True Love's Kiss
I've been looking for my soulmate
And have searched both far and wide
Waiting for the moment
When we're standing side by side.
And I'm not alone in searching
For I know this much is true,
That if we're really soulmates
He'll be searching for me too.
He will never leave me
And stand firmly by my side,
He could see my very soul,
By looking in my eyes.
For dreams are what you make them,
And even if it's just a wish
I'm going to keep on waiting
For my one true lover's kiss.

Someone Else's Shoes
You nod sympathetically,
smile when I'm praised
and laugh whenever I do.
Don't pretend to know what I feel.
You DON'T know,
you couldn't possibly.
You're not me.
The secrets of my heart are my own,
and you have no right to interfere.
Instead of walking around in my shoes,
why not try somebody else's?
How about your own.

The Price We Pay
She thought she was driving sober one night, 
On a small, deserted road. 
Nothing in life ever seemed to go right, 
Or so she had been told. 
Her baby was anxious to be born, 
It never did anything wrong. 
That's why it seems so unfair. 
 
	That now they're both dead and gone. 
 
One beer too many,  
Is what ended his life. 
Leaving behind, 
A grieving family and wife.   
“One more beer won’t kill me.” 
He had thought with a laugh, 
Shoving the bottle into his hands. 
	 
	He chose his own path. 
 
No one knows the consequences, 
Before they drink and drive. 
Or if they do, they choose to ignore, 
All of the warning signs. 
When they get behind the wheel,  
No worries or cares anymore. 
During those briefiest moments,  
 
	Their lives the grim reaper stole. 


Living
A kind old lady wiped away a stray tear,
Staring down at her husband beside her. 
She never thought it would happen this fast,
But everyone dies sooner or later.

The doctor walked into the waiting room,	   
An unreadable look in his eyes.
"It's a boy," he informed the assembled group 
"But I'm sorry to say his mom died."

When a speeding bullet found its mark,
A young boy lay dead on the ground.
No one knew the reason he died,  
His family just gathered around.

The boy looked at his father,
tears in his eyes
"Why does everyone around us
always have to die?"

The father looked sadly at his son
and took a long deep breath
"Think of the things that are worth living for
Life is not all about death."

Refuse to obey
I watched him from far away
Standing under a lighted corner.
He stood there suspiciously watching me 
But I gave him the cold shoulder.
 
His badge shines brightly, off the light
It filters from above
He thinks he is so special
Because he wears his coat and gloves.

What gives him the right,
To look at me that way?
Is not a man, a man?
I refuse to obey.

Well, I say, cops they're just like us,
People through and through.
When they yield power over us 
It's really nothing new.

What gives someone the special right
To hail above the rest?
This world is too small to live a white lie
In my opinion they're pests

What gives him the right,
To look at me that way?
Is not a man, a man?
I refuse to obey.

There would be no people left to defend 
Without them here or there
This world would be run with guns, and drugs
And no one would even care.

Who would defend the weak
Or the wronged?
The people who are mugged, raped or killed
By the strong?

I think it gives him the right, 
To look at me that way 
They are there to fight for us 
Perhaps we should obey.

Learning
With a cry, the bird fell down
Landing on the ground below
Its mother gently nudged it,
But, it didn't want to go

Fear makes us afraid
Of things we don't do well
But, if we always give up 
Then, we'll always fail

You have to learn to crawl
Before you learn to walk 
Only when you've heard the words
Can you finally learn to talk

If ever you fall down
Get up and try again
Fixing your mistakes
Is the only way you win

Take it one day at a time
There is no need to rush
Nothing's ever out of reach
If you believe in it strongly enough