On the Side

I watched the the water run over the pebbles
I saw you slowly fading away from innocence
That youth of hours sitting on my bed
Drinking gin, listening to my vinyl lps
Believing we were the only ones in love
You could see into my soul, and we dreamed

We would stay up too late crusin' 13th street
You dragged me into your mystery, no way out
We parked under the oak tree at 10th street park
We drank gin in the dark beneath a starlit night
You kissed me deep and hard with juniper lips

The years moved by us, and we drifted
You left me in your mystery, still no way out
So much water under the bridge, washing it all way
Pebbles turned into sand, I'm standing on the shore
I hear you call on the wind, drawing me back in

I don't want to be your lover on the side
Don't want to be your second side dish
Don't want to live in the shadow of you
I don't want to care more than you do

We were so much younger then, only 22
Reaching for the dream, running with the wind
Too young to hold onto the dream, only 22
Now I can't be your lover on the side
It was easier then; we were only 22

I don't want to be your lover on the side
Don't want to be your second side dish
Don't want to live in the shadow of you
If only we were 22 again,
We would be in the light
In the light and 22 again
In the light-not your lover on the side.


© LAL
8/17

Nothing More

There is nothing left for you and me
You took it all when we were seventeen
You left me on the floor
Bleeding for what might have been
Did you feel the pain?

I'll drink the whiskey till I become numb
To forget you in the mist of your sin
We were much too young for the fall
You lead me to the pit and tossed it all in
I reached for you to hold on, you let go

The long dark night sipping your madness
Sanity creeping around the corner out of reach
I wake at the break of dawn with your smell on me
My mind tries unravel confusion of your presence
Thunder rolls in the distant, another storm coming

When we were seventeen
I gave it all for you
You left me bleeding
Nothing more for you
Nothing, nothing more
Nothing more for you
Did you feel the pain?


© LAL
6/17

Sweet Night

You walk into the dark sweet night
You take the path less traveled all alone
You been hiding in the shadows too long
The night will give you up to the light
You seek to take rest before the break of day

You are a phantom among crowd
You gain strength from the single stranger
You gave into the darkness.
Time holds no measure,
Only loneliness
Only loneliness


© LAL
6/17

A Time Gone Past

This is from long ago (maybe 2004)

I sit alone by the fire light watching

Flames flickering, ever reaching

The music gently rocks my heart and

A remembered scent of you sooths my soul.

We are a time gone past

A future never told

We were haunting and mystical

We were autumn and spring.

Firelight dances across my room

I see you in the shadows on my walls

Candle light illuminates the darkness and

I long to touch your face

Close my eyes I still feel your breath against my cheek

I reached out for you and in a flicker you were gone

Winter falls outside my window, covering traces of you

Flames quietly burn, as I desire your passion again

We are a time gone past

A future never told

We were haunting and mystical

We were autumn and spring.

The fire grows dim as the sun rises

I hear the song of another day

I look for you one more time

And silently the flames fade away.

© LAL
4/2017

A Summer Breeze

This was from 3 years ago (2014)

A southern night breeze blows in over the river

The aroma of sweet jasmine perfumes the air

The thought of you blankets my mind as I lie on the bank

As the water flows down the river, you flow into my heart

The stars light the night as your smile lights my soul

I long to hold you and feel your heart beat with mine

You are the magic of what love is, yet you are so far from me

We are like moments in the wind, falling over and over again

Held together by a star dream, dancing on the edge of a moon beam

We are cosmic dreams, loving from a distant and never apart

A southern night breeze blows in and I hold your heart next to mine.

© LAL

(2/14) 4/2017

Rose of Lancaster

Look at you, alone and small
Standing in her shadow
Wearing a Rose of Lancaster
She is your sin, who will save you now?

The rain is cold on your skin
Wrap you up in the light of a million stars
Who will bring you into the warmth
Of loving arms from being lost

You have been searching all your life
For the one who will raise you up
Who will be the one to protect your heart
Move out of the shadow, turn around

See the one next you who is in the light
Reach out and hold the warm hand
Of the one who will protect your heart
They have been there all your life

So baby take the blinders off and run,
Run into the arms of the one who loves you
All it takes is that single touch
So baby take the blinders off and run,
Run into the light and see the only one
All takes is the touch of a beating heart
So baby take the blinders off and run
Run, run, run to the one who loves you.


© LAL
4/17

Kiss the Girl

You said, it was all too soon
That my heart was fresh, brand new
I needed to get steady on my feet
Navigate my uncharted waters

And I said, life is too short
Not to gaze into those eyes
Or to hold that soft hand
Feel your breath on my cheek
Place my hand against your chest,
Feel your heartbeat
To feel your hand run across my back,
To feel the heat
Kiss the girl I want to kiss
Under a moon lit night

You said, it was unfamiliar course
Landing on this a rocky shore
That I needed firm ground to hold me true
I'm not the first, you have seen it all before
And I said, the journey may be precarious but
Are willing to me hold me steady?

You said, let me help you find the way
Keep me steady on my feet
To navigate the uncharted waters
You would be there to hold me true

And I said,
Let me kiss the girl I want to kiss
Under a moon lit night

© LAL
1/17

Touch

Runway queen strutting down the avenue
Looking like a high class prima donna, cold
Fragile as glass, with one tap it shatters
Pieces on the ground, pieces on the ground

Once your body was warm silky unfretted
Laid in the sheets wrapped up in me, touched
Your breath against my shoulder, stroked your hair
Do you remember how you felt with my touch?

My touch, my touch was thing you craved
When I touched your skin and your soul
My fingers run across your hips, tingles your spine
Do you remember how you felt with my touch?

How did it all change, you forgot my touch
When did you lose the moments
When I would walk by, caressing you
How did it all change, when did it turn cold

Posing in your gray Chanel, cameras flashing
Haunting glances around the room, ego crashing
Your presence of a seductress, crumbles
Into fragments on the ground, on the ground

Now you stand all alone, like a pretender
Your ingenue illusion fades away
How did it all change you forgot my touch
My touch, do remember how you felt


My touch, my touch was thing you craved
When I touched your skin and your soul
Run my fingers across your hips, spine tingles
Do you remember how you felt with my touch?
My touch , my touch…….

© LAL
12/16

Memories

Memories always bring you back to me.
You are never gone for long
My touch across your skin makes you tingle
You can feel my breath against your neck
My scent lingers on your sheets

We are crazy mad for the things we ought to be
You know your love will never die for me
Come to me for the night cuz I need you stay
Let me place my hand on your heartbeat
Let's not make our one night bittersweet

Memories always bring you back to me.
You are never gone for long
You know you are tired of being alone
I'm tired of fighting the feelings
Hold on to me, then let me go

Memories always bring you back to me
We will have the memory of the love
It's not enough, not enough-memories
Hold on to me, then let me go

Memories will always bring you back to me

© LAL
9/2/16

Dull the pain

I am looking for a way to dull the pain
To put my mind in a gray haze
To lose my sanity from thoughts of you
Rushing over the hills and valleys

I'll finish my tonic till I'm across the bed
Staring at the ceiling, counting the moments
Till my mind fades to black till the 'morrow
And I will begin again. Pour another tonic

Need to dull my pain
Put you out of my head
And forgive my sin
Love is my weakness

I've lost control and can't find my mind
You stole the riches of my soul
You have put me on the run
To become whole again, letting go

Need to dull my pain
Put you out of my head
And forgive my sin
Love is my weakness

Time to sleep and dream, tonic please
The sweet remedy running thru me
Alone, quiet, I watch the shadows
Seeing you fade away, my mind finds peace

The pain is gone
You're out of my head
I'm forgiven
Love is always my weakness


© LAL
8/14/16