I heard in a song  ‘Vienna waits for you’

And like a fool, I thought of you

I felt the green of Monet’s garden in Giverny

And the Alabaster Coast of North Normandy

I saw you by the fountains of the Louvre

And me, making my way to you by the stairs of Fountainebleau

Black and white photographs shot in Breman Market Place

Or the steps we took along Como’s Lake

I saw us overlooking the coast of The Giants Causeway

In Northern Ireland to the metro on way to Place de Vosages

You took my hand through The Blue Cave

On the islet of Bisevo, the memory forever engraved

These places real  and kept in mind

Snapshots of what we could have in time

But now I feel that you’re not there

And I await alone with distant stare

Please tell me is it fair

That you have nothing to convey

And I, a world to give away?

You tell me you do not know, what it is you wish to say

And in this moment I recognize you do not see it true

This Vienna that waits for you

New York City is my state of mind

Where city speaks and all is left behind

I will know it then, even in Manhattan

That Vienna waits, though not for you and I, my friend.

‘Two drifters off to see the world

There’s such a lot of world to see’

And though you share this world with me

We are but drifters near and far, loose and together

And I hope you find her, and I find him, our people of ‘forever’

That you need not find the words to say

‘I love you come what may’

For she will know in a world more than words away

Your Vienna waits for you

And mine does too

Waiting ’round the bend

I say good luck to you,  dear friend

It’s raining in harmonics tonight.

Somethin’ just  aint right

Feelin’ like Costello’s ‘Almost Blue’

Somethin’ tells me it’s ’cause of you

Strange, the change from major to minor

How words fall from poetry to prose

Almost blue, without you here

It’s ’cause I’m gettin near

I’ve gone miles far and in between

Though, I’ve never been down this street

“Say what this means to me

I’ll do what I can”

Somethin’ I never had.

Baby, you’re every tune

And you know I can’t hide the truth

Don’t ask me to

When I look at you the way I do

Just ‘Almost Blue’ and without you

The last thing on my mind with the tide of night
And you’re still searching for the one who’s right
I’ll watch you let the chances fade
I just may never have your serenade

‘Do you want to run away together?’
I’d say it’d be your best line ever
I’m hangin’ on the same old lines
Still, don’t worry ’bout this heart of mine

But even when the day is through
All I want is you
Got to get you off of my mind
Tell me, I’m what you want to find

Play me some Morrison
And be my only one
Look at me with eyes that see
And take good care of me

Dancin’ down the road
Without you in Bordeaux
The Green on the vine
And margaux wine

And I’m sailing the ocean
Still, I feel you like a notion
The commotion that never seems to let me go
Even in Espiritu Santo, Mexico

Riding the trails of Nappanee
Let’s dust off another childhood memory
And how young and foolish am I
To think back on our last goodbyes

And I remember what papa played
‘ The Girl From Yesterday’
And how can someone so close be so far away?
I don’t want to be no girl from yesterday

Yet those sunsets that you’ll miss
I’ll wrap them all up in a kiss
Sittin’ lone in Monterey
I’ll think about “one day”

‘Til then, I’ll keep up with this charade.
Me and my new slang
‘So dawn goes down to day’
Will this feelin’ ever fade?
I don’t want to be no girl from yesterday.