jpaulgorman

**consider the melody of each line** **let an idea marinade** **if editing, edit for spelling only** **amuse yourself with punctuation** **respond to a word** **to remember is to forget** **advance, advance** **write as you would talk** **be disciplined with time** **avoid classes** **books are decoration** **click to publish** **seek to create more** **read all reviews** **make yourself laugh** **write your truth** **sneer at instigation** **tangents are your mind's pathways**

g the place was closed 'til eight, when the blue cats would arrive. c                                                                                g the house of blues was up the road, this place was a dive. started with a bb tune with a shaking boom boom beat. place was full of lover girls and smokers took the streets. d7                                c         g can't nobod...

ea thought the rain wouldn't stop last night the day, a common blur of decisions and worry. everything seems lost, everything seems blurry. la la la la la la la la la la la d7ae i wanna drown in the holy water i wanna love my wife and protect my daughters i wanna get down to the truth Lord i wanna, i wann, i wanna all the time i tell myself the blame is justice don't care if the easily offended get miffed. don't care what you drank, or smoked, or sniffed. la la la la la la la la la la la heard ole levi got lost while walking in the woods thoreau it was, wrote a chapter on the benefits of walking. once you get Him started he'll be talking and talking. la la la la la la la la la la la knowledge is captured revelation to revelation the minds coming alive and glowing to know. i'm glowing, i'm glowing, i'm glowing to know. la la la la la la la la la la la

g c livin' on the lines g in the middle of a third set grind d7 time after time after time after time g c you come through d7 you take the shot yes you make the shot c g oh yes. oh yes you do d7 g

things we understand alone way down in our bones things we understand alone deep breath when it's done pick up a five pack and shake out the paper stack make room for a cart and check if the engine starts put a finish on the old desk and see that oily mess the fixtures need fixing and the paint needs mixing things we understand alone way down in our bones things we understand alone deep breath when it's done the story has to hold with a patience not yet shown just words on a screen going from scene to scene some say it's pretend but let me tell you man my truth comes from my soul i know what i know things we understand alone way down in our bones things we understand alone deep breath when it's done solitary moment of time shines like they all shine seems like ones that last are free from the past living a new morning ignoring the night's storming held together cause we said so she got a natural glow  ...

          things we understand aloud and things we understand alone provide the needed perspective to joyfully live this life. from beginning to end, understanding brimming with each passing moment. until it overflows. we sympathize with others, our empathy knows no limit. the poor, and sad, and desperate. the blamers, and angry, and greedy. the selfish. we never completely lose it either. we never become completely selfless. we don't hang on a cross, hated by all. we don't choose that. but we overcome in the most microscopic ways. humanity can, does, and will do great things for the benefit of others. but, to create. to make. to discover. that is divine work. made in His image. the creator's image. things we understand alone. i've lived thousands of hours of peace. i can't explain it, but i understand it.

...the mountains laugh at the endless stream of humans who think they are living in the end times. our predeath life is plagued by anxiety and fear. The afterdeath of our eternal life is where all the shakin' really happens...