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Item 151
STAKING THE FLAG
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten lyric 'Staking The Flag', a satirical look at the taking of the American frontier, on a torn-edge spiral notebook sheet, in his 34 Albums, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric STAKING THE FLAG, a satirical look at the taking of the American frontier, on a one-hole-punched torn-edge spiral notebook sheet, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric STAKING THE FLAG, a satirical look at the taking of the American frontier, from the 34 albums and first published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: full lyrics ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Chomskian ; Political ; Society ; Real lifethe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN ; DEPRESSING ; POLITICAL ; REAL LIFE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line S17) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2001
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STAKING THE FLAG
The Indians in teepees
Spoke English say
"In trouble deepie"
The cavalry is
Just about to charge
No dancing with wolves
When you're waltzing with Custerd
Forced into building casino's
And inventing new mustard
The pilgrims with muskets
are now at large
Trade whiskey for deeds
Throw in a few Beads
Then you know it's in the bag
Put men on the moon
You know its never too soon
Sometimes you have to push hard
When you're staking the flag
The Indians in teepees
Spoke English say
"In trouble deepie"
The cavalry is
Just about to charge
No dancing with wolves
When you're waltzing with Custerd
Forced into building casino's
And inventing new mustard
The pilgrims with muskets
are now at large
Trade whiskey for deeds
Throw in a few Beads
Then you know it's in the bag
Put men on the moon
You know its never too soon
Sometimes you have to push hard
When you're staking the flag
Item 155
MY BEST FRIEND
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten lyric 'My Best Friend' under a bubble-letter title on a lined sheet, which became the song 'My Best Friends' (set list 4, track 10), about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric MY BEST FRIEND, which became the song MY BEST FRIENDS (set list 4, track 10 of the 34 albums), under a bubble-letter title on a lined sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric MY BEST FRIEND, which became the song MY BEST FRIENDS (set list 4, track 10 of the 34 albums).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: MY BEST FRIENDS (set list 4, track 10) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Friendship
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 4 · track 10 · as the song MY BEST FRIENDS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line M25) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 4 (track 10) · Set List 4: Partner To The Crime, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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MY BEST FRIEND
One day at a time
Step by step
Suck toxins down
With every breath
Hand in hand
Right by my side
When We went our seperate ways
A Part of me died
In my time of weakness
I was never alone
Despise the day
Tobacco seeds were sown
My twenty friends
Though small in size
Became my foes
Whom I now despise
The truth is clear
They kill you slow
No pleading ignorance
For Everybody knows
When
One day at a time
Step by step
Suck toxins down
With every breath
Hand in hand
Right by my side
When We went our seperate ways
A Part of me died
In my time of weakness
I was never alone
Despise the day
Tobacco seeds were sown
My twenty friends
Though small in size
Became my foes
Whom I now despise
The truth is clear
They kill you slow
No pleading ignorance
For Everybody knows
When
Item 187
THE GAME
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten lyric 'The Game', a baseball at-bat told as a picture of life, on two torn lined sheets, which became the song 'Game' in the 34 Albums, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric THE GAME, which became the song GAME (set list 3, track 13 of the 34 albums), a baseball at-bat told as a picture of life, on a torn lined sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric THE GAME, a baseball at-bat told as a picture of life, which became the song GAME (set list 3, track 13 of the 34 albums), first published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: GAME (set list 3, track 13) ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Baseball ; Sports ; Inspiring ; Motivationalthe old category list says: INSPIRING ; MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 3 · track 13 · as the song GAME
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line G7) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 3 (track 13) · Set List 3: Self In The Mirror, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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THE GAME
The coach called my number
So I stepped up to the plate
The pitcher threw the ball
But I swung too late
Two strikes left
I'm down in the count
I can't give up
As I hear the fans shout
The pitcher throws the ball
After he checked the sign
A ball way outside
But the empire is blind
He called strike two
As the catcher smiled
I'm down and out
Swinging at anything that comes
In the bottom of the ninth
And we need a homerun
The pitcher does
what he must do
He threw the ball
AND I swung right through
Now he's jumping up
with his fists tightly clenched
I walk with my head down
Back to the bench
---
Time for the winners and the losers
To each go their seperate way
We both took our chances
In this game we play
Time to clear my ears
of their constant ringing
I took my shot
At least [crossed out: boo] I went down swinging
The stadium quiets down
After the outcome has been revealed
Everybody leaves the park
Only grass left on the field
Just my luck
The clouds begin to rain
As I scratch my head
And remember tomorrow
They'll be another game
The coach called my number
So I stepped up to the plate
The pitcher threw the ball
But I swung too late
Two strikes left
I'm down in the count
I can't give up
As I hear the fans shout
The pitcher throws the ball
After he checked the sign
A ball way outside
But the empire is blind
He called strike two
As the catcher smiled
I'm down and out
Swinging at anything that comes
In the bottom of the ninth
And we need a homerun
The pitcher does
what he must do
He threw the ball
AND I swung right through
Now he's jumping up
with his fists tightly clenched
I walk with my head down
Back to the bench
---
Time for the winners and the losers
To each go their seperate way
We both took our chances
In this game we play
Time to clear my ears
of their constant ringing
I took my shot
At least [crossed out: boo] I went down swinging
The stadium quiets down
After the outcome has been revealed
Everybody leaves the park
Only grass left on the field
Just my luck
The clouds begin to rain
As I scratch my head
And remember tomorrow
They'll be another game
Item 195
Only for not lonely for
In one sentence: Tom's blue-ink poem 'Only For Not Lonely For' ('Since I am a poet I will fight you only with my pen'), with a rhyme aid across the top, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem Only for not lonely for, with the vowels and consonants sorted across the top as a rhyme aid and two stanzas beginning 'Since I am a poet I will fight you only with my pen', in blue ink on a torn-corner lined sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten poem ONLY FOR NOT LONELY FOR, with the vowels and consonants laid out across the top as a rhyme aid - a look at how he worked his rhymes - and the line 'Since I am a poet I will fight you only with my pen'.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: full lyrics ; Working drafts ; Writing ; Lovedraft - not yet proved
- Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line L9) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 16 (track 12) · Set List 16: Kneel Heal And Rise, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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A E I O U
B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Since I am a poet I will fight you only with my pen
I'll drag your name through the mud
And then drag it through again
No need for fists
Fighting will only leave you bruised
And everyone would just love to punch a lawyer
But youre the one who's K.O.'ed when he sues
I've learned that paper cuts never heal
When you're on the front page of the news
When made known is your reputation
I win and you lose
Since I am a poet I will try my very best
To seperate myself from all the others
In my attempt to stand above the rest
I shall search to write what hasn't yet been written
Though there's not much that Dylan left
So I am friends with the long road I am facing
And have been given some direction which to begin my quest
Been patted on the back and shaken many hands
And Told by gold diggers the way is west
But Before I brag of Dean's lists and colleges
Only time remains the truestest
B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Since I am a poet I will fight you only with my pen
I'll drag your name through the mud
And then drag it through again
No need for fists
Fighting will only leave you bruised
And everyone would just love to punch a lawyer
But youre the one who's K.O.'ed when he sues
I've learned that paper cuts never heal
When you're on the front page of the news
When made known is your reputation
I win and you lose
Since I am a poet I will try my very best
To seperate myself from all the others
In my attempt to stand above the rest
I shall search to write what hasn't yet been written
Though there's not much that Dylan left
So I am friends with the long road I am facing
And have been given some direction which to begin my quest
Been patted on the back and shaken many hands
And Told by gold diggers the way is west
But Before I brag of Dean's lists and colleges
Only time remains the truestest
Item 202
The poorest chorus
In one sentence: Tom's blue-pen lyric for the song 'Poorest Chorus', a social satire on 'the white trashification of these United States', on two lined sheets with a margin word list, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric for the song POOREST CHORUS (set list 13, track 7 of the 34 albums), a social satire beginning 'I've been watching the white trashification of these United States', in blue pen on two lined sheets with a word list in the margin.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric for the song POOREST CHORUS (set list 13, track 7 of the 34 albums), a social satire beginning 'I've been watching the white trashification of these United States', with his word list in the margin.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: POOREST CHORUS (set list 13, track 7) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Chomskian ; Depressing ; State of the world ; Societythe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN ; DEPRESSING ; MISCELLANEOUS ; STATE OF THE WORLD (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 13 · track 7 · as the song POOREST CHORUS
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
Shorter Lyrics (2013)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line B26) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 13 (track 7) · Set List 13: Power Shields, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The poorest chorus
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
It walks hand in hand
with the dropping prices of real estate
[strikethrough: which is tied directly to the Walmartization of]
[strikethrough: of our country's citizens by magnates]
[strikethrough: whose raised by television and are illegitimate]
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
I'm seeing values and morals slowly
[strikethrough: And] a sense of duty to country disintegrate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
[strikethrough: But] [strikethrough: more] [strikethrough: to] [strikethrough: it] [strikethrough: than] [strikethrough: just]
Supreme court rulings or what bills [strikethrough: get]
passed on the house floor on the senate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
[strikethrough: Ideas] [strikethrough: seen] people getting loud but not taking a bath
in the aftirmath of [strikethrough: destruction] [strikethrough: and] Katrina open up the Floodgates
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
And all these kids having kids
who're raised by television and are illegitimate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
Which is tied directly to the Walmartization of
our country's citizens by big magnates
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
The more get more and the poor get less
Your [strikethrough: big] mom and pop store has to liquidate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
But it's never seemed to be an issue
brought up at any presidential [strikethrough: candidate] candidate
trashgrate
deliberate
[strikethrough: create]
[strikethrough: iterate]
locate
magnate
---
I've been watching the white trashification of these United States.
The more get more and the poor get less.
Your mom and pop store has to liquidate.
I've been watching the white trashification of these United States.
But it's never seemed to be an issue brought up at any presidential candidate
---
There ain't no money in saving the world
When you ask for contributions
People just look at you funny
And say you're nuts like a squirrel
Won't join in my little revolution
Would rather go home and [crossed out: keep] shine up their pearls
Their priceless heirloom For their little girl
Mistaking attrition for absolution
reign supreme
Yet when it's her time to [crossed out: take] [crossed out: over]
Everything worth saving will be gone
Just when she's entering her prime
There'll [crossed out: be] nothing but wall-to-wall human beings
And she'll be left to wonder where [crossed out: things] it all went wrong
Her parents never acted on what they were Seeing
Just Kept on folling the [crossed out: to] orders of the old regime
When it was then time to wake up they just yawned
---
There are too many lives lacking purpose
yet so many with misplaced ambition
Just what's the point of existence
If you spend your entire life going fishing
I never understood remedial repetion
By those who could make a real difference
They end up selling their soul
For a few dollars a pound
All the while believing they're fully in control
Sometimes I wonder if they've ever stopped and
looked around
Perhaps they're too busy managing their bankroll
---
This is no type of world in which to play
Not that it matters much anyway
where you are going is more important
than where you came from
Can you hear me speaking to you
my unborn son?
---
The next wave, you watch it come break and then come tumbling down
You stay awake,
---
Another monday morning
Following a sleepless Sunday night
Groggy, tired and yawning
seems to be the story of your life
[crossed out: it's amazing] [crossed out: do anything at all]
living off [crossed out: thirty hours of sleep a week]
Tossing and turning staring at the ceiling
[heavily crossed out illegible text]
[crossed out: Either that or else you were counting sheep]
Many of us know how you're feeling
Living off [crossed out: of] thirty hours of sleep a week
Tossing and turning staring at the ceiling
Either that or else you were counting sheep
Living [crossed out: from] paycheck to paycheck
Struggling just to pay rent
Tighten up your belt that hangs [crossed out: this] [crossed out: a] loose around your/net
Thursday night and an empty wallet
Wondering where it all went?
Two full time jobs barely keeps the expenses met
Just enough gas to get back and forth to your [crossed out: job]
A few walls and a simple roof above your head
Don't need a door with a lock
For you don't have anything valuable enough
to rob
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
It walks hand in hand
with the dropping prices of real estate
[strikethrough: which is tied directly to the Walmartization of]
[strikethrough: of our country's citizens by magnates]
[strikethrough: whose raised by television and are illegitimate]
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
I'm seeing values and morals slowly
[strikethrough: And] a sense of duty to country disintegrate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
[strikethrough: But] [strikethrough: more] [strikethrough: to] [strikethrough: it] [strikethrough: than] [strikethrough: just]
Supreme court rulings or what bills [strikethrough: get]
passed on the house floor on the senate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
[strikethrough: Ideas] [strikethrough: seen] people getting loud but not taking a bath
in the aftirmath of [strikethrough: destruction] [strikethrough: and] Katrina open up the Floodgates
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
And all these kids having kids
who're raised by television and are illegitimate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
Which is tied directly to the Walmartization of
our country's citizens by big magnates
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
The more get more and the poor get less
Your [strikethrough: big] mom and pop store has to liquidate
I've been watching the white trashification
of these United States
But it's never seemed to be an issue
brought up at any presidential [strikethrough: candidate] candidate
trashgrate
deliberate
[strikethrough: create]
[strikethrough: iterate]
locate
magnate
---
I've been watching the white trashification of these United States.
The more get more and the poor get less.
Your mom and pop store has to liquidate.
I've been watching the white trashification of these United States.
But it's never seemed to be an issue brought up at any presidential candidate
---
There ain't no money in saving the world
When you ask for contributions
People just look at you funny
And say you're nuts like a squirrel
Won't join in my little revolution
Would rather go home and [crossed out: keep] shine up their pearls
Their priceless heirloom For their little girl
Mistaking attrition for absolution
reign supreme
Yet when it's her time to [crossed out: take] [crossed out: over]
Everything worth saving will be gone
Just when she's entering her prime
There'll [crossed out: be] nothing but wall-to-wall human beings
And she'll be left to wonder where [crossed out: things] it all went wrong
Her parents never acted on what they were Seeing
Just Kept on folling the [crossed out: to] orders of the old regime
When it was then time to wake up they just yawned
---
There are too many lives lacking purpose
yet so many with misplaced ambition
Just what's the point of existence
If you spend your entire life going fishing
I never understood remedial repetion
By those who could make a real difference
They end up selling their soul
For a few dollars a pound
All the while believing they're fully in control
Sometimes I wonder if they've ever stopped and
looked around
Perhaps they're too busy managing their bankroll
---
This is no type of world in which to play
Not that it matters much anyway
where you are going is more important
than where you came from
Can you hear me speaking to you
my unborn son?
---
The next wave, you watch it come break and then come tumbling down
You stay awake,
---
Another monday morning
Following a sleepless Sunday night
Groggy, tired and yawning
seems to be the story of your life
[crossed out: it's amazing] [crossed out: do anything at all]
living off [crossed out: thirty hours of sleep a week]
Tossing and turning staring at the ceiling
[heavily crossed out illegible text]
[crossed out: Either that or else you were counting sheep]
Many of us know how you're feeling
Living off [crossed out: of] thirty hours of sleep a week
Tossing and turning staring at the ceiling
Either that or else you were counting sheep
Living [crossed out: from] paycheck to paycheck
Struggling just to pay rent
Tighten up your belt that hangs [crossed out: this] [crossed out: a] loose around your/net
Thursday night and an empty wallet
Wondering where it all went?
Two full time jobs barely keeps the expenses met
Just enough gas to get back and forth to your [crossed out: job]
A few walls and a simple roof above your head
Don't need a door with a lock
For you don't have anything valuable enough
to rob
SHORT
Item 222
ABSOLUTELY MARIE
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten lyric ABSOLUTELY MARIE, two boxed verses and a chorus with a nod to Bob Dylan, on a yellow legal pad sheet with timing notes at the bottom.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric ABSOLUTELY MARIE, two boxed verses and a chorus with a nod to Bob Dylan, with his timing notes for the recording at the bottom of a yellow legal pad sheet.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: ABSOLUTELY MARIE ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014) ; The November 2012 Anthology (2012) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Recording and production notes ; Love ; Musicdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSsong list 10 · track 11 · as the song ABSOLUTELY MARIE
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
The November 2012 Anthology (2012)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line A12) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Song List 10 (track 11) · Song List 10: One Piece Missing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
ABSOLUTELY MARIE
I know her name...
Absolutely Sweet Marie
These words filled my head
Describing some one I just met
Words I think that Bob Dylan said
Just leave it up to him
To steal my phrase for you
Who is he to speak your name
Speaking softly, sweet and true
Absolutely
Absolutely
Absolutely Sweet Marie
She is positively a woman
Who brightened up my rainy day
and brought some sunshine to this man
As I felt the room get warmer with every word she said
You never know what the future holds
Perhaps someone and something new
So these words once written I now write for you
Written carefully, sweet and true
Absolutely
Absolutely
Absolutely Sweet Marie
I know her name...
Absolutely Sweet Marie
These words filled my head
Describing some one I just met
Words I think that Bob Dylan said
Just leave it up to him
To steal my phrase for you
Who is he to speak your name
Speaking softly, sweet and true
Absolutely
Absolutely
Absolutely Sweet Marie
She is positively a woman
Who brightened up my rainy day
and brought some sunshine to this man
As I felt the room get warmer with every word she said
You never know what the future holds
Perhaps someone and something new
So these words once written I now write for you
Written carefully, sweet and true
Absolutely
Absolutely
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Item 303
Once I had... All I thought I'd need
In one sentence: Tom's short lyric 'Once I had... All I thought I'd need,' on a torn half sheet with a struck-out first try, part of the song 'Somewhere', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric Once I had... All I thought I'd need, which went into the song SOMEWHERE (set list 8, track 12), on a torn half sheet of lined paper with a struck-out first try.
- Why it matters
- Tom's early handwritten lyric Once I had... All I thought I'd need, from his yellow binder, with a struck-out first try, which went into the song SOMEWHERE (set list 8, track 12) of his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 8 (track 12) SOMEWHERE ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Loss ; Memories
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 8 · track 12 · as the song SOMEWHERE
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line S33) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 8 (track 12) · Set List 8: Boss Logic, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
Once I had... / All I thought I'd need / But now I got nothing but memories
Item 331
I've sat at every bench in this park
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten poem 'I've sat at every bench in this park,' on a lined notebook page - its only photo shows this poem, not the two-line verse 'Just make sure they're on the same road as you' that this card was first written up as.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten poem I've sat at every bench in this park ("Both before and after dark / Looking out at an ocean oh so deep"), on a lined notebook page.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten poem I've sat at every bench in this park. NOT SURE: the books, the binder line and the age on this card were found for the two-line verse Just make sure they're on the same road as you / You know what some people can do - not yet checked for this poem.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; Relationshipsdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 8 · as the song INNOCENCE LOST
IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line I9) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 8) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
I've sat at every bench in this park
Both before and after dark
Looking out at an ocean oh so deep
When everyone else is asleep
I See the sailboats stopped
Lookin' Just like upside down lollipops
Watch gulls pecking [crossed out text] by the beach
But it all seems so out of reach
Take off my shirt to get a tan
Wondering about life's master plan
[crossed out text]
Just when my troubles start to fade away
I have to work soon so I cannot stay
As soon as your high something brings
you down
As soon as you smile something makes
you frown
As soon as you blink the second has
passed
As soon as you're first you [crossed out: end] wind up last
This world can be such a tease
As soon as my mind's at ease
Just when I think I have it made
Rain falls down on my parade
I've had my share of ups and downs
Cried like mimes and laughed like clowns
Been dwarfed by guilt
And knocked off my stilts
The bigger they are the harder they fall
And I've seen and done it all
Both before and after dark
Looking out at an ocean oh so deep
When everyone else is asleep
I See the sailboats stopped
Lookin' Just like upside down lollipops
Watch gulls pecking [crossed out text] by the beach
But it all seems so out of reach
Take off my shirt to get a tan
Wondering about life's master plan
[crossed out text]
Just when my troubles start to fade away
I have to work soon so I cannot stay
As soon as your high something brings
you down
As soon as you smile something makes
you frown
As soon as you blink the second has
passed
As soon as you're first you [crossed out: end] wind up last
This world can be such a tease
As soon as my mind's at ease
Just when I think I have it made
Rain falls down on my parade
I've had my share of ups and downs
Cried like mimes and laughed like clowns
Been dwarfed by guilt
And knocked off my stilts
The bigger they are the harder they fall
And I've seen and done it all
Item 338
The Watcher
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'The Watcher' ('I've never seen his face, only looked into his eyes'), on a hole-punched lined sheet decorated with drawn eyes, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten poem The Watcher (I've never seen his face, only looked into his eyes), on a hole-punched lined sheet decorated with drawn eyes, published in Poems By Tom (2007) and the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's early handwritten poem The Watcher (I've never seen his face, only looked into his eyes), decorated with drawn eyes, from his yellow binder, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later in his 34 Albums and Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: The Watcher ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Love ; Religious ; Faiththe old category list says: LOVE ; RELIGIOUS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
The November 2012 Anthology (2012)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line W13) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 3 (track 6) · Set List 3: Self In The Mirror, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
I've never seen his face, only looked into his eyes / He's never said a word, he never told a lie /// The torch has been passed / Now I am the one who watches over you
FULL
Item 359
The Coney Story
In one sentence: Tom's story-poem 'The Coney Story' ('his mama was a nurse and daddy sold jewels'), under an outline-letter title on a loose-leaf sheet, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten story-poem The Coney Story (his mama was a nurse and daddy sold jewels), under an outline-letter title on a loose-leaf sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's early story-poem The Coney Story (his mama was a nurse and daddy sold jewels), under an outline-letter title, from his yellow binder.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Yellow binder (early poems) ; Unpublished poems ; Story poems ; Familydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 1 · as the song COREY STORY
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line C8) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 1) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
His mama was a nurse and daddy sold jewels
A couple hard working stiffs but both were fools
If the kid got outta line they'd keep their cool
{struck: Inmates running the asylum making}
Never make a fuss leave 'em to the School
Too busy working to have to raise kids
Right there ya find where the problem is
When little boy breaks the rules daddy's too
drunk to yell
He tried to chase 'em {struck: down} up the stairs
but down he fell
When you make your own rules how hard can
it be?
Mom's lying on the couch while watching TV
It takes more to be a mom than
just making dinner
That is of course if you want your boy
to play the game of life and be a winner
His daddy read him beer bottles while my daddy
read me books
When life gets ugly you can't get by on looks
Me and my daddy played throw and catch
Him and his daddy played throw and
duck
When you got no smarts
You depend on luck
And when that runs out
It really sucks
All you need's a dick to be a father
It takes balls to be a dad
I wish he read this story
I really wish he had
A couple hard working stiffs but both were fools
If the kid got outta line they'd keep their cool
{struck: Inmates running the asylum making}
Never make a fuss leave 'em to the School
Too busy working to have to raise kids
Right there ya find where the problem is
When little boy breaks the rules daddy's too
drunk to yell
He tried to chase 'em {struck: down} up the stairs
but down he fell
When you make your own rules how hard can
it be?
Mom's lying on the couch while watching TV
It takes more to be a mom than
just making dinner
That is of course if you want your boy
to play the game of life and be a winner
His daddy read him beer bottles while my daddy
read me books
When life gets ugly you can't get by on looks
Me and my daddy played throw and catch
Him and his daddy played throw and
duck
When you got no smarts
You depend on luck
And when that runs out
It really sucks
All you need's a dick to be a father
It takes balls to be a dad
I wish he read this story
I really wish he had
SHORT
Item 363
With You I'm Ten Feet Tall and the World Seems So Small
In one sentence: Tom's two-line blue-ink lyric 'With you I'm ten feet tall and the world seems so small,' on a lined notebook sheet, part of the song 'Ten Feet Tall', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line blue-ink lyric With you I'm ten feet tall and the world seems so small, on a lined notebook sheet, published in Poems By Tom (2007) and the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's early two-line blue-ink lyric With you I'm ten feet tall and the world seems so small, from his yellow binder, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later in his 34 Albums and Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: With You I'm Ten Feet Tall ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Love
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line W8) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 19 (track 7) · Set List 19: Della Of Troy, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
With you I'm ten feet tall and the world seems so small
I'm up so high who will catch me when I fall?
I'm up so high who will catch me when I fall?
FULL
Item 386
My personality
In one sentence: Tom's blue-ink lyric 'My personality (I am me so you can love it or leave it),' which went into the song 'Love It Or Leave It', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten blue-ink lyric My personality (I am me so you can love it or leave it), on a lined sheet, which went into the song LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT (set list 11, track 1).
- Why it matters
- Tom's early blue-ink lyric My personality (I am me so you can love it or leave it), from his yellow binder, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later the song LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT (set list 11, track 1) of his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 11 (track 1) LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Be different ; Self ; Miscellaneousthe old category list says: BE DIFFERENT ; MISCELLANEOUS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 11 · track 1 · as the song LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line L18) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- Same words
- also written out as number 417matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 11 (track 1) · Set List 11: Noise Lies And Longing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
I am me so you can love it or leave it
I don't care what you think
So I don't lie Do you believe it?
Through others' eyes I can't see through
What you see is what you get
I will never be you
I keep my makeup in a drawer
That's never been opened
The truth is in the eyes
Not in any word spoken
As you can see
I've thrown away {struck: [?]} my mask {struck: away}
Let me tell you my friend
This is no easy task
I am me so you can love it or
leave it
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Could you ever conceive it?
I don't care what you think
So I don't lie Do you believe it?
Through others' eyes I can't see through
What you see is what you get
I will never be you
I keep my makeup in a drawer
That's never been opened
The truth is in the eyes
Not in any word spoken
As you can see
I've thrown away {struck: [?]} my mask {struck: away}
Let me tell you my friend
This is no easy task
I am me so you can love it or
leave it
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Could you ever conceive it?
Item 388
The sun comes up
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'The sun comes up, my head goes down,' on a torn lined sheet with small doodled shapes, which went into the song 'Something In My Genes', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric The sun comes up / My head goes down, on a torn lined sheet with small doodled shapes, which went into the song SOMETHING IN MY GENES (set list 4, track 7).
- Why it matters
- Tom's early lyric The sun comes up / My head goes down, with small doodled shapes on the sheet, from his yellow binder, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later part of the song SOMETHING IN MY GENES (set list 4, track 7).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 4 (track 7) SOMETHING IN MY GENES ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Drugs & Alcohol ; Family
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 4 · track 7 · as the song SOMETHING IN MY GENES
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
180 Good Poems (2012)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23binder line S35 'Something in my genes' in Tom's yellow binder index (the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23); the sheet has no title, but its lines sit inside the poem SOMETHING IN MY GENES, printed in Poems By Tom (December 2007) in a later wording - best guess
- On the site
- Set List 4 (track 7) · Set List 4: Partner To The Crime, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The sun comes up
My head goes down
I pick up the paper
And then I put it down
I may waste my life
But at least it's just my own
You won't read about any killing sprees
When you get home
I may be on page fifty six
Another kid learning another lesson
Just a druggie looking for his fix
Wrong place, wrong time
Got bagged for possession
My head goes down
I pick up the paper
And then I put it down
I may waste my life
But at least it's just my own
You won't read about any killing sprees
When you get home
I may be on page fifty six
Another kid learning another lesson
Just a druggie looking for his fix
Wrong place, wrong time
Got bagged for possession
Item 396
If You Believe in Lies
In one sentence: Tom's pencil lyric 'If you believe in lies then your hands are tied,' with a drawn cliff and falling figure down the margin, the words of 'Tom's Psalm', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten pencil lyric If you believe in lies / Then your hands are tied, on a torn spiral sheet with a drawn cliff and falling figure down the margin plus a second half-sheet, which went into the song TOM'S PSALM (set list 16, track 2).
- Why it matters
- Tom's early pencil lyric If you believe in lies / Then your hands are tied, with his drawing of a cliff and a falling figure down the margin and a second half-sheet, from his yellow binder, which went into the song TOM'S PSALM (set list 16, track 2).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 16 (track 2) TOM'S PSALM ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Drawings ; Truth ; Society
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 16 · track 2 · as the song TOM'S PSALM
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line T23) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 16 (track 2) · Set List 16: Kneel Heal And Rise, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
If you believe in lies
Then your hands are tied
Self-crucified
You are still chained
In elders so wise
From them the truth still does hide
Walk in trance of the hypnotized
Nothing has changed
And their surmons surmise
In faith there is no compromise
Deal with Problems yet to be rectified
Today and yesterday are the same
The day the Savior does rise
They shall all stand by his side
Though Countless have died
For religion's name
But what does it symbolize
When the only hope to unify
Is for the laws of science to be defied
When the earth's engulfed in flame
What does it signify
When men have yet to visualize
Every instrument of the orchestra harmonize
When every piece is on the stage?
Then your hands are tied
Self-crucified
You are still chained
In elders so wise
From them the truth still does hide
Walk in trance of the hypnotized
Nothing has changed
And their surmons surmise
In faith there is no compromise
Deal with Problems yet to be rectified
Today and yesterday are the same
The day the Savior does rise
They shall all stand by his side
Though Countless have died
For religion's name
But what does it symbolize
When the only hope to unify
Is for the laws of science to be defied
When the earth's engulfed in flame
What does it signify
When men have yet to visualize
Every instrument of the orchestra harmonize
When every piece is on the stage?
Item 417
Love it or leave it
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'Love It Or Leave It' ('I am me so you can love it or leave it'), on a torn loose-leaf sheet, the song itself, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric Love it or leave it (I am me so you can love it or leave it), on a torn loose-leaf sheet, the song LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT (set list 11, track 1), published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's early lyric Love it or leave it (I am me so you can love it or leave it), from his yellow binder, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later the song LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT (set list 11, track 1) of his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 11 (track 1) LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Be different ; Political ; Love ; Miscellaneousthe old category list says: BE DIFFERENT ; MISCELLANEOUS ; POLITICAL ; LOVE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 11 · track 1 · as the song LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line L18) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- Same words
- also written out as number 386matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 11 (track 1) · Set List 11: Noise Lies And Longing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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The words on this page
I am me so you can love it or leave it
Don't care what you like so I don't lie
Do you believe it?
Through other's eyes I can't see through
What you see's what you get
I will never be you
Don't want to hurt your feelings
But I wouldn't want to
I keep my makeup in a drawer
That's never been opened
Is the truth in the eyes
or in the words spoken
As you see I've thrown away my mask
Let me tell you my friend
It's no easy task
So what you see is what you get
Have you seen anything that you like yet?
I am me so you can love it or leave it
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Could you ever conceive it?
Don't care what you like so I don't lie
Do you believe it?
Through other's eyes I can't see through
What you see's what you get
I will never be you
Don't want to hurt your feelings
But I wouldn't want to
I keep my makeup in a drawer
That's never been opened
Is the truth in the eyes
or in the words spoken
As you see I've thrown away my mask
Let me tell you my friend
It's no easy task
So what you see is what you get
Have you seen anything that you like yet?
I am me so you can love it or leave it
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Could you ever conceive it?
Item 419
Get outta my house
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'Get Outta My House', a marriage come unhitched like a golden carriage whose horses ran away, on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem Get outta my house, about a marriage that came unhitched like a golden carriage whose horses ran away, on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper, published in Poems By Tom and 200 Poems Waiting For Music.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten sheet of Get outta my house, a poem about a marriage that came unhitched like a golden carriage whose horses ran away, part of his 34 Albums and published in Poems By Tom (2007) and 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Funny ; Heartbreak ; Love ; Familythe old category list says: FUNNY ; HEARTBREAK (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 12 · track 7 · as the song GET OUTTA MY HOUSE
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line G8) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 12 (track 7) · Set List 12: Wounded Masculinity, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
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Get outta my house
The carriage of gold which you both rode
Down the road on your wedding day
Some how became unhitched
And All the horses they ran away
After every mistake
Followed another excuse
As the chain started to break
She figured what's the use
She challenged you to a joust
When you called a truce
On her shield she wrote in your blood
Get outta my house
Hearts once ablaze afire
All of a sudden have lost their flame
Dreams previously together aspired
No longer remain the same
Coals in need of stoking
Have lost any chance of smoking
Leaving each night's watchmen pointing blame
The {struck: room} mood grows cold as time grows old
It's time to move south after fire's been dowsed
As you watched the steam escape from her mouth
On the night she said get outta my house
The carriage of gold which you both rode
Down the road on your wedding day
Some how became unhitched
And All the horses they ran away
After every mistake
Followed another excuse
As the chain started to break
She figured what's the use
She challenged you to a joust
When you called a truce
On her shield she wrote in your blood
Get outta my house
Hearts once ablaze afire
All of a sudden have lost their flame
Dreams previously together aspired
No longer remain the same
Coals in need of stoking
Have lost any chance of smoking
Leaving each night's watchmen pointing blame
The {struck: room} mood grows cold as time grows old
It's time to move south after fire's been dowsed
As you watched the steam escape from her mouth
On the night she said get outta my house
HALF
Item 421
Here & Now
In one sentence: Tom's untitled poem 'Let me trade my eyes for yours,' on torn notebook paper with crossed-out lines, printed in the 34 Albums as 'Here And Now', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten untitled poem Let me trade my eyes for yours, whose opening lines became the last verse of the song TRIANGLE (set list 16, track 4), on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper with crossed-out lines.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten draft of Let me trade my eyes for yours, with crossed-out lines, its opening lines reworked as the last verse of the song TRIANGLE (set list 16, track 4) in his 34 Albums; the poem is in Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Internal Struggle ; Lovethe old category list says: INTERNAL STRUGGLE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 16 · track 4 · as the song TRIANGLE (in part: its last verse)
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line M28) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 16 (track 4) · Set List 16: Kneel Heal And Rise, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
Let me trade my eyes for yours
Maybe then I'll see everything so clearly
Let me trade my ears for yours
Maybe then you'll be able to hear me
Every word heard spoken
Sounds so broken
My motivation for inspiration
[crossed out text] was once written on an invitation
But there was a seperation
[crossed out text] causing my fustration
So I stand filling my empty shoes
A vessel without blood
Looking for a clue
Of what I'm supposed to do
Let me out let me out let me out let me out
of my skin
Open up the door and let me in
Maybe I can find it again
Maybe then I'll see everything so clearly
Let me trade my ears for yours
Maybe then you'll be able to hear me
Every word heard spoken
Sounds so broken
My motivation for inspiration
[crossed out text] was once written on an invitation
But there was a seperation
[crossed out text] causing my fustration
So I stand filling my empty shoes
A vessel without blood
Looking for a clue
Of what I'm supposed to do
Let me out let me out let me out let me out
of my skin
Open up the door and let me in
Maybe I can find it again
FULL
Item 497
FENCES
In one sentence: Tom's blue-ink lyric 'Fences' ('I see more fences springing up everyday'), across three lined sheets, which became the song 'Fences' (set list 3, track 8), about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten blue-ink lyric FENCES (I see more fences springing up everyday), which became the song FENCES (set list 3, track 8), written across three lined sheets including I see power serving power and I challenge you to defend your beliefs.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric FENCES ('I see more fences springing up everyday'), across three sheets including 'I see power serving power', the words that became the song FENCES (set list 3, track 8) in his 34 Albums, written by his early twenties.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: FENCES (set list 3, track 8) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Chomskian ; Society ; Politicsthe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 3 · track 8 · as the song FENCES
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line F15) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Set List 3 (track 8) · Set List 3: Self In The Mirror, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
Picture 1 of 4
Picture 2 of 4
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Picture 3 of 4
Picture 4 of 4
The words on this page
Fences... I see more fences springing up everyday
There are people paid to seperate people who are
lining up to stand in the way
of the profits of the prophets who
create the media slaves, yeah
who dictates who gets to divide the riches
who gets to go diving with the fishes
And who gets to {struck: escape} emigrate and escape...
before it's too late
Fences... I see more fences springing up everyday
Forcing us to chose sides in this great divide
between the people and the state
This state of confusion, this perpetual illusion
of entertainment, sex, sports, fear and hate
Like me you want to get away
Want to find yourself some kind of inner wealth
A reason to carryon, my dearest one, a reason to stay awake!!!
Fences... I see more fences springing up everyday
Seems [crossed out text] all those in line are blind to the times
either wearing rose-colored glasses or being kept in the shade
The trees are tall when you follow every letter of the law
[crossed out text] Straight to the "T" and yet fundamentally
I disagree to fully appreciate the fact that fences
when used as defences are completely senseless
Especially when humans become turned into machines
I see power serving power
[crossed out text]
I see snipers in the tower
I see faces of the crying
I see the truth [crossed out text] from people dying
I see walls keep getting higher
I see more kindling on the fire
I see people losing faith
Not being able to think straight
I... Challenge you...
To defend your beliefs
I... am the one telling you
you're surrounded by thieves..
They are... deceiving you
So they can get what they need
And we are the ones who [crossed out text]
[crossed out text]
Are falling to our knees
---
Fences... I see more fences springing up every day
There are people paid to separate people who are
lining up to stand in the way
of the profits of the media slaves, yeah
who dictate who gets to the divide the riches
who gets to go diving with the fishes
And who gets to escape migrate and escape
before it's too late
Fences... I see more fences springing up every day
Forcing us to chose sides in this great divide
between the people and the state
This state of confusion, this perpetual illusion
of entertainment, sex, sports, and hate
Like me you want to get away
A reason to canyon, my dearest one, a reason to stay
awoke!!!
Fences... I see more fences springing up every day
Seems to people all those in line are blind to the times
either wearing rose-colored glasses or being kept in
---
of entertainment, sex, sports, and hate
like me you want to get away
Want to find yourself some kind of inner wealth
A reason to carry on, my dearest one, a reason to stay !!!
awake...
Fences .. I see more fences springing up every day
Seems people all those in line are blind to the times
eithe wearing rose - coloured glasses or being kept in
the shade
every letter of the
The trees are tall when you follow the law
path straight to the "T" and yet fundamentally
I disagree to fully appreciate the fact that fences
when used as defences are completely senseless
Especially when humans become turned into machi[?]
I see power serving power
Seeing power
I see snipers in the tower
I see faces of the crying
I see the truth is from people dying
I see the walls keep getting higher
I see more kindling on the fire
I see people losing faith
Not being able to think straight
---
I see power serving power
I see snipers in the tower
I see faces of the crying
I see the truth is from people dying
I see walls keep getting higher
I see more kindling on the fire
I see people losing faith
Not being able to think straight
6
I... challenge you...
To defend your beliefs
I am the one telling you
you're surrounded by thieves.
7
They are... deceiving you
So they can get what they need
And we are the ones who [?]
[crossed out text]
Are falling to our knees
There are people paid to seperate people who are
lining up to stand in the way
of the profits of the prophets who
create the media slaves, yeah
who dictates who gets to divide the riches
who gets to go diving with the fishes
And who gets to {struck: escape} emigrate and escape...
before it's too late
Fences... I see more fences springing up everyday
Forcing us to chose sides in this great divide
between the people and the state
This state of confusion, this perpetual illusion
of entertainment, sex, sports, fear and hate
Like me you want to get away
Want to find yourself some kind of inner wealth
A reason to carryon, my dearest one, a reason to stay awake!!!
Fences... I see more fences springing up everyday
Seems [crossed out text] all those in line are blind to the times
either wearing rose-colored glasses or being kept in the shade
The trees are tall when you follow every letter of the law
[crossed out text] Straight to the "T" and yet fundamentally
I disagree to fully appreciate the fact that fences
when used as defences are completely senseless
Especially when humans become turned into machines
I see power serving power
[crossed out text]
I see snipers in the tower
I see faces of the crying
I see the truth [crossed out text] from people dying
I see walls keep getting higher
I see more kindling on the fire
I see people losing faith
Not being able to think straight
I... Challenge you...
To defend your beliefs
I... am the one telling you
you're surrounded by thieves..
They are... deceiving you
So they can get what they need
And we are the ones who [crossed out text]
[crossed out text]
Are falling to our knees
---
Fences... I see more fences springing up every day
There are people paid to separate people who are
lining up to stand in the way
of the profits of the media slaves, yeah
who dictate who gets to the divide the riches
who gets to go diving with the fishes
And who gets to escape migrate and escape
before it's too late
Fences... I see more fences springing up every day
Forcing us to chose sides in this great divide
between the people and the state
This state of confusion, this perpetual illusion
of entertainment, sex, sports, and hate
Like me you want to get away
A reason to canyon, my dearest one, a reason to stay
awoke!!!
Fences... I see more fences springing up every day
Seems to people all those in line are blind to the times
either wearing rose-colored glasses or being kept in
---
of entertainment, sex, sports, and hate
like me you want to get away
Want to find yourself some kind of inner wealth
A reason to carry on, my dearest one, a reason to stay !!!
awake...
Fences .. I see more fences springing up every day
Seems people all those in line are blind to the times
eithe wearing rose - coloured glasses or being kept in
the shade
every letter of the
The trees are tall when you follow the law
path straight to the "T" and yet fundamentally
I disagree to fully appreciate the fact that fences
when used as defences are completely senseless
Especially when humans become turned into machi[?]
I see power serving power
Seeing power
I see snipers in the tower
I see faces of the crying
I see the truth is from people dying
I see the walls keep getting higher
I see more kindling on the fire
I see people losing faith
Not being able to think straight
---
I see power serving power
I see snipers in the tower
I see faces of the crying
I see the truth is from people dying
I see walls keep getting higher
I see more kindling on the fire
I see people losing faith
Not being able to think straight
6
I... challenge you...
To defend your beliefs
I am the one telling you
you're surrounded by thieves.
7
They are... deceiving you
So they can get what they need
And we are the ones who [?]
[crossed out text]
Are falling to our knees
Item 520
Romans 13 2
In one sentence: Tom's lines 'What do I do if not this? What do I share if not this gift?', on a legal-pad sheet, with a second sheet titled 'Gauging Time', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lines What do I do if not this? What do I share if not this gift? Romans thirteen, two, on a legal-pad sheet, with a second sheet titled GAUGING TIME in bubble letters, published in the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lines What do I do if not this? What do I share if not this gift? (Romans thirteen, two), about writing as his gift, with a second sheet titled GAUGING TIME in bubble letters, part of his 34 Albums; written by his early twenties.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Loneliness & Solitude ; Faith ; Writingthe old category list says: LONELINESS & SOLITUDE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line G15) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2001
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
Picture 1 of 3
Picture 2 of 3
.jpg)
Picture 3 of 3
The words on this page
What do I do [crossed out] of not this? [?]
What do I share if not this gift?
Romans thirteen, two
Just one of the things that religion can do
Romans 13 2
---
GAUGING TIME
Cracks upon the walls
Pacing up and down the halls
Walls are closing in
The end will now begin
Freedom stripped away
Today mirrors every other day
Time is growing old
And what a price we pay
You don't gauge time by a clock
Hanging on the wall
You cross out days on the calendar
that's hanging in the hall
The time you got in
That's not what it's about
It's the days you got left
Before they let you out
What do I share if not this gift?
Romans thirteen, two
Just one of the things that religion can do
Romans 13 2
---
GAUGING TIME
Cracks upon the walls
Pacing up and down the halls
Walls are closing in
The end will now begin
Freedom stripped away
Today mirrors every other day
Time is growing old
And what a price we pay
You don't gauge time by a clock
Hanging on the wall
You cross out days on the calendar
that's hanging in the hall
The time you got in
That's not what it's about
It's the days you got left
Before they let you out
Item 598
STEADY CALM
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'Steady Calm', first titled 'Process', on two three-hole lined legal sheets, about the struggle for survival and the many against the few, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric STEADY CALM by Tom Jensen, with the first title PROCESS crossed out, on two three-hole-punched lined legal sheets, about the struggle for survival and the many against the few, from his 34 albums and published in The November 2024 Collection (2024).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric Steady Calm, signed by Tom Jensen, with his first title Process crossed out, on two hole-punched legal sheets, about the struggle for survival and the many against the few, from his 34 Albums and published in The November 2024 Collection (2024).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Chomskian ; Miscellaneous ; Societythe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN ; MISCELLANEOUS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line S8) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- Same words
- also written out as number 895
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2001
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
Picture 1 of 3
Picture 2 of 3
Picture 3 of 3
The words on this page
{struck: PROCESS}
STEADY CALM
When we are the many
And they are the few
We shall never be forgiven
FOR WHAT WE FAILED TO DO
When the time came
When it was time to ACT
We turned our backs
Clinging to made up facts
Children crying on their mothers arms
Fathers dying in wars like Vietnam
Vacant eyes
Formaldehyde smell
Following the trail
YOU KNOW SO WELL...
Hence the noose around the neck
Legs dangle in front the gable
dance and
---
There's a curtain of silence
Now draped over your island
It blows in from the high lands
where everything's in ruins
Many were trapped there stranded
Left right where they were standing
Those poor fools lacking the tools
Who got caught not knowing the rules
Still [?] [?] needs you
Healing takes time
To mend a broken mind
When the wounds cut deep
To all the way in side
As my luxuries have become necessities
I'm being slowly stripped of my spirituality
This lack of harmony within humanity
Has begun eating away at me
I can't decide if this is a side effect
Or the scheme behind the plan
I don't know where it's going
What I was or who I am
Positivity triggers mental agility
While negativity kills our ability
To forsee a future better than the present
As intuition tunes us in to what isn't evident
Every pauper's voice shall be equal to the president's
When we get things right no more will we be hesitant
To speak out against what we feel isn't right
Sometimes love heals othertimes it starts the fight
---
[strikethrough: process] [strikethrough: of] [strikethrough: your] [strikethrough: fear]
In this struggle for survival
The key is the journey not the arrival
It's more the process less the prose
Where the wisdom's found by those who know
Tis best to walk around where the road don't go
As everything speeds up
Is when it's best to take it slow..
It quickens - the pace of the nation
And sickens - what some of us are facing
[strikethrough: Like] [strikethrough: Charles] [strikethrough: Dickens]
As the plot thickens - you forget what you were chasing
Those not stricken - stop sleepwalking and awaken
To all you spring chickens - can we unmake this [strikethrough: agonizing]
[crossed out word] aching forsaken creation?
I sense the sound of hesitation in your voice
I've found most of your fustration is by choice
Those afraid of confrontation shall be be coerced
To either stand up for themselve's or else lie down
in a hurse
Day to Day to day... Today is worse!
If you wanna make a amellette
Then sometimes you gotta break some heads
It don't pay to be a chicken
Forever sitting on unhatched eggs
Here at the feast not everybody eats
[strikethrough: those] [strikethrough: who] speaks
Not everybody [strikethrough: who] speaks
Even those who are able
But when the money's on the line
And the cards are on the table
Someone's bound to cheat
It happens every time
[strikethrough: hence] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: noose] [strikethrough: around] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: neck]
Hence the noose around the neck
Legs dangle in front the gable
dance and
STEADY CALM
When we are the many
And they are the few
We shall never be forgiven
FOR WHAT WE FAILED TO DO
When the time came
When it was time to ACT
We turned our backs
Clinging to made up facts
Children crying on their mothers arms
Fathers dying in wars like Vietnam
Vacant eyes
Formaldehyde smell
Following the trail
YOU KNOW SO WELL...
Hence the noose around the neck
Legs dangle in front the gable
dance and
---
There's a curtain of silence
Now draped over your island
It blows in from the high lands
where everything's in ruins
Many were trapped there stranded
Left right where they were standing
Those poor fools lacking the tools
Who got caught not knowing the rules
Still [?] [?] needs you
Healing takes time
To mend a broken mind
When the wounds cut deep
To all the way in side
As my luxuries have become necessities
I'm being slowly stripped of my spirituality
This lack of harmony within humanity
Has begun eating away at me
I can't decide if this is a side effect
Or the scheme behind the plan
I don't know where it's going
What I was or who I am
Positivity triggers mental agility
While negativity kills our ability
To forsee a future better than the present
As intuition tunes us in to what isn't evident
Every pauper's voice shall be equal to the president's
When we get things right no more will we be hesitant
To speak out against what we feel isn't right
Sometimes love heals othertimes it starts the fight
---
[strikethrough: process] [strikethrough: of] [strikethrough: your] [strikethrough: fear]
In this struggle for survival
The key is the journey not the arrival
It's more the process less the prose
Where the wisdom's found by those who know
Tis best to walk around where the road don't go
As everything speeds up
Is when it's best to take it slow..
It quickens - the pace of the nation
And sickens - what some of us are facing
[strikethrough: Like] [strikethrough: Charles] [strikethrough: Dickens]
As the plot thickens - you forget what you were chasing
Those not stricken - stop sleepwalking and awaken
To all you spring chickens - can we unmake this [strikethrough: agonizing]
[crossed out word] aching forsaken creation?
I sense the sound of hesitation in your voice
I've found most of your fustration is by choice
Those afraid of confrontation shall be be coerced
To either stand up for themselve's or else lie down
in a hurse
Day to Day to day... Today is worse!
If you wanna make a amellette
Then sometimes you gotta break some heads
It don't pay to be a chicken
Forever sitting on unhatched eggs
Here at the feast not everybody eats
[strikethrough: those] [strikethrough: who] speaks
Not everybody [strikethrough: who] speaks
Even those who are able
But when the money's on the line
And the cards are on the table
Someone's bound to cheat
It happens every time
[strikethrough: hence] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: noose] [strikethrough: around] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: neck]
Hence the noose around the neck
Legs dangle in front the gable
dance and
HALF
Item 645
Sure, all the colors of the rainbow are
In one sentence: Tom's black-ink lyric 'Sure, all the colors of the rainbow are,' on a spiral-torn sheet with two passages circled in blue, part of the song 'Thick Skin', about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric SURE, ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW ARE, in black ink on a sheet torn from a spiral notebook with two passages circled in blue pen, about the colors of the rainbow within her eyes and what you would see inside his soul - lines of the song THICK SKIN (set list 11, track 7) in his 34 albums, published in The November 2024 Collection (2024).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric about all the colors of the rainbow within her eyes and the deviled horns and long dead red roses inside his soul, with two passages circled in blue - lines of the song THICK SKIN (set list 11, track 7) in his 34 Albums, published in The November 2024 Collection (2024).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Love ; Inspiring ; Motivationaldraft - not yet provedthe old category list says: LOVE ; INSPIRING ; MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line M22) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- Same words
- also written out as number 546
- On the site
- Set List 11 (track 7) · Set List 11: Noise Lies And Longing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
Sure, all the colors of the rainbow are
there... withing her eyes, her smile
and her hair...
So are my dreams
my desires
[crossed out] my fears and my flair
If you look inside my soul...
You'll see all that I don't show
My deviled horns, the blood-stained thorns
[crossed out] and wilted leaves of long dead red roses
there... withing her eyes, her smile
and her hair...
So are my dreams
my desires
[crossed out] my fears and my flair
If you look inside my soul...
You'll see all that I don't show
My deviled horns, the blood-stained thorns
[crossed out] and wilted leaves of long dead red roses
SHORT
Item 733
Corona's at the beach with no women at my side
In one sentence: Tom's short lyric 'Corona's at the beach with no women at my side,' handwritten on notebook paper torn along the left edge, part of his 34 Albums, about 2000-2002.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric CORONA'S AT THE BEACH WITH NO WOMEN AT MY SIDE, on a sheet of lined notebook paper torn along the left edge; the lyric is in the 34 Albums and in Only The Best (2018).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short lyric Corona's At The Beach With No Women At My Side, from his early yellow binder years, in his 34 Albums and published in Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014) ; The November 2012 Anthology (2012) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Yellow binder poems (ages 18 to 23) ; Loneliness ; Funny
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSsong list 10 · track 5 · as the song BROKEN MIRROR (in part: its sweep-the-corners verse)
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Only The Best (2018)
Shorter Lyrics (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
The November 2012 Anthology (2012)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line C10) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23
- Same words
- also written out as number 337matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Song List 10 (track 5) · Song List 10: One Piece Missing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2001
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
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The words on this page
Corona's at the beach with no women
at my side
Must be that time again to take
a deep look inside
A slice of lime to kill my time
A station flip as I take a sip
Problems must be uncovered
Before yourself is discovered
Time to sweep in the corners of
your mind
You can never be sure of what
you'll find
Maybe long lost dreams not as distant
as they seem
at my side
Must be that time again to take
a deep look inside
A slice of lime to kill my time
A station flip as I take a sip
Problems must be uncovered
Before yourself is discovered
Time to sweep in the corners of
your mind
You can never be sure of what
you'll find
Maybe long lost dreams not as distant
as they seem