Bio Rhythms

I was born at a young age in 1963

Survived the streets of Brooklyn and my noisy family

My parents thought God was a scam, religion was for saps

For me that meant no Hebrew School and I thanked God for that

No Chanukah, no Christmas trees, no holy holidays

When we gathered for a meal our prayer was just “Oy Vey!”

I was schooled in logic, learned hard science and new math

Diagnosed with ADD I couldn’t sit still in class

I took two years of college and then called it graduation

You could say I left to get a higher education

I studied Course in Miracles, that was the path for me

Even though I hated Christian terminology

My parents were beside themselves “Oh, where did we go wrong?

Our son has got religion…well, at least he’s not reborn!”

I didn’t join a church or pass pamphlets door to door

I learned to mind my ego so it wouldn’t mind the store

I took the latest workshops and expensive weekend trainings

I paid for Tony Robbins to say “Scott, just quit complaining!”

I did my daily lessons and found some peace and power

I started writing joyous songs and singing in the shower

Some friends who overheard me asked “Why don’t you make a tape?

Your music will help many folks rejoice and celebrate”

And so I went from shower to the studio and stage

I freed up the performer who’d been locked inside a cage

My music brought much joy and light, and even brought me money

I left the day job, moved out west to where it’s much more sunny

I made CD’s, the world caught on till I was quite sought after

There’s nothing like a message that is sent in song and laughter

At home I learned my lessons just like everybody else

I learned to love another I first gotta love myself

I grew through my relationships, the land of Mars and Venus

I learned to listen to my heart not just my head and penis

I had a decade with a mate, we raised a child together

I learned that I can choose to love in any kind of weather

Sometimes when our fears collided, we got out of joint

We pointed fingers at each other, missing the whole point

Yet in the midst of major change we’ve learned to become friends

To welcome different points of view and not judge or defend

A fighting Brooklyn boy can grow to be a gentle man

When he gives up being right and seeks to understand

And that’s what I have learned when I was in the Sunshine State

Do battle with my ego instead of with a mate

Yes, that’s what I have learned in all these years I’ve told you of

I’d rather lose an argument and win at choosing love

I’d rather drop the arguments and win and choosing love