Wayne, my ex-husbnad in NYC, had requested that I send him MP3 versions of a couple of my songs that I wrote a million years ago, when I was a singer/songerwriter.
I transferred them from analogue to MP3, and they are just demos (from a long time ago), so the sound quality is not great. But here they are!!
(The first two take a few seconds to start)
Deep Into Frost Here is a sound that I know That cry in the fire is the rose She tore off her petals and flew At the blaze that would Rage at her… Here is a silence I know It is frost creeping deep into snow It clung to her petals like fears That did quietly keep at her Haunt her and lead us To tears CHORUS His is the face we might turn to To gather us in from this darkness Hers was a garden of silence Whose blooms turned to ashes Petals to dust A rose shaken deep into frost Now, here is a sound I have heard An echo of joy undisturbed In the shadow of peace that abides By the light that will Linger here… Here is a silence we know It is frost creeping deep into snow The rose tangled deep in her thorns Ceases to weep And surrenders to sleep evermore CHORUS His is the face we might turn to To gather us in from this darkness Hers was a garden of silence Whose blooms turned to ashes Petals to dust A rose shaken deep into frost © – 1988 Marilyn Jaye Lewis First of May Songs BMI
Handful of Pills It took an ounce of passion, a fifth of rage To get that lonely mansion in that holy place But when the thrill is gone Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing ‘Cause a handful of pills is gonna keep you king. CHORUS You can wail all night Yes, you can weep and pray For the fool you’ve been And ease your blues away And you can try to stand tall But who needs them things? When just a handful of pills Is gonna keep you king. Hey, you could try it, maybe you could go To some shotgun shack outside Tupelo But it’s more than this, not just suffering That sets the girls on fire And makes a poor boy king. REPEAT CHORUS You can wail all night Yes, you can weep and pray For the fool you’ve been And ease your blues away And you can try to stand tall But who needs them things? When just a handful of pills Is gonna keep you king. It takes a river of passion and a fifth of grace To raise a mansion of dreams from a field of pain But now it’s dust to dust, and just one of those things ‘Cause now a handful of pills is gonna keep you king. Just a handful of pills is gonna keep you king Yeah, a handful of pills is gonna keep you king A handful of pills Is gonna keep you king Yeah, a handful of pills Is gonna keep you king. © 1992 Marilyn Jaye Lewis First of May Songs BMI
SUCH A THING AS FIRE If the world were just beginning and the stars could not yet shine And the sun was just a baby in a black and brooding sky If everything about the Earth was starting over new And the world was dark and empty, man, just me alone with you Well, I could hold you to me with no words for my desire Yet I’d know without a doubt that there was such a thing as fire. CHORUS Fire, such a thing as fire Fire, such a thing as fire I could wander through this world and give everything a name Rustle up a jungle and then wash it down with rain I could make the mountains rise and then I’d toss around the sea Until every sound on Earth was saying: You were meant for me Then I’d send the wildest wind to serenade you like a choir And you’d know without a doubt that there was such a thing as fire. (CHORUS) When all the world has ended and the sun’s cold as the moon And nothing but the sound of darkness slips across your room Baby, will you think of me and remember our desire? And how our hearts could burn when there was such a thing as fire? (CHORUS) © 1992 Marilyn Jaye Lewis First of May Songs BMI
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