Ken Lehnig

16

Will love survive poverty!

The failed economy and love.

AMY LOWE

When the sun came up this morning
I found myself in a situation (cash negation)
One that require a song or two
Because I can't find a sane explanation

I heard you shouldn't worry about tomorrow
Tomorrow will have worries enough ( true enough)
I'm standing here without a penny in my pocket
The bank took back all my stuff

Amy Lowe I been brought down low
I think they rigged the game
Amy Lowe I been brought down low
I had it once I'll have it again

I don't have a single answer
Hell I ain't no politician (above suspicion)
All I know is now I'm a poor man
American's dreams are only fiction

Amy Lowe I know I shouldn't ask you
But you know my love didn't change
Would you consider marrying me
A couple things I may need to rearrange


They can fake it when they can make it
They can do what -what they will do
The question really is do we take it
Because I don't know what is true

Amy Lowe I just have to ask you
Does the free falling get in the way
Aint got no stock gave back the house
But will you love baby love me anyway

56

Fate and poor fortune!

On The Mississippi


Somewhere that wheel is turning
Wheel turning on a Riverboat
Somewhere that paddle wheel is turning
Sometime on the Mississippi

She was winsome in the standing in the spring
Waiting ashore on her wedding day
Fell in love with a gambling man
Who gave up a chance to play

She will be waiting there in the fall
For love's hand he will never play
He fell flat for a flush in hearts
Shot dead on his wedding day

But time ain't healing a lover's tears
He ain't coming no matter what she prays
Caught in the flow of that ole river
Lover or losers the gambler pays

So if there flies by a caring angel
That lays rest a troubled heart
Pray a good man comes along
And let this river do its part
Pray the river does its part

17

Singer is professing a commitment to the person he loves.

Being committed to a relationship no matter what.

Ain't going nowhere
Every road I took I fell along the way
Stumbling through every heart breakin' trial
Dark clouds followed ignoring every prayer
But I could travel every road after seeing your smile
I'm tired of feeling blue - I need to be with you
You know love matters too, Sue. I ain't going nowhere

It would easier if we could avoid every storm
Live a life of comfort and ease
Most of us just can't have it that way
We just hard till we're knocked to our knees

I'm tired of feeling blue - I do want more it's true
But you know love matters too, Sue. I ain't going nowhere
I know we will make it girl / with a little help from above
All the storms we'll outlast / with this kind of love

We'll keep building even if life knocks it down
Just get up and face it every new day
We'll just hold on while the dark winds howl
Season to season with you everyday

I'm tired of feeling blue - I 'm so glad I'm with you
But you know love matters too, Sue. I ain't going nowhere

© 2009 Ken Lehnig

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Travels, trials and tribulations.

Just getting through life.

AIN'T IT HARD

We stand on a road that we all start on
Small and needy like you're the only one
I hope your momma loved you anyway
This is the world God made for you that day
And ain't this a hard road/we running on
In a race that no one/ has ever won

When you were a child you had childish ways
I hope your momma taught you how to pray
You had hope for the future/ thought it would turn out well
You were told about heaven and your were told 'bout hell
And ain't this a hard road/we running on
In a race that no one/ has ever won

Then another one stepped into your life
Love stuck to some/ others misery and strife
You could be rich /or you could be poor
Kept on wishing that luck would walk thru your door
And ain't this a hard road/we running on
In a race that no one/ has ever won
So your work yourself silly trying to get ahead
Suffer for the things that climb in your head
Some are defined by the work that they do
The devil tells you that you know what's true
And ain't this a hard road/we running on
In a race where no one/ has ever won
Some tear down crosses/ other's burn the books
We all looking for answers/ gotta know where to look

The world wears us down/ no grace in growing old
I hope you get wiser 'cause everyday is like gold
My race is winding down/ that's the way it should be
And when my race is done/ I hope some think well of me

And ain't this a hard road/we running on
In a race where no one/ has ever won
Lord ain't this a hard road/we running on
In a race where no one/ has ever won

19

Good car boogie song

A Car I saw on route 66

Black Eldorado

Driving down the road doing Eighty -five
Living real and bold / man this guy can drive
Man you got to wonder/ what's under the hood
Hi-beams- fast dreams/baby baby lets drive to Hollywood

He's got a black Eldorado (Black Eldorado)
He's got a shiny black Eldorado (Black Eldorado)
Hes got a black Eldorado (Black Eldorado)
He's got a black Eldorado (Black Eldorado)

Says he drives it just as fast as he can

1967 the closest year to heaven/tinted windows fins in the back
For barrels-Christmas carols (Got his shades on) /room for the choir in the back
When the light line is blurring/ and the V-8 is purring
Man the world is a beautiful place

(chorus)
Gets where he's going/ with the metal paint glowing
His car wants in the race
High class- made to last/ pedal down drive real fast
It's gone without a trace
When the light line is blurring/ and the V-8 is purring
Man the world is a beautiful place

(Chorus) 2x

10

Relationship breaking up

8

sadness with another

Clowns in the doorway
There are clowns in the doorway
The circus is not in town
I'm looking for a trapeze
To swing my way out and down

The Jester juggles woeful sins
And smiles winsomely
He knows but holds your secret
Harlequins are a mystery

I watched you do a pirouette
Turning on a dime

I'm left talking to myself
Barkers dare my reckless hand
Walking down the sad fairway
Looking for a place to land
Masked Dancers sing all my lies
Mocking my every try

The melody rises from
the calliope
I watched you do a pirouette
Turning on a dime


Covered my ears in vain protest
Memories I still maintained
They're loathsome and relentless
I've lost more than I have gained

The dancer said she loved me
Cries but make no sound
We are swinging on a trapeze
With no net to let us down

Ken Lehnig 2013

34

A one sided relationship.

Sexual obsession

She Belongs To Me

She hides herself in shadows/ walking by the sea
Watching all the lovers/ swapping souls for free
She is the dancer in the moon
And she belongs to me

She's deceptive in the light/ you want to make it right
She plays me for a fool/ but you would wouldn't you
She rises from the sea/wild at heart and free
Has me dance the wayward fool/ but you would wouldn't you- wouldn't you

She spins and turns the tide/ a lie is like a song
I give her all my love/ and I know that it's all-wrong
She is the halo in the moon
And she belongs to me

The islands move the spirit/ love wills don't fear it
Give away your heart/each soul will do its part
She will have all she wills/but you will love her still
She will play you for the fool/but you would wouldn't you

She hides herself in shadows/ walking by the sea
Watching all the lovers/ swapping souls for free
She is the singer in the moon
And she belongs to me

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Dysfunctional relationship.

I got up frightened something about your face
Standing at the station dressed well and out of place
It was morning pouring rain There was something to pay
They were filming a funeral it was a part you could play

If you wouldn't mind baby
Would you do something for me
But It might be easier
To keep the sun from going down

I saw your eyes and they were accusing me
Of my petty failings I became your enemy
I dreamed of a garden all thorns and dark blooms
The path was worn it led to your dreary room
(Chorus)

Baby baby shed your hardened skin
Baby baby would you let me in
Your pain is well earned I wont deny its true
But I'm the best thing that's ever happened to you

All those demons that whisper in your ear
You know what I;m saying if you get close enough to hear
Take a train to anywhere that takes you away from you
Black or white it don't make it true.

4

4

A man's journey through a life of discovery.

5

What's she doing with a man like me?

19

A hope for a better life.

FLOW LIKE A RIVER © 2009 Ken Lehnig
I've had these dreams and I still wonder
What places these roads will take me
Do I have the strength to go or will my weakness show?
Where this hard life will take me

I want a life that matters
Not one left in tatters
Avoid the things restraining
Keep the ground I'm gaining
I need a lovers touch
It means so very much
To flow - flow like a river

A confusing thing I'm fighting
Why can't I shake myself free?
Cause all these things I do
Aren't always good or true
Comes so fast it's blinding me

I want a life that matters
Not one left in tatters
Avoid the things restraining
Keep the ground I'm gaining
I need a lovers touch
It means so very much
To flow - flow like a river

I live too much time in darkness
The light won't touch the shadows
Thank you for loving me
You are my rooted tree
When I'm lost and hollow

Thank you for saving me
I need the will to see
That you are so very good for me
And you flow like a river

I want a life that matters
Not one left in tatters
Avoid the things restraining
Keep the ground I'm gaining
I need a lovers touch
It means so very much
To flow - flow like a river

4

Old guys still playing Rock and Roll! (tongue in cheek)

8

Just worried

FEEL LIKE RAIN

Em

FEEL LIKE RAIN-FEEL LIKE RAIN
BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTENING AND ALL THE PAIN
FEEL LIKE RAIN- FEEL LIKE RAIN
HEAR THE THUNDER NOTHING GAINED

LOST IN WORRY CAUSE I DONE WRONG
PLEASE UNDERSTAND I AINT THAT STRONG
STOOD AT THE CROOSROAD SHOUDA TURNED RIGHT
C7 B7
NOW THERE AINT NO COMFORT FOR ME IN SIGHT

FEEL LIKE RAIN-FEEL LIKE RAIN
BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTENING AND ALL THE PAIN
FEEL LIKE RAIN- FEEL LIKE RAIN
HEAR THE THUNDER NOTHING GAINED

MY BACK IS HURTIN' GOT SORES ON MY FEET
JUST A COLD ROAMING CAN'T FIND NO HEAT
I CAN'T FIND THE KEY TO OPEN THE DOOR
CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
C
CLOUDS AT THE CROOSROADS
SET ME OUT TO RUN
I KNOW THE STORM IS COMING
D7
I'M HOPING FOR THE SUN

FEEL LIKE RAIN-FEEL LIKE RAIN
BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTENING AND ALL THE PAIN
FEEL LIKE RAIN- FEEL LIKE RAIN
HEAR THE THUNDER NOTHING GAINED

I WANNA GET UP I'M TIRED OF BEING DOWN
GOT NO WOMAN NONE WILL COME AROUND
I NEED TO SETTLE ON A LIGHTED WAY
SAVE THE CROOSROAD FOR ANOTHER DAY