Love is Lost by Bob Atkinson

"Love is Lost"

(c)2009 Bob Atkinson

it doesn't matter

how long I must wait

how many tears my eyes see

before my day breaks

love is lost

but not the pain

it doesn't matter

I'll wait for you

to come and caress me

and say you love me too

love is lost

but not the pain

give me that smile

bring me some red wine

sitting there at my feet

when I'm tired and beat

love is lost 

in my heart's domain

love is lost

but not the pain

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Play Me a Song of Nogales by Bob Atkinson

"PLAY ME A SONG OF

NOGALES"

(c) 2007 Bob Atkinson

ALONE.....CERVEZA GOING DOWN

CANTINA ..ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

NOT THINKING OF THE HEART

OR WONDERING OF TOMORROW

FREE OF FEAR AND SORROW

IN NOGALES

IN WALKS A SENIORITA

SHE GLIDES AND SWAYS

UP TO THE MARIACHI LEADER

WONDER WHAT SHE SAID

ASKED HIM LATER

AND HE TOLD ME,

I REMEMBER TO THIS DAY

“PLAY ME A SONG OF NOGALES

PLAY ME A SONG OF NOGALES

PLAY ME A SONG JOSE”

MAKE MY HEART BEGIN TO HEAL

MY LOVER HAS GONE TODAY

I’M ALONE IN THIS WORLD

MY EMOTIONS ARE ON DISPLAY

PLAY ME A SONG OF NOGALES

PLAY ME A SONG

TO HEAL ALL THE WRONGS

PLAY ME SOME MELODIES

TO SWAY AND DANCE ALONE

GIVE ME THE STRENGTH

TO FIND NEW ROMANCE

PLAY ME A SONG OF NOGALES

PLAY ME A SONG JOSE

PLAY ME A SONG OF THE HEART

GIVE MY SADNESS SUPPORT

HEALING HURT THAT HAS COME

TURN TEAR FILLED EYES TOWARD FUN

PLAY ME A SONG OF NOGALES

PLAY ME A SONG JOSE

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It's Only Me by Bob Atkinson

"It's Only Me"

(c)2008 Bob Atkinson

It's only me

the one who loves you

it's only me

the one who cares

it's only me

and my frustrations

it's only me

who gives a damn

you set your sights on

someone else

you feel I'm not 

the one for you

you leave me

when I need you

and don't see my tears

when I'm alone

only me who gives a damn

only me who loves to see you

when and where I can

it's only me who loves without return

only me who can't understand

why you leave me when you want to

why you go and leave me alone

you feel I'm not 

so right for you

you leave me for others who
don't need you the way I do
because........it's only me

it's only me

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"GOODBYE COWBOYS" by Bob Atkinson

"Goodbye Cowboys"

(c) 2008 Bob Atkinson

Goodbye Cowboys

goodbye Cowgirls

goodbye Bikers

goodbye Biker Girls

goodbye all you good time cowboys

who ain't gotta steer to brand

goodbye all you drunken ponies

who can't carry your man

goodbye to all you weak and weary

tall and short and sometimes teary

goodbye to all you fellow scoundrels

it's from you I get a laugh

goodbye to the men I hung with

drinking beer with vodka kicks

giving life to bravado stories

which may or may not stand

yes I do, and yes I don't

hear you say within the "quotes"

things you will and things you won't

it's you I try to comprehend

time is short my lady waits

it's domestic, not a date

will she "give" or will she "hate"

the alcohol on my breath

goodbye to all you weak and weary

tall and short and sometimes teary

goodbye to all you fellow scoundrels

it's you I understand

so it's to you I tip my hat

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Planet Parasite by Bob Atkinson

Planet Parasite

(c)2010 Bob Atkinson

in all the world's configurations

things that seem to be notations

of status put upon our fate

help us view one's place

upon this small sphere

are we why? or are we

what is useful here?

one needs to step aside

and hear the calls of outbacks

places primitive and stark, or

ocean depths where sharks attack

are we ones that can succeed?

for which our world was made?

or, is our importance mind created?

soon to be obliterated

is the plan to test our smarts and guile?

like other living things somehow

or are we like those parasites?

who outlast the bodies

that give them light

no way for this mortal man

to answer if there's divine plan

but given facts of which I hold

the question seems, 

to me

something akin to gold

Stop the Metaphors by Bob Atkinson

"STOP THE METAPHORS"

(c)2010 Bob Atkinson

when I was young

before my prime

my grade school teacher

was Miss Similie

she told me to watch

for words contrary

“don't do to the metaphor

what forests do to canaries”

"don't breed them like rabbits

don't make them a habit

or think using them

makes your words grab it"

lately I saw a poet of awe

brag of his powers

to make his words tower

so I looked and I looked

but on metaphors he was hooked

giving his poems that awful look

of what I wrote when ten

igniting the temper 
of Miss Similie
and her learned friends

I'll Never See Your Love Again

"I'LL NEVER SEE YOUR LOVE AGAIN"

(c)2005 Bob Atkinson

In my life

I'll never see your love again

I watched you sweetly

turn away from me

your honesty in telling me

was quite a shock

love, I wonder if

I'll ever be as warm

as when I kissed you

and held you tightly

in my arms

in my life

I'll never be

your love again

I breathe deeply

but no more willingly

yes, I'll survive

but not see love

light my heart again

as I know you'll never

be loved as much

by him

tender moments

of looking in your eyes

told me of your passions

and desires

you were tired 
of living free
said you wanted
only me


now hurt
is the only thing I see
love you're gone
and my world 
closes down on me

in my life

I'll never see

your love again

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Not This Time by Bob Atkinson

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"Not This Time” 

 (c)2007 Bob Atkinson 

and it happened to you
this thing of lost love
I was feelin’ sorry
for all the above

sat to think
with a cold cold drink
pondered over you
and all of your moans

what I should feel
and if I should hold you
how I came to deal with it
and if I was cold fish

can I take you home
and give you some love?
make you smile
with a wiggle and a hug?

bring you peace of mind?
no
not this time

bring you peace of mind?
oh no 
not this time

not this time
don't really care
have other problems
that I'm aware

no need to bother
with others' despair
not that I don't love you
I just won't care


said I should try
to give you a hand
gettin' over sorrow
of some other man

doesn't interest me
what caused you this pain
tuff lucky honey
it's not my game

sat to think 
with a cold cold cold drink
pondered over you
and all of your moans

what I should feel 
and if I should hold you
how I came to deal with it
and if I was cold fish

can I take you home
and give you some love?
make you smile 
with a wiggle and a hug?

bring you peace of mind?
oh no 
not this time

bring you peace of mind?
no 
not this time

A Fool and His Hunny by Bob Atkinson

“A FOOL AND HIS HUNNY”

  (c) 2007 Bob Atkinson 

   

Hunny went to town today  

to see a man she paid  

to leave my life in shambles  
and take my kids away 
 
said she couldn’t take no more 
 it was time to leave  
move away from this old town  
where she could hardly breathe
  
a fool and his hunny 
are soon parted  
a life once loved is gone  
the road of love is filled  
 with holes and bumps
and I just fell off  

 says I was bad to her  
didn’t care for her needs 
 and give her things 
to make her smile  
or treat her tenderly   

a fool and his hunny   
are soon parted  
a life once loved is gone 
the road of love  
 is filled with holes and bumps  
and I just fell off 

Hunny went to town today 
 to see a man she paid 
 to leave my life in shambles  
and take my kids away  

 told me it was time to go  
and left me on the porch  
to thank the lord  
with a great big smile   
for that thing called “divorce ” 

Hunny went to town today 
 to see a man she paid  
to leave my life in shambles  
and take my kids away
   
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