SIDNEY W. JOHNSTON

I cross myself, n' pass the church,
Then I'm off to buy a fix.
I ask my god to protect me first,
Then I'm off to buy a fix.
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I met a man who journeyed far,
And he talked of the things he had done,
Of the places that he has been,
And how he had so much fun.
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I am a Vietnam Veteran with P. T. S. D.
Who has survived a bloody war 37 years ago,
And now with help I am being able to share
Of what I have learned and saw.
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I know it was best for you and me,
I know that measured my love and you set me free.

For we still have our great illusion yet,
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If I just wing It and some mistakes,
Please forgive me and I'll do all it takes.

For when I awake and know that you still with me,
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My life revolves around your sight,
In my dreams I hold you tight.
I'm in ecstasy when the night is right,
So why am I cautious?
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We buried another veteran to day,
He went ti his god, from us, he went away,
He was yuong, in the prime of his life,
He left three children and a gourageous wife.
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Any birthday implies good times shared.
By the people who really cared,
All the tears and hardships they will endure.
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If you think you have troubles and woe's,
Check with the man upstairs and he give you a show.

Count your blessing's one at a time,
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If I knew it would the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
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Shadows....
A semblance of what we think we are
Changing from moment to moment,
Depending on the direction one walks
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The cold hard reality....
Occures in the heat of the truth,
As when fall turns to winter....
There is fine wine on same
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I got the drinking blues,
Feel like I been used,
Your on a great high
Crash Landing....
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I tossed a prayer out into the breeze
There it caught by the rustling of leaves
Then it continued on, To and Fro
And Here and There.
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I went to the party, And I remembered what you said
You told me not to drink, So I drank soda instead
I really felt proud inside, The way you said I would
I didn't drink and drive, Although the others said I should
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1. If I love you because you love me, that is merly a trade,
like a thing bought in matket, It is not love, To be in love in
not ask any thing in return,
Not even to feel that you are giving something.
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Frustration... Oh Frustation... why teh hell me?
Defeat and Frustation landing heavy on me,
I'st a weighty load, I'm needing some relief.
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We complain about poltued air, Rivers and seas...
But children nowadays babysat by TV screens,
And we expect their lives to be somehow clean.
We then we let them wander around, In packs like dogs,
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Friendship is a centain type of love that never fades,
It lasts forever and ever, and forever It shall be.
Friends are trustworthy, depeddable and always be their for you.
While a friendship is something special,
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I have some questions don't yoe see,
And these are some that has been bothering me,
Do we find for ' P.T.S. D.' by flying all the way up their?
Or do we only find the cure through prayer?
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