Lyricist - Author, Poet Suzanne Mondoux - SONGS / POEMS OF THE DAY July 2020

It’s been a long time since I met you So many years gone by ‘til you kissed me I hear you cry so many nights next to me I’m so lonely with you I turn to you and watch you sleep In my heart for you I still love as if it’s new

Love as if it’s the first time What a nice feeling to be with you I’ll remember for you Love as if it’s all that is

The walks we took together Love as if it’s all we had That’s enough for me Hmm, whoa, whoa, hmm, whoa, whoa Love as if it’s all there is

The beauty of this life I see you smile I love the way you look up at the stars I know you’re dreaming for you and me You search for a glimpse of the way you used to be I love as if that’s where we are

Love as if that’s all there is The many nights we fell asleep in each others arms Love as if that’s all there ever was Love of my life, I love as if you’re all there is

Take me by the hand to a place I’ve been before To a place I know so well, I love being there Or to a place I’ve never been, but know so well It knows me too well, we recognize one another In the land of the wild, of the free, of the dreams we dream so well Take me by the hand, lets make a chain of hands A hand in mind, with another, becoming one A brand new land, a brand new day What lies ahead this chain of hands Whose face do you see, which way are they looking Take me by the hand and take me where I want to be Where I want to sleep, rest my dreams in my dreams See me dreaming in my dreams Feel this feeling of being me, when you take me by the hand So long this chain of hands, never two the same Never two looking the same way, whose face do you see What leads me to this place Take me by the hand so I may see who leads me there For a moment in time life stands still right here Take me by the hand and spin me round till I fall Silly with laughter I look around where all this leads Some places familiar, others too strange to remember Some no place I’ve been before, where does this lead Others I know too well where I’m headed Take me by the hand into my direction Lead me astray so I can find my way Into the shadow of my life, so long ago, and yet so close I see what was I see what was when you take me by the hand to where I don’t know I don’t know where all this goes, I don’t really want to know It seems the mystery of life is often better than too much certainty I like them both, I’m better for the contrast of my life, of this life Take me by the hand, where else do I want to go Take me by the hand, I’ll know when to let go

Take me in your arms and never let me go Sing me to sleep, draw me into your dreams I love the way you love me, what a feeling You take me as I am, only the best of me Take me as I am, you get the best of me

We were young, we wed, children were created Each day a new life, our life refreshed Take me as I am, you get the best of me The best of our life, we saw the light in us The fire in our eyes, for you, for me You took me as I am, only the best of us

We let life flow through us, together we were one Our independence united us Our self created this life for us Take me as I am was the best choice we ever made You took me as I am, only the best of what was I Only the best of what was you

Gathering all the memories, the joy of our life The memories of our tears, together we endured Together we made this life for us Our children learned about love They learned how to love themselves How to love another For you take me as I am, you only get the best of me The best of a life you decide The best of you

I don’t have much to say, but I know what I want The way you move, only for my eyes Hmm, in the light of the midnight moon, you’re all I want Stay with me till I wake, for the whole day, if you want I want you

Hmm, oh baby one more night In the glow of the moonlight I rest my head next to yours I watch you sleep so peacefully

Oh baby one more night before you change your mind Change you mind to stay forever A glimpse of you is all I need I stayed close to you, always in sight of the light Oh baby light of my life, one more night

Oh baby one more night in your tender loving arms I’m but a shadow in your light Oh love of my life, one more night for the sake of our love A love that we’ve known for so long You carry the torch of our life together

To see you smile at someone else I turn away, I imagine you’re someone else I packed your things like you asked There was a day you left your things behind I kept your perfume, if you don’t mind

Oh baby one more night Light of my life, I love you so One more night before you change your mind

So long ago since I felt the touch of a kind hand The fall of my soul, on my knees before me Then with wings of an angel around me, singing No shame for a soul in need

Crying at the feet of my angel I lay there, forever and a day Could I feel no shame, something I’ve yet to know How far I’ve fallen, just above seems to high to reach I rest at her feet, where I want to stay, forever and a day

She sings to me, no shame for the love you seek For every step you take together we stand, together we walk No shame in saying you’re sorry to those you love for what you did No shame in seeking your own forgiveness

My angel at my ready sings to me Cradled in her wings she breaths life into to me No shame in my redemption, she sings to me Atone with an open heart for self, no room for shame, she sings to me Salvation in the arms of my angel

She sets me down, my feet on the ground, she points the way My head low, I fear what lies ahead No shame she sings to me, she wraps her wings around me She points the way, look to me, she sings No shame in me No shame in you, she sings to me

Far gone in my weariness An enduring pain of all the days gone by The Gods are silence, the palace of wisdom emptied You took me away to a blank place, once painted Where I lay once, where I loved once So fine the mould and feature of our life

All the pain of a dream gone by Of this world departed so far from me Hmm, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa Hmm, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa Tremor of wind on my back Splash of rain on my face All the pain of our days gone by

The dawn of day awakes my soul Through the light of the day I charm my way Seeking the wisdom of the Gods Ease all the pain of my heart Leave no stone unturned No tears to wipe clean from my face

Hmm, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa All the pain of my soiled apparel All the pain of my being All the pain of my soul Where to go in the light of a new day I take my rein and raised my whip into the wind on my face

What of a life I was born Who stood the test of time in a blank place, once painted with love The clatter of the voices all around But where are the Gods, so silent in my prayers I lash out at the sight of me, all the pain of fear All the pain of a life I’ve lived When do I turn the page When can I bathe in a golden light of the day

All the pain of a crying soul So loud my tears, I drown out the whisper of the Gods The wisdom of my own soul I drown out of the sound of my own voice, the whisper of the Gods In all the pain, my heart urges me into silence In all the pain, so gently it subsides in the silence of my own heart

I shrugged off my lonely rage and leapt for the edge With my bow in my hand, I shot my arrows from the quiver I hit my target that I’ve never hit before I drew blood, never seen before Just as I leaned in to lift your beautiful hand I saw the ring on your finger

What remains of what I imagined for you and me I leapt for the edge into the abyss So strong the want in me of you So tender the love I felt for you What remains of this day I met you

Up and down and all around I went Little did I know there was much more left to this day Sun near its night, I felt my mortal death approach Alone in what remains of this night What remains with what I imagined

What remains as I take it all in Hmm, Whoa, Hmm, Whoa What remains at the contempt of my reflection I watched where I stepped Leapt where I looked What remains of me in the green of your eyes

I dream of what remains I lift your beautiful hand and kiss it goodnight I bid you farewell once my wife While I’m still alive I seek what remains No more blood shed from the man in me

What remains in my moonlight Once a shadow of my heart What remains in the awakening of my life

I’ve been there before So crazy in love I thought of nothing else I’ve seen it all before Love is an ending

What have I got to lose By being alone When love is an ending

What is different this time around You say all the right things You make all the right moves What’s new this time

What have I got to gain It’s been so long, what different can it make Being alone is all I know When love is an ending

I’ve seen what love does So forgive me if I say thank you, but no Love is an ending For now, it’s where I like to stay

What have I got to know It won’t be any different this time I know love is an ending I’m already there, that’s what I know

What have I got to lose By being alone When love is an ending

It was the end the day I saw you leave with your bags in your hands You left me your key with an address to forward your mail It was all so easy for you

I wonder, how to begin again You make it look so easy You made up your mind And then you were gone

How to begin again When nothing was left unsaid I saw you glance at me in the mirror You came so close to staying

You blew me a kiss goodbye And drove away never looking back I waited as long as I could see you just in case How to begin again in such a state I stood alone watching you drive our life away

How to begin again The stress alone will make me dead How to begin again in a place I don’t know Alone with the children Is it one day to the next I don’t know, is this how to begin again

What choice do I have In my lonely place with my children How to begin again How to see through the next day How to begin again with their soul in my hands

I saw the writing on the wall I looked the other way I’m so far in, I feel like a fool Taken for a fool Taken for granted I gave you all I had Nothing left undone for you to want

Taken for granted What more is there to give This can never be undone Can I turn another page What story have I written for myself Taken for granted I read between the lines

Taken for granted There must be something to laugh about Something to say whoops I didn’t see that coming There’s no wishful thinking now That time has come and gone Taken for granted When it stared me in the face

I can’t even say I was blind to it all I opened the door and let you in knowing who you were Knowing who I was, what we were all about Being taken for granted was no great task So easy I was, can’t even say I was naïve Can’t even say I was innocent To be taken for granted, I let myself out Taken for granted, I shut myself out

No giving back what was taken That me doesn’t exist anymore Taken for granted from who I once was You won’t find me, no recognizing me You won’t know me, taken for granted was me Taken for granted will always be remembered Remembering who you were Being taken for granted once me Taken for granted was a best of me Now I grant me a new destiny

I waited for you I watched you from my car When I saw you, you took my breath away You look so lovely tonight Will you have this dance with me You’re the only one I want to dance with Tonight and every night You take my breath away

I will wait all night for you to take my hand You take my breath away So please don’t let me stand here all alone At every dance you’re the only one I’ve ever wanted to dance with Look at me now, tonight I found the courage You take my breath away

I danced with another just to be close to you To see you up close and watch you dance You take my breath away I follow your steps and feel the way you move I dance in your wave I breath in your air You take my breath away

Hmm, Whoa, Whoa, La, La, La My beauty, take my hand and dance with me You take my breath away Stand on my feet so I can dance you around room To hold you in my arms You’re the one for me You take my breath away I want to whisper in your ear I love you You take my breath away

Let out all the screams Let in all the lights Let go of the waste And drop all the pieces of you that isn’t you Take hold of your life line The one just for you Designed just for you The one with only your name on it Grab it tight and hang on to it Never let it go Release the tension and let it sway Let it swing in the breeze Reach and take only what you need Wrap your life line around your wrist Pull the reigns, direct yourself, and lead your way Start and put on the brakes when you say Reach for your life line Latch on to it, keep all others at bay Swing from it, dangle from it, just don’t hang yourself from it Watch for your step, the one you don’t see This life line can’t lead you astray Unless you let yourself get blindsided by your ego state So know your life line Be of it Be in it You are made of it No two life line is the same

They say don’t be silly Stop being such a dreamer Learn to live in this world You have to be sensible Be sensible with your life Make sensible decisions

S for Stupid E for Ego N for No S for Scared I for Impossible B for Blame L for Lost E for Escape

I’m not so stupid to leave myself My ego does not know me There’s no No in my vocabulary I’m only scared of not being myself I long for the impossible when you tell what is and what isn’t I don’t blame you, but me if I listen to you I’m lost if I become how you see me I escape my soul when I disregard me

So please tell me how sensible you want me to be What’s the gain in being so sensible Where do you find such words Where do you find such an existence What is there for me if I’m sensible What’s in it for you, that’s what worries me That’s doesn’t seem too sensible to me

Stay with your sensible self And I’ll be my sensible me, and that’s the best of me In my eyes, and not your eyes Only my soul senses my sensibility

What can I say I’ve looked all around I didn’t see a thing I liked I didn’t see anyone that pleased me Where in the world is this Where in the world do I exist How can I find you Where do I find you No point in looking all around No point in looking anywhere Where in the world is this How do you know where to go How do you know what to do And how the heck do you know what to love And how do you know who to love Where in the world is this Looking in all the wrong places Looking anywhere I can What do I find, in this mysterious place I call Where in the world is this Do you know I don’t know Can it ever be found Such a mysterious place called Where in the world is this Who lives there Can I go there Would I want to stay in this funny world Where in the world is this Would you want to go Do you want to come with me Or do I do this alone Na, never mind I’ll go myself to Where in the world is this See you there, if you go

What are you saying with your silence Can I read into it I want to avoid the tears and a broken heart Are we together baby Or are we apart

Are we together baby Lets see where tomorrow brings us Are we together for you and me I’m trying so hard Am I wasting my time Are we together baby, or not Please tell me now Tell me what you know Tell me what you want

Is it just about changing your mind Or is it your heart Has it changed so much Are we together baby Are we still us Or have you parted us already And is it just me Are you gone already

Are we together baby Hmm, hmm, hmm Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Are we together baby Or is it just me

I grew up in the fields of the smallest of all towns Every night I sat on my porch and watched the rainwater fall from the sky Never twice did the same rainwater fall One night it was one colour, the other another Grandma played her guitar and sing along with the rain song I played my tambourine jingling to the beat of the rain

Rainwater quenched our land It washed my clothes and gave me baths I played in every puddle it made for me And it reflected back myself to me Rainwater was heaven to us

We’d open our windows and our doors Welcome the sprinkles, wet the curtains and the floor Rainwater washed our sins away behind these doors Rainwater cleansed our souls when we swam in the lake it made for us A walk in the field soaked of rainwater Heaven for our feet We let the wet soak right through

Rainwater everywhere I grew up No two rain drop the same No two reflections back of me Rainwater under the sun’s rays I walked the rainbow made for me I followed the glow to the pot of gold To my front porch

Hmm, say what you say The lights go out at the end of the night We all walk into the night It’s where I’m headed soon enough One day I’ll find you there No two ways about it

Into the night is my ticket home There’s no other place like it No other place for me and you to go Into the night is where we’ll sing forever Once there, it’s no place to seek redemption Your deeds are done So make the best of it here while you can For the time you have left

Be still in your reflection No lounging around in your regression Seek the light into the night Showcase your life, Hmm, Hmm, Hmm Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa Find the La, la, la, in what you have

Life has cast a spell on you Into the night just for you Into the night there’s no returning So get on the right course Set yourself right Be light on your feet So gentle into the night

I see all that’s left From over there, not much From over here, everything Decide your road into the night Into the night, forever and goodnight

Look out at the space around you, at the world before you All the tiny bits and all the large pieces What do your eyes see What can you really see In space and time of the world you stand in The doors of time opening before you

The creaking of the doors No time in between here and there The wedge in the door to keep it slightly ajar What for The doors of time always opened for you Every key unlocks

The door of time in a passage of time No matter the road you take The doors of time you conjure every time So how does time relate How do you find the opening What doors of time is sought, you wonder

No difference which doors you seek Only one door of time opens for you What happens when you walk through, you say Look beyond, all you need do is look What you see is what you create What you create is what you sought The doors of time are all but you

The doors of time can never but shut So throw away the key Keep your foot in the door, and the other ahead Never one foot in, one foot out There’s no wasting time in the doors of time It’s no place of comfort And that’s the joy It’s no place of contentment And that’s the fun

The doors of time Walk through every moment Lock it behind you, and step into the new Into the next, doors of time

When they speak of love I wilt I look for the hint of ray Is there anything to reach for I seek just a drop of rain

I’m a broken flower in the dust No air to breath No life to give I’ve withered away

I’ve shrivelled in your wake My spirit weak when they speak of love I act as though there’s life to live It faded so brilliantly when I laid the flowers on your grave

The flag of broken flowers dangles from my heart Lost in the storm of pain No spirit left to lose Broken flowers dead at my feet

In your last breath, my soul escaped I search for life amongst the tombs Where fresh roses bloomed I’ve seen this place, so restful they say End of something for a broken flower

A broken flower last resting place In my soul, solemn you grow Broken flower there’s no fixing what made you so When they speak of love I wilt Broken flowers I lay my head

Oh I love you so You light up my day You’re like poetry to me And you make me want to sing I love you so

Sing to me a kiss hello Your beauty and grace Their poetic quality The prose of your lips Lyrics in your kiss You’re like poetry to me

Hmm, Whoa, La, La You flow in my arms I’m sensitive to your touch So whimsical your smile You’re like poetry to me

I dream of an amusing life for you and me I like it when you walk away from me So fanciful your skipping feet In joy you live, in life you love You’re like poetry to me

It’s so wonderful how you love You’re like poetry to me It’s so wonderful how you let me love you You’re the poetry in me

If I’m alright, will you love me If I’m alright, will you stay If I’m alright, will I live What can I say of what I’m made Am I mad to see me go What else is done

So close and yet so far What’s this been all about If I’m alright, carry me away If I’m alright, wait another day What is this about Look the other way

Sit up right, if I’m alright Stay close to home, if I’m alright Do what’s right What else would you want to do Be alright, if I’m alright

Dig deep into your pockets Spend all your money Save nothing for tomorrow If I’m alright, that will see us through Should be enough, shouldn’t it If I’m alright No more ghost in the closet End to your nightmares

If I’m alright, are you alright Are you alright And rightly so, if we’re alright

You kiss me like love never was You walk beside me and stopped holding my hand No more love letters Even the to do list is written like love never was So hollow your touch So cold your embrace You see me like love never was

You call me on the telephone no darling no kiss goodbye You say my name like love never was The air is cold when you smile Like you’ve misplaced your soul Our favourite song on the radio and you walk away What keeps you from me It’s like love never was

I look at old photos we smiled so much You held me close You looked in my eyes Those were the days love was all there was Tonight at dinner its like love never was

Where has that rush of love gone We were so high, blissful in lust and love I was all there was for you once Where am I gone You look at me know like there was never love Like there was never love that sparked this flame What was this light if there was never love

What was this life you said you loved Today you live like there was never love Where has it all gone

It’s alright don’t you know Sticks and stones break my bone But words will never hurt me, so it’s alright Say what you will Do what you must It’s alright

Watch what you say before you fling that first arrow Know where you stand Eventually everything comes back So it’s alright It’s alright right where I am You’re all a flutter in your fear and anger No need to cry out what you mean It’s alright where you are It’s up to you to come out

It’s alright we don’t see eye to eye We can agree to disagree You say potato, I say potatoe It’s alright to be me and you So can we call this whole thing off Raise the white flag and ceasefire It’s alright to lay down your arms and put out your arms I’ll come in for the hug

It’s alright to love instead of hate It’s alright to talk instead of shout, we still hear you It’s alright to say who you are It’s alright when you’re not accepted for who you are You decide that it’s alright to be who you are

What of this place called paradise Is it somewhere I can see Somewhere I can go to Who goes there and what’s there to see Have I been there before Who else knows of this paradise

Is paradise for everyone Made by everyone Seen by everyone Can I drive there, or ride my bike How does one get there

What’s the closest you’ve ever been to paradise Did you make it Did you stay long Why did you leave if you made it What was it like What did you find there

Did you want to stay in this place called paradise Or did you want to go as soon as you got there, and why Why did you seek it Why then did you want to go Was it just one place this paradise Or could you find it in so many places

Is there paradise where you are now Can you see it Do you go often or just desire to go What does it look like your paradise And how often do you go

If your friend was here to sing to you happy birthday I love you my friend A birthday of love and joy So you’re 17 again, you say So wise you are for so young As you always were my friend

Happy birthday my Roger The woman your dreams The man of your heart So close we are No matter where I am Happy birthday Roger

Together we blow out your candles So bright they are, never truly dimming Is what I’ve always seen Even from where I am I see you every day Remember us laughing Remember me singing happy birthday Roger Today listen for my voice My birthday gift to you

Happy birthday my Roger

Happy in any situation Is this for real or just a dream Can I let any good feeling into my heart How often do I face the blues So long they last with no satisfaction I seek only a bit of relief from myself Is this what it’s about

Today a day of life All my life I want to stay and I want to go How I hurt in the places of my soul My fears never subside So great they are Today a day of life, so it seems to be

Tell me what you dream of, they say Dream, how can I dream in this place I never see the light of day I know they say it is there They say, today a day of life, and you’re still here Let me in they say Today a day of life

Let live and let die they say too Then let me live and let me die Today a day of life, for someone I sought this for me I caught glimpses of this peace in this light Today a day of life, is it really for me

There’s no freedom in this life of mind No way to knowing if I’m breathing I suffocate and I’m still here Today a day of life in all it’s dark days I can never escape I’m falling apart being with me and only me

Is there really love to escape to This love of self, how is this done, I hear it is possible It happens to everyone they say Today a day of life, for someone seeking life Seeking a single breath of relief

Today a day of life It must be so it seems I’ll give it my best shot Today a day of life Is that so Search for love in this place of sorrow I’ll do it for the love me, so it seems that too exist Today a day of life, in my own loving memory

I’m infatuated with the steepness of life Wise the warrior of time unseen Should I like to be this warrior To be unseen Life offers a proposal Only good for a moment in time

A moment in time filled with hope and raided with despair And me too savage to know the difference I grieve what I ravaged My moment in time I call upon you to see me through Must I shake off all ugly thoughts that carried me through

I heard no sound in the end The lightness of foot snuck by A moment in time cut out of all time Breaking through and away it went A moment in time consumed by doubt Wasted on the faithless Made an end to it by soulless

A moment in time attended to by the willing Mercy sought for the greater good The folks of this world The furious that are speechless Lovely the masses of our great hall A moment in time reaches to all

No sanction needed to live ones life No plots against one another to deny freedom to all A moment in time in awareness No fleeing required A shining veil across a moment in time

Sightless as I was never at a loss of light Unable to see the ravages of aimless desires The veil of fog gently lifting unaware of itself Not giving any clear direction On the heel of vagrant love into blindness

A flighty start it was Made of unraveling fabric Without colour or texture Plenty of doors and window for escape Designed to be free Without a growing point of love I fell into blindness

Using only my senses to make somebody of me Permanent blindness ceased I judged me poorly of my own property Confused by somebody I believed was me A proxy of my self, my soul uncovered Impaired vision by lack of sight of then and now False obstruction of the line I walked My hiding place for the hunter I am, behind my blindness To catch my prey

A thoughtless moment Careless and most reckless Rash in some moments of blindness No impulse for a present state I appeared in my aura Seemingly a guise of someone else reflection A defect in the vision of self In my stupor obscurity of the foggy veil vanished Leaving me in my blindness Oblivious to vision Blindness by darkness Innocence of my rawness In my simplicity for blindness I found myself

If I didn’t know you I wouldn’t know love If you didn’t love me I wouldn’t know love I knew all would be ok when I found you I knew all would be ok when you first kissed me

I’ve fallen in love for the love of me I’ve fallen in love with you my darling I’ve loved before and I love again So fortunate I am to know such love

Love of my life, another again Twice blessed, what a fortune I’ve acquired Love in the beginning Love in the end Love was all there ever was in the in between parts of life

The blessings of love go on and on Love never ceases even after we’re gone My heart knows no limits for you my love All is permitted and love still abounds

The tender affections of love The adoration of a life filled with love I am the fortunate one For I know how well I’m loved For I know I too can love so well

Oh when I saw you hmm baby that’s all I saw The attraction was the best I’ve ever had So yummie the desire What charm, what a charmer

How you appeal to me You speak to me in every way I like you, that’s all I have to say You arouse everything in me

I appeal to you to help me with the pain of your absence Don’t leave me hanging by blowing me a kiss Come closer and let me kiss those tender loving lips Appeal to my senses of the brute I am Let me kiss you in my beastly way

I call upon your kind heart for mercy Forgive me, sometimes I’m just a beast And for you, you appeal to my heart I roar like a lion in your presence Oh baby, that’s my appeal The beast I am

This is my moral appeal to set me free from this beastly desire You wink, so cruel you are Shooting an arrow in my arrow and let me live I plea, I beg, my earnest request Come here and let me kiss you Appeal to the senseless beast that I am

What an incredible tumble at your feet I couldn’t of landed in a better place I looked at your feet in those lovely shoes Then up at your legs ‘til you stepped away Your skirt flared and I saw the back of your knees What a place to fall

This falls for all the unanswered prayers Falls for all the pennies in the wishing well Collapse to the sound of your step I’m in line of sight of the most beautiful display Falls for the beauty of those legs Worth the tumble to the ground

Falls for all those nights I wished upon a star Waiting for that special falling star to grant all wishes And there I found me at your feet Falls of all falls my eyes grew big Eyes clamped on the heel of your shoes when you walked away How lucky I was, my dreams coming true

Cascades of glittering legs Flow of divine motion before my eyes Falls for the next view anytime Falls for the passing of my life on the heels of your stride overlapping with mind Falls for the next moment you turn towards me I may raise from this ground but just to my knees I soak in the view image by image, the smaller the better The longer to raise to my feet, I stay in view Only for the falls for you to begin again

Falls for the beauty of you Never on my feet again Just to watch you walk away Falls for all my wishes coming true