I know it's not that popular anymore; I know I may be shown the door, But I submit this book of poetry For the whole world to see. I am a very simple man; I try to do the best that I can. My skill level is not that high; I do what I do to get by. We all try to change the world; Sometimes we don't know where we're hurled. But wherever that place will be; No one can take these words away from me. We live in an age that is very fast-paced; We all need to slow down-yes, the whole human race. If this book can help you change your mind, Then the rest of the world won't be far behind. Poems of love and hate, peace and war, and romance I would like to thank you in advance; Thank you for taking the time to read my words; My deepest wish is that they lift you up to fly with the birds. Aaron Jones was inspired to begin writing poetry through the influence of his brother's band. As the title of the collection suggests, his verse is set the form of song and is intended to be set to music.

Lyrics In Search Of Music Volume One

By Aaron C. Jones

iUniverse, Inc.

Copyright © 2010 Aaron C. Jones
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4502-6275-0

Contents

1. I'm Gonna Love You Anyway................................................................12. Some.....................................................................................33. One......................................................................................54. She's Addicted to the Liquid, Slave to the Crave.........................................75. We're All Hoping on Hope.................................................................96. Listen To This...........................................................................117. I'm in Love with the TV Weather Girl.....................................................128. You Never Know...........................................................................139. It's 4:11................................................................................1510. When Will You See?.......................................................................1611. Open the Door to Your Heart..............................................................1812. Honestly.................................................................................2013. Join the Club of Everyone Every Day......................................................2114. What Are You Waiting For?................................................................2315. Some Words in a Row......................................................................2416. Don't Ever Let Me Be.....................................................................2717. You—Me—Us—We...........................................................2818. You'll Never.............................................................................3019. Tomorrow.................................................................................3120. When Will................................................................................3321. We're All a Work in Progress.............................................................3422. In-Between...............................................................................3523. Tell Me What Makes You Happy.............................................................3724. I Put My Trust in You....................................................................3825. When You.................................................................................4026. What More Can I Say......................................................................4227. Faith....................................................................................4328. You'll Never Know until You Try..........................................................4429. A Work In Progress.......................................................................4730. Focus on This Moment.....................................................................4831. T-I-O-N..................................................................................5032. You Have A Long Way To Go................................................................5133. To All Those Who Came Before Me..........................................................5334. Your It..................................................................................5735. Words....................................................................................5836. Intertwined..............................................................................6237. Bulletproof..............................................................................6438. Words on the Paper.......................................................................6639. What Is Our Life.........................................................................6740. A Prayer for You.........................................................................6941. Going to Take Life Where the River Runs..................................................7042. Blindsided...............................................................................7243. One Person...............................................................................7444. Just An Idea.............................................................................7645. I Submit This Book.......................................................................7846. Solutions (Lightly Deep).................................................................7947. No Designation Version No. 2.............................................................8148. Dreamers Dream—Lovers Love—Fighters Fight—Doers Do.....................8349. Moments in Life..........................................................................8750. What Motivates You?......................................................................8851. Life Is More.............................................................................9052. Conclusions..............................................................................9253. Make This Day the Day You Make Your Getaway..............................................9454. Hope Your Life's a Kick..................................................................9655. Is What We Reap..........................................................................9856. Things We Do Together....................................................................9957. The Son Gives Me Warmth..................................................................10158. Finally Free.............................................................................10259. Fragile..................................................................................10460. We Shall See.............................................................................10561. Is Not (I Am Me).........................................................................10762. Common Ground............................................................................10963. Make It Up As You Go.....................................................................11064. Today Is 10/26/2009......................................................................11265. Today Is a Good Day......................................................................11366. Need To Take a Stand.....................................................................11567. Sometime.................................................................................11668. Just Want To Be With You.................................................................11869. The Clouds Are Departing.................................................................11970. Love Makes Us Do Crazy Things............................................................12171. Live Every Day Like It's Your Last.......................................................12272. We.......................................................................................12473. Naked to the World.......................................................................12574. Our Private Little War...................................................................12775. The Battle Of ...........................................................................12876. What Crossed My Mind (Resurrection)......................................................13177. Peanut Butter and Jellyfi sh Sandwich....................................................13378. A Simple Man (Me and Dad)................................................................13679. And All That It Can Do...................................................................13880. Friends..................................................................................14081. I Will Be There..........................................................................14282. It.......................................................................................14483. Jesus....................................................................................146

Chapter One

The July 2009 Session

The following selections were written from July 8 through July 29, 2009, after a twenty-year lull in writing.

    I'm Gonna Love You Anyway

      I'm gonna love you anyway
    Even though you spit in my eye
      I'm gonna love you anyway
    Even when you try to make me cry

      I'm gonna love you anyway
    Even when you don't want me around
      I'm gonna love you anyway
    Even when you try to break me down

      I'm gonna love you anyway
      I'm gonna love you anyway

      I'm gonna love you anyway
    When nobody in the world else will
      I'm gonna love you anyway
    When you think you're mentally ill

      I'm gonna love you anyway
    On the second you were born
      I'm gonna love you anyway
    When you think you can't go on

      I'm gonna love you anyway
      I'm gonna love you anyway

      I'm gonna love you anyway
    The time you lashed me with your whip
      I'm gonna love you anyway
    The time you put your sword in my hip
      I'm gonna love you anyway
    The time you nailed me to the cross
      I'm gonna love you anyway
    Just know you'll never be lost ... because I'm gonna love you
    anyway

    July 8–9, 2009, July 19, 2009


    Some

    Sometimes you have to be apart to get closer
    Sometimes you need to keep the gun in the holster
    Sometimes you need to face your fears
    Sometimes it may take years and years

    Someway we'll find our way to the end
    Someway we'll find some love to send
    Someway you'll get through another day
    Someway you'll find the right words to say

    Listen to the wind, in the end
    Commit no sin, got to bend
    Smile for a while, Gomer Pyle
    Walk a mile, got no style

    Someday we'll find a way to all live in peace
    Someday all the wars will finally cease
    Someday you will find a safe home
    Someday you will never ever be alone

    Somehow we will get it all together
    Somehow we will survive the weather
    Somehow we will get it right this time
    Somehow, if you tell me what's on your mind.

    Need some honesty, for you and me
    Hear the truth, give me proof
    New day coming, keeps it humming
    Don't get wet, pay your debt
    Listen to the wind, in the end
    Commit no sin, got to bend
    Smile for a while, Gomer Pyle
    Walk a mile, got no style

    Someone is knocking on your door
    Someone is sleeping on the cold hard floor
    Someone is going hungry tonight
    Someone might finally just get it right

    Somebody will take away your pain
    Somebody is going to drive you insane
    Somebody will hear what you have to say

    Somebody, sometime, someway, somehow, someone is going to
    brighten your day

    July 16, 2009, 11:54 PM–July 19, 2009, 3:11 PM


    One

    Don't be waiting for someone to make you happy
    That day may never come to you
    No matter how hard you try
    No matter what you do

    There's way too much bad in this world
    Don't let them make your life sad
    It's way too easy to give in and cry
    Why is there so much bad? (I need my dad.)

    Everyone is pushing and pulling
    Maybe someday we'll get it together
    We'll get our head out of the sand
    Your problems will be as light as a feather

    One life—one sun—one earth—one you—one me—
    One day—one light—one night—one way to be-One
    gift—one chance—one romance—one right—
    One wrong—one song—one time—one never ending fight

      Can you tell me what's in your heart?
    Do you know why we're living?
    Can you even tell yourself?
    Don't know how much time we're given

    It's time to find the good in life
    Sometimes we search and search forever
    It was under your nose all the time
    Life, it's a challenge, it's an endeavor

    One life—one sun—one earth—one you—one me—
    One day—one light—one night—one way to be—
    One gift—one chance—one romance—one right—
    One wrong—one song—one time—one never ending fight

    In the end you will be a pile of dust
    Your house will be a rubble heap
    You need to see how deep the water is
    You'll never know unless you leap
    You'll never know unless you leap

    One life—one sun—one earth—one you—one me—
    One day—one light—one night—one way to be—
    One gift—one chance—one romance—one right—
    One wrong—one song—one time—one never ending fight
    July 16, 2009, 3:19 PM, Thursday


    She's Addicted to the Liquid, Slave to the Crave

    How else could you explain?
    The reason she is insane
    She just threw it all away
    To make herself stay numb every day
    Not ever wanting happiness
    But a life filled full of stress
    She can't remember yesterday
    All the while keeping love at bay

    She's addicted to the liquid
    She just wants to stay hid
    She is a slave to the crave
    Not thinking of what she did
    She's addicted to the liquid
    To get her love ... just place your bid
    Because she's addicted to the liquid
    Yes she is a slave to the crave

    Slave to the liquid that's all we see
    But that's the way she wants it to be
    She won't remember it anyway
    Can't help, no matter what you say
    She drowns herself in it all the time
    Without reason without rhyme
    Try to help, you get pushed away
    Slave to the liquid every single day

    She's addicted to the liquid
    She just wants to stay hid
    She is a slave to the crave
    Not thinking of what she did
    She's addicted to the liquid
    To get her love ... just place your bid
    Because she's addicted to the liquid
    Yes she is a slave to the crave

    Hoping one day she'll see the light

    See what's wrong then see what's right
    Demons keep her in her dark place
    Maybe one day we'll see her pretty face
    Only a miracle will save her now
    That's right only a miracle that is how

    She's addicted to the liquid
    She just wants to stay hid
    She is a slave to the crave
    Not thinking of what she did
    She's addicted to the liquid
    To get her love ... just place your bid
    Because she's addicted to the liquid
    She is a slave to the crave
    Yes she's addicted to the liquid
    She is a slave to the crave
    Yes she's addicted to the liquid ...
    July 17, 2009, 4:15 PM; July 18, 2009, 4:41 PM


    We're All Hoping on Hope

    I don't need everything to be the best
    I just want everything to be the best it can be
    This is something that I must confess
    I'll show you the difference just wait and see
    You think everyone who lives in a mansion is content
    That everyone who lives in a shack is heartbroken
    Some of the happiest people can't pay their rent
    The happy ones will always leave you hoping
    We're all hoping on hope—Hoping we don't miss the boat
    We're living for love—The love from above
    What good is all this anyway without love?
    The richest can be the most miserable of all
    Too many people pushing, too many shoving
    The higher you are, the further you'll fall
    Even if no one here will understand your ways
    As long as you make other people happy
    It's all in the way that you spend your days
    Treat everyone with respect, just like me pappy
    We're all hoping on hope—We don't miss the boat
    We're living for love—Need help from above
    We're all hoping on hope—Hoping we don't miss that boat
    We're living for love—The love from above
    July 18, 2009, 5:59 PM, Saturday


    Listen To This

    Eat, drink, walk, talk, live, breathe
    Enjoy, delight, happy, sad, rejoice, or grieve
    Eat, drink, walk, talk, live, take in air
    Love, hate, destroy, create, you know you care
    Tell me what are the things you need
    Money, brand new car, to live with greed
    Tell me the things you really wish for
    Tranquility, peace, harmony, serenity, or an uproar

    Open the door, it's a beautiful day
    Get off the floor, find your way
    Think positive, your path is calling
    Just want to live; I will catch you when you're falling

    Are you who you really want to be?
    Is it you who we think we see
    It's hard to change your wicked ways
    If you want peace you need to start today
    When it's time for that ax to fell
    I don't want you to burn in hell
    You never know what the future holds
    Just don't sell your very own soul

    Open the door, it's a beautiful day
    Get off the floor, find your way
    Think positive, your path is calling
    Just want to live; I will catch you when you're falling
    July 19, 2009, 10:15 AM, Sunday


    I'm in Love with the TV Weather Girl

    I'm in love with the TV weather girl
    She lightens up my lifeless world
    She lets me know if I need a coat or sweater
    I love her even though I never met her

    She's always looking out for me
    Can this daydream become a reality?
    Does she have a boyfriend already?
    I hope the temperatures are holding steady

    Come rain or shine
    She's always on time
    Through sleet or snow
    My love will grow

    I'm in love with the TV weather girl
    She gives my heart a delightful swirl
    She can see forward into the future
    She tells the truth even if it don't suit ya

    She's so pretty I can't hear what she's saying
    Will she become mine? I keep on praying
    I hope the forecast comes up sunny
    I hope one day she'll become my honey

    Come rain or shine
    She's always on time
    Through sleet or snow
    My love will grow
    I'm in love with the TV weather girl—I'm in love with the TV
    weather girl
    July 19, 2009, 6:46 PM, Sunday


    You Never Know

    I need someone to pick me up when I'm down
    We need someone who will always be around
    I'm sure at some point you'll need someone too
    Wait a minute, hold on right there, we do!

    I need someone to bring peace to my life
    Sometimes it cuts like a very sharp knife
    It seems you always need help yesterday
    You know helping hands are not too far away

    You never know when you'll need it
    You never know when you'll give it
    You never know when the end is coming
    I'm talking about living, dying, hating, and loving

    No matter how alone you think that you are
    There's always someone lonelier outside your door
    You just need to let them into your heart
    We need to make them feel like they're a part
    Love, yes love will set your broken soul free
    You just need to give it a chance, trust me

    You never know when you'll need it
    You never know when you'll give it
    You never know when the end is coming
    I'm talking about living, dying, hating, and loving
    July 21, 2009, 3:56 PM, Tuesday


    It's 4:11

    It's 4:11—Do you think you're going to heaven?
    It's 4:13—Are you living your childhood dream?
    It's 4:15—Does life really appear as it seems?
    It's 5:11—I'm listening to some Led Zeppelin
    It's 5:20—I'm missing my weather girl honey
    It's 5:22—I'm looking for something to do

    How are you spending your day?
    Just don't go down the wrong way
    I hope you're doing something you love
    Not being kicked, beaten, or shoved
    Give love to everyone you see
    Especially, especially if it's me

    It's 8:01—your neighbor just had a son
    It's 8:10—someone is learning to bend
    Still 8:10—someone is learning to be a friend
    It's 11:05—sitting here and wondering why
    It's 11:11—still listening to Led Zeppelin
    It's 11:27—it's time to pray, I hope I'm going to heaven

    How are you spending your day?
    Just don't go throw it all way
    I hope you're doing something you love
    Not being kicked, beaten, or shoved
    Give love to everyone you see
    Especially, especially if it's me
    Give love to everyone you see
    Especially, especially if it's me
    July 21, 2009, 4:51 PM, Tuesday


    When Will You See?

    You're in way to
    deep
    Your boyfriend is a
    creep
    You see no way
    out
    You are filled with
    doubt
    This is not living
    You're taking not giving
    When will the insanity end?
    The bottle's your best friend

    How will it turn out?
    A twelve-round bout

    When will you see?
    When will you see the light?
    It's time to get it right
    When will you let it be?

    Life should not be a
    fight
    You're not always
    right
    It needs to get
    better
    Living by the
    letter
    It's time to see happiness
    Not all of this unrest

    Lord set her free
    Like you did for me

    Love is the answer
    Not a necromancer

    When will you see?
    When will you see the light?
    It's time to get it right
    When will you let it be?
    July 21, 2009, 11:42 PM, Tuesday


    Open the Door to Your Heart

    We sometimes say I'll get to it later
    If we act right now it can change our fate
    Act now before later turns into too late

    Your future is being held prisoner by your past
    Find the key because you will never last
    The future turns into the past incredibly fast

    Open the door to your heart
    We can fix the broken parts
    Let's make a brand new start
    Open the door to your broken, your broken heart

    We can never go back and alter the past
    All good and bad things by no means last
    Bad things last forever, good goes by way to fast

    When you find good, hold on as long as you can
    When good comes to you, take it by the hand
    Don't let them seize it, time to take a stand

    Open the door to your heart
    Let's fix the broken parts
    We can make a brand new start
    Open the door to your broken, your broken heart

    I want to have some sweet memories
    We can make them together if you please
    We'll be in a place where love never leaves
    July 22, 2009, 10:00 PM, Wednesday
    Happy birthday, Brian!


    Honestly

    Too bad for some, life is just a show
    There's no ebb, there's no flow
    How lonely life must be
    It's sad to be a pretender

    Worrying about things you can't change
    Being the one to always rearrange
    Wasted time is gone forever
    Are you a driver or passenger?

    What happened to all the honesty?
    Can someone tell me honestly?
    Can I show you some inspiration?
    I can give you some motivation.

    I'm just asking you to be yourself
    Money is not the only way to judge wealth
    Just be you, I know you can do it
    Not the person others want you to be

    What happened to all the honesty?
    Can someone tell me honestly?
    Can I show you some inspiration?
    I can give you some motivation.

    Where has all the compassion gone?
    I know it's out there, hope I'm not wrong
    Learn how to love, it's easy
    Hate takes too much out of you
    Honestly
    July 25, 2009, 8:15 PM, Saturday


    Join the Club of Everyone Every Day

    Is your life letting you down?
    Don't feel like hanging round
    It's the choices you take
    It's the mistakes you make
    Are you half empty or half full?
    Do you push or do you pull?

    Find your place in the universe
    There's no time
    to rehearse

    Is time your enemy or your friend?
    Things never seem to go
    your way
    So join the club of everyone every day

    Whatever you do is never enough
    It doesn't have to be this rough
    Push yourself further than before
    You will learn so much, so much more
    Let the love carry you away
    It's free, you never have to pay

    Find your place in the universe
    There's no time
    to rehearse
    Is time your enemy or your friend?
    Things never seem to go
    your way
    So join the club of everyone every day
    Join the club of everyone every day ...
    July 26, 2009, 6:38 PM, Sunday


    What Are You Waiting For?
    What are you waiting for?
    Get out the door
    Give a little more
    Even the score

    You say he is holding you back
    Got you way off track
    You're serious as a heart attack
    He is stealing all your dreams
    I know just what you mean
    Is anything like it seems?

    What are you waiting for?
    Get out the door
    Give a little more
    Even the score

    We're going down different paths
    Look out for the aftermath
    Need to take a long hot bath
    Looking out for the light
    Might even find it at night
    When I see it I'll know it's right

    What are you waiting for?
    Get out the door
    Give a little more
    Even the score
    July 27, 2009, 1:19 PM, Monday


    Some Words in a Row

    We're all on this earth for different reasons
    But we all end up in one of two places
    In the devil's lair or in God's good graces

    We each go our own directions in life
    We have the will to be kind or evil
    No one is better be he strong or feeble

    Would you have a lifetime of pleasure or an eternity?
    All that is great only comes from above
    Peace on earth, a butterfly, and never-ending love

    What's in the other direction we must speak
    I give you words of warning so please take note
    Burning in hell is a burden I hope not to tote

    Find your reason
    Take your direction
    You can't get to heaven by election
    Live in the light
    Let love grow
    There is a mountain I do not know

    Before I must turn to a mound of dust
    No one will live on earth forever
    Hopefully heaven is my final endeavor
    July 29, 2009, 11:56 PM, Wednesday

(Continues...)

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