Random Acts of Mind by Dones

We believed it was time to lift off from the land of Vertigo The captain said “despite the wind and tide, you will have to row.” Will that mean the ones who do not wish to row won’t wish to go? Ma was mawkish cause the house we’d left we’d surely never know again. We [...]

He’s been promising me something more than pain Where the cost is grace and my loss is gain And I have chosen because there is no other way I either wallow in shame Or humble myself and be saved And be saved – I’m Afraid I’m Not Supposed To Be Like This by Waterdeep

The first day of class, they call out your name and you have to reply even if you’re shy. And if you choose to pretend you didn’t hear They’d think that you weren’t there And they’d keep on breathing air without you. CHORUS Cowards never win They’re torn up in the wind And everyone forgets [...]

Incidentally, this is my 150th post. Enjoy.   Are you walking darkly to avoid the razor light? Did you lose the taste of flesh and blood when you threw up late last night? Is your soul in some fine limbo between bitterness and lust? Can you talk about the cross these days without wincing in [...]

Now you been close dying In fact you’ve crossed the line You done sailed right past the turning point, thinking everything’s fine But when the gas runs out and your sitting there stone cold You think, “I was young when all this started Now I’m old.” But when the doctor pushes the triage crew aside [...]

Some things are easy to forget, even if they’re bigger than the now I have tried to remember them but I can’t remember how So I lie on my bed staring at the cracks in the ceiling I’ve even pinched myself to wake up, but my body’s got no feeling. – On a Night That [...]

There’s a girl with a crown and a scepter Who’s on WLSD And she says that the scene isn’t what it’s been And she’s thinking of going home That it’s old and it’s totally over now And it’s over, it’s over, it’s over now And it’s over, it’s over, it’s over now I can’t see [...]

Sang a bunch of Waterdeep and Jennifer Knapp songs to myself as I was mowing this evening. I think I’ll have to make the month of May the time when I publish a “Daily Dose of Chaffer”. Here’s a preview. I am so often deterred from my actual intent by distractions in a cellophane wrap [...]

While you’re waiting for my next podcast episode, get your silly goose over to TMBG.com and plug in to the newest great podcast – They Might Be Giants! Have no idea what I’m talking about? Okay, They Might Be Giants is a quirky band best known for songs such as “Istanbul, Not Constantinople” and “Birdhouse [...]

Received this link in an email (I’m on her website’s mailing list), so I assume it’s okay to post. It’s a simple recording of the carol, but I think that’s what makes it so pretty, especially at the end with the harmony. Visit Leigh (formerly of Sixpence None The Richer) and listen to a few [...]