KNEEL

Day to day there comes more pain
Wondering will justice really make it go away
Hear the sister calling as the brother is falling

Kneel to heal a loving heart
Kneel to remember where it all starts
Kneel not to separate but to be apart
Respect to the way we all should feel

We look to the leaders for something to say
All they can say is "Thoughts and prayers."
Those are words blasphemy today.

Kneel because you pray
Kneel because freedom demands it
Kneel because you will not give in to hate
Respect to all when you kneel

Thousands of voices call for justice to one def ear.
Got to take a stand make the move you the way is clear
Hate will grow in a vacuum when you don't make any noise.

Kneel in the churches
Kneel in the streets
Kneel not because it is easy but because it is hard
Respect comes from the heart

A symbol of peace has a historic legacy of death and hate.
A child's name spoken in a context of racial shame
Now a leader's deceit calls kneeling an insulting to his own humanity.

Kneel because it is right
Kneel because it brings hate out into the light
Kneel because it is the way Martin would fight
Respect is what you feel when you kneel

We raise our children to worry
We make excuses when our vision is blurry
Justice is just the blind leading the blind.

Kneel to remember George
Kneel to remember Breonna
Kneel to remember Ahmaud
As the list goes on
Respect should be given to the one that kneels.


©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2017 - 2020

LIVING FOR THE SOUND

There is something in the sound
Not word to bring it down
So turn it up now

If it is something you want to do
If it is something in you need just see it through
There is nothing for you to prove
Know everything is from the heart

Living for the sound
A talented power that makes you say wow
Your living in the past if your living now

Girl, you stepped on my heart with your stiletto heels
I am a person and I still feel
And that is something you can't steel
I know the sound will help me to heal

Living for the sound
It will bring me up when I am down
Takes a lifetime to bring it back around

The purple omens of the sound
Keep me driving around town
The girls come for a ride it doesn't have to be loud
The love sign sticks to glass no need to ask


©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2017

BORN IN JUNE

Found a place It takes no space
There it is never cold you never get old
Time is just a destination living without limitations
Many lifetimes pass you by you think you'll do it differently next time

The flowers bloomed in May but you came in June
In the fall the flowers are gone too soon in April so did you
Pass you again in another life, will be like a blind man seeing the light

Love is never changing even when someone thinks its an activity
Kindness is a state of mind away to live right
Peace can be achieved if you believe in these things
Freedom should not be negotiated it should be like the air that we breathe

The flowers bloomed in May but you came in June
I wish you would come and whisper in my ear a new tune
The music that comes from you is my muse

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2017