I'm in Love with an Alien

She dropped to Earth on a falling star

Sirius B is very, very far

She came in the starry night to love me

And give me her interstellar space-key

I’m in love with an Alien

Like Lucy in the Sky

I’m in love with an Alien

Maybe she’s a Bi!

She talks to crows and dances at bus stops

And throws her peace sign up high for the cops

She laughs as she sings crazy wayward thoughts

Whenever she sings them I love her lots

I’m in love with an Alien

Like Lucy in the Sky

I’m in love with an Alien

Maybe she’s a Bi!

Solo

She’s an angel from the Hammered Bracelet

She said, “I wait for the golden sun-set!

For then the stars will appear in the sky,

And all my loved ones will learn how to fly!”

I’m in love with an Alien

Like Lucy in the Sky

I’m in love with an Alien

Maybe she’s a Bi!

I’m in love with an Alien

Like Lucy in the Sky

I’m in love with an Alien

Maybe she’s a Bi!

Copyright Jeffrey Merk 2012

My Sorrow

My sorrow withers like the scarlet rose

That proudly stood as queen of summers’ field

When the day should fold and finally close

The flower to the night must graceful yield    

My sorrow calls me by name in a dream

Of you upon the wild green mountain lee

In your embrace tears are a flooding stream

Dark secrets of my heart must come to be

My sorrow is the word I dare not speak

But for the agony that dwells in you

As human I am strong yet I am weak

I want to weep the tears we never knew

My sorrow grips my heart not just for me

But so the suff'ring one may be released

And every tear upon your face I see

That flow from memories that are deceased

Tread lightly; there are tomb-stones in my heart

Take the flowers you gathered; plant them there

In songs of joy and sorrow play our part

And in the summer day meet me with care

Solo

My sorrow withers like the scarlet rose

That proudly stood as queen of summers’ field

When the day should fold and finally close

The flower to the night must graceful yield

Dedicated to Mom, Christmas 2011.

Copyright Jeffrey Merk 2011