Go slow man they say
Do it this way
Don’t do it like that
Do it the normal way.

To hell with you
I’m a do what I do
I don’t run around
Telling you how to be you.

If I like a girl
I tell her how I feel
Girl don’t like it
That’s her deal.

She get scared off
Want to be with someone else
Guess I’ll just go
Be by myself.

Go easy man
Just act cool
Shut it man
I’m a loveable fool.

I’m a do what I do
I’m a be who I be
You be your man
Let me be me.

My time is short
I’m burning bright
I ain’t got time
For games in life.

I’m a be who I be
I’m a do what I do
I don’t run around
Telling you how to be you.

Be true to yourself
That’s all I say
And I’m true to myself
Every damn day.

I’m a do what I do
I’m a be who I be
You be your man
I’ll be me.

Girl don’t like it
Get on the move
How do I fight it?
What can I do?

I accept her for her
She can’t accept me for me
What can I do?
But accept it ain’t meant to be?

I ain’t going to sit there
Acting differently
When I look at the girl
The girl going to see.

So I’m a say how I feel
I’m a be real
Check yourself man
That’s no big deal.

I’m a enjoy my freedom
And just be one
Unless two are believing
And the loving is fun.

Love ain’t chains
Love ain’t whips
Love ain’t games
Or love ain’t shit.

I’m a do what I do
I’m a be who I be
You act cool
That ain’t me.

I’m a do what I do
I’m a be who I be
Y’all be you
I’m a be me.

© Daniel Breslin

Sometimes I just go driving
Destination unknown
Just to clear my mind
As I drive away from home.

I put on some subtle tracks
For me Einaudi is the King
And I become so relaxed
As peace comes on his strings.

The world around me can get so manic
In ways hard to describe
As people act in such peculiar antics
I just want to drive.

Kind of picky about my company
At those particular times
Don’t get me wrong it might be lovely
But the right one can be hard to find.

And I just want to drown out the noise
Sometimes even just that in my own head
So I go out and drive
Listen to Einaudi instead.

And I look up at the stars
And I look up at the skies
And I think of my future
And I think of my ties.

I go out driving
Destination unknown
And I let space widen
The realms that I call home.

© Daniel Breslin

I’m feeling a little good
Coming from a time of stress
Borne out of love
But not always brought out my best.

Gone a little backwards
To ultimately move forward
Though the thing about moving backwards
Is at times, it’s hard to see any reward.

Fighting battles that weren’t really mine
But ones that must be fought
Are battles with which I’m fine
But time itself is inevitably lost.

I’m moving toward the light
Trying to move at a little pace
Trying to change the fight
To a fight that’s more my taste.

Put my energy somewhere better
Put it in battles that are good for me
I was raised under pressure
So a fighter is what I be.

Battle’s come in all shapes and sizes
Mine’s more the fight of the internal
And the thing about life is
While you have it, the fight is eternal.

We got to pick our battles wisely
But there’s some we can’t avoid
And we got to leave some battles timely
Before our self’s destroyed.

I’m not one for regrets
So regrets aren’t what I have
Just focusing on my forward steps
And of them, I’m always glad.

Every time I think I’m out
Something goes and pulls me back in
And while I don’t mean to sound like Pacino
That’s just how it’s been.

Darkness still up here
But it is dwindling in might
It’s just lingering in the rear
And that’s not in my sight.

So I’m allowed a smile
If I say so myself
Not been living for me in awhile
So now that my mind’s on that, maybe lady luck will help.

© Daniel Breslin

Put them smooth tunes on
Go on pass me a beer
Grab one yourself
Let’s raise them in a cheers.

I seen you brother
You been going through the pain
Broke up with your lover
Found another all the same.

I saw you man
You know you’re my boy
Said you’d never find another
No other could bring you joy.

Yet here you are
Got a beer in your hand
Been a hard year
But the year made the man.

We got them good tunes on
Laughing a little
You ain’t worried bout that girl
To tell the truth her heart was fickle.

Now here you are
Got a woman smiling out the back
She a good woman too
I wouldn’t lie about that.

Love of a good woman
Make any mans day
That’s why you smiling like a child
Like everything in the world okay.

Don’t give me that shit
Don’t try brush it off
You just smiling like a kid
I ain’t saying that you’re soft.

Ah yeah, yeah, go on
Give me that big man shit
Telling me you don’t give a fuck
Trying to push that smile up off your lip.

You feeling good
I still see it in your eyes
Everybody need love
That’s not something you should hide.

I know you worried of the risk
As you been hurt before
And that old wound
Might still be a little sore.

But they all hurt you brother
Of that there’s nothing more sure
You just got to find another
That’s worth hurting for.

Now I don’t know much
But I know a good heart when I see it
And if you don’t let your fear fuck it up
This woman she could be it.

And for all you know
That woman been hurt and scared too
But she out there being brave
Accepting you for you.

So don’t fear to love
It’s what keeps us young, keeps us kids
That’s why that woman out back
Got that big dumb smile upon your lips.

Ah yeah, yeah, go on
Give me that macho crap
But let’s still clink beers
Do that man pat on the back.

I feel good for you brother
Happy for you through and through
And I can’t see the future
But this feels good for you.

I know it’s been hard
Pain is something we all go through
But what really makes the difference
Is your emerging view.

Now you can act tough
When you go back out there
I’m not telling you to rush
Just telling you to push through your scares.

So you go on out there
And you act the big man
But deep down, I know you just a scared little boy
Same as I am.

© Daniel Breslin

I love a good soul
I love a good skin
To make me feel whole
As I laugh from deep within.

I love a good chuckle
I love a good smile
That creeps in subtle
Ends wide a mile.

Let your teeth show
Let your soul loose
Let your belly roll
Laugh like you’re death proof.

Laugh for the future
Laugh at the past
Not even trouble can neuter
When you laugh like that.

Laugh for our freedom
Laugh to make me whole
One of my favourite things in this world
Is the belly deep laughter of another soul.

Laugh because you can
Laugh to make me smile
Laugh just to damn well
Forget our cares awhile.

Laugh motherfucker
Till it shines through your eyes
And we damn near fall over
Afraid it will burst from our sides.

Laugh you brave soul
Laugh at the skies
Laugh to make us whole
Laugh like there’s no goodbyes.

Let your teeth show
Let your soul loose
Let your belly roll
Laugh like you’re death proof.

Laugh because you can
Laugh to make me smile
Laugh just to damn well
Forget our cares for awhile.

I love a good soul
I sure loves me a good skin
To make me feel whole
As I laugh from deep within.

© Daniel Breslin

I just wanted to talk to you
How stupid was that?
That when I was feeling low
It was with you I wanted to chat?

I don’t want to bring you down
Up is the only place for you
But why is it when I’m down
I always wish I was with you?

I’ve tried to understand
The distance in your tone
Suppose I’m half a mad man
Maybe spent too much time walking alone.

But why is it that it’s you?
Your company I wish?
God dammit I’m strong too
Is there a strength in you I miss?

Why do I believe in you so much?
When you don’t seem to give a damn for me?
And why do I keep putting my thoughts on view
For the whole damn world to see?

Don’t worry I’m moving on
Heart’s opening to others too
But just about now, somehow, the luckiest man it thinks it know
Is still the one waking up to you.

Why is it you?

© Daniel Breslin

She got them head phones on
And she’s all zoned out
You don’t know what’s going on
You don’t know what she’s about.

She just letting the music fly
Sprinkle peace into her ears
As her mind glides through the sky
She feels them fears disappear.

She got them head phones on
And she’s all zoned out
You don’t know what’s going on
You don’t know what she’s about.

She’s got so much on her plate
So much on her shoulders
Just needs a little break from weight
Feels like she been lifting then splitting boulders.

She got them head phones on
And she’s all zoned out
You don’t know what it’s like at her home
You don’t know what it’s like at her house.

She’s so much weighing on her soul
So much weighing on her mind
Feels she does it all alone
But she smiling like she’s fine.

She got them head phones on
And she’s all zoned out
You don’t know what’s going on
You don’t know what she’s about.

She go walking out at night
Lets her eyes latch on one star
Lets her mind take flight
And travel just as far.

She got them head phones on
And she’s all zoned out
You don’t know what’s going on
You don’t know what she’s about.

She goes walking in the darkness
In the hopes of finding light
Put some strength where her heart is
When she tires of the fight.

She got them headphones on
And she’s all zoned out
We don’t know her problems at home
We don’t know what goes on at her house.

She go walking out at night
To shake it all off
Never know what’s going on in another’s life
Too rarely foresee the cost.

She got them head phones on
And she’s all zoned out
You don’t know what’s going on
You don’t know what she’s about.

She’s got them head phones on
And she’s all zoned out
Hard to know if she just didn’t see the truck
Or whether she just wanted out.

She used to have her headphones on
And she get all zoned out
Hard to know what’s going on
In anyone else’s house.

© Daniel Breslin