When I initially wrote this poem I was reading it, and it seemed to me that it really sounded like a country western song.
So I sent it to my friend Doug Jackson who knows a few things about country music, and he took on the project of rewriting it then putting it to music.
However, my web hoster doesn't seem to stream mp3 very well, so you may need to download it by right clicking on the link and selecting "save link as" Then you can play it locally.
Doug Jackson's audio recording of "What To Do With Me"
by Glenn Meisenheimer
© Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved
Well, I don't know what to do with my hands,
I keep hidden in my pockets here all day.
Well, they’re callused and they’re hard
All, my struggles left them scarred
But, they held a few fine things along the way.
And, I don't know what to do with these tears.
I keep tryin' to hold em’ back the best I can.
But, every time I speak
They go rollin’ down my cheeks.
Sometimes it’s just hard to be a man.
Chorus
I wish I knew what to do with me today.
Well, I try but nothin‘s workin‘ out okay.
And I don’t know where I’m bound,
If I’m lost or just not found.
I wish I knew what to do with me today.
And, I don't know what to do with my heart.
I’ve fought it half to death far too long.
The more I hold it back,
Well, the wider that it cracks.
And, it gets harder every minute holdin’ on.
And, I don't know what to do with my love
I swore to you that it would never fail
And it haunts me every night,
That I didn’t treat you right.
Now every day’s a walk through livin’ hell.
Chorus
I wish I knew what to do with me today.
Well, I try but nothin‘s workin‘ out okay.
And I don’t know where I’m bound,
If I’m lost or just not found.
I wish I knew what to do, with me today.
Thoughts of you run through my mind
Everything repeats in time.
It’s just too bad it all had to end.
Or I’d know what to do with me, again
Chorus
I wish I knew what to do with me today.
And I try but nothin‘s workin‘ out okay.
Well I don’t know where I’m bound,
If I’m lost or just not found.
I wish I knew what to do, with me today.
Yes, I wish I knew what to do with me today.