Michael Dudley Rodgers

SUNSHINE LANE

EXACTLY

I don't know what I was thinking of
Can't even guess what I thought you'd be
I don't know what I was expecting
But you're exactly what I need.

I don't know who I was dreaming of
or when I woke up who I thought you'd be
I just know I needed someone
And you're exactly who I need.

And I do know that the Universe gives us what we ask for
that love can conjure up every thing we want and more..
that a power so much greater than we can imagine
is at work, all the time, to open every door...

I don't know if I created you
I don't know but I do believe
You must have come from deep within my heart
'cause you're exactly what I need.

You bring me love, all your love
Every day of my life you bring me love.
You bring me love, all your love
Every day of my life you bring me love.

AGAIN

Ah, you're dreaming again and darling I know I'm in it
Cause you're sighing my name and crying out for me.
So I'm holding you tight and loving every minute
And whenever you wake I'll be here next to you.

Loving you is like taking candy from a baby
Easy, gentle, warmest, sweetest thing I know
When you close your eyes and drift away you're smiling
And the love you feel inside just makes you glow.

This thing is mystical - we've sailed on these waves before
It's almost as tho we're long lost friends
Oh I want to love you again, even more....

Your caress is soft and wise, I've no more secrets
You send shivers up and down me all the time.
Could it be in some past life that we were lovers,
and for whatever reason, once again you're mine.

 

I Sing This Song

I sing this song when I'm feeling blue
When I'm all alone and I don't know what to do
It's so hard to find love that's really true
I sing this song and think of you.

I sing this song when I'm down and out
Just so mad inside and I've got to get it out.
Confidence is gone, all that's left is doubt
I sing this song and think of you.

Baby, how'd it end this way
Where did all that love disappear to.
Baby, you know I wish you well
Call if you need a friend, I'll hear you.

I sing this song when I want to cry
Cause I've got no answers and I don't know why
Far as I can see there's nothing left to try
So I'll sing this song and think of you.

Weak Souls

It's gotten so there are times when we don't speak all day
And when we do, what good's it do, we've angry words to say.
We've reached the point of no return and my mind cries to know that it's true
How can the world find a brighter tomorrow, so filled with weak souls like me and you?

We've children who will grow to learn the hate we cannot hide
they'll see the hurt and feel the pain we no longer keep inside.
What makes us think we've got the right to cause the tears they cry all night thru?
How can the world find a brighter tomorrow, so filled with weak souls like me and you?

I can't believe we're both so small we've no more love to give
So now we'll close these shattered hearts and end this lie we live...

Our hearts will fight to keep the good and leave behind the bad
and when we're gone we'll probably miss what little love we had.
Our future's full of emptiness. oh God I wish I knew..
How can the world find a brighter tomorrow, so filled with weak souls like me and you.

 

Be Here Now

Still of darkness, tip toe from the room
Shut the door behind you, not a sound
Put the note you wrote upon the table
It's all that's left of you when it is found.

Come the daybreak catch the morning train
See the sunlight ride the steel away.
Feelings flying faster than tomorrow
But tomorrow that's another day...

All day long the mountains come and go
Fields of flowers catch the wind and flow
Watch the burning sunset end the day
Be Here Now, the past will fade away.

Nighttime brings you peace in quiet song
Let it touch you like a gentle friend.
Singing sleep it watches over you
Be Here Now, and you are whole again.

I Called You Up

I called you up and you were crying
I asked you what might the matter be?
You said "Oh, I feel like dying...
Cause our love can never be."

I called you up and you were crying.
You said that we could love no more.
But I can't stop now, and I'm not trying...
You're all that I'm living for.

I called you up, I wish I never
Cause what you said has hurt me so.
You never gave me a reason ever...
You just said that you must go....

I called you up and you were crying
And so was I when we were through...
All you said was "Love, goodbye and
Remember that I love you."

 

Words and Music by Michael Dudley Rodgers
Recorded at Le Fey Studio, Sedona, Az 2025