Ride On My Tender Wings

2000 COPYRIGHT
(FOR RENE ROBINSON)

I HAD MANY DREAMS THAT WE WERE ONE
WHILE OTHER THOUGHTS HAVE EVAPORATED IN THE SUN
I'VE CHOSEN TO CLING TO THESE NO MATTER HOW STUBBORNLY
FOR YOU ARE THE ONE MOST DEAR TO MEYOU'VE HAD MANY IDOLS THROUGH YOUR RECKLESS YEARS
MANY YOU'VE CAST OFF WITHOUT MUCH CARE
YET SOMEHOW YOU'VE FAILED TO NOTICE MY ART
THOUGH I STAYED DETERMINED TO WIN YOUR HEART
YOU'VE GAZED AT MY WORKS AND ADMIRED THEIR SOFT HUES
YET NEVER REALIZED THEY WERE DEDICATED TO YOU
THOUGH IT PLEASED ME THAT THEY BROUGHT YOU JOY
YOU KEPT THEM IN YOUR HEART SO THEY WOULDN'T BE DESTROYED
IF YOU COULD KNOW MY LOVE THE REST WOULD BE NEGATED
AND YOU WOULD WONDER WHY YOU EVER HESITATED
MY PURITY OF DEVOTION WOULD SURELY WIN YOUR SOUL
I'D LIVE FOREVER IN YOUR HEART AND FILL ITS' EMPTY HOLES
I GAVE YOU YOUR SWEETNESS AND CHILDLIKE RESILIENCE
THOUGH SOME LUSTRE IS GONE I'D RESTORE THEIR BRILLIANCE
I'D SATISFY YOUR THIRST AND GRANT YOUR LOVELY DESIRES
ENDOW YOU WITH THE STRENGTH THAT OTHERS WOULD ADMIRE
AND DRESS YOU WITH MY GRACE AND WARMEST EYES
COMPELLING THE DEMONS TO APPOLOGIZE
AND WHEN YOUR LIGHT OUT THERE IS GROWING DIM
I'D OPEN UP MY ARMS AND DRAW YOU IN
AND ALL YOUR SIBLING WHO YOU'VE HAD TO LET GO OF
YOU'LL SEE HOW I'VE KEPT THEM WITH CARE AND LOVE
THEY'VE PASSED BEYOND YOUR SIGHT FOR A TIME
BUT THEY WILL LIVE WITH ME BECAUSE THEY'RE MINE
DON'T LET THE SORROW OVERWHELM YOUR SPIRIT
WHEN DEATH BRINGS SWEETER LIFE YOU NEEDN'T FEAR IT
NESTLE IN MY SHADOW, MY PRECIOUS UNDERLING
RIDE TO WARMER PLACES UPON MY TENDER WINGS