Mind Between the Lines

By WC Coleman

The book is a collection of poetry and songs I have written over the years. And if you were to read between the lines, you will get an in-depth look at how my life wentall my ups and downs, all my curves and turns, and from being a worldly person to being a saved person. Some of these works are more than forty years old.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543472752

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Copyright © 2018 by WC Coleman.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2017919247

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5434-7277-6

      Softcover      978-1-5434-7276-9

      eBook         978-1-5434-7275-2

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Rev. date: 12/19/2017

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CONTENTS

SONGS

ODE TO THE VIETNAM VET

BROTHER JOHN

CASEY’S AT THE BAT

DON’T YOU WANT TO BE A STAR

I LIVE BY ROCK AND ROLL

EATING CANDY AFTER DARK

POSITIVE ATTITUDE

MRS. C.

HERE’S TO YOU MR. WASHINGTON

STEPPING STONE

I WROTE THIS SONG FOR YOU

REINDEER PIES

SLIPPING AWAY

I KEEP ON BEING AMAZED

AIN’T THAT DUMB

GWENDOLYN SWING

DON’T BURN YOUR BRIDGES

DO YOU THINK

FUNK ROCK

I GET TO STEPPING

PLAYING THE ROLE

COMING UP ON FIFTY

WHY DIDN’T SOMEBODY TELL ME

WAITING FOR MY SHIP

I THINK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT ME

WAKE ME SHAKE ME

BLUE FOR YOU

I DON’T WANT THE PAIN

PO BOY

PICKING UP THESE PIECES AGAIN

SWEET, SWEET MEMORIES

I PROBABLY DIDN’T NEEDW YOU ANWAY

SO LONELY TOGETHER

POEMS

ROSE

WHEN I THINK FOREVER

INDISPENSABLE

BACK AGAIN

DEBTS

ROCK BOTTOM

THANKS

SAME

SAYS WHO?

WOW

FOOL

FORGET IT

BABY SISTER’S GOT A PROBLEM

WHY BOTHER

FAT CHANCE

DEAD END

CYCLE OF HATE

NEIGHBOR

IT’S ABOUT TIME

LAST BELL TOLL

SONGS

ODE TO THE VIETNAM VET

I got drafted out the cotton fields of Arkansas

Got orders from Uncle Sam to come and join the war

They put a gun in my hands and stuck me in a foxhole

smack in the middle of Vietnam

They didn’t give me no rhyme or reason

said you better not cop out or we’ll call it treason

so, I went through it all for the sake of liberty

But they never told the story about how we fought to defend Ole Glory

and I had to kill my first man at the age of twenty-three

Won’t somebody tell me what that Vietnam war about

I hear tell it was a well-kept secret that never will get out

We spent thirteen hitches fighting Charlie in the trenches

and you wouldn’t even give us cheer

And when we finally got back home you made us feel alone

You acted like you didn’t know we were here