Ferd Piccuirro - Singer Songwriter

Great blue heron riding the sky
And the loon calls with a haunting cry
The leaves of the quaking aspen dance
This scene puts my mind in a trance

Peaceful water is all that I see
Like a lover it beckons me
And rain falls down upon my skin
Right through to my soul deep within

Rain on the lake
Just like pebbles making waves
Heaven's tears dissipate
Into eternity

All my troubles washing away
And peace comes for awhile to stay
It visits me like a long lost friend
I hope this feeling never ends

Rain on the lake
Just like pebbles making waves
Heaven's tears dissipate
Into eternity

I want to stay right here and lead a peaceful life
But I know I must go back to my real life
What's the real life?

Sunlight piercing the gray of the sky
Now clouds have no tears to cry
I realize it's time to go
Take this peace to the place that I know

Rain on the lake
Just like pebbles making waves
Heaven's tears dissipate
Into eternity

Heaven's tears dissipate
Into eternity

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You were three years old
I heard you crying in the night
I ran into your room
To see what caused your fright
You dreamed a big green fish
Had its face right next to yours
We turned on lights and hugged so tight
And checked the closet doors

As a little boy
You always loved to fish
Whatever lake we'd go to
You'd bring home the largest catch
All the different fish
You knew all there was to know
You took the movie camera
And made a fishing video

I remember the picture I took
When you were ten years old
How proud of that big fish you caught
Your smile as bright as gold

Wish I knew just when
The fishing lost its lure
Replaced by reckless actions
Trouble knocking at your door
You seemed so far away
Although you were right there
Too hard to cross that lake
Couldn't find you anywhere

I remember the picture I took
When you were ten years old
How proud of that big fish you caught
Your smile as bright as gold

There's a baby boy
And he's crying in the night
You go into his room
To make everything all right
There isn't anything
That love and time can't mend
A father and a son
Will one day fish again

I remember the picture I took
When you were ten years old
How proud of that big fish you caught
Your smile as bright as gold

Your smile as bright as gold

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Tried to write this song for you
Didn't know where to start or what to do
Tried to put my feelings through in words

This song's for you and everyone
When it's written it is done
Seems like all the mornings come, they come too soon

You know you've got to help me
We can all write a line or two
You know you've got to help me
Write this song for you

We're all part of a harmony of the world
We're all part of a symphony of the world

Look at us we're all the same
We all have life, we all have a name
Don't you know life's not a game to be won

This song's for you and everyone
When it's written it is done
Seems like all the mornings come, they come too soon

You know you've got to help me
We can all write a line or two
You know you've got to help me
Write this song for you

You know you've got to help me
Write this song for you

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I walked into the diner
She said take any seat
Said that she was my waitress
And her name's Marguerite
She told me the specials
I didn't hear a thing
She looked just like an angel
Could almost see her wings

Our eyes on each other
I could feel her smile
She brought me my meatloaf
And sat down awhile
She had fifteen minutes
Before her break was up
Talked like we knew each other
I was falling in love

Is she the one
My morning sun to arise
Sent from above, my own true love, to me
Is she the one

Love came on so quickly
And hit me on this day
But I was headed for a job I took
Five hundred miles away
Just passing through, didn't know what to do

We exchanged our numbers
It was getting late
She said next Friday's special
Was really great
I paid at the counter
And I left the tip
Stumbled out of the diner
To resume my trip

Is she the one
My morning sun to arise
Sent from above, my own true love, to me
Is she the one

Some decisions come easy
Staring in the eyes of fate
Turned back at the next exit
Off the interstate

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When I sleep and begin to dream
The world's not always what it seems
Troubles fade into the night
Til my fantasies awake and dreams take flight

Like a ghost passing through a door
To a room I've never been before
Looking down at the street below
I remember I can fly, through the window I go

Night flying, high in the sky, takes my breath away
Not trying, in my dreaming, I sail away

How I fly in the cool night air
The wind is blowing gently through my hair
Like a superhero keeping guard
Of the buildings below on the boulevard

Night flying, high in the sky, takes my breath away
Not trying, in my dreaming, I sail away

Weary traveler, homeward bound
I start to plummet to the ground
I wake up and I'm on a plane
Wheels hit the ground, I'm home again

Night flying, high in the sky, takes my breath away
Not trying, in my dreaming, I sail away

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She walked down a path that she walked long ago
The forest less frightening now that she's grown
Returned to a house this fine day
Where she went as a child
When bears scared her away

She crept to the cabin, by the window she crouched
And silenced the breath that came out of her mouth
And pushed back her long golden hair
Away from her eyes
And in the window she stared

She wasn't sure why she returned
To this house in the forest, perhaps to learn
If her memories were just a dream
A child's fairytale
Or as real as they seemed

She looked inside, saw three bears sitting there
Each sitting in his or her size of a chair
With mama bear knitting a scarf
Papa reading a book
Their son playing guitar

He was strumming a waltz, pretty good for a bear
Papa took mama's paw, pulled her out of her chair
And waltzed her around the pine floor
Til he heard a strange noise
Right outside his front door

She wasn't sure why she returned
To this house in the forest, perhaps to learn
If her memories were just a dream
A child's fairytale
Or as real as they seemed

Papa opened the door and the girl was alarmed
He said come inside, we will do you no harm
She did, then they all stood and stared
Til they started to laugh
This young girl and three bears

Mama said I recall your first trip to our house
You seemed so afraid when you went running out
I think that you misunderstood
We all wished you would stay
When you ran to the woods

The chair that was broken
The porridge you ate up
The bed that you slept in were not a big deal
We don't get many visitors
Here is the forest
Who come to see us and share a meal

They sat at the table and shared porridge that night
In four wooden bowls, it tasted just right
She asked could she come back again
The bears smiled and said when
To their brand new good friend

She wasn't sure why she returned
But she felt the bears' kindness and now she learned
That her memories were not a dream
A child's fairytale
But as real as they seemed
That her memories were not a dream
A child's fairytale
But as real as they seemed

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Speeding down the highway
Keeping right between the lines
Time disappears in the rear-view mirror
On the road that twists and winds

I don't know were I'm going
Does it really matter where I've been
One sure thing I know is
The road will surely end

For every dream I've followed
Each choice that I made
Wonder 'bout the "could have beens"
On the road I didn't take

Directions we are taking
At the fork in the road
If you go down one
You leave behind the other, for now
But that door is never closed

For every dream I've followed
Each choice that I made
Wonder 'bout the "could have beens"
On the road I didn't take

The road I didn't take
The road I didn't take
The road I didn't take

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I lost my job, they told me I was through
After twenty five years, I can't believe it's true
The boss watches as I pack my stuff
Does he think I'll steal their papers
Or burn them up
I want to burn them up

I excuse myself and go to the rest room
Splash water on my face and hope I wake up soon
From this nightmare that's gripping me
That I have just been fired by the powers that be
Wish they'd let me be

I look in the mirror at my face
I see a man between a rock and a hard place
Rock and a hard place
Who will hire me at fifty five
And how will we survive
Will we survive

The bills keep coming in just like before
But all the payments aren't going out the door
My unemployment check's now kicking in
But it is not enough to pay all of them
Can't pay all of them

I toss and turn, try not to wake my wife
I get out of bed, cause I just can't sleep tonight
Go to the kitchen and find something to eat
Stare at the window at a man like me
Wish he wasn't me

I see the reflection of my face
I see a man between a rock and a hard place
Rock and a hard place
Who will hire me at fifty five
And how will we survive
Will we survive

My wife walks over and embraces me
Says she'll always stay by me
And our love's stronger than that company
That let us down so hard
And tried to take away my dignity

I look at the love that's on her face
Her love's the rock that gets me out of this hard place
Out of this hard place
I was fired by the powers that be
But now I see they have no power over me
No power over me

So we will carry on and do the best we can
Pick up the pieces and try to start again
Cause I have my talents and I have my life
I still have my children and I have my wife
We will survive
We will survive
We will survive

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You broke into my heart with a battering ram
Invaded my sanctuary
I could not believe that you'd treat me so kind
Or stir these feelings deep within me
I looked at you, but you looked away
Afraid I could see through you
Transparency was not your style
Not something that you could do

Sometimes I feel like Quasimodo, and you're my Esmerelda
But on the day you left me, you broke this heart of stone
Sanctuary
(You're my) Sanctuary
Sanctuary
But I live here all alone

You enchanted my soul with your beauty so fine
Your passion turned my gray to red
I thought it would last forever in time
Until the day that he turned your head
I could not tame your wild gypsy heart
And I knew that you would not stay
I won't ask you to live in this ivory tower
Go, my love, and fly away

Sometimes I feel like Quasimodo, and you're my Esmerelda
But on the day you left me, you broke this heart of stone
Sanctuary
(You're my) Sanctuary
Sanctuary
But I live here all alone

When I'm not with you I'm feeling so sad
Like life's lost its meaning its really bad
There's only one thing to do
When I'm feeling this way, lonely and blue
I play my guitar, and I'm with you
I'll be with you

Between us I know there are so many miles
My heart can still feel the warmth of your smiles
My guitar talks for me it cries
Out the sound of your name, I close my eyes
And play my guitar, and I'm with you
I'll be with you

My magical moments
When you smile, you smile at me
And I hold you so close
You know you set my soul free

There isn't a long time left to go
Until I am with you and then I'll know
Just how happy I can be
When you're by my side, so alive and free
I'll play my guitar, and I'm with you
I'll be with you

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Greener Grass, bluer skies
In the past, don't know why
It's hard to see in this haze
The beauty of these days
The beauty of these days

Lived my life with blinders on
Searched so long for where I'd gone
I tried to find in this maze
The beauty of these days
The beauty of these days

Time goes by very fast
Future's now in the past
Cannot stop the turning tide
And you're still by my side

Threw myself into my work
I missed out, now who's the jerk
Kids grow fast so don't delay
The beauty of these days
The beauty of these days

Time goes by very fast
Future's now in the past
Cannot stop the turning tide
And you're still by my side

Greener grass, bluer skies
Here and now, opened eyes
Now I see through this haze
The beauty of these days
The beauty of these days

Time goes by very fast
Future's now in the past
Cannot stop the turning tide
And you're still by my side

The beauty of these days
The beauty of these days
And you're still by my side
The beauty of these days

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I'm walking with a bit more spring in my step
I'm stepping into puddles and getting wet
What could make me act this way
Feel like I could fly today

When love comes around
It makes you want to get up and dance, take a chance
When love comes around
The world is so much brighter, takes the gray out of this town
When love comes around

Your love hit me right between the eyes
Your eyes really took me by surprise
Guess you could say I was caught off guard
That bow and arrow hit me hard

When love comes around
It makes you want to get up and dance, take a chance
When love comes around
The world is so much brighter, takes the gray out of this town
When love comes around

I am not a graceful man
Not much of a dancer
But when she walked into the room
I had to go and ask her

I'm walking with a bit more spring in my step
I'm stepping into puddles and getting wet
What could make me act this way
Feel like I could fly today

When love comes around
It makes you want to get up and dance, take a chance
When love comes around
The world is so much brighter, takes the gray out of this town
When love comes around
When love comes around
When love comes around
When love comes around

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