ORIGINAL MAN

Lost that dream in my heart
Came so far got to re-start
Even though I see the horizon it is still far

Just want to be an original man
Stay to my own path and stay out of the sand
Don't need a mystical deity to give me a hand

Lost that dream in my mind
The dream I had all this time
It is just another turn in my path

Just want to be an original man
No need for a fancy device or a tattoo
Free to do what I want too not out to impress you

Lost that dream in my life
She looked me in the eye thought she would be my wife
She turned her back never understand what I lacked

Just want to be a man of originality
That is what makes me free

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2019

SAME OLD THING

The same old thing, said in deferent ways

I'm going to help you

I will help you

I might help you

May I help you

I can't help you

Still the same old thing

Today is the same as yesterday

Man proclaims a change

Change is change

Said over and over again

Still the same old thing

Just another word that is changed

Not defined

Still the same old thing

Give me peace, give me peace

Let us make peace

Be peaceful

Still the same old thing

Deceiving our way into peace

Believing in peace

Giving some peace

Originality is the way

Same old thing, pasted away

I'll help you

I might help you

©Copyright Thomas Dooley