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Don't Run Away
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Don’t Run Away
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
that’s not the hot, that’s the cold, you clown
you forgot to bring the laundry down
how you ever gonna cross the street
if they weren’t screwed on tight, you’d forget your feet
you can walk away from your boring job
keep your distance from an angry mob
scream if a pigeon greets you from above
but if you see love
Don’t Run Away…
you say you’re troubled, got to see a shrink
see if he can resolve your fears, try to make you think
shallow brooks babble loud
with your neuroses, you’d stand out in any crowd
you can have some fun thinking its a sin
take a brand new thought, try to fit it in
you can put your hand where its never been
but when you feel love
Don’t Run Away..
your anxiety will be the death of me
I empathize with your entropy
existential angst will never set you free
Don’t Run Away…
Copyright 2015 Douglas Ward Osborne
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Love a Lover
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Love A Lover
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
I can only love a lover
not a liar or a loser, a cheater or a cruiser
I can only love a lover
You’re a painter ‘cause you have to show the world that you’re able
to offer something better than legs like Betty Grable
to you blue is pulling teeth, and red is cleaned up after
you’re yellow when it comes to crying tears or shouting laughter
I can only love a lover…
I walk because I have to get from one place to another
and is Miles Davis still a good friend of your older brother?
Do you say that to impress me, or to make you more attractive?
try to change the time we spent by making envy retroactive
I can only love a lover…
Copyright 2015 Douglas Ward Osborne
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I've Never Known You
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I’ve Never Known You
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
You may have thought that I’ve comprehended you in your duality
It’s plain to see
you may have thought that I’ve understood intensities of light from black to white
no I’ve never known you
I’ve never tasted
the left and the right, the calm and the fright of you
The you that I’m seeing is fond of being engaged in hiding your activities
it’s plain to see
what you’re doing is nothing you should hide from day to night from black to white
no I’ve never known you…
You may have thought that I’ve comprehended you in your duality
but you see
the only time I’ve seen you smile is once on a dark road, laughing to each other
you wouldn’t let a brother any other offer you a ride
no I’ve never known you…
Copyright 2015 Douglas Ward Osborne
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Take a Look
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Take a Look - Words and Music by Doug Osborne
You tell me you’re a hick from the sticks lying north of the town
You needed a new young buck, with your luck I was all you found
I don’t think you got the worst of the deal, in fact I think you got a real steal
and I know for a minute or two I had your head spinning round
And I’m standing up here naked as the day I was born
Stripped bare of all the clothing I’ve worn
Hey you know I’m an open book
Come inside and Take a Look
You tell me that your body’s aching and your head is a mess
Where you been for the last eleven days your daddy couldn't guess
Well I've been working real hard to save my pay, you’ve been spending all of yours every way
Do you know how your hurting us both? Take some notes, ‘cause there’ll be a test
And I’m standing up here…
You caught me stumbling down Central Avenue
I’ve been victimized by love, victimized by the stars above
But mostly I've been victimized by you
And I’m standing up here…
© 2015 Douglas Osborne, All Rights Reserved
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Do or Die
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Do Or Die
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
we’re gonna do what our heart says
learn with our sweat
feel with the stories we could tell
love as deep as we can get
we’ve got to do or die trying..
well this is a fight so we’ll all see tomorrow
with hope of a thousand more
well this is a fight we’ve got to win
inside of each one of us is where we’ll begin
we’ve got to do or die trying…
Copyright 2015 Douglas Ward Osborne
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Bonita
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Bonita
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
Bonita, you’re in my dreams
Bonita, some nights it seems
you swoop, you glide, you soar
I was your one you swore
you traveled, you lived so fine
I traveled another line
I hold no torches for you
I hope that you forgive me, too
Copyright 2015 Douglas Ward Osborne
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Emotional Bureaucracy
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Emotional Bureaucracy
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
according to the laws of supply and demand, we have to pay for what we get
what’s inside of me has been underemployed and lately it wants to expand
well you’re placing a lien on my heart and sending it down to accounting
since you can’t believe my feelings, they’ll tell you to what they’re amounting
emotional bureaucracy is the game that’s between you and me
emotional bureaucracy is all red tape as far as I can see
can you see all the good in me through this emotional bureaucracy?
you approached my approaching laissez faire when I tried to get past your aides
you referred me to the vice president but he was gone for lunch in Park Square
I’m citing you for violation of my codes but not breaking off negotiations
I’m looking for the end of this episode tonight with anticipation
emotional bureaucracy…
I’ve been elected
resurrected
pro rated
consecrated
appointed
annointed
emotional bureaucracy…
Copyright 2015 Douglas Ward Osborne
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Quiet Street
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quiet street - words and music by Douglas W. Osborne
i live on a quiet street
and the homes are built from microwaves and vinyl
families are short and sweet, and divorce is the only thing that’s final
my wife’s macrame holds a plant by the door
dishes pile high by the day in the sink
her night creams and avon in a box on the floor
a collection of things her mother told her to think
truth and feelings often hurt
especially if they’re lying in the dirt
Quiet Street
my daughter’s boyfriend gave her a call
i said she wasn’t here, she hadn’t gone too far
she was thinking of a job at that place in the mall
she couldn’t get there without borrowing the car
my son’s been gone from us for over a year
i told him boys didn’t do those things in this town
the garage had been spray painted with the word queer
i felt my life over, I felt I would drown
truth…
Quiet Street
i sit by the steps in the back
downing a beer while the sirens get close
the neighbors paid me attention just once in my life
when i was taking care of what bothered me the most
janie’s underneath the roses on the left in the back
susie’s by the swings where she played as a child
i’m sitting with my empty here by the porch
the spirit of little kenny, the night i got wild
truth…
Quiet Street
c p 2014 Douglas W. Osborne redandslow
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Man of Steel
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Man of Steel
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
Well I’m a mild mannered boy with x-ray specs
I wanted to see right through your clothes
my identity no one suspects
my origin no one knows
well I’m the hero here
‘cause I know it’s all illusion
I can stop a speeding bullet
I’ve come to that conclusion
I also know for real
even a Man of Steel couldn’t bring you back…
I’m being measured so my flying suit will fit
are these powers I’ve received just a crutch?
your love I’ll never get
my heart won’t know your touch
well I’m the hero here…
It takes a lot of heat to melt a heart of gold
but all I get from you is cold
well I’m the hero here…
even a man of steel couldn’t bring you back...
copyright 2015 Douglas Ward Osborne
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10. |
Woodstock Generation
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Woodstock Generation
Words and Music by Doug Osborne
i came upon a child of god
she was stumblin, mumblin something to me
i asked her where she was going, this she told me
i’m going down to max’s farm, i’ve come here in a fog
cut me loose, got some dust from these dudes
they’ve been here ten years to the day
heard there was a concert - did the Doors really play?
was this the one where he was rude?
Is this the woodstock generation
do we have pepsi on our breath
is this the woodstock generation
or have we caught our death
by the time that we left woodstock
we were half again as weak as the last time we could speak
well this time it’s not a dream to see the bombers poised for their attack
a cowboy’s murderous dreams on our back
should I buy for you, i can see your frustration
you wanna be like mom and dad before it’s too late
drunk and dirty by the 2 it’s their life you hate
but it’s hard, cut off from imagination
© 2015 Douglas W Osborne
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Doug Osborne Culver City, California
Nights Like These
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