The Sandbox World

Understanding the Strength of My Soul

show me a man alone, I will show you a saint
show me an intellectual, I will show you a simple thing made hard
show me an artist, I will show you a hard thing made simple
I have yet to show my world and the people I know
how life revolves around true things, learn to love your truth
I have yet to show my world and the people I know
how people are important enough for personal concern,
you don't know how you look through their eyes
these pictures of you, you may never see for yourself

love needs a replenishing source, can you paint a picture of love?
love needs a sight for to see, it's this blindness, bumping around in the dark
when one teaches oneself about love, nature and inner beauty have to be learned
love needs wellness and healing, can you paint a picture of nuture?
romantic love is a mental illness, reality distortion syndrome, pure pleasure
by treating my mental illness like what it is an illness, a weariness of witherings
I've learned to be true to myself and my short comings, this understanding of problems
makes it easier to love, makes it easier to learn, more time is spent busy being happy
being in touch with my mental illness, allows a freedom profound, unbound & sound

people suffer everyday, finding your meaning is through sacrifice, suffering and struggle
people of character, make all those quotes about suffering true, I see the sorrow in you
I once walked with a friends in the darkness, now I suffer walking alone in the light
I suffer, to build character to learn from my mistakes, things we do for others and the world
will live on, immortal, after we are long gone far into the great numbers
the fear of suffering itself is greater than the suffering that takes place in the heart
for suffering in the heart is to know the oneness inside of you, close and true blue
for suffering in the external world and finding the needed freedom from it is to know pain
the pain from waiting, the pain of forgetting, not knowing which to do is true suffering

1. Spring Wind
   Greg Brown

2. You'll Never Know
   Richie Havens

3. Maybe You're Right
   Cat Stevens

4. Marchin' to the City
   Bob Dylan

5. Anthem
   Leonard Cohen

6. Wrote A Song For Everyone
   Mavis Staples

7. Born To Be Loved
   Lucinda Williams

8. That's What Friends Are For
   Paul Williams

9. Gentle on My Mind
   Madeleine Peyroux

10. Set the Twilight Reeling
    Lou Reed

11. Everybody Lies
    Leo Kottke

12. Vicious Circle
    Lou Reed

13. Ashes To Ashes
    David Bowie

14. Everybody's Talkin'
    Harry Nilsson

15. Gossip
    Blue Rodeo

16. Save Some Time to Dream
    John Mellencamp

17. Sometimes I Wonder
    Patrick Sky

18. Understanding the Strength of My Soul
    George Waldrop

19. Shadow Dream Chaser of Rainbows
    Len Chandler

     

     

     

     

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