Mark R. Keen - The Lyrics Page

Here are the titles from the CD Strange Lyrical Moments. Just click to view the lyrics.

and here's a little poem about Runcton Mill ... I used to live there ...

the cottage

two hundred and fifty years
your solid frame has stood
the ravages of savage storms
the winds within the rafters
the rains upon the tiles
through tears and smiles
for miles and miles
your soothing grin
has drawn them in
the travellers
waifs
the famous faced
the lost and found
you’ve smoothed their frowns
and now the ivy creepers stalk
the very fabric of your walls
they loosen up the mortar
letting in the water
as once the lines
of brick and stone
so true
begin to sag
and droop
like wrinkles
in your aged face

Mark R Keen 1998

And these are some of the song lyrics from the Cd...

from my soul

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you tell me to get it together
but you and your cloud
better find someplace else to play
lately things
ain’t gonna get much better
so take your cloud
and fly another way
from my soul

I have no time
for nought but searching
through the cosmic mists
of my uncertainty
floating on my cloud
of pure emotion
my music feels the rhythm
and tranquillity
of my soul

too much on my mind
to find a reason
to share my life
the blinking of an eye
all I have to teach
this world of seasons
before I reach the end
and wave goodbye
from my soul

listen to your heart
your soul is crying
it’s reaching out
from somewhere deep within
the cloud you ride
is just a passing moment
and when it’s gone
there’ll be a new beginning
for your soul

why keep the pain inside

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I only ever wanted love
just a little bit of understanding
and when I’m feeling sad sometimes
I see the world we live in
you and I
and lord it makes me cry
why keep the pain inside

I only ever wanted freedom
just a little bit of live and let live
and if you’re ever sad inside
then I’ll be here
to soothe your weary eyes
and lord it makes me cry
why keep the pain inside

I only ever wanted love
is it really such a drag to care
and when I’m feeling sad sometimes
I see the world we live in
you and I
and lord it makes me cry
why keep the pain inside

how do you feel

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so tell me how do you feel
now the lights turned on
you’ve been running around
and you’ve been doing wrong
you’ve been feeding the fire
with the medicine man
fulfilling your desires
the only way you can

so tell me why are you crying
can’t you stand the pain
I see you’re feeling guilty
you’ve got yourself to blame
you’ve been feeding the fire
with the medicine man
fulfilling your desires
the only way you can

so tell me how do you feel
is there a little shame
and are you wearing that smile
to cover up the pain
you’ve been feeding the fire
with the medicine man
fulfilling your desires
the only way you can

life is for living

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as I look in your eyes
your sadness shines
I see memories dance
in the picture frames of your mind
shattered dreams
lay on the ground
the pearls of our wisdom
in colourful sound
life is for living every day every day
life is for living each and every day

you can’t hide the tears
because I feel them too
and my eyes shade the fear
of looking at you
we can’t change the past
because it’s with us today
and we’re here for the future
and another day
life is for living every day every day
life is for living each and every day

better left unsaid

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the morning sun my friends
will always shine
the life it gives my body
and my mind
I thank the lord
for my daily bread
and sometimes things
are better left unsaid

I think too deep lord
and I know that’s my fault
my heart is locked
just like the tightest vault
I know I love her
when she’s in my bed
but sometimes things
are better left unsaid

I know in time
she’ll understand my blues
and all my answers
and all my views
my heart is pure
and my blood is red
and sometimes things
are better left unsaid

so why’d you do it?

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so why’d you do it
why’d you snoot that toot
why’d you pay the reaper
all that hard earned loot
you’re feeling real groovy
but your brain is cooked
and to think they even told you
that you wouldn’t get hooked

I know your head is buzzing
and you feel real fine
but life is just as groovy
and it don’t cost a dime
keep screwing up the children
and they’ll throw you the book
and to think they even told you
that you wouldn’t get hooked

this stuff it makes you crazy
and you feel no pain
you’re acting like a madman
you ain’t got no shame
you’re wired up and craving
for some more white rain
and all I hear you say
is give me more cocaine
give me more
I want more
cocaine

if you want to feel the love

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the milk of human kindness
has spread across the floor
if we left the past behind us
it wouldn’t hurt us anymore

I bared my soul before you
gave you everything inside
but my best just wasn’t good enough
least that’s what you implied

life ain’t always fair
it isn’t just a game
if you want to feel the love
you’ve got to feel the pain

everything happens so quickly
everything happens so fast
life is here so briefly
but love is here to last

some of us are weak
we can’t make up our minds
if love is but a mystery
or its something we decide
if love is but a mystery
or its something we designed

life ain’t always fair
it isn’t just a game
if you want to feel the love
you’ve got to feel the pain

midnight sky

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I’m so happy I could cry
and spread my wings
and fly into the night
‘coz in my dreams
I’ve walked with you
on moonlit sands
together souls entwined
and when our time is over darling
I’ll meet you somewhere
in the midnight sky

I long to wash away your tears
to lift the vale
and maybe set you free
to help you see
my beautiful and only child
you’re everything to me
and when our time is over darling
the midnight sky is
where I’ll wait for thee

it’s raining now, I’m teary eyed
but I can see you smiling in my mind
and every raindrop seems to be
your love from heaven
falling from the sky
and when our time is over darling
I’ll meet you somewhere in the midnight sky