Embrace the challenge
Of golf and it’s bitter edges
Take me to the turn
And start again
From the summer grass
Cut in the early hours
To the tee box setup in the light
Turn the day into a light of hope
Take on the joy of the game
Everyday
To the dogleg left
On the side of the hill
With a pond easy sitting
At the edge of the chance
To take up the summer light
In the setting fit for a new eye
I see the golf course awake today
Sitting up in the dew to say again
How is the morning set in a glisten
The birds call out to those who will listen
And see the light of the day set upon their skin
The morning dew
Sets easy upon the summer grass
Fresh cut
With the chickens calling in the distance
The leafs bursting through with summer life
To take upon the golf course
Just after night
Refreshed the day
As a clean show will make
The summer sun glisten
Over the ponds of Elbel’s view
On the west end of South Bend
The golf course sets easy
Upon the land that lays simple and true
Down on Miami Street
By the old bookstore
The grass grows stronger in the spring
Than anywhere else
On the golf course of the city
Where time is on repeat
The dandelion haze slips into the summer
Of heat and sun
Under the clubhouse
Is where it all begun
A love of a game
The idea so simple yet execution endlessly imperfect
I learned to grow up on these hills
These greens
Taught me how to be a man
To be polite
I owe many days to Erskine
To the scorecards that have been discarded
And the memories kept
Where I spent time with my father
And learned that a game can teach us
A lot more than how to swing
But rather how to live and be present
In a world that just keeps falling away
Beyond the fresh grass
Of spring
And the decay of winter
The blue of spring
And summer
Awaits the
Moment
Beyond the trees
And in the thick of the rough
The wild light waits
To bring the fervor of
Another
Summer day
To the course
And to the game
Falling asleep on my lap
On the course
A nap is needed for strength
I run my fingers through he hair
The rain falls splashing soft on cracked pavement
Skies loom large and fly
Clouds passing in summers haste
Laid in bed for an hour wide awake
Continuum of emotion and freedom
Taken with hope and reason
The rain falls soft on my legs and arm
Winds bring cold air
And afternoon charm
All I could ask for lays in my hands
Caressing hair soft brown and sweet
Under the shade of a Michigan pine
Is one of life’s great treats
Complete with feeling of love and understanding
Taking a break from a brisk walk
Relax and sleep while we talk
A Wednesday filled with summers course
I love her as she sleeps just a bit more
The old car is still hanging in
making it through Winter’s thick and Summers thin
The AC rattles
the carpets are worn out
But the motor still delivers me to the destination
very devout
The weather is broken in
The locks don’t work and haven’t for days
The radio still sings out a couple of melodies
But when the wheels struggle up the hill it gets my sympathy
on a warm day in June
When the engine is ringing out
In it’s classic tune
Bellowing out like a great monsoon
This is my car and I stand by it
Even though the dollars I’ve paid have been multiplying
But it is a true beauty and I ain’t lying That’s all I have to say about this your car
It’s taken me miles and miles afar
The dream alive when I get down
We’ve toured we’ve laughed we’ve cried
In this cabin we lived our lives
So this car I say cheers
I hope you may live on for years and years
A Cup of Songwriting 