"BEYOND THE SKY"
From my beginning, I've sat and watched you,
Up so high, beyond what Is blue.
I'm always here but you can't always see,
Perhaps clouds' cover your view of beautiful me.
If my lights' are turned on you might see my smile,
On a dark clear night, I'll be up for a while.
As you awake In the morning I'll be asleep,
Another time Is when we'll meet.
Keith Garrett
CRIMINALS AND TRAITORS
CRIMINALS AND TRAITORS
Under siege, american soil on foreign ground,
They would take over, little regard for human life.
Dangerous games and politics from every side,
Lies are of plenty, faces of deception, who is on
Which side.
The mighty dollar is always on top in these
Worldly games,
Criminals and traitors sometimes go hand in hand,
Our flag was rescued in this foreign land.
Keith Garrett
A LIGHT IN THE FOREST
A LIGHT IN THE FOREST
Traveling together were myself and a friend,
A getaway,
Down the long highway we went, weren't sure
Where we were going.
We started out driving, searching for that
unusual place of discovery,
A forest, that would be our destination, we're
On our way into the day.
We travel along, talking and listening to our
Favorite music getting close,
Further ahead of us in the distance they appear
to our eyes, trees so high.
We'll be going up a ways, where everything is so
Green and darkness within the trees,
We make our camp for the night, ready in the morning
For our walk below the hidden sky.
Tonight a campfire, some food, laughing with a friend,
And sleeping under a star or two,
Morning light shines down upon the land, we pack our
Things and head into the forest.
Dark, very dark as we make our way deeper among
The ancient trees, where are we,
There's something up ahead, can you see, a light
In the forest, we'll be okay.
Keith Garrett
A WAND OF MAGIC
A WAND OF MAGIC
In hand, a wand would make me a magic man,
Not even a word, and crime would disappear.
I could stop time, rid the world of trash or
Pollution,
Take away the sick waters of rivers and oceans.
Murder on our land would be stopped with a hand,
The ill would be no more, cancer but a memory.
I could run fast or jump high,
A tear would be one less for all of mankind.
The cruel slaughter of creatures in the world,
With a wave from my hand, this would end.
A wand of magic need not be that of evil,
For love and good, the hand that holds this wand.
A wand of magic is not to be real,
We can wish, hope, and pray, that it all goes away.
Keith Garrett
A WALTZ FOR LOVERS
A WALTZ FOR LOVERS
She stands there dressed in a gown of
white satin,
On her feet, soft shoes that sparkle in the
Light, tonight.
Her hair made up like a princess at a ball,
She;s beautiful,
Awaiting her handsome escort as he moves out
On the floor.
Dressed up in a tailored made suit of black,
He stares Into her eyes,
Taking her hand as the music echoes into this
Magical night.
Around and around they bounce and sway, waltz
A lovers waltz,
These two become one as their bodies dance a
Lovers dance.
Romance is in the air for two hearts searching
Loves mystery,
A waltz for lovers, a night like no other,
A love between two.
Keith Garrett
AS LONG AS WE’RE TOGETHER
AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER
Once in a while I travel back in time to a
Place I walked,
Through my time of youth where I played and
Ran wild.
I knew of her as a child back in the day of
Mischief,
Young and full of energy were we, never seemed
To be tired.
The heat from the Summer sun wasn't so harsh
At that age,
Growing up in a town of many friends and memories
So great.
We lived for the moment as many moments would pass
By into the future,
How is it that the grandparents we once had we
Have noe become?
We changed and went our separate ways, finding our
Way In this strange world,
Becoming parents, having children, and grandchildren
As the cycle goes.
Full circle as today we find ourselves in the same
place after a lifetime apart,
As long as we're together nothing else matters, time
Comes when we need to
Just think of ourselves and let all others live and
Move along into their future.
As long as we're together, everything will forever
Be better.
Keith Garrett
ALWAYS A SHADOW
ALWAYS A SHADOW
The sun comes up and the sun goes down,
They're everywhere and always, make not a sound.
Shadows from clouds cast upon the ground,
As the sun goes down, shadows all around.
Shadows upon the mountains in the early morning
Light,
In the early evening, shadows that hide as
Darkness Is in sight.
Always a shadow, shapes and sizes stretched out
Across the land,
Shadows of figures, like ghosts, phantoms here
And there.
Always a shadow, we carry this with every step
We take,
Always a shadow even with the light still upon
Our faces.
Keith Garrett
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
A fight for survival, mans 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
AN INSTANCE IN TIME
AN INSTANCE IN TIME
Life is but a flash, just as a lightning bolt
Strikes and is gone,
The earth is a speck compared to this neverending
Universe.
If each one us were even given a great gift of one
Hundred years,
Like a particle of sand compared again to the age
Of our world.
Like the wind blowing past and gone in the blink
Of an eye,
An instance in time is what we are given to see and
Realize.
Keith Garrett
A PLACE TO DREAM
A PLACE TO DREAM
Away from here, far, far away I disappear,
Possibilities await me, they're only there.
Covered hills of grass so green, just you and me,
Beautiful trees, the warm, colorful, sun between.
A place to dream where the wind can be seen,
Where the sky can be touched, a place to dream.
A tune to my ears, that which soothes a soul,
A song in my heart, one that speaks words of you.
Hopes and wishes, fantasies or dreams,
Is there such a place for these, a place to dream.
Keith Garrett
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