"Ale for Tales" Tavern Tales and songs.

[jaycol]

I love you because


In jest you asked me once
"Why do you love me" you asked
I don't believe I answered much
In truth I avoided the task

I answered without thought
"Because you love me" I said
Only to realize late into the night
As I lay awake in our bed
This was not actually right
There was much more to be said

I love you
Because
You make me smile
Just knowing that your near
The warm breath that escapes your lips,
While,
You whisper in my ear

The simple things that make me laugh
As you cuddle in my lap
The hugging and the kissing
That,
Always keep me missing
The desire
The fire
Of the passion
I hold for you

I love you
Because
You still take my breath away
When I look into your eyes
As my hand caresses your face
But that is only party why
There is so much more say
and more to add each time I try

You leave me wanting
As we are apart
Panting
When we love
Happy
When your glad
Worried
When your sad

I love you
Because
You make me feel needed
You make me feel wanted
With each gentle brush
Of your touch
As you pass by
You make me feel loved
That is why

[jaycol]

Love against time



We pitted our love against time
And held on as long as we could
Well past the years of our prime
It took you as I knew it would
As time fails with one last try
Our love still stands as it should

Maybe, we never conquered the world together
But, we never had too
We did conquer the hearts of each other
And raised against our fears, and the evil they can do
We stood against time as it weathered
And held to each other true

I grieved in my time, but I've learned
Nothing is lost in the passing
As I see our struggles reborn
Among other couples as a tasking
I pray for them each morning
That they find the strength to make their love lasting

Maybe your out there
Only at a different time
Among those others with me somewhere
Challenging the new world we find
Growing closer with each struggle we share
Testing again our love against time

[jaycol]

* Jaycol sits alone in silence. His gaze fixed deeply into the untouched mug of ale that rests between his weathered hands. Closing his eyes he sings quietly to himself.

I don't mind the rain

I look up at the sky
Every morning when I wake
Like the space of our life
Appearing so open, so great
I can't help but wonder
What new things, it'll bring today
It's beautiful, even with the distant thunder
So, come what may
I don't mind the rain

Across the blue-gray hue
Clouds ripple in endless array
Dissipating, only to start anew
Repetitive, like the tasks of our day
The pattern of what we do
A fabric that we create
Weaved upon life's larger loom
So, come what may
I don't mind the rain

The edges yet, are so foreboding
It can't be bright every day
Chaos is always churning
That's just life's way
If it changes without warning
I'm no longer afraid
Enjoying each new morning
So, come what may
I don't mind the rain


* A long moment passes after he finishes. Slowly he pushes the full container away. He rises leaving a few coins upon the bar. With a nod of courtesy to the barkeep he turns and walks to the door.

[jaycol]

Jaycol orders an ale taking a long drawn drink. With a smile he places the mug on the bar turning it in his hands. Taking a deep breath he hails out with an old tavern song to the surrounding patrons.

On stale beer and wine


I been told me whole life
Was one big waste o' time
Binge'n' away me strife
Thinkin' I was just fine
Me o' My an' Holy Cripes
Livin' on stale beer and wine

Guessin' I been good though
Never comitted no crime
Guessin' I don't really knows
Drinkin' till da late night chime
Me O' My an' Holy Cripes
Livin' on stale beer an' wine

Me friends have come an' gone
Guessin I'll make more tonight
Least 'till they go home
Guessin' I has dat right
Me O' My an' Holy Cripes
Livin' on stale beer and wine

Now they all tell me
I ain't got me no life
Ain't got me no family
An' I ain't got me no wife
Me O' My an' Holy Cripes
Livin' on stale beer an' wine

Guessin' I should give it up
Guessin' I will in time
I figures until dat day comes
Guessin' I'll just be fine
Me O' My an' Holy Cripes
Livin' on stale beer and wine

[jaycol]

I ain't got no fortune




Me mam left me standing
Outside da baker's shop
Funny thin' too
Cause, I had no pop
well, she scooted out da back
With no intentions ta stop

I ain't got no fortune
Ain't gonna get me no dues
All I gots on me
is a case o' those
 Wha..da? Ahhh...,Come on?
Blues

I was getting lonely once
So's I went ta get meself a life
Got meself married too
Everything was so so fine
'til da day her husband come told me
that she happened ta be his wife

I ain't got no fortune
Ain't gonna get me no dues
All I gots on me
is a case o' those
Wha..da? Ahhhh..., Come on?
Blues

So's I went an' got me another
Couldn't find no other taker's
I can tell yah though
She ain't no home maker
Cause me kids now
All look like da local baker


I ain't got no fortune
Ain't gonna get me no dues
All I gots on me
is a case o' those
 Wha..da? Ahhh...,Come on?
Blues

[Samno]

*not sure weather to laugh or cry*

As the days roll by
On an empty sky
I sit and think
what today will bring
a song unheard
an unspoken word
something strange
beyond the range
of senses we have today
but as I stare at the sky
in which not a single bird flys
I feel a little like
somethings not right
and I look and see
but nothing is seen
and i listen and hear
but nothing is heard
and the world seems fake
as I can't smell the lake,
and I awake
from my strangest dream
and the world unseen
where dreams have been

[jaycol]

Jaycol orders Samno a ale. "Nicely done, my friend."


Call of Destiny


I can hear the whispers
Gliding along upon the winds
My thoughts were that it was my imagination
Then, there, they whispered once again
Calling out to me by name
Like an old friend

I stood there alone
On the open field of plains
Listening closely to their silent voice
Separate, yet, somehow the same
Urging me to forget my sorrows
And the sources of which they came

I opened my heart to them
As they whispered of home
Surrounded in the peaceful serenity
Of family I had never known
Not in promises, in offering
If I chose to come

They whispered of tomorrow
Of a time yet to be
I surrendered myself to their serenade
As they called out to me
The whispering of my destined fate
My Call of Destiny