The Man

I'm the princess 
Your absence darkness
The apple of your eye
Remembering to live with pride 
Your first
My heart burst

Splinters on the floor
slivers in my hand
I can pick up no more 
I'm frozen 
My memories of you like the ocean

Some other time maybe I can talk to you
It's been such a long time since you said I could do anything 
Ways to cut through all the noise 
Maybe all I want is one more time to hear your voice 

In my mind I know you're still 

In the woods enjoying peace taking in what you love
In the kitchen apple pie bragging about blue ribbons you won
Telling stories from your youth and the all the places you'd run

Just to get away from it all

You're still the compass on all my maps
I no longer bleed to make wrongs right
I just remember who I am

And I'm a McCleary 
And I can do anything 

A simple man
With no rules
I wanna be like you all I need is a plan
Your praise illumates my track
Round one 
Round two
Three four now
I go round and round with myself now 

I look at me and see you in the mirror 
Up early, high speed, always looking for the next best thing 
Your words make a vision and bigger picture clearer 
But these days you're more than a human being 

You're the spirit I feel when I see the deer on a foggy fall morning 

You're the memories I recall when the wind russells the trees 
my love starts forming 

You're the voices in my head when doubt sets in 
I can do anything and that I shouldn't be ignoring 

Some other time maybe I can talk to you
It's been such a long time since you said I could do anything 
Ways to cut through all the noise 
Maybe all I want is one more time to hear your voice 

In my mind I know your still 

In the woods enjoying peace taking in what you love
In the kitchen apple pie bragging about blue ribbons you won
Telling stories from your youth and the all the places you'd run

Just to get away from it all

You're still the compass on all my maps
I no longer bleed to make wrongs right
I just remember who I am

And I'm a McCleary 
And I can do anything 

Some other time
Been such a long time
Just one more time 

Maybe some other time
It's been such a long time

If I could talk to you just one more time

Just one more time with you




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