“Winds (Wings) Of War”

[Written in January of 1991, in three minutes flat, music and all! - Inspired by the news telecast of that little bird, caught in Hussein’s voluntary oil spill in the midst of The Desert Storm Operation. We are fools to think we can go on hurting each other and nature, this way]

(Start track with well-known Arabic air which then merges with the beginning of the USA’s National Anthem. At the point where you reach “Can you seeeeeee……” Make that part sound like a falling bomb and follow this with soundtrack of heavy gun fire [done with drums] and then the sound of choppers whipping sand. Bomb hits target with a loud bang… Count to four and then start singing – There is a war, going on, in the very music of this song and instruments are made to sound like bombs, choppers and racing bullets. This song is my very best – EVER!! It’s a Rock song like none ever experienced before. I will record this song if it’s the last thing I ever do. Recording’s proceeds to go to War Child)

Under the desert’s sun, I stand

Miles away from nowhere

A new day has just begun, and yet

Smoke still whips the air

Sand storms caused by the winds of war

Don’t we want peace anymore?

Some say we may just have to fight (oh, oh...)

Since when, was such madness,

Ever worth dying for?

(Chorus)

Winds of... (Wings of war!)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

We’ve gone too ... (Far too far!)

Birds wash up dead on our shores (oh, oh, oh....)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

Out, in the light of night, I hear

Choppers crack like thunder

All’s wrong here, no one’s right

We know but it don’t matter

Up in arms, as I hit the ground

I wonder what all this is for...

My heart is drumming fear to my hands (Oh, oh...)

Will I ever be the same as before??!

(Chorus)

Winds of... (Wings of war!)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

We’ve gone too ... (Far too far!)

Birds wash up dead on our shores (oh, oh, oh....)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

(Bridge)

Depleted Uranium’s now mingling with the clouds

The Earth goes ‘round and ‘round again

Not only is it Genocide!!! (Dear God!!)

We’re pissin’ in the wind!!!

Caught in this web of war, I pray

For all strategic masters

‘Cos in a softer glove

Their powers could do wonders

As I lay here, now biting sand

Trying hard to understand...

Bullets race on, beside my thoughts (Oh, oh...)

We’ve got such power...

Can’t we make this STOP???!!!!

(Chorus)

Winds of... (Wings of war!)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

We’ve gone too... (Far too far!)

Birds wash up dead on our shores (oh, oh, oh...)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

(Chorus: 1 octave higher)

Winds of... (Wings of war!)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

We’ve gone too... (Far too far!)

Birds wash up dead on our shores (oh, oh, oh...)

Don’t we want peace anymore?

(Fade with the sound of chopper blades slowing down, whipping the air, in the background)

“The Gift”

[Written in 1999 - To Humanity at large, with Love, in the wake of the events taking place in the belly of KOSOVO]

Plunged in the madness of this world

Seeking a way to make a diff’rence

I strummed my tears, on a park bench

Wishing to pluck the eye of silence

I played and a melody flowed

So strong its current,

So loud its sound

I heard hearts breaking all around

A Stranger then, came in my sight

And swallowed hard, my melody

He sat a while, mute, next to me

So... When he sang, he startled me

He sang...

“I am, I was, will ever be...

For I am You and You are Me

My Message was so plain to see

Why It got lost, is mystery...

I am, I was forever Love

So don’t seek Me, way up, Above

I live and breathe, there, in Each Heart

Look... In Your eyes... My work of art”

And I replied;

“Sir, to claim this, just Who are You?

If You are “He”, than WHERE are You?!

Dear Sir, this world’s in such a mess

There’s War, there’s Pain and Loneliness”

And He sang;

“I am, I was, will ever be

Right here, with You, You know it’s true

Loneliness has no vacancy

‘Cos at Your side, I’ll always be

I am, I was forever Here...

It’s why, sometimes, You’ve felt me near

Today, I’ve come through You, Sweet Child

So All would know; Each Gift’s My pride”

To this, I said;

“Well that’s just fine and dandy, Sir

But what good’s a Gift that you can’t use?

This Gift of mine, oh... Can’t You see?...

It cannot stop the misery”

And He sang;

“I am, I was, will ever be

Awaiting to carry You through

Dear Child, if You’ll pardon the pun...

One can’t see Light, in High Noon’s Sun

I am, I was forever Yours

This Gift You curse, know it serves well

For, just like One and One are Two

We’ll make a diff’rence, Me and You

So go on, use This Gift of yours

And spread The Word, please spell It right

Do not spill Its Ink from your eyes

Just let It flow, to let All know...

I am, I was, will ever be

For, All are One, and One is Me

So air This Message right away

Child, dry Your eyes, go on... Go play!”

He then got up

And walked away...

I could’ve sworn

I heard Him say;

“I hope They’ll get The Message right, THIS time!”

(I kiss this song to God!)

“Take This!”

[Written in 1998]

In this world of takers,

The rare, few givers,

Who go on, givin’

Run on empty

Yeah, they’re breathing fumes

Such is their perfume

Can you gauge me?

In this soup of liars

The truth is obscured

But my eyes are sharp

And I can see!

You’ve been telling lies

With such honest eyes

Nearly took me!

(Chorus)

Well, Take This! - Huh!

You’re so used to taking,

So, Take This! - Huh!

You can keep it all

Come, Take This! - Mmmm

Take all you can get,

This cold day, in Hell

All I want

Is ink on these papers

Yeah...So take this!

In this eye of silence,

I have come to grow

And all that I was

Turned to ice, oh...

Your cold affection

And your absent touch

Well… It’s been nice!

(Bridge)

Hmmm... I’ll never belong to you

Never did, and I never will

Though I’ve always been true

A vowed mistake

I’ve paid in full....

In this web of warriors,

The rare, few lovers,

Who go on, lovin’

Come up happy

Now, I need to breathe

A much cleaner air

I want the sea....

(Chorus)

Well, Take This! - Huh!

You’re so used to taking,

So, Take This! - Huh!

You can keep it all

Come, Take This! - Mmmm

Take all you can get,

This cold day, in Hell

All I want

Is ink on these papers

Yeah... So take this!

Take this pen,

Sign the papers!

“Reality Is Dreaming”

[Written in 2000 – For Reality, Lisa’s Nephew, a little boy whom I happen to know ‘Down Under’, with Love]

Reality’s a boy

About five apples tall

Reality’s a dream

An Angel to us all

His Mama doesn’t know it

Or maybe she forgot

Reality’s a treasure

The kind that can’t be bought

(Chorus)

Reality is dreaming

Of a much better life

He goes to bed still hungry

For Mama’s tender touch

Reality is dreaming

Of a warm sunny day

When Mom won’t be so busy

When she’ll come out to play

Reality is sleeping

In a place far from screams

Dream, dream

Sweet Reality, dream

Reality’s a Star

Life sparkles in his eyes

Reality’s a boy

With a heart twice his size

His Auntie Lisa knows it

It’s why she holds him so

But Auntie’s love can’t hide

All that Mommy’s can’t show

(Bridge)

You’d think his Mom would rock him

And hold him to her heart

Why, this boy’s just so precious

Reality’s a Star!

(Chorus)

Reality is dreaming

Of a much better life

He goes to bed still hungry

For Mama’s tender touch

Reality is dreaming

Of a warm sunny day

When Mom won’t be so busy

When she’ll come out to play

Reality is sleeping

In a place far from screams

Dream, dream...

Sweet Reality, dream

Reality’s a boy

About five apples tall

Reality’s a dream

An Angel to us all

His Mama doesn’t know it

Or maybe she forgot

Reality’s a treasure

The kind that can’t be bought

“Please Don’t Call Me, Utopia”

[Written on October 8^th, 2000 - in the wake of Middle-Eastern events]

I have seen what Man does

Cloaked in clever disguise

Though I look to the Sun

Man’s clouds undress my eyes

Don’t call me, Dear Utopia

No one here wants to know you

You’ve filled my eyes with dreams

And I’ve become their fool

No, don’t call me Utopia...

Not now, not ever more....

I have seen what Man does

Under The Seal of God

Go away, Dear Utopia

Here, you do not belong

Run now, less they should catch you

Stay as far as you can

Man’s eyes, they have gone blind

Hear, in their heart, a stone

Here, one kills his own child,

Yes, you heard right; his own!!

Don’t call me now, Utopia

Please, get out of my head

Run far from me, Utopia

My belief in you’s dead

What’s left of me will go,

To a far, warmer shore

Where, tucked inside an Amber,

I’ll see flourish my core

I’ve gone down on my knees,

Dying, each passing day

I can’t go on, that way

Show up or go away!!

Please don’t call me, Utopia

Let me go, set me free

From the chains that bind me

To your Mind, can’t you see?

Set me free, Blind Utopia

Less you make me your Tool

For Men laugh and they sneer,

Thinking me weak, the fools...

Let me go, Dear Utopia

Please show mercy on me

Cleanse my eyes of your Spirit

Here, you just should not be

We cannot change this world

Too far gone, can’t you see?

And so, Darling Utopia...

Less you drown, here with me

Please don’t call, let me be

Dreams of you are killing me

"Peace By Peace"

[Written on February 21^st, 2003 and sent to Bush]

Oil's gotten to your head

You're burning out our sky

Your God - The Dollar's – dead

Is it its Tomb, you pry?

(Chorus)

Stop it! Basta! Assez!

Listen! Acou! Oyez!

Feel it! Tocca! Touchez!

Smell it! Senti! Sentez!

Taste it! Proba! Goûtez!

Look here! Kita! Mira!

Guarda mi! Regardez!

Yo? Shoof, Habibi...

Hear This Piece,

Peace by Peace!!

Don't make my Moon go Red

Don't let my Eagle cry

Disarm! - Try Love instead!

Don't let Life’s Vine go dry

(Bridge)

Why be so deeply superficial,

Shedding good blood for oil and money?

Why must Greed be a Demi-God,

To whom we bow, perpetually?

Who cares about the land we’ve got,

If we lose all for which we stand?

Can’t we just learn to live together,

Before our sons’ bones turn to sand?

What's it gonna take?

How far will you go?

War is a mistake

Surely, this, you know!

Our world’s had enough

Way more than its share

Our land’s red with blood

Why do you pursue?

(Chorus)

Stop it! Basta! Assez!

Listen! Acou! Oyez!

Feel it! Tocca! Touchez!

Smell it! Senti! Sentez!

Taste it! Proba! Goûtez!

Look here! Kita! Mira!

Guarda mi! Regardez!

Yo? Shoof, Habibi...

Hear This Piece,

Peace by Peace!!

Love… The Peace this world is missing…

“Once More”

[Written in 1989 - A personal daily prayer]

Another day has just begun

My dreams have washed up on the shore

My tears have risen with the Sun

My body quivers to the core

A shiver away...From surrender

(Oh, oh, oh, oh...)

I cry out for hope... Once more

(For one more day!)

(Chorus)

Once more! I’m a shiver away...

Yes, once more! Just a shiver away...

I feel it... (ohhh...)

Once more! It’s a matter o’ days...

Yes, once more! Just a matter o’days...

I know it....

‘Nnnn.... I won’t cave in!

Another day has come and gone

Blank balls of notes dance on my floor

Just some more lyrics gone unsung

Ooooh, I’m not a poet anymore

A shiver away... I still wonder...

Should I really try... Once more?

(One more day...)

(Chorus)

Once more! I’m a shiver away...

Yes, once more! Just a shiver away...

I feel it... (ohhh...)

Once more! It’s a matter o’ days...

Yes, once more! Just a matter o’days...

I know it....

‘Nnnn.... I won’t cave in!

Another day will see the Sun

The dreams I hold have yet to soar

And after all’s been said and done

Long gone will be the days of yore

And forever more...I’ll remember

The days I cried, yet tried... Once more

(Just one more day!)

(Chorus)

Once more! I’m a shiver away...

Yes, once more! Just a shiver away...

I feel it... (ohhh...)

Once more! It’s a matter o’ days...

Yes, once more! Just a matter o’days...

I know it....

‘Nnnn.... I won’t cave in!

(Sotto voce, in the well know air)

What a diff’rence a day makes...24 hours....

(Fade)

“I Hang My Halo On Your Wing”

[Written in 1999 - dedicated to St-Michael, Archangel]

Freed all the Love I held inside

All that You’d ever given me

Used it to fill a well, to share

With those who died of thirst, out there

Many were found, by this well’s side

Curled up and dying, cursing You

Most had refused to drink Its Core

Too few believed a Love as pure

(Chorus)

I hang my halo on Your wing

You, Gentle Pilot of my dreams

For, I’ve grown tired, understand...

Of this here species, they call ‘Man’

I hang my halo on Your wing

Please fly me Home, before I die

Heart on the rocks, I wave a flag

I’ve given up, I kiss the sky

This World cries out, ohhh.... Can’t you hear?

And see where I’ve buried Its tears?

My heart has swelled with such despair

It’s so cold here, I gasp for air

I gave up all that was in me,

Hoping Your love could change this world

They killed another child today...

Cover my eyes... Fly me away

(Bridge)

Fly me where there’s no rhyme for crime

Where Winter’s not one of the Seasons

Heart-deep in snow, I hurt so bad

Sent you a Flare... The last I had

(Chorus)

I hang my halo on Your wing

You, Gentle Pilot of my dreams

For, I’ve grown tired, understand...

Of this here species, they called ‘Man’

I hang my halo on Your wing

Please fly me Home, before I die

Heart on the rocks, I wave a flag

I’ve given up, I kiss the sky

I’ll bring Your Love up to the sky

And free It yet again, once there

I’ll let It rain upon the Earth

Just so the birds will hear Its air

Someday, the birds of every tree

Will sing It out, in harmony

This world will hear a Symphony

That’ll bring each Soul down on one knee

(Chorus)

I hang my halo on Your wing

You, Gentle Pilot of my dreams

(I love you senseless)

For, I’ve grown tired, understand...

Of this here species, they call ‘Man’

I hang my halo on Your wing

Please fly me Home, before I die

Heart on the rocks, I wave a flag

I’ve given up, I kiss the sky

This world is waiting now - Full thrust!!

This Craft must spread some Angel’s Dust

“Goodbye Alaska”

[Written in 1998]

Hello? - “Alaska”??....

Yeah...I’m talkin’ to you!

What would you say, if...

We eloped for a loop?

Six years o’this, say...

Think we’ve paid our dues?

Your sky is so cold...

‘N I feel trapped in this coop!

(Chorus)

Goodbye, “Alaska”

I’ve gotta fly

Out of your sky, ‘cos

It’s just too cold up here

Goodbye “Alaska”

Now, please don’t cry

Tears turn to ice, here

So sharp, they cut, Dear...

Goodbye “Alaska” (Bis)

Hey?! - “Alaska”??...

Yeah... You know who you are...

I’ve loved you long and...

Loyalty’s been my coat

But hear here, My Dear...

Just so much I can “bare”

You say you love me,

But you’re not even “there”!!

Say?! - “Alaska”??

Yeah...You wear your name well

What would you say, if

We went ‘way for a spell?

The “tormenting winds”

Of your “far, distant skies”

Have taken their toll...

Here’s a cold place for HELL!!!!

(Musical Bridge)

Yo?!... “Alaska”??

Yeah... I know you don’t need

The extra pressure

But this, you need to heed;

Want my own “country”

Not someone else’s “town”

Wake up, “Alaska”!!

‘Cos I’m cryin’ blood now!!

(Chorus)

Goodbye, “Alaska”

I’ve gotta fly

Out of your sky, ‘cos

It’s just too cold up here

Goodbye “Alaska”

Now, please don’t cry

Tears turn to ice, here

So sharp, they cut, Dear...

Goodbye “Alaska” (Bis)

Yo?!...”Alaska”??

How’s the weather out there?

Here is my postcard

Sayin’; “Wish you were here”

Say... “Alaska”??

Do you miss me sometimes?

Good bye “Alaska”....

Loved you, “Alaska”!!!

“Faith’s Song”

[Written in 1999 - For ‘Faith’, a dear friend of mine (Graciela: May this song give you courage to continue writing, despite anything and everything that may happen. Never give up, Sweetheart – NEVER!!!)]

Faith, sweet, tender Child

You play with the Angels

When you write the wrongs

Life hands down to you

Faith… Pain’s in your lines

You now seek God’s counsel

Well, Dear, guess who’s signed?

So, here’s through me, to you

(Chorus)

Take your pen as some do swords

And fight your fright

Yes, fight with Might

Drink your ink as some do Milk

And write your Light

Faith, write it bright

Dare to dream a dream tonight

Where your tears flow

‘Cos the seers know

Oceans never will run dry

But Pain can’t float

When Love’s your boat

Faith, Love’s like a gun

We’ve all felt its barrel

Jabbed up in our ribs

Pointed at our heart

If given the choice

Most would gladly shoot

‘Stead of living life

Cool, detached and lost

(Chorus)

Take your pen as some do swords

And fight your fright

Yes, fight with Might

Drink your ink as some do Milk

And write your Light

Faith, write it bright

Dare to dream a dream tonight

Where your tears flow

‘Cos the seers know

Oceans never will run dry

But Pain can’t float

When Love’s your boat

Faith, Pain’s part of Love

Love makes life worth living

Love lives in your pen

Purge its ev’ry drop

Faith, your gift can feed

Millions who are starving

Share its Mighty Light

Write, Sweet Child, please write!!

(Chorus)

Take your pen as some do swords

And fight your fright

Yes, fight with Might

Drink your ink as some do Milk

And write your Light

Faith, write it bright

Dare to dream a dream tonight

Where your tears flow

‘Cos the seers know

Oceans never will run dry

But Pain can’t float

When Love’s your boat

(Ad lib)

“Even Odds”

[Written in November 2008 – ‘Home’ is where the heart is. Everywhere and anywhere else, a scarf to hide one’s eyes and a jacket to warm one’s heart are required for… Everywhere and anywhere else, reign but Winter, Illusions and Masquerade.]

I've had my fill of Emptiness

Loneliness found a friend in me

So what if there's full void ahead?

It's all the same diff'rence to me!

I've been so cold, what's one more burn?

Courage has been spun from my fears

I've learned to swim now, oh... sooo well...

What is just one more sea of tears?

(Chorus)

Nothing can stop me

Nothing can scare me

Not much can now stand in my way

The way I see it,

I've even odds now...

So what if my life's gone astray

I've even odds now

It's even odd how...

Why… Even Darkness lights my way

I've been so tamed, though wild with Pain

I screamed in silence, all those years

I've learned to climb in my worst falls

Nothing now bothers me at all

(Chorus)

Nothing can stop me

Nothing can scare me

Not much can now stand in my way

The way I see it,

I've even odds now...

So what if my life's gone astray

I've even odds now

It's even odd how...

Why… Even Darkness lights my way