Fabric ~ Don Blanding

Fabric
I try to live each day
In such a way
That when tomorrow makes today a yesterday
I will have woven into the fabric of my life
Some gay design,
Some patch of color,
Bright, to please the eye.
So that, in the graying years to come,
When all the quick responsive senses dull,
I may look back across the patterns of my past
And, in my memory,
Live the joys and pains
Of all my yesterdays.

Don Blanding
1894-1957, written in 1930

Perhaps Love ~ John Denver

PERHAPS LOVE (John Denver)

Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble when you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer, it wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself and don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel
For some a way of living, for some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on and some say letting go
And some say love is everything, and some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside, thunder when it rains
If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

Some say love is holding on and some say letting go
Some say ove is everything and some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the mountains, full og conflict, full of change
Like a fire when it's cold outside, thunder when it rains
If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

Places among the stars ~ Stephen Maria Crane

Places among the stars,
Places among the stars,
Soft gardens near the sun,
Keep your distant beauty;
Shed no beams upon my weak heart.
Since she is here
In a place of blackness,
Not your golden days
Nor your silver nights
Can call me to you.
Since she is here
In a place of blackness,

Here I stay and wait

Stephen Maria Crane

Winter ~ Khalil Gibran

Winter

Come close to me, oh companion of my full life;
Come close to me and let not Winter's touch
Enter between us. Sit by me before the hearth,
For fire is the only fruit of Winter.


Speak to me of the glory of your heart, for
That is greater than the shrieking elements
Beyond our door.
Bind the door and seal the transoms, for the
Angry countenance of the heaven depresses my
Spirit, and the face of our snow-laden fields
Makes my soul cry.


Feed the lamp with oil and let it not dim, and
Place it by you, so I can read with tears what
Your life with me has written upon your face.


Bring Autumn's wine. Let us drink and sing the
Song of remembrance to Spring's carefree sowing,
And Summer's watchful tending, and Autumn's
Reward in harvest.


Come close to me, oh beloved of my soul; the
Fire is cooling and fleeing under the ashes.
Embrace me, for I fear loneliness; the lamp is
Dim, and the wine which we pressed is closing
Our eyes. Let us look upon each other before
They are shut.
Find me with your arms and embrace me; let
Slumber then embrace our souls as one.
Kiss me, my beloved, for Winter has stolen
All but our moving lips.


You are close by me, My Forever.
How deep and wide will be the ocean of Slumber,
And how recent was the dawn!

Khalil Gibran
1883-1931

Heaven Knows ~ Rick Price

Heaven Knows ~ Rick Price
She's always on my mind
From the time I wake up 'til I close my eyes
She's everywhere I go
She's all I know

And though she's so far away
It just keeps gettin' stronger everyday
And even now she's gone
I'm still holding on
So tell me where do I start
'Cause it's breaking my heart
Don't wanna let her go

Maybe my love will come back some day
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray
'Cause heaven knows

My friends keep tellin' me
That if you really love her
You've gotta set her free
And if she returns in kind
I'll know she's mine
So tell me where do I start
'Cause it's breakin' my heart
Don't wanna let her go

Maybe my love will come back some day
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray
'Cause heaven knows

Why I live in despair
'Cause wide awake or dreaming
I know she's never there
And all this time I act so brave
I'm shaking inside
Why does it hurt me so

Maybe my love will come back some day
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray

Maybe my love will come back some day
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray
'Cause heaven knows
Heaven knows
Heaven knows

i love you much(most beautiful darling) ~ e e cummings

i love you much(most beautiful darling)

more than anyone on the earth and i
like you better than everything in the sky

-sunlight and singing welcome your coming

although winter may be everywhere
with such a silence and such a darkness
noone can quite begin to guess

(except my life)the true time of year-

and if what calls itself a world should have
the luck to hear such singing(or glimpse such
sunlight as will leap higher than high
through gayer than gayest someone's heart at your each

nearness)everyone certainly would(my
most beautiful darling)believe in nothing but love

When You're Gone ~ Cranberries

Cranberries - When You're Gone

Hold onto love that is what I do now that I've found you.
And from above everything's stinking, they're not around you.

And in the night, I could be helpless,
I could be lonely, sleeping without you.

And in the day, everything's complex,
There's nothing simple, when I'm not around you.

But I'll miss you when you're gone, that is what I do. Hey, baby!
And it's going to carry on, that is what I do. Hey, baby...

Hold onto my hands, I feel I'm sinking, sinking without you.
And to my mind, everything's stinking, stinking without you.

And in the night, I could be helpless,
I could be lonely, sleeping without you.

And in the day, everything's complex,
There's nothing simple, when I'm not around you.

But I'll miss you when you're gone, that is what I do. Hey, baby!
And it's going to carry on, that is what I do. hey, baby...

Dust Of Snow ~ Robert Frost

Dust Of Snow
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

Robert Frost
1874-1963

You Can Shake The Mountains ~ Lifehouse

"You Can Shake The Mountains" by the band Lifehouse
Freedom comes in the morning time
As the sun begins to shine
On my face
And even in the dark I'm not alone
You guide me by the hand
You won't let go
And I know you'll carry me when I can't walk

And you can
Shake the mountains with a whisper
And you, you speak
And I fall at your feet again

You burned the chains off of my feet
That held me to the ground
You let me rise
Don't ever let me come back down
Or even live a day apart from you
'Cause you lifted me
Higher than my doubts and fears

And you can
Shake the mountains with a whisper
And you, you speak
And I fall at your feet
And you are so beautiful
And I am so in love with you
You, you lead
And I will follow close behind

God's Wheel ~ Shel Silverstein

God's Wheel
God says to me with a kind of smile,
"Hey how would you like to be God awhile
And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"
"Gimme back that wheel," says God.
"I don't think you're quite ready yet."

Shel Silverstein
1930-unknown

Rain And Tears ~ Demis Roussos

Rain and tears, are the same
but in the sun
you've got to play the game

When you cry
in winter time
you can pretend
it's nothing but the rain

How many times I've seen
tears coming from your blue eyes

Rain and tears, are the same
but in the sun
you've got to play the game

Give me an answer of love
(o----ooohhh)
I need an answer of love
(o----ooohhh)
Rain and tears, in the sun
But in your heart
you feel the rainbow waves

Rain and tears
both I shun
for in my heart there 'll never be a sun

Rain and tears, are the same
but in the sun
you've got to play the game
Game ....

Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You ~ Pablo Neruda

Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You

I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.

I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.

Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.

In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood.

Pablo Neruda
1904-1973

Je t'aime mon Amour ~ Claudia Jung

Claudia Jung- Je t'aime mon amour 2007
Original von 1995
Verliebt ist, wenn man trotzdem weint
Das kommt bestimmt vom glücklich sein
Ich geb' mich ganz in deine Hand
Das Herz ist stärker als Verstand
Je t'aime mon amour
Ich küsse Dir die Augen zu
Alles was ich jetzt brauch, bist immer nur du

Wieviele Stunden hat die Nacht
Wenn meine Zärtlichkeit erwacht
Spür' wie die Wärme deiner Haut
Das Eis in meiner Seele taut
Wieviele Stunden hat die Nacht
Wenn dein Gefühl mich hilflos macht
Es gibt für uns nur Liebe pur
Ce soir je t'aime mon amour

Bist mir ganz nah im Kerzenlicht
Und deine Augen streicheln mich
Ich lieg' in deinem Arm und sag'
was ich sonst nur zu denken wag'
Je t'aime mon amour

Wieviele Stunden hat die Nacht
Wenn meine Zärtlichkeit erwacht
Spür' wie die Wärme deiner Haut
Das Eis in meiner Seele taut
Wieviele Stunden hat die Nacht
Wenn dein Gefühl mich hilflos macht
Es gibt für uns nur Liebe pur
Ce soir je t'aime mon amour


Literal Translating:
Love is when you still cry
Certainly this comes from being happy
I just give myself totally in your hand
The heart is stronger than intellect
I love you my love
I close your eyes with my kisses
All I need now, is just always you

How many hours are there in the night
When my tenderness awakes
I can feel how the warmth of your skin
melts the ice in my soul
How many hours are there in the night
when your feeling makes me helpless
For us there is only love pure
Tonight I love you my love

You are very close to me in the candlelight
And your eyes caress me
I'm lying in your arm and I tell you
what I only dare to think otherwise '
I love you my love

How many hours are there in the night
When my tenderness awakes
I can feel how the warmth of your skin
melts the ice in my soul
How many hours are there in the night
when your feeling makes me helpless
For us there is only love pure
Tonight I love you my love

Time Is ~ Henry Van Dyke

့့့့့့့့့Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.

Henry Van Dyke
1852-1933