I’ve got tears in my oatmeal since you went away
I’ve got tears in my oatmeal I cry every day 

I long to hear your voice. I pray all the time
My tears fall like rain from all the pain. 

I’ve got tears in my oatmeal. It’s Ruin My Day
All I do is fill up the Ole Ashtray. 

My oatmeal doesn’t taste like it used to
It’s way too salty through and through

If I could change things somehow 
I would even have a cow

I’ve cut out my drinking and running around
I’ve even cut out acting like a clown

I would give anything to have you back
I would even go to Church and sit in the back

I reckon it’s too late now. I got what I deserve
I didn’t see it coming. Girl, you threw me a curve

Nothing left but to pick up the pieces 
And wait till that longing in my heart ceases 

I’ll never forget you till I die
Even if I find someone else I’ll still cry

Oh LORD don’t let me make this mistake again
There’s no way I could stand the pain within

I’d end up in an Early Grave
Just because I did not behave

May 23, 2022
Mark Waldrop

When the dog's bark
And the Cows moo
I will still be searching for you

When You Left Me
I knew it was all wrong
I felt the pain all day long

I Prayed and I Prayed all Night long
Peace came over Me and I felt strong

When I turned You over to GOD
Happiness for you is all I wanted

For I knew then we would never be together 
From then on, I would always be Haunted 

I listen to the whistle of the Midnight Train
The Ghostly Sound it makes in the rain

It only reminds me of your smile
Oh for you I would walk a 100 miles

As time flew by My memories grew dim
Of the Sweetheart, I knew then

Then the realization came to me
We would be together in eternity 

May 23, 2022
Mark Waldrop

I may look like an old boot
I have many stories that will never be told 

My Master died
He wasn’t very old 

I’ve danced at weddings 
I’ve been a pallbearer at funerals

I’ve seen joy 
And I’ve seen sorrow 
My Master always put me on tomorrow 

It wasn’t I, to decide the fate
Only to make my Master look great

I would like to have gone with him
But that wasn’t meant to be

I now have a new task in life
To be proudly worn by his son
As long as he needs Me

June 16, 2021
Mark Waldrop