Quote: Knowledge
Just because I know something doesn't mean that it's true. Especially if I've known it a long time.
-- Doug Smith
Quote: Understanding Love
I don't need to understand love in order to love. And, believe me, I do not understand love.
-- Douglas Brent Smith
Song: Run Away!
Run Away! (Douglas Brent Smith)
Don’t go to the basement in your underwear
Maybe you can’t tell but there’s a monster down there
Do yourself a favor and turn on a light
Pay attention if you want to live thru the night
Did you notice that the kitchen knives are missing?
Now is not the time for teen age lover kissing
Did you notice that the lights are blinking?
Why head for the danger? What are you thinking?
(chorus:)
Every scary movie has them: brainless fools
Walking into danger as the monster drools
Zombies and slashers love ‘em, they taste so good
And never do the one thing that they should:
Run away! Run away! Are you an idiot? Run away!
If you’re smart you’ll avoid that cabin in the woods
the one with a history of evil up to no good
If it’s Friday the 13th you might want to stay awake
Dreaming on that night could be a really big mistake (chorus)
(c) 2017 Douglas Brent Smith
(c) 2017 Douglas Brent Smith
Song: Jesus Ain't Afraid of Halloween
Jesus Ain’t Afraid of Halloween (Douglas Brent Smith)
C Em Am G
She looked at me sternly with what she had to say
C Em Am G
“We do not celebrate the devil’s holiday”
F G Em Am
Believe what you believe but I had to grin
F G Em Am D7 G
I don’t see trick or treat as some kind of sin
C Am F G
Jesus ain’t afraid of Halloween
C Am F G
Pagans can be fun we all agree
F G C C/B Am
dressing up in costumes, why take it seriously?
F G C
Jesus ain’t afraid of Halloween
C Em Am G
Satan did his best to scare him once
C Em Am G
the devil just turned out to be a dunce
F G
because Jesus doesn’t scare
C C/B Am
his daddy’s everywhere
F G C
Jesus ain’t afraid of Halloween
C Em Am G
Witches and goblins are all in jest
C Em Am G
It’s no theological test
F G Em Am
Everybody knows that it’s all pretend
F G F F/E F/D C
And Jesus has the Holy Ghost as his best friend
(c) 2017 Douglas Brent Smith
Song: Scary Halloween
i went shopping for a pumpkin
ran into a Christmas tree
instead of seeing orange and black
i saw red and green
scary Halloween, scary Halloween
i got stuck in between
Christmas and scary Halloween
i went looking for Frankenstein
and monsters to fill me with fear
but instead i found Santa Claus
and his flying reindeer
scary Halloween, scary Halloween
i got stuck in between
Christmas and scary Halloween
tried to find my favorites at the grocery store
but they're hard to find so tucked away
things aren't where they usually live
everything is there to give
attention to the holiday display
scary Halloween, scary Halloween
i got stuck in between
Christmas and scary Halloween
i don't like to complain too much
but why are we in such a holiday rush?
with so many days between now and then
but here we are counting down the days again
scary Halloween, scary Halloween
i got stuck in between
Christmas and scary Halloween
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(c) 2017 douglas brent smith
Here and Now
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| Real Adventure |
I can't perfect the past so I might as well work on the present.
-- Doug Smith
Song: Hopin'
you were young and so was i i'd get on my bike and ride i'd go where you'd know i was up and down your road i'd go on that three-speed very slow hopin' you'd see me... up and down your road i'd go acting like it didn't show hopin' you'd open your door my how the years went by we missed it you and i i'll give it one more try hopin' you'll open your door (c) 2017 douglas brent smith
Poem: short timers
turn the pages
quickly; isn't that
the sign of a good
book?
go fast go heady go
for the finish
have fun be done
then run
ah, the sign of a
good book, a great
game and
a sad relationship
when do you give up?
only one right but
more rare than caring
allows ~ when do you
give up?
all i senselessly say
to that can be
never never never
never never never
never never never
never never
-- douglas brent smith
(c) 2017 douglas brent smith
Poem: nonsense
it was her attempts
at perfection that
kept perfection away
locked up walled in
and
kept at bay
never quite good
enough to ever
satisfy
substantiated reservations
proof to deny
tell me again
why it all had to end
no, stop
nonsense never bears
repeating.
-- douglas brent smith
(c) 2017 douglas brent smith
Song: Don't Give Up Your Day Job
Don’t Give Up Your Day Job (Douglas Brent Smith)
Chorus:
Don’t give up your day job
You could end up a poor slob
Life without a paycheck
Could make you a physical wreck
Don’t give up, don’t give up your day job
All my friends are artists, one way or another
Filled with talent filled with skills still yet undiscovered
When the routine looms they hunger for the road
Checking out, dropping off another heavy load
Before they jump into something absurd
They catch their breath, count to ten and say these six important words (chorus)
Chicago is the kind of place the race is always steady
the competition’s stiff and hits when you’re not ready
But people here never fear we work until we drop
and one way or another they will end up on the top
But even when we reach the sky and soar just like a bird
we’re sure to tell the story well of those six important words
(chorus)
(Bridge:)
A good job is hard to find
You must be out of your mind
To chase some crazy dreams way out of reach
(chorus)
(c) 2017 douglas brent smith
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