Stonewall

STONEWALL - Written by Carroll Bryant

"I turn on the television, and see it all around me. Pain. Suffering. Hurt. Human tragedy. Mother Nature lashing out against the world and its inhabitants, who choose to destroy its beauty. The uncanny happenstance of forces which we cannot control yet we live our day to day lives knowing full damn good and well that at any certain moment, it could happen to us. Or do we lie to ourselves and lay claim that 'it only happens to the other person'? I suppose I have been most fortunate that nothing too extreme has ever happened to me, but I know that could change on a dime. Nonetheless, I watch the images on the screen as people, with all of this so-called knowledge, stare in shock at the destruction they thought they were immune to. I stand there and watch it. I stand there and watch it all. I stand there like a .... stonewall."

They're screaming out for mercy 

As the flood flows through their yard

Earthquakes leave them shaken 

And it's eating at their heart

Fires burned their life away

As smoke fills up their head

Tragedy has left their loved ones

Written off as dead

They're fighting for survival

And their sweat becomes their blood

They're praying for their Jesus

To spare a little love

They're running down a hallway

Like they're looking for a door

Their neighbor walks in shadows

And he's raping all the pretty girls

I see it all around me 

As their faces paint the fear

Buried underground

Now let me make it absolutely clear

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I don't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I won't fall

Standing like a stonewall

Caught up in the riots

Watch them running from the knife

Lonely women search for husbands

Men seek out a wife

They're passing out the money

Take it back expecting more

Buy a gun to have some fun

Until you just can't have no more

Apprehending suspects 

Has become a special game

Getting caught then getting off

Because everyone's insane

They're feeding off of messages

That spilll from evil tongues

While having sex and sex and sex

And sexed until it kills them

I hear it all around me

And they're screaming from the pain

Buried underground

Now let me make this absolutely plain

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I don't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I won't fall

Standing like a stonewall

Wake up in the morning

And we find the bed a mess

Competition everyday

Working for that success

We know what we want

We know what we need

We know what we want

All to want to succeed

All the men

All the women

All to want is not what's given

To laugh

To cry

To work

Achieve 

To destroy

To all we know we must bleed

Everyone can suck-seed

I smell it all around me

And with it I can tell

We're digging up ungrateful deads

On our way to holy hell

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I don't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

Watching all your tribal wars

I'm steady and I won't fall

Standing like a stonewall

I'm standing like a stonewall

A stonewall that never falls

Fairytale

FAIRYTALE - Written by Carroll Bryant

Scoping out the land of Oz 

For something that doesn't exist at all

It can't be seen but always is believed

So I walk the yellow brick road

Concerned with stories that I was boldly told

Reality hides behind a distant, fading dream

Imagine what the soul could be

Love is fairytale to me

Love only lives in dreams

It takes a magic carpet ride to heal the blind

And live so happily

Love only lives in dreams

With Cinderella and family

It takes a wish to provide the scene

Love only lives in dreams

I close my eyes at night

Pray upon a shooting star

With no luck in my sights

I wonder how far you really are

Twinkle, twinkle, but I can't see

So how am I to believe

To hunger for the touch so much

Score one for blasphemy 

Imagine what the soul could be

Love is fairytale to me

Love only lives in dreams

It takes a magic carpet ride to heal the blind

And live so happily

Love only lives in dreams

With Cinderella and family

It takes a wish to provide the scene

Love only lives in dreams

So I walk the yellow brick road

Concerned with stories that I was boldly told

Reality hides behind a distant, fading dream

Imagine what the soul could be

Love only lives in dreams

It takes a magic carpet ride to heal the blind

And live so happily

Love only lives in dreams

With Cinderella and family

It takes a wish to provide the scene

Love only lives in dreams

Imagine what the heart could be

Love is fairytale to me

Little Girl Without A Smile

LITTLE GIRL WITHOUT A SMILE - Written by Carroll Bryant

She sits there in the dark with her radio on

Little girl without a smile 

Feels so all alone

She recollects her memories

Her dreams dance on the dawn

Life stands motionless and so time keeps moving on

What remains is a bitterness

A desperate chance for love

Sin can be washed away but forever keeps in touch

Looking out of her window she sees her childhood past

Fires burned her soul inside

Untill all that's left is ash

She points her eyes to a peccant as she tries so hard to cry

She neglects her self respect and often wonders why

Her innocence stopped shining yet she still thanks the moon

The inner strength of her character keeps ranging from dead to je-june 

She can't see that her presence can last for all and awhile

Bows her head from her bed

Little girl ... without a smile

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

I just don't understand it

I'm not even gonna try

One of heavens angels was touched by dirty fingers

It's enough to make your spirit to just wanna die, die, die

She sits there in the dark with her radio on

Little girl without a smile ... feels so all alone