Story of a wild young woman who changes as life causes remolding, and the one that couldn't embrace the new woman she was forced to become.

Lyrics:

[verse 1]

Carefree and untamed

I first caught your eye

The wild child who just wanted to fly

You did all you could to pin me down

And as love swept in, I came around

Time heals wounds, but changes our stories

As life and family brought on new worries

[chorus]

We started off strong

Little tied us down

I loved that life too

Til’ I had to come around

I took on alone

Life’s responsibilities

And found you loved what used to be

More than me

[verse 2]

As you climbed the ladder

I took care of the rest

The bills, the house, the kids, I tried to do my best

I had to change from the girl I’d been

To mother they needed, what you hadn’t seen

You needed to know me, as I started to change

Embrace this new woman, who felt trapped in a cage

[chorus]

We started off strong

Little tied us down

I loved that life too

Til’ I had to come around

I took on alone

Life’s responsibilities

And found you loved what used to be

More than me

[verse 3]

The kids grew up quick

But you weren’t around

I took them to recitals, while you ran around town

I needed a partner who understood the new me

Who sometimes wanted to fly, wanted to be free

Time heals wounds, but shifts our direction

While the woman I became still longed for affection

[guitar solo]

[bridge]

You still want something that you helped disappear

So I hope that this letter makes everything clear

[chorus]

We started off strong

Little tied us down

I loved that life too

Til’ I had to come around

I took on alone

Life’s responsibilities

And found you loved what used to be

More than me

This song was based on a conversation I had with a friend as I was leaving California to move to Nashville. When she asked if I was al packed up, I said, "yep, and it looks like my entire life fits in nine boxes!" To which she exclaimed, "that's a country song!" So here it is.

NINE BOXES

I had the looks, I had the smile

and the game down cold

Could turn a head

didn't know how to fold.

Thought I was the king of the nighttime scene,

But I couldn’t see how I had tarnished my queen,

She said,

"You're may see yourself runnin' this town,

But you're blinded to the one you've been letting down.

Chorus 1:

Now I'm standin' in the driveway, starin' at my sins

Packed up memories in a few plastic bins.

Turns out it ain’t much, all my style, kicks, and watches,

'Cause in the end

My life fits in nine boxes.

Verse 2:

While the words came easy

I played the fool

Thought I could bend hearts

like I bent the rules

But love ain’t built on hollow charm or shallow pride

It’s in the moments you share standin' by her side

Now she’s gone, and I’m just left with this

Lost and alone, stuck with nine little bits.

Chorus 2:

Now I'm standin' in the driveway, starin' at my sins

Packed up memories in a few plastic bins.

Turns out it ain’t much, all my style, kicks, and watches,

'Cause in the end

My life fits in nine boxes.

(Yeah!)

Bridge:

I had the world at my feet, but her heart in my hands

Now its slipped away, like the shifting sand

Funny how it takes losin’ it all to see

The only thing worth keepin’ was her love for me!

Chorus 3

Now I'm standin' in the driveway, starin' at my sins

Packed up memories in a few plastic bins.

I'd trade it all, all my style, kicks, and watches,

When in the end

Your life fits in nine boxes.

Lyrics:

I DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU NOW

Girl, we've shared so much

I know your dreams

And it's breaking my heart apart

To know they don't include me

I fought to play the hero

I Gave it my best try

Though your life's not mine to save

But in this final moment

Whispering goodbye

Emotions flood me like a wave

(chorus)

But I don't want to hold you now

Cause I won't let you go

I'd lie to myself

Say I'll get through some how

But I'm not that strong

So don't take it wrong

If I don't want to hold you now

Your smile could light my soul

Now memories must do

Still I can't bear the thought

Of someone else holding you

Caught between clinging to my heart

And a love worth letting go

So don't mistake my silence

For a man not pulled apart

Cause my heart is screaming no

Chorus

(bridge)

And I know your flame will burn brighter

When it’s free to breathe

But it’s taking all I am

Just to let you let you leave

This one I wanted to add the lyrics, because there is a lot going on here:

WHEN WE LOST GOD AS CREATOR (Written by David W Litwin)

[verse 1]

On a distant island

A man of science makes a new conclusion

Staring out at nature

He asserts the divine is just an illusion

He comes home to much fanfare

He publishes a paper

The world takes a new turn

When we lost God as Creator

[verse 2]

Behind stain glass windows

Men in cloth start to clamor

They thought the inerrancy of their sacred text

Had been shattered with a hammer

So they shifted to fear and the Hereafter

And life lost its wonder

They retained some sway and control

But lost God as Creator

[chorus 1]

I’m not here to argue how He did it

I wasn’t there

The method and the timeline

I really don’t care

I only know the world is getting darker

It’s fading to black

When we’re meant to live in technicolor

And I want it back

[verse 3]

In the walls of a classroom

Johnny sits to hear

At the center of existence

There’s no purpose made clear

Though he can’t fully grasp it

Its affects are felt later

Anything to fill the void

When you lose God as Creator

[chorus 2]

I’m not here to argue how He did it

It may just not matter

The method and the timeline

Becomes meaningless chatter

I only know the world is getting darker

It’s fading to black

When we’re meant to live in technicolor

And I want it back

[bridge]

We lost wonder at our core

On that first fateful day

Look at our current world

And ask, what cost have we paid?

[chorus 3]

I’m not here to argue how He did it

I wasn’t there

The method and the timeline

I really don’t care

I only know we’re made in His Image

Which adds to the fact

When we’re meant to live in technicolor

And I want it back

Hard Alternative song about the treatment of our homeless veterans.

Song about love and loss.

"Piano Man" style song about the aura of a bar.

"The Juke Box may be broken,

But in here there's always song..."

Song about a man who realizes that the woman he loves he needs to let go.

"And I know your flame'll burn brighter, when it's free to breathe,

but it's taking all I am, just to let you leave..."

Song about a man coming home from the first night of his first affair.

I Thought Forever Lasts Longer Than This by Podcast by Author and Designer, David W Litwin