accident of love Nov 10 04

this accident of love
you left the scene of the crime
this accident of love
you left me here doing time

you swerved into my line of vision
there wasn’t much I could do
I was faced with a difficult decision
while you just went rolling right through

love was not my first ambition
even though the chances are so few
but would I avoid a head-on collision
well maybe not with you

you were in my path, I was going too fast
couldn’t get out of the way
it’s not the first time & it won’t be the last
we’ll both live to see another day

I swear I saw your signal
but now you’re claiming there was none
your alibi’s anything but original
it just seems like a hit-&-run

this accident of love
I’m not sure it’s anyone’s fault
but it may have just been enough
to bring my life to a screaming halt

this accident of love
you’ve left the scene of the crime
this accident of love
you left me here doing time


© Michael Reinhart 2004 [h]and’sum music

lost & found / june 6 ‘07

I was born with a smile on my face
going to pay the price for the rest of my days
I been lost & found in this search for grace
& now I’m just making it all up along the way

I was born of a country western singer, see
& a counterfeit gypsy
seems the open arms of misery
is where I was always meant to be
meant to be

[chorus] ooh falling out of the lap of luxury
ooh into the arms of misery

obsession, my most faithful friend
you seem more like the enemy
you’re going to take me to an unkind end
for the whole damned world to see
confession, I got a soul to mend
this ain’t no comedy
somebody please wake me before I
fall into the open arms of misery,
misery

[chorus] & [instrumental break]

save me from the lethal charms
of a faulty memory
somebody please pinch me real hard before I
disappear into some dark reverie

see I was born with a smile on my face
going to pay the price for the rest of my days
I been lost & found in this search for grace
& now I’m just making it all up along the way up along the way

[chorus] x 2

© Michael Reinhart 2007 [h]and’sum music SOCAN

nola sep/oct 05
oh Nola, she’s no stranger to death
she’s throwing firecrackers into the hurricane’s breath
she wake up tomorrow, & to her surprise
she’s black & blue & barely breathing ah but she’s still alive
‘ole man river’s rhythm’s swollen & strong
& that old lake’s been holding up her pretty blue dress now far too long
the sky’s hell-bent on its own dark shade of the blues
living beneath the horizon, you better have a good excuse
mother nature’s temper ‘round these parts well it ain’t exactly news
yeah living beneath the horizon, one day you going pay your dues
oh no oh no oh no oh Nola
oh no oh no oh no oh Nola
no tradition here of being afraid of the dark
it’s the daylight coming’s tinder waiting for a spark
now the devil he’s in town & the good lord‘s long gone
& a rusty trumpet in the Quarter practise a funeral song
Nola why you do those crazy things that you do
no sense asking a stupid question just ‘cause something’s true
Nola why you singing the blues instead of playing that old-time jazz
the whole world miss the way you used to shake your pretty little ass
now you’ve always been true to yourself & to nobody else
& there’s those folks got it in their little minds you got to do some time in hell
you’re just shit out of luck, ain’t no nothing you done wrong
even your god-fearing neighbours up north ain’t always been so strong
& after all those saints ah they go marching on & on & on
a rusty trumpet in the Quarter still play that funeral song
oh no oh no oh no oh Nola
oh no oh no oh no oh Nola
Nola why you do those crazy things that you do
no sense asking a stupid question just ‘cause something’s true
Nola why you singing the blues instead of playing that old-time jazz
the whole world miss the way you used to turn & smile & make a little pass
the whole world miss the way you used to shake your pretty little ass
oh no oh no oh no oh Nola

© Michael Reinhart 2005 [h]and’sum music

take me away

take me away from cold cold hands take me away from this
take me away to some foreign land
I really don’t think I’d be missed
& they’re not about to understand
if you see her would you give her a kiss
& we’ll leave all the rest up to chance
oh we’ll leave all the rest up to chance
take me away from all that noise take me away from there
take me away from the lack of joy
we’ll go to the city if you dare
they don’t like the tone in my voice
oh, the priest in the pulpit he don’t care
oh this time we’re left with no choice
oh this time we’re left with no choice
tell me a secret that everybody knows
you don’t know the half of it
I’ll tell you a secret that nobody knows
& we’ll be better off for it
we won’t have to fight like before
we can forget about some things that we did
I won’t have to hurt you anymore
I won’t have to hurt you anymore
oh my words won’t hurt you anymore
take me away from this old town take me away from here
take me away from feeling let down
or drowning in a pitcher of beer
I’m not sure these people are my friends
oh there’s no end to the jokes & good cheer
but they turn out the music before ten
oh they turn out the music before ten
tell me a secret that everybody knows
you don’t know the half of it
I’ll tell you a secret that nobody knows
& we’ll be better off for it
we won’t have to fight like before
we can forget about some things that we did
& I won’t have to hurt you anymore
oh my words won’t hurt you anymore
oh you won’t have to hurt me anymore
take me away
© Michael Reinhart 2001 [h]and’sum music

woman in the window may 20 07
your careless kindness gone left me torn & bruised
your careful escape make me wish I could hate you
your beauty’s a weakness girl I’m just a human man
but my suspicion tells me there’s still some things you don’t understand
woman in the window & just this glass between
some of your secrets were better left unseen
your legs all askew your pale hand against the glass
leaving your fingerprints all over what’s now the past
you give me such an ache girl right down to the bone
you got me so that I’m even afraid to be alone
we’ve already got what some take many years to find
guess I’ll never know just what was yours & how much was mine
woman in the window & just this glass between
some of your secrets were better left unseen
your legs all askew your pale hand against the glass
leaving your fingerprints all over what’s now the past
now it’s too late to take back the breath of what was said
you’re no longer just some fantasy flickering in my head
you say you’ve a knack for opening doors in someone else
but now that it’s open you won’t step through it yourself
woman in the window & just this glass between
some of your secrets were better left unseen
your legs all askew your pale hand against the glass
leaving your fingerprints all over what’s now the past
leaving your fingerprints all over my past
© Michael Reinhart 2007 [h]and’sum music