COLOR ME HUMAN

COLOR ME HUMAN         (C) Ron Burres

I SEE A LOT OF THEM IN THE NEWS

AND ON THE TV

THEY JUST DON’T SEEM TO SEE THINGS

THE SAME AS ME

THEY SEE HATRED AND ANGER WHERE EVER THEY LOOK

WHEN I LOOK OUT AT THE WORLD

THIS IS WHAT I SEE

I SEE CHILDREN SINGING WITH JOY IN THEIR VOICE

I SEE PARENTS LOVING GIVING LIFE AS THEIR CHOICE

I SEE BLINDNESS OF COLOR IN THE MAKING OF MAN

I SEE SAMENESS IN ALL

JUST THE ONE RACE

HUMAN

DO YOU REMEMBER

Ron Burres 5/27/2010

DO YOU REMEMBER

FROM HIS WHEEL CHAIR 

HE SPOKE

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW HARD WE FOUGHT

DO YOU REMEMBER WHY

DO YOU REMEMBER THE RIGHTS WE SOUGHT

WHEN WE WENT TO DIE

IT WASN’T JUST ABOUT OUR PRIDE

ALTHOUGH WE HAD THAT TOO

WE CHOSE TO GO AND JOIN THE FIGHT

BRINGING  JUSTICE TO OUR CAUSE 

TO ENSURE A HERITAGE JUST FOR YOU

EVEN THOUGH FREEDOM IS A RIGHT

IT IS SELDOM GIVEN FREE

GOD BLESS THE SOULS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR STRANGERS LIKE YOU AND ME

ALWAYS REMEMBER WHY

A PICTURE IN MY MIND © Ron Burres

A PICTURE IN MY MIND                                    © Ron Burres

I HAD THIS PICTURE IN MY MIND

OF A GENTLE AGELESS LOVE

THAT EXISTED THROUGHOUT

ALL TIME

OF WARM SUMMER BREEZES

ON WHITE SANDY BEACHES

SHARED WITH YOU

LIKE SOME UNENDING RHYME

DRIFTING IN MY MIND

DRIFTING IN MY MIND    (C) Ron Burres  2014


YOU TURN GENTLY IN YOUR SLEEP
YOUR BREATH SPEAKING SOFTLY TO MY HEART
AS IT BEGINS TO POUND WITH IN MY CHEST

I LAY THERE LISTENING TO THOUGHTS

THAT GO DRIFTING THROUGH MY MIND

DISCOVERING A ME I THOUGHT WAS LOST

WAY BACK  IN ANOTHER LIFETIME

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER    (C) Ron Burres 2004

(Song spoken  MUSIC: Battle hymn of the republic in background)

I AM THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR COUNTRIES FIGHTING MAN

WHO DIED FIGHTING ON FOREIGN SOIL PROTECTING THOSE IN ANOTHER LAND

THEIR FREEDOM WAS MY GOAL, YES FREEDOM WAS MY GOAL

I PROUDLY CARRIED THE STARS AND STRIPES, THROUGH BATTLES IN FREEZING COLD

I'VE FOUGHT IN DESERTS, ON LAND AND SEA, WITH A HEART BOTH BRAVE AND BOLD

IV’E DIED ALONE ON FOREIGN SOIL WITH MY FAMILY CRYING THERE AT HOME.

I AM THE SPIRIT OF THOUSANDS OF SOULS, THOSE WHO DIED BEFORE THEIR TIME

THEY GAVE THEIR ALL FOR FELLOW MAN, THEY NOW REST IN SOME FOREIGN LAND

THEY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM, YES FREEDOM WAS THEIR GOAL

THEY FOUGHT BESIDE ONE ANOTHER OTHER, REGARDLESS OF COLOR OR CREED

WITH FAMILIES LEFT AT HOME TO MOURN, THEY CAME TO PROTECT A HUMAN NEED

WHERE ARE THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES NOW,  WHERE ARE THEY WHEN WE BLEED,  

STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT

STAND UP FOR THOSE OPPRESSED FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT FIGHT

STAND WITH HEADS HELD HIGH STAND AND MAKE US PROUD AGAIN

WE FOUGHT FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT  OUR DEATHS WERE NOT IN VAIN

GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.

HOLD HER HAND

 HOLD HER HAND TONIGHT     © Ron Burres

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Father, hold her hand tonight

as she leaves this earthly darkness, and walks into your light

She loved you so, 

as only you can know.  

Dear father hold her hand tonight.

​

Angels rejoice and sing 

as another is coming home to accept her pair of wings

She spent her time well while on this earthly plane, 

but now she’s really home

​

Thank you Father for blessing our lives

 with this special soul

We know she was just on loan.

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FORGIVE ME LORD

FORGIVE ME LORD              ©Ron Burres

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK

IF YOU KNOCK THE DOOR WILL OPEN

ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE

AS A PRODIGAL RETURNS I PRAY

FORGIVE ME LORD

FATHER I KNOW YOU WEPT

AS MY LIFE WENT ASTRAY

AS MY STEPS AND WEAKNESS

TOOK ME FURTHER AWAY

I KNOW NOW THE LASHES

THAT TORE THE SKIN FROM HIS BACK

THORNS DRAWING BLOOD

UNTIL IT COVERED HIS HEAD

THE WEIGHT OF THE CROSS

AS HE STUMBLED AND FELL

FORGIVE ME LORD

FOR THE PAIN I ADDED THAT DAY

FATHER I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE WEPT

AS YOU KNEW THE PRICE HE WOULD PAY

FOR THE GRACE OF FORGIVENESS

THAT I PRAY FOR TODAY

I KNOW YOU WEEP WITH TEARS OF JOY

EACH TIME WE PRODIGALS TURN

AND HEAD TOWARD HOME

AS WE PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS

THAT WE COULD NOT EARN. 

HE SAID

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK

IF YOU KNOCK THE DOOR WILL OPEN

ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE