Don't Love Me Less.

Unpublished Works, © 2010, BillyPauleyJr.*

Don't Love Me Less.

O', we get lazy in the course of love,
We take for granted,
The best of us,
We let the world design our valentine,
And then we wonder why,
It's not enough,

O', I need your faith,
Need your desire,
Sacrifice your soul into my fire,
I need your heat,
To burn into me,
All your best,
Don't love me less,
And I will be,
The love you need,

O', we often claim a higher truth,
See ourselves,
In a deeper blue,
We're satisfied so it seems in generic dreams,
And in reality,
It just isn't true,

O', I need your faith,
Need your desire,
Sacrifice your soul into my fire,
I need your heat,
To burn into me,
All your best,
Don't love me less,
And I will be,
The love you need,

Why don't we say what we need to say when it needs to be said,
Why do you love me less,
Why would you love me less,

Why do we wait until the fire is gone and the love is dead,
Why do you love me less,
Why would you love me less,

O', we often hide under lovers' sheets,
Speak our minds,
With our weary feet,
We let the strife decide our rules in life,
And then we cry,
That's not our need,

O', I need your faith,
Need your desire,
Sacrifice your soul into my fire,
I need your heat,
To burn into me,
All your best,
Don't love me less,
And I will be,
The love you need,

O', I need your love,
I need your faith,
And I will be,
The love you crave,

I'm everything,
But must confess,
I want your all,
Don't love me less.

-WillyToad*

… this is a Smokey the Toad™ production.

In Some Other Time (Am I Wishing).

Unpublished Works, © 2009, BillyPauleyJr.*

In Some Other Time (Am I Wishing).

Don’t I know you,
Haven’t I loved you more; in some other time,
Why does it matter,
When I see your smile,
Am I only wishing,
Lonely all the while,

O’, there’s more than me and you here,
More than meets the eye,
More than just my dreams,
More than one life,

O’, to hold you,
Don’t you know my loving touch,
Don’t you long for,
The depth of our love,
Am I only wishing,
Are you missing me so much,

O’, there’s more than me and you here,
More than meets the eye,
More than just my dreams,
More than one life,

I’ve loved you,
I’ve held you,
I know you still,
O’, there’s a deep, deep need,
From a long lost thrill,

O’, there’s so much more than us here,
So much more in my eyes,
So much more than my dreams,
So much more than one life,

Don’t I know you,
Haven’t I loved you more; in some other time.

- WillyToad*

… this is a Smokey the Toad™ production.

Peace Is The Way.

Unpublished Works, © 2002, BillyPauleyJr.*

Peace Is The Way.

So many emotions,
Since NineOneOne,
So many hearts,
Have come undone,
It’s so hard to smile,
So right to cry,
So wrong to want,
Others to die,

O’, where you can’t hold still,
Your heart must pray,
Revenge is the will,
Peace is the way,

So many faces,
Would turn away,
To see you hide,
Inside your hate,
But in your soul,
You must confide,
To find the love,
Still there inside,

O’, where you can’t hold still,
Your heart must pray,
Revenge is the will,
Peace is the way,

O’, there’s a madness in your justice,
There’s a hatred in your stride,
There’s a lurking in your sanity,
That cannot be denied,

But where you can’t hold still,
Your heart must pray,
Revenge is the will,
Peace is the way,

O’, where you can’t hold still,
Your heart must pray,
Revenge is the will,
Peace is the way,

O’, yeah, revenge is sweet,
But peace is the way.

- WillyToad*

… this is a Smokey the Toad™ production.

Inside Out.

Unpublished Works, © 2010, BillyPauleyJr.*

Inside Out.

There; on the outside,
I'm laughing like a clown,
I'm the life of the circus,
The one to be around,

Here; on the inside,
I'm all, but falling down,
Drunk in my sorrow,
Lost inside my frown,

Outside to inside,
Don't you know, I wanna live,
Inside to outside,
Don't you know, you already did,

There; on the outside,
I'm smiling like the sun,
Ageless and daring,
A friend to everyone,

Here; on the inside,
A carousel undone,
A lonely persuasion,
That numbers only one,

Outside to inside,
Don't you know, I wanna live,
Inside to outside,
Don't you know, you already did,

O', outside to inside,
What's it all about,
O', inside to outside,
Living inside out,

There; on the outside,
I love my life away,

Here; on the inside,
I live my love at bay,

There; on the outside,
I'm laughing like a clown,

Here; on the inside,
I'm all, but falling down,
Turning upside down,
A lost and lonely frown,

Outside to inside,
Don't you know, I wanna live,
Inside to outside,
Don't you know, you already did,

Outside to inside,
Inside to out,

Outside to inside,
Inside out.

- WillyToad*

… this is a Smokey the Toad™ production.

B3*.

Unpublished Works, © 2002, BillyPauleyJr.*

B3*.

There are so many people,
That will ask you to change,
But there is no one on Earth,
Who can bring you to shame,
The answer is simple,
If you look inwardly,
It’s not who you face,
It’s who you choose to be,

Be faithful, be good,
Believe in yourself,
Be careful, beware,
Be you, no one else,
Be honest, be real,
Be happy, be free,
Be courageous, be true,
Be forever B3*,

There are so many places,
That will lead you astray,
But no place can keep you,
Where you can’t get away,
The answer is simple,
If you look inwardly,
It’s not where you go,
It’s who you choose to be,

Be faithful, be good,
Believe in yourself,
Be careful, beware,
Be you, no one else,
Be honest, be real,
Be happy, be free,
Be courageous, be true,
Be forever B3*,

There are so many things,
That will try your resolve,
But nothing can present,
What you cannot solve,
The answer is simple,
If you look inwardly,
It’s not what happens,
It’s who you choose to be,

Be faithful, be good,
Believe in yourself,
Be careful, beware,
Be you, no one else,
Be honest, be real,
Be happy, be free,
Be courageous, be true,
Be forever B3*,

In this world,
With every person, place, or thing,
Be courageous, be true,
Be forever B3*,

Be courageous forever,
Be you,
B3*.

- WillyToad*

… this is a Smokey the Toad™ production.

One Year Gone.

Unpublished Works, © 1981, Bill Pauley Jr.*

from "Working Class H3R0 (works for John Ono Lennon)"

One Year Gone.

One year gone,
The legend lives on,
And he will live forever,
For the things that he has done,

I was sorry when I heard the news,
I didn't know what to do,
So like a baby, like a spoiled, rotten child,
I got so mad I had to cry,
I got so mad I had to cry,

John, dear John... o', John,
How long will this pain linger on,
And how long will God replace our saints,
With satisfaction for those of us who ain't,

I'm not one to see things wrong,
I do my best to get along,
But sometimes, a lot of things sometimes,
I don't want them to belong,
I don't want them to belong,

And wanting isn't wrong,
It's the disappointment that really doesn't belong,

John, o', John... dear John,
How long must this pain linger on,
And how long will God keep replacing our saints,
With the satisfied minds of those who ain't,

And I believe that you believed in all you wrote about,
But John, imagine there no heaven now,

O', for the things that he has done,
He will live forever,
And so... the legend lives on,
One year gone.

- WillyToad*

… this is a Smokey the Toad™ production.

With You.

Unpublished Works, © 1980, BillyPauleyJr.*

With You.

I’m a single part of a broken man,
The part that wants to die,
The part I never was when we held hands,
But then I guess I tho’t you were mine,
With bits and pieces of you in my mind,
I subconsciously torture my soul,
And all this time I’m asking why,
When I knew you had treated me cold,

Baby, you tear me up,
Maybe I care too much,
But I guess I ran out of luck,
When it came to love,
When I came to give my love to you,
Now I guess I’m thru',

I feel like a brand new baby with a broken toy,
All I want to do is cry,
But knowing it would bring no joy,
I keep my tears inside,
Everyone sounds the same anymore,
They tell me give up that girl,
And I hate them as never before,
I don’t want to lose my world,

Baby, you tear me up,
Maybe I care too much,
But I guess I ran out of luck,
When it came to love,
When I came to give my love to you,
Now I guess I’m thru',

You told me to find someone else,
Well, that hurt me like you’ll never know,
But I guess I should blame myself,
I should’ve never let my feelings show,
‘Cos as soon as I did you had it all,
Something I could never do,
And you loved every moment you watched me fall,
But I still fell in love with you,

Baby, you tear me up,
Maybe I care too much,
But I guess I ran out of luck,
When it came to love,
When I came to give my love to you,
Now I guess I’m thru',

Am I ever thru',
With you.

- WillyToad*

… this is a Smokey the Toad™ production.