Time Of Trouble David McWilliams

Listen to me is all I ask To follow you my chosen task And right now time is fading fast Into my time of trouble Into my time of trouble If I could only take you away Some other time, some other day For

Bells Of Time David McWilliams

there are no saints or teachers no reason here nor rhyme just the black robed missionaries of death to toll the bells of time down along the border upon a lonely road I saw a man in flowing robes his hair

For A Little Girl David McWilliams

As I a rise the morning air Breathes the silent song to me And sings it's melody of Spring It's then my thoughts return to you Compare the star light and the sun They glow and twinkle in the sky Though

Epitaph David McWilliams

an empty mask the easel stands no painter's breath to help her no priest to ease her solitude no Christ to be her shelter my tainted blood may serve as hate to those who live in waiting unborn undead time

As I Used To Know Her David McWilliams

if you have words to speak of her don't use the time to talk of shame the lies you sell are not of her but of another with her name she wandered through my changing years on all she touched she left her

Daddy Lonesome David McWilliams

lay by my side it all came fast and easy and when she'd listened to my songs she'd sing them just to please me hey daddy lonesome slip me a rhyme make it easy to remember hey daddy lonesome make it in time

Twenty Golden Years Ago David McWilliams

who never reasoned why blind unjust and harsh I know yet I did live I was alive twenty golden years ago tick and lock no sound but time's and the howling winding rain tattoo'd through my withered rhyme time

Na-Na David McWilliams

play all along the river tracks and throw stone at all the lovers 'til they got up and threw them back and the old lady at the corner when she flew into a rage said that you should be lock up inside of

3 O'Clock Flamingo Street David McWilliams

Empty sound, deserted town Beneath the silvery feathered down Of morning's waking breath Forgotten tunes and silver spoons Goes to deeply shadowed gloom And dies a silent death Junkered peers through plastic

You've Only Been A Stranger David McWilliams

hold back the day a little longer I need the night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now you've only been a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd walked

I Only Know You As A Stranger David McWilliams

Hold back the day a little longer I need the night to make me blind I didn't know it but I know it now I only knew you as a stranger all this time I thought I'd climbed up every mountain I thought I'd

Morning That Looks Like Rain David McWilliams

could I but touch your mouth one time again 't would brighten up the darkest day like some lost hero in a storybook 't would light my way and we could listen to the wind again sing it's soft and sad refrain

Heart Of The Roll David McWilliams

the roll heart of the roll heart of the roll heart of the roll heart of the roll heart of the roll sadie my ladie she's the heart of the roll she could have been a sculptor or made a masterpiece in paint

Question Of Identity David McWilliams

My forefathers came, when the land it was open And built it from nothing, to millions of acres To live there in freedom, no fears to persue them To leave all their troubles, and trials behind them And

In The Early Hours Of The Morning David McWilliams

Oh the sun is gazing down on me And the day it is a dawning The sea is washing pebbles o'er the sand In the early hours of the morning My eyes are still half closed with sleep My mind still clouded with

Lord Offaly David McWilliams

I am the lord of offaly silken Thomas is my name no sword for Henry will I hold my heritage I claim to trust no more in foreign kings whose word I treat with scorn my father lies in londons tower the prey

The Days Of Pearly Spencer David McWilliams

it's long and so complete Watched by a shivering sun Old eyes in a small child's face Watching as the shadows race Through walls and cracks that leave no trace And daylight's brightness shun The days of

Blind Man's Stepping Stones David McWilliams

name is faded from this land and cursed be my fate and yet before my curtain falls all men shall hear my moans my vengeance sing the waters oer the blind mens stepping stones for manhood or the loss of

She Was A Lady David McWilliams

she was a lady it's easy to see with rings on her fingers she used to be the queen of the mansion the belle of the ball now she just sits here nobody calls the bottle before her glass in her hand wearied

Love Like A Lady David McWilliams

and you turn out the light Just turn it down low if you don't I may go I like to know what I am doin' Love like a lady you've got to learn Love at a distance else you might burn Look at the people none of

Livin's Just A State Of Mind David McWilliams

in my vigil 'til all the curtains they were drawn saw the kingdoms and the heroes dead and gone and I saw them cold and naked with all illusion stripped away when they had no mists to hide them bits of

What's The Matter With Me David McWilliams

the river, down by the silver stream My head kept wondering back, to all the things I've done and seen To faces, places, lands and scenes, forgotten in my mind Dreams and memories buried deep, a long time

The Prisoner David McWilliams

stole some lords bread and wine was sat on his table that his household might dine I was held by his bondsman as I left by the gate sayin' stand or I shoot on your head your own fate you have robbed of

Sad Dark Eyes David McWilliams

oh the day was dyin' first time I saw her her black hair shinin' as she passed me by and I smiled down on her I see her sorrow in one brief moment as she met my eye and her step it faltered she almost

Lady Margaret David McWilliams

had before and none did know their fate they say each has the devil's eye and none to mercy show who entered in their garden where no earthly man should go they say they loved a soldier who did take of

Cross The Line David McWilliams

cross the line take my armour in my hand and cross the line cross the line take my children take my land and cross the line for though they feed upon my fears and they flourish in my tears well their time

Sweet Lil' David McWilliams

Got no crazy clothes to wear Nothing in the world she wants to do So she turns and walks away To step around another day Never tasting anything that's new She seems to always wait for some other kind of

Go On Back To Mama David McWilliams

you who come here in his name you who stuck the thorns into his hands you who can't find one to blame I don't need you to show me the road I should be on for the writings on the wall for you and your time

For Josephine David McWilliams

be a substitute For you my Josephine I'm bidding you a long farewell My darling fair and true For in my waking sleeplessness My thoughts cannot get through These thoughts like me are changing For love of

Down By The Dockyard David McWilliams

water's lie still dead as the city that bounds her the old woman wrapped in her long faded shawl in the doorway she waits for tomorrow once there was laughter behind her old walls now just the grey face of

You Wear It Like A Crown David McWilliams

than I can fly you wear a wall around you and I cannot break it down but heaven is around you and you wear it like a crown though I may not be a poet with words to sing a song for you I have wonders of

Marlena David McWilliams

smile The moment I see you I wish you would stop for a while My heart skips a beat And my head turns around But for you, I just don't exist Yet you're worth every moment Though my mind tries to tell me Of

I Will Be Your Friend David McWilliams

enemy there'd be no need to pretend if you will only love me I will always be your friend I will always be your friend remember how it used to be the writin' on the wall the nights I used to wait outside of

I Would Be Confessed David McWilliams

come all you weary mistrelsa warning take by meI've been too long upon this roadto sing in harmonyI've been alone for much too longmy wanderin' days are throughI wish someone would ask me inI'd wel...

The Gypsy David McWilliams

wake up and sing me some new love songyou've lain here beside me all the night longwill you remember will you returnor leave me to sorrow and yearnI am a poor boy I have no goldall I have owned has...

Pharisee David McWilliams

as I was walking along the roadmy raincoat gathered' roundI met a pretty ladycomin' from the townshe had a basket on her armand she stumbled as she ranso when she came before meI commanded her to s...

Horseman David McWilliams

it was on a cold and windy nightwe sat waiting for the dawnhuddled close up to the fireand the shutters all were drawnwhen we heard hoof beats comin'and a whinney in the nightand the moon hung on t...

Leave The Bottles On The Floor David McWilliams

late last night my bride came byto tell me that she'd let me highshe didn't even make me cryI wasn't even worriedI told her not to mind at allthat I would take it and play ballI hope she don't have...

Singer In The Band David McWilliams

sunday afternoonsittin' in my roomnothin's really changedit just looks the sameyet it's overpassed along my waysaid she couldn't stayshe stood all aloneso l look her homeshe was my lovershe is a si...

Please Come Home David McWilliams

the sky is weeping o please come home the sun 's sleeping o please come home the wind is sighing o please come home and l am crying please take me home

There's No Lock Upon My Door David McWilliams

Close your eyes I'll tell you somethingThat I should have said beforeIf you ever feel like leavingThere ain't no lock upon my doorYou think your eyes are sparkling jewelsYou think that everyone sho...

David Danced Salvador

When the day comes and you're down, In a river of trouble and about to drown Just hold on, I'm comin', Hold on, I'm comin'. Im goin' my way, your lover. If you get cold Ill be your cover.

Big Trouble David Lee Roth

He got a hat full of sugar; folks said, "You a lucky man." One night he just disappeared and all we found was his hat in a clearing down by the Seven Eleven. Folks cried, someone had died.

Woman Trouble Craig David

Bubblin' from the left Yes, we're bubblin' from the right Craig David and Robbie Craig, bubblin' all night Bubblin' from the left (woman trouble) Yes, we're bubblin' from the right (woman trouble

People From Bad Homes David Bowie

People from bad homes Don't have time To look things over Make up their minds People from good homes Don't have the minds To care for bad homes Don't have the time Home is the mainland(?)

David Viva Brother

It was a matter of time, Before he fell through That roof on a Friday night (Uh oh) And he was lucky to be alive But he never listens to me And David answered the front door It was a charity He

ONCE IN A LIFETIME. Craig David

Once in my life I have the chance to find(x2) Once in a life time I have the chance to find the key to my dreams(And I know)/ That it's so good for me(x2) In the beginning trouble times in my

Stand Up David Lee Roth

She looks like Monroe It's a good impersonation From start to finish It's her better side Head over heels Yes, he feels a strange sensation Excedrin headache #65 That's the trouble with love That's

Natalie David Crosby

She was still in school Chewin' on a pencil Playin' pool Stayin' up all night Full of dreams I've known her family Ever since we were small Gettin' in trouble Drivin' our folks up the wall Wastin' time

Lost Without Your Love David Gates

the world to find the words to make it right All I want is just the way it used to be With you here close to me I've got to make you see That I'm lost without your love Life without you isn't worth the trouble