On The Wrong Side
Ain’t no way at all
To release this aching fear
That fills all of us here
Lock it up inside
There’s no place left to hide
Ain’t no way at all
To know what we’re heading for
What waits upon the shore
Washed in with the tide
And I’m still on the wrong side
Still on the wrong side
You follow anybody that might know the way
You search his eyes to find what it is you oughta say
And you know nobody’s listening when you sink down to your knees
Ain’t no way at all
To know where I’m free to be
Or what my eyes will see
Let ‘em take me for a ride
I’m still on the wrong side
Still on the wrong side
I guess I might never find
Somewhere that’s really mine
copyright 2019 Emmaline Muchmore
Back to Right
Been crawling far too long thru these badlands
Feels like everything you wanted is strictly past tense
Want back -- what you loved -- something to please
Back right, standing tall, up and off of your knees
You look fine, yeah, don't show it
Cuz there ain't nobody here you wanna know it
Got a lifeline, better use it
If you want a change you're gonna have to prove it
They told ya, they sold ya
..But they don't get to say what life shows ya
You know that you can make it
But you gotta, gotta, gotta get thru this
Be what you wanna be, see what you wanna see, see what you wanna see
You're full up, got skills, you rock and roller
Set to make a move and it's time to show that you can
Get back what you were before it
Got so bad
Change it up now, work thru this
Halleluiah, can I get a witness
Back, yeah, in business
Lemme tell ya, babe, I know you're gonna do this
Be what you wanna be, see what you wanna see, see what you wanna see
Put it back to right
copyright 2017 Emmaline Muchmore
Very Funky Christmas
Been feeling so uneasy
Like the ground shifting under my feet, I got
Such terrible suspicions
About all of the people I meet
I thought that we had made some progress
Well at least that's what I wanna believe
We're still so divided
Guess I was naive
It's a very funky Christmas
(Need some spirit now)
We're all looking for a savior
Somebody to fix us up
Keep us walking on the same path
Or find a way to shoot it up
[And so we get] people hearing what they want to
No one there to talk 'em down
If we go on picking fights with strangers
Is the truth ever gonna get found
It's a funky Christmas
How we gonna get peace, baby
How we gonna find some joy
Can we steel ourselves against it
Try to block out the noise
We could smile at a stranger
Find some more songs to sing
Look real hard for signs of hope that the season might bring
It's a very funky Christmas
(Need some spirit now)
It's what we got
Like it or not
It's what we got
copyright 2016 Emmaline Muchmore
Solid
CHORUS I'm solid
And I'm strong
I'm solid
Had to work for it baby
I'm solid
And I'm strong
I'm solid
And I won't go easy
Maybe you didn't think about me much the first time
I came your way
Now you can look but you will never touch what's all mine
And I'm here to stay
CHORUS
There is no way you can escape it
Pushed it to the limit
Only way I do it now
Oh, but still you won't believe it
You say you got to see it
I'll show you how
CHORUS
Not gonna listen to your nonsense
Words you like to dispense
Only bring me down --- so I'll
Just keep doing how I do it
Won't let up for a minute
Like me or not
copyright 2016 Emmaline Muchmore