Love Somebody
(copyright 2003, Amanda Bland)

broken cry heard far away
moments not long passed
silence like the break of day
communication crashed


Some say time heals
some say time is money
but I say time is all we have to love somebody
oh, to love somebody

Hole in the wall, mascara stains
on a bedroom pillowcase
souvenirs remember pain
and tears mark up your face

Some say time heals
some say time is money
but I say time is all we have to love somebody
oh, to love somebody


Some say time heals, (yeah)
some say time is money
but I say time is all we have to love somebody
oh,
Some say time heals
some say time is money
but I say time is all we have to love somebody
oh, to love somebody
to love somebody

(copyright Jan 2003, Amanda Bland)


Celebrate My Life

Go ahead and invite me to feel
as low and lost as you do
(yeah)
you said you've seen the road ahead
and that I'd be a fool
but I'd be a bigger fool to follow you

I will celebrate my life
educate my mind
run a race against time
you might say that
I don't need your welcome mats
I can draw my own maps
i don't care what he said, she said, he said, she said

Your bittersweet circles of gossip
don't diagnose my problems
it ain't no mystery that I got 'em
(no)
this pride will eat you up inside
who died and made you queen
you'll never be my queen

I will celebrate my life
educate my mind
run a race against time
you might say that
I don't need your welcome mats
I can draw my own maps
i don't care what he said, she said, he said, she said

you mope around
tell the crowd about your loss
and all the tears it cost you
the years will pass by
you'll still be hiding from the truth
you threw away your youth
(yeah)

I will celebrate my life
educate my mind
run a race against time
you might say that
I don't need your welcome mats
I can draw my own maps
I don't care what he said, she said, he said, she said

My Perennials

A picture on a perfect day

My daughters’ messy hair

A son who looks up at the sky

These are my perennials

Dancing around in playful circles

Crowding my life with love

In my heart when I’m on my knees

These are my perennials

When the world is purchasing their perishables

And gloating in their variables

I breathe in,

And I think of my perennials

Stumbling on the flat earth

And falling on my face

I feel forgiveness as it swells

These are my perennials

Copyright December 2008, Amanda Bland