As a songwriter, it is not always the perfect poetic lyric that inspires and drives you to create something unique.

Sometimes it is simply a group of words that find the right melody.

This is my salute to the great rock songs of the 1970's.

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I Survived

I was born in a black hole, on the wrong side of town

I was raised by my grandma, 'cause my parents were never 'round

I grew up in the city streets, full of pain and rage

Taught the ways of the world and love by a woman twice my age

I broke out of this nightmare just in time to save my soul

Turned my back on the life I had, I can't crawl back in that hole

Took up with a stranger, who left me bleedin' in the streets

Realized that the only way to live was to stand on my two feet

But I survived

I survived

Spent some time in prison after trying to find my place

Took up with the lowest lives ever walked in the human race

Then I gained my freedom, a whole new life never goin' back again

Gonna make something of my myself, before I reach the end

And I survived

Yes I survived

So many years have passed me by, I'm still standin' on the crest

I'm not the king of this whole damn world, but I'm as good as all the rest

Got a beautiful wife at home, live and love life every day

I keep reachin' for the stars, but I will never forget the ways

That I survived

I survived

© 2003