I don't get writer's block/ all these words come out of me/ and most of them don't really mean much/ but they keep right on coming/ like water from a faucet or tears from my eyes/ there is no end/ to all these words/ they just keep on coming/ like death and taxes/ like good news and bad/ there is no end to my words/ until the final one
I am staring at the ocean/ from the pier in my hometown/ I am watching seagulls flying/ I am not on solid ground/ I am thinking of my loved ones/ the people I hold dear/ as I walk by discarded driftwood/ on the Port Hueneme pier
I was born here by the water/ the Pacific is my home/ I new live in a real city/ that was once unknown/ I am thinking I was younger/ How did that disappear/ as I walk on sand and strong wood/ on the Port Hueneme pier
today my memory is a camera/ and it captures all it sees/ waves of blue and / waves of silver/ water fading under me/ I am thinking I'm never satisfied/ but I'm glad that I am here/ as I walk among abandoned seashells/ on the Port Hueneme pier
I spend my days and nights inside/ a room where I'm the only one/ I do not see the rising moon/ I do not see the setting sun/ I have no choice but to look within/ I am the voice I've always been/ and something tells me to begin/ to see if I can open a door/ but I don't want to go back/ to who I was before/ I'd rather run and hide/ I spend my days and nights inside
there is no reason to be afraid/ there is nothing here that wants to harm you/ I'm not saying you have it made/ but there's no purpose to alarm you/ it's just the great wide open/ where you have nothing to hide/ don't be afraid/ just follow me/ outside
out here the sun is shining/ birds are singing/ all is fine/ each cloud has a silver lining/ all that frightens you/ is only in your mind/ it's just the wild blue yonder/ let it take you for a ride/ don't be afraid/ you're only standing/ outside
darkness lives when you let it/ once you see outside/ you won't forget it
there is no reason to be sad/ today's the day when you'll know good/ I know you've been feeling bad/ now you'll feel the way you should/ lift your face to the sun/ let it dry those tears you've cried/ don't be afraid/ just follow me/ outside/ outside
I am doing the bare minimum for what I have to do/ my sentences are fractured, my instincts don't have a clue/ I circle around this life of mine/ like a dog preparing for sleep/ I pray just like a child/ I pray the Lord my soul to keep
if I had a dog/ my life would be okay/ I would be a child again/ and we would run and play/ I'd never be forgotten/ I'd always have a friend/ if I had a dog/ I'd never feel lonely again
if I had a dog/ tell you what I'd do/ he'd never go off and leave me/ the way the humans do/ jump high in the tall grass/ come when I call his name/ if I had a dog/ I wouldn't be to blame
for all of you/ ignoring me/ the way you always do/ if I had a dog/ no telling what I'd do
if I had a dog/ he wouldn't be like you/ pretending I don't matter/ like you always do/ I'd turn on my own species/ and leave it far behind/ if I had a dog/ I believe I would be just fine
I have nothing in my brain/ that means I'm legally insane/ all the matter that remains/ contains all of my memories/ but my memories won't speak to me/ my subconscious I do not see/ my mind in all its history/ means nothing to my brain
