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Item 130
you'll be wise to take my advice
In one sentence: Three spiral-torn sheets of drafts for 'You'd be wise to take my advice,' including a list running from cigarettes to booze, the words of 'Climbing The Ladder', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten drafts of "You'd be wise to take my advice / Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise," on three spiral-torn sheets including a list running from cigarettes to booze - the words of the song CLIMBING THE LADDER (set list 1, track 6) - photographed with the cut strips of his poem UNITED WE STAND (pictures 3 to 6).
- Why it matters
- Tom's drafts of "You'd be wise to take my advice / Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise," with a list running from cigarettes to booze - the words of the song CLIMBING THE LADDER (list 1, track 6 of his 34 Albums), published in Poems By Tom (2007).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 1 (track 6) - CLIMBING THE LADDER ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Only The Best (2018) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Drugs & Alcohol ; Love ; Societydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 1 · track 6 · as the song CLIMBING THE LADDER
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 23 for the UNITED WE STAND strips; written by age 29 at the latest for the CLIMBING THE LADDER draftsUNITED WE STAND: from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line U1) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23. CLIMBING THE LADDER: dated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheets themselves may be older
- On the site
- Set List 1 (track 6) · Set List 1: Glass Half Something, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
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The words on this page
you'll be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fools paradise
you had better think twice
and that's priceless
Everything I once believed in was so misleading
I'm lucky I'm still breathing
Consider the things I've done
Scared of the drugs I've done
straight up to the [?] I almost couldn't get off
that boy's high I had on
on the side it's climbing up again
and his [?] [?] [?] could't get off
from cigarettes to booze to weed
to E to crack-cocaine
You'll be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fools paradise
you had better think twice
Well if you're hooked and you're looking to beat it
Listen closely and I'll tell you a secret
IF you've climbed the ladder so high that you're touching the sky
Just [?] can't jump off or else you'll die
Can't cold turkey what was years in the making
Pressure like that is like an oven baking
You climbed right up
So You've got to climb back down
One step at a time
until your feet hit the ground
From cigarettes
to booze
to weed
to Speed
to Acid
to mushrooms
to E
to crack-cocaine
---
You'd be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise
You had better think twice
I don't have any vices
and that's priceless
Considering where I've come from
Everything I once believed in was so misleading
I'm lucky I'm still breathing
Considering all the things I've done
[crossed out text] the drug ladder
Straight to the top I almost couldn't get off
Got [crossed out text] so high I couldn't
control the cravings
inside my brain
that boys [crossed out text] Climbing up again
on the ladder [crossed out text]
and his [crossed out text]
From cigarettes to [crossed out text] booze to weed
to E [crossed out text] to crack cocaine
You'd be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise
You had better think twice
A lot of my old friends now sleep in the gutter
My dad's a pot head and he speaks with a stutter
Just another nicotine fiend that describes my mother
A raging alcoholic - that's my brother
Watch them try to kill each other
Toss an eight ball on the table and
There, I think I got everyone covered
If you want to know about somebody
Just take a look at their friends and family
I still don't know why it happened to me
But I escaped the demons and now I'm free
---
You'd be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise
You had better think twice
Well if you're hooked and you're looking to beat it
Listen closely and I'll tell you a secret
If you've climbed the ladder so high that you're touching the sky
You can't jump off or else you'll die
You [illegible] just climbing down
Can't cold turkey what was years in the making
Pressure like that is like an oven baking
You climbed right up
You've got to climb back down
one step at a time
until your feet hit the ground
From cigarettes
to booze
to weed
to Speed
to Acid
to mushrooms
to E
to crack-cocaine
---
United We Stand
All for one and one for all
{struck: But there is no sense in hiding}
But it makes no sense to hide it
That he thinks this and she believes that
One man's fiction is another man's fact
Not every argument is one-sided
All for one and one for all
What was once on the way up is now going down
After empty words were spoken
The unity was broken
The three muskateers have all skipped town
All for one and one for all
As an individual we are so small
But this isn't China, this isn't Japan
No one {struck: one} wants to be part of some bigger plan
{struck: We they don't understand} the foundation will crack with
out enough bricks in the wall
All for one and one for all
Very similiar to an alcoholic's motto
Take it a day at a time
It'll ease your mind
There's no such word as tommorow
All for one and one for all
While time is wasting the time is now
For either your God or yourself
Maybe for me, for us or maybe something else
To some higher power we each take our vow
All for one and one for all
Tell me what kind of future does this world hold
The terminally ill are getting sicker
Each coming day our children are growing up quicker
But what hasn't a price cannot be sold
All for one and one for all
The justice system of our country has no equal
But the cases keep getting worse
And after a movie is made everybody wants
to be the first
In line to by the sequal
All for one and one for all
The liberty bell keeps on ringing
Republicans and Democrats
Still try to find out where the sound is at
Until they do I'll keep on singing
All for one and one for all
You can sit and read quotes on the wall
But I believe Lincoln said it best
There is really no need to recite all the rest
United we stand, Divided we fall
All for one and one for all
It takes many seeds to plant a garden
You better harvest before the frost
For if you don't your work will be lost
And I feel a wintery chill just starting
Before you fall in love with a fools paradise
you had better think twice
and that's priceless
Everything I once believed in was so misleading
I'm lucky I'm still breathing
Consider the things I've done
Scared of the drugs I've done
straight up to the [?] I almost couldn't get off
that boy's high I had on
on the side it's climbing up again
and his [?] [?] [?] could't get off
from cigarettes to booze to weed
to E to crack-cocaine
You'll be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fools paradise
you had better think twice
Well if you're hooked and you're looking to beat it
Listen closely and I'll tell you a secret
IF you've climbed the ladder so high that you're touching the sky
Just [?] can't jump off or else you'll die
Can't cold turkey what was years in the making
Pressure like that is like an oven baking
You climbed right up
So You've got to climb back down
One step at a time
until your feet hit the ground
From cigarettes
to booze
to weed
to Speed
to Acid
to mushrooms
to E
to crack-cocaine
---
You'd be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise
You had better think twice
I don't have any vices
and that's priceless
Considering where I've come from
Everything I once believed in was so misleading
I'm lucky I'm still breathing
Considering all the things I've done
[crossed out text] the drug ladder
Straight to the top I almost couldn't get off
Got [crossed out text] so high I couldn't
control the cravings
inside my brain
that boys [crossed out text] Climbing up again
on the ladder [crossed out text]
and his [crossed out text]
From cigarettes to [crossed out text] booze to weed
to E [crossed out text] to crack cocaine
You'd be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise
You had better think twice
A lot of my old friends now sleep in the gutter
My dad's a pot head and he speaks with a stutter
Just another nicotine fiend that describes my mother
A raging alcoholic - that's my brother
Watch them try to kill each other
Toss an eight ball on the table and
There, I think I got everyone covered
If you want to know about somebody
Just take a look at their friends and family
I still don't know why it happened to me
But I escaped the demons and now I'm free
---
You'd be wise to take my advice
Before you fall in love with a fool's paradise
You had better think twice
Well if you're hooked and you're looking to beat it
Listen closely and I'll tell you a secret
If you've climbed the ladder so high that you're touching the sky
You can't jump off or else you'll die
You [illegible] just climbing down
Can't cold turkey what was years in the making
Pressure like that is like an oven baking
You climbed right up
You've got to climb back down
one step at a time
until your feet hit the ground
From cigarettes
to booze
to weed
to Speed
to Acid
to mushrooms
to E
to crack-cocaine
---
United We Stand
All for one and one for all
{struck: But there is no sense in hiding}
But it makes no sense to hide it
That he thinks this and she believes that
One man's fiction is another man's fact
Not every argument is one-sided
All for one and one for all
What was once on the way up is now going down
After empty words were spoken
The unity was broken
The three muskateers have all skipped town
All for one and one for all
As an individual we are so small
But this isn't China, this isn't Japan
No one {struck: one} wants to be part of some bigger plan
{struck: We they don't understand} the foundation will crack with
out enough bricks in the wall
All for one and one for all
Very similiar to an alcoholic's motto
Take it a day at a time
It'll ease your mind
There's no such word as tommorow
All for one and one for all
While time is wasting the time is now
For either your God or yourself
Maybe for me, for us or maybe something else
To some higher power we each take our vow
All for one and one for all
Tell me what kind of future does this world hold
The terminally ill are getting sicker
Each coming day our children are growing up quicker
But what hasn't a price cannot be sold
All for one and one for all
The justice system of our country has no equal
But the cases keep getting worse
And after a movie is made everybody wants
to be the first
In line to by the sequal
All for one and one for all
The liberty bell keeps on ringing
Republicans and Democrats
Still try to find out where the sound is at
Until they do I'll keep on singing
All for one and one for all
You can sit and read quotes on the wall
But I believe Lincoln said it best
There is really no need to recite all the rest
United we stand, Divided we fall
All for one and one for all
It takes many seeds to plant a garden
You better harvest before the frost
For if you don't your work will be lost
And I feel a wintery chill just starting
Item 158
I come here to collect my thoughts
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten lyric 'I come here to collect my thoughts,' on a single lined loose-leaf sheet with a bent, stained corner, later printed in Poems By Tom, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric beginning 'I come here to collect my thoughts', on a single lined loose-leaf sheet with a bent, stained corner, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric 'I come here to collect my thoughts', from the 34 albums and first published in Poems By Tom (2007).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: full lyrics ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; 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) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Solitude ; Reflectiondraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 8 · as the song INNOCENCE LOST (the second half of it, with its refrain)
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
180 Good Poems (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 by age 29 at the latestits words are the second half of the poem INNOCENSE LOST in Poems By Tom, December 11, 2007 - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 8) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
I come here to collect my thoughts
To find a pair of scissors when I'm tied
I think to myself... up in knots
As soon as you're high something brings
As soon as you smile something makes you down
you frown
As soon as you blink the second has passed
As soon as you're close you run outta gas
I watch the children I've seen so many times
And their innocent eyes not yet knowing what's
knowing instore
With every game a new surprise
With every truth learned another lie
Under parents eye they run so free
Not a worry in the world, the way {struck: life} should be
And {struck: But} {struck: And} as they grow a little older
The winds blow a little colder
But it's calm before the storm
Mommy still has a blanket to keep them warm
She protects them for as long as she can
There are things children shouldn't have to
understand
Don't tell them the secret...
As soon as you're high something brings you
down
As soon as you smile something makes you frown
As soon as you blink the second has past
As soon as the sun rises the shadow's been cast
To find a pair of scissors when I'm tied
I think to myself... up in knots
As soon as you're high something brings
As soon as you smile something makes you down
you frown
As soon as you blink the second has passed
As soon as you're close you run outta gas
I watch the children I've seen so many times
And their innocent eyes not yet knowing what's
knowing instore
With every game a new surprise
With every truth learned another lie
Under parents eye they run so free
Not a worry in the world, the way {struck: life} should be
And {struck: But} {struck: And} as they grow a little older
The winds blow a little colder
But it's calm before the storm
Mommy still has a blanket to keep them warm
She protects them for as long as she can
There are things children shouldn't have to
understand
Don't tell them the secret...
As soon as you're high something brings you
down
As soon as you smile something makes you frown
As soon as you blink the second has past
As soon as the sun rises the shadow's been cast
Item 225
FIELDS OF TIME
In one sentence: Tom's pencil lyric for the song 'Fields Of Time' ('All the seeds I've sewn'), on a spiral notebook sheet under a bubble-letter title, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric for the song FIELDS OF TIME (set list 20, track 3 of the 34 albums), beginning 'All the seeds I've sewn', in pencil on a spiral notebook sheet under a bubble-letter title.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric for the song FIELDS OF TIME (set list 20, track 3 of the 34 albums), beginning 'All the seeds I've sewn', first published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: FIELDS OF TIME (set list 20, track 3) ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; 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 ; Inspiring ; Motivational ; Naturethe old category list says: INSPIRING ; MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 20 · track 3 · as the song FIELDS OF TIME
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
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) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 20 (track 3) · Set List 20: The Cost Of Light, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
FIELDS OF TIME
All the seeds I've sewn
Look and see how they've grown
Through the fields of time
[crossed out text: A]
Damn near blew my mind
that nearly all the weeds are gone
Oh see that sun and how it shines
Not a clound in the sky
Pinch me... So I know I didn't die
I don't mean to seem so surprised
If there's a god then he knows how hard I've tried
The seas I've swam
and the mountains I have climbed -
How much I have grown
The tears I have cried
The fears that I hide
When no one cares that I am all alone
Pondering how to get blood from a stone
And yet I have changed my tune
See the flowers now in bloom
Reaping the rewards on this lazy afternoon
All the seeds I've sewn
Look and see how they've grown
Through the fields of time
[crossed out text: A]
Damn near blew my mind
that nearly all the weeds are gone
Oh see that sun and how it shines
Not a clound in the sky
Pinch me... So I know I didn't die
I don't mean to seem so surprised
If there's a god then he knows how hard I've tried
The seas I've swam
and the mountains I have climbed -
How much I have grown
The tears I have cried
The fears that I hide
When no one cares that I am all alone
Pondering how to get blood from a stone
And yet I have changed my tune
See the flowers now in bloom
Reaping the rewards on this lazy afternoon
Item 226
I have finally found a reason for waking up
In one sentence: Tom's blue-ink lyric 'I have finally found a reason for waking up,' on a torn spiral notebook sheet, for the song 'Quest For Immortality', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric for the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7 of the 34 albums), beginning 'I have finally found a reason for waking up', in blue ink on a torn spiral notebook sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric for the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7 of the 34 albums), beginning 'I have finally found a reason for waking up', first published in Poems By Tom (2007).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; 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 ; Inspiring ; Hopedraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 7 · as the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The 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 by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 7) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
I have finally found a reason for waking up
It is my job to unite the legions who don't
give a fuck
Meet me at your neighbor's door between three
quarter past three and a quarter of four
We will make a list of those whom
shall live
And another dirty pile of toxic-filled hypocrites
Vigilante violence sure can save society time
Do the job in silence to help cover up the crime
Me and my friends we counter act the government
Keep the liars all in check
Four more years til this madness ends
Four more years of the puppet
Four more years of the pet / Four more years of people saying
Countless millions died for this right to note
and this is what I get?
Simply one more voice of deep frustration
I'd drop the bomb - no hesitation
We once owned the garden
But it has all been wasted
We've spilled the fine wine
Which we once tasted
And there's a real thin line between a [?]
and a racia[?]
It is my job to unite the legions who don't
give a fuck
Meet me at your neighbor's door between three
quarter past three and a quarter of four
We will make a list of those whom
shall live
And another dirty pile of toxic-filled hypocrites
Vigilante violence sure can save society time
Do the job in silence to help cover up the crime
Me and my friends we counter act the government
Keep the liars all in check
Four more years til this madness ends
Four more years of the puppet
Four more years of the pet / Four more years of people saying
Countless millions died for this right to note
and this is what I get?
Simply one more voice of deep frustration
I'd drop the bomb - no hesitation
We once owned the garden
But it has all been wasted
We've spilled the fine wine
Which we once tasted
And there's a real thin line between a [?]
and a racia[?]
SHORT
Item 269
AUDIENCE OF FATE
In one sentence: Tom's eight-line lyric 'Audience Of Fate' ('I write for men like me who roar like lions'), handwritten on a lined sheet, later printed in Poems By Tom, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric AUDIENCE OF FATE, eight lines beginning 'I write for men like me who roar like lions', on a lined sheet, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten short lyric AUDIENCE OF FATE, beginning 'I write for men like me who roar like lions' - the songwriter saying who he writes for - first published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: shorter lyrics ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Writing ; Inspiring ; Strength
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 11 · track 12 · as the song FANCY WORDS
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 1962
- On the site
- Set List 11 (track 12) · Set List 11: Noise Lies And Longing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
I write for men like me who roar like lions / And fight to the death to defend their pride
HALF
Item 343
Foot Prints Being Washed Away by the Sea
In one sentence: Tom's eight-line lyric 'Foot prints being washed away by the sea,' with struck-out word choices on a lined sheet, part of the song 'Sandcastles', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten eight-line lyric Foot prints being washed away by the sea (what we once had now will never be), with struck-out word choices on a lined sheet, published in Poems By Tom (2007) and the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's early eight-line lyric Foot prints being washed away by the sea (what we once had now will never be), with struck-out word choices, 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: Song list 2 (track 11) - SANDCASTLES ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Heartbreak ; Nature ; Loss
- 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 by age 29 at the latestproved: its words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007), as FOOTPRINTS OF LOVE - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Song List 2 (track 11) · Song List 2: Sheila Tequila, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
Foot prints being washed away by the sea
What we once had now will never be
For the {struck: tide} waves {struck: seeped} rolled in and washed away our love {struck: away}
And I'm sure somewhere up there God's laughing from above
Love's {struck: is} bound to come back if it's meant to be
Busy Travelling far across the deep blue see
My heart aches as if its just been slain
The only thing savin' me now is a hurricane
What we once had now will never be
For the {struck: tide} waves {struck: seeped} rolled in and washed away our love {struck: away}
And I'm sure somewhere up there God's laughing from above
Love's {struck: is} bound to come back if it's meant to be
Busy Travelling far across the deep blue see
My heart aches as if its just been slain
The only thing savin' me now is a hurricane
Item 351
One Woman's Pleasure
In one sentence: Tom's pencil lyric 'One woman's pleasure is another woman's pain,' with a prose block on corporations owning countries, which went into the song 'Mickey D's', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten pencil lyric One woman's pleasure is another woman's pain, followed by a prose block about corporations owning countries, on a torn loose-leaf sheet, which went into the song MICKEY D'S (set list 13, track 6).
- Why it matters
- Tom's pencil lyric One woman's pleasure is another woman's pain, with a prose block about corporations owning countries, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later part of the song MICKEY D'S (set list 13, track 6) of his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 13 (track 6) MICKEY D'S ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Chomskian ; Society ; Politics
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 13 · track 6 · as the song MICKEY D'S
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
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)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 13 (track 6) · Set List 13: Power Shields, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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One woman's pleasure
is another woman's pain
One man's ball
is another man's chain.
■ I cannot complete a thought
It gets lost, trapped like a ga
in this vast piece of orbiting
mass, this lucky piece of rock
that you could paddle across we got
some pretty green trees yet it
full of disease and wars you
Can and can't see... You ask, "So
(remove the MARGIN: label - What's it to me? ... Kenya Mickey D's is the main prose block, continuing straight on)
What's it to me? Yes, I know
of history, geology, astronomy and
WWII. I've seen the greed -
Once I never believed money could
so much
buy misery. The {struck: Now see} nativity in
me. Corporations are owning
countries - They're calling
Kenya Mickey D's
is another woman's pain
One man's ball
is another man's chain.
■ I cannot complete a thought
It gets lost, trapped like a ga
in this vast piece of orbiting
mass, this lucky piece of rock
that you could paddle across we got
some pretty green trees yet it
full of disease and wars you
Can and can't see... You ask, "So
(remove the MARGIN: label - What's it to me? ... Kenya Mickey D's is the main prose block, continuing straight on)
What's it to me? Yes, I know
of history, geology, astronomy and
WWII. I've seen the greed -
Once I never believed money could
so much
buy misery. The {struck: Now see} nativity in
me. Corporations are owning
countries - They're calling
Kenya Mickey D's
SHORT
Item 385
Let me
In one sentence: Tom's pencil lyric 'Let me / Bend you... / Shape you,' with circled rhyme letters in the margin, later printed in Poems By Tom, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten pencil lyric Let me / Bend you... / Shape you, with circled rhyme letters in the margin, published in Poems By Tom (2007) and the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's pencil lyric Let me / Bend you... / Shape you, with circled rhyme letters in the margin showing how he plans his rhymes, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later in his 34 Albums and Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Let me ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Rhyme worksheets / working notes ; Love ; Desire
- 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 by age 29 at the latestproved: its words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Let me
Bend you...
Shape you
into...
what I WANT YOU...
to 2
Be!
Bend you...
Shape you
into...
what I WANT YOU...
to 2
Be!
Item 424
The Time Has Come
In one sentence: Tom's three-line blue-ink poem 'The time has come,' on a loose-leaf sheet, which went into the song 'Quest For Immortality', later printed in Poems By Tom, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten three-line poem The time has come, which went into the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7), in blue ink on a loose-leaf sheet, published in Poems By Tom.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten three-line poem The time has come ('I will never be the chosen one'), which went into the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) in his 34 Albums and was published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; The 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) ; Funny ; Heartbreak ; Internal Strugglethe old category list says: FUNNY ; HEARTBREAK (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 7 · as the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The 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 by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 7) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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The time has come
Face it it's done
I will never be the chosen one
Face it it's done
I will never be the chosen one
HALF
Item 426
Look Out the Man's Got the Pen Again
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'Look out the man's got the pen again,' about soul searching through writing, on three-hole paper, part of the song 'Better Than It Seems', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten poem Look out the man's got the pen again, about soul searching through writing, which went into the song BETTER THAN IT SEEMS (set list 9, track 8), on a three-hole lined sheet, published in Poems By Tom.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem Look out the man's got the pen again, about soul searching through writing, which went into the song BETTER THAN IT SEEMS (set list 9, track 8) in his 34 Albums and was published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: BETTER THAN IT SEEMS (set list 9, track 8) ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; 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) ; Writing ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 9 · track 8 · as the song BETTER THAN IT SEEMS
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
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) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 9 (track 8) · Set List 9: The Thralls Of The Flame, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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Look out the man's got the pen again
Pulls it out every now and then
Smoke some pot and your thoughts can become your friends
Keep on looking for answers until the questions end
What pulls you through?
Is it something bigger than you?
Or is it lesser than you?
It could be that, too.
For so many, this is true!
Oh, so what am I to do?
Lock it in a vault
And point my finger at you
Everything is your fault
Still soul searching yet you haven't got a clue
Pulls it out every now and then
Smoke some pot and your thoughts can become your friends
Keep on looking for answers until the questions end
What pulls you through?
Is it something bigger than you?
Or is it lesser than you?
It could be that, too.
For so many, this is true!
Oh, so what am I to do?
Lock it in a vault
And point my finger at you
Everything is your fault
Still soul searching yet you haven't got a clue
Item 432
Attempting To Believe The Unbelievable
In one sentence: Tom's dark-ink poem 'Attempting to believe the unbelievable (attempting to achieve the unachievable),' on a torn spiral-pad sheet, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten dark-ink poem Attempting to believe the unbelievable (attempting to achieve the unachievable), on a torn spiral-pad sheet, published in Poems By Tom.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem Attempting to believe the unbelievable ('attempting to achieve the unachievable'), part of his 34 Albums and published in Poems By Tom (2007).on file: muse MICHELLE
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 9 (track 10) COMPLICATED SUBJECT, in part ; Poems 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) ; Inspiring ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 9 · track 10 · as the song COMPLICATED SUBJECT (in part: three reworded lines)
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 9 (track 10) · Set List 9: The Thralls Of The Flame, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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Attempting to believe the unbelievable
Attempting to achieve the unachievable
Attempting to Concieve of the unconcievable
It's what I do
You could do it, too it's up to you
Attempting not to join in [crossed out word] this game of charades
Attempting not to carry the cross that you have made
Attempting not to cash in until [crossed out word] every debt's been paid [crossed out word]
Attempting not to give in until I'm in [crossed out word] my grave
It's what I do
You could do it, too
Attempting to achieve the unachievable
Attempting to Concieve of the unconcievable
It's what I do
You could do it, too it's up to you
Attempting not to join in [crossed out word] this game of charades
Attempting not to carry the cross that you have made
Attempting not to cash in until [crossed out word] every debt's been paid [crossed out word]
Attempting not to give in until I'm in [crossed out word] my grave
It's what I do
You could do it, too
Item 450
I just picked up my pen
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'I just picked up my pen (it's been god knows when),' about coming back to writing, on a torn spiral-pad sheet, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten poem I just picked up my pen (it's been god knows when), about coming back to writing, on a torn spiral-pad sheet, published in Poems By Tom.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem I just picked up my pen ('it's been god knows when'), about coming back to writing, part of his 34 Albums and published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; Poems 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) ; Writing ; Inspiring
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
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 by age 29 at the latestproved: its words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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I just
picked up my pen
It's been god knows when
Since I really tried
To see something through to the end
And now... I'm at it again
Don't know just where to begin
[struck out: Setting out]
Sifting through the rubble
Digging myself out of trouble
I'm waiting for the time to be right
Always hesitating that's the story of my life
To think I might have made it
Had I acted on what I knew
picked up my pen
It's been god knows when
Since I really tried
To see something through to the end
And now... I'm at it again
Don't know just where to begin
[struck out: Setting out]
Sifting through the rubble
Digging myself out of trouble
I'm waiting for the time to be right
Always hesitating that's the story of my life
To think I might have made it
Had I acted on what I knew
FULL
Item 540
I've given up on feeding my addiction
In one sentence: Tom's black-ink poem 'I've given up on feeding my addiction (wash my hands clean from this filthy affliction),' on a spiral-pad sheet, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten black-ink poem I've given up on feeding my addiction (wash my hands clean from this filthy affliction), on a spiral-pad sheet, published in Poems By Tom and 200 Poems Waiting For Music.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem I've given up on feeding my addiction ('wash my hands clean from this filthy affliction'), 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) ; 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) ; Internal Struggle ; Addiction
- 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)
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 by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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The words on this page
I've given up on feeding my addiction
Wash my hands clean from this filthy affliction
Look up at the sky to guide my direction
Why oh why do I even strive for perfection?
Get it up, get it out, put another on the shelf
Rip in and pull it out, another piece of your self
Show what so many others hide
In their sense of pride
Their tongues that lied
Their tongues so tied with a crossed look denied
KNOWING NOT BY WHICH WHAT THEY ABIDE... IN
GIN? SIN? KIN?
Where one man's rainbow ends another's begins
I've found mine, Never stop trying
Or else face regrets on the day of your dying
Wash my hands clean from this filthy affliction
Look up at the sky to guide my direction
Why oh why do I even strive for perfection?
Get it up, get it out, put another on the shelf
Rip in and pull it out, another piece of your self
Show what so many others hide
In their sense of pride
Their tongues that lied
Their tongues so tied with a crossed look denied
KNOWING NOT BY WHICH WHAT THEY ABIDE... IN
GIN? SIN? KIN?
Where one man's rainbow ends another's begins
I've found mine, Never stop trying
Or else face regrets on the day of your dying
Item 616
GATE KEEPER
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'Gate Keeper' ('Gate keeper, gate keeper, I can dig a little deeper'), in black ink on lined loose-leaf with a boxed verse, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric GATE KEEPER by Tom Jensen, in black ink on lined loose-leaf with a boxed verse, opening 'Gate keeper, gate keeper / I can dig a little deeper', from his 34 albums (set list 13, track 3).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric Gate Keeper, signed by Tom Jensen with a boxed verse, opening 'Gate keeper, gate keeper / I can dig a little deeper', from his 34 Albums (set list 13, track 3) and in A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020).
- 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) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Miscellaneous ; Inspiringthe old category list says: MISCELLANEOUS (not checked by Tom)best guess - not yet proved
- 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)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)best guess - not yet proved - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 13 (track 3) · Set List 13: Power Shields, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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GATE KEEPER
by Tom Jensen
Gate keeper, gate keeper
I can dig a little deeper
Please tell me what you require
Would you have me walk across the water
Or are you thinking of something hotter?
Am I sensing a cleansing by fire?
Oh those eyes I see them rise [?] desire
As Beads of sweat from your forhead perspire
I [crossed out] bet the girls in your bed were hired
And this the whole time the feds had you pegged and wired
If it goes to trial they got you on file as a liar
It don't seem this high is gonna get any higher
Too [crossed out] many rhymes at a time [crossed out] I get tired
Gate keeper, gate keeper
Oh won't you let me into your little show
Gate Keeper, gate Keeper
Tell me all the secrets that you know
by Tom Jensen
Gate keeper, gate keeper
I can dig a little deeper
Please tell me what you require
Would you have me walk across the water
Or are you thinking of something hotter?
Am I sensing a cleansing by fire?
Oh those eyes I see them rise [?] desire
As Beads of sweat from your forhead perspire
I [crossed out] bet the girls in your bed were hired
And this the whole time the feds had you pegged and wired
If it goes to trial they got you on file as a liar
It don't seem this high is gonna get any higher
Too [crossed out] many rhymes at a time [crossed out] I get tired
Gate keeper, gate keeper
Oh won't you let me into your little show
Gate Keeper, gate Keeper
Tell me all the secrets that you know
HALF
Item 619
I'm a Self-Saboteur
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'I'm A Self-Saboteur,' about a man who locks his own doors from the inside, on a torn notebook sheet, which became 'Quest For Immortality', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric I'M A SELF-SABOTEUR, on a torn sheet of lined Mead notebook paper, about a man who locks his own doors from the inside, which became the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) in his 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric I'm A Self-Saboteur, about a man who locks his own doors from the inside, the words that became the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) in his 34 Albums, first published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7), in part ; Set list 7 ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; 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) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 7 · as the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (in part: its first three lines)
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
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)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 720, 916matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 7) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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I told myself I've got to give in
live on the same grid as the competition
Though I can't forget my
---
I'm a [self-saboteur]
One who locks his own doors
From inside a cage
Confined by my rage
Which is violently contained
Within every breath I breathe
That's just dying to escape
Like drops of blood waiting to bleed
Looking towards a mean to be freed
Now that its planted the seed
It's written all over my face
You don't wanna fuck with me
One who has yet to find his place
Be it through triumph or tragedy
These self-imposed limitations
Keep on defining my creation
live on the same grid as the competition
Though I can't forget my
---
I'm a [self-saboteur]
One who locks his own doors
From inside a cage
Confined by my rage
Which is violently contained
Within every breath I breathe
That's just dying to escape
Like drops of blood waiting to bleed
Looking towards a mean to be freed
Now that its planted the seed
It's written all over my face
You don't wanna fuck with me
One who has yet to find his place
Be it through triumph or tragedy
These self-imposed limitations
Keep on defining my creation
SHORT
Item 720
I told myself, 'I've got to give in'
In one sentence: Tom's blue-ink draft 'I told myself, I've got to give in,' on torn-edge notebook paper, the words that became the song 'Quest For Immortality', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten blue-ink draft of I TOLD MYSELF, I'VE GOT TO GIVE IN on a torn-edge sheet of lined notebook paper, the words that became the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7, in the 34 Albums) and first published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten blue-ink draft I Told Myself, I've Got To Give In, the words that became the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) in his 34 Albums, first published in his first book Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) ; Set list 7 ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; 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) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Internal Struggle ; Motivational
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 7 · as the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
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)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 619, 916matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 7) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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The words on this page
I told myself, "I've got to give in"
Live on the same grid as the competition
Though I can't forget my regrets
I'm still living with them
Somehow still tied up in knots
I give it all that I have got
Still caught in the net
I am still...
I am still...
I am still... someone else's pet
I am still... something else's pet
I am still... a miracle... we can all play pretend
I am still... period... the end
Live on the same grid as the competition
Though I can't forget my regrets
I'm still living with them
Somehow still tied up in knots
I give it all that I have got
Still caught in the net
I am still...
I am still...
I am still... someone else's pet
I am still... something else's pet
I am still... a miracle... we can all play pretend
I am still... period... the end
Item 916
I told myself I've got to give in
In one sentence: Tom's faint lines 'I told myself I've got to give in, live on the same grid as the competition,' which became 'Quest For Immortality', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten lines "I told myself I've got to give in / live on the same grid as the competition," in faint writing on a torn piece of Mead lined notebook paper, which became the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) in the 34 Albums and appears in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lines I told myself I've got to give in / live on the same grid as the competition, which became the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY, set list 7 track 7 of the 34 Albums, and first appeared in his first book Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 7 (QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY, track 7) ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Society ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 7 · as the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
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)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 619, 720
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 7) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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I told myself I've got to give in
live on the same grid as the competition
Though I can't forget my
live on the same grid as the competition
Though I can't forget my
Item 919
All my inner turmoil is at peace
In one sentence: Tom's two-line poem 'All my inner turmoil is at peace, I slayed the dragon, I conquered the beast,' in faint writing on plain white paper, written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line poem "All my inner turmoil is at peace / I slayed the dragon, I conquered the beast," in faint writing on a plain white sheet; a lyric from the 34 Albums, published in Poems By Tom (2007) and Only The Best (2018).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten two-line poem All my inner turmoil is at peace / I slayed the dragon, I conquered the beast, a lyric that went into the 34 Albums, first published in Poems By Tom (2007) and later in Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: song not yet named ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Inspiring ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
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) - Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 9 (track 8) · Set List 9: The Thralls Of The Flame, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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Picture 3 of 3
The words on this page
All my inner turmoil is at peace. I slayed the dragon, I conquered the beast.
Item 1053
Not everyone's presence is a gift...
In one sentence: A four-line handwritten lyric, 'Not Everyone's Presence Is A Gift...', on notebook paper with a torn corner, which went into the song 'Quest For Immortality', written by 2007.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten four-line lyric NOT EVERYONE'S PRESENCE IS A GIFT... on a sheet of lined notebook paper with a torn corner, lines that went into the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (set list 7, track 7) in the 34 Albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten four-line lyric Not Everyone's Presence Is A Gift..., lines that went into the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY, song list 7 track 7 of the 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Song list 7 (QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY, track 7) ; Shorter lyrics ; Relationships ; Society
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 7 · track 7 · as the song QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY
- Age when written
- written by age 29 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 7 (track 7) · Set List 7: Train Off The Tracks, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2007
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The words on this page
Not everyone's presence is a gift...
Yet still we've got to learn to live with it
I'm in the majority - not a misfit
Trapped within humanity - And we don't give a shit
Yet still we've got to learn to live with it
I'm in the majority - not a misfit
Trapped within humanity - And we don't give a shit
FULL
Item 12
WATERING THE WEEDS
In one sentence: Tom's marker lyric 'Watering The Weeds' on hot pink paper, with a printed June 2008 restaurant calendar and hand-drawn arrows on the back, 2008 or later.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's marker lyric WATERING THE WEEDS (set list 4, track 2) on hot pink paper, the title written along the bottom and a printed June 2008 restaurant calendar with hand-drawn arrows on the back, published in Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's marker lyric WATERING THE WEEDS, the song on list 4, track 2 of his 34 Albums, written out on the back of a June 2008 restaurant calendar - the words were first published in Poems By Tom (2007).on file: muse WIFE
- Type
- Ephemera (flyer, card, clipping)
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 4 (track 2) - WATERING THE WEEDS ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Drugs & Alcohol ; Relationships ; Inspired by his wifethe old category list says: DRUGS & ALCOHOL ; RELATIONSHIPS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 4 · track 2 · as the song WATERING THE WEEDS
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
- words written at age 23 to 29late in its letter of Tom's yellow binder index (line W35) - after the first 481 poems (5 April 2002) and before Poems by Tom (December 2007); this sheet itself is written on the back of a printed June 2008 calendar, so this copy was written out in or after mid-2008, at age 29 or older
- On the site
- Set List 4 (track 2) · Set List 4: Partner To The Crime, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2008
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When will you realize that we're all given just one life to live -> yellow
When will you realize that [REDACTED] you're better off all alone
You can't get blood from a stone
When's he coming home?
[REDACTED] don't you think that's a bit too soon?
You're truly your mother's child
If you believe this rose is gonna bloom
Perhaps it's time to grab the weed wacker
Hiding so many little secrets
Like how many times he really smacked ya
Turn off your hose and stop watering the weeds
There's already too few flowers
... Is this what the world really needs?
WATERING THE WEEDS
---
PORTHOLE RESTAURANT
98 Lynnway, Lynn, MA
[number removed]
June 2008
Sunday
1
KARAOKE
W/FIRST CLASS
ENTERTAINMENT
8
15
FATHER'S DAY
22
29
Monday
2
Corona
Extra
9
16
23
30
Tuesday
3
Swing Band
Big Band Era
Music
w/Sophia Stevens
10
17
24
Wednesday
4
GEORGE KILLIAN'S
IRISH RED
11
18
25
Thursday
5
MAL'S CITY
DJ/DANCING
12
19
26
Friday
6
UNDERCOVER
13
TC & THE
TURPEDO'S
20
TIME WARP
27
CHEEKY MONKEY
Saturday
7
14
21
28
[Bottom left logos/text included:]
LIVE BANDS
Friday & Saturday
Nights
The Silver Bullet
[Coors Light logo]
[Heineken logo]
[Miller Lite logo]
[Coors Light logo]
When will you realize that [REDACTED] you're better off all alone
You can't get blood from a stone
When's he coming home?
[REDACTED] don't you think that's a bit too soon?
You're truly your mother's child
If you believe this rose is gonna bloom
Perhaps it's time to grab the weed wacker
Hiding so many little secrets
Like how many times he really smacked ya
Turn off your hose and stop watering the weeds
There's already too few flowers
... Is this what the world really needs?
WATERING THE WEEDS
---
PORTHOLE RESTAURANT
98 Lynnway, Lynn, MA
[number removed]
June 2008
Sunday
1
KARAOKE
W/FIRST CLASS
ENTERTAINMENT
8
15
FATHER'S DAY
22
29
Monday
2
Corona
Extra
9
16
23
30
Tuesday
3
Swing Band
Big Band Era
Music
w/Sophia Stevens
10
17
24
Wednesday
4
GEORGE KILLIAN'S
IRISH RED
11
18
25
Thursday
5
MAL'S CITY
DJ/DANCING
12
19
26
Friday
6
UNDERCOVER
13
TC & THE
TURPEDO'S
20
TIME WARP
27
CHEEKY MONKEY
Saturday
7
14
21
28
[Bottom left logos/text included:]
LIVE BANDS
Friday & Saturday
Nights
The Silver Bullet
[Coors Light logo]
[Heineken logo]
[Miller Lite logo]
[Coors Light logo]
SHORT
Item 1968
SONG REWORK NOTES - Primal urge
In one sentence: A white sheet of Tom's handwritten ink notes for reworking a song, with lines like 'Primal urge, it's the scourge of the earth', and a song list on the back, about 2008-2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
A white sheet of Tom's handwritten ink notes for reworking a song, with lines such as it's not a name, it's not a face and Primal urge, it's the scourge of the earth, and on the other side a list of songs and small drawings including Nature of Man.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten notes for reworking one of his songs - lines like it's not a name, it's not a face and Primal urge, it's the scourge of the earth - with a list of his songs and a Nature of Man drawing on the back.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Lyric drafts ; Studio notes ; Song title lists and indexes ; 34 Albumsdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
- Age when written
- about 2008-2011 (age 29 to 33)best guess - not yet proved: dated from this piece's own photos and words and the dated books
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2009
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FLV to AVI
Listen to youtube.com
middle: it's not a name
it's not a face
just any time and
why does she hurt? Any place
you're so unlike her
very end: you're a man
that needs
[crossed out: with]
also a man who needs
change all way through
Primal urge
it's the Scurge
of the earth
First-Nature of man
second-scurge of the earth
[arrow pointing to:] that's your a guy
[arrow pointing to:] a guy who has needs
Little black books
history
Listen to youtube.com
middle: it's not a name
it's not a face
just any time and
why does she hurt? Any place
you're so unlike her
very end: you're a man
that needs
[crossed out: with]
also a man who needs
change all way through
Primal urge
it's the Scurge
of the earth
First-Nature of man
second-scurge of the earth
[arrow pointing to:] that's your a guy
[arrow pointing to:] a guy who has needs
Little black books
history
FULL
Item 219
3 4 2 1
In one sentence: Production papers for Tom's parody '3 4 2 1': a printed web page annotated with 'Fuzzy Math' timing notes and a printed lyric sheet with vocal cues, about 2007-2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's production papers for his parody 3 4 2 1: a printed web page of the Feist song 1234 annotated in his hand with FUZZY MATH timing notes, and a printed 3 4 2 1 lyric sheet with blue vocal cues, pink highlighting and a handwritten '28 secs' note.
- Why it matters
- Tom's production papers for his parody song FUZZY MATH (3 4 2 1, set list 21, track 9 of the 34 albums): a printed page of the Feist song 1234 marked with his timing notes, and his printed 3 4 2 1 lyric with vocal cues and a '28 secs' note - the recording of the song being planned (see card 201 for the handwritten drafts).
- Type
- Printed pages with handwritten notes
- Collection
- 34 Albums: FUZZY MATH (set list 21, track 9) ; Recording and production notes ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 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 ; Spoof and parody ; Political
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 21 · track 9 · as the song FUZZY MATH
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
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 29 to 34the Feist printout on sheet 1 is dated 7/1/2008 (Tom was 29 or 30), and the words are in Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
- On the site
- Set List 21 (track 9) · Set List 21: A Cold Plate, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2010
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http://www.elyrics.net/read/f/feist-lyrics/1234-lyrics.html
1234 Lyrics
One Two Three Four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepy head so sleepy head
That is what my youth was for
Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they went some more
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are
Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
13:00 seconds
end
credits
earth 2 ian
Fuzzy 0-:23 sec.
math
Intro
Fuzzy math :23 - :56
part one
Fuzzy :56 - 1:44
Part 2
Fuzzy 1:44 - 2:44
Part 3
fuzzy
part 4
Feist - 1234
That is what my youth was for
Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they went some more
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are
Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes who have tears in
248
1 of 1
7/1/2008 7:37 PM
---
3 4 2 1 (George W. Bush's lullaby song to daughter Jenna)
Four three one
So much work we don't wanna do
Three two one four
That's what God made minorities for
This is exactly what my daddy said to me
When I was young he sat me down on his knee
When you're
born so insanely rich
There's no reason why you can't be prejudice
Guatemalans came here to cut the grass
For those of us who are high class
While Haitians floated over on a raft
To work at nursing homes wiping grandma's ass
Columbians grow coffee and sometimes sell cocaine
Those silly little Mexicans love working in the rain
Not sure whatcha call the ones that clean our house
But at least they do something unlike those blacks down south
We were born so insanely rich
Perhaps that's why we're so prejudice
Eleven, three, six, five and eight
Growing up wealthy, white and ignorant is great
eat
extend voice
Now tell me daddy... why'd we really go to war?
So many die... just what are they fighting for?
He said, "Well honey, think of the world as a great big machine
That runs off a whole bunch of oil and gasoline
And you know those sand people can get pretty mean
That's why we're so glad Dick Cheney's on our team
We were born so insanely rich
Perhaps that's why we're so prejudice
Eleven, three, six, five and eight
Growing up wealthy, white and ignorant is great
Three, four, two, one
And now my song is done
28 secs
full length
start
song
Male
Male
1234 Lyrics
One Two Three Four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepy head so sleepy head
That is what my youth was for
Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they went some more
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are
Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
13:00 seconds
end
credits
earth 2 ian
Fuzzy 0-:23 sec.
math
Intro
Fuzzy math :23 - :56
part one
Fuzzy :56 - 1:44
Part 2
Fuzzy 1:44 - 2:44
Part 3
fuzzy
part 4
Feist - 1234
That is what my youth was for
Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they went some more
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are
Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart
Those teenage hopes who have tears in
248
1 of 1
7/1/2008 7:37 PM
---
3 4 2 1 (George W. Bush's lullaby song to daughter Jenna)
Four three one
So much work we don't wanna do
Three two one four
That's what God made minorities for
This is exactly what my daddy said to me
When I was young he sat me down on his knee
When you're
born so insanely rich
There's no reason why you can't be prejudice
Guatemalans came here to cut the grass
For those of us who are high class
While Haitians floated over on a raft
To work at nursing homes wiping grandma's ass
Columbians grow coffee and sometimes sell cocaine
Those silly little Mexicans love working in the rain
Not sure whatcha call the ones that clean our house
But at least they do something unlike those blacks down south
We were born so insanely rich
Perhaps that's why we're so prejudice
Eleven, three, six, five and eight
Growing up wealthy, white and ignorant is great
eat
extend voice
Now tell me daddy... why'd we really go to war?
So many die... just what are they fighting for?
He said, "Well honey, think of the world as a great big machine
That runs off a whole bunch of oil and gasoline
And you know those sand people can get pretty mean
That's why we're so glad Dick Cheney's on our team
We were born so insanely rich
Perhaps that's why we're so prejudice
Eleven, three, six, five and eight
Growing up wealthy, white and ignorant is great
Three, four, two, one
And now my song is done
28 secs
full length
start
song
Male
Male
SHORT
Item 802
he will stand beside you
In one sentence: Tom's pencil working notes for the lyric 'He Will Stand Beside You' ('Remember there is someone watching from above'), with stage directions like 'long pause', about 2008-2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten pencil working notes for the lyric HE WILL STAND BESIDE YOU ("Remember there is someone watching from above"), with stage directions like "long pause" on lined notebook paper; the lyric is in the 34 Albums and his first book Poems By Tom (2007).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten pencil working notes for the lyric He Will Stand Beside You (Remember there is someone watching from above), with performance directions like long pause, in his 34 Albums and his first book Poems By Tom (2007).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; Poems 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) ; Working drafts ; Faith ; Inspiring
- 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
- not dated yetthese are cue notes for the song THE WATCHER, whose words are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007) - the notes themselves carry no date
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2010
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The words on this page
Side you [strikethrough: start with]
he will stand beside you...
(long pause)
start new
I never looked
x Never said aword
x Held me by
begin New: Now
Day had turned
to-night
Now it's my turn
Lighted the path to you
don't feel same
way I used
You Fall
could be the night...
I Love
(long ext
End, tonight (Remember there is someone
watching from above
Remember there is someone watching
he will stand beside you...
(long pause)
start new
I never looked
x Never said aword
x Held me by
begin New: Now
Day had turned
to-night
Now it's my turn
Lighted the path to you
don't feel same
way I used
You Fall
could be the night...
I Love
(long ext
End, tonight (Remember there is someone
watching from above
Remember there is someone watching
HALF
Item 5
I was Waiting... Searching... For the love of my life
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten draft of the poem 'I was Waiting... Searching...' on two overlapping loose-leaf sheets, with a crossed-out opening and circled verse numbers, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten draft of the poem that begins "I was Waiting... Searching... For the love of my life," about memories of a past marriage that keep turning like pages, on two overlapping loose-leaf sheets with a crossed-out opening and circled verse numbers, published in A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020).
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten draft of the poem "I was Waiting... Searching... For the love of my life," about memories of a past marriage, published in A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Love ; Heartbreak ; Marriage
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 19 · track 11 · as the song FORGET ME KNOT
IN A BOOKA Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestproved: its words are in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 19 (track 11) · Set List 19: Della Of Troy, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
I was Waiting... Searching...
For the love of my life
But then Haunting... Fleeting
Memories of my ex-wife
Are like Pages... turning...
Right in front of my eyes
I see Pictures... Flashing...
Ya know pictures don't lie
I feel Embers burning
Though unstoked they won't die
I am Hurting... yearning...
And yet you don't know why
---
Now I'm Slowly learning
There's more than emptiness inside
And I'd give anything
But Laws of man and science don't apply...
For the love of my life
But then Haunting... Fleeting
Memories of my ex-wife
Are like Pages... turning...
Right in front of my eyes
I see Pictures... Flashing...
Ya know pictures don't lie
I feel Embers burning
Though unstoked they won't die
I am Hurting... yearning...
And yet you don't know why
---
Now I'm Slowly learning
There's more than emptiness inside
And I'd give anything
But Laws of man and science don't apply...
FULL
Item 6
FATE IS A WORD
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten poem 'Fate Is A Word', four numbered boxed stanzas and a short coda on loose-leaf, track 11 of set list 9 in the 34 Albums, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem FATE IS A WORD (set list 9, track 11), four numbered boxed stanzas on loose-leaf plus a short coda, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten poem FATE IS A WORD, which became the track on list 9, track 11 of his 34 Albums and was published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) and Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Song list 9 (track 11) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Internal Strugglethe old category list says: INTERNAL STRUGGLE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 9 · track 11 · as the song FATE IS A WORD
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, February 19, 2011
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
180 Good Poems (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 by age 32 at the latestthe earliest book that holds the words is Tom's Anthology, February 19, 2011; the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 9 (track 11) · Set List 9: The Thralls Of The Flame, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
Picture 1 of 2
Picture 2 of 2
The words on this page
FATE IS A WORD
1. [Passion] is found in many shapes and forms
Within a tight black dress, within a uniform
In the [?] eyes of a mother
In the sighs of a lover (at three in the morning)
- Oh yeah -
2. [Virtue] can't be found in [?] eyes of men
Nor in statues or [?] great monuments
Only [?] Through tough times and trial
we [?] find ourselves without denial
or [?] false [?] compliment
- Oh yeah -
3. [Naked] [?] truth often hides where you least expect
Never in a lavish palace but in the [?] of neglect
[?] live inside glass houses
[?] should be careful of bricks
[?] those who are the chosen [?]
[crossed out: We don't always select]
A ren't the ones that we'd pick
- Oh No -
4. [Fate] is a word made up by the scared
As the reason why they failed
On the reason why they never dared
To summon the courage to follow the voiced
They [?] always want to hear
didn't
- Oh yeah -
---
And I am a man who loves dishing
it out
Yet I always have problems when it comes
to myself
When it comes to stepping up I'm the first one
to speak
when it comes to the children I try my best to
teach
They say practice makes perfect
So I'd time to practice what I preach...
Oh yeah...
Oh no...
Maybe...
1. [Passion] is found in many shapes and forms
Within a tight black dress, within a uniform
In the [?] eyes of a mother
In the sighs of a lover (at three in the morning)
- Oh yeah -
2. [Virtue] can't be found in [?] eyes of men
Nor in statues or [?] great monuments
Only [?] Through tough times and trial
we [?] find ourselves without denial
or [?] false [?] compliment
- Oh yeah -
3. [Naked] [?] truth often hides where you least expect
Never in a lavish palace but in the [?] of neglect
[?] live inside glass houses
[?] should be careful of bricks
[?] those who are the chosen [?]
[crossed out: We don't always select]
A ren't the ones that we'd pick
- Oh No -
4. [Fate] is a word made up by the scared
As the reason why they failed
On the reason why they never dared
To summon the courage to follow the voiced
They [?] always want to hear
didn't
- Oh yeah -
---
And I am a man who loves dishing
it out
Yet I always have problems when it comes
to myself
When it comes to stepping up I'm the first one
to speak
when it comes to the children I try my best to
teach
They say practice makes perfect
So I'd time to practice what I preach...
Oh yeah...
Oh no...
Maybe...
SHORT
Item 95
Two Morning Doves Rest Upon A Limb
In one sentence: Tom's untitled handwritten poem 'Two morning doves rest upon a limb,' on hole-punched loose-leaf with rhyme letters in the margin, the words of 'My Precious', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten untitled poem "Two morning doves rest upon a limb / Begin the day with a praising hymn," on a hole-punched loose-leaf sheet with A and B rhyme letters in the margin - the words of the song MY PRECIOUS (set list 1, track 10).
- Why it matters
- Tom's untitled poem "Two morning doves rest upon a limb / Begin the day with a praising hymn," with rhyme letters in the margin - an early draft of the opening of the song MY PRECIOUS (list 1, track 10 of his 34 Albums).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 1 (track 10) - MY PRECIOUS ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Nature ; Faith ; Love
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 1 · track 10 · as the song MY PRECIOUS (this sheet is an early draft of its first two stanzas)
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, February 19, 2011 (128 pages) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Chomskian Poems (2011) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
180 Good Poems (2012) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Only The Best (2018) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
The November 2024 Collection (2024) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) (an earlier draft of the poem MY PRECIOUS)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestthis sheet is an early draft of the first two stanzas of MY PRECIOUS, whose earliest book is Tom's Anthology, February 19, 2011 (128 pages) - the sheet itself may be older - best guess
- On the site
- Set List 1 (track 10) · Set List 1: Glass Half Something, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
A Two morning doves rests upon a limb
A Begin the day with a praising hymn
A To the gods of grass and rain and wind
B For its what they know
A what they're surrounded [illegible]
A contrast that with me
A who prays for fame
A For fortune and [illegible] wealth [illegible] plaque bearing my name
A Nothing less nothing more sure [illegible] sounds Nain
B But it's what I know
A What I'm surrounded in
A Begin the day with a praising hymn
A To the gods of grass and rain and wind
B For its what they know
A what they're surrounded [illegible]
A contrast that with me
A who prays for fame
A For fortune and [illegible] wealth [illegible] plaque bearing my name
A Nothing less nothing more sure [illegible] sounds Nain
B But it's what I know
A What I'm surrounded in
HALF
Item 97
Pandora's box
In one sentence: A black-ink verse, 'Pandora's box, the face of a clock,' about wishing to travel back in time, on a small torn spiral-notebook scrap dated 4/5/11, from 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten black-ink verse "Pandora's box / The face of a clock," about wishing to travel back in time, on a small torn spiral-notebook scrap dated 4/5/11.
- Why it matters
- Tom's black-ink verse "Pandora's box / The face of a clock," about wishing to travel back in time, dated 4/5/11 - part of the song HE SAID SHE SAID (list 6, track 11 of his 34 Albums).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 6 (track 11) - HE SAID SHE SAID ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Time ; Regretdraft - not yet provedthe old category list says: MISCELLANEOUS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 6 · track 11 · as the song HE SAID SHE SAID
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 32best guess - not yet proved: Chomskian Poems, July 4, 2011 - date on the scrap (per the old line)
- Same words
- also written out as number 348matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 6 (track 11) · Set List 6: Definitely Not Love, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
Pandora's box
The face of a clock
There must be some
way to travel
back in time
4/5/11
Breezes that blow
The ebb and flow
High tide getting
low
Surreal and sublime
---
(cut everything after the ---, from "... I'm not" to "verse / 7": fragments of another sheet, not on this scrap)
. She said
a right but my
up on trying you can
it all behind. She said
storm. I can't see the sunshine
ountain. I'm just afraid to climb.
verse
4
...rds I heard from you was that
...sense of hope is fading fast". But what you
forget is that I cry, too... Unclench your fists
and remember this: Given time all things must
pass, yes, Given time all things must pass
Now I've found the rhyme... have you found
the reason? She said "killing time...
it 'tis the season. A bottle of wine can be
so pleasing. I'm feeling fine now my mind's
at ease and---
verse
5
She woke up this morning in the same place she
was before. she said, "I'm ready to turn the page
but first I must close some doors. I thought
that I was learning but how I'm not so sure.
verse
7
The face of a clock
There must be some
way to travel
back in time
4/5/11
Breezes that blow
The ebb and flow
High tide getting
low
Surreal and sublime
---
(cut everything after the ---, from "... I'm not" to "verse / 7": fragments of another sheet, not on this scrap)
. She said
a right but my
up on trying you can
it all behind. She said
storm. I can't see the sunshine
ountain. I'm just afraid to climb.
verse
4
...rds I heard from you was that
...sense of hope is fading fast". But what you
forget is that I cry, too... Unclench your fists
and remember this: Given time all things must
pass, yes, Given time all things must pass
Now I've found the rhyme... have you found
the reason? She said "killing time...
it 'tis the season. A bottle of wine can be
so pleasing. I'm feeling fine now my mind's
at ease and---
verse
5
She woke up this morning in the same place she
was before. she said, "I'm ready to turn the page
but first I must close some doors. I thought
that I was learning but how I'm not so sure.
verse
7