Here’s just a super rough brain dump of a song idea that hit me while I was listening to music and cleaning the house on a beautiful October Sunday later afternoon.

I saw you sitting in an outdoor cafe
Just reading a paper
and sipping a latte

I couldn’t look away
I had no idea I was staring
I must have looked such a fool
And you were so in your own world, too
Just being you and so so cool

If anyone saw me seeing you
They couldn’t help but know
They surely saw the drool
Down the side of my chin
like a steady river’s flow

Instant love, that’s what I had
I got it in a flash
And boy I got it bad

I reckon being so alone
I ought to be sad
But just you in my mind’s eye
Takes away all the bad

I’m now always in my own world now
Thinkin bout you day and night
I don’t eat, not sure I remember how.
Guess it’s been two days since I had one bite.

Ever since I saw you my heart’s been on fire
I don’t even know who you are
And you make my soul shine brighter
I’ll forever love you from afar

You’re my sole desire
And I’ve never been much of a cryer
But you make my voice cry out
You make my spirit scream and shout

I want you like I’ve never wanted
Anything or anyone before

I can’t imagine anyone else
Could ever compare
Just you in my mind
Has my feet walking on air

If I ever see you again
I’ll have the courage to speak
Chips fall where they will
Even with knees knocking and weak

And even though with words
I don’t have much of a way
I’ll be sure to tell you
Exactly how I’ve been feeling

My eyes are filled
With tears of joy
Just knowing you’re out there

When I walk beside you,
I’m walking on air.
And my whole world is right,
I don’t have a care.

We can talk and laugh,
Or just walk on.
As long as we know the other is there
All our troubles are gone.

Birds singing and sun shining bright,
Or a cool rain in the middle of the night.
Walking with you just might
Be the thing I love most of all.

Doesn’t matter where,
Doesn’t matter when,
I’ll walk beside you every day of my life;
Again and again and again.

You tell me secrets,
And I tell you mine.
Having someone with mutual trust
Is worth all the gold in the world.

You shine, you sparkle, and glow.
I love you more than the rain
Loves a rainbow.

Grab your shoes
And throw them on.
Let’s go for a walk,
And sing each other songs.

I can’t blame him
Just doing his job
He gets no thanks
And on he plods

He never needs to run
And he’ll always catch up
Nowhere to hide
A dozen more souls in his old patched cup.

Chorus
I wish it weren’t so
That we’ve all got a time.
On he comes and he never comes slow
Reaper ain’t no friend of mine.

It’s not his fault
And I don’t wish him ill
He walks right behind you
On the other side of the hill

He’s got a job,
And I reckon it’s just.
He might not like it,
But he knows that he must.

Chorus
I wish it weren’t so
That we’ve all got a time.
On he comes and he never comes slow
Reaper ain’t no friend of mine.

Chorus 2
Won’t be long till I’ll have to go.
I’m not standing in line,
But my turn comes I know.
Reaper ain’t no friend of mine.

Yeah that riff is good,
But the song don’t hit like it should.
Do you even know that’s true?
When no one listens, what you gonna do?

You can slap stuff against the wall.
See what sticks, see what falls.
All you got is a big mess on the floor,
And one lonely riff wanting so much more.

Ch.1
Give it thought, give it heart.
It’s where you’re spending your time.
Give it depth, give it breadth.
Why not guide spirits to the well?

Feel that line, play with time.
Doesn’t matter if it’s prose or if it’s rhyme.
Tax your brain, make it hurt.
The difference is a spark, or just more dirt.

Find that groove.
Will it make people move?
Stop, listen, feel.
Is it something you’d listen to?

Ch.2
Give it soul, give it groove.
It’s where you’re spending your time.
Give it tears, give it blood.
Make it sight for the blind.

It might drive hard.
It may hang low.
It could bite down,
to never let go.

It could lift you up,
And then crash you down.
It might melt your mind,
And make your tears flow.

Ch.3
Give it sweat, give it time.
It’s where you’re trading your love.
Give it you, give it all.
Make it light from above.

Bridge
And when you know,
there’ll be no doubt.
You’ll weep, you’ll laugh,
And twice you’ll shout:

Ch.4 (modulate up, several voices)
Give it me, give it me;
People will feel what I feel.
Give it all, have no doubt.
Raw and real is what life’s about.

Ch.5 (modulate up again, more voices)
Don’t hold back; shout out loud!
And weep sometimes, too.
I’ll make’em float on the clouds.
And help them sing the blues.

Out:
Don’t life change?
One day I’m bulletproof.
The next day I’m singing the blues.
Ain’t life strange?
I’ll hit the high notes,
Then cry till I fill up my shoes.