The Words of Her Own Heart (lyrics)

She was seventeen. She was restless. She left home to find a life.
She'd had enough of small towns. She'd had enough of family strife.
She'd seen the big world on the big screen and dreamed of better times.
She never gave a second thought to the love she left behind.

She ended up in downtown, Big City, USA.
She liked the taste of freedom, of having her own way.
But daylight turned to night there, and her world turned up-side-down,
where faded jeans and shattered dreams was the only life she found.

She was on her own. Destination: Somewhere.
She was now full grown. At least, that's what she thought.
She faced life all alone just to prove she needed no one.
She wouldn't even listen to the words of her own heart.

She finally felt the love that had been with her all along.
It wasn't so important now who was right or who was wrong.
She finally realized she was too young to be alone.
She wasn't angry anymore. She just wanted to go home.

She was on her own. Destination: Somewhere.
She was now full grown. At least, that's what she thought.
She faced life all alone just to prove she needed no one.
Thank God, she finally listened to the words of her own heart.
Thank God, she finally listened to the words of her own heart...


c 2001 B Philp

One Hundred Years

It was 1909 in the spring of the year when
Charles Thomas Philp homesteaded here.
From Denver society's high culture days
to the windswept prairie's primitive ways.

One wonders if Charles ever looked far ahead...
What would the next one hundred years bring?
Hail storms and hardship, great, great grandchildren,
bunnies that hop and birdies that sing.

Fast forward those one hundred years...
Enter Oliver William Jones,
double great grandson of Charles Thomas Philp,
a young boy with spirit and spunk of his own.

As for now he knows nothing of Charles Thomas Philp,
of homesteading or of a pioneer's plight,
but Oliver William, at nineteen months,
sees the birds and the bunnies and squeals with delight!



c 2009 B Philp

On Turning 40

Some think that turning forty means life's over,
you're as good as dead,
while others see the years they've lived as merely
preparation for the challenges that lie ahead.

Some see a rusted gateway to a fateful downhill slide,
while others see an open door... no opportunity denied!
It saddens some to think that they're no longer young or not as strong,
while others are just thankful they've been blessed with health and
lived this long.

The difference is perspective and life choices that they make,
the priorities they set, the attitudes they take.

The second half of life is not for dying but for living,
for finding strength through weakness, for loving and forgiving.
For chasing those ambitions, and fulfilling all your dreams,
for doing what you really love, for realizing lifelong schemes.
For learning life's true purpose, and the satisfaction that can bring,
for learning of your heart's song, then listening to your spirit sing...

There's really so much more to life than youth and strength and winning.
So congrats on turning forty! Your life is just beginning...


c 1999 B Philp

little

i am just a little one
i have little hope

i have no voice
i have no choice
i have little hope

will they let me live
will i be sacrificed

i have no choice
i have no voice
i have little hope

i am just a little one
and i have little hope...


c 1997 B Philp

You Believed in Me (lyrics)

My heart said it's all about the journey,
how we go from here to there.
It's all about being in the moment,
about the love and gifts we share.
It's being thankful when we're blessed,
and living what is true.
My heart told me you'd embrace me
if I let my light shine through.

My heart said we're not so very different.
There are times our dreams collide.
Connected by more than joy and sorrow,
there's a oneness deep inside.
"Let others feel the passion
that lives inside of you."
My heart told me you'd believe me
if I let my truth shine through.

So here I am.
You've brought me to this place.
You've nourished me and carried me,
strengthened me with your embrace.
It's so incredible. How can this really be?
Now I believe my heart, cause you believed in me.

My heart told me, "This is your time.
Reach for the brightest star.
It's what you've always hoped for."
My heart whispered, "Just be who you are..."

So here I am.
You've brought me to this place.
You've nourished me and carried me,
strengthened me with your embrace.
It's so incredible. How can this really be?
Now I believe my heart, cause you believed in me.
Yes, I believe my heart... cause you believed in me.


c 2007 B Philp