Poetry
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                    Brand New Me

                                              I am the poet, You're the singer,

                                              You are the writer of the songs.

                                                And when you start to play

                                                  I just have to sing along

                                           And you have touched me deep within

                                                 And you have set me free

                                           You have kissed me and you loved me

                                              You have made a brand new me.

                                                       10/21/79
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                        UNTOUCHABLE
                                                      (FOR ANNE)
 

                                              YOU ARE SO UNTOUCHABLE

                                            THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY

                                          SO BEAUTIFUL;YET SO UNTOUCHABLE

                                              THAT I TURN AND WALK AWAY

                                                 LIKE A FAIRY GODDESS

                                              FROM AN ENCHANTED LAND

                                          YOU'VE REALLY MESMERIZED THIS BOY

                                             WHO WANTS TO BE YOUR MAN

                                                             6/6/88
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                        KYRA'S EYES ( for Kyra lyn )
 
 

                                                DEEP WITHIN KYRA'S EYES

                                               THERE IS A SHINING LIGHT

                                            IT BURNS DEEP WITHIN MY HEART

                                              AND TURNS AWAY THE NIGHT

                                    AND WHEN I LOOK INTO HER EYES I SEE THE GLOW

                                       THAT MADE ME LOVE HER THEN , YOU KNOW

                                                I STILL CAN SEE IT THERE

                                        AND AT NIGHT WHEN I LAY DOWN TO PRAY

                                       I ASK THE LORD TO GIVE ME ONE MORE DAY

                                    TO LOVE HER; JUST TEACH ME HOW TO LOVE HER.

                                          AND AT TIMES WHEN I CANNOT SLEEP

                                         I TOSS AND TURN AND SPEAK HER NAME

                                          SHE HAS TOUCHED ME LIKE NO OTHER

                                              AND I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME.

                                             WHEN I LOOK INTO KYRA'S EYES.

                                                                 7/05/95

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                        Faces at the Window

                         For all the hungry children in Africa

                         For all the hungry children in east L . A .

                         All the hearts that are going to break today

                         For all the lovers that wont come home

                        Ten million in freshly dug graves

                        Ten thousand who will die by noon today

                        They're just faces at the window .

                        Or so I have been told

                       Just faces at the window

                        The masses out there........ anonymous souls

                        For all the illiterate in Zimbabwe

                        For all the illiterate in New York City

                        All those you will curse today

                         What are we to do

                         With the faces at the window?

                                        12/12/88

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                Thank You

                        First I want to thank you
                            For being who you are
                        For coming to the rescue
                            Of a man that drifted far
                        For taking me to be your lover
                            For all my life , you I will serve
                        Lady, the way you have blessed my life
                            Is more than I deserve
                       Let me be the evidence
                            Of what true love can do
                        To the people looking for a lover
                            Half as good as you

                               1/5/91
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