I am the wind

I sweep the streets

I call the rain to fall in sheets

To cool the blisters in my heart

To ease the torture in my feet

I sing the anthem of silent people

The song that has no words

I am the dancer in that dream

The steps that can't be heard

I am the dust

I am the mill

I am the wine the sweetness and the swill

I am the one who takes a drink

And I am the one who never will

I sing the anthem of silent people

I am the dancer in that dream

I have no truth

I bring no friends

I sire no children to start again

For every raindrop falling

There is a river's end

I sing the anthem of silent people

The song that has no words

I am the dancer in that dream

The steps that can't be heard

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs

Mama told me boy you’ll get your hands burned

Digging in the hot bed looking for a fast turn

Stay away from shotgun lovers

Stay out of the shadows tonight

You don’t believe the sky is cold dark and lonely

You think the stars shine down for only you

Why do you look so hard ain’t nothin’ shakin’

In your own back yard

If that’s wrong then maybe I don’t wanna be right

Because I am lookin’ for a good time

Walking in a straight line

Starin’ down a bad sign looking for a good time

Lookin’ for a good time, I’m walking in a straight line

Starin’ down a bad sign looking for a good time

Mama mama the streets are so pretty

The fine tuned half moon lights of the city

It’s reeling out like a James Dean movie

On an endless Saturday night

Oh mama were you right did you know

Was I the victim of the late late show

I got to carry on I got to keep it up til dawn

Punch my ticket step right into the light and I will be

Lookin’ for a good time, walking in a straight line

Starin’ down a bad sign I’m looking for a good time

I’m lookin’ for a good time I’m walking in a straight line

Starin’ down a bad sign I’m looking for a good time

I am lookin’ for a good time I am walking in a straight line

I am starin’ down a bad sign looking for a good time

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs

Starin' out on a rainy evening

All the poets in the big hotel

Empty hands over silent paper

Still waiting for the starting bell

A Pontiac cruises 'round the corner

Faces hidden from the ones outside

All the poets shake their heads and wonder

Was something born has something died

All the words that used to be so hard to say

I always thought I'd find the chance to say them all one day

I can tell you that I still love you

I can show you if you still want me to

This one's for you  

Stained glass in a dim cathedral

Stained hearts on a downhill ride

We dance to a still piano

And all the poets take a step and slide

All the drinks have turned to water

All the cars have turned for home

The Pontiac cruises 'round the corner

Steel echoes on rusty chrome

All the words that used to be so hard to say

I always thought I'd find the chance to say them all one day

I can tell you that I still love you

I can show you if you still want me to

This one's for you

I meant to tell you on a rainy evening

I meant to tell you on a sunny day

I meant to show you there's a love that guides us

And I meant to tell you before you went away

There's a poet in a bell jar crying

Over lovers who have gone astray

A Pontiac cruises 'round the corner

All the words that used to be so hard to say

I always thought I'd find the chance to say them all one day

I can tell you that I still love you

I can show you if you still want me to

This one's for you  

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs

I thought I was better I thought it was time to begin again

I thought I could do it stretch out my arms and control the wind

But the crazies still find me I can’t leave them behind

And I still can’t face up to the end

Every time I see sunlight along comes that midnight

And Lord here it comes again

It’s never as easy but time after time I’ve stood up somehow

And this life don’t please me

But I fear that it’s too late to change it now

Got a world full of strangers and a head full of dangers

And you know I could sure use a friend

But every time I see sunlight along comes that midnight

And Lord here it comes again

Now some men lust for the money

And some men lust for the wine

But me I lust for the comfort that comes

From finding my own place in time

But time doesn’t want me time doesn’t care if I win or lose

And I can’t remember the man that used to stand inside these shoes

It’s too late to forgive me there’s not a thing you can give me

To lighten this troubled old mind

So let midnight come and take me in its cold lovin’ arms

And leave all my troubles behind

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs

This train runs to Chicago this highway's headed west

There's coffee 'cross the street, better get some for the ride

Tell me 'bout the weather darlin' hold me to your breast

‘Cause I can't look too deep at what's inside

It's funny how a little thing like 30 years can simply disappear

I look into your eyes I know why I live and breathe

If I could hold you here forever there would be no room for fear

But the coffee's gettin' cold my car's warmed up

Your train's about to leave

Some folks only get one chance so far we've had two

But time and tide are funny things

No one can tell what they will do

Summer left and winter called across the miles and through it all

One thing just one thing rings true

I've loved you like no other they can say that on my stone

I may never love another you're always in that part of me

That wonders at a starry night and cries out to the moon

When I can’t find the answers to this mystery

So many doors have opened so many doors have closed

But you and I we travel on down roads we never chose

The pundits always tell us

Things happen for a reason and a purpose

Well I suppose

I saw you just the other day on a street not far from home

With a smile upon your lips, and a teardrop in your eye

If you wonder why I didn't stop to say hello

Well it hurts too much to have to say goodbye

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs

I heard someone complainin’ on the radio last night

With a four four back beat and the band played real tight

He said the life of a poor boy is mine

Ah but it ain’t right

My bankbook’s not strainin’ with excess denaro

I got a brick wall view and a beat up Camaro

But I’d trade it all gladly for you

And one starry starry night

I must be crazy lovin’ you like I do

But after the storm in my heart

Your sun still comes shinin’ through

I must be crazy ‘cause I know the way that you do

We had our moment I still remember

That it was too good to be true

Now the sun’s goin’ down I got the radio full blast

In the winds of your leaving my heart flies at half mast

And that poor boy sings of revenge I think he’s out of control

I’m lonelier now than I was when we started

You’re hungrier now than you were when we parted

Leave me alone or at least take your hands off my soul

I must be crazy a little more crazy than you

We danced on the wind and you danced on my heart

And I’m beat up and broke down and totally through

I must be crazy ‘cause I know the way that you do

We had our moment I still remember

That it was too good to be true

I must be out of my mind for still lovin’ you like I do

We had our moment and I’ll always remember

That it was too good too good to be true

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs

And when morning came you set your sails for distant shores

The wind that always haunted you could not be ignored

I packed your life away in boxes

Stowed them safe behind the door

All those years you stood behind me did they know your name

And I wonder if we'd traded places

Could I play that game

And I wonder if they ever knew

That we were quite the same

And I bid you simple fare-thee-well

But I did not say good-bye

Though I may not see your face again

‘Til time and tide run dry

Hearts are bound by memories

And memories can fade into the night

So I'll keep a light

I had watched you stand I'd seen you fall and stand again

And I'd heard you from a distance

When I could not reach your hand

When you flew into that diver's arc

There was no place to land

So you fell beneath the waves beneath the silent sea

Ah the world was just too small for you

And so it set you free

But I won't shed a tear for should have been

Or what may never be

The past can only point us to

Tomorrow's mystery

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs

It's just a little walk from here it's just a mile away

It's just a little cloudy here another rainy day

Up ahead I see the sun through the trees

If you can't believe me believe that I believe

We've come too far to turn our backs on paradise

We've done too much to say the good's not worth the price

Just another mile it will all come clear

How much can it hurt when we're already here

Just another mile in the rain

We were beautiful in summer I've been told

But now our hearts are tired the sky is turning cold

Just another mile we will be warm again

Just another mile in the rain

Up ahead I see the sun through the trees

If you can't believe me believe that I believe

Just another mile in the rain

Just another mile in the rain

©2015 Lonnie Knight Songs