morrow's window - Joe Morrow (simple e reader .txt) 📗

hold a match.
The truth is,
The way of this endeavor.
Has made me very,
Very sure of that.

We talked till one
Looked into your eyes
Saw hopes yet to come
Some not yet realized
In ten short years
I’ve never felt
So redeemed
Baby you saved me
From my own
Conjure of despair
Truth is
Darling you’ve enslaved me
And I
I sure do like it hear

Family Weekend Adventure
By: joe morrow

There was a funky beat on market street
The phoenix sun was burning
Had a few wild hairs I forgot were there
I soon would be relearning

Took a leap of faith and fell on my face
But I found out who my friends are
And a great good God breakin up that sod
So I can see what’s in there

A siren singing and church bells ringing
Was it a funeral or a wedding
Leaps of joy and tears of pain
I won’t soon be forgetting

There was a funky beat down on market street
And I wasn’t real discerning
A snake In the grass slitherin past, didn’t even see her comin’
A hiss and strike and hit and miss, but my guitar still keeps hummin

Father Abraham
By: joe morrow

Father Abraham
We can’t contain your sons,
They’re fighting over that land
And they’ll battle till kingdom come
Father Abraham
Now there’s talk of peace
Other nations are joining in but the firing will not cease

As we walk along
What are we to do
While we carry on
How do we carry on through
Go walking in that faith
That you know so well
Peaceful reassurance that
We’re not going to burn

The battle’s been raging on
Some several thousands years
Dead daughters and sons and a
River full of tears
Could this be oh could this be
Is this how it appears
Are we in the brink of that last long week of years

Father Abraham
The covenant will not break
But there’s a cancer on this land
And it’s laughing
In our face

Foggy Bottoms and Stay
By: joe morrow

Drudging through the foggy bottoms
Set out to be destroyed
Long gone unseen forgotten
Maybe God won’t find you
But here’s a peal of hope for the down trodden
The ones who actually break on through
And drink in the starry heavens
Low clouds fall around you

So when you’re walkin through the shadows and the goin seems so cold
And you’ve got no thing to hold
Precious soul think of me

In the sunshine In the starlight in the breeze that wakes your day
In the firelight in the farlight
Precious soul I will stay

So when you’re walkin through the shadows and the goin seems so cold
And you’ve got no thing to hold
Precious soul think of me
In our stumbling in our waking in the bracing of our mast
All the life we are partaking turns into us as we pass
In the sunshine in the starlight in the breeze that wakes your day
In the firelight in the farlight
Precious soul I will stay

And here’s that peal of hope for the downtrodden
The ones who actually break on through
And drink in the starry heavens
Low clouds fall around you.

Found myself
By: joe morrow

It was only yesterday
I found myself
Only problem is
Forgot where I was

Oh I had a bright idea
The kind that saves the world
Now it’s as gone as it was to the point
Like an easy girl

Yes I had a brilliant plan
To save both heaven and hell
The solutions in my hand
Ready for the tell
I couldn’t get anyone to sing along
Acted like I was doing something wrong

Only problem is
Forgot where I was

It was only yesterday
I found myself
Only problem is

Get There Soon
By joe morrow

I met God on a hill top
Wild critters roamed, the firmament bloomed
Even on the winter wind
In hopes of spring to be here soon

I can’t explain all the reasons
Don’t even think were supposed too
Still seek the truth and be receivin’
Break the sod and work it through
And get there soon

I met God in ministries service
We brushed by on a cushioned pew
Or even fishin on the water
Hope you find some place to meet up too
And get there soon
Get there soon

Grateful
By: joe morrow

It’s a shame to have life
And not be livin’
Out on the streets and all on the avenues
Oh there’s a giver of life
And a testament must be given
We gotta gird up people
And go out and live it true
And be grateful
Each time our chest does rise
And be thankful
When sunset hues fill up our eyes
Hard times they will fall on you
but would you please remember this
We wouldn’t recognize hard times
If they weren’t surrounded by happiness
And the good lord, has gotten you this far
And is not the kind to quit
It’s a shame to walk this land
And be forgiven
If others around don’t see the forgiveness in you
Caught up in self, forgiveness it gets hidden
And were called on people to keep it out in plain view
There are others around who feel like there’s something missing
Well I’ve been there before, you’ve probably been there too
just sittin on their hands lookin for a meaningful mission
they got their eye on me and they sure got their eye on you
So be grateful
Each time our chest does rise
And be thankful
When sunset hues fill up our eyes
cuz hard times they will fall on you
but would you please remember this
We wouldn’t recognize hard times
If they weren’t surrounded by happiness
And the good lord, has gotten you this far
And is not the kind who quits

Gray and Blue Eyes
By: joe morrow

The music starts
It strikes her heart
She can’t help it
There’s nothing else she can do
Her feet they move
Young body sways
When we’re apart I remember her that way
Eyes of blue

And when she dances
Elegant sway
I’m soul struck
Taken away
Eyes of blue

She’s got short sandy brown hair
Used to be long
A curiosity for life that is so strong
You couldn’t wear it out the whole day long
Eyes of blue
She’s not that meek
She’s not that mild
But neither was Jesus and she’s only a child
Eyes of blue

It’s been a good season since your papa was a child
I had forgotten life could seem so wild
You remind of the reasons
You teach me what I know
Hearts on my sleeve girl and daddy won’t let go
Eyes of blue

Hello my brother
By: joe morrow

Hello my brother my old friend
It’s damn fine remembering you again
There were no fields of roses
No pies out on the window sill
But we had
One foot in front of the other on the cat walk
Mineola muddy water below
Hope and ambition both were spent
But the running water had a way of soothing the soul
And it helped to let go

Hello my brother my old friend
It’s damn fine remembering you again
Out at the old pavilion crick
Be wild said kickin’ up our heels out in the sticks
Philosophy religion and a twelve pack of beer
That alone is a reason for us all just bein here
Cuz it helps to let go

Hello my brother my old friend
It’s damn fine remembering you again
You joined with me on a musical journey
It’s been great both good chords and bad
We’ve seen loved ones pass and one re-appeared
And that blew my mind
But we kept the music on and had soulful communion for a time
And it helped to let go
It helped to let go

Letting go of the frustrations
That build from day to day
It means so much you can have the right person place and time
And it seems the whole world just disappears
It helps to let go
It helps to let go

If only for a day
By: joe morrow

When my time on this earth here is over
Friends what can I say
The good lord might catch me peekin back over my shoulder
I was heavily blessed along the way
Times when friends and loved ones were near and not far
the music rang out, there was a song in my heart
we were livin out loud, even if times were hard
and heaven didn’t seem so far away, and heaven didn’t seem so far away, if only for a day
And in my minds’ eye I spy a little girl dancin’
Heavily blessed along the way
I see my lover and a night of romancing
Friends what can I say
I don’t think the good lord would mind, the song that I’m bringin
Heavily blessed along the way
It’s an ode to the life he breathes out that I’m singin’
Heavily blessed along the way
He had a hope to bring the whole world, near to understand
If we were’nt workin together, we’d be a weary land
And he was livin’ out loud the kingdom is at hand
And heaven didn’t seem so far away, and heaven didn’t seem so far away, If only for a day


Kid again
By: joe morrow

Feelin like a kid again
Leanin hard into the wind
Confounded by this second birth
Did you forget how much you’re worth
Prince of this kingdom here on earth

Lifes a journey
Waxing and waning
Feels like I’m just hangin on for the ride
Don’t take me wrong I’m not complaining
Just pointin’ out the obvious and trying to keep the hope alive

Feelin like a kid again
Leanin hard into the wind
Confounded by this second birth
Did you forget how much you’re worth
Princess of this kingdom here on earth

King Georges’ Bluegrass Violin
By: joe morrow

Rome was fierce and Rome was great
A man made mountain that was temptin’ fate
Clean water in the bath guitars with golden tones
But fate was greater that ancient Rome

They had a good thing goin
Good thing goin got up and got gone
They had a good thing goin
All Romes’ daughters and all of Romes’ sons
And history was sown

Had a big library with lots of books
All the thinkin people took a brand new look
Anything you want if you’re so inclined
Just get off your butt and fill your mind

They had a good thing goin’
Good thing goin’ got up and got gone
They had a good thing goin’
All Romes daughters and all of Romes sons
And history was sown

Over extended in frivolous war
Rome wasn’t as fierce as Rome was before
And it’s not so funny the way time turns
Cuz Nero fiddled while rome was burned

Me Wine
By: joe morrow

Me wine, Me wine
Me drinks me wine
Such is, this thirsting
Heart of mine
Holdin fast to the embers
Being smothered by time
Gotta sit back and be still
And sip the savory wine

There is this girl
She’s just word pictures you see
Not the same for you
That she may be for me
But now she’s pushin up daisies
And we tend to the vine
Where blooms the bitter sweet fruit
From which I press me wine

And here is this world
Water earth wind and fire
With us mere mortal souls
Strung