Great Red Sun (1969 - Age 22)

Written by Michael Woodhead
Copyright ©1969, 2023

Land of the lotus flowers
Land of the silver towers
Home of the great red sun
Send me a new, new day
Lost in the ocean spray

Land of the sparkling rivers
Land where the sunshine quivers
Home of the great red sun
Send me a new, new day
Lost in the ocean spray

Where everyone says to you
Are you without a soul
Then, to them, all you answer true
I am still living whole

Land of the laughing lovers
Land where the matter covers
Home of the great red sun
Send me a new, new day
Lost in the ocean spray

Where all the people try to scoff
When you perform great deeds
Where all the water in the trough
Runs down to Ganymede's

Grass and Clover (1965 - Age 18)

 

Got No Time (1966 - Age 19)

Written, Composed
Arranged & Performed
by Michael Woodhead
Copyright ©1966, 2021

Got no time to sit and play with you
Got no time to talk today with you
Cause I'm working each hour
To please you and me
And I'm trying to shower
My love, can't you see

Got no time to sit and talk with you
Got no time to take a walk with you
Cause I'm trying each minute
To make you so glad
I'm trying each finite
Dimensions of sad

Got no time, my head is filled with pain
Got no time, my body's chilled with rain
And I'm crying for you, dear
Wherever you are
I'm crying for you, hear
Here, there, or afar

Got no time, again my heart is low
Got no time, forever start to grow
Make me know that you love me
I know I love you
Know you're above me
I know I'll be true

[Listen to it here]

Golden Stardust (1967 - Age 20)

 

Golden Dewdrops (1968 - Age 21)

Written, Composed
Arranged & Performed
by Michael Woodhead
Copyright © 1968, 2021

Golden dewdrops fall upon me
‘Neath the early morning sun
Walk I now beneath a rainbow
Where a new day has begun
Tell me what you think of sunshine
Tell me what you think of rain
Is it hard for you to tell me
Is it hard to bear the pain

Golden dewdrops fall upon you
Shining in the morning air
Pearls and diamonds sparkle brightly
Pick a shoot of maidenhair
Tell me what you think of rainbows
Tell me all I need to know
Is it hard to say the words, love
Is it hard for you to show

Golden dewdrops fall upon them
Glinting ‘neath the mid-day sky
And before the aged walks she
Thoughts I'd wish to purify
Constantly, I call upon you
Telling you to keep away
Is it hard to understand, love
We've been led so far astray

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Golden Blood (1971 - Age 24)

Written, Composed
Arranged & Performed
by Michael Woodhead
Copyright © 1971, 2021

I can live forever
Nothing real will sever
Golden blood
Reincarnation
Mystic incantation
Golden blood

If someone is chasing you
Don't panic, use your head
Find some place to hide
Or you will find they want you dead

Find some pleasing pleasure
And you'll find your leisure
Golden blood
Lift your hearts together
Naught will ever tether
Golden blood

If someone is chasing you
Don't panic, use your head
Find some place to hide
Or you will find they want you dead

If you feel like dying
Laugh, do not start crying
Golden blood
Hold your arms out to me
Swim in Life's Karma Sea
Golden blood

If someone is chasing you
Don't panic, use your head
Find some place to hide
Or you will find they want you dead

[Listen to it here]

God's Truth About Gender

 

David E James IV
VMI Publishers
2008
ISBN: 978-1-933204-60-4
Christian Living, Contemporary Life

In order to better understand the rest of the book, I highly suggest reading chapter seventeen first; then the reader will know how the author comes to some of his conclusions.

There was a time when “God’s Truth” meant more to me if I saw it in the title of a book, but at this stage in my life, I’ve come to realize that the “truth” often depends upon one’s interpretation of it.

Since I experienced some of what the author has suffered, I understand his background. David James’ (a pseudonym for personal reasons) interpretation will be seen to be very conservative. In spite of some of the arguments he presents, I don’t totally agree with everything he postulates.

For example, on the subject of masturbation, he uses the oft-misquoted scripture of how Onan ‘spilled his seed on the ground’ instead of impregnating his brother’s wife as commanded.  However, it was not ‘masturbation’ that the Lord found ‘wicked’, but rather, Onan’s disobedience. [Genesis 38:8-10]

In addition, the author tends to ‘compartmentalize’ men and women -- woman should be the ‘girly-girly’ type, and men the macho hero.  According to the author, that’s pretty much the way God planned it. I have a problem with this, especially since I have never been a ‘macho man’ and don’t want to be. That’s not me.

That said, the author does present some interesting arguments, supported primarily by Old and New Testament scriptures, but conclusions with which the reader may or may not agree. He covers such subjects as masturbation, homosexuality, marriage, and gender identity.

Book Review by Michael Woodhead
Copyright ©2008