Stranger

STRANGER - Written by Carroll Bryant

Just a little while ago

It seemed I had you wrapped around my finger

And just like some distant dream

You fade away

Yeah, you go

When I wake up

I can't remember what we were all about

Those feelings just won't come back to me

I guess they're gone

Just like you stranger

And your love

Just who were you stranger?

And what do you call your kind of love?

I'm talking to you stranger

But you don't even hear a word, do you?

Need I have to say my love was true?

Need I have to prove that everything was you?

Well, if you think I do then you will just never understand

And you never will - never did 

And you never will again

If you look into my eyes 

You will see the fate of your lies

If you look into the blue

You still might see a heart that's still in love with you

In love with you stranger

And your love

Just who were you stranger?

And what do you call your kind of love?

I'm talking to you stranger

But you don't even hear a word, do you?

You will never understand me

You refused to realize my soul to soul

You got so scared and out of control

No, I don't think you realize

No, I don't think you do

Goodbye to you stranger

Goodbye to your kind of love

I hope you find yourself stranger

And find a name to call your love

I'm talking to you stranger

But you don't even hear a word, do you?

Goodbye to you stranger

Must Have Been Crazy

MUST HAVE BEEN CRAZY - Written by Carroll Bryant

I never would have believed it

To hear what you had to say

You couldn't have been any colder

Why did you do me this way?

Your attitude is so deceitful 

It leaves much to be desired

Kicking me to the curb like this

Girl, you sure know how to put out a fire

To think I once cared for you

I was lost inside a song

You sure opened up my eyes girl

They have been closed for so long

I don't know what to say

I just don't know what to say 

Except, except .... Oh yeah

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you

Blinded as a bat girl

Yeah, I guess that was me baby

The lights have been turned back on 

In the dark I couldn't see

How big of a fool I must have seemed

When I was hanging all over you

To awake from inside this silly dream

Is now a dream come true, girl

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you 

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you

Now I have got to wonder what's to become of me

With the help of my friends, baby

Maybe I can again believe

Believe that I can make it

After all that I have taken

I believe that I can make it

You know I'm going to make it 

Looking in the mirror I can still see a fool

But I know I must have been crazy to have ever been crazy for you

I never would have believed it

To hear what you had to say

You couldn't have been any colder

Why did you do me this way?

I don't know what to say

I just don't know what to say 

Except, except ...... Oh yeah

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you

I must have been crazy to have been crazy for you

Looking For Mr. Goodbar

LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR - Written by Carroll Bryant

She's going out every night from bar to bar 

Hoping to get it right

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

What does she expect to find In a world full of strangers?

Any night could be her time

Forgetting all of the dangers

She's the girl you don't suspect 

The innocent kind

Hanging out at the disco-tech with one thing on her mind

She's looking for Mr. Right

For Mr. Goodbar

She's looking for Mr. Tonight

For Mr. Goodbar, Mr. Goodbar

For Mr. Good Time daddy tonight

Can't you tell me what she's looking to get?

I'd really like to know

Is it love filled with regret, or is it all for show?

What does she expect to find in world full of shadows?

Watching as she runs out of time

Going where the wind blows 

She's looking for Mr. Right

For Mr. Goodbar

She's looking for Mr. Tonight

For Mr. Goodbar, Mr. Goodbar

For Mr. Good Time daddy tonight

Now she's taking another guy home

It's just an average night

All because she doesn't want to be alone

A disease that is hard to fight

This is the night that it will end

No more playing the game

As she feels the pleasure touch can bring

As she feels the knife that delivers the pain

What happened to Mr. Goodbar?

What happened to Mr. Goodbar?

What happened to Mr. Goodbar?

She's looking for Mr. Right

For Mr. Goodbar

She's looking for Mr. Tonight

For Mr. Goodbar, Mr. Goodbar

For Mr. Good Time daddy tonight

I Want That Girl

I WANT THAT GIRL - Written by Carroll Bryant

I want that girl

I want to get her into my world

I want that girl

What's happened to me?

She's got that special kind of magic

That you can see in her eyes

And if there's one thing about it

They sure can hypnotize

And now I got her on my mind

Everyday and all the time

Good love is hard to find

You know I wish that I could make her mine

(And you know that)

I want that girl

I want to get her into my world

I want that girl

What's happened to me?

I used to be a simple man

Already had my future planned

How I wanted to stay free

How I changed so suddenly

Could it be I fell in love?

I mean, she's all I'm thinking of

Do you think it might be true?

That she could feel the same way I do?

I want that girl

I want to get her into my world

I want that girl

What's happened to me?

There doesn't seem to be a way

To get up the nerve to say

Exactly how I feel

But I think I will

I know I ought to take a chance

On sweet love and romance

Even though I never felt before

All this kind of love and more

(And you know that)

I want that girl

I want to get her into my world

I want that girl

What's happened to me?

I want that girl 

I want that girl

I want that girl

What's happened to me?

The Child

THE CHILD - Written by Carroll Bryant

The darkness reaches down on the city

There's a lady having a baby, and it's so pretty

It started out with love in the city

It's ending with just one parent, and that's a pity

The child is born into a destructive world

He will carry the gift of the word to try and save it

Writing will be his life

He will do it be it wrong or right

The child will take on the fight for all of mankind

With his magic he will make people listen 

To the truth 

He is one or maybe he is two different people

Wrapped up in just one soul

He will lead you where you refuse to go

He is the child of love

He is the child of truth

He is the child

Free in a controlled colony, he is

He is a clone, never alone, he is

There is a destiny 

There is a fate 

There is a chance that he could be too late

Man and his frivolous laws could be his downfall 

And nobody will offer him help when the time comes

He is the child of love

He is the child of truth

He is the child

The challenges that he will face 

Are memories that will be replaced 

A child in the wild of the race 

The human race

Born into a vanishing world

The child will have to carry the word

The sword of the written word

And the universe will absorb the hurt

He is the child of love

He is the child of truth

He is the child 

There's an effort in the heart

Where evil wants to rip apart

Everyone, everything in its wake

It's a government thing

And time will repeal

What cuts that won't heal

Time will run out

The people will shout out loud

That they don't care no more

And the dead will lay quiet on the floor

And the blood from their war will pour

And pour

And pour

Time will run out, but won't end

Frog In Your Throat

FROG IN YOUR THROAT - Written by Carroll Bryant

You never talk to me when I talk to you 

You never say to me that you love me too

Sometimes I wonder why we're still together

You know what I'm talking about 

Why don't you talk to me?

Say something, say anything 

Why can't you speak?

Have you a frog in your throat?

Are you choking on your words?

Does the cat got your tongue?

Are you on the run?

You got a frog in your throat

Hallucinations coming over me, but I can't scream

The sound just won't come out when I'm in a dream

No voice, can't yell, what could that mean?

How can I cry for help if I'm muted?

Have I a frog in my throat?

Am I choking on my words?

Does the cat got my tongue?

Now I'm on the run

I got a frog in my throat

Politicians when they sometimes tell a lie

They say uh .... they say um 

 Or better yet, when they don't say nothing at all

They ought to say goodbye to the dumb

The secrets they keep in the White House

The secrets that would shock the world

Who is the raven? Who is the mouse?

Who has the pretty girl?

When the president comes out to make his speech

There's some things he just won't say

Some things he just won't preach

You never talk to me when I talk to you

Why in the hell won't you speak?

What in the hell are you keeping from me?

 

Have you a frog in throat?

Are you choking on your words?

Does the cat got your tongue?

The Prez is on the run

He's got a frog in his throat

Yes, It's Love

YES, IT'S LOVE - Written by Carroll Bryant

I never thought it would feel this good

You're making love like I knew you would

I don't think I can handle this

I fell in love with more than just a kiss tonight

I never thought that all my dreams

Would someday become a reality 

Oh baby, what you do to me

This can't be true, it just can not be tonight

Yes it's love

Aint life such a wonderful thing?

Yes, it's love

I didn't know what it could bring

Yes, it's love

Until you made love to me tonight

Yes, it's love

And I'm doing all I can

Yes, it's love

To be the kind of man

That you want me to be

I'm doing my best tonight

Doing my best tonight

I never thought I would find the girl

Who could suddenly change my world

And if I never do again

Well, I did tonight

I never thought that the sun could shine

I never thought that love could be mine

You give me such a feeling inside

Such a feeling that I can not hide tonight

Yes it's love

Aint life such a wonderful thing?

Yes, it's love

I didn't know what it could bring

Yes, it's love

Until you made love to me tonight

Yes, it's love

And I'm doing all I can

Yes, it's love

To be the kind of man

That you want me to be

I'm doing my best tonight

Doing my best tonight

I lay myself down in healing waters that make me feel alive

You give me such a wonderful feeling that girl, I can't deny

I can't even try, not even to save my life

You make me feel so good inside girl

Yes it's love

Aint life such a wonderful thing?

Yes, it's love

I didn't know what it could bring

Yes, it's love

Until you made love to me tonight

Yes, it's love

And I'm doing all I can

Yes, it's love

To be the kind of man

That you want me to be

I'm doing my best tonight

Doing my best tonight

Dancer (The Poem)

DANCER (THE POEM) - Written by Carroll Bryant

I have traveled far

I have dreamed so many times

I have lost my perspective

But gained back my peace of mind

Lost in your eyes upon the first time we meet

Can't lose you now because love doesn't come cheap

Dancer

Swiftly you move upon a lovely white cloud

Dancer

Listen real closely, I say I love you out loud

Never mind the heartbeat that skips when I hear your voice

Never mind the dark streets I passed by due to choice

I need you dancer

I still travel far

I still dream all of the time

I'm still without my perspective

I still have my peace of mind

Lost in your grace upon the first time we touch

Can't lose you now because I love you too much

Dancer

Swiftly you move upon a lovely white cloud

Dancer

Listen real closely, I say I love you out loud

Never mind the heartbeat that skips when I hear your voice

Never mind the dark streets I passed by due to choice

I need you dancer

Lights (Road To Stardom)

LIGHTS (ROAD TO STARDOM) - Written by Carroll Bryant

There she is with that man

He's a producer, she understands 

And yes she's willing to give up everything

She says she can handle what being a star can bring

No she's not nervous because she wants it that bad

And guys like him, she's already had

They spend the night together, it means nothing to her

She's gonna get what she wants, and that's for sure

She says, give me the lights 

Give me some action

Roll the cameras 

I'm gonna be a star 

Just give me the lights

There she sits with diamonds and pearls

She's a high class lady in a high class world

And yes she's daring to get more and more

She never turns down a script that walks right through her door

She says, give me the lights

Give me some action

Roll the cameras

I'm a big time star

Just give me the lights

Now it's over, and the curtain is down

Nobody needs her, they don't want her around

And if you ask her just how she feels

She's gonna tell you that she loved it still

She says she loved the lights

She loved the action

They rolled the cameras

She used to be a star

She says she loved the lights

Secrets

SECRETS - Written by Carroll Bryant

So you thought I would never find out

Girl you know you look so surprised

But baby I had my eyes out on you

I finally caught you, but it took me some time

Now you say that it's all a game

And it looks like you win 

But all the love in this great big world 

Could never win me back again

Yeah, oh yeah

Never win me back again

All the secrets that you had

And now I'm glad it's time to say goodbye

Because baby you were so bad

But there's no tears in this mans eyes

And baby it's such a crying shame

And I ought to thank my stars above

Because baby I'm not feeling no pain

Well I guess I was never deeply in love

Yeah, oh yeah

Never was deeply in love

Now I'm leaving, and you know what for

I don't think I need to say it again

Now you can watch me walk out the door

Oh baby, this is the end

So now you know where those secrets can lead

And now you've lost everything

Oh baby, what more can I say?

Now you know what bad love can bring

Yeah, oh yeah

Baby what bad love can bring

Just Emotion

JUST EMOTION - Written by Carroll Bryant

When you feel it, it can make you happy

At any moment it can make you cry

Like the rain, I say it can pour all over you

Like an umbrella, it can keep you dry

Like pornography, it can be so dirty

Like a religion, it can be so clean and holy

It's a race car on a track with no speed limits

It's a rocket ship taking you to the stars

It's emotion

Wild as the ocean

Such a mystery tangled up inside of me

Just emotion

Like the still of the night

Just emotion

It's okay to feel

Just like candy, it can be so sweet

It's a Halloween with a trick and treat

It's confusion that you can't comprehend 

An illusion that seems to never end

It's emotion

Wild as the ocean

Such a mystery tangled up inside of me

Just emotion

Like the still of the night

Just emotion

It's okay to feel

It lets you know that you are real

Don't try to kill yourself thinking about it

There's nothing that you can do about it

It lives in me

It lives in you

Just a little something to get you through

It's emotion

Wild as the ocean

Such a mystery tangled up inside of me

Just emotion

Like the still of the night

Just emotion

It's okay to feel

I Want Your Love (Piano Version)

Here is the slow version (piano version) of my song, "I Want Your Love".

Special thanks to my friend Lucy for allowing me to use her pictures in the video.

I hope you like it. 

As always, thanks for listening.

All You Are

ALL YOU ARE - Written by Carroll Bryant

There’s a full moon tonight

You can’t sleep to dream

Huddled up inside yourself

Tears that you cry

Call out in a scream

You’re too weak to put up a fight

A wicked wind still blows right in through your soul

Casually you whisper words to say

All you are is a little bit lonely

All you are is a little bit low and cold

And the world turns without the glory

All you are is a little bit crazy

All you are is a little bit growing old

And the world wants to know your story

There’s memories to write

Pens without the ink

Cuddles left inside your heart

Touches left behind

She’s so far away

You’re too strong to give in tonight

A wicked wind still blows right into your soul

Casually you whisper words to say

All you are is a little bit lonely

All you are is a little bit low and cold

And the world turns without the glory

All you are is a little bit crazy

All you are is a little bit growing old

And the world wants to know your story

You can’t help the way everything went down

You try to find your place on the other side of town

You can’t save the day when it’s spinning all around

Suddenly the answer finds its way – but it’s too late

A wicked wind still blows right into your soul

Casually you whisper words to say

All you are is a little bit lonely

All you are is a little bit low and cold

And the world turns without the glory

All you are is a little bit crazy

All you are is a little bit growing old

And the world wants to know your story

Take It Like A Man

TAKE IT LIKE A MAN - Written by Carroll Bryant

I've been searching every minute, every hour

For a love that's strong and real

And just because the last one went sour

Doesn't mean that I can't feel

It's fruitless though, but I don't care anymore

I keep the pain inside of me

And one thing is for sure

I take it like a man

I take it like a man

I will survive

I do the best I can

I take it like a man

Yeah, I take it like a man

I've been walking the streets forever

At least that is what it seems

The kind of girl that could put me back together

Can only be found in a lonely mans dreams

I've been hurt, but that is nothing new

Everybody has to deal sometimes

Everybody has to go through it too

But I take it like a man

I take it like a man

I am alive 

And here is where I stand

I take it like a man

Yeah, I take it like a man

So I have cried myself to sleep 

I've dropped some tears

I still stand strong and face to face

I face my fears

I won't let love get me down

I'm gonna keep on pushing through the darkest clouds

I've been searching every minute, every hour

For a love that's strong and real

And just because the last one went sour

Doesn't mean that I can't feel

It's fruitless though, but I don't care anymore

I keep the pain inside of me

And one thing is for sure

I take it like a man

I take it like a man

I will survive

I do the best I can

I take it like a man

Yeah, I take it like a man

Be

BE - Written by Carroll Bryant

You can be a flower in the middle of Spring

You can be the finger that wears a diamond ring

You can be a raindrop

Or you can be the snow

You can be the one who's coming

Or be the one who goes

You can be filthy rich or you can be poor

You can be exciting or you can be a bore

You can be anybody

You can be so much and more

Be anything

You can be a bird or you can be a fish

You can be a dream come true

Or you can be a wish

You can be big or you can be small

You can be short or you can be tall

You can be a talker

Or you can be a phone

You can be with somebody

Or you can be alone

You can be the only one or you can be a clone

You can be anybody

Be anything

No one can tell you you're wrong

You have every right to sing your own song

Carry your own tune 

That's what I do

You can be anything and you know this is true

You can be happy or you can be sad

You can be nice or you can be bad

You can be the person who owns the whole world

You can be anyone and you can be so much and more

Be anything

As long as you remember to be yourself 

Somewhere In Christmas Land

SOMEWHERE IN CHRISTMAS LAND - Written by Carroll Bryant

You are a part of me

An angel from my history

You're the air that I breathe on Christmas Eve

I am the one in you

We come together like we always do

Never to let go

You're everything that I know

Yes, you are a part of me

Time can stand still when you hold my hand

I am fulfilled right here where I stand

Your love is for real and this is my plan

To always stay with you somewhere in Christmas land

The days go so fast

It would be great if they asked

What I desire and I'd say that I want you

The nights go to sleep

These wishes I will keep

Never to let go

You're everything I know

Yes, you are a part of me

Time can stand still when you call me your friend

It's such a thrill that I can't understand

Your love is for real and this is my plan

To always stay with you somewhere in Christmas land

Somewhere in Christmas land children are singing

Bells they are ringing

Somewhere in Christmas land I keep believing 

I can't stop from dreaming

You are a part of me

An angel from my history

You're the air that I breathe on Christmas Eve

I am the one in you

We come together like we always do

Never to let go

You're everything that I know

Yes, you are a part of me

Time can stand still when you hold my hand

I am fulfilled right here where I stand

Your love is for real and this is my plan

To always stay with you somewhere in Christmas land

Somewhere in Christmas land

Somewhere in Christmas land

Mother Load

MOTHER LOAD - Written by Carroll Bryant

Everybody's going 'round looking for a heart of gold

I took it one step further, I found the mother load

Now you know that it's true

The person I'm talking 'bout is you

I found me the mother load of the heart of gold

I found me the mother load of the soul of gold

Everybody's going 'round looking for moneys fame

I'm rich in the heart ever since you took my name

 Now you know that it's true

The person I'm talking 'bout is you

I found me the mother load of the heart of gold

I found me the mother load of the soul of gold

I found me the mother load of the heart of gold

I found me the mother load of the soul of gold

And when I see you smile

And when I hear your voice

Life seems so worthwhile 

There is no other choice 

And when I think about it

There's only one thing you could be

You're only one thing to me

The mother load

I found me the mother load of the heart of gold

I found me the mother load of the soul of gold

I found me the mother load of the heart of gold

I found me the mother load of the soul of gold

This Is The World

THIS IS THE WORLD - Written by Carroll Bryant

I see a ghost flying over me

Some kind of spirit, will it let me be?
Or will it conquer my mind, body and soul?

Will it answer questions that I need answered so?

Millions of people live their daily lives

They have adapted to their daily routine

They are only visions of what time has made of them

They are the people who share this planet with me

This is the world that I live in

(You and me)

This is the moment that I only care about 

This is the ruin of my destiny

This is the world that I would choose to live without

I hear a voice that is calling out my name

Sounds as if it comes from somewhere down below

But I raise my hands to the clouds and the man

Who is to answer the questions I need answered so

What is the meaning of this life that we lead?

Is it a duty that is handed down to you and me?

Over and over I think all of the time

Life is but a journey and you'll leave something behind

This is the world that I live in

(You and me)

This is the moment that I only care about 

This is the ruin of my destiny

This is the world that I would choose to live without

I see a ghost flying over me

Some kind of spirit, will it let me be?

Or will it conquer my mind, body and soul?

Will it answer questions that I need answered so?

This is the world that I live in

(You and me)

This is the moment that I only care about 

This is the ruin of my destiny

This is the world that I would choose to live without

Human With Wings

HUMAN WITH WINGS - Written by Carroll Bryant

I want to fly away someday

And search for another reason to live again

Maybe love is the answer

I don't know

The situation's too complicated to say

I want to fly away

Like a human with wings

That's what I want to be

A human with wings

So I can fly away

A human with wings

That's what I want to be

A human with wings

So I can fly away

Fly through the night skies 

A heart in flight

And remain in tact with life again

Travel through time and space and then

See what I can find again

I want to fly away

Like a human with wings

That's what I want to be

A human with wings

So I can fly away

A human with wings

That's what I want to be

A human with wings

So I can fly away

I want to fly away someday

And serach for another reason to love again

Maybe soul is the answer

I don't know

The situation's too complicated to say

I want to fly away

Like a human with wings

That's what I want to be

A human with wings

So I can fly away

A human with wings

That's what I want to be

A human with wings

So I can fly away

Under The Overpass

UNDER THE OVERPASS - Written by Carroll Bryant

Down under the overpass 

Dreams are  scarce and they die fast

Nobody knows who they want to be

But it's simple, you see

Down under the overpass

Dreams are scarce and they die fast

Nobody knows who they are

It's so bizarre 

And the people make excuses

For being late to the party

And the ones who got there early

Wanted to leave before it started

And the reruns on the TV 

Are getting older than you and me

But just like life, I'm sorry

That's just the way it's got to be

Down under the overpass

Dreams are scarce and they die fast

Nobody knows what to do

For me and for you

Down under the overpass

Dreams are scarce and they die fast

Nobody thinks in terms of fate

That's a mistake

And the people take from a wealthy man

And gives it to somebody else

Who has their own little cookie jar

Stashed up on a shelf

And it's crazy the way we breathe and live

And sometimes it makes me cry

There's so much for us in this world to give

So much before we die

Down under the overpass

Dreams are scarce and they die fast

They die fast 

The Living Dead

THE LIVING DEAD - Written by Carroll Bryant

You know sometimes life seems like such a waste

The bitter pill we all have to swallow has such a nasty taste

The hustle and bustle of day in and day out

Leaves me wondering, hey, what's it all about?

Why are we living?

Why are we here?

Doesn't anybody have the answer?

We're called the living dead

Death already has us

We are the living dead

It's wrapped us and trapped us

We're dead

Oh, you got to get me out of here

I'm an alien of life

I don't belong here

You got to get me out

Got to get me out

You got to get me out tonight

We're called the living dead

Death already has us

We are the living dead

It's wrapped us and trapped us

We're dead

We are the living dead

Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

I'm dead

Oh, my God, I'm dead

Oh, my God, we're dead

We're all in this death trap

We're dead

We are the living dead

Sweet Jesus knows we're dead

Death already owns us

We're dead

We're called the living dead

Everybody in this whole dead world knows it

We're dead

The world is the home of the living dead

 Hey, what's it all about?