I'M HEADING DOWN THE ROAD!


  I get dressed In the morning and pack my bags,'

  Open the window to look outside, the rain Is nomore.

  Through the clouds' appear a ray of light, just a little,

  Wind blowing strong enough to close an open door.

  A cup of coffee to get me going, breakfast really fast,

  With my things' In my hands, I head for the car, moving 
  Along.
  Saying goodbye, leaving this place, I'm going away today,

  Nothing left In this town for a poor, lonely man, I'm 
  Walking away.
  I'm heading down the road to a place I don't know, Into 
  The sun,
  Along the way, to me many things' of sight, driving night 
  By night.
  What's been left behind, lives now only In a poor mans' 
  Mind,
   I'll be doing fine, I'll be doing fine, I'm heading down 
  The road,
   I'm heading down the line.

  I'm heading down the road, I'll be searching for you,
  Moving along,
  I'm heading down the road, I'm coming for you, I'm 
  Coming.
                                   Keith Garrett

                              IF NO SIGHT HAD I


   Suddenly, so suddenly, my eyes, they could no
  Longer see,

  Where did everything go, what am I to become, 
  I'm blind.

  Darkness, only darkness can be my world now, 
  To be afraid,

  Never again, a sunny day, the night visits' me 
  Repeatedly.

  If no sight had I, there would be many new 
  Thoughts and adventures,

  The wind I would hear as I did before, my 
  Imagination would create

  Pictured scenes of what It was doing.


  Music would still be heard, although my mind 
  Could see the story

  A song might tell with Its' words.


  A television show now only to be heard, no picture 
  Book to go with,

  A kiss could still be placed upon her lips', no sight 
  Or sound do I need.

  Feelings' here are what will be needed, and a little 
  Sense of touch,

  If no sight had I, life would be just fine.


                         Keith Garrett 

                       CAN ANIMALS DO THIS


  This is for the children, a story I tell,

   Listen quietly, can animals do this?

  Did you ever see a duck, drive a truck,

   Can a Baboon fly a rocket to the moon.

   Have you ever seen a Giraffe laugh,

  Did you ever watch a lion that was crying.

  Do you suppose a snake would eat a piece of cake,

  Does a mouse eat cheese and live in a house.

  Can a frog sing to a barking dog,

  Does a bird know a word, one that you've heard.

  Can a cat laugh with a bat,

  Did you ever see a moose kicking a goose.

  What if a chimp could fly a blimp,

  Do you think  that a bear can fly through the air.

   Maybe a horse can say, of coure, of course,

   Do you think that a cow can go meow.

   Have you ever seen a goat drive a boat,

  What about a sheep that swims so deep.

   Can animals do this, what do you think,

   Off to sleep, time to dream.

                                 Keith Garrett     

                                     CANDLES IN THE SKY


  They've rested high, forever in the darkened sky,



   Seen in the night, billions float beyond our seeing eyes.



  Light up the night they do, a wick lit by fire, not needed 
  To glow,


  Bright Is the way If not Clouded by what may come this way.



  Candles In the night, not made of wax, so they forever 
  Burn in our sight,


  Quiet In the dark, By morning's light, there Is not until night, 
  Another spark.


  Hot Is the wax that melts, the light In the sky has not yet died,



  Candles In the night, shine still bright, what dims, what does die?


                                                  Keith Garrett

                         BEFORE YOUR SOUL



  Where are you before you are you,



   Billions of years, molecules exploding in time.



   Born to this world, millions of years before,



   A man, you don't speak in words, but a screech.



   Your first thoughts are of survival, food and water,



   Your mind and body are most unusual, not of today.



   Fire has not been learned, day and night, sun and rain,



   These are to you, a mystery, so much you will learn,



  Before your soul was created, a man you are related.

                                             Keith Garrett

                                  A WHISPER


  A soft blowing breeze, Invisible to the eye,


  Hear It In your ear, listen to the whisper.


  The sun rises, day breaks, slowly,


  Light replaces the dark, the morning whisper's.


  The kiss from a beautiful woman on your neck,


  Warm and soft, gentle as a whisper, a whisper.


  A smile shown to you, bright but quiet, silent,


  Like a whisper, Is breath not seen but heard.


  A whisper Is love, slightly heard but understood,


  A whisper Is real, a whisper Is words between two.


                                 Keith Garrett

                              A BASEBALL DREAM    



   On a farm he grew up, the early days of the game,   



  A bat of his own, was made from a tree that stood alone.    



   He had a name for his bat, a certain magic it contained,



   Circumstances would get in the way, a dream put aside.



   Disappeared without a trace, until he arrived on a day,



   His special bat carried in hand, this was to be his last chance.



   For only a moment he would stand beneath the lights,



   A baseball dream before he faded into the night.


                                          Keith Garrett

                             AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER



  They think they're almighty, the top is not kind,


  A chain of command they preach, it is a fool who 
  Is blind.
  They do not listen, but they hear what you say,


  See only what they want, negative all the way.


  Ask for a raise, they'll see what they can do,


  Sorry not right now, you're the first on the list.


  Numbers and robots, w-2 with a name,


  If for any reason you don't like it then please go away.


  There's much for you to do, it's your job anyway,


  We did not invite you here, sorry you don't like the pay.


   More responsibility, just do what we say,


  A dime a dozen, you're replaceable anyway.


                                  Keith Garrett

                            AND THEN THERE WERE NONE



  A fight for survival, man's quest for power to rule,



   Fear and ignorance but money will be the tool.



   Inventors of destruction, builders of a  force,



  The enemy is our brother, traitor to the land.



  Which side are we on, who is on our side,



   Conflict and hatred, how many must have to die?



  And then there were none, not much left to say,



  Put the bombs away, we may have another day.


                                Keith Garrett

                                  ALL IN A DREAM


  They call me old Dan tucker, jack of all trades,

  There's a lot of love of the common people, we are 
  Alive.
  I didn't see the light of day for a while, as I was 
  Shackled and drawn,
  This depression was getting to me, as each day was a 
  Lonesome day.
  Life itself is a blessing, but I need something to lift
  Me up,
   My family is missing, and my hometown burned to 
  The ground.
  I told my wife just recently, O' Mary don't you weep,

  We shall overcome, we'll find our paradise.

  With a wizards magic, we left this horrible Kingdom 
  Of days,
  We wouldn't be the last to die, as we were sent through 
  Time into the future.
   We found our lucky town, now my Oklahoma home,

  I'm going down to a place called the pony boy, that's 
  Open all night.
   It'll be a long walk home, but i'm on fire with energy,

  With this little light of mine, I walked in the dark.

  I went in places to drink, one called i'm a rocker,

  Jacob's ladder, and ramrod.

  I met someone who said, she was the queen of the 
  supermarket,
  Strange, as it was all in a dream.

                                     Keith Garrett