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Where We're At
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Kids gone all Summer, nothing to do
I pose a simple question and
he shares his point of view
Where we’re at, at this time,
Is alien rhyme
A song that has never been written
It’s just you and I
Many plans gone awry
But my heart remains full and still smitten
Zoom in on a world, in a free-fall
Zoom in on a country, divided by walls
Zoom in on our family, graduating in life
Zoom in on each other
You and me my dear wife
Where we’re at, with each other
As friends and as lovers
Exposed at this pivotal stage
Twenty spins round the sun
And while yes, a wild run
My predictions are not ones of a sage
Zoom in on a world, in a free-fall
Zoom in on a country, divided by walls
Zoom in on our family, graduating in life Zoom in on each other
You and me my dear wife
Our home, now unnested
The future, unrested
New plot twists unfold year by year
Will we keep our connection
What will be our reflection
Collections of laughter and tears
Where we’re at now, my dear
Is abundantly clear
As life has its ups and its downs
I still love you a lot
And despite our rough spots
Always willing to spin future rounds
Zoom in on a world, in a free-fall
Zoom in on a country, divided by walls
Zoom in on our family, graduating in life
Zoom in on each other
You and me my dear wife
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Bread
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I used to wish if I could choose
The perfect job full time
I’d spend the hours baking bread
While writing countless rhymes
But wait, it happened, so it seems
The gift of time which we all dream
Was granted unbeknownst to me
As we all faced, uncertainty
Money ain’t the only thing
That measures my success
But dough gets super sticky and
And songs don’t pay the rent
Songs are meant for me to sing
They help me when I need
But like the air which we all breathe
They ain’t made for free
The knead is real, the perfect stretch
To reach its goal, rise to success
The taste of dough, won’t fill the holes like
Patience, drive and fearlessness
Like bread that feeds, a song can touch
Your heart and all its senses
A loaf I shape, and chords I fudge
Can offer priceless views through different lenses
The knead is real, the perfect stretch
To reach its goal, rise to success
The taste of dough, won’t fill the holes like
Patience, drive and fearlessness
I used to wish if I could choose
The perfect job full time
I’d spend the hours baking bread
While writing countless rhymes
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It's OK (not to be Okay)
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Everything feels blurry, can’t discern the lines
Minutes turn to hours, lost meaning of the time
Time is just a folder, for memories to find
Helping to unwind
One is just a number, everyone you know is one
Ice can melt to water, waterfalling lone
Lonely days are numbered, but your numbers musn’t grow
Warring undertows
So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, it’s just another day
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
Wipe away the tears in your eyes
Weight you feel will crush you, deep and heavy sighs
Views you see are foggy, muting distant cries
Crying out the sadness, good to let it go
Living with the hard times, going with the flow
So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, it’s just another day
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
So wipe away the tears in your eyes
You can’t imagine things getting better
That black you’re in will turn itself to light
Change is not an object you can measure
It only starts when you decide to fight the fight
So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, it’s just another day
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
So wipe away the tears in your eyes
So it’s okay, not to be ok
It’s okay, not to be ok
You can be not okay as long as you’d like
Not okay as long as you’d like
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Rinse & Repeat
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F: He always lets the water run
Gets too pragmatic, when I’m having too much fun
M: She can’t find her glasses, but they’re sitting
on her nose
And she gets real mad, when you tickle her toes
F: He rejects food if it’s too fancy
Making future plans just gets him antsy
M: She eats crab like she’s a turkey vulture
A good day off means sleep and acupuncture
Duet:
Rinse and repeat
It’s our cycle, don’t dismiss it
We throw our hands up in defeat
But apart, we’d surely miss it
Rinse and repeat
Our cycle spins forever
But when our hearts still skip a beat
We know we’re meant to be together
F: He complains about most everything
Tone deaf it hurts just to hear him sing
M: She don’t understand when I’m sarcastic
Thinks warm fresh mulch, smells fantastic
F: His flippin’ wallet, weighs a ton
Piles almost anything on a hamburger bun
M: She pees with the door wide open
Scared by nothing, she’s quite outspoken
Duet:
Rinse and repeat
It’s our cycle, don’t dismiss it
We throw our hands up in defeat
But apart, we’d surely miss it
Rinse and repeat
Our cycle spins forever
But when our hearts still skip a beat
We know we’re meant to be together
Bridge: (duet)
If your love feels like a daily grind
Take some space, get out and clear your mind
Find some humor in your dull routine
Spice it up, sharpen it, if you know what I mean
Duet:
Rinse and repeat
It’s our cycle, don’t dismiss it
We throw our hands up in defeat
But apart, we’d surely miss it
Rinse and repeat
Our cycle spins forever
But when our hearts still skip a beat
We know we’re meant to be together
But when our hearts still skip a beat
We know we’re meant to be together
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Deception Pass
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Thoughts of leaving, so enticing
Respite from this crazy place
Air and sunshine-- so inviting
Take us to this open space.
Set out early, chase the sunrise
Packed our bags and filled the car
Westward bound, hills multiply
Mountains blur into stars.
Mystic falls, right before you.
Bluer skies you hope will last.
Tempting thoughts, they may guide you
Stuck here on deception pass?
Sitting on a driftwood trunk
While eagles dive into the lake
Counting all the treasures we sunk
Was it all a big mistake?
Will we reach the other side
Pastures filled with greener grass
Spare us from this rocky ride
Hold on tight this too shall pass
Mystic falls, right before you.
Bluer skies, you hope will last.
Cloudy days, they will blink you
Stuck here on deception pass?
A bridge to cross from here to there.
Steel and stone, a path to share.
A bridge of truth from real regret
A means to form a great re-set,
Or be stranded here today
That no magic will wave all away
We take a left, avoid the right turn
Instinct calls, ignore the signs
Unprepared and badly sunburned
Dodging facts are dangerous climbs
Waking in our beds tomorrow
Sheltering from our storm
Will we squander time we borrow
Evolving towards kinder norms
Mystic falls right before you
Bluer skies you hope will last
Illusions you will see right through
Stuck here on deception pass
Will this deception pass?
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Hayward
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Up north, there’s a place in the deep woods
Untouched by spoils of mankind
Gravel roads stretch forever
Local routes named whatever
And fireflies that light up the night
In the gentle forest, stands a giant
Made famous by its’ grit and its’ will
Kids come to play, nothing stands in its way And it thrives while the world keeps standing still
Fuel the friendship fire with a keylog
Flop your belly in ole’ Spider Lake
Nothing screams freedom like Hayward
World’s best kept secret escape
World’s best kept secret escape
There’s just no better way to say it
It is what it is, come what may
So by day, we play hard
All the while letting down our guard
Sleeping tight, for the very next day
Fuel the friendship fire with a keylog
Flop your belly in ole’ Spider Lake
Nothing screams freedom like Hayward
World’s best kept secret escape
World’s best kept secret escape
It’s pull is ultra-magnetic
It’s spirit, infectious and kind
Look up and you’ll find your North Star
wherever you are
And Hayward will come to your mind
Fuel the friendship fire with a keylog
Flop your belly in ole’ Spider Lake
Nothing screams freedom like Hayward
World’s best kept secret escape
World’s best kept secret escape
World’s best kept secret escape
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Heavy Sigh
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Ride the waves; up and down
Consume the news, that’s going around
As numbers climb, I hear the sound
Lungs filling up my heartbeat pounds
Breathe in the good for a sense of relief
Breath out the bad, bounce back from grief
Release the stress that builds up inside
And live this moment through a deep heavy sigh
At times I dream that I float in the sky
And need to deflate to come down from the high
Other times I dream, I’m fighting for air
Trapped under water, consumed with despair
Fight to the surface, to reach the outside
And wake from these moments
in a deep heavy sigh
Oxygen starvation suffocates our nation
It’s hard to breathe or take a mental vacation
Roll back my shoulders, stand up tall
Sip in the air, be aware of it all
Release it slowly out through your nose
Find the firm grounding, beneath my toes
Eliminate thoughts consuming inside
Reset these moments, through a deep heavy sigh
At times I dream that I float in the sky
And need to deflate to come down from the high
Other times I dream, I’m fighting for air
Trapped under water, consumed with despair
Fight to the surface, to reach the outside
And wake from these moments, in a deep heavy sigh
Deep heavy sigh
Deep heavy sigh
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8. |
All Good
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Build the tallest building
Corporations have their way
Turn playgrounds into stripmalls
See how much the people pay
Develop high, taunt the skies
Birds they’ll fly away
Plagues will come, and rivers dry
Only thinking, for today
Today was someone’s best day of all time
Today was someone’s nightmare come to life
Today I cried to see if I still could
But tears refused to stream the way I’d hoped they would
Guess that means life’s all good
He’s looking for compassion
As I drive to my new job
The skies his only shelter
While I have a roof I bought
Stolen luck and freedoms
Just by the color of his skin
Complicit ways, I turn my head
But that won’t make it end
Today was someone’s best day of all time
Today was someone’s nightmare come to life
Today I cried to see if I still could
But tears refused to stream the way I’d hoped they would
Guess that means, life’s all good
Will we rebuild purity, or grow numb and concede
Indifferent to the madness, while swallowing deceit
Dreams of when, we can dance again
No shoes on our feet
Have we earned this sacred space
So entitled, missed the call
Ignoring those, a little off
Less pain to swallow behind our walls
Try to avoid the truth and problems
Hear loathing lies unfurl
Watching hate and fear
Steal freedom from the world
Today was someone’s best day of all time
Today was someone’s nightmare come to life
Today I cried to see if I still could
But tears refused to stream the way I’d hoped they would
Guess that means, life’s all good
Guess my life I guess my life’s
Guess that means, life’s all good
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9. |
Love Won
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To feel my lungs fill with air
So easily with tons to spare
Forgetting times I do not dare of
Danger brewing
Ramblings started from the gate
My flag that flew was used for hate
Spreading tones of drag distaste and
Freedom falling
I can breathe again
Spinning madly out of your control
The world keeps spinning, rest your soul
Open your heart just like an oreo, you’ll see
Doo doo doo doo
Love won
The one that hit me when I first laid eyes
Jolting through me like a sweet surprise
Then falling deep into a dark demise of
Looming trouble
Past failings rise to present with regret
Exposing all my character defects
Embraced instead of posing as a threat my
Flaws and all
I can breathe again
Spinning madly out of your control
The world keeps spinning, rest your soul
Open your heart just like an oreo, you’ll see
Doo doo doo doo
Love won
Sometimes it’s messy, ain’t no easy street
At times you even still feel incomplete Those drops that fall stinging from your eyes
Are the bittersweet taste of compromise
Love won
Spinning madly out of your control
The world keeps spinning honey, rest your soul
Open your heart just like an oreo, you’ll see
It’s sweet, like me
Doo doo doo doo
Love won
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Love won
Doo doo doo doo
Love won
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10. |
Rectangular Box
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When you're stuck at home
There all alone
And no one’s allowed to go out
You can’t form a plan
Pass time best you can
Can’t take much more of the doubt
I open my screen
Search in between
All my work still expected to do
I find a room
A 2D Sonic boom
Full of voices and songs what's to lose
I’m safe and afar
You can’t see my flaws
Or hear my noises I mute when you talk
I’m just a face, taking up space
In my very own rectangular box
I get to peek
Week after week
From my own little room with a view
I can look in your eyes
And you don’t realize
What might actually uncover the truth
I’m completely aware
That I’m enjoying my stare
Without it even looking so strange
Your voice sounds so clear
Makes me wish you were here
Funny feelings I just can’t explain
I’m safe and afar
You can’t see my flaws
Or hear my noises I mute when you talk
I’m just a face, taking up space
In my very own rectangular box
Just then, mid sip into my tea
As if I’d found a secret key
No way this feeling could just be
Only happening to me
That someone else’s little box
Might also be their favorite spot
To watch my eyes and not get caught
Just a little food for thought
How will I greet you
When it's time to meet you
And we finally share the same space
Will I steal a glance
Fall back in a trance
Running back to my old hiding place
Will you be my friend
The one I knew well then
Back when it was safe to just gaze
It’s silently unsaid
I’m sure it's all in my head
But I’m hoping that you lead the way
I’m safe and afar
You can’t see my flaws
Or hear my noises I mute when you talk
I’m just a face, taking up space
In my very own rectangular
Square and not triangular
Free from gettin’ tangled
In my very own
Cuz I’m safe and afar
You can’t see my flaws
Or hear my noises I mute when you talk
I’m just a face, taking up space
In my very own, rectangular box
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11. |
I Asked the World Why?
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I,
I asked the world why
And the day turned to night
And stars filled the sky
So then,
I asked the world when
And the clock turned to stone
And time crawled again
Right there
I asked the world where
But it just kept on turning and turning
Like it was too big to care
I guess I knew
If I ever asked who
All the questions would fade
And lead me to you
Right then and there
I asked the world where
But it just kept on turning and turning
Like it was too big to care
For the world knew
That the question was who
And it guided my eyes
Till I’d realize the only answer is you
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12. |
Where We're Going
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He looks deep in his reflection
And see a wiser man
Through his lifelong introspection
Finds comfort in his plans
My dreams inspire new rhymes
Reflected paths of change
Resilient from some steep climbs
Ambitions, rearranged
Let’s view the maps which got us here
Trust a compass to guide the way we steer
Play it by heart, or play it by ear
It’s you that I want here
We glance through our wedding album
A record of our vows
Things we wanted, too young to fathom
Our dreams are different now
We talk about our future
A hundred different doubts
agree to add less plans, more humor
And take our lives off route
Let’s view the maps which got us here
Trust a compass to guide the way we steer
Play it by heart, or play it by ear
It’s you that I want here
The only way to get where we’re going is to see where we’re at, see where we’re at
The only way to get where we’re going is to see where we’re at, see where we’re at
The only way to get where we’re going is to see where we’re at, see where we’re at
The only way to get where we’re going is to see where we’re at, see where we’re at
The only way to get where we’re going is to see where we’re at, see where we’re at
The only way to get where we’re going is to see where we’re at
see where we’re at
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Abby K Seattle, Washington
Between 2020 and present, the pandemic presented Abby with some “found” time to reflect on the relationship between all of her worlds on her new album, Where We’re At. Where We’re At a unique endeavor as she explores a moment in time no less complicated or captivating than the bookends of a story. ... more
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