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Douglas L. Simmons
Copyright © 2005 by Douglas L. Simmons
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Hands Clappin'
Happy Childhood, Children
Holding Bridges
Hopes
House
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Hands Clappin'
Hands Clappin'--
Hands Clappin'--
for you.
And you're singing about
a love, and you shout.
But you're feeling left out.
Hands Clappin'--
The Back Slappin'--
They tell ya you're great,
and tell ya it's fate,
tell ya they're waiting
'till the time is right.
Waiting for the big night.
Hands Clappin'--
Hands Clappin'--
And the money comes rolling in!
And the women, oh the women!
They're gonna love ya,
be thinkin' of ya.
Hear you singing
when they're sleeping and dreaming
of you.
Hands Clappin'--
Hands Clappin'--
Stand back an'
listen to the words,
well, you never heard them before.
Wonder if you can remember
and sing them anymore?
Hands Clappin'--
Hands Clappin'--
Doug L.
March 21, 1974
Mainz, Germany
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Happy Childhood, Children
Happy childhood little children.
Dream your dreams now, while you can.
Feel the breezes blowing lazily
on an endless children's land.
Time awaits you little children,
beacons on with gentle hands.
Showing visions of the future
reaching ever on ahead.
Happy childhood little children.
Here's a pillow for your head.
Soon you will be grey and aged.
After that, You'll just be dead.
Doug L.
Hammond, IN.
1970
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Holding Bridges
He stays out drowning
every sorrow in sight.
He has to do it
just to last through each night.
He's got a woman
waiting for him at home.
She's always waiting
she's always alone.
He's holding bridges
that he's longing to burn.
It's all around him
every which way he turns.
In crowds of people
desperation inside.
He wants to run
because there's nowhere to hide.
She's always waiting
at home late at night.
She knows he's out there
in those big city lights.
He stays gone
until the break of day light.
She lets him hurt her
She knows it's not right.
She's holding bridges
she's longing to burn.
It's all around her
every which she turns.
Another lonely lady
desperation inside.
She wants to run
because there's nowhere to hide.
Doug L.
Hammond, Indiana
1983
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Hopes
In hopes of a flower
I've planted these seeds.
In hopes of a garden
I've pulled out the weeds.
In hopes of tomorrow
I give you today.
All yesterdays sorrows
I've given away.
In hopes you might love me
I love you still more,
and hope you will enter
my hearts open door.
For love of your beauty
seen with these tired eyes,
I've given me only.
I wear no disguise.
Lies are not in me
when speaking my love.
These feelings you bring me
are more than enough.
In hopes of a vision
I see me through you.
A lover believing
you'll see what I do.
Doug L.
August 31, 1993
Hammond, Indiana
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House
Freedom is the right to give
love, not to take it away.
Freedom gives the might to live
above madness more than for just a single day.
Boy don't fake and hurt a little young girl.
Girl don't turn to break a man in two.
You are both living in a very young world.
but the old land is growing, growing in you.
I am holding tears, tears in my hand,
I caught them as they fell for the ground.
I don't know who it is that they belong to,
but lately I have found them all around.
I have seen a father take a mans daughter,
take her, take her on down.
I have seen a mother turning for a lover
turning to another mothers son.
I have seen children
crying in the night,
reaching, finding
only pain in their hands.
And I am not speaking of some other nation.
I have not seen this in some depraved foreign land.
I have seen it happen in the house of freedom.
I have seen it and I do not understand.
Doug L.
July 4, 1974
Hammond, Indiana
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