Black coffee and a shot of JackIn the cup holderA chip the size of the moonOn his shoulderHis foot down hardOn the floor of his pickup truckDriving through the nightTo anywhere with better luck She gave the best yearsOf her life to that loserRegretting the very momentHe would see her and choose herShe knows she […]
Days of wide-eyed wonder Nights of youthful lust The highlights of the journey from dust to dust Life once full of living Death once held at bay The two become much closer day by day And so the heart confesses That it never really knew Exactly what it wanted Or needed – it’s true And […]
Don’t look at me now I ain’t the one To tell you what you’re doing is right or wrong Don’t look at me now Don’t listen to what I say I’m just trying to live through another day I’m just trying To betray you with a kiss Asking myself is this all there is Don’t […]
I want to talk to her But the years get in the way If she could see through my eyes I wonder what she’d say The language that she speaks Pours over me like wine She’ll break nobody’s rules As she steps across the line She’ll break her share of hearts She’s already broken mine […]
You and I will meet on a random street Thirty years from now You’ll be married – tired and harried Fresh from your latest row We’ll wish that we were both still free We’ll talk of vanished years I’ll talk of lies and watch your eyes Fill with ancient tears The future’s waiting but you […]
It’s raining in the mountains I can see it from here Any minute now The sun is going down But when we wake The sky will be clear And we can take A ride into town I live my father’s anger He passed it down to me Any minute now My eyes will cloud The […]
“You’re living for nothing now I hope you’re keeping some kind of record.” * – Leonard Cohen I wish I’d kept a record like Leonard said I should Memories are disappearing islands in a flood All things being equal Which of course they never are Love would fall upon us all And never leave a […]
One mile wide But one inch deep Pray your lord Its soul to keep America is fast asleep As we sow So shall we reap Faith is blind But still we leap America is fast asleep No forgiveness in her heart Nowhere else for us to start America Sirens wail And cell phones beep Washington […]