Where Have You Gone?
You someday that we might meet,
But now I might just choose defeat,
Lay my armor down right by my feet.
Our love it cannot be ignored,
You shut me out then slam the door,
You dry my drought and flood my downpour.
In your eyes I’m probably dead to you,
But to you I just cannot refuse,
To tell you that it’s you that I can’t lose.
And this is it, I’m standing here now,
Knocking at your door, but you’re out.
Where have you gone?
Where have you gone?
I need your honest eyes today,
Do you really mean what you say?
Where have you gone?
Where have you gone?
My heart it tells me to ignore,
All the feelings that are unsure,
Is it true, am I that of a bore?
Before you left with her, your heart was true,
Now yours is red and mine is blue,
I want you in my life, I just can’t lose you.
And then that silly feeling sinks in,
I think of that insatiable kiss.
Where have you gone?
Where have you gone?
My mother, should have listened to her,
I should have been much smarter, wiser.
Where have you gone?
Where have you gone?
© 2021 Karianne Gabaldon
Hurricane
By: Karianne Nicole Gabaldon
(Verse 1)
I don’t mean to hurt you when I say,
Problems that run deep they are my own.
I take the pain and suffer day by day,
I just want to be here left alone.
(Chorus)
Get your bags and start your packing,
The journey is yours and you’re lacking,
Everything that fits so tight,
But I promise it’ll be alright.
Just take the damage out of my name,
And wave goodbye, hurricane.
(Verse 2)
Tell me how it is when you get there,
Is it bright or is it nice and dark?
I kind of want to go but I’m so scared,
What if my dull brightness doesn’t spark?
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Send the postcard when you get there,
I think the news said it’s nice weather.
Fall in love with someone else,
And remember to always be yourself.
I’ll be dancing with my sorrows in the rain,
And wave goodbye, hurricane.
(Outro)
Fall in love with someone else,
And please just always be yourself.
I’ll be dancing with my sorrows in the rain,
And wave goodbye, hurricane.
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