Walk Home by Skip Friel
There's all this ground to cover before we go
And there's little chance left to play the blues
And the last few times someone laughed with me
Was the last ten times I saw you
When the chilled heart of day sends me back home
And the glow of evening greets me at the door
These times are like a bandage on my heart
For a moment I can see what I came here for
Walkin home I felt the ground shake beneath my feet
I swore I heard the pounding ocean waves
Lookin up just before I went inside
The mystery there was the light shown from your face
Sometimes dreamin we see what might
Sometimes it lingers till the misty light
What I hope will play just like a song
Is how you'll see in me as your day drifts to night
Walkin home I felt the ground shake beneath my feet
I thought I heard the pounding ocean waves
Lookin up just before I went inside
The mystery there was the light shown from your face
Twilight Red Sky by Skip Friel
I saw your figure in a twilight red sky
You turned toward me strolled into my sight
I knelt and grabbed a handful of dry sand
Watched it shine and slip out of my hand
Not the first time we talked here all night
Won't be the last
Dreamed I saw you walkin the shore line
Soon you were gone back over the dune line
Lost for a while you showed at my door
Once again you went over my threshold
It's not the first time we talked here all night
Won't be the last chance to make things right
You thought sometimes we'd only been half here
Turned out to be only a false fear
A faint red glow builds into the east sky
First sight of white foam grins off the beachside
Not the first time we talked here all night
Won't be the last chance to make things right
The Universe Changed by Skip Friel
It was time to turn the wind
It was time to take a break
Maybe it was the way I wore my
Shirt the other day
By the end of the evening
Everything had changed
You had gone on to love
And I had gone away
And you can't choose who you love
Or who you'll lean upon
With every turn someone's touched
And someone's left alone
Try if you want to
To get me thru it all
The hurt gets even harder to take
As you cushion my fall
Will your candles burn with him?
Will they melt down and go dim?
Will the morning lay new hope on your eyes?
Will your thoughts of me turn bright?
Was the way you came for me
When I stumbled to the floor
The way you came fast
And the way you went slow
All the things that held me
To you all along
Will leave a whisper on my lips
Long after you're gone
Its Still Me by Skip Friel I thought I might improve myself
Try to change my disposition
Make myself a better person
I cut my alcohol consumption
Read some books on meditation
Filled my head with inspiration
But I still think of me
As the boy who knew me when
If I could only see myself with new eyes
Maybe I would know me then
I searched down deep into my mind
Exercised till I was tired
Was in bed early every night
I threw away my inhibitions
Tried to make some good decisions
Even volunteered to visit prisons
Oh I would be a most lucky man
To see myself as I really am
There's an ever present tint
That colors everything I see
Virginia Beach Blues by Skip friel
We built our houses at the end of a runway
We don't know why they can't see things our way
That’s no surprise
It's how things are at the beach
We're a little bit out there
And sometimes hard to reach
The mayor said hey now we need a downtown So we put it where traffic's already slowed down
That's no surprise
It's how things are at the beach yeah
We're a little bit out there
And sometimes out of reach
Well I know sometimes you think we stayed here too long
Between the A.R.E. and C.B.N. well how the hell can we go wrong
Well they built hotels all up and down the sand
The boardwalk's got places sun won't ever land
Well that's no surprise
It's how things are at the beach yeah
We're a little bit out there
And sometimes hard to reach
We wanted a park at 31st and Laskin
We got a hotel and garage for the askin
That's no surprise
It's how things are at the beach yeah
We're a little bit out there
And sometimes impossible to reach
Jump In Nathaniel by Skip Friel
I wanted you here for so long a time
It was a joy when you came to this life
My hope of you and who you will be
Has already gone far beyond my dreams
Jump in Nathaniel let's go for a drive
we're on the ride of a lifetime
The love of generations has put you here now
See as you look out at all the work of man
The sacrifice of ages put this in your hand
Here with your reason don't second guess your role
Or the mind you brought your story will be told
Jump in Nathaniel let's go for a drive
We're on the ride of a lifetime
Come on Nathaniel I've waited here so long
So glad you came come along
I hope that you won't fall down as much as I
Your inclinations are one step beyond mine
You won't know me young know me at my heart
And seek a thought of me long after we're apart
I will ease those lessons as father's often do
As sons always will you'll stumble on a few
Jump in Nathaniel let's go for a drive
You're on the ride of a lifetime
Come on Nathaniel I've waited here so long
So glad you came come along
Two Step Too by Skip Friel
Could all the love I will hope to give
Match the love I've held and taken away
Regrets are out of mind
But there floating just behind me
It seems a lot more simple that way these days
This river's deep and it's forever wide
Why don't we know it by its true name?
Anything goes as she cuts through her banks
Something in us worn so smooth here remains
Love is real and it's sometimes sweet
Dance in step once you finally learn to find it
Fall from grace and then fallin back in love
This love's like none I've ever known yet
I want to hear you
Yeah and I want to know you too
I want you to show it to me if I can
Will all the hope I would love to give
Match the hope I had and let get away
Regrets are in my mind
And there floating all around me
And it's not that simple this way these days
Love is real and it's sometimes sweet
Dance in step once you finally learn to find it
Fall from grace and then fallin back in love
This love's like none I've ever known yet
Your Fun by Skip Friel
You've been tryin now to stay on the run
Your friends tell me you've been havin your fun
It wasn't long ago you wanted me around
Now you're on your own makin you're rounds
No longer around
I have seen you sometimes out at night
I always notice who you're with and your smile
I've heard em say lost love is never fair
If you need a friend you know I'll be there
You know I still care
We have gone our separate ways on the run
We both know the price was paid
Have we won or lost?
What was the cost?
Now your costume scene has turned into a play
Wondering if I was on your stage
I don't remember if I thought of you as mine< FONT>
Were we out of love or only out of time?
We have gone our separate ways on the run
We both know the price was paid
Have we won or lost?
What was the cost?
Sherry's Other Song by Skip Friel
When I was only yet a lanky young man
Long before you and I had ever met
You were a vision runnin in and out of my mind
Like a glowing silver figure silhouette
Wherever I'd be now if I were without you
I'd not be any closer to who we are
Love is what you always have to give me
It's all I'll carry with me when I pass through that door
As a kneeling young man everyone I thought I knew
Was searchin for a lover with heart of gold
When I had drifted far beyond that early dream
You brought my heart back in here from the cold
Oh beauty's sometimes only hidden on the inside
But you wear it ever through you there and more
Love is what I'll always have to give you
And it's all we'll carry with us when we pass through that door
When we met I'd swore that I had known you
If ever you're thoughts start to stumble about me
And you're not sure of all the things that went before
Love is what I'll always have to give you
And it's all we'll carry with us when we pass through that door
Love me like before love me even more
Love me once again love me at the end
----- copyright Skip Friel 2007 -----