(Parody of Skid Row’s “Youth Gone Wild”) Since I was young, I couldn’t put them down Another misunderstood kid, another super identity found Some never played by the rules while other boy scouts really cared Some nasty villain’s reputation reigned everywhere I sit and read, forgetting all about me So many heroes have stood where others now stand […]
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What’s 2017 Like by, Melissa R. Mendelson Parody of Everlast “What It’s Like” We’ve all seen the man on the tv promising to make us great The hair on my neck raises, making me worry about our fate She wanted us to believe when all those words were nothing but to deceive “It is what it is,” is all […]
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Wings of Gray by, Melissa R. Mendelson They say if you reach heaven, you’ll grow wings across the sky. They say that if your dreams disappear, something inside you will die. Whispers of my soul come down to you. My beating, heavy heart begs to live a life true. Chorus: Don’t fade. Don’t fade away. Don’t fade. […]
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Across The Page by, Melissa R. Mendelson Days slip away like tears unshed, and moments of my life drift on by like the dreams that won’t let go, won’t let go. The weight of the world still bears down on me. The stress of reality digs in deep. Trying to make ends meet, my dreams won’t let go. […]
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I Am A Clone (Dedicated to Orphan Black) by, Melissa R. Mendelson She looks like me. Fate flashes by. She looks like me, and then she dies. I steal her life, walking dangerously along the knife, and now I’m cut open. I’m torn apart. They all look like me. Chorus: I am a clone. I don’t belong. […]
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My Poor Mother’s Country Land by, Melissa R. Mendelson Green earth sways and rolls. This is my mother’s home, But mother, please forgive me. They don’t know the wrong they’ve done. Blue skies have fallen. The gray clouds have come, And here comes the thunder, Rolling in, Screaming at all they’ve done. Chorus: What have they done? […]
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“Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I love you, go to work, do your best, don’t outsmart your common sense, never let your praying knees get lazy, and love like crazy.” – Lee Brice
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“Close to the Edge” by the band Yes. “Down at the end, round by the corner. Close to the edge, just by a river. Seasons will pass you by. I get up, I get down. Now that it’s all over and done, now that you find, now that you’re whole.”
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Shut – By, Melissa R. Mendelson White porcelain faces in this river that I still drown in, pulled under by their world. Painted eyes closed and plastic smiles, their faces drift by as I continue to struggle to stand. Chorus: Will you see me? Will you open your eyes? Can you take me in? Let me be […]
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No Fire (Parody of Twenty One Pilots’ song, Car Radio) by, Melissa R. Mendelson I ponder on something called fate. It could be so cruel when it should be great. My heart’s only desire Is nothing now but a dead flower, And my friends call me a liar Because they know I can breathe no fire. I […]
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