no shoe blues

I had to quit school
so my brother could go
he needed my shoes
I got the no shoe blues

barefoot ain't so bad
if having things feels sad
but some things just ain't right
I got the no shoe blues

stuffed paper in the toes
to make'em fit tight
they said he was the smart one
and I was just not right

now I'm driving a Rolls Royce
my brother he's selling shoes
I'm still goin barefoot
I got the no shoe blues

I'm a mama's boy

yes, I'm a mama's boy
no one else could make me feel more loved
than when my mother held me close
I never felt safer than when I lay my head in her lap
and she gently stroked my brow
I never felt stronger, prouder, braver or secure
than when she smiled her approval
for something I had done
no sweeter song was sung by anyone
than by her voice
I would never feel worse
than by her simple look
telling me I was wrong
some people would say
oh, he 's a mama's boy
and mean to deride
but put it on a badge
so I can wear it
for nothing is better than any food
my mama made
and I feel so content when I could sit beside her
next to my mother and hold her close
I just wish that I wasn't always
leaving and saying goodbye
so I'm saying it loud
so all can hear
I'm a mama's boy
mama I miss you

I hold your hand

I hold your hand
you hold my heart
I embrace the sun
and marvel at the moon
too soon the hands
tell me that it is time
too soon my life
interferes
and makes me choose
alas I have no choice
I play out my time
and you decide to be with me
on terms you never thought
would be asked
because you fear not the sleep
I loathe the sleep
I fear the chance to die
as now I fight the night
understand
I don't win
but I still fight
I miss your heat
the warmth you give to me
you are much too sweet to me
but I do not resist you
I can not and choose not
I long to caress you
hold on to my heart
till I can hold your hand again

my enemy sleep

sleep is my enemy
I want to be alive
and sleep is like death
alone with no one to share
time is all I can spend
I lose that when I sleep
but when I 'm with you
just your presence
is all the living I need
soft heat
warm body
loving heart
I drift into you and sleep
peaceful fulfilled
knowing that in the morn
I will caress you
and feel your warmth
and taste your lips
but we can not always
be together
so sleep my enemy
I will wage against you
feel my life
for you conquer me not
at least not
tonight