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My Muse

Christopher J. A. Saint Germain


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  Christopher J. A. Saint Germain

  Copyright 2013 Christopher J. A. Saint Germain

  To Love Me

  There’s no man, or woman in this world

  Who wants to be truly alone

  And I’d like to tell you

  You’re the most beautiful girl that I have ever known

  But you wouldn’t believe, you think I aim to deceive

  Just so I can have my way

  But I have to tell you, I have nothing to sell

  Because it’s not worth the price that I would have to pay

  I just want you to love me

  Is that so much to ask?

  And in the morning the ocean

  Is still rockin’ and rollin’

  And children still want to play

  No lack of emotion

  Or preconceived notion

  If you leave or if you stay

  Wrapped in my arms

  I can keep you from harm

  And let our cares slip away

  Or you can set out on your own

  And go it alone

  With the memory of today

  Love me

  And you always say that you’re not good enough

  But dammit who are you to judge?

  Because you’re good enough for me

  And that’s all you need to be

  To love me

  I Will Return

  You know I’ve been in Virginia

  But she wasn’t very kind

  I forgave her for her violent past

  And I tried to make her mine

  But she took all of my money

  And she tried to beat me down

  And she left me for dead near a watershed

  In a ditch on the dark side of town

  But like a phoenix I am rising

  And my morning sun still turns

  And if you look my way

  After the second day

  I will return

  I had a love affair with Needles

  But that’s all over now

  Although I know the air

  Is much crisper there

  And my vision seemed clearer somehow

  And though the life is hard and lonely

  I still miss it now and then

  That quiet desert border town

  Will beckon me again

  And I watched as the flames arose

  And that majestic hotel burned

  And the doorman called out,

  “You may be leaving for now...”

  I know I will return

  So you ask me why I’m crying

  As my love flies away

  I’ve seen her dark romantic side

  And I’ve plead for her to stay

  She blinds me with her magic

  It seems I’ll never learn

  If I lose my way, to her passion I pray...

  I will return

  The choir sings, “Hallelujah”

  As the saints all turn away

  And the cowards turn to run

  So they can live to fight another day

  The first becomes the last

  The last falls to his knees to pray

  And Moroni on his steeple

  Picks up his horn and starts to play

  Lie to Me

  Lie to me

  Make me believe

  Pretend that you’re happy

  But I see the grief

  Weave your web of deception

  Behind veiled eyes

  You try to hide

  But I see through your lies

  Lies Lies Lies

  Lie to me

  Just one more day

  Tell me you won’t ever

  Lead me astray

  Disguise your moods

  And that look on your face

  Just one more kiss

  And you’ll cover the trace of your lies

  Lies Lies Lies

  I want to believe you

  I honestly do

  But I need you to tell me the truth

  Lie to me

  Pretend that it’s real

  Forget that I

  Can feel what you feel

  One glimpse behind

  Your porcelain facade

  And I see through the shadows

  That darken your heart

  Lies

  Who am I?

  Who am I that I should write?

  What right do I have to join those literary greats?

  No special gift

  No higher degree

  Just a man

  I work with my hands and strum the odd tune

  My music and my collar is blue

  But if I can communicate to you the things which I have seen

  If I can draw you in and paint the scene

  Like walking down Italian cobblestone streets

  Or praying in the fertile crescent on bended knee

  Experience was my teacher

  And I have the urge, the desire

  To share her lessons with you

  And if you can accept the combined role of pupil and friend

  Then together we will travel and learn

  I will share my knowledge with you

  And You?

  You can share your joy with me

  We Don’t Have Anything but Time

  Promise was a tear

  For promises remain unspoken

  Truth it was a tear

  For fear the truth remains unbroken

  Love was a tear

  For love was lost just like a token

  Life was a tear

  For what we could or could not hope in

  Time slips away

  You can not hold it in your grasp

  As your hair turns gray

  You realize what you have lost

  To see another day

  You do not have the right to ask

  You ask it anyway

  Afraid to face or pay the cost

  Promise was a tear

  For promises remain unspoken

  Truth it was a tear

  For fear the truth remains unbroken

  Love was a tear

  For love was lost just like a token

  Life was a tear

  For what we could or could not hope in

  Choices

  If I had to choose between wealth

  Or convincing you to stay

  Then I’d take you in my arms

  And toss my riches away

  If I had to choose between seeing your face one last time

  Or the promise of a pain free death

  Then I would live with the pain of goodbye

  And the memory of your face until I drew my final breath

  If I had to choose between heaven

  Or the chance to hold you near

  Then the choice is already made

  Because my angel is here

  But if I had to lie to win your love or be cruel

  That is something I could never do

  Because I can’t choose a life of lies

  Or a love that is untrue

  If I had to choose

  Between being in love or being a fool

  Then I guess I’m the fool

  For being in love with you

  Hallowed Halls

  There is no beauty in this world

  That can compare with the great beyond

  Save maybe the occasional dawn

  And the joy of innocent souls

  Untempered by life

  And unfettered by this world of scorn

  The Internet and shopping malls

  Are hallowed halls for hollow souls

  It pains me to see those empty shells

  And dark eyes filled with vitriol

  The man who
sets himself on high

  Is blind and doomed to take a fall

  Thousands more look to the sky

  But still refuse to hear the call

  What difference can this one man make

  With open heart and healing hands?

  Walls of hope and denial

  Built a maze around where he now stands

  Amber

  Amber is the color of her hair

  She’s an angel come to me I swear

  She’s got the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen

  And when she’s sad they turn a little green

  But when she turns those eyes my way

  She sees through all the games I play

  She makes me feel like it’s okay

  To just be me

  She’s vulnerable and she knows

  She’s beautiful and it shows

  She rises high above the pedestals

  I’d follow anywhere she goes

  Amber is the color of her hair

  I’d follow that girl anywhere

  But when she spreads her wings to fly

  I am the Icarus and I can only try

  She’s got true faith to guide her

  I’d like to walk beside her

  But there’s confusion in those eyes of blue

  Angels don’t always know what to do

  But when she turns those eyes my way

  She sees through all the games I play

  She makes me feel like it’s okay

  To just be me

  Carry Me Away

  Carry me away

  Lay me down in a field of green

  Sew my heart together at the seams

  You’re the only girl for me

  Take me by the hand

  Hold me close, help me understand

  I don’t have to be afraid to be a man

  You’ll never let me hurt again

  Close your eyes

  Hold me tight

  And fly away with me tonight

  Carry me away

  Tell me that you’ll always stay

  Teach me what it takes to be unafraid

  Tell me that you’ll never run away

  And when you’re scared take me by the hand

  I only want you to understand

  I’ll never let you hurt again

  Close your eyes

  Hold me tight

  And fly away with me tonight

  Fly Away Fly Away

  She

  Is just like Heaven to me

  A beautiful dream that I see

  When I close my eyes at night

  But she’s

  Always out of reach

  And I don’t know if I’m willing

  To make the sacrifice she needs

  To bring her into my life

  Or finally set her free

  Fly away, little angel

  Fly