keith Durante

So come now and gather,
young henchmen you design,
more work with less help,
this 'new' workplace you refine;
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one cold and lonely winter night
snowflakes gently fell fusing with my tears
they rolled to the ground and froze
little mirrors reflecting my past
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If I could how sweetly I would try
to greet the world with an innocent eye
so often I have lived tragic and hip
every turn of the page losing my grip
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The Lord Loves Rock and Roll
gives life to the soul
so play on drums of old
tell the story of Rock and Roll
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I once heard an angel call my name
ever since I haven't been the same
I was just a child playing with fire
the flames consumed me growing higher
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It is said that love enters through the eyes
that it leaves the same way comes as no surprise
cunning and swift it out runs capture
leaving you breathless begging for rapture
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the last time I looked in, it seemed Heaven was quite still
least of all mentioned anymore, alone on a hill

I suppose if the mere mention piled up bonus reward miles
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The best I've ever done is all the love I've won
remembering to hold them dear each and every one
cherish all the moments that nothing came between
conversations sharing the places we've seen
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Damn these rumblings of utter dismay
leaving my thoughts to scatter away
how the mind exists amid such turmoil
cohesive plans just rot and spoil
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I wake in the still of my silent home
and though it is just me, I don't feel alone
empty of chaos I shelter a garden
my soul I have learned, the only treasure to keep
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Butterflies and Roses, Unicorns with wings,
how simply the child holds dear such things,
she dances on rainbows and sings in the rain,
she cradles her wishes to soothe her pain;
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Outside my window leaves tumble to the ground,
slowly rolling without the slightest sound,
a blue grey sky just waiting overhead,
autumn leaves gently hurry summer to bed;
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Wild and wicked, the world ever seeming,
while love is left to dreaming,
tempest of ill winds and merciless bombs,
such fury that only exhaustion calms,
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My spirit lay dead, no light in my eyes,
I chiristened each bar with outlandish lies,
empty and callous, I was spitting out sin,
denying rumors of where I'd been,
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Levi's, sandles, and album news,
the sacred order of our dues,
we came of age in sixty nine,
every whispered breath, a mystical sign,
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Rise up to torture that cripples the soul,
that which denies the world as a whole,
sanctify your bretheren with utmost care,
the joy of living, be willing to share,
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So often exasperated, I draw another breath,
slow it down, go easy, I'm racing to my death
more work, more worry, no time left to live,
does each anxious gasp mean one less to give,
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Long ago I gave up the notion,
that I could fill with heartfelt emotion,
it mattered no way, more or less,
if I felt my worst, if I felt my best,
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many times the sinner, never the saint,
overwhelmed with penance, it makes me feint,
outside my window birds chirp and chatter,
to them, it seems, heaven doesn't matter,
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It takes but a moment to slither and lie,
truth is captured in the wandering eye,
though it may seem a falsehood well done,
honesty is a bullet and truth the gun,
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