Zombie Restaurant

lookin’ in on the weatherman
on channel 52
trackin’ green on the weather screen
looks like we’ll be gettin’ wet
then the picture flickers
the map is gone
are we finished yet?
the weatherman says carry on
it’s the blue screen of death

(2013 db michel)

I could go on and on…

i can see the muddy water
overflowin’ the ditch in the yard
and i’m thinkin’
lord…why does it have to rain so hard
it never ends
don’t know the meaning of
gone too far
and the muddy water flows
and it goes
where the muddy water goes
in the overflowin’ ditch in the yard
and i keep thinkin’
lord why does life have to be so hard
and the muddy water keeps on movin’

(2013 db michel)

i am dreaming a dream of dreaming a dream
as i dream that i am i dreaming
i dream on
on sanity’s lawn
is anything real?
and does it really matter?

(2013 db michel)

we got this one world
only this one world
we’ve got nowhere else to go
we’ve got to think about everything
we’ve got to do everything we can
to keep our one world safe for life

(2013 db michel)

his face was old and weathered
and his voice like vintage wine
just kept getting better
with the passing of time
he could sing a song
and make you cry
he could bring those tears to life
he meant a lot to me
his music is a friend of mine

(2013 db michel)

Just woke up from one helluva nightmare…I was riding on a bus…And it was rainin’…and the road was flooded about ankle deep…but we kept on going…way faster that we should be goin’…a guy runs in front of us…and gets run over…But we can’t stop…or we know we’re gonna die…and then we hear a radio report…that the river is flooded…it’s out of control…and just about that time…we see a bridge…we must cross over…too late to stop…we know we’re gonna die.

we’ll somehow we get stopped and they can pull the bus out before we get washed over into the river…

The thing is…All through this white knuckle ride through a watery hell i could hear this awesome song playing…Someone who sounded like…but probably wasn’t Joe Cocker was singing it…With gospel chorus singers joining in the call and response chorus…And it did sound like something Joe Cocker would sing…Kinda of gospel feel to it…But i have no idea if this song actually exists or not…It sounded way too good to be anything i’d come up with…

Here is sorta what the song was about…can’t really remember what the verses were…So i just made something up for that and then wrote what i thought the chorus was saying…

(Lyrics)

“Summer Rain”

on this bus
there were only ten of us
most of us
thought it’d be the death of us
no road behind
a flooded bridge ahead of us
no way to reach
the other side

in the summer rain
in the summer rain right now
in the summer rain
in the summer rain right now
in the summer rain
in the summer rain right now
lord!…it’s the summer rain!

the road was wide
but like a water slide
ankle deep
we slipped from side to side
someone tried to cross
but he was washed right out of sight
no way to stop
to take a look behind

in the summer rain
in the summer rain right now
in the summer rain
in the summer rain right now
in the summer rain
in the summer rain right now
lord!…it’s the summer rain!

(2013 db michel)

Now it might have been saying “southern rain” in the chorus…But not the Mel Tillis song…

Anyways i had to write all this down so i wouldn’t forget…just in case this song isn’t real and i dreamed it all up by myself…If i did dream this up myself…I’m also one hell of a record producer because the sound really kicked ass!

i have music for these words
but they are someplace hard to find
i’m the only one who hears
i twitch my fingers keeping time
i have never told you this
i have never told you why
i hear you softly in a song
you are the music in my mind

(2013 db michel)

wander here

and wander there

wander in your underwear

wander ‘cause you just don’t care

and it’s alright

yes it’s alright!

(2013 db michel)

it’s either that one

or this one

but it can’t be the other one

‘cause that’s just too damn wrong

searching for the one

is the other one

i am the other one

i am the other one…

(2013 db michel)

empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

somewhere in the stars
way out there past mars
there’s a beacon in the sky
and it’s callin’
sends it’s best to you
all it says is true
when the time is right
they’ll be comin’

empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

tell it to your soul
the part of you that knows
that the voices in the sky
have been callin’
something we don’t know
in the distant shadow glows
we are in their sights
they’ve been watchin’

empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

(bridge)
in the silence of the night
when they reach out
gonna feel it in your bones
getting closer every day
without a doubt
hope is movin’ in
will we be foe or friend?

empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world…
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

(2008 db michel)

Btw…For those who may be curious…This was written as a take on what a friendly message from an extra-terrestrial intelligence might be if decoded…And human reflection on what such an experience might be like…The friendly and rather lonely alien message…Empty is my world…without you…

(db michel)

maybe you need motivation
to get out of bed
maybe those sweet words
get up sleepyhead
you might need a moment
to adjust to the light
how you got here
and what happened last night

but you don’t need a reason
oh no you don’t
you don’t need a reason
either you will or won’t
you don’t need a reason
when you feel the love
hey you don’t need a reason
so you don’t resist
you don’t need a reason
to add it to your list
you don’t need a reason
when you feel the love

maybe you need a little push
to get you on track
but then those sweet words
keep you coming back
you might need a little break
but it won’t take long
how did you get here
and why are you singing this song

but you don’t need a reason
oh no you don’t
you don’t need a reason
either you will or won’t
you don’t need a reason
when you feel the love
hey you don’t need a reason
so you don’t resist
you don’t need a reason
to add it to your list
you don’t need a reason
when you feel the love

someone else will have to write the bridge
‘cause you’re too busy now
since you learned how to live

but you don’t need a reason
oh no you don’t
you don’t need a reason
either you will or won’t
you don’t need a reason
when you feel the love
hey you don’t need a reason
so you don’t resist
you don’t need a reason
to add it to your list
you don’t need a reason
when you feel the love

(2013 db michel)

    don’t need no anger
    to color your songs
    you have all that you’re needin’
    you don’t have to do wrong
    you can run with the others
    turn your words into fights
    or you can stand and deliver
    something so right

    you have something special
    i can hear when you sing
    so you don’t need to answer
    when the trouble boys ring
    you can swear like the others
    with their four letter words
    or you can stand and deliver
    what they never could

    (chorus)
    and the coal dark of night calls the soul
    come to me she says
    it’s better than you’ve been told
    that sweet song of satan
    fill you up with those lies…lies…lies
    what do you know of heaven?
    until you’ve been tried

    don’t need no suitcase
    to get where you’re goin’
    if you ride with the bad man
    that is all you’ll be knowin’
    you can be like the others
    take a stance so tough
    or you can stand and deliver
    say enough is enough

    (chorus)
    and the coal dark of night calls the soul
    come to me she says
    it’s better than you’ve been told
    that sweet song of satan
    fill you up with those lies…lies…lies
    what do you know of heaven?
    until you’ve been tried

    (2008 db michel)

it wasn’t a sexual thing
although such things can be
it wasn’t any lustful heart
that drew thoughts of you to me
it wasn’t any of the usual signs
that jingle in the soul
something just came over me
and if you want to know

it was because you were honorable
more honorable than me
i thought that some of your honor
would somehow spread to me

it wasn’t like in future tense
i could see us waving back
smiling in some magic happiness
devoid of all the things we lack
it wasn’t like a movie night
when the ending is so clear
it wasn’t what i dreamed of
as my past life disappears

it was because you were honorable
more honorable than me
i thought that some of your honor
would somehow spread to me

(bridge)
you can take or leave my heart
‘cause i don’t know if should start or stop
and that’s all that i can say
but if the feeling comes your way

it was because you were honorable
more honorable than me
i thought that some of your honor
would somehow spread to me

(2012 db michel)

i sometimes think about you
and pretend that you are here
i feel so lost and lonely
as the good times disappear
i have no consolation
all i know is you are gone
and it’s left me to forget you
something i have never done

when the wind blows
when the night calls
when my heart comes all undone
i go back into my memory
you’re the one
yes, you’re the one

there is no resolution
for the love i lost back then
the days keep moving on now
and i can’t go back again
i have no bitter feelings
just a lonely empty ache
i guess that’s all that you’re left with
when your heart’s too broke to break

when the wind blows
when the night calls
when my heart comes all undone
i go back into my memory
you’re the one
yes, you’re the one

(2009 db michel)