I went to find the locksmith
But they told me there’s no need
Locks are made for people and here we have no greed
Then I went to find a policeman
But none were to be found
Everywhere I looked I saw that good was all around
Chorus:
Where do you think you are?
Perhaps on a distant star
I fell asleep so easily
How could I get this far?
And how did I get here?
A dream? a scheme? a joke?
One thing that was clear
It was gone when I awoke
Then I went to find the doctor
But they said you never will
Harmony and balance here no reason to get ill
So I asked to see their leader
But they said what do you mean?
All of us are equal here there is no king or queen
©1997
by Paul Buchignani
~DOORWAY TO MY MEMORY~
Since you’ve been gone it’s been so cold in here
Since you’ve been gone I’ve been so lost in here
The curtains move with every gust of wind
Is this the day that you return again?
There in the doorway to my memory
You slowly turned around and waved at me
You could not hear me when I called your name
You disappeared back to from where you came
Bridge:
If you can hear me now
Give me a sign somehow
The embers glow, the fire dies away
It brought no warmth into my soul today
Since you’ve been gone it’s been so cold in here
Since you’ve been gone I’ve been so lost in here
©2002
by Paul Buchignani
~DRAWN AWAY~
Here in this temple
I wait for the moment to shine
Been here awhile
But I'm really not counting the time
Chorus:
Sometimes in life we get so drawn away
And the answers become so unclear
That's when I find I must stop for a day
Just to ponder the reason I'm here
Out in this forest
I hear the trees whisper to me
Doesn't take long
For my soul to wake up and go free
Back in the city
It's different but nothing has changed
Just like a room
Where the furniture's been rearranged
©2001 by Paul Buchignani
~DRIFTER~
When the air gets too hard to breathe I guess I’ll move away
It will be so hard to leave the ones who want to stay
It’s such a long, long road that lies ahead today
But I know that it’s just the price I have to pay
Chorus:
Time to leave again
The road’s your only friend
When you’re a drifter like me
So many worlds within this world I’ve yet to see
They say you should settle down but that’s no life for me
Sometimes you feel as though you’re just a refugee
But I know that it will subside eventually
Leave your cares, leave your cares behind…
©1998
by Paul Buchignani
~FEELIN' FINE~
I’m in the same place
But it’s a new time
I got the same face
But there’s some new lines
Still I can’t say it’s troubling me
I’m nowhere, but it’s nowhere that I’d rather be
The news of the day now
Is not so good
You know I would change a few things if only I could
But I’ve heard it so often before
Doesn’t bother me much anymore
Chorus:
Oh...I’m feelin’ fine now
It’s all gone crazy but I’m not gonna pay it no mind now
The rats can run their race
But I’m not keeping pace
Think I’ll stay inside today
They won’t miss me anyway
A fanciful notion
Has come over me
I’ll cross the ocean
Seek out some harmony
And that’s where I’m sure it will be
There’s a new world waiting for me
Somebody asked me
How are you doing today?
I couldn’t be better was all I could think of to say
But they don’t seem to care whether it’s even true
And they don’t have the time anyway to be talking to you
Chorus:
Oh I’m feelin’ fine now...
©2003
by Paul Buchignani
~FIND MY WAY~
Anthony help me
Oh won’t you help me find my way
And this I promise
That I will pay you back someday
These are the words I used when I was only a young boy
These are the words I use when I am lost and need
Some help along the way
All of my life I
Struggled to find my peace of mind
And to this day it’s
Something that I have yet to find
Working your days away towards some life of illusion
Trading your time for pay until your journey ends
With nothing left to give
Audi nos cantamos audi nos…
Anthony help me
Oh won’t you help me ease my mind
And this I promise
That I will pay you back some time
These are the words I used when I was only a young boy
These are the words I’ll use the day the voices say:
“There is no time today”
No time today
©1998 by Paul Buchignani
~FRAGILE~
Close your doors
Bolt your windows too
‘Cause the rabbit’s on the run
You think you’re safe from harm
You better realize
The earth can swallow anyone
Chorus:
How long can we live in a time
Out of balance and out of rhyme
The earth forgives every foolish mistake
But life is fragile and easy to break
Some are listening
Some will close their minds
Some will never see again
They don’t understand
Nature rules the land
That’s the way it’s always been
How long can we live in a time...
Bridge:
What are you gonna do?
Well I just don’t know
Where are you going to?
Nowhere to go
What are you thinking of?
What do you mean?
Guess I’ll figure it out another day
Close your doors-Bolt your windows too
‘Cause the rabbit’s on the run
How long can we live in a time...
©1988
by Paul Buchignani
~HOLLY~
Holly come back here
I’ve got some things to say and you’re walking away
Don’t just disappear
‘Cause when you boil it down all we’ve got is today
Chorus:
No I wasn’t always there
Still my door was always open for you
So I just don’t understand
What you said and what you’re choosing to do
Living day by day
Appreciating just what a moment can be
Then you have to say
The future’s closing in and I’m too blind to see
©1999
by Paul Buchignani
~IF I WERE YOU~
I gave my life to the system
And changed my ways to be just like them
But deep inside I slowly died most the time
And from this hole I never chose to climb
Chorus:
If I were you today
I’d pack my dreams and breakaway ‘cause
I know you’ll never find your happiness here
Never find it here
This day after day conformation
Can break your spirit and take your soul
You better run while you are young and strong
I only wish that I could come along
©1998
by Paul Buchignani
~LAVENDER~
Lavender’s the way I feel today
I can’t tell you why I feel this way
I’m carrying a world upon my shoulders
And I must admit I’m feeling older
Chorus:
Lavender blue
I’m turning to you
What would you do in my shoes?
Wading through time
No reason or rhyme
Now that I’m without you
Lavender’s a girl I used know
I can’t tell you why she had to go
But every now and then something reminds me
And I know I must put it behind me
Images of seasons left behind
Now have turned to winter in my mind
Frozen dreams await reality
But I need some help to break them free
©1997
by Paul Buchignani
~LIVING HERE THIS WAY~
Spend my time just making rhymes
As the evening falls around me
Guess there's nothing more to do
All that's left is an old guitar
And the four walls that surround me
Sure don't call this living, how about you?
Chorus:
Night or day it's really all the same to me
In the space of time I'm in now
Hard to say just how long I'll have to be
Living here this way now
I know this will pass away
And leave me standing taller
Fade into another day
Sentiments and memories
Have got a hold on me now
But time will chase them all away
Spend my time just making rhymes
As the morning falls around me
Guess I'll do it all again
I have heard that better times
Are just around the corner
But it's all the same 'til then
©1997
by Paul Buchignani
~THE MARCH OF TIME~
Faces change-Rearranged by the hands of time
Colors fade-Once again into black and white
From the mantle I hear a clock
The moments tick away
Chorus:
Even kings bow to their master, time
Empires crumble to the ground
All their armies cannot save them now
No shelter can be found
When time comes marching around
Fertile lands-Best laid plans turn to dust again
Earth and man-Life and sand become one again
In the distance I hear a bell
The moments ring away
Chorus:
Even kings bow to their master, time...
Setting sun-Rising moon and the ocean tides
Move as one-Day by day as the sands of time
Slowly pass through the hourglass
Our moments slip away
Chorus:
Even kings bow to their master, time...
©2005 by Paul Buchignani
~MELANCHOLY MIND~
I went out late Sunday afternoon
Evening shadows growing fast
Took a ride to put my thoughts aside
But yesterday just seemed to last
Chorus:
You think you’re on to something
But a melancholy mind
Makes it hard for those like me
To leave it all behind
I came by to see you one more time
But you wouldn’t see me through
Now here I am so many years away
Still holding on to what we knew
I was all right before I-drifted away
Back to a time where I should-not be today
©2001 by Jay Sinclair & Paul Buchignani
~MY OLD TOWN~
I can feel the early days of autumn
I’m back in town but no one seems to know me here
I stop to look at places I remember
There’s the school I spent so many early years
You began your new life where you left your old
Even though they say you never can go home
Walking through my old town
Chorus:
And everywhere I see
Memories of you and me
I must be moving on-No good for me to stay
It’s the last time I’ll be
Walking through my old town
So I asked someone if they could help me
Try to find what ever had become of you
I was told that you had found another
And you lived the life you always wanted to
You began your new life where you left your old
Even though they say you never can go home
I’m walking through my old town
Chorus:
And everywhere I see…
©2004 by Paul Buchignani
~OLD WORLD TIME~
The spires of the ancients rise above the European skyline
Towering dreams of the past among the modern day ruins
The spirits are here still living from the mountains to the coastline
Keeping the centuries alive and watching all that we're doing
Chorus:
Come with me we'll ride along the rails of history
There's no time to waste because there's so much left to see
I hear the old bell tower chime
It takes me back to old world time
Ages have past but it seems somehow that I've already been here
Building cathedrals or fighting in a battle over England
Now under siege I wonder if my life is going to end here
But I can see horses approaching with defenders of the kingdom
©2000 by Paul Buchignani
~ON THE THRESHOLD~
It’s the cold
It followed me here
And laid right down beside me
Any road
I chose to take
It always seemed to find me
Then I heard someone say-These words to help me
Chorus:
On the threshold of the rest of our lives
Lies the choice to either love or despise
Could it be that I’ve been wrong all these years
Grounded by fear
And drowning in tears
Spirits of
The future appeared
And laid right down beside me
I tried to run
But soon it was clear
That they were here to guide me
Then I heard them say-These words to help me
Chorus:
On the threshold of the rest of our lives...
©2002 by Paul Buchignani
~ONE OUT OF TWO~
Riding like the wind on the sands of this desert we call time
Never really knowing just who or what we leave behind
All the precious moments we take for granted like the air
And it is so easy to forget-I wonder if we care
Chorus:
Now I know that it’s true
The answer is finally coming through
You see it is written in the stars
Take my hand we’ll be one out of two
Can you remember when you were helpless as a child?
Try to see the world like you did for just a little while
Now when you look back you recall you saw me in a dream
That was long ago but very soon you’ll find out what it means
©1998
by Paul Buchignani
~QUESTIONS~
If you lost everything you had
Nearly stripped to the bone
Could you look out across the land
With all envy unknown?
Or would all that you used to have
Keep haunting your dreams?
Well you could live in misery
Or you could feel more free
Chorus:
Oh, it’s all borrowed time
These shackles and chains
Are all in your mind
Could it be
That simple is free?
It’s a question for you
It’s a lesson for me
If you lost everyone you had
Everyone you have known
Could you look out across the land
And be happy alone?
Could you make yourself promises
That you’d try to see through?
Realize there are others who
May be waiting for you?
©1997
by Paul Buchignani
~SHIP OF TRUTH~
I’ve walked a thousand miles
With a wounded heart
And found it hard to smile
Still I played my part
Chorus:
While we waited through the day
I was staring at the sky
When I finally looked away
The ship of truth was passing by
Oh clowns come take the stage
Join me for a while
And we’ll be all the rage
'Cause fools are back in style
Your present is your past
Decisions that were made
But I could not forecast
My kindness was betrayed
©1998
by Paul Buchignani
~THE LEGEND~
Step up to the stone
And take your chances
One and one alone
Will lead us out of this
Chorus:
He who wears the crown
I will follow
To the bitter end
Or on to victory
I will proudly
Wear the colors of the realm
On to Avalon
The once and future king
He’ll return again
I hear the people sing
©1998 by Paul Buchignani
~TRANSFORMATION~
I stand here
And turn my face to the sun
And welcome
A new day barely begun
Now mornings
I’ve seen so many before
But this one
I’ll honor a little bit more
Chorus:
Bathing myself in the light and the sounds
Of a new day
Breaking the chains of the past now it’s time
For a new way
I stand here
Arms embracing the sun
And welcome
A new life barely begun
In the middle of the night
I gained a new appreciation
It’s coming to fruition
My transformation
©1998 by Paul Buchignani & Mark Kanning
~TWO ROADS~
Look at them down there-all running around
I can remember when I was part of that crowd
I took my first breath of air and the race was on
It lasted seventy years-and then it was gone
Chorus:
And now you say there’s nothing here for you
But there’s one thing I think you should know
You say that life is so unfair to you
But you can only reap what you sow
He sat me down and said hear what I have to say
There’s two roads waiting ahead-you must choose a way
Your passion flowing within is a place to start
‘Cause you’ve been thinking too much-look inside your heart
Then he disappeared
Left me here alone with my thoughts and my fears
But his words rang true
Maybe they can even be helpful to you
©1999
by Paul Buchignani
~WASTE OF TIME~
We talked about the future but we couldn’t leave the past
You told me that you thought your life was moving much too fast
You said you’re feeling down and you said you’re feeling out
You said you’re coming back again but I really have my doubts
Chorus:
And every time you walk away
It seems that you are gone to stay
Then I call you but you’re M.I.A.
Could it be that you decided
That I was just a waste of time?
I can’t think of a melody and I can’t think of a rhyme
I can’t make any sense of anything that comes to mind
The up is going down and the in is going out
And I could not begin explaining what it’s all about
Here I am back where I started again
Lost in the moment and left to pretend
©2000
by Paul Buchignani
~WINTERGREEN~
I walk along a road-a winter afternoon
With a soul as barren as the trees
Straining under weight of thoughts and memories
And images that seem to walk beside me
I know I have to pull myself…
Chorus:
Away from yesterday
But I don’t know when
Thought I could today
But evening’s come again
On a lonely road-another afternoon
I can hear the sunlight on the snow
It’s the sound of time melting my past away
Though nevermore will you be here beside me
I know I have to pull myself...
Away from yesterday
But I don’t know when
Thought I could today
But evening’s come again
December days are filled with promises
But so much time before they’re seen
Surrounded now by only dark and gray
I’m searching for some wintergreen
©2000
by Paul Buchignani