They Don't Say Forever

they don't say forever
when they get where they go
it's already through
hangin' on to yesterday's hair
as it goes down the drain

they don't stay forever
passing like the damp
of the morning dew
feelin' all of gravity's pain
as the cracks begin to show

you knew them
yes you knew them
or you were one of them
they know you
when they see you
what's to become of them
you hear them
yes you hear them
it's a melancholy pain
they listen for an answer
as they pass you in the rain

it's never lost completely
peeling like the paint
on a tattooed wall
shining like a faded dream
of a feeling that lives on

you knew them
yes you knew them
or you were one of them
they know you
when they see you
what's to become of them
you hear them
yes you hear them
it's a melancholy pain
they listen for an answer
as they pass you in the rain

(2012 db michel)

Just As I Am

i stand before you now
just as i am
whether you do...or don't
give a damn
i will be right here
and i won't stand down
just as i am
i'll be around

i tell it to you now
best that i can
whether you hear...or don't
here i am
i will be right here
and i won't stand down
just as i am
i'll be around

the walls between us may seem strong
but if we bash 'em from both sides
they won't last long

i see you with new eyes
just as you are
whether we're close...or not
it's not too far
you will live your life
and you won't stand down
just as you are
you'll be around

(2012 db michel)

Fishing With You (original song)

My new original song "Fishing With You"

http://www.myspace.com/danielbmichel/music/songs/fishing-with-you-031512-mp3-87033777

Singin' To The Moon

saw the full moon risin' nice and slow
thought about you, don't know why, you know
must have been that song, on the radio
we would belt that thing out, every night, oh

(CHORUS}
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

i go to places that we used to go
half lookin' for you, on the sly, you know
must have been that song, on the radio
the one we'd be singin' every night, oh

(CHORUS)
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

(BRIDGE)
and the days go by too fast these days
i don't see the nights at all
i was just thinkin' 'bout our crazy ways
you know i just had to call

so i'm drivin' 'round with the radio
blastin' it out, cruisin' down the road
then here comes that song, that we both know
and i started screamin' it out, oh

(CHORUS)
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

(2000 d.b. michel)

This is about memories of teenage nights spent cruising around the countryside with my friends...Singing along with the radio...

Dizzy Dean

i was lost in another dream
where i could pitch like Dizzy Dean
i could throw that ball so hard
in the ballpark in my yard
nothing like a summer's day
to make your troubles fade away
living in my childhood dream
and i could pitch like Dizzy Dean

(2011 db michel)

Counting The Stars

it could be better than it is
but then it could be worse
the best laid plans fall victim
to the disaster unrehearsed
i look for absolution
from the failures i have lived
although others have forgiven me
i don't dare myself forgive

i sit here in the silence
and i take in all i've seen
misty breaths of memory
take me everywhere i've been
all of this means something
i know it must be true
'cause i don't feel regret now
if i should think of you

Counting the stars
in my mind tonight
i remember the times
when they would shine so bright
Counting my dreams
in my mind tonight
i remember sweet times
when love just felt so right...

makes me smile

(2012 db michel)

The Year Of The Nine

looking at people
i once used to know
they used to know me
i just let it all go
i couldn't hang on to
whatever i lost
just passing the days
counting the cost

some may have wondered
where have i been?
i used to be here a lot back then
i remember the days
i remember the times
then i lost my way in the year of the nine

i had a dream
guess i had quite a few
but the dream was obscured
so it's long overdue
what's left of my voice
still wants to sing
but time passed me by
i don't sing anything

some may have wondered
where have i been?
i used to be here a lot back then
i remember the days
i remember the times
then i lost my way in the year of the nine

my greatest weakness
is my greatest strength
i don't know how to give up
when the quittin' bell rings
i still see the world
in the back of my heart
just like it was then
just a pure as the start

some may have wondered
where have i been?
i used to be here a lot back then
i remember the days
i remember the times
then i lost my way in the year of the nine

(2011 db michel)

Someday, Someone

you can cry if you want to
but in the end
no one can win this battle but you
you can lie to the world
and be it's friend
or you can turn back the lies and reveal the truth

someday
someone
will matter enough
and you'll say it
sometime
when the feeling is right
someday
someone
will see see through your pain
and embrace you
sometime
you'll be seeing the light

you can live in the darkness
that holds you still
no one can free this prisoner but you
you can sing to yourself
but you never will
or you can sing to the world and let the dream come true

someday
someone
will matter enough
and you'll say it
sometime
when the feeling is right
someday
someone
will see see through your pain
and embrace you
sometime
you'll be seeing the light

(2011 db michel)

Who Out There?

days...and days and nights rise and fall
years pass you by
and still no one...to stand beside you
tears...and all the pain makes them run
years come and go
and still no one...to stand beside you

(chorus)
who out there... gonna be the one to love you?
who out there...gonna step inside?
and walk into your heart
who out there...gonna be the one to listen?
who out there...gonna take the time?
and be the one to care

faith...and hopes and dreams leave you cold
your heart's runnin' dry
and still no one...to stand beside you
life...just another fast runnin' train
you hear the sound
and still no one...to stand beside you

(chorus)
who out there...gonna be the one to love you?
who out there...gonna step inside?
and walk into your heart
who out there...gonna be the one to listen?
who out there...gonna take the time?
and be the one to care

(bridge)
all this emptiness...a vacuum deep as space
when all you ever wanted...was played back...then erased

(chorus)
who out there...gonna be the one to love you
who out there...gonna step inside
and walk into your heart
who out there...gonna be the one to listen
who out there...gonna take the time
and be the one to care

(2011 db michel)

The Heat Of The Day (Ain't What It Used To Be)

noon is near
fall is falling
and the heat of the day ain't what it used to be
time to run
and the runners are running
but the wage they get ain't what it used to be
my belly's full
of the empty promise
and the speakers word ain't what used to be
the road is long
and bridge is crumblin'
the way back home ain't what it used to be...

(2011 db michel)

Doobie Do

night time looming
day time zooming
the data bits fly so fast
till the future is in the past
dreamtime waiting
i'm still waking
the stream always has it's way
tells me when it's time to play

(chorus)
ah doobie do
ah doobie dah
ah doobie wah
do do do doobie
la la la
la la la la

world time spending
day is ending
the data bits tell the tale
'cause the system's too big to fail
night time falling
dream time calling
the stream sends me on my way
down the wire it's time to play

(chorus)
ah doobie do
ah doobie dah
ah doobie wah
do do do doobie
la la la
la la la la

(bridge)
chop it in pieces
send it again
the binary code begins and it ends
encrypt it in legend
decode in prose
tells you the story
that's how it goes

(chorus)
ah doobie do
ah doobie dah
ah doobie wah
do do do doobie
la la la
la la la la

(2011 db michel)

The Ballad of the Busch Squirrel

runnin' like a squirrel do
zoomin' cross the infield grass
home plate in his view screen looms
one more frontier he must pass
the batter stands oblivious
to the nimble creature on the way
the pitcher stands incredulous
the umpire makes the pitcher pay
he calls a ball the hurler screams
that squirrel ain't on either team!
the call will stand
the squirrel will not
he must run on
or he'll be caught!

(2011 db michel)

The Gift

What if what you had dreamed of all your life had just appeared before your eyes?...And you didn't even know...

What if this was not the first time?...What if your dream come true had been presented to you before?...But you let it pass you by...

After having been rescued from the jaws of death more times than he was aware of...Will he ever learn to accept the gift?...

More than life..More than love...It's the gift of a new world...He dreamed of it as a child..Never suspecting that it was more than a dream...

He had been there...It was true...All of it...The ship with the silver seats...The view from the window...The control panel...

The promise to him as a little boy that he would know what to do when the time came...Now the time has come...Now they're back...

(2011 db michel)

The Signal

there's a signal we don't know
someone else is sending
try to find it in the stars
but space and time is always bending
if we hear them one fine day
would the mystery be ending
would the song they sing make us uptight?
or would it fill us with delight?

(2011 db michel)