I'll Say When
I should be in my car
Driving farther away from you and your memory
But I’m waiting at the bar, and you are
Not coming back to me
Chorus:
But I’ll say when
When my glass is full again
And I’m a fool again with someone new
And I’ll know then
That I can feel again
When it’s real again with someone who isn’t you
Well, I thought that I was free
But thoughts of you are haunting me
They linger in my mind
Like a dream that I can never find
Chorus:
But I’ll say when
When my glass is full again
And I’m a fool again with someone new
And I’ll know then
That I can live again
When I can give myself to someone who isn’t you
I’m drowning in my gin
It seems like I can never win
So, pour some more tears
And add some bitters to my lonely years
Chorus:
But I’ll say when
When my glass is full again
And I’m a fool again with someone new
And I’ll know then
That I can love again
I’ll rise above again with someone who isn’t you
Copyright 2015 by Frank J. Bengier Jr.
Just Three Words
We are apart
The hills are resting between us
I reach out my hand
Gently, it touches your hair
A light breeze stirs some branches outside your window
Breathing so soft and true
The sound echoes through shadows breaking the silence
Finding it’s way to you
Chorus:
And just three words can change all I thought I knew
Say them just once and I am so close to you
We are apart
The snow is falling between us
It forms a soft blanket over your heart
I watch it rising and falling next to your pillow
With every breath you take
I wonder if I am dreaming when it’s the morning
I never want to wake
Chorus:
And just three words can change all I thought I knew
Say them just once and I become one with you
We are apart
But nothing is ever between us
Not even time can hold us away for too long
It rolls on all alone now into the sunset
Of some exotic land
Until somehow it finds us lost in each other
Side by side again
Chorus:
And just three words can change all I thought I knew
Say them just once and I’ll become one with you
Copyright 2015 by Frank J. Bengier Jr.
No More
Well I saw her down by the lake
Where we made our first mistake
There was something in the water
Told me I ain’t got her
Chorus:
No more, no more, no more
I ain’t got her no more
No more, no more, no more
I ain’t got her no more
Well we met out, out on the road
If she was ever desperate, it never showed
We were running like the rails in the summer heat
Two hearts in the same direction that never meet
Chorus
The last time that I heard her cry
Was the first time in my life I knew why
I’d been running from the trail of all these years
While she was dropping time in every tear
Chorus
Copyright © 2006 by Frank Bengier Jr.
Second Story
In the darkness, hold on to me
Make the moment eternity
Break the empty, silent, space we share
When I reach out, I’ll find you lying there
(In the moment, hold on)
Picked up his clothes and went down the fire escape
Nothing new for this Don Juan of the city
Catch the subway to the Eastside
East of Eden, outcast without pity
Chorus:
I can see the end
Second story
The beginning’s the same
I can see the end
It’s only expected of somebody like me
(In the moment, hold on)
Setting for two, but tonight she’s eating alone
Some rain inside her is starting to fall
Through her windows
Past her glances I can
Read the writing upon her walls
Chorus:
Bad situations call for making some
Bad decisions for clarity
Desperation borne on dead air
Lets your words fly with blood on their wings
Chorus
In the darkness, hold on to me
Copyright 1999 by Frank J. Bengier Jr.
A .45
A .45 a .38 a .22
A .45 a .38 a .22
Night is shaken by the sound
Life is taken to the ground
Chorus:
A .45 a .38 a .22
A .45 a .38 a .22
Make the trip to the cell to watch him pay
Lay it to rest for completion as they say
"Another victory!" we all cried
But I still feel like the losing side
Chorus
Throw the switch
As I look into his eyes
No remorse, no satisfaction as he dies
Words are spoken but nothing’s said
Her voice is broken on the bed
Chorus
Copyright 2003 by Frank J. Bengier Jr.
