4.
Anything
(This song was written for our son's Rites of Passage
ceremony in the summer of 2003.)
Yesterday, you were a boy
Playfully caught up in an innocent world
So possessive of your toys
Low at you, how have you grown?
Tender in your heart I see
A wisdom all your own
I’ll give anything, anything for you
I’ll give anything, I’ll give anything for you
Yesterday, you were a girl
Sparkling eyes you were so quick to surprise
In your ribbons and your curls
Look at you, set yourself free
Fearlessly flying my sunshine angel
Gone so high it just can’t be
I’ll give anything, anything for you
I’ll give anything, I’ll give anything for you
Yesterday, when we were young
Tender in our hearts we see
Over the years what we’ve become
Look at you, where have you gone?
Each moment brings change, we good-bye to ourselves
And you know it won’t last long
I’ll give anything, anything for you
I’ll give anything, I’ll give anything for you
July 2003
© John Andrew Suchocki
5.
Holiday
(The Drum tracks here were stolen from a Silent Boys
song of similar tempo ;-)
Once I lived on the sunny side of the street
Life was good and the grass was oh so sweet
As more things came there came the day
I kissed my sweet childhood away
I remember the time when I first saw you standing there
You melted my heart as we jumped through the rain
You and I are due for a holiday
You and I are due for a sweet summer’s day
We made it through times when our luck was really down
Living on pancakes, spaghetti and cheese by the pound
If life’s so good, then where does it go?
Are there some things we should never know?
I remember the time when I first saw you standing there
You melted my heart as we jumped through the rain
You and I are due for a holiday
You and I are due for a sweet summer’s day
April 1999
© John Andrew Suchocki
My
Lady Alaya
(Maitreya is a young three and a half years old as she
sings here.)
Face to face and eye to eye
Tracing your smile from here where we lie
With stars above and the Earth below
You showed me the way and now I know
You believe in me
And I believe in you
Like the morning sun
Through a summer rain
Luminescent Blues, Sunsets of green
Each moment, awaken your love for the day
Flashes before me all we have seen
Seize it, seal it, then cast it away
Forever through all time I’m here for you
Through good and bad you set me free
From my mind I give you all that I
Have ever been or will ever be
Nothing is ever as it appears
Is all just a memory, even these tears
Deep inside are we not the same
One with a billion different names.
This I learn from you
And you learn from me
Like our precious child
With no possessions we kept moving onward
Into the night we’ve come to this
Tossing, turning, and no chosing sides
Lost in the moment of our kiss
Ever so closer, cresting that wave we collide
Day after day your laughter brings to me
Heaven on Earth in this empty space
Pulled together in all simplicity
By nothing more than our embrace
Forever through all time I’m here for you
Through good and bad you set me free
From my mind I give you all that I
Have ever been or will ever be
February 2004
© John Andrew Suchocki
Moving
On
(The movie "Midnight Cowboy" comes to mind every time I
hear this song.)
Another night and your heart is pounding
You take a rest but the beat is surrounding
Coming over you
The city lights in your garters and laces
Another show and you’ve got no traces
Of the life you once knew
Is this the last train now you’re riding on
Is the world passing you by
On your course through the times
Of growth and of pain
Will you learn to take a stand
Could you ever stop on a dream?
Come back to your home where you belong
You don’t know why but you keep moving on
You quench your thirst making love to a cigarette
The heat extends into the depths of your soul
Where no one’s gone before
We play pretend and it’s nothing serious
Our outsides in and our insides out
And we don’t play anymore
Is this the last train now we’re riding on
Is the world passing us by
On our course through the times
Of growth and of pain
Will we learn to take a stand
Could we ever stop on a dream?
Come back to your home where you belong
You don’t know why but you keep moving on
Come back to your home where you belong
You don’t know why but you keep moving on
March 1996
© John Andrew Suchocki
Connected
Again
(This is my Uncle Paul's favorite song and he would be
most upset if it were not included here.)
I’m so crazy for you
Possessed by the magic you do
Enchanted this hurt fades away
We’re together again
Nothing matters as I
Draw closer to you in our eyes
There’s a passion no one can deny
We’ve connected again
And now that we are strong
I feel the pain subsides
We’re just where we belong
Our love reigns true
You’re my warmest desire
Your touch brings me higher and higher
With you I am lost in a daze
We’ve connected again
And now that we are strong
I feel the pain subsides
We’re just where we belong
Our love reigns true
And time can’t take this away
I feel your love it shines
Forever yours I will stay
Where our love reigns true
September 1990
© John Andrew Suchocki