Roger D. Linder

These sixties girls were all the rage
For boys like me of a certain age
We couldn't wait to tune right in
And with each week to start again

I dreamt of Jeannie every night
At times a tiny little sprite
Two thousand years was quite a stretch
But I wished for her heart to fetch

Lisa played a little creep
She frightened me, I could not sleep
On Monday it was not so bad
But Wednesday knew that I'd been had

But then it vanished off the air
And I was full of much despair
But Angela was growing up
You were my age, or close enough

Annette was nice, and very cool
She's was the word in every school
A Mouseketeer, she brought intrigue
But oh so much out of my league

I flip a switch, I turn a dial
I wait for tubes to warm a while
It is the sixties once again
My favorite show's 'bout to begin

FKB was there to see
A weekly slot on my TV
Elinor you were my crush
Sixteen year gap was not that much

TV Girls

Written July 9, 2023

TIL
That breathing's overrated
Though lives may be truncated
From problems we've created
And few will join the fight

Warnings made, but never ever heard
Sides taken, blame always transferred
Despicable degrees
Inexplicable decrees
It's obvious we all should be ashamed

Word's been out for many, many years
Yet some say they care to shed no tears
It's just a normal thing
Like Summer follows Spring
A natural occurrence just the same

TIL
The smoke that's in the air
No reason to beware
We should not yet despair
It just doesn't seem right

TIL
Temperatures are rising
Shouldn't be surprising
The issue's polarizing
Should I be concerned?

TIL
Oceans even hotter
There's no relief in water
It's Mother Nature's slaughter
I think we all get burned

TIL
That a man they think is Jesus
And they think he's there to please us
But he's really there to fleece us
I just don't understand

TIL
That a man put there to lead us
Seems he only wants to bleed us
All his efforts will impede us
Turn us into a wasteland

TIL

Written summer 2023

When I wake up in the morning and my love is in the dawning rays of sunshine
It makes me want to smile
But if cloudiness and gloom begin to fill the room, I fall back and think
"Is it worth the while?"

Sunshine in my room
Will overcome the gloom
I know she loves me
There's sunshine in my room

Sunshine in my room
Will overcome the gloom
I know she loves me
There's sunshine in my room

A love that will never die
As long as the sun rises in the sky
Sunshine shines on eternal

If in sleep I call her name, she is there, it's just the same
As the warmth of early morning summer light
But if instead I find her gone, wonderin' if I did her wrong
I would spend a sleepless, dark and lonely night

Sunshine in my room
Will overcome the gloom
I know she loves me
There's sunshine in my room

When I wake up in the morning and my love is in the dawning rays of sunshine
It makes me want to smile
But if cloudiness and gloom begin to fill the room, I fall back and think
"Is it worth the while?"

Sunshine In The Morning, Sunshine Late At Night

Written March 16, 1974. I was somewhat crazy about this girl. We've now been married 49 years today.

Summer Days

Roger D. Linder: Snippets and Incomplete Songs

Early morning meadow dew is on the ground
The summer days have let me know what once was lost is found
The farmer in his field, turning up the ground
The humming of his tractor is the world's only sound

But just as quickly as it came
Something between them doused the flame
The spark that lit failed to ignite
And all the room just swallowed light

So separate ways they passed from view
A star-crossed love, already through
Their tune they sang became a dirge
A moment's fleeting passionate urge

And love returned to her as well
And filled the room, their hearts did swell
So large with feeling that at first
They feared that both their hearts would burst

It started on a day like this
He thought that he'd discovered bliss
An arrow pierced right in his heart
And love he'd found right from the start

"Not every spark becomes a flame
Not every lyric does the same
A tune can tantalize one's soul
But often ends up a black hole"

It's with these thoughts and with these rhymes
He tried to recall happier times
But when he strolled down Memory Lane
He only found heartbreak and pain

Spark of the Moment

Written 7/14/2023

It's just not equivalent
Up and back, smart money spent
Don't be so ambivalent
You'd be glad you finally went

Riding on an elevator
Don't get left behind
I will be its vindicator
Have not lost my mind

We'll be back in seven days
Don't tell me it's just a phase
The sights we'll see will sure amaze
The stars all bright as there we gaze

Riding on the elevator
Marking time alone
Why must you be a hater
"Couldn't you have flown?"

Why should we give it a chance?
Don't look at me like that, askance
Why just watch when we can dance?
Isn't it just full of romance?

Riding on the elevator
Space our only goal
Waving "Bye, we'll see you later"
Turn on the cruise control

Riding on an elevator
Heading out to space
Wouldn't be an escalator
That'd be a disgrace

It's an easy 40 grand
50 at the most
Something breaks its tiny strand?
I guess we'll all be toast

Space Elevator

7/25/2023 - Suggested by an event occurring in April 2035, according to a novel I wrote.

I lie awake at night
I think of you 'til daylight
I want to be with you
With you by my side
There is nothing to hide
So let me be with you

And I'm singing this song for you
So sing along just us two
Yes, I'm singing this song for you
Do you love me, too?

You knew me, I knew you, but we didn't know each other
I saw you, I loved you, but you were always with another

And I'm singing this song for you
So sing along just us two
Yes, I'm singing this song for you
Do you love me, too?

You sit there, you wonder, you wonder if I'm singing for you
You sit there, you tremble, you wish that you only knew

Yes, I'm singing this song for you
So sing along, just us two
Yes, I'm singing this song for you
And I love you