(When I Know) I’m Not The Only One
©2015 by Terry Winchell
I’m not the only one who’s hurting
I’m not the only one who has lost
I can’t feel sorry for myself
When I know I’m not the only one
This world can appear big and empty
when you’re lonely inside
Lately everywhere that I end up
there’s no place left to hide
There’s plenty of broken hearts
wandering these streets in every town
The sidewalks worn down and are shinning
from all the years of tears hitting the ground
I’m not the only one who hurting
I’m not the only one who has lost
I can’t feel sorry for myself
when I know I’m not the only one
There was a time when I didn’t know
the things I know now
Like everyone at one time rides the pity train
We wrestle with the truth
we fight ourselves and oh we blame
Our hearts would mend if from the start
we filled them up with love Love love
I’m not the only one who hurting
I’m not the only one who has lost
I can’t feel sorry for myself
When I know I’m not the only one
only one I’m not the only one,
only one I’m not the only one
only one
Slumberland
© 2015 by Terry Winchell
August wanes sunsets glow
summers last dance
crickets courting I'm barefoot walking
through pink fields of Cosmos
Gathered flowers in my bare arms
I kneel down to cut longer stems
A rush of wind moves candy colors over head
And I'm down low down wind in Slumberland
And I’m down low down wind in Slumberland
All curled up dreaming is a red fox
sleeping in a candy field
Flowers sway light cast through
it flickers in the wind
Only us the fox and I in a kaleidoscope dream
Its a gift this surprise for only my eyes
I hear his breath he doesn't stir
This magic creature who’s so wise
soft white face red fur
And I’m down low down wind in Slumberland
And I'm down low down wind in Slumberland
All curled up right in front of me
is a red fox sleeping in a candy field
And I'm down low down wind in Slumberland
And I'm down low down wind in Slumberland
All curled up am I dreaming
of a red fox sleeping in a candy field?
All curled up dreaming is a red fox
sleeping in a candy field
Mary Don’t Look Back
© 2015 by Terry Winchell
Mary came to America
to Ellis island when she was six
With her mother and her brother
and a rolled up feather bed
Papa came over earlier
he worked and sent the money back
In a letter with a promise
they were going to a better place
Mary don’t look back
Mary don’t look back
Many go to places they don’t know
oh they just don’t know
Mary stood into the wind
with her ribbons and her bows
She’s going to a better place
oh she knows
Mary married a music man
she found freedom in his songs
She dreamed about being in the movies
and wished upon shooting stars
Later she raised six children
her husband worked night and day
she fell lonely and lost her way
when the bottle took her far
from her light
Mary don’t look back
Mary don’t look back
Many go to places they don’t know
they oh they just don’t know
Mary stood into the wind
with her ribbons and her bows
She’s going to a better place
oh she knows
Mary's husband turned 85
they made peace before he died
Her children have scattered
some stay in touch while others hide
This spring she turned 84
she’s having trouble getting around
She’s says she knows where the time has gone
and she knows where it’s going
Mary use to be afraid but she not any more
She’s says she’s going home
Yeah she’s going to a better place
Mary don’t look back
Mary don’t look back
Many go to places they don’t know
oh they just don’t know
Mary stood into the wind
with her ribbons and her bows
She’s going to a better place
oh to a better place
Oh Mary don’t look back
Mary don’t look back
Mary don’t look back
Mary don’t Look back
Oh Mary don’t look back
Mary don’t look back
Oh Mary Oh Mary Oh Mary
It’s Not Sad
© 2015 by Terry Winchell
It’s not sad that I’m leaving
In my mind I left a long time ago
I’ll never stop believing
That I’m gonna find a better way
Time is slipping through all ten fingers
Dreams are drifting out to sea
If I don’t leave in a New York minute
It just might get the best of me
It’s not bad that I’m leaving
I’ll find the way home someday
Inside I feel the world calling
it’s saying’ come on come on lets go
So don’t feel sad that I’m leaving
Even though it means a lot to me
Your kind words and what your feeling
I’m gonna to take along with me
Make your home where your heart is
Treat it tenderly
Do what's best leave the rest
My hearts compass is guiding me
It’s not sad that I’m leaving
In my mind I left a long time ago
I’ll never stop believing
That I’m gonna find a better way
It’s not bad that I’m leaving
I’ll find the way home someday
Inside I feel the world calling
it’s saying
come on come on lets go
come on come on come on
come on lets go
come on come on come on
come on come on come on
Come on lets go
come on come on come on
I said come on come on
come on lets go
I said come on come on
come on come on come on
come on lets go come on come on
come on come on come on
come on lets go
come on come on come on
come on come on come on
come on lets go come on lets go
Just Another Love
© 2015 by Terry Winchell
I heard the thunder late last night
as it rolled over me
It stirred up my emotions
and a storm that won’t set me free
Its got a hold on me that’s so strong
How could so much love go so wrong
Its just another love that will never be
I heard the rain on my window
I was hoping it would pour
You see I’ve run out of tears
I just can’t cry anymore
This storm has let me high and dry
he said all the right things
and then he said goodbye
Its just another love that will never be
I was looking to fill an emptiness
didn’t realize I’d get so destroyed
Now I’m full of hurt cuz I left my heart
oh I left my heart
yeah I left my heart wide open
I heard the thunder late last night
as it rolled over me
It stirred up my emotions
and a storm that won’t set me free
Just another love that will never be
Just another love that will never be
Just another love that will never be
Just another love
That Good Feeling
© 2015 by Terry Winchell
Come on lets take it slow on the road today
You know it feels so right go any where we wanna go
We need to spread our wings and fly let go of everything
That's when we'll start to feel feel what’s real
That’s when we'll start to see the light of day shine the way
Oh that good feeling Do do do do do do
ah haaaa Do do do do do do
We're driving on a city street winding up a country road
Fingers keeping the beat the music shakes the radio
Taking in the sounds and sites singing under starry nights
That's when we'll start to feel feel what’s real
That’s when we'll start to see the light of day shine the way
Oh that good feeling
Every day is a beautiful thing
(it's a beautiful thing)
Light untangles darkness each morning
Awareness will always guide us through
(guide us through)
Never abandon the love that lives in you
Yeah that's when we'll start to feel Oh feel what’s real
That’s when we'll start to see the light of day
that's when we'll start to feel oh feel what’s real
That’s when we'll start to see the light of day
shine the way to our hearts
Oh that good feeling Do do do do do do
ah ah ha ha do do do do do ah ah ah ....