To a Donor

words and music copyright ©1974, 2011 by Howard Ashby Kranz

D G D A

I badly need some new eyes; been using these eyes too long

D G D

They’re only good for seeing what they’ve seen

D G D A

I badly need some good news; no news is getting bad

D G D

No one around here can tell me what I mean.

A G D

With you I see so clearly, beyond sight.

A G F# G

Without you, I just live into the old familiar frames

D G D A

I badly need a new heart; old heart’s been beating hard,

D F# F#7 G

So long and steady it don’t even know if it’s alive,

D A G A

And I need your blood to survive.

D G D A

The light that shines in your eyes, I can feel it glow in me

D G D

And I would love to give back what you gave

D G D A

You see how I am gasping like a slack sail in the wind

D G D

When we could both be riding on that wave

A G D

With you I live in richly emblazoned light

A G F# G

Without you there’s no focus, and it’s all about the same.

D G D A

I badly need to be in love, but you’ve been so hard to find

D F# F#7 G

And you could flow in all my veins, and with one breath we’d breathe

D A G A D G D

And I’d love your skin over me.