Truth Be Told

I found the truth to be a lie.
I think more than you know.
I know more than you think.
I know more than you know.

Cloudy skies for my eyes.
Your silence was like pouring rain.
Your words were like blowing winds
that brought the clouds again.

Jigsaw pieces from the past
that time cannot erase
have brought the picture into view
as the pieces find their place.

The words that once betrayed me
now do the same to you.
Though I no longer trust them
I still believe in you.

Now these words won't mean a thing
and so the story goes
I'll say that I forgive you
so someday you will know.

Always

Every moment of every day
I search my soul for the words to say

that I love you
always
I'll love you
always

We've been together for some time
I want forever to be yours and mine

and I love you
always
I'll love you
always

I remember when you were a dream
and now you're here with me
a wish come true unexpectedly
a dream turned reality

now every moment of every day
I search my soul for the words to say

that I love you
always
and I'll love you
always.

I Cry

You would think that I would learn
after all the times that I've been hurt
now is the time like times before
to find a lonely song and sing once more
and cry

So long after love has said goodbye

I cry

So long after lovers said goodbye

There's no one here who really knows
all the things that I can never show
so I turn and close the door
and find a lonely song to sing once more
and cry

So long after love has said goodbye

I cry

So long after lovers said goodbye

Setting Sun

Well I don't believe the day has come
the broken morning of the setting sun

I have to leave. It's all been done.
You'll get the meaning when I'm gone.

So here's goodbye. It's hard to say.
There'll come another another day.

But there's no regret. I was the one.
You won't forget this setting sun.

The Meaning of The Poetry

Fear and Love. And so it goes.
Butterflies and poetic prose.
I think, I know. But I can see
The meaning of your poetry.

My heart and mind are of flawed design
I think and feel at the same time
You wouldn’t know and you haven’t seen
The meaning of my poetry.

To belong or to be free.
Is it you or is it me?
No one knows and no one sees
The meaning of our poetry.

Love and Fear. And so it goes.
Silent emotions that no one knows
What is, what was, and what will be
Or the meaning of the poetry.

Xavier

Dear mother why do you cry?
Your baby is here so please dry your eyes.
You long to hold him...and so you do.
Your baby is here inside of you.

He laughs when you laugh and smiles when you smile.
He’s sad when you’re sad and cries when you cry.
So lift up your heart and be comforted dear.
Your baby is home. Your baby is here.

He feels what you feel and is as you are.
His heart beats with yours. You're never apart.
You share a life without and within.
It always will be...as it’s always been.

So my dear friend, please don’t be sad.
You understand love like some never had.
A mother's love like some never knew.
It's there that you'll find Xavier with you.

I Know

You left me here without a word.
I never knew but now I've heard.
And though it all seems so absurd
I know.

Where would we be if I had known
all the things that were never shown
why is it now that I am grown
or was that meant to be?

Kings and Queens, Pawns and Knights
Wills and ways, wrongs and rights
Now I am the day and you're the night
In time.

Of mice and men and the best laid plans
There's no one here who would understand
No one knows just who I am
I'm the last in line

I've done many things since you've been gone
and done my best to carry on.
You would be proud of your son
I know.

My Kandinski

Abstract and misunderstood
So few know. So few could.
The true colors known only to me.
And I, for one, have eyes to see.

Many faces and many tones.
Which are theirs and which our own?
Who are lovers and who are friends?
Who's left out and who's let in?

In your colors I seem dark.
A masterpiece or a work of art.
Within are things that rarely show.
Without the things that I used to know.

But you cannot see the things that I do.
We do not share the same point of view.
You can see me and I see you.
I am your reflection.

In your darkness I am the light
with colored words in black and white.
I wish that you could have this sight.
I am your Kandinski.

All Because of You

Well it’s getting very hard
to keep playing by the rules.
I’m letting down my guard
soon to play the fool.

And who am I to say
that you won’t find a way.
But if I let you in
I might fall again.

I don’t know if it’s right
I don’t know if it’s wrong
But here we are tonight
Right where we belong

Love
The roses are in bloom
And the butterflies take flight
All because of you.

So written to be read
When the day has come
And better left unsaid
Until that day is done.

Love
The roses are in bloom
And the butterflies take flight
All because of you.

Here There and Everywhere

How can the brightness be so dark
In such a loving yet lonely heart?
How can words have no feel?
How do I know what is really real?

Why was I made to think this way?
A heart and mind with so much to say.
When all of the others just blow away.
And no one ever knows.

It doesn't matter and yet it does
the things that are and whatever was
for a reason or just because
tomorrow never knows.

It's all in here. It's all in you.
There is no end to what we can do.
Speak with the many but think with the few
and you will be inspired.

Rest your ears and your eyes.
Let it be no surprise.
My ears are open to your heart.
Your answer is here, there and everywhere.

Here I Go

Here I go I feel the pain
coming back like the rain
in my heart the open book
no one can replace the love she took

The biggest hearts are easy prey
easy to hold and easy to break
this I know cause I've played the part
of the lonely one with the broken heart

You know how it feels since you've been there
just play it off pretend not to care
but it's so and will always be
once you fall in love you're never free.

Any other girl would never do
as long as I dream of you
any other time
I could turn away
run away
seperate.

But here I go. I feel the pain.
coming back like the rain
in my heart the open book
no one can replace the love she took

Sammys Song

Micah Allen and The DaisyPushers

(Recorded Feb . 22nd, 2005)
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(Watch it.)

Well can you hear those bells?
Ringing loud and clear.
The one day a week
The hypocrites are here.

They’ll sing the song they’ve learned
And maybe do a dance
The holy roller dice
Betting on a chance.

(Chorus)

Close your eyes
Don’t worry bout a thing
It’s later than you think
And Sammys gonna sing his song again

Won’t you come on down
And join in the choir
We’ll do the Caterwaul
That songs on fire

And so the story goes
The way it’s always been
That’s how it’s gonna be
When Sammy sings again

(Chorus)

When it’s late tonight
And you’re all your own
Think about it all
And let him come on home

Then you come on down
And join in the choir
We do the Caterwaul
That songs on fire.

(Chorus)

It Doesn't Matter

Micah Allen and Jason Allen
Recorded January 1996

(Watch it!)

Well it's been so long
since I saw you yesterday
and I'm holding on
but it doesn't matter anyway

when you're gone
so long

It doesn't matter anyway

The night has come
there's nothing left to do today
and it's cold outside
but it doesn't matter anyway

so what
I'm home.

It doesn't matter
It doesn't matter
anyway
anyway

no no no

I'll come to you
tomorrow seems so far away
and if I do
what is it that you would say

hello or goodbye

Well it's been so long
since I saw you yesterday
and I'm holding on
but it doesn't matter anyway

when you're gone
so long
and that's all

oooh it doesn't matter
it doesn't matter
anyway.

Anyway...
no no.

Maybe

Recorded June 1994
Micah Allen, Jackson Holt, Paul Quimby
Live Jam Session
(Listen Hear!)

Maybe I'm in love
because it's you I'm always thinking of.

Maybe I'm a fool
to fall in love with you

who would ever know
no one ever knows

there's no one here to blame

Girl
I love you
my heart
my love
belongs to you.

but you will never know
you didn't want to know

and there's no one here to blame

Yes I Love You

Well if love can mend
broken hearts again
then I'm in luck for sure

Since you came to me
my girl
my heart doesn't hurt me anymore

I love you
these words are simple
but they are true

yes I love you
and this heart of mine
belongs to you

We may be different
my love
we may be distant
my love
but I know one thing
my love
is true

and I love you
these words are simple
but they are true

yes I love you
and this heart of mine
belongs to you

I Feel

I've been overkill
with the way I feel
hanging on a line
waiting for a sign.

I only wanted you to feel this way
I only wanted you to feel this way
I only wanted you to feel the way
I feel for you.

Take me by the hand
and help me understand
why you have to run
am I the only one?

I only wanted you to feel this way
I only wanted you to feel this way
I really wanted you to feel the way
I feel for you.

Cool World Blue World

(Sept. 1993)

The world just keeps on changing
but everything stays the same
everybodys got their numbers
and everyone's got their name

Life my love
is just a game
love is just
a part
And the world is full of broken hearts.

It's a cool world
It's a blue world

They tell you they have the feeling
they tell you they really care
but when you look, you find them nowhere
you'll find that they were never there.

Life my love
is just a game
love is just
a part
And the world is full of broken hearts.

It's a cool world
a blue world
a cool world.

blue world.

Just as Long

It could rain a hundred years babe
keep the sun from shining through
but it wouldn't make me any difference
as long as I am there with you.

All the world is on my shoulders
and the weight could break me in two
so it's gone from cold to colder but I'm alright
as long as I am here with you.

No one here can say what I feel about you
and there are no words to describe
all I know is that I don't want to be without you
I want you here in my life.

So let the winds just keep on blowing
and the rain can keep raining on too
it doesn't matter where we're going
just as long as I am there with you.

I'm Lost

Recorded 1996
By micah Allen and The DaisyPushers
(Listen Hear!)


The night is falling
and the wind is calling out your name.
Here I am without you
as I watch the lights fade away.

The rain is falling
softly on my window pain
and here I am without you
am I the one to blame?

And will our hearts be broken?
Should we walk away
leaving words unspoken
because our pride stands in our way?

No.

I'm lost without you
my heart just cannot see
I'm lost without you
will you come back to me?

Please come back to me.

I'm lost without you.

Hold On

Micah Allen and The DaisyPushers
Recorded July 17th 1996

(Listen Hear!)

Well we've been in love a while
it doesn't seem that long
and I had never dreamed
that love could be so strong

It's very hard for me
you're so far away
and I worry someone will lead
your loving heart astray

Hold on
to this love
babe it's all we've got
hold on
to my love
keep us heart to heart.

Love Peace and Happiness

Listen Hear!

The world's still spinning round
spinning slowly, winding down
coming to it's end.

Listen to the winds of war
in your paper at your door.
We expect to win.

Oh love, peace, and happiness
why oh why
can't there be
a little more of this?

Love
Peace
and Happiness

Why?
Why?
Can't there be more of this?

With You

Recorded 1996
Micah Allen and the DaisyPushers

(Listen Hear!)

You
took my heart away.
And you
chased my tears away.

And I
fell in love
with you.

Once
I was a lonely one.
I thought
I was the only one.

And then
there was you.

You
take my heart away
and you
take my breath away

and I am in love
with you.

A Simple Song of Love

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There is music in everything,
in the still of night and the falling rain.
I hear a symphony when you are here next to me
two hearts that play beautifully

a simple song of love.

And if love can mend
broken hearts again,
then I'm in luck for sure.
Since you came to me, my girl,
well my heart doesnt hurt me anymore.

We may be different, my love
we may be distant, my love
but I know one thing, my love is true

I love you.

Dear Friend

Dear Friend,
I know just how you feel
lonely and blue...like a fifth wheel.

You and I think a lot a like
we build castles in the sky so high.

But don't you ever cry.
Everything will be alright.
Open up your heart to life.

Yes, I've been there before
with my heart out on the floor
and love just closed the door
in spite.

There's no one here
but there are people everywhere
with no words to hear
and no thoughts to share.

So dear friend,
I know just how you feel.
Lonely and blue like a fifth wheel.
Because you and I build those castles in the sky
so high.

I See Your Face

I see your face
on my wall
and I'd like to give you a call
just to hear your sweet voice on my line.

It's been a while
since I saw you
I wish there was something that we could do
and hope that someday you could be mine.

If it's quite alright with you
I want to tell you that I love you
and you can believe it's true
my love.

we are so many miles away
there are so many things I want to say
and I'm waiting for the day
to come.

Here alone
what can I do
with a picture and a poem of you
but dream like all lovers do
you will be mine.

You Know Me

I am strangely familiar to your heart and your soul.
You know me somehow, but how do you know?
Some kind of connection from some time in the past?
A blinded reflection of something that's passed?

These words are your own and you know them well.
They conjure your memory with all that they spell.
The lost and forgotten will come and then go.
You know me somehow, but how do you know?

Was it a dream or wasn't it real?
How do I know so well what you feel?
Why am I here at this place and time
with questions and answers, riddles and rhymes?

So say that you know me and know that it's so.
You know me somehow, but how do you know?
Because I have been with you as long as you've been.
I am here now and will be again.

I am strangely familiar to your heart and your soul.
You know me somehow, and how do you know?
Because I am all that you are and all that you know.
I am your heart and I am your soul.

Know Me.

The Love She Never Had

It seems I've always wondered why
and how true love could ever die.
Maybe I've been there before.

A family with so much to share.
Then there was the empty chair.
I still remember the closing door.

I've been there before.

She never thought he would cheat or lie
and when he did she could only cry.
All her dreams were gone.

She raised the kids all on her own.
Her will and love had made her strong.
She was strong. Lord she was strong.

Then she lived with her youngest son.
Rarely hears from the oldest one.
They always said he was like his dad.

When he's gone she'll start a new,
carry on with cares a few.
Maybe then her life won't be so sad

with the love she never had.