THE PROMISE

Here you are so sick again,
You don't look so well,
The skin sags around your skull,
And your bed sores really smell

I could try to help you,
Do as I've always done,
Tell you everything's o.k.,
And then dial 9-1-1

But somehow this time's different,
There's nothing in your eyes,
Except the pain of living,
That accompanies your cries

You whisper something in my ear,
And I hold your hand in mine,
I make a solemn promise,
No ambulance this time

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BONNIE BEDELIA

Bonnie Bedelia,
Heart like a wheel,
Can I ever tell ya,
How I really feel?

I'll never let you go...
Never let you go...

UNREQUITED

When you love someone,
But she don't feel the same,
You can't catch your breath,
You can't dull the pain

And when you see her smile,
But at someone else,
It turns you inside out,
You can't feel yourself,

And when she walks away,
Moving hand in hand,
Leaving your love behind,
For another man

And as you stand alone,
Nothing's bittersweet,
No one sees you there,
Drowning in your grief

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BARRY'S THOUGHTS AT THE GRAVESIDE OF HIS RECENTLY DECEASED WIFE

I'm glad it's you and not me darlin'!
I can't stop myself from sreamin' and hollerin'!
Pretty soon you'll be nuthin' but a box full o' bones,
And me, I'll be tap dancin' on all these headstones!

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FEVER DREAM

It took me awhile to realize,
Where I was going to and where I had been,
I can't say that it was a noble quest,
Because I left you behind,
When the friendship wore thin

Somewhere out on that highway's an end,
Of a journey that's lasted far too long,
The winners ain't braver,
The women ain't beauties,
And the race don't always go the strong

Beg, borrow and steal a lifetime,
Of broken promises and poison darts,
I can lie to the people,
I can lie to you baby,
I can lie here all night and wait for the sparks

But you know and I know flames don't rekindle,
When wooden hearts darken with falling tears,
'Cause I ain't a beggar,
And I ain't a pleader,
Still I wish these nurses would acknowledge my fears

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A MOMENT OF CLARITY

I've done a lot of bad things,
And I've hurt so many people,
In my neverending quest for number one,
But of all the mistakes I've made,
You're not one, my son,
Of all the mistakes I've made, you're not one


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HER PLAINTIVE PLEA TO A JACKASS

Lie to me,
I don't want to hear those words again,
Don't want to see,
And though I understand your feelings well,
Please don't leave,
Don't go,
'cause you know I love you so


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