But there’s no one around
Give me some help
I need a little help here
But there’s no one around
Just me alone
She lives at the end of the runway
Between landing gear oil
And rock and roll bands
Engines screaming in her head
She don’t wallow in self pity
She’s never come up from that rough
Sure she’s a little scuffed up
That’s just the kind of thing
That’s made her tough
Serena sunshine
Filters waves through her sand
Purifies souls
Like no one can
Serena
Serena
Gives all she has
Filters waves through her sand
Makes me feel
Like her man
She got nothin in her pockets
Lives between a couple of bucks
Eviction notices on her door
Hopefuls slipping through her bed
She dont have her hand out for no freebies
She’d never want to be
That stuck
Sure she rides on her luck
That’s just the kind of way
Her pop raised her up
Serena sunshine
Filters my waves through her sand
Purifies my soul
Like no one can
Serena
Serena
Gives all she has
Filters my waves through her sand
Makes me feel
Like her man
Serena
Serena
Makes me feel
She makes me feel
Like her man
There’s something in the way
She wears that clip
In her long black hair
She’s a little older
It hangs accross her shoulders
That makes the cowboys lust across their beers
They want to take her home with them tonight
She works behind the counter
Selling donuts and coffee
To the locals and the tourists
Who spill in from the cold
But she’s thinking of her man
Two seasons across the ocean
War torn love left behind
And how she needs to
Embrace his warm heart again
Until then
She’ll wrap leftovers in cellophane and lock them away behind cold doors
Until then she’ll wipe the snow from her bedroom window sill and watch as it floats gently to the ground
Until then
She’ll smile at the newcomers and remember that the floor needs to be swept before she goes home tonight
Until then
She’ll spend her minimum wage a thousand ways in her mind and remember the bills that she’s behind
Until then
She’ll fill her empty glass with coffee and let the warmth flow through her lonely heart
Until then
She’ll polish her shoes just the way her dad showed her in a hope that she’d see his love reflect in them
Until then
Until then
Until then
She’s thinking of her man
Two seasons ‘cross the ocean
War torn love left behind
And how she needs
To embrace his warm heart again
There’s something in the way
She wears that clip
In her long black hair
Photographer / Composer / Singer / Song Writer
Derek composes original music: Meditative & Yoga Music, Piano Compositions, Produces music productions, Orchestral, Electronic, Children's Songs, including writing Lyrics & Poetry.
Derek also has a broad range of photography styles and has complied an eclectic collection in his photo galleries.