by Robert - just a simple man - B.
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April 12, 2007

You Took My Future Away

October 17, 2007 02:26 AM EDT
views: 94 | rating: 9.7/10 (28 votes) | comments: 43

A song to that someone special who will change my life forever..................

 

 

YOU TOOK MY FUTURE AWAY

©Robert C Burnham 

 

I was heading down a long lonely road

Holding on to the troubles I've always known

A grumpy old man was about to be born

But that was just before you came along

 

{chorus}

You took my future away

You turned my dark clouds to a sunny day

My destiny declared there'd be pain & sorrow

But your sweet love gave me a new tomorrow

 

My heart was broken and my blood run cold

I would only know regrets, so I was told

I was Lazarus going to an early tomb

Then your kiss rescued me from my doom

{repeat chorus}

 

I was on a ship which was sinking fast

Everyone around knew I wouldn't last

I was going to end my life, living all alone

Your precious heart will change the words on my stone

{repeat chorus}

 

You took my future away...............
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Comments: 43 ( 1 removed by Robert - just a simple man - B. )

April H. Oct 17, 2007, 2:29am EDT
This is lovely
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Oct 17, 2007, 2:42am EDT
I sure would love to hear this sung.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 17, 2007, 3:07am EDT
E: come to San Antonio, I'll sing it to ya! Better hurry though, my work here is almost done.
gaedith o. Oct 17, 2007, 3:19am EDT
very beautiful but please if its for me please let it be known ! I am not to be a secret unknown ! I long to know you to hold you to hear your voice in my ear to smell you!
my goodness i believe you have a admirer big time in Gaedith Robert.

wonderful song do you write music also?
Dena Straughn Oct 17, 2007, 5:14am EDT
wow---well I am waitin' for you to answer gaedith . . .
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 17, 2007, 5:33am EDT
Looking for a music-writing partner.

Jules B. - BTW: I hail from the Burnhams of Maine but a lot of my Burnham relatives are from the upstate NY area (Pavilion, Rochester, Batavia) - been meaning to let you know. I don't come across other Burnhams too much, except the guy on here who dedicated his novel on Tibet to a Robert Burnham (his dad!) LOL

Gaedith: ;+) How far is Tucson again? LOL. The poem's yours, time will tell who the preamble belongs to!
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Oct 17, 2007, 5:35am EDT
Robert - I made the trip driving straight through from Dallas to Phoenix in about 23 hours. So since Tucson is about 2 hours from Phoenix that would mean I could make it in 21. But you are in San Antonio, 5 hours from Dallas but there is a short cut since it is a straight shot off of I10 I believe so I think with Streaker for company and some good cds and a cooler with some soft drinks and some snacks and only stopping for gas you can make there in under a day.
Dena Straughn Oct 17, 2007, 5:38am EDT
Road trip--Let's all go!
Dena Straughn Oct 17, 2007, 5:40am EDT
Uh-oh--fight.
lol Esther
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 17, 2007, 5:40am EDT
Esther, LOL. How'd you know I would need a navigator going that far west. You've got the job. I'm going back to BED, seems safer there and since you just made me smile maybe I'll have a happier dream then the one that woke me up. God, I hate that COUCH.
Dena Straughn Oct 17, 2007, 5:42am EDT
Robert, are we all making you nervous? LOL Good night.
Lisa Frost Oct 17, 2007, 5:43am EDT
It is a lovely song. I heard they do have computer programs that write music, if you sing it to them...
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 17, 2007, 5:46am EDT
I am NOT singing to my computer. Goodnight.
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Oct 17, 2007, 5:51am EDT
You've got my number, I've got the time. Call me and sing it to me... ;P
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 17, 2007, 6:25am EDT
And no Dena, you're not. But that road trip idea for everyone sounds like a magical mystery tour to me. I'll rent the van.
Deborah O. Oct 17, 2007, 7:19am EDT
Excellent
Lawrence U. Oct 17, 2007, 7:35am EDT
Beautiful
~*Jackie Ferrari*~ Oct 17, 2007, 7:51am EDT
Lots of admirers, Robert!

Nice song.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 17, 2007, 8:23am EDT
Thanks Jackie, I Like Your New Icon.
Marilyn M. Oct 17, 2007, 9:33am EDT
Wow. The song is great. I want to hear it too. Robert, it looks like you've got a bunch of groupies.
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Oct 17, 2007, 9:42am EDT
Marilyn - I'm not a groupie. I am a friend.
Michelle R. Oct 17, 2007, 9:45am EDT
I love it! Kinda stumbled a bit over the last line of the last verse, but I can hear the fiddles and steel guitars. Great lyric.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 17, 2007, 9:46am EDT
Marilyn, I don't do groupies. I have friends. More than a few of them tend to be ladies. And a few of them really fine ladies. Some I hope to meet.
Susan Roberts Oct 17, 2007, 9:57am EDT
BEAUTIFUL Robert!! But then everything you have written and shared with us has been. GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS
Virginia V. Oct 17, 2007, 10:19am EDT
Beautiful Robert!!!!

I have the feeling that theres something happening between you and Esther (the flirting gives it away) so Gaedith sweety stop day dreaming it was not made for you lol.
Ann J. Oct 17, 2007, 10:30am EDT
Beautiful poem,my friend....I think I see stars in your eyes !!!!!!
Heather W. Oct 17, 2007, 11:15am EDT
Great song
Marie J. R. Oct 17, 2007, 2:52pm EDT
love it,,,love it,,, youngster, this is wonderful,,, many hugs,,,
Lisa (I love loons) C. Oct 17, 2007, 3:00pm EDT
Beautiful Robert - lucky gal. :)
P.W. Dowdy Oct 17, 2007, 6:12pm EDT
Job well done. Now let your heart sing!
Rory M. Oct 17, 2007, 8:00pm EDT
Robert: Take the plunge, my Maine man. When things wind up in SA why not drop down to Tucson and give fate a chance?

Okay, now I sound like a match maker. I'll stop.

Good one.
Missy Cline Oct 17, 2007, 8:38pm EDT
Lovely job Robert! LOL but I told you long ago....I'm married!!! Just kidding...No, I really am married but I am merely the wrangler of Robert's werewolf side. A semi-thankless task at times.... ;-)
Dena Straughn Oct 17, 2007, 10:21pm EDT
I had to stop back in to see how silly this got. I never did tell you, this is a sweet song. Lucky gal who finds you.

And for any who got the wrong idea, I am 25 years married to a great guy. I just wanted to go on the raod trip to referee--lol--I'll bring Kenny for a bouncer.

(((((ROBERT))))))
Marty A. Oct 18, 2007, 11:38am EDT
Wow Robert,
Quite a response.
Nice song. You need to find a musician eventually.
Your song reminds me of my wife.

marty
Cheryl R. Oct 18, 2007, 1:26pm EDT
Well, Robert, that is a beautiful song. I told the Lord that I agreed that your time for finding someone special was past due. I hope you are right, sometimes when you get what you pray for, it doesn't turn out like you plan. Somewhere in your future there is
that love for you. I won't say where my intuition is going, I hope you find her soon.
Love, Hugs, Prayers & Blessings, you deserve them.
Kathy W. Oct 19, 2007, 11:31pm EDT
Robert....sing out, sing long, and sing loud! Great lyrics...
Sounds like you're going to get some company!
JoAnne D. Oct 20, 2007, 12:04pm EDT
Great song Robert.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Oct 21, 2007, 12:56pm EDT
WOW, this started a lot more than I wanted it to. Yes, this particular song was written with my friend Gaedith in mind, but Gaedith and I have never met and when we do we could be like oil and water. I AM looking ladies, I am not trying to cause any jealousy, rage or sadness. Yes, I have written a poem or two to Esther because I find her attractive and she is fun to talk with on the phone. I guess, so I don't get redundant - you can all go see my comment on Esther's article which most assuredly, albeit indirectly, points a finger to me:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977151797
pamela r. Oct 21, 2007, 8:30pm EDT
Great song--would love to hear it.

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