1.
Carolina
(Memorable things happen in the sand dunes of North
Carolina, especially at sunrise.)
Something in the air
Just molecules away
A sense of you and I
Comes rushing back into my memory
The smell of your sweet skin and of your breath
Under the brilliant sky
Above a roaring sea
Nestled in the dunes we lied together in the sunshine
The warmth it ran between us
It did
And that’s calling back now
Calling me back now again
Calling back now
It’s calling me back once again
If only the other day
I could have held my brutal mind
I know I could have listened
Like I did when we were younger, weren’t you singing me the
simplest
Of song
Comfort me with love
Take me higher than,
I’ve ever been with you
Hold me closer and close . . . your eyes
Carolina you and I have much we need to say
I promise you I’m here to listen each and every day
So comfort me with love
Take me higher than,
I’ve ever been with you
Hold me closer and close . . . your eyes
Carolina you and I together we can start
To see each other eye to eye while dancing heart to heart
October 2006
© John Andrew Suchocki
3.
Pies in the Oven
(This song encapsulates the aroma of Thanksgiving. It'll
warm your belly.)
People are strange when they’re busy as hell
Lost in the future in the past we do dwell
We’ll do anything, anything, anything for more time
As we slip through each moment
We slip through each day
Wondering when we’ll reach euphoria, euphoria, where is
that button for euphoria?
And for love, mouth-watering love?
And for time, season me with time
For those of you who dare to wonder why
It seems like everybody’s got their pies in the oven
But as we cruise there’s good lovin’
As close as the oven door
In slowing your wheels to the tempo of home
Rolling up the driveway you’re sensing the tone
Of those old creaking walls
You drop your suitcase in the hall
The fragrance of the air
As you’re lying there you stare
At the cracks in the, cracks and the, cracks in the, cracks
in the ceiling
And there is love
At the center of each rainbow
You’ll find the back of your head
Like your shadow it travels with you
To this halo you are wed, you are wed.
For those of you who dare to wonder why
It seems like everybody’s got their pies in the oven
But as we cruise there’s good lovin’
As close as the oven door
Smells good through that oven door
Just open the oven door
July 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
5.
Blue Cocoon
(This is a powerful song in melody, arrangement, and
lyrics. The blue cocoon is that flickering blue haze you
see eminating from people's windows at night.)
She said her love was an open book
With passages so clear to see.
If only some one would take a look
As she bides her time she knows
Somewhere over the rainbow
There lies a shining knight waiting for her
If only she could attempt to jump from
The canyon’s edge she’d fly
Through the rain, through the storm, to the Sun, to the
other side there’s her dream
Where she sits, by her roses, calmly gazing out from her
window
And some things they come
And others we know
May never appear
That’s just how it goes
And she manages all these things
In a day to day equation
Plugging into the silence of her routine
And television
If we could just break from that blue cocoon
I bet we’d find a beautiful creation
Fluttering up to an open sky
We’d see just where we are
Through the rain, through the storm, to the Sun, there is a
natural way to our dreams
Where we sit, on a rose, calmly drying our wings by the
window
And some things they come
And others we know
May never appear
If we’re not willing to grow
From the rain, from the storm, from the Sun, there are so
many ways we can start
Just find a place, where you can sit, calmly gazing out
from your window
April 2007
© John Andrew Suchocki
6.
Missing You
(This is another powerful song of sentiment. It was
written in memory of JA's beloved step-mom Susan.)
I’m doing fine I just need the time to be
Alone with all the feelings that I see
Trying to find an inner goodness with comfort and grace
Losing a love is never easy when all you gain is an empty
space
I’m a believer we all do what we must
As we grow older as we blow into dust
As fleeting now as the dawn
Like a sliver of light passing on, that’s our dream
Some say that the one is the truth
But I know that the truth is the one
Something about death drawing closer said the lover to her
friend
Every morning when she wakes up she remembers not to
pretend
She’s a believer that people change
We all are seers, we all love, we feel pain
As fleeting now as this song
With the faith our love will live on, that’s our dream
December 2006
© John Andrew Suchocki
10.
Lonely World
(Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa. This song was
inspired by the good energy of Frank Zappa!)
I see you walking out that door
I feel your angry face
We’ve never said these things before
You’ve put me in my place
As the rush of your car fades away
I’m in a lonely world
You were the only girl, for me
Do you know what you want?
Do you know where you’re going?
Is he really better than me?
Is it true love he’s now showing?
Or are you stuck in a panic
Just like the Titanic, going down?
So you’re in love with him
But he’s in love with Kim they say
And Kim’s in love with Stan
But Stan’s in love with Fran today
And Fran’s the seniorita
Who fancies her friend Peter, who’s gaping at her
If you think love is cruel
You gotta follow this rule
Just always stay cool
And you’ll be nobody’s fool
There may be a million souls
With whom you’d resonate
But that won’t matter much I’m told
If you’re not feeling great
About the one with whom you spend all your time
That’s you in a lonely world
You were the only girl, for me
Though yesterday at your party
Out of the corner of my eye
I took one glance at Loretta
But that’s when Greta jumped to my side
But Greta she loves Sam
While Sam, well, he really loves Pam’s buffet
And though Pam’s a tender choice
He’d rather sleep with Joyce who prays
For Jan that sneaky elf
Who hands it to herself every day
If you think love is cruel
You gotta follow this rule
Just always stay cool
And you’ll be nobody’s fool
January 2008
© John Andrew Suchocki