Swing the tire

Swing the tire

When the tension mounts, had

Swing the tire from the high

I don’t know the last time I

Swing the tire even if you’re

Is there a problem with your

Swing the tire and see

Sometimes you got to go back

Swing the tire, feel the warm

Swing the tire

Tim Windisch

12/21/2023

I tried

Needed someone who really cared

Were beat before and it left you scared

I gave you everything that I thought you needed

So why’m I feeling like a boxer on his back defeated

I never understand

Not how we planned

She cried

I tried

Sitting alone staring at the regrets I carry

Found the one to be with forever, to marry

I’m driving through a pinball machine and then I tilt

Times get so bad I want to run but it’s not how I’m built

Steam slowly subsides

Emptiness turns my insides

She cried

I tried

But damn I didn’t try hard enough and I ain’t never gonna

It may be dark outside baby, but I see fine cause my torch

I carry it for you and that damn flame burns me now and then

I’ve been burned before and baby for you I’d be burned again

Cause I am so blind without you

Mama show me lovin’ like you do

Mmm she sighed

I’m glad I tried

Tim Windisch

12/09/2023

Be careful what you wish for

If I found a bottle with a genie, suppose he questioned my

If he said to me, “Master you can quench any thirst or quell

Power to rule all, or share it with all so their lives are

With your wishes come grave consequences, be careful what

Major Nelson stumbles on Barbara Eden and I get the conscience

Paused about me on a throne but I think I’d rather the guy

Money can be such a blessing usually it’s a curse, like the

Got to watch how it’s spent so you don’t go broke, yeah be

But I ain’t stumbled across any bottles worth keeping,  money’s not the thing I value

Give me a life filled with love, let my days be spent with

You want magic? There’s more magic in your kiss than all the

I want you with or without any cash, I know what’s in store,

Tim Windisch

12/05/2023

Sit right next to you

I’m cold as ice or that’s how it felt

Like, no woman could ever melt

with a text, excite me with a smile, make me swoon with a

and captivate me with the warmth of her tender love such as

Baby it's you since those eyes of yours grabbed a hold of my

Gas station parking lot, head over heels babe ever since the

There is nothing in this whole wide world that I wouldn’t do

Just to have the chance to be the guy to sit right next to

Love never seems to want to hang around

Spent more time lost until the day I found

Beguiled by those eyes, enraptured by your gentle loving

Yet strong enough to help me stand, babe you can do so much

Come along and help me guide our ship and we’ll plot a

Onward to happiness, side by side we make an unbeatable

There is nothing in this whole wide world I wouldn’t do for

Just to have the chance to be the guy to sit right next to

Just to have that chance, hold your pretty little hand, kiss

Tim Windisch

12/01/2023

Lord knows we need more of these

Feeling your warm breaths across my chest,

close nights with you are the best

Soaking in the sunshine splash me with jet spray, laughter to kisses it’s my day

Lord knows we need more of these, babe I’m down on my knees

Lord knows we need more of these

Sipping hot coffee on a cold morning at sunrise, tripping on

Ordinary things become wondrous in your view, the day goes

Lord knows we need more of these, I long to see what a happy

Lord knows we need more of these

Swinging by the fire long after the sun sets, together

Graying some, not moving quite as fast, content spending our

Lord knows we need more of these, we love them all and our

Lord we need more of these

Tim Windisch

11/30/2023

Prolonged aggravation

Seems a few minutes become days,

our utopia’s  been lost in a haze

Can’t see through the fog,

headaches from the howling of the dog

Stranded in the dark run out of fuel,

my Iphone is nearly dead, how cruel

Bang my fist in anger on the dash,

thinkin how sweet life could be with a little cash

Sometimes it seems life can be such a tease

Go from happy to hell as quick as a sneeze

Can’t see wonderland through your looking glass

there’s too much condensation

But most of all darling it seems

you're suffering from a case of prolonged aggravation

Sometimes you blink and seem to lose a day, remember when it

Looking forward was such a lovely thought,

sharing the connection that you perpetually sought

Spinning in excuses and fears coated with regret,

despite telling yourself you deserve better, you forget

Sometimes it seems life can  be such a tease

Go from happy to hell as quick as a sneeze

Can’t see wonderland through your looking glass there’s too

But most of all darling it seems you're suffering from a case

Run away from the cycle that’s always stuck on spin, open

Be the engine that runs the train down your own tracks, drive

Let’s roll away from the weight of the pain, ride in style

The journey of a lifetime right there in our mind, the two

Sometimes it seems life can  be such a tease

Go from happy to hell as quick as a sneeze

Can’t see wonderland through your looking glass there’s too

But most of all darling it seems you're suffering from a case

Let’s bring it to a close, all steady as she goes, steam

Drifting off into the night sky, dissipating into thin air

Tim Windisch

11/27/2023

A touch of

Tragedies

The heroine

To occur

She saw the

Those soft

It’s a blur

What seemed

Leaves a

Passionate

Sharp icicles

Alibi’s

Loneliness

Leaves

Echo’s of

Silence ain’t

Not knowing

What happened

Northerly

Angel lost

Freezing me

There’s a

And the

Cools the

So spark a

And those

We just get

Elevate to

Hearts on

Melting as

Happy in

Tim Windisch

11/16/2023

Old Familiar Christmas Tunes

I hear the old familiar Christmas tunes; I hear the blaring

Ads for toys, jewelry and get aways, parties where everyone

Love is in the air, a brisk breeze out of nowhere, pretty

Christmas is surely coming soon; Santa is posing for

Tiny shops are enjoying the boon, grabs your coats say hello

And children are still children, despite the difference of

The awe and delight of presents wrapped bright, brings even

And I remember how my mom would recount her youth, telling

These older eyes dampen as I realize that what really made

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I loved each

And the feasts were delicious, along with every free drink

But after the glitter from the packages is gone, as I sweep

Once I have sampled every cookie, read every card, and seen

The things that stay with me the most, as I pack away the

Are the times spent enjoying family and friends, another

Thank you all for sharing the smiles, hugging me and kissing

Cause every year, I get the memories out while the old

Merry Christmas everybody!

12/09/2021

Tim Windisch

A Christmas thought

Trimmed the tree, strung the lights

Played the old familiar Christmas songs

My mind and me, thought of passed nights

All of us harmonizing Mitch Miller sing-alongs

Dreaming of the white, my finances in the red

Worries like the lawn buried down below

Special family nights, sharing good cheer instead

Hugs, love and the special drinks would flow

Presents and smiles, little children now grown

Pictures of “their kids” playing in the snow

I’ve travelled miles, rekindling joys I’ve known

Through it all, there’s just one thing I know

Every present out there, every Christmas cookie and cake

Every party, free buffet and *gasp* even an open bar

No matter I just don’t care, every last bit of it you can

Just leave me the wonderful memory of all that you are

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Tim Windisch

12/15/2016

Christmas memories

Way back when I was young you know

I’d sit and watch the gently falling snow

With dreams of presents wrapped and under the tree

All sorts of sizes and colors, with a bunch tagged just for

I was always certain that Santa Claus would make it so

Catalogs were all we had, cause there was no internet

Laptops, I-pods and cell phones hadn’t even been invented

A TV commercial, store display, a little bit of imagination

Were enough to set us dreaming and creating our own

Which, kids being kids, never seemed to match the things

But no matter the gift you opened, be it books or cologne

Toys you craved, some homemade clothes I was proud to own

Soon the dust had settled, and all the pretty paper was torn

Toys all played with, books read, and the new clothes worn

As I look back those were the best times that I have known

Everyone crowding together for that holiday pic in the

And pictures didn’t get posted online, we didn’t even see

Needed flashbulbs and film, take it to the store and wait a

Take a ton of pictures and grumble how much you had to pay

Folks set up a card game, while the kids made plans and

Before you knew, parents were calling kids, the night would

Hugs and kisses and see you soon, screaming bye and waving

Those great big family gatherings, you know they happened on

Many faces have passed, places sold, cousins moved, but the

If absence makes the heart grow founder, mines a mountain

Merry Christmas to all who left here for a better place,

Your life has left a mark on me and without your memory I’d

And to all my friends and family, those both near and far

I raise a toast, Happy New Year! Love and warmth no matter

May the wind be at your back, the sun light your way until

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

I love you, one and all

Tim Windisch

11/12/2017