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Douglas L. Simmons
Copyright © 2005 by Douglas L. Simmons
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Tiny Town
To Me...
Token To Yourself
Thanks Given
They Shot Me Down
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Tiny Town
We're goin' to Tiny Town.
Where all the people are found.
We're goin' to Tiny Town.
We're gonna turn it around.
The little people there.
They never have a care.
But they ain't goin' nowhere.
They're living in despair.
Over in Tiny Town.
The tiny people abound.
Tiny husbands and tiny wives.
Living out their tiny lives.
Tiny girls and tiny boys.
Playing with their tiny toys.
They don't care, they party all night.
Gettin' high so they can make it right.
We're goin' to Tiny Town.
Where all the people are found.
We're goin' to Tiny Town.
They're gonna learn it now.
Over in Tiny Town.
They put the president down.
They say he's just a clown.
He just keeps hangin' around.
They're all a bunch of bores.
They fight their own tiny wars.
Then they close all the doors.
If they don't wanna hear any more.
Over in Tiny Town.
The tiny people abound.
Tiny husbands and tiny wives.
Living out their tiny lives.
Tiny girls and tiny boys.
Playin' with their tiny toys.
They don't care they party all night.
Gettin' high so they can make it all right.
We're goin' to Tiny Town.
Where all the people are found.
We're goin' to Tiny Town.
We're gonna turn it around.
Doug L.
Late 1980's
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To Me...
In a life filled with
wonders and marvels
- I pondered...
what else there could be...
And then there was you
another brand new
- wonder...
and marvel to me...
Doug L.
06-13-2011
Whiting Indiana
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Token To Yourself
Rock and Roll you had control,
but anymore it's all the same to me.
Rock and Roll you had control,
but anymore it's all the same to me.
Music in the morning,
came in without warning.
Led the children to the fountain,
but you know they didn't count then.
Music for the generation.
Music for their celebration.
They listened to you sing about
the truth that you were bringing out.
They were looking for an answer,
taking any chance to
escape their fathers cancer;
for themselves.
Their morals were all broken.
Their grief was all but spoken.
Their beliefs were but a token
to your self.
Doug L.
February 17-19, 1974
Mainz, Germany
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Thanks Given
Give thanks today
for family, friends,
fellowship, and fortune.
All of which lend
joy and challenge
to our lives.
And make us
the better for it.
Doug Simmons
Nov 1993
East Chicago, IN.
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They Shot Me Down
Hey, Hey, Hey....
This is the day
they shot me down.
Yea, early days.
Ah..., early days.
I can remember
I was living on the town,
bringing you around.
Yea, but you weren't looking at me,
just reaching for my liberty.
I only looked at you then and said, "I don't care,
you aren't going anywhere I haven't already been."
Early days, early days,
early days, early days.
I got you! Got you right in the head.
You got me! You got me; I'm dead.
Hey, Hey, Hey....
This is the day.
Hey! They shot me down.
I'm living on the town; bringing me down.
Didn't know that it would turn you
when I took you out to learn you
Just to make it on your own.
Early days, early days.
Now I wonder if I can
take, or even fake, a stand.
Hey, Hey, Hey.... This is the day.
Hey! They shot me down.
Doug L.
April 4, 1974
Mainz, Germany
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