Wiccopee
Yes, I remember the days of my youth
So quick spent and so fast gone by,
I sit in the silence and stare into space
Hearing my aching heart cry
For Wiccopee.
All the friends I remember,
There's none I've forgot
Though many a year's passed us by,
Oh those days of our laughter and freedom and fun,
Days I look back on and sigh
For Wiccopee
Now who would have known these years agone
What it'd mean to say
"I'm going down to Darby's General Store,"
And who would have known these years agone
What I'd give to be
Walking down Route 52 once more.
Run through the cornfields or down by the stream
Roaming wherever we'd please,
Me and the Schlaffers would swing through the trees
There was dinosaur scent on the breeze
In Wiccopee
Or take a run down to Fishkill to the Busy Bee
Buy me a Birds of the World
Go past that avenue known as Shirley
Dream of that truck-namin' girl
And Wiccopee
Now who would have known these years agone
What it'd mean to say
"I'm going down to Darby's General Store"
And who would have known these years agone
What I'd give to be
Walking down Route 52 once more.
Cause even in the pouring rain it's where I'd rather be
See in my heart the sun is always shining on Wiccopee.
I say the sun is always shining in Wiccopee.
You know the sun is always shining in Wiccopee.
THE SONS OF ABRAHAM
All have heard of Babylon, but long before her time,
Chaldea ruled the ancient world, and worshipped gods malign,
‘Til there came a man named Abraham, who would not bend his knee,
Telling of a single God, Creator of all that be.
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Now, he left his home at God’s command, with tribe and family,
Headed south to Canaan land, to fulfill the prophecy,
Oh, that nations shall rise from this man,
To praise the God of Abraham,
And, so that no man may…
EYES OPEN WIDE
People talking loud when you ask of America,
People staring hard in the U.S. of A.,
‘Cause if you listen much, to the voice of America,
You’ll hear trouble moving ‘round, and it’s heard everyday.
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So, you’ve got to get your eyes open wide, now,
It’s time to take a stand, or a side,
Yes, your turn is coming ‘round pretty nigh, now,
So, you’ve got to have your eyes open wide.
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The shopping carts are big…
NOTHING IN BETWEEN
I don’t care what you philosophize,
I don’t need your point of view,
I’ve been through your lifetime,
And I’ve been what you do.
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You got all the answers,
For every twist and turn,
But, I’m here to tell you,
You got a heck of a lot to learn.
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Well, you ramble on about freedom’s
Right to be wrong,
Defending your errors,
As truth all along.
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You treat…
ONE WAY
You see, there ain’t but one way to direct, devotion from your heart,
One sound to collect, on the Book of Life’s big chart.
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People, let me talk to you, for just a little while,
About a most disturbing trend, concerning taste and style,
Oh, you followers and devotees, of musicians and their ways,
Please, don’t confuse the life they choose, with what God has to say.
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In this apparent age of rock and roll, you…
LIKE THE FREE
These are times that’ll test the depths of any nation’s soul,
But in America we were born in fire, 200 years ago,
When freedom was the prize they won, at a cost so very dear,
Now vigilance is the shield we bear, to keep that freedom here.
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And they never knew how the nation that they made,
Time, and time again, the world would save,
They were living lives of freedom, just like you and me,
And they died, just for living like the free.
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PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING
Turning on the TV set, listening to the news,
Waiting for the President to state his point of view,
He’s standing with that Chief of Staff, looking mighty grim,
Says he’s got those facts in hand, and he got them straight from him.
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Now, it seems that there’s this trouble spot, that needs a helping hand,
And though he hates to ask a lot, he’s sure you’ll understand,
We’ve got to call upon our troops, across this nation wide,
Sons and…
LIKE KRYPTON
I was standing by the ocean, looking out on the bay,
I was thinking just how beautiful God made it all this way,
I was watching for a whitecap coming ‘cross the sound,
There was sunlight on the water, gleaming all around.
And then a man hastens to tell me
That it ain’t like that no more,
‘Cause the oil slick’s floating everywhere,
Even on that ocean floor.
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I was standing on a hilltop, staring up at the sky,
I was knee-deep in that meadow, Lord,…Read more
THE EARTH NEEDS HELP
The polar bear can't find his iceberg,
It doesn't exist anymore,
The bed where he slept is now nothing but wet
Water awash on the shore;
The rhino looks up at the zoo wall,
They barely hang on in the wild,
Their horn is a prize in the wrong people's eyes,
Each one gets killed with a smile;
So in the jungle zone and at the arctic shelves, the race is on,
And the earth, the earth, needs help.
The monarch is only an insect,
And milkweed's a pest, don't you know,
So why should we care…
Read moreTHE HONEY BEE SONG
Well, the honey bee, friend, ain’t done us no harm,
But, the bees are getting scarce, down on the honey bee farm,
Ain’t no one can say exactly what’s going on,
‘Cept when they go to the hive, you know, the honey bee’s gone.
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Now, the bee been around since the Biblical time,
Serving up honey, and doing just fine,
So, when science do say, he ain’t doing so well,
Maybe science knows something, it ain’t willing to tell.
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