I tried something fun to be creative instead of writing what pops in my head. Sometimes, nothing pops in my head.
So, I wrote this for those of you who ever wonder what happened to Tommy and Gina from Bon Jovi’s Livin On A Prayer. Or maybe I am the only one that has ever wondered.
It’s not perfect, but I bet some of you will sing parts of it like the real song. If you need a refresher, I have the video posted on the bottom.
Once upon a time, not so long ago
Tommy lost his job on the docks
Gina’s diner closed down
Down on their luck, it’s tough, so tough
Started over in a small town
Tommy started playing at the local bar
Getting by with the little they had
Gina didn’t think love would be this hard
Trying to recall when she wasn’t so sad
You can’t live on a prayer, takes so much more
When you’re breaking plates, slamming doors
We still talk about the crash on lovers’ lane
Where three crosses remember their names
Tommy knew they didn’t have much, didn’t have much
They lived in sin, couldn’t afford a wedding band
Tommy thought they’d always have love, always have love
I wrote this several years ago when I was trying to turn the words into a song. That hasn’t worked out, maybe because I’m not as good a song writer as John Cooper and Skillet. The first two songs after the post reflect that. Some day I will get there. Just have to keep writing.
It’s a 3 day weekend for some of us. Hard to believe it is already September. Seems like yesterday the madness in March started and made us all want to forget 2020. Lucky for us, it is flying by. Here are some lyrics I wrote last week. Hopefully, I can find a co-writer to bring it to life with music and vocals.
I wrote this one a few years back and have been saving it for when I get my big break in the music business but since that is not likely to happen, YET, I have decided to let it out into the world.
Picture you are at a concert, maybe Skillet or Ashes Remain or Jeremy Camp, and they are singing and when they get to the chorus and sing You will know, the crowd sings back who we are.
I have been going back and forth, fighting myself on whether or not I should put my lyrics on here. On the plus side, maybe my words could touch someone without being in a song. On the negative side, what if someone used my lyrics without my permission. Anyway, in honor of October being breast-cancer month I have decided to put this one on here. I can hear how I want it to sound in my head but, unfortunately, God didn’t bless me with the talent to write music.
I wrote this 2/10/15 when I was in Kroger one day and saw someone in a wheelchair and the words just started coming out. I wrote if for cancer but a friend of mine said he could see this disease as just being sin in general. I had never thought of it like that but I can see it like that also.
I would still like to turn my lyrics into a song but finances are not what they need to be for me to do that. I would love to have Lily Messer sing it. Or the girl who sings Thank You by Jesus Army. Or Lauren Daigle. Or maybe there is a voice out there I haven’t found yet that will reach out to me. All my attempts so far have failed but I am not discouraged. God will take the words where they need to go and the rest will be history.
For those that have cancer, or any disease, I pray that you will find strength in the one who made you. I pray you will find comfort in His arms. I pray that you will fight.
This Disease
This disease is tearing me to shreds
Some days I can’t get out of bed
I still have a voice to pray
That You, God, can heal me today
I’m okay if this is the day I die
In you I know I will always be alive
Behind these tears know I’m at peace
I’ll miss this world but I’m ready to leave
I know I’m coming home
I know they won’t be alone
Your arms will comfort them like they have me
In Heaven, I will be rid of this disease
Thank you for giving me time on this earth
Thank you for dying, to show me what I’m worth
Thank you for giving me your words, your life
Thank you for dying so I can be alive
I’ll be an example, I’ll fight to the end
I pray that I’ve been a good friend
But when I breathe my last breath
As my time in this world is put to death
I know I’ll be coming home
I know they won’t be alone
Your arms will comfort them like they have me
In Heaven, I will be rid of this disease
Let them know I didn’t give up
That they will always have my love
I’ll be watching them as they grow
I pray that You they will get to know
It’s time to leave this disease behind
Your eyes they look so kind
As my soul leaves this body
I’m coming home to You God
I know I’ll be coming home
I know they won’t be alone
Your arms will comfort them like they have me
In Heaven, I will be rid of this disease
This disease didn’t win
Your love was always within
I Run For Life by Melissa Etheridge –
Healing Hand of God by Jeremy Camp –
My Story by Big Daddy Weave –
Through All Of It by Colton Dixon –
Your Hands by JJ Heller –
Believe by Elisa Lynee –
No One Fights Alone by Christian Spear –
Hold On by Dominic Camany –
Hope by Capri Ruberto Anderson (Capri Canada) –
I’m Gonna Love You Through It by Martina McBride –
I picture it being harder, faster, maybe Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch or NF could take it on. LOL, I can only dream. Well, since I have all but given up on my words becoming songs you get to be the first ones to see what’s in my head today. After all, it seems like every time I give up on something in my life, God steps in so….. I will wait, I know in God’s time and His will. Maybe it will never happen. Until it does or until it doesn’t….I will let God take these words where He wants them to go. I will keep writing what He puts in my head.
Hitchcock Movies
I wanna be a Marvel superhero
But I always feel like I’m less than zero
Did I just say that? Let me push rewind
Man I’ve been messed up a long time
I want the whole world to know my name
Maybe I’m just playing the wrong game
I can’t believe these choices I make
Man, I think I’m losing my way, I’ve lost my way
It’s like I’m tearing my world apart
Ripping out my heart, do I have a heart?
Can’t you see me? Can’t you see me? Can’t you see….
It seems like I have Hitchcock movies playing in my head
I have killer birds and psycho killers
I don’t know what I’m gonna do, my soul is dead
I only need one thing but I have all these fillers
I push you away, tell you to leave
Then ask, why won’t you reach out to me?
Why are all these demons in my head?
Man, I’d be better off dead, am I already dead?
I want to rip out my brain, am I going insane?
If I’m being honest I know I’m the only one to blame
Oh my God what have I done?
Oh my God what have I become?
Can’t you see me? Can’t you see me? Can’t you see….
It seems like I have Hitchcock movies playing in my head
I have killer birds and psycho killers
I don’t know what I’m gonna do, my soul is dead
I only need one thing but I have all these fillers
I’m on my knees
Begging you please
Take my life, take my life, take my life
Cut these demons out, I’ll give you the knife
Can’t you see I’ve hit the bottom
I’m no longer fighting Him, fighting Him
Rip off these chains
Take my shame
You alone have taken my sin, You alone give me reason to live
You alone forgive all, You alone forgive all, You alone forgive
You can see me, You can see me, I know you see….
It seems like I have Hitchcock movies playing in my head
I have killer birds and psycho killers
I don’t know what I’m gonna do, my soul is dead
I only need one thing but I have all these fillers
These words started coming to me and I could hear plain as day Chris Stapleton and Miranda Lambert singing them. I am sure it needs to be tightened up a little and maybe a few words changed here or there.
Maybe if I could get a 100k shares and a 100k retweets this will get to them and maybe, just maybe….
My new smash #1 hit song. Crossed over to country, rock , pop and Christian charts. #1 in 37 countries, over 3 million downloads. That my friends is called visualization. Now let’s see what you think and make it happen.
Just add music and the right voice, maybe like Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October or Chris Brown from One Less Reason or Meat Loaf, but the last two have new cd’s out so maybe the next one and Blue October had new cd at beginning of year so…
I wrote this several years ago when I was trying to turn the words into a song. That hasn’t worked out, maybe because I’m not as good a song writer as John Cooper and Skillet. The first two songs after the post reflect that. Some day I will get there. Just have to keep writing.