Verde River
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Verde River
Verde River
Ancient man
From some unknown clan
Same weaving liquid snake
Wandering tributary
From Sullivan Lake
Northwestern AZ
Down through the forest shade trees
The water makes its way
Rapids racing
The world is ever changed
Here near the edge of
Phoenix Basin
Verde River flowing through all-time
Verde River winding like an old vine
Thunderstorms
Late summer so warm
Arroyo whitewater runs
Spring snow now melted
By the blistering sun
Horseshoe Reservoir
Mossy green Chino Valley star
Sycamore Canyon Road
Nesting eagles
Holding their own
This story of their trials
Reigning regal
Verde River
Peaceful symbol my vital sign
Verde River
Stay fluid even though you’re confined
Verde River
We’ll leave the strife behind
Verde River
Your past life keeps running
Through my mind
El Dorado Legend
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El Dorado Legend
El Dorado Legend
Passing the days
Looking for ways
To get around the mountain
He had journeyed long
But which way was wrong
It had to be found gilded fountain
Path growing cold
Fortune hunter stayed bold
Still he felt the hourglass empty
Then he fell as he saw
Crushed skull and bear claw
He cried damn the amber that tempts me
Seeking the El Dorado legend
Fool’s gold in the hills that beckoned
Leading him straight to a dead end
The El Dorado legend
Seeking the El Dorado legend
His very life’s existence threatened
Wise up wisdom is a godsend
The El Dorado legend
Losing his strength
Worn road at length
He met the lurking revenant
I’m pleading said he
Tell me where can it be
Before I return to the elements
Wranglers met death
Who came before has no breath
Hope you find what you’re looking for
Only catch is
The magic can never be his
His Eureka moment was chasing folklore
Seeking the El Dorado legend
Fool’s gold in the hills that beckoned
Leading him straight to a dead end
The El Dorado legend
Seeking the El Dorado legend
His very life’s existence threatened
Wise up wisdom is a godsend
The El Dorado legend
Sunshine and Noir
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Sunshine and Noir
Sunshine and Noir
Light and shadows
Nights and days collide
Broken windows
Looking in from outside
Trouble comes and finds you
All the kinds you’re blind to
You never see it coming
The doomed doorways
But there’s been satisfaction
Maybe not the main attraction
But the battle just plays out
And replays
Half in the Sunshine
Half in a moody shade of noir
Part of a painted landscape
Part of the night sky dark star
Guess that’s the way it is
The way these times are
Sunshine and noir
Sight and blindness
Each story has two sides
Forget and forgiveness
It’s up to the winds and the tides
Wonder where the place is
You see good will in the faces
Whether you’re winning big or
Nursing a losing streak
Fortune is just trickery
Like a neon sign that’s flickering
Fall to the valley floor
Or scale the peak
Half in the Sunshine
Half in a moody shade of noir
Part of a moonlit landscape
Part of the night sky dark star
Guess that’s the way it is
The way these times are
Sunshine and noir
Man from Louisiana
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Man from Louisiana
Man from Louisiana
True you weren’t always there
But when you spoke
Your words would ring
Told me deal on the square
Or whatever you may gain
You’ll lose everything
Stay within reason
You would say
This isn’t Eden
Find the sunray
You defined it the world
Now I’m reminded to pay
This debt to you
My man from Louisiana
To me you stood as tall
As a Redwood tree
Transplant from the grassland savannah
To the hills of California
By the Western sea
Army hat and blue bandana
My man from Louisiana
I’m still your wild Lantana
My man from Louisiana
The years have shaped memory
Now careless deeds
All seem so blessed
The twenty first century
So lonesome with you gone
Now who would have guessed
Keep falling forward
That’s your voice
Freedom or cornered
Make the choice
You designed it my faith
All mankind can rejoice
In a soul like yours
My man from Louisiana
To me you stood as tall
As a Redwood tree
Transplant from the grassland savannah
To the hills of California
By the Western sea
I can’t forget you don’t wanna
Looking up to you
Your very own devotee
Family with you was no Nirvana
I’m you’re mirror JC
I’m you and you are me
The Far Country
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The Far Country
The Far Country
Forgotten strangers unwritten pages
Brave nomads on the move
Travels without leaving traces
But listen to the wind
Seek universal truths
Our endless crossing back and forth
East and West South and North
When there’s no record to go by
All we can do is imagine
The Far Country is
Closer than you think
Somehow homeward bound
The Far Country
Survival doesn’t just happen
It’s something earned not simply found
Our boots are on this noble ground
It’s Far Country we’re riding through
The Far Country surrounds us
It’s Far Country
That sound is their sighs you hear
The Far Country’s near
Coming in hushed but blue sky clear
The Far Country
The low downtrodden sacrifice honor
Never and always with grace
Wherever it is we may wander
Searchers changing
But not the soul (thread) of the place
Blood brothers and sisters too
Like a wolf on the mesa I’m tracking you
When there’s no record to go by
All we can do is imagine
The Far Country is
Closer than you think
Somehow homeward bound
The Far Country
Survival doesn’t just happen
It’s something earned not simply found
Our boots are on this noble (storied) ground
It’s Far Country we’re riding through
The Far Country surrounds us
It’s Far Country
That sound is their sighs you hear
The Far Country’s near
Coming in hushed but blue sky clear
The Far Country
Far Country I’m standing here humbly
The Far Country floating above me
Ballad of Cody Jarrett
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Ballad of Cody Jarrett
Ballad of Cody Jarrett
It started out
In Black Rapids Roadhouse
Son of a drunk
From Cedar Hill
A rebel rabble rousing
The devil in Levi Strauss
Soon he raised the gates of hell
A chill like a winter kill
It ended up
In a hail of fire
Six-gun bullets flying
And so he fled in a cloud of dust
By then it was getting
Down to the wire
Barflies pleading give it up
He just turned to spit and cussed
The Ballad of Cody Jarrett
Now an outlaw he’s raw white heat
Fierce and fiery
Desperado made of mean spirit
Resolve like rebar set in concrete
Wanted dead or alive
Pale rider right by his side
Nobody left nowhere to hide
The Ballad of Cody Jarrett
He saw us all
As his mad adversaries
Battle and clash
The hardest way
All roads lead to
Sleepy Hollow cemetery
Or some graveyard in a snake pit
His time this judgement day
But they say he’s out there
Still roaming the high plains
Looking over his shoulder
Rogue soldier on the lamb
Ghostly figure
Clad in iron cross chains
One thing we can count on
He doesn’t give a damn
Nevada Lights
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Nevada Lights
Nevada Lights
Lost neon wasteland
Far cry from King’s Graceland
Sharkskin sheen sinks down to low style
Chasing fortune and fame
Twenty four seven
But not like
Ocean’s Eleven
The strip has been
Slipping mile by mile
Oh my Flying V
Don’t forget about me
Take me with you on your journey
Into space
Rocket flights starlit nights
We can look down on Vegas landing
Hi fi desert what a sight
Mood is bittersweet as I write
From up here
Dark sand bright sparks of white
Sin City sky
Nevada lights from on high
Nevada lights from on high
Once a hot boneyard
Then the Rat Pack my old guard
Pioneer Club sign those days I miss
How far can you get
From Made in Heaven
The question itself
Is the lesson
Can’t believe the
Cowboy’s tale has come to this
Oh my Flying V
Don’t forget about me
Take me with you on your journey
Into space
Rocket flights starlit nights
We can look down on Vegas landing
Hi fi desert what a sight
Mood is bittersweet as I write
From up here
Dark sand bright sparks of white
Sin City sky
Nevada lights from on high
Nevada lights from on high
Joshua Tree
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Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree
Leaving Barstow
Inland Empire crossroads
Old Spanish Trail
Now Route 66
South to Palm Springs
Hearing those same Scott’s Orioles sing
Arid world
The devil’s playground depicts
We’re in the land
Of atomic sun
Bullhead City
Rain shadow dry run
You find the Silence
In the Joshua Tree
Beauty and violence
Hand in hand in Mojave
Westward journey
Guided by the Joshua Tree
Westward journey
Guided by the Joshua Tree
Desert sandman
Weathered leather bronze tanned
From the high on stable
Of great falling stars
You’re prehistoric
Standing so stout and stoic
Uphill climb
No feathered nest no wood tar
Still in these times
Of transonic speed
Slow death valley
Against a warrior’s creed
Find the Silence
In the Joshua Tree
Beauty and violence
Hand in hand in Mojave
Wise iguana
Rough chuckwalla tell me
Thriving rival relic of survival
Unlock the mystery
Secret Joshua Tree
Westward journey
Guided by the Joshua Tree
Westward journey
Guided by the Joshua Tree
Rooster Tail
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Rooster Tail
Rooster Tail
My ripping ride hard shifting
You’re bouncing up and down
Around inside my wake
Hot sand shooting up under my wheels
It’s blinding you can’t see
I’ll make your engine bake
It’s an outsider art
Victory was mine from the shotgun start
Rough n’ rugged but I stay fluid
Pure power
Sky high voltage undiluted
I’m throwing my rooster tail
I’m really going blowing like a gale
Kicking up a low down n’ dirty rusty dusty trail
Throwing my rooster tail
Thrusting like I’m busting outta jail
Friction sliding speedy clutch
Only gear I know is way too much
I got a hammer and your coffin nails
Steer clear of my rooster tail
Volcanos spew hot lava
I’m smoking just like that
Competition so cutthroat
Melting down all the challengers
My full throttle’s got you beat
Now you know that I’m the goat
Propelled by burning fuel
Bursting blazing motor madness duel
Breakneck by nature racer blunt force
Through the dunes
Like a shockproof rocking horse
I’m throwing my rooster tail
I’m really going blowing like a gale
Kicking up a low down n’ dirty rusty dusty trail
Throwing my rooster tail
Thrusting like I’m busting outta jail
Friction sliding speedy clutch
Only gear I know is way too much
I got a hammer and your coffin nails
Steer clear of my rooster tail
Searching for Santa Fe
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Searching for Santa Fe
Searching for Santa Fe
Buried roots
But hearty faith
Above the rants and raves
To a new golden age
Distant trail
With twists and turns
Along the road confirms
How my hunting soul it stirs
I’m always searching
For Santa Fe
Any escaping from nowadays
The place coexists
With its former ways
Lifetimes lost
But the phantoms stay
Always searching for Santa Fe
Bolero song
Old Pueblo hymn
Land of enchantment
Past was fading dim
But upwards view
And memories rebuild
Authentic symbol of free will
Ancestral voices echo still
I’m always searching
For Santa Fe
Any escaping from nowadays
The place coexists
With its former ways
Lifetimes lost
But the phantoms stay
Always searching for Santa Fe
Lone Star Tumbleweed
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Lone Star Tumbleweed
Lone Star Tumbleweed
Rambling but ready
Watch me really go
Maybe not so steady
But it’s the only way I know
Now then I can’t change
Not a thing that I can do
Say when but I tell you what
One and one don’t always make two
Living life like a
Lone Star tumbleweed
All I ever wanted to be
Was a roadrunner
Somehow scraping by
Getting what I need
Only passing through
Uprooted and freed
Lone Star tumbleweed
Uprooted and freed
Lone Star tumbleweed
Tumbling tough Texan
Wind takes me where it will
Without direction
At least I ain’t standing still
No ties told you before
I’m old guard bad company
Bull’s eye when you said
I’m checked out always absentee
Living life like a
Lone Star tumbleweed
All I ever wanted to be
Was a roadrunner
Somehow scraping by
Getting what I need
Only passing through
Uprooted and freed
Lone Star tumbleweed
Uprooted and freed
Lone Star tumbleweed
Skeleton on Horseback
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Skeleton on Horseback
Skeleton on Horseback
On a saddle made of smoke
Sits the skull and bones rider
Crooked straight from Hell
Outlaw insider
Behind his mask and cloak
Lies a world of darkness
Here to steal the night
See through he’s heartless
Nothing is there
Be warned beware
Comes a skeleton on horseback
Against crimson sunset’s pall
Dead on arrival
Ghostwriting on the wall
Watch the man from perdition fall
The vision is black sun
Just a skeleton
On horseback
He’s a wrangler feeding fear
Spreading melancholy
But we created him
Out of human folly
For some reason we revere
Our own grim destroyer
We battle with the beast
Fate that fallen warrior
Nothing is there
Be warned beware
Comes a skeleton on horseback
Against crimson sunset’s pall
Dead on arrival
Ghostwriting on the wall
Watch the man from perdition fall
The vision is black sun
Just a skeleton
On horseback
Wagon Train
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Wagon Train
Wagon Train
From Independence
Out of Missouri
Heading out west
Promised land by the sea
Might take better than a year
Home is nowhere even near
Just chasing the setting sun
Through snow and rain
Fierce terrain
Every wagon train
Onward and upward
Against the grain
Cross the plains
Every wagon train
Circling with the buzzard
Dream in vein wagon train
Dream in vein wagon train
Trail to transcendence
Mighty big country
Hope for the best
But no guarantee
Night makes ghosts start to appear
Future’s far and still unclear
Just chasing the setting sun
Through snow and rain
Fierce terrain
Every wagon train
Onward and upward
Against the grain
Cross the plains
Every wagon train
Circling with the buzzard
Dream in vein wagon train
Dream in vein wagon train
Moon on the Bayou
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Moon on the Bayou
Moon on the Bayou
Hushed crickets’ wings
The rebel’s ballad
Devil’s horses serenade
Slow fade
New Orleans night high
When sundown falls
Swamp land of secrets
The liquid darkness creeps
Willow weeps
Chickadee far off cry
Calliope on Steamboat Natchez
Pounds out a haunting tune
Outside it’s January
Inside a dream of June
Light sweeps through
Suddenly lifting you
Black turns indigo blue
Moon on the bayou
Old Second line
The rhythm pulses
Funeral march low trumpet trill
From Storyville’s
Mahogany Hall
Wrought iron spikes
Deep sky French Quarter
The music stew it broods
Sets the mood
Feel the real above all
Calliope on Steamboat Natchez
Pounds out a haunting tune
Outside it’s January
Inside a dream of June
Light sweeps through
Suddenly lifting you
Black turns indigo blue
Moon on the bayou
Condor's Nest
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Condor's Nest
Condor's Nest
In the great wide open
Spaces of the West
You’ll find freedom’s symbol
The California Condor’s nest
Birds of Jove you can’t rope in
Liberty won’t lay to rest
Beacon’s emblem to rekindle
Must have been born in a
Condor’s nest
Cliff cave in the mountains
Refuge from high winds
And in Giant Sequoia Redwood
Tree trunks numbers dwindling
Looking for protection
From the ravages of man
Hideaway from the haunted days
Straw bed built strand by strand
In the great wide open
Spaces of the West
You’ll find freedom’s symbol
The California Condor’s nest
Birds of Jove you can’t rope in
Liberty won’t lay to rest
Beacon’s emblem to rekindle
Must have been born in a
Condor’s nest
For eagles across this country
Honor is the creed
Outlasting is their legacy
For their survival they believe
Memory collecting
Through the vexing years
Choose the spots to untie the knots
Go free and fly away in pairs
Call of the Sirens
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Call of the Sirens
Call of the Sirens
Sailor’s doom
Sweet alluring tomb
Swansong of the ages
From the river’s edge
Soothing wicked pledge
In man-made satin cages
They glide through water
I’m stuck on ground
Neptune’s daughters Celestial sound
Lagoon lit by lanterns
Paradise found
Hear the call of the Sirens
Trick velvet trap no going back
Call of the Sirens
Spellbinding sighs I’m hypnotized
Call of the Sirens
Rapture flows
Through the quiet rose
And the whirlpool starts spinning
Floating mermaids sway
Your soul you’ve signed away
The lost tunnel’s just beginning
They glide through water
I’m stuck on ground
Neptune’s daughters Celestial sound
Lagoon lit by lanterns
Paradise found
Hear the call of the Sirens
Trick velvet trap no going back
Call of the Sirens
Spellbinding sighs I’m hypnotized
Call of the Sirens
Owl Creek Bridge
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Owl Creek Bridge
Owl Creek Bridge
Hangman
Only you between the reaper
And where I stand
Who made you the gatekeeper
Gallows
Rope railroad ties and trestles
Every man knows
The conscience that he wrestles
Should I
Try to get up to that ridge
Or die at
Down at Owl Creek Bridge
Accused
Fugitive from justice
Never proved
Allegations made to crush us
By chance
Can’t you let me slip out
Snake dance
In your debt if there’s any doubt
Should I
Try to get up to that ridge
Or die at
Down at Owl Creek Bridge
Blood Red Desert
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Blood Red Desert
Blood Red Desert
Sun and wind
Pound the badlands again
Sagebrush scent
So bittersweet
Almost wonderful
Rocks to sand
Vista barren but grand
Greasewood shrinks
In deadly heat
So colorful
Blood red desert
Release me
From your stranglehold
Blood red desert
Beneath me
Passion savage and uncontrolled
Peaks from dunes
Clean bleaching what blooms
Where does that leave
Life on earth
Desolation vast
Rim round bed
I’m begging you I’ve bled
Now I’m looking
For my rebirth
Escaping a troubled past
Blood red desert
Release me
From your stranglehold
Blood red desert
Beneath me
Passion savage and uncontrolled
Swordfish
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Swordfish
Swordfish
Salt of Cortez
In the Steinbeck tales
Stuff of legends
At Cabo Bay
Basks in sunshine
He soars and sails
Leads with the knife end
Making ocean spray
Silver swordfish leaping
From sea to sky
Putting on an exhibition
For me you personify
Pure joy golden boy
Fly silver swordfish fly
Deep in daylight
With rays and sharks down there
Ancient wisdom
Guides your fin
Breach the surface
Straight into sparkling air
Reach for the heavens
You might just get in
Silver swordfish leaping
From sea to sky
Putting on an exhibition
For me you personify
Pure joy golden boy
Fly silver swordfish fly
Laredo Journal
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Laredo Journal
Laredo Journal
Amazon Kingfisher
Your fluttering wings fanning
Zacate Creek
Just soldier on
South Texas son some well wisher
Almost two hundred years since
Casa Ortiz
Those times are gone
Pages from my Laredo journal
The saga still hovers above the land
Ages overtake and that’s eternal
Got my Laredo journal in hand
Once the Republic
Of the Rio Grande
Got my Laredo journal in hand
Once the Republic
Of the Rio Grande
Fallen oak unspoken star
Your weakening state shared by
Strong and meek
Place remains unchanged
Spirit broke but not done by far
Escape to the shadows
Weathered mesquite
Hard bitten stark terrain
Pages from my Laredo journal
The saga still hovers above the land
Ages overtake and that’s eternal
Got my Laredo journal in hand
Once the Republic
Of the Rio Grande
Got my Laredo journal in hand
Once the Republic
Of the Rio Grande
Mustangs Across the Stream
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Mustangs Across the Stream
Mustangs Across the Stream
Untamed past
From the crazy horse desert
Unforgiving landscape
Forgotten lone star child
Open range
Now been closing for decades
Second born son of gun
I was bred to be wild
I’m from a riled dying breed
Distant call like a tractor beam
I just wanna be
Breaking loose
Running free
Like the Mustangs across the stream
Mustangs across the stream
Natural state
Wish you would have left me
Mess with what I’m made of
What did you think I’d do
Broken fence
Wood slats hanging in the wind
Bucking is my ingrained way
Now I’m busting clean through
I’m from a riled dying breed
Distant call like a tractor beam
I just wanna be
Breaking loose
Running free
Like the Mustangs across the stream
Mustangs across the stream
Driving to the End of a Dream
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Driving to the End of a Dream
Driving to the End of a Dream
Tumbling thunder I’m a third wheel
Gas gauge showing
Not much left no
Running empty it’s a done deal
Lost my I.D. to your
Little grand theft oh
I’m just driving
To the end of a dream
Road keeps rising you’re my mirage
Or so it seems
Beat soul reviving
Twilight silent symphony
Path unwinding staring into night
In hazy gray I can see
I’m just driving
To the end of a dream
Still I’m searching for my Raintree
Turning the burning
Into a glaze now
But where in the world would I be
If I didn’t go on
My motor getaways wow
I’m just driving
To the end of a dream
Road keeps rising you’re my mirage
Or so it seems
Beat soul reviving
Twilight silent symphony
Path unwinding staring into night
In hazy gray I can see
I’m just driving
To the end of a dream
Southern Buckthorn
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Southern Buckthorn
Southern Buckthorn
Battle royal in the cypress swamp
Tupelo honey
You just came to stompCarolina I’m a native son
With a cousin destroyer
My tale is pure homespunGolden nectar from the sour gum tree
Gulf Coast killer
Death by decreeFierce invader of those mossy oaks
Force your way in
Press your own kinfolksAll the backstabs then left for dead
You do unto others
That’s just the tip of the arrowheadThe rock is gone I was leaning on
Now I’m right back where I was planted
Sunburned by life
Still I don’t take a moment for granted
Just a road warrior
Savanna man on a path well worn
Let me be the Bitternut Hickory
To your Southern BuckthornThrough the years mostly times of drought
Still looking for a spot
Where a simple bud can sproutStick to myself all I can do
Cast a cold eye
Try to stumble throughHope for the best by small degrees
Take bad seeds
Pray for early freezeSummer’s ending still you’re on the march
Taking over
Under triumph’s archDidn’t want to leave this left unsaid
If I had my druthers
Wish we all could blossom cherry redSurvivor climbing higher
Southern Buckthorn
Outsider like a spider
Southern Buckthorn
Low rider in barbed wire
Southern Buckthorn
Outlier lit spitfire
Southern Buckthorn -
Dear Georgia (Haystacks in Spring)
Dear Georgia (Haystacks in Spring)
Dear Georgia
Haystacks in Spring
Your sweet rakes of light
Wildflowers blossomingDear Georgia
I’m worshiping
Heaven’s presence
It’s a mystical thingAtlanta
Know I’m on my way to you
Always loved it
When I passed throughPeachtree Road
With all your soaring trees
Can’t wait to feel
Your docile breezeDear Georgia
Haystacks in Spring
Your sweet rakes of light
Wildflowers blossomingDear Georgia
I’m worshiping
Heaven’s presence
It’s a mystical thingSavannah
How I miss your Spanish moss
Open letter
To the Southern CrossPirate’s House
I swear you’re haunting me
But for your coastal town
HospitalityDear Georgia
Haystacks in Spring
Your sweet rakes of light
Wildflowers blossomingDear Georgia
I’m worshiping
Heaven’s presence
It’s a mystical thing -
Riverboat
Riverboat
Samuel C.
Longhorn man
In and out with
Haley’s CometA Tramp Abroad
With his bluejay yarn
Toughest wit
Feisty prophetRiverboat man
Yelling safe to pass
Eagle screaming
Banjos bluegrass
Dressed in white
When summer ends
Deadpan script
Comes alive againNeighbors few
Travels far
The decades melt
Epic figureTo the point
No holding back
To this day
The truth will triggerRiverboat man
Yelling safe to pass
Eagle screaming
Banjos bluegrass
Dressed in white
When summer ends
Deadpan script
Comes alive againLetters from Earth
Back to the cave
What you know ain’t so
Heading backwardsLost in crowds
Write so brave
Simpler time
Here’s the password -
Knoxville USA
Knoxville USA
Appalachian dream ‘til
May of 1915
Shock to your steady stream
Describing grief unseenStolen moments of closeness
Father and son remotenessRufus spread your grace
On the mysteries of life
And sudden death
Aftermath’s birthplace
Pearls of wisdom
Paint a town with your wordplayKnoxville U.S.A.
Lyricism unleashed
Speechless passion unbound
Poignant ache released
Insights clear and so profoundFinding depth of attachment
Build back fragment by fragmentRufus spread your grace
On the mysteries of life
And sudden death
Aftermath’s birthplace
Pearls of wisdom
Paint a town with your wordplayKnoxville U.S.A.
Proof is in the pain
A small boy of six
His dad’s dying breath
From your loss our gain
In Tennessee that night
James Agee’s blackest dayKnoxville U.S.A.
Hard knocks motorway
Knoxville U.S.A.
Hard knocks motorway -
Rio Rancho Remembered
Rio Rancho Remembered
We were as one
Some days
Surface talks turning deep
Interstate 20 EastThat Summer of
Lazy ways
Couple of tight jams but
Overall sense of peaceI haven’t forgotten
My rare bird
I’m here to say
It all replays
It was not all for naught
Rio Rancho rememberedBehind the wheel
Driving shifts
Shreveport just starting out
It’s Roswell or bustThe time we took
What a lift
In a car on a cloud that
Road trip trek you know whatI haven’t forgotten
My rare bird
I’m here to say
It all replays
It was not all for naught
Rio Rancho remembered -
The Raven
The Raven
Deep into that darkness
Over South Atlantic shores
Supernatural atmosphereIt’s the rebel riding fire
Burned into my soul’s core
Omen bleak mystique austereBetween the material world
And the spirits’ prophecyAngels in Heaven above
Demons down under the sea
Comes the raven
Hoodwink or haven
He’s wiser than weThe Raven
Messenger
Blackbird of persuasion
Saboteur
The RavenBoth trickster and creator
His only answer is nevermore
Badge of honor to confuseWe’re an island of lost souls
And now he’s at our chamber door
A chill that kills trust that’s misusedAstonishing or so you say
He’s contradictoryTransit across the skies by night
Half-truth half heresy
Comes the raven
Brash and brazen
That’s no saint you seeThe Raven
Messenger
Blackbird of persuasion
Saboteur
The RavenYou brought the Sun
And Moon and Stars
Made us think that
They were oursSomehow got us
To believe
In these mirages and illusions
All designed to deceive -
Sun Belt Stories
Sun Belt Stories
I never knew you
You didn’t get to know me
Ghostly guru
Might have got on famouslyI’ve had the bluest of blues
But your music like magic
Made it all the way through
With a kiss what a blessing for thisLivinia in absentia
I’m telling my Sun Belt stories
To whoever’s listening
Western to Southern territories
I’m a man on a missionSun Belt Stories
Some shame some glory
Sun Belt Stories
Tales of virtue and sin
I’m telling my Sun Belt stories
againSilent teacher
I wish you were still here
Part-time preacher
Your message won’t disappearLike hands across centuries
Reading your diaries
Paints portraits of you
Hidden meanings you whisper to meLivinia in absentia
I’m telling my Sun Belt stories
To whoever’s listening
Western to Southern territories
I’m a man on a missionSun Belt Stories
Some shame some glory
Sun Belt Stories
Tales of virtue and sin
I’m telling my Sun Belt stories
againSun Belt Stories
Allegories
Sun Belt Stories
Of right now and back then
I’m telling my Sun Belt stories
My friends -
Bogalusa Bound
Bogalusa Bound
Lost in America
Looking to be found
Still searching
For my soundSee me I’m there with ya
U.S. by Greyhound
Communicating
Voices drownedIn my journals
Reunited
Oh South Star
Shine on meSprings eternal
Unrequited
Human nature
Always the same you seeDig for roots
My boots been on the ground alright
I’m Bogalusa Bound tonightBogalusa Bound
Longleaf pines years runningBogalusa Bound
Bayou Railroad years running downBogalusa Bound
Dark water Dixie I’m comingBogalusa Bound
Mockingbird hear me I’m coming roundBanging my head again
Caught up with closed minds
Tough descendants
Takes all kindsReeling can’t comprehend
The resistance to redefine
Guess we’re all alike
Just not aligned -
Private Revolution
Private Revolution
It’s my private revolution
I see the change
Needs to be in me
My quiet resolution
I’ll take full
Responsibility
Revive it no retribution
Survive it seek new solutions
It’s all part of my private revolution
And it has begunCan’t look outside
For answers or blame
Nobody to guide
About the rules of the gameI’m stuck inside
Myself common plight
These walls made of pride
Me and my own internal fightIt’s my private revolution
I see the change
Needs to be in me
My quiet resolution
I’ll take full
Responsibility
Revive it no retribution
Survive it seek new solutions
It’s all part of my private revolution
And it has begunKeep my thoughts steady
While I ask and I ask
This asphalt cowboy’s ready
I swear I’m up to the taskTime sure is flying
It’s in all of our faces
Ruins not even trying
All our deep secret places -
Traveling Days
Traveling Days
No regrets
Well maybe just a few
But I’ll never forget
My life and times with youTomorrow meant a new road
Exploring we did our share
Every rambling episode
Home was anywhereGrounded some and that’s alright
Lead on
Every dawn
Has to end in night
We saw the sights
It’s all finite
Nature’s sweet delightsWhen my traveling days are over
Not sure I’d even mind
Where there’s two like me and you
No one’s a loner
Treasure’s what you find
Each path of discovery
Grows cold or goes sideways
At least while we reigned we blazed
Getting close to a faraway gaze
Thinking back on my traveling days
Traveling days
Wanderlust
The need to change the place
That was surely us
But the swift don’t win the raceRemembering the small things
That’s what it’s all about
Even if our feet had wings
Time is running outStill there’s hope for the darkest night
I contend
Around the bend
Now we just might
Hit the highest heights
Spirits soar in flight
To the Southern LightsWhen my traveling days are over
Not sure I’d even mind
Where there’s two like me and you
No one’s a loner
Treasure’s what you find
Each path of discovery
Grows cold or goes sideways
At least while we reigned we blazed
Getting close to a faraway gaze
Thinking back on my traveling days
Traveling daysI’m walking away from my traveling days
Delta Waves
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Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley
Wise sage
I’m just a ghost rider
From a vanishing age
Lone raccoon
What’s the secret to survival
I’m staging a revival hereTimes change
You’re still hiding like a bandit
In a century that’s strange
Out of tune
Message going viral
From a curving spiral frontierBe home soon
Lotsa blind alleys
Long way from Cali
Still I’m ready to reconcile even rally
Mississippi Valley return
Mississippi Valley on my way Sally
Big yearn
Mississippi Valley my final finale
ReturnClouds pass
Whichever way the wind blows
Still can’t see through smoked glass
From saloons
Getting repetitious
Circle sure is vicious I swearLive fast
No matter how I run it comes
From out of the past
Dead balloons
Wheel without the motion
But always the notion is thereBe home soon
Lotsa blind alleys
Long way from Cali
Still I’m ready to reconcile even rally
Mississippi Valley return
Mississippi Valley on my way Sally
Big yearn
Mississippi Valley my final finale
ReturnMississippi Valley
I see now I’m not walking alone
Mississippi Valley
Just a wayward one coming home -
Starlight Theater
Starlight Theater
Bordertown
Heading down
Next to Mexico
Windy gust
Eating dust
Highway 118Far west side
Devil’s ride
A new fandango
A few exits past
McMurtry’s last
Abandoned sceneDestination Terlingua
Fascination atlas obscura
Straight ahead keep chasing the threadDragonfly in my Texas tequila
Moody skies over Lost Gringo RV
Let’s drive by the old Starlight Theater
Where adobe walls
Meet liquid neon dreams
Primitive
Way to live
Blasting radio
Empty place
On the face
If you don’t see ghostsLet them be
Humanity
Learn to let it go
Fade away
All someday
Read the worn sign postsDestination Terlingua
Fascination atlas obscura
Straight ahead keep chasing the threadDragonfly in my Texas tequila
Moody skies over Lost Gringo RV
Let’s drive by the old Starlight Theater
Where adobe walls
Meet liquid neon dreams -
Big House Mountain
Big House Mountain
n winter’s coldest months
After all the leaves have fallen
Clearer views come streaking through
To the chilled stark valley belowSpring forward and summits lift
Flat ridge top on rolling hillside Farming town East Tennessee
All colors where wildflowers growBig House mighty mountain
You symbolize
The shining rise to freedom
Big House mighty mountain
Before your eyes
Virginia skies
Big HouseSummer breeze beats the heat
World view turns panoramic
Glass vista see the steep ascent
Elevating up to better daysIn fall when trees catch fire
Orange autumn displaying
Lighting the brightest highest point
In the most hypnotizing waysBig House mighty mountain
You mesmerize
New liberty what a feeling
Big House mighty mountain
Majestic size
Yet you harmonize
Big HouseBig House mighty mountain
You symbolize
The shining rise to freedom
Big House mighty mountain
Before your eyes
Virginia skies
Big House -
Rust
Rust
Lost age of innocence
Now harsh reality
The span from ignorance
To knowing all that we
Have learnedWe see we all have
Our limitations
No less than
Birth and death
Futility
FragilitySignal that time is leaving
Decay marching slowing motion
Faded glory then dust
Coming to understand rustMight this be the metaphor
For man’s search for dignity
The wisdom we’ll need for sure
These ruins just can’t be
OverturnedWe struggle and meet it
With perseverance
Stubborn and
Spiritual
The soul survives
Our life’s demiseIcon of long neglecting
So much sea salt in the ocean
Robust iron encrust
Destiny so much like rust -
Buckeye Butterfly
Buckeye Butterfly
Buckeye Butterfly
Hey Buckeye butterfly
Cowgirl stunner
With the target shaped eyes
Your figure eight
Drop-dead beautiful bait
I couldn’t catch you if I triedHey Buckeye butterfly
In your splendor
Let the looker glide by
An open field
The only place you might yield
But we’re both stuck here roadside
Buckeye butterflyFishnets doing the trick
Long eyelashes brunette
Yeah you got the old ice pick
Mantrap giving cold sweatsI’m not getting sentimental
But I kinda thought we were friends
Now you found your next conquest prize
And we’re strangers once againHey Buckeye butterfly
Cowgirl stunner
With the target shaped eyes
Your figure eight
Drop-dead beautiful bait
I couldn’t catch you if I triedHey Buckeye butterfly
In your splendor
Let the looker glide by
An open field
The only place you might yield
But we’re both stuck here roadside
Buckeye butterflyLipstick shiny and wet
But Rosie Riveter type
1940s hair net
When you flutter your wings sideswipeMeeting you was accidental
But to me it felt like fate
I saw your magnificence
You sure can captivate -
Turning Leaves
Turning Leaves
Tune in
Gonna pay attention now
While I can
Look alive
Porch bench or bee hive
The universe I will see
Carolinas calling to meFrom rock bottom
Outta Nashville
Tennessee
But it’s Autumn
In Asheville
Turning leavesBlue Ridge
Green to orange red then brown
Peace at hand
Warming winds
And so it begins
I’m suddenly aware
Fall colors everywhereFrom rock bottom
Outta Nashville
Tennessee
But it’s Autumn
In Asheville
Turning leavesWhat the poet sees
Transformation in the trees
Watch Spring erase what Winter weaves
The seasons are the thieves
Tomorrow’s ash hill
Turning leavesEver wonder
What a wanderer believes
Just in distant thunder
In trust and turning leaves -
Sky Ranch Motel
Sky Ranch Motel
Sky Ranch Motel
Once again
The frost is splintering
Muted snowbird tones
Skin as dry as boneTime of year
Last travelers lingering
Hey old school screen door
Guess we’re dinosaursLuna moth against the light
Dayglo wings bright green at night
Rebel citadel roadhouse farewellSky Ranch Motel
Truckstop abandoned
Now where do gypsy drifters dwellTell me why you rose and fell
I’m not understanding
Your dark deserted shellI’m just another nomad
You were my shady dell
Sky Ranch MotelPurple cast
Your sign was flickering
A bit dog eared
But all were welcomed hereBlanket me
This town is withering
Dwindling flames
Won’t ever be the sameLuna moth against the light
Dayglo wings bright green at night
Rebel citadel roadhouse farewellSky Ranch Motel
Truckstop abandoned
Now where do gypsy drifters dwellTell me why you rose and fell
I’m not understanding
Your dark deserted shellI’m just another nomad
You were my shady dell
Sky Ranch Motel -
Rolling Down the Road
Rolling Down the Road
I’m cruising slack into Memphis
Yesterday made my way
Returning son low gearWeaving around the edge of the river
Can’t believe it’s been yearsWild rock dove homing pidgeon
By feel and pilot’s wheel
Gonna get to youNow I’m knocking down the distance
Cultures keep crashing throughI can see the signs ahead
Memories I could sketch
I’m on the homestretchRolling down the road
Bringing us all back together
Black Hawk bridge
Louisiana ridge
Rolling down the road
We are all birds of a feather
Spanish moss
On a field church cross
Ballad of a searcher
This restless one’s code
Rolling down the road
Na na na na na
Rolling down the roadMy Baton Rouge red stick’s waiting
Rusty truck pulling up
I’m already thereHalcyon days getting better
This trip’s like an answered prayerGrand Prairie calm is tomorrow
Ride the wind once again
To our days of youthOxbow lake alligator
I’ve made peace with your sawtoothCan’t you see good times ahead
Reunite the wrecking crew
Can’t wait for that homebrew -
Florida Sun King
Florida Sun King
Finding Key Largo
Once homeland of the Seminoles
Southerly open shutters to the sea
Sympathy Rock Harbor calling to meHad to go
Pilgrimage odyssey
Emerald Coast
County of MonroeFlorida Sun King
Watching the swaying of the palms
Lining the sand
Myth and man now you’re here near meFlorida Sun King
Knowing by feel your heart of bronze
I think I understand
My elder I’m seeing things clearlyNearby Everglades
Sawgrass prairies of green on blue
Coast bound across Blackwater Sound
Way down where family tree fronds are foundAmber glow
All of your wit and wisdom
Timeless
Balance you bestowFlorida Sun King
Watching the swaying of the palms
Lining the sand
Myth and man you’re here now near meFlorida Sun King
Knowing by heart your face of bronze
I think I understand
My elder I’m seeing things clearlyFlorida Sun King
Your life is my wellspring
Florida Sun King
Thank you for everything -
Delta Waves
Delta Waves
It’s days like these
The ones that bring you to your knees
I’m holding only handlebars
Desire is just some old creaky streetcarI can’t bring a bit of it back
Too much to own up to and unpackI wanna be deep
In dreamless sleep
Suspended state
Reality can wait
No epic size sweep
Just counting sheep
My upended world
Here no heartaches hurled
Just gliding
Nobody guiding
Riding the delta waves
Wash over me ocean graves
Immerse me in watery caves
Have mercy my delta wavesSome nights I can rest
But forget about you that’s the hardest test
Imagination’s the place
Trail of love that leaves no traceI can sing about the fates and breaks
My narrow escape from being wide awakeI wanna be deep
In dreamless sleep
Suspended state
Reality can wait
No epic size sweep
Just counting sheep
My upended world
Here no heartaches hurled
Just gliding
Nobody guiding
Riding the delta waves
Wash over me ocean graves
Immerse me in watery caves
Have mercy my delta waves
Strawberry Canyon
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Strawberry Canyon
Strawberry Canyon
Elysian fields of green
Always Sunkist
Winding lines of trumpet vines
Picture thisOrange Crush pink leaves
Reckless abandon
Bikini girls another world
Far from my Radio Flyer wagonRiver raft float on
Strawberry Canyon
Night blooming jasmine wind
All I imagine
Strawberry CanyonSummer skin slink by
Stored in memory
Treasure box for precious rocks
Coral treesFanta Grape blue moon
Coppertone like satin
Found my way in those days
To the lady in white nurse’s cabinRiver raft float on
Strawberry Canyon
Night blooming jasmine wind
All I imagine
Strawberry Canyon -
The Big Smoke
The Big Smoke
Fighting through the streets
Driving straight outta here
Writing in my journal
Set to chords and beatsWhipping around the bend
Taking it day by day
Tipping the scales towards justice
With my sword it’s pennedBorn in Motor City
So many turns since then
Jot some bits of it down
What a funhouse ride it’s been
Some Las Vegas sinning
Vancouver and I’m stoked
Get me back to Lotusland
I’m gonna go for broke
You gotta let me light it up
The Big SmokeTaking the corners hard
Revving engine roaring
Shaking like a speedway
Won’t catch me off guardSeeing through the glass
Escaping the picture frame
Being present resurrection
Checkered flag I’ll passBorn in Motor City
So many turns since then
Jot some bits of it down
What a funhouse ride it’s been
Some Las Vegas sinning
Vancouver and I’m stoked
Get me back to Lotusland
I’m gonna go for broke
You gotta let me it light up
The Big Smoke -
Desert Flower
Desert Flower
I’m a desperado
Stumbling and parched
Stung again by the scorpion
With a venom kissWaiting for a new moon
Barely made it through March
You’re my savior champion
Against the rattlesnake hissYou came along like a cooing dove
Cloudburst flash flood labor of loveOut of the sand
Comes my desert flower
Hardly planned
How can you thrive hereIn a hostile land
Born of summer shower
You blossom every year
Then flat like that you disappear
My desert flowerImagine an oasis
When the dry wind blows
Red rock remember then
Already morning raysMelting under the harsh sun
Such mighty highs and lows
Got my angel guardian
For these hell-on-earth daysIn such an arid atmosphere
You bring life to my death valley hereOut of the sand
Comes my desert flower
Hardly planned
How can you thrive hereIn a hostile land
From a summer shower
You blossom every year
Then flat like that you disappear
My desert flower -
Rearview Mirror
Rearview Mirror
Once again
In the middle of madness
I push my pen
Try to justify some downfallTime to walk away
From this asphalt jungle
Slow death if I delay
I gotta scale this prison wallThere’s only one thing
Gonna make it alright inside
Grab the keys go get the car
Kill reminiscence while I rideAs long as it’s all
In the rearview mirror
I can breathe easy
Start to see things clearer
Shotgun can’t outrun
Ain’t getting any nearer
To blasting the past
Still seeing that view of you
In the rearview mirrorGet ahead
It’s a riddle can’t figure
So well tread
I wanna take things in reverseNow I’m heading out
Try to find a lane open
Change up the route
Wave of trouble’s turning worseOnly one sound
A purring engine revving red hot
I’m in the saddle settled in
Like a Marshall hundred wattAs long as it’s all
In the rearview mirror
I can breathe easy
Start to see things clearer
Shotgun can’t outrun
Ain’t getting any nearer
To blasting the past
Still seeing that view of youI can’t manage to navigate
Where I’m going there ain’t no map
Passing up all the traffic
And I just might close that gap -
Confessions of a Lounge Lizard
Confessions of a Lounge Lizard
Race through this life
Edge of the big knife
Saving it all up
For nothing in the endTake a deep breath
You ain’t cheating death
At the pearly gates
All those nickels you can’t spendConfessions of a Lounge Lizard
Spare me those peak performance bros
I’m just some old vine
Wine wizard
Competition blows
Completely missing the point
The path you choseBison buffalo
Emerson Thoreau
All things exist
In a ceaseless flow of changeAmerican thought
Hard won and fought
It’s all a frame of mind
Roam on home on the rangeConfessions of a Lounge Lizard
We all fall down like dominoes
Can’t blunder through
Here comes a blizzard
The rivalry is closed
There’s just the Great Plains
We’re all plain John DoesConfessions of a Lounge Lizard
We rise by lifting each other brothers
Sock it away in your
Chicken gizzard
When empathy goes
Humanity’s up the creek
You can bet Heaven knows -
Road to Laz Cruces
Road to Laz Cruces
Old Polaroid
I found stashed
Small numbers sixty six
Colors
So faded over time nowStraight from the void
A picture speaks
Words all in shades of bricks
Wonders
Eternal so sublime somehowBygone are the days and lost ways
Doesn’t change
What the truth isLive on totem poles holding souls
Spirits hover like hawks
On the road
To Las CrucesSoon Southern Cross
Down to Taos then
Through to Santa Fe
John Ford
Movie in my mind’s eyeScratch off the gloss
See roots they go
Back quite a ways
And forwards
Enchantment written in the skyBygone are the days and lost ways
Doesn’t change
What the truth isLive on totem poles holding souls
Spirits hover like hawks
On the road
To Las CrucesOn the road to Las Cruces
Find what your truth is -
Coupe DeVille
Coupe DeVille
Ask me if I’m nostalgic
I’ll say always everyday
Living in the past keeping classic
Back then was the place to stayTimeless is forever
Always the better plan
No trying denying
I’m a twentieth century manKinda everything was better before
Can’t stand this millennium anymoreYesteryear versus today
Which is best no contest
You say it’s all OK hey hey
But I’m still not satisfied
Wanna watch me up and come alive?
You got a time machine
Let’s ride let her rip
Gimme Sunset Strip 1955Say Crackerjack black Cadillac
Take me back
My Coupe DeVille it’s been all down hill
Coupe DeVilleYou here’s the overview
Everything is over-cranked
And stuck in overdrive too
We’re all drawing a great big blankCulture takes a nosedive
Been sliding since I was a kid
What’s right now and what’s the latest
Doesn’t mean a thing never didSomething’s lost and that’s for sure
Flailing and ailing so what’s the cureAtmosphere speaking to me
Vintage vibe killer tribe
Who do you want to be
Searching for the bona fide
Wanna watch me just thrift and thrive?
You got a time machine
Can’t abide one way trip
Pretty much any zip 1955Say Crackerjack black Cadillac
Take me back
Coupe DeVille been all down hill
Coupe DeVille
Sound feel or look guitar car or book
Colors getting worse and worse
Not a day goes by I don’t curse the curse
Throw it in reverse -
Dream State
Dream State
Always looking to belong
To the world not so withdrawn
Like in the land of OzI had to leave to find it out
Nowhere better no doubt
Golden one you give me pauseYou got me in a dream state
Who knew a place
Could be a real soul mate
By day your sunshine radiates
By night I’m deep in meditation
On your moon beam
You caught me you’re my supreme
Dream state
You’re just a dream stateCouldn’t wait for my turn
Sometimes failing’s the way to learn
That’s what the poets sayWinding path from Motown
Spent some years thinking upside down
Eldorado Nation hideawayYou got me in a dream state
Who knew a place
Could be a real soul mate
By day your sunshine radiates
By night I’m deep in meditation
On your moon beam
You caught me you’re my supreme
Dream state
You’re just a dream state
Dreamscape Dream state -
Apache Junction Sunset
Apache Junction Sunset
Dusk hits the Saguaros
Fade back ‘til tomorrow
Farewell to today
Old West Highway
Still haunted phantom minersGoldfield Ghost Town sign
Superstition’s outline
The forks set the stage
The road is my page
Recollections designerReaching into night sky
Out to the stars
Celestial wish wide screen
Dreaming of the twilight high sheen
Apache Junction Sunset serene
Apache Junction Sunset sacred sceneAll galaxies closer
Nature as composer
Specters hiding the gems
A new chapter begins
Ancient ages out in the openStories in sandstone
In darkness alone
Then a scout sees ahead
Desert secrets not dead
Cliffs are soaring myth unspoken
Baja Bohemian
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Like a Thunderbolt
Like a Thunderbolt
The tempest is forming
Turbulence warning
Better take cover
Not a minute to wasteA rainy day dawning
You’re still all I’m wanting
Sweetness sometimes poison
Voodoo through black laceWicked queen magic powers
Fortune’s arrows you sling
Some upside down hours
All the same I feel like a king
Lightning flashing
Quite a strike your jolt
You loving me
Like a thunderbolt
Yeah yeah
Thousand volt
ThunderboltRumble clap in the distance
Here it comes no resistance
Your blitz is too much for me
You hit like a big barbellClock keeps on running
Your silhouette’s stunning
Killing off or saving grace
Can be kinda hard to tell -
Baja Bohemian
Baja Bohemian
I tried to go on
The straight and narrow
But now I’m slipping
Into flip flops
Second hand sombreroDead lucky stiff
And I never forget it
The havoc only hurts
When you let it in
Let me begin by sayingI’m a Baja Bohemian
Living in the California Caribbean
Chasing perfection oblivion
Baja BohemianSkating and surfing
Sidewalks and sand dunes
Melodies locked inside me
Making it up
Rock roots beach tunesToo late to change
I’m sticking to it
Get through life with style
Just ask how I do it now
As the palms are swaying -
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show
Somewhere in the void
Between mercy and serenity
From some small yarn
Falling down barn
Open land with dying grass
And twisted treesNow there’s a phantom in its place
Not even half of what it used it be
But I ain’t worried
No big hurry
Still got my monochrome memoriesIt was in the last picture show
I could see something
Like I like it
Going nice and slow oh oh
Even now as I try to write
You radiate the heat of night
That silver screen glow
The lost world I know
The last picture show
Sometimes I drift off
Your shadows flicker
Blurry image instant chain
Glamour’s dwindling
Time keeps swindling
But across the decades
You come like summer rainChildhood in black and white
But don’t even ask me
Just what I believe
Different drummer
Endless summer
Hiding out from myself
And my companyIt was in the last picture show
I‘m still defiant
I want the world
Turning sweet and low oh oh
Up until my time is through
I’ll be thinking of and seeing you
Dark movie house from long ago
Breath of fresh air good inflow
The last picture show -
Solitary (Sour Cherry)
Solitary (Sour Cherry)
Forage in the morning
Plus prowling evenings too
Relentless savage they all say
Except when I’m with youDangerous even ruthless
Foes call me fiery
Full of furious uproar
Fight the fight energyI’m territorial
Hermit like a bear
Resting in cover by day hey heyTime immemorial
Spent in my den
Dormant state it’s my way hey heyAll alone and in my zone
Huckleberry turned sour cherry
I’m solitaryCourage and conviction
Sticking to my word you’ll see
Lie to me just start running
I’m gonna chase that tail up a treeDon’t mind going solo
If you’re saying that you can’t hang
But I’m gonna bet you circle back
A returning boomerang -
Revolving Door
Revolving Door
Our old turnstile
Hardly worthwhile
On the high wire
Toying with desire
Then the big crisscross
Almost everything lost and stillA passion replay
The power to stay
Rests within you
Decide what you will do
Rolling stone or moss
What does it all cost cheap thrillsRound and round in circles then
Through this revolving doorWe did that dance for sure
Remember when
Would never do it to
Each other again
Not anymoreThe new frontier
Have it all here
We can’t advance now
If we’re praying for the chance
The eye for an eye
Always every time try for even scoreLet’s stop and think
We’re at the brink
The edge that pulls us
Running out of trust
The rule applies
Trouble magnifies just like before -
Speed of Sound
Speed of Sound
Perfect day for a rolling raceway
Wishing I was buzzing
My way round the track
But it’s only me in my ’63
Still you can’t catch
Mercury in jet blackHotfoot ferocity
Driving high velocityShooting for the speed of sound
Pedal to the metal I’m one Hellhound
Blistering I’m victory bound
Faster faster
That’s my creed
Living for the sound of speed
Speed of sound Speed of soundHard machine like popping amphetamines
Turning and curving
With muscle car force
Accelerating with my double V8
Power sheer as I steer
My ride through the courseConstant animosity
Burning up viscosityShooting for the speed of sound
Pedal to the metal I’m one Hellhound
Blistering I’m victory bound
Faster faster
That’s my creed
Living for the sound of speed
Speed of sound Speed of soundSet the pace it’s a lifelong car chase
Going for the record
Never second that’s me
Working my way up
Dreaming of a trophy cup
But this ain’t nothing like
The Long Beach Grand PrixNo crowd at capacity
Just my endless tenacity -
Hammerhead
Hammerhead
What are you doing here
Didn’t know you were anywhere near
You came to make violent waves
Put some locals in their watery gravesCrashing down on those unlucky laggers
Thrash around stab with your daggersHammerhead
With wings at your temples
All you use them for is cold bloodshed
Hammerhead
Stingray stunned spinning trembles
Pin him to his ocean floor deathbed
For this you’re purebred
The spreading of dread
Tear it all to shreds
Killing machine
Quick and clean
HammerheadLook at you sowing fear
Creeping along grind is your gear
You lust for more and more prey
Might just eat your young one grim dayBy surprise you hunt for the tumble
Capitalize dark shark rumble -
New Mexico
New Mexico
Late afternoon
In the valley of the rocks
Vivid tones and raven’s cawOpen monument
My thorny sunset rose
Panorama feel the aweFour corners the land uncaged
Just a few hundred miles to go
Three sisters hardly aged
You’re all allure
Genuine and pure
Home to New MexicoWide vista now
Nation of the Navajo
Tree sparrow fly awayVastness all around
Driving my trusty Jeep
Tires in the deep red clayFour corners the land uncaged
Just a few hundred miles to go
Three sisters hardly aged
You’re all allure
Genuine and pure
Home to New MexicoStarting from Yosemite
Gonna give myself the time
Arizona then Colorado
Running through my mind
But there’s a place I can’t let go
I follow the amber arrow
Home to New Mexico -
Land of the Black Swans
Land of the Black Swans
These hallowed halls
Keep descending
Heavy walls closing in conspiracy
Havoc reeks never-ending
No remorse change the course
So here it comesTheir shallow graves
Doom impending
Satan’s slaves bells toll what will be
Now it’s too late for amending
Down the road will explode
With thunder drumsWell welcome
To the land of the black swans
Their bedlam for their evil these icons
In darkness looms the prince
Now they’re just his pawns
Can’t take back the trade
The deal with the devil
The bed they made
Land of the black swansUp in smoke
Hell ascending
Fire stoked biding time bitterly
Gate keeper’s cruel so mind-bending
Fell in the trap then lost the map
Whirlpool too strongSentence passed
No suspending
Shadows vast too blind to see
Voodoo hex underworld sending
Nerves of steel but no appeal
Go where you belong
Notebooks from The West
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Forever for Now
Forever for Now
Took a long time
To get to this place
Talking legendary
Blazing the trail with
Equal parts grit and graceNo destiny
From our point of view
Still we’re temporary
Future’s unknown
Everlasting Eden untrueJust better to stay
Party of two no one betrayedIt’s forever for now
If it happens you need me
I’ll try to be there
Forever for now
I know you read me
Be open beware
Our only prayer
Live by our unspoken vow
Forever for nowFar from the scene
Our own life freestyle
Maybe visionary
Magic is made
Forget the rank and fileMore soldiers down
From chasing the dream
Tale is cautionary
The rules won’t hold us
Convention too extremeTogether this way
Steering clear of the old clichés -
Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Coast Highway
Moving from dark to light
Low down to heaven
Azure blue filtered through
California skyDifference is day and night
Our lucky seven
We found a new avenue
Here to pacifyAll along the bay
Our shoreline drives
Feel the ocean spray
Entire time we see
Taking heart’s the thing to do
Watch the waves break strong
Cruising along
Pacific Coast HighwayFirebirds lost in flames
Reached the outer limit
Take a ride deep look inside
Nirvana nearbyWandering no real aims
The surf you skim it
Try to glide rising tide
Fall down or fly -
Zen Within
Zen Within
Time and time again
I say I see right through you
Uphill climb you say when
I tell you I’m no fool
Going through this groundhog day
You always saying to me
Stay hound dog stay
Throw me a bone or leave me alone
Girl just go go go
Until tomorrow anywayStray cat go back where you been
I’m still searching for that zen within
Ascend transcend
Zen withinThrow your bombs
I’ll find peace and calm
You can scratch
But I quit crawling
Hiss and howl
You won’t hear me growl
Go on and bite but
I’m done brawlingIn plain sight your tiger stripes
I’m staying out of that lion’s denOn and on it goes
No way that we can keep up
Almost gone in the throes
Don’t waste those moves on me
Been down that back alley before
Playing hide and seek
No thanks no encore
All on your terms only confirms
I say no no no
Here comes comeuppance any dayStray cat go back where you been
I’m still searching for that zen within
Ascend transcend
Zen withinHad nine lives
Teeth like carving knives
Met your match
And so you tantrum
Body and soul
I’m just trying to stay whole
My mantra
Now an anthemYou smile I see panther’s teeth
Cagey cougar in her playpen -
8 Ball
8 Ball
Hip shot shark
Handcuff artist
I’m skunked I’m marked
From your hustlingYou’re just a jewel
With a little cruelty
Playing jelly roll pool
Girl you’re all back spinA swing of the pendulum
And all of a sudden
Vixen with the one master keyHellcat quit I’m overcome
When flames start to flood in
This daredevil’s final pleaLike a sky rocket in the corner pocket
You got me baby doll
Right behind the 8 ball
Hot as a smokestack
A pin up throwback that’s all
And I’m up against your stonewall
Catcall
8 ballI’d say it’s a shame
But I ain’t blaming
I’ve seen your game
All the tricks you gotYou rack ‘em up real cute
You’re my tomboy beauty
The way you shoot
I’m Johnny on the spotThought I was adventuresome
But a tornado’s coming
You just twist and I’m hypnotizedEat me alive like you’re chewing gum
I better start running
Quite a punch from one so pint sized -
Dead Duck
Dead Duck
Lost in a dream
On a mountain top
Looking down at the clouds
Then the haze
Made a misty maze
Each sound was
Echoing so loudWide awake now things are brutal
A buck shot of reality
Shocked and rocked I know it’s futile
I’m stung and you’re the killer beeLa La La
I don’t know a thing
You’d think I’d learn my lesson
La La La
The misery love brings
Just like some Smith and Wesson
Oh well never can tell
Who’s gets the good luck
You’re at the wheel and I’m stuck under
Your pickup truck
This time you’re the hunter
And I’m just a dead duckLet off steam
Drink to make it all stop
Liquid fire fills my mind
But it never pays
Just a blinding blaze
Hide and seek
Déjà vu same every timeLight of day and the gap is glaring
Your double barrel pointed right at me
My fantasy keeps tearing
I’m sunk and you’re the stormy sea -
Breathless (Queen’s Necklace)
Breathless (Queen’s Necklace)
Pretty on the outside
But it don’t run deep
Try to scratch the surface
Nothing underneathI see the diamonds
Just no heart of gold
You might be hot
But you’re still dry ice coldYou think I’m helpless
Under your spell
You’re just some reckless
Good looking beach bombshellHey Malibu princess
Can hate the attitude but still dig the view
Of your mean queen’s necklace
Can’t lay off what can I do
Believe me I know you’ll leave me
BreathlessFully superficial
Every smile is fake
No denying that you’re slinky
Like a poison snakeGo and blow an air kiss
Count me out not me
You’re so full of it
Total apathy -
County Line
County Line
Seen some dark days this house
Once was a haven
It’s pretty plain black and white
You’re the fugitive kindAnimal trapped claws out
Afraid you’ll cave in
Now we’re both undercut
It’s all intertwinedWild one walk away
Just turn your back and leave it all behind
Setting sun another day
Your freedom’s won and now it’s time
Come with me across this county lineCounty Line
Strangling you like a creeping vine
County Line
Tangling rose it’s just another sign
County Line
Wrangling with the Ventura county line
County LineNo taming you for long
Everlasting loner
But the lore of these hills
Grapes of wrath hold you backNative to you to flee
I ain’t your owner
I’m on your side can’t you see
The façade start to crackWild one walk away
Kill the ghosts for good let the myth unwind
No dream to chase or hell to pay
Forgotten place ain’t no goldmine
Come with me across this county line -
Snakeskin
Snakeskin
Camouflage keep me secret
Almost invisible
Interior life I lead
Me and myselfProtecting the private sanctum
All that’s my inner world
Fly on the wall I’d climb
Up on the shelfSmooth slayer
Started losing scales
More layers
Slithering closing in on your zig zag trailDisguised from inside my snakeskin
Looking so tough but wears thin
Sliding
Hiding
Inside my snakeskinStrike first seems like it’s built-in
Shedding how hard it’s all been
Wriggling around
Slipping out
Of my old snakeskinNew barrage daily sequel
Can’t say desirable
Inferior thing most times
I just won’t missReflecting with iridescence
Trying to lay as low
Keep crawling along in waves
Over this abyssSidewinder
With an iron grip
Pathfinder
Hothead with a tail like a cracking whip -
Notebooks From The West
Notebooks From The West
Went all around most every city
Sifting through the stories
Hailed the common ground
Watched unlikely heroesBut town to town show no pity
Drifting territories
Like a witness see it all go down
Next day start back at zeroSo difficult to communicate
Sentences impossible to formulate
Hard to put in words
Something as natural as the
Songs of the birdsNothing more to say for now
Guess I had to get it off my chest
It’s all just me scrawling thoughts
In my notebooks from the westDocumenting dive bar
To mountain crest
I do my level best
In my notebooks from the westTrace the troubled times we live in
Chronicle the voiceless
Deep down we’re all scarred
Without the past no futureRise above you can’t give in
See pathways through the pointless
Foreign land my own backyard
Cleve the fact from rumorSo critical to investigate
Halls of history reverberate
With letters pictures paint
The elements our guardian saintGotta make sense of it all
Can’t keep me from my quest
It’s all just me sorting out
My notebooks from the westCelebrating small star
To Eagle’s nest
Nothing close to the vest
In my notebooks from the westAll inscribed from inside for my tribe
In my notebooks from the west
Set to rhyme long hard climb lost in time
In my notebooks from the west
Silver Moon
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Silver Moon
Silver Moon
Love always
Starts with the best
Of intentions don’t you know
How it holds up is the test
No predictions now where it goesPaved in gold with a catch
The silver moon
Look for the bright side
The patch of blue
We’re still sailing to
The blacksmith’s side of
The silver moonLove often
Ends with the worst
Accusations seen it so
The last thing we need coming first
No confessions while we’re in the throes -
10,000 Midnights
10,000 Midnights
Day breaks but sun fades
Time lies
In between railroad tiesLove takes self-mades
Tons of tries
Don’t let it die too soonLet’s make it 10,000 midnights
It ain’t near enough
Let’s keep following light
Through all the shadows
10,000 midnights
Might be flying blind
But getting it right
Is all that matters now
10,000 midnightsJust what makes our cutting blades
And steel mill skies
Failing to realizeThat heartaches are just new shades
We’re heaving sighs but still
Getting wise to thingsLet’s make it 10,000 midnights
It don’t sound like much
Let’s keep rising up
Minds in the meadows
10,000 midnights
What we’re looking for
Is made not found
It’s all that we can do
10,000 midnightsLet’s make it 10,000 midnights
Girl that ain’t no bluff
Let’s keep riding high
Above the valleys
10,000 midnights
Can’t be counting on
But ain’t it always
Worth another try
10,000 midnights -
Providence
Providence
I’m not sure I’ve gained the wisdom
Even though I’ve been feeling the strain
These ruins are still my kingdom
Still trying to break the locks and chainsWas it all worth it
Can you say it’s fair
Can’t help or hurt it
I don’t have a prayer anymoreIt’s Providence
Against lady luck
There ain’t no defense
It’s about giving in
Without giving up
That’s the way to win
Guess it’s all in the cards
Gotta stop working so hard
To make sense of Providence
No making sense of ProvidenceIt’s not clear what’s next and coming
No time to dwell on the history past
For some triumph just comes running
For me it’s feeling like the die is castTough to call it
Could go any way
Best to bite the bullet
Don’t matter which just pick any doorIt’s Providence
Against lady luck
There ain’t no defense
It’s about giving in
Without giving up
That’s the way to win
It’s all there in the cards
Why am I trying so hard
To influence Providence
Can’t influence Providence -
Hellbent
Hellbent
Living life like
There’s no tomorrow
I know that ain’t
No way to be
Having fun but
Causing sorrow
Now’s about time I seeOne look in your angel eyes oh
And you can bet the devil in me diesAnd now I’m hellbent
On making my way back to you
Girl you’re Heaven sent
Putting up with what
I put you through
You know I’m hellbent
Burning white hot and blueGiving up that ain’t
A thing I’m thinking
Sticking to my story
And to you like glue
I’m signaling
Red lights blinking
My view is all fixed and newNo more of those lies and alibis no
Can’t let you go you know I’ve triedAnd now I’m hellbent
On making my way back to you
Girl you’re Heaven sent
Putting up with what
I put you through
You know I’m hellbent
Whatever I need to do -
The Distance
The Distance
We’re been running
From ourselves it’s true
It’s been tricky
But we’ve been lucky tooAnd maybe wisdom
Ain’t the only way
Maybe holding on
Is all it takesWe walked through fire
Faced down desire and now
We’re putting it back
Together somehowNo smoke and mirrors
Each night still shimmers
Silver bright
It’s finally feeling alright
Again
The end
Is fading into the distance
Baby just maybe we’re going
The distanceWe’ve been changing
All along we know
When doors keep closing
Gotta hit the open roadLook for justice
And you’re just asking for pain
Seems like the secret is learning
To love the rainWe walked through the fire
Faced down desire and now
We’re putting it back
Together somehowNo smoke and mirrors
Each nights still shimmers
Silver bright
It’s finally feeling alright
Again
The end
Is fading into the distance
Baby just maybe we’re going
The distanceGirl we’re going the distance
Comes from knowing the difference -
Still Standing
Still Standing
Now how many times did we see signs
To turn back
Sticking it out no doubt
Up ‘til our backbone’s breaking
Hard holding on when hope is gone
Don’t we both know it
Ain’t no escaping
This hunting groundCome Hell or high water
Let’s keep on pushing through
All the pitfalls and firewalls
Aim for staying aroundWe’re still standing
Survivors of the longest night
Still standing
When we should be down
We start to fight
Our way through the crowd
Still standing
Still standing proudLying here in limbo no fear
Look at us
You’re my rock taking knocks
Just like an earthquake shaking
Tough staying strong
On right from wrong
What we believe in world’s moving
Like a dragging wagon wheelDevil’s chasing demons
Tell us what else is new
Long odds and lightning rods
Baby it’s a battlefield -
Hurricane Without a Name
Hurricane Without a Name
Cloudy skies
And drowning dreams
Same forecast
Just like in the past
I’m reeling
Falling freeNo disguise
Can’t hide it seems
Hard to sleep
I just keep on
Fighting this feeling
C’mon and answer meJust what happens
To a hurricane
That’s still blowing hard
But ain’t got nowhere to go
I’m a hurricane
Without a name
Howling fast and low
Oh I’m still a hurricane
HurricaneWinter’s rising
This storming wind
From day one
Has been haunting the sun
No anchor
To hold me downWhy ask why
Our luck dead ends
Some see saw
It’s the cards that we draw
Check our hand
We’re swirling around -
Sadie (Surreal You’re Real)
Sadie (Surreal You’re Real)
I’ve been waiting for you
Such a long long time
Baby
I thought you’d stay a vision in my mind
Surreal you’re real and I’m dying
Sure feels fine
Sadie
You came out of the clouds and now you’re mineI was just sitting there stargazing
Searching for meaning in this life
Looking for what’s true
And suddenly finding you
Girl this feeling
Is just like a bent jackknifeI’ve been waiting for you
Such a long long time
Baby
I thought you’d stay a vision in my mind
Surreal you’re real I’m dying
Sure feels fineYou came out of the clouds and now you’re mine
You got me going I’m daydreaming
No notion you too you felt that way
Was chasing the fantasy
Then it caught up to me
It’s all led to this moment
Say you’re my main mainstayI’ve been waiting for you
Such a long long time
Baby
I thought you’d stay a vision in my mind
Surreal you’re real and I’m dying
Sure feels fine
Sadie
You came out of the clouds and now you’re mineSurreal you’re real
Sadie baby I can feel you’re realSurreal you’re real Sadie
Surreal you’re real baby -
Broken Arrows
Broken Arrows
Shifting ground
And now we’re going one more round
I say we’re drifting too far
From the dreamIt’s a cold heart town
You can feel the streets
Pulling you down
All the while
We’re fighting our way upstreamWe’re trying to hit the bullseye
But we keep on shooting broken arrows
Having some trouble aiming straight
But we’re gonna find the secret
Ain’t in waiting for a break
Or some new tomorrow
Never too late to start twisting our fate
Shed the deadweight
You know it ain’t no deathblow
Just some broken arrows
Broken arrows
Just some broken arrowsSifting through
The piles of lies and truths
We see that lifting it up
Is the only wayIt’s the things we do
Gotta stand up
And make that move
Go and grab our chances
start seizing the day -
California Morning
California Morning
Went through some tunnels
And ended up here
Needed some space
And a place I could clear my head
Suddenly everything
Feels alright
At the edge of the earth
Where paradise lights up the nightAnd I’m so lucky I found you
Now I’m waking up toA California morning
You’re my state of bliss
California morning
Gold sun and ocean mistGo follow the coastline
There’s no getting lost
I’m finding my way
With no map saying where to go
Finally freedom
And it sure feels alright
At the edge of the earth
Where paradise lights up the nightIt’s a blessing what you do
And I’m dreaming of youCalifornia morning
You’re my state of grace
California morning
I finally found my placeAnd I’m so lucky I found you
Now I’m waking up toA California morning
Not just a state of mind
California morning
Come seek and you will find -
The End of April
The End of April
Putting the time in
Building up from the beginning
No guarantee you win
Might all slip awayOn a dime then
You’re losing all it’s been
I ain’t some pretender
All I said is are you gonna stayThen suddenly
It was the end of April
It’s as if time could fly
Wasn’t up to me
It was the end of April
All she said was goodbye
I tried
No ties
Goodbye goodbyeI was hoping it works out
Even though we both had our doubts
Still wondering what it’s about
No I never could read mindsWatching this flame out
No reason to rave and shout
Circling roundabout
Must’ve been blind not to see the signs -
21st Century Blues
21st Century Blues
Lost in the universe
Can’t find my way
What’s going on
All over todayWhat they’re calling progress
Nobody can agree
Someone from somewhere in time
Come and save meNow which way is up
This is getting me down
I’m fighting the driest desert
But I feel like I could drown
Well I can’t even stand
To look at the news
Welcome to the 21st Century
21st Century BluesFound a few answers
From digging down deep
Feeling wide awake
While the world is fast asleepMoving slow and foggy
The struggle to be free
We listen but are we hearing
Can we be believing what we seeNow this way is so tough
All this grinding on the ground
Do we rocket to another planet
Race to break the speed of sound
We’re living in an age
We don’t get to choose
Welcome to the 21st Century
21st Century Blues -
Rising Sun
Rising Sun
Now and then
I sink just thinking back on when
We first were falling oh
How it mends or ends
It’s all way up in the airAnd while I
Could try
To see all things the way you do
Plain truth is
We’ll always be twoBut the one
Rising sun
The thing that’s bright the brilliant
Ray of hope here
It’s still me and youSigns we send
Little lies we try and then defend
Our conscience calling
Mistakes no saints no sin
It’s all in the getting thereAnd while I
Could try
To see all things the way you do
Plain truth is
We’ll always be twoBut the one
Rising sun
The thing that’s bright the brilliant
Ray of hope here
It’s still me and youHigh up
In the sky you’ll see
Triumph
Melting down mercury
Hold on
To the dream we’ll be
Golden
And not just in memoryRay of hope here
You’re my Rising Sun
Ray of hope here
You’re the Rising Sun
Illustrated Man
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Horizon Line
Horizon Line
What a lovely day
I heard the lady say
Just not for usSkies are turning gray
And it’s looking like they might hold sway
We’ve blown away our trustAnd so we’re sitting here
Another path to clear
Keep climbing it’s all that we can do
When we’re seeking truthNow there’s no shame in working at it
And there’s no time like now
I never claimed ain’t nothing to it
We’ll get through this somehow
Love is rising
Just keep your eyes on the horizon line
Horizon lineWhat a perfect world
When we’re on girl
Sunshine on usBut when we take a dive and swirl
We’re only gonna lose that pearl
Then our fortunes go bustMight be fitting here
To say it ain’t what it appears
Let’s keep trying it’s all that we can do
The one thing that’s ringing true -
Again ‘n Again (Like a Magnet)
Again ‘n Again (Like a Magnet)
The more I wonder the less I know
Trying to get closer just gets me drifting far away
The spell I’m under bubbles up from below
Guess finding peace ain’t the same
As finding the way back homeWhen I saw you standing there
It all came flooding back
Inside I tried my best not to stare
But in a flash I’m pulled like thatYou’re like a magnet
You draw me in
Then like a bandit you make me spin
You’re like a magnet
You would do me in
But I can withstand it
Again n’ again n’ again n’ again
Again n’ again
No I’ll never say when
Keep it coming again n’ againThe score will never be even up
Dying to get traction just sets me slipping far behind
Struck like thunder so I fumble all the words
Winding roads is all I can find
But winding it up would be so much worseWhen I saw you standing there
I knew I was on the hook
Inside I sighed but then I caught my breath
You were reading me just like a book -
Gettin’ Along
Gettin’ Along
So shut down the both of us
We can’t help going round and round
When once is enoughRun in place or walk away
We can’t keep going on and on
Gotta make the change today
For tomorrowIt’s time we’d best be gettin’ along
Leave the place in the state we found it
Now it’s an open road we’re heading down
Let’s start the march stop messing round
Good to be moving on
Best be gettin’ along
The long long road
Gettin’ alongToo much talk just ain’t a plus
Always at it head-to-head
‘til the rapids get roughWe’re playing games nobody wins
I hope you’re on the up and up
No better way to begin
Our tomorrowIt’s time we’d best be getting along
Leave the place in the state we found it
Now it’s an open road we’re heading down
Let’s start the march stop messing round
Good to be moving on
Best be gettin’ along
The long long road
Gettin’ alongWe see the signs let’s read them
But baby let’s not beat them
Like chains ‘til we’re bound
The freedom comes from knowing
Whatever fate’s got going
Our feet are on the ground -
Illustrated Man
Illustrated Man
Guess today I’ll hit the road
Even though I can’t see too far
Carrying hurt and my heavy load
Trust me ain’t just me that’s battle scarredSecret tales etched in inked in pictures
Making me another also ran
Believe me there ain’t no victor
Don’t know of no master planWhat’s coming into view
Is a soul that’s lost without youComes a time in a dark horse life
Take the fall or make a stand
My pen is my sword I wield like a knife
To mark my bloodline in the sand
But mine ain’t some headline story
Forgetting the pride and the glory
I’m doing the best I can
Just another illustrated man
Illustrated manGuess tonight I’ll hit the hay
In a place I ain’t never been
Might meet some people it’s hard to say
Oh Lord I’m floored and here we go againCould go alright I wouldn’t want to wager
If there’s a single thing I’ve learned
Don’t never bet against human nature
Surefire way to get burnedBut it’s a blessing not a curse
In my heart I put you first -
Breakin’ Free
Breakin’ Free
When we were young
We couldn’t see
All of this
Misery made up
Straight up
We’ve been fooling ourselvesSo if we can
Why wouldn’t we
Keep hold of this
History we see some good
Seems like we should just
Learn to be thankfulCome escape into the past and see
We were tied but still breakin’ free
Come escape to the past with me
Breakin’ freeWhen I think back
What it used to be
Every kiss
Poetry made up
Paid up
We want a clean slate againSo if we stand
Stand proud and be
The best we were
Seriously we’ve seen some bad
Seems like we should just
Learn to be thankful -
Forever Amber
Forever Amber
Been around as much as the next guy
No more no less
Then she came from out of the blue
Haunting me from stage leftNow who knows what’s coming
Of course I don’t need to wait and see
You wanna know what’s coming
Just ask meForever Amber
Wanna shout it out to the world
Whatever happens
No matter what might unfurl
Forever Amber
Well she’ll always be my girlBeen around as long as the dusty hills
Bit more or less
Stumbled across her along my travels
And my heart at the moment ain’t nothin’ left -
Seein’ Things
Seein’ Things
Put on blinders
Shut out old reminders
But that act
Ain’t helping us at allFace our nature
Girl we better make sure
Where we’re headed
Ain’t the final fallWe oughta know
By now it’s how it always goes
Seein’ the show
Ramp up again well why pretend
We’re at a crossroad
Could be our last episode
Might not be going far
‘til we start seein’ things
Really seein’ things
For what they areWhen we wander
No way we stronger
We’re just banging our heads
Against the wallGotta face our future
Learn some new maneuvers
Catch our love
Before the curtain call -
Fire ‘n Ash
Fire ‘n Ash
Started with a spark
Then built up to a blaze
Now we’re blocking sun and on the run
Trying to make sense of this mazeSome dreams seem like they’re up in smoke
And others are doing fine
Which way will we turn our gaze
Towards the devil or divineTo be close
Is the key we know
The very most
We could ask forFire n’ ash
Two sides of the same branch
Bound to clash
But are we done
Or has a new leaf just begun
Is there still a chance or just destruction
For a while goes well then some detour to Hell
Comes in waves and flashes
We started a fire now we’re left with ashes
Fire n’ ashI know I did my part
Let the heat drop and watched us fade
Got caught up in all the tangling
Lost the poetry we madeBack and forth on destiny’s wheel
Baby where will we land
We’re getting whipped by a howling wind
It’s all slipping away like sand -
As the Crow Flies
As the Crow Flies
Why are we drifting so off course
Ranging from fury to remorse
Dancing around answers then not paying attention
How it all ties in we’re rising to redemptionSoaring through the skies
Just watching how the crow flies
Shortest path between two points of view
The more we hear his cries
The more we feel we need to keep on trying
Hey baby word to the wise
Let’s take it as the crow fliesHow do we get this back in on track
Seeing the light cracking through the black
Thinking we’re sinking in our own creation
Girl this ain’t playing we’re praying for salvationSoaring through the skies
Just watching how the crow flies
Shortest path between two points of view
The more we hear his cries
The more we feel we need to keep on trying
Hey baby word to the wise
Let’s take it as the crow fliesWatch the crow always knows where he’s going
But how can we find our way
Seems like there’s always something
That’s leading us astray
We’ve been looking for a road map
When our guide’s up in the air
Let’s just get right to it
Trade hope for our despair -
House of Strangers
House of Strangers
Call it smoke of dreams
Or fog of love
Truth is we’re not up in the clouds
Like we were dreaming ofSure some of it’s a blur
But you’re still the one thing
Gets my soul to stir
But now we’re both needing space
A little time anyway
You can feel it I’m sureWe’re living in a house of strangers
And now we’re strangers for the second time
It ain’t safe when a kiss can mean danger
Now maybe it’s the wine
But baby here’s the line
It’s a house of strangers
House of strangersWall it off from pain
It’s a tug of war
Truth is it’s not just that we’re fighting
We forgot what we were fighting forWell maybe it’s the end
We’re gonna break in two unless we learn to bend
The finish line is up ahead
A few kind words just to say
Instead of making trouble
Let’s make amends -
For the First Time (In a Long Time)
For the First Time (In a Long Time)
For the first time in a long time I feel alive
Not thrown or thunderstruck
Sun’s out and I’m unstuck
Life’s new and I’m getting to it
For the first time in a long long timeLife’s been flying by
But the light’s not right it’s dimming
Struggling all the time
With just the part that’s livingWhat can we do to keep it all going
Move it along not go and throwing
It all awayFor the first time in a long time I feel alive
Not thrown or thunderstruck
Sun’s out and I’m unstuck
Life’s new and I’m getting through it
For the first time in a long long timeEver wonder why we think
We’re due the few things we’re missing
Always wrestling with the world
But that don’t make destiny listenSo what can we try to keep the good showing
Have the inside out and both knowing
Love is the way -
Dawn in Twilight
Dawn in Twilight
Never saw it coming
What a beautiful surprise
Through the shadows I could see
Moon in her hair fire in her eyesAnother golden day
Is coming to a close
Under sapphire skies
My silver star she glowsFeels like I’ve seen it all
Then I look at her and now
A sleepless night
I leave the earth like a bird in endless flight
She’s quite the sight
Dawn in twilightNever heard a saying
That captured her majesty
The way she moves every turn and twirl
The girl she sure moves meNever want to leave
Ain’t no bad side
Call me blind and crazy
But in her I will confide
Stone By Stone
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Lookin’ Up
Lookin’ Up
Digging through the rubble
And replaying games again
Borrowing back the trouble
Ain’t the way I recommendWe get back inspiration
Rearview mirror is known to lie
Let’s wait for some new station
Down the road is where we should shine our lightsYesterday is gone forever
And today may be good or bad
But we know we can’t be living in the past
Look ahead instead and tell me
What you think the secret is to make it last
Maybe right now we’re seeing red
But baby let’s not be misled
Let’s keep lookin’ up ahead
Things are lookin’ up ahead
Lookin’ upGoing back to old days
Won’t change a single thing
Heading straight for old ways
And all the sorrow that it bringsIt’s all our own creation
We got a line we must defend
Let’s wait and be real patient
Let’s get it out and then let it all sink inYesterday is gone forever
And today may be good or bad
But we know we can’t be living in the past
Look ahead instead and tell me
What you think the secret is to make it last
Right now we’re seeing red
But baby let’s not be misled
Let’s keep lookin’ up ahead
Things are lookin’ up ahead
Lookin’ upWe might have it right right in front of us
Might have lost sight but if we love enough
Might be right in front of us -
Tell Me Somethin’
Tell Me Somethin’
Tell me somethin’ baby
Tell me somethin’ I wanna hear
Doing nothing maybe
Now that’s somethin’
We wanna steer clear ofIt’s all good baby
Ain’t no big decisions
I’m just sitting here looking and wishing
You nothing but love
Don’t gotta be the one thing
But baby please tell me somethin’
Nothing ain’t enough
Tell me somethin’We’re not the same no one is to blame
Ain’t just a game the pain we’re in
Must be the moon I hope it’s ending soon
It’s just a tune a battle cry we’re singingTell me somethin’ baby
Tell me somethin’ I wanna hear
Doing nothing maybe
Now that’s somethin’
We wanna steer clear ofIt’s all wrong baby
Some real bad conditions
I’m just sitting here looking and fishing
Don’t gotta be the main thing
But baby please tell somethin’We’re off the rail we’ve lost the trail
Are we gonna bail or just hang in
Must be the time ready to redefine
Who knows what we’ll find
Once we stop dragging -
Stone by Stone
Stone by Stone
It’s in my dreams
Out of a mysterious past
Images
I can’t help but see betrayalI can’t run
Time to take off all of the masks
There’s nowhere to hide
Confrontation is the only wayI’ll chase down all the lingering ghosts this time
Gotta keep them in line
Now I’m willing to start rebuildingStone by stone
I’m taking my time
Reading all the signs
It’s a long road home
Checking every winding path
Every twisted vine
Stone by stone
Clearing a way making peace
With just what I’ve reaped and
What I’ve sown
Stone by stoneIt’s in your eyes
Into a swirling world I see
Images
You can’t keep from me you’re drowning
Baby I’ve been there
And I’ve got the key to set us both free
Let’s reach deep inside
Every thorn we’ll wear proud like a crownNo pointing fingers
Better pay the fine
It’s our burden but it ain’t no crime
Lord willing let’s start rebuilding -
Hourglass
Hourglass
I only see what I see
I only know from what you’re telling me
You only do what you wanna do
What’s the latest story your selling meI can’t follow you where you’re going
Who can say where you beenThere’s no keeping watch I promise you that
Who’s keeping score anymore
The past is the past
To live is to forgive
Life goes by
Faster than fast
Sand is slipping
Through the hourglassWe only think we have control
We don’t only know what we learn in school
I only hope we get it right
It ain’t from blindly sticking to the rulesDon’t follow me no sense of direction
Who can say where’s where it ends
No keeping watch I promise you that
Who’s keeping score anymore
The past is the past
To live is to forgive
Life goes by
Faster than fast
Sand is slipping
Through the hourglassWhat happened then no fatal flaw
There’s still a chance I’m still in awe
Of way back when
What went down
Was way back then
Way back then -
No River
No River
Hey robin sing your song
And one more thing
How did it come to you
Anyway I hear your call
I guess you too are only passing throughNow fly just as high in the sky as you can
By the time you reach night
You just might need a handNo river is too wide to cross
No mountain too high to scale
If you ever need a friend
I’ll never falter never fail
I’m here for you I’m there
Anytime anyplace just say when and where
Hit me up you’ll see
You can count on meHey baby bring me along
And one more thing
How do we keep it true
It was only in September
We were doing good now we’re just making doTry as we might it’s fight or flight that’s our way
At the darkest edge of night
In our sights
A brand new day -
Endlessly
Endlessly
Triumphs and flame-outs
Good times and bad
Headlocks and heartaches
What a ride we’ve had
Let’s get perspective
It’s a big world out there
It’s all connected
Ain’t going nowhereWe’re all hoping for justice
Looking for the next break
Just how important us is
It’s the only big mistake
We can makeCome fly over the moon with me
Come lie under the stars and you’ll be
Amazed to face this grace set free
Look how small we all are
In this endless sea
EndlesslyLate nights and burn-outs
Tried to find the way
Head-on and carrying on
Thinking come what mayBut love is collective
The work is never done
It can’t be perfected
But it can be undoneWe’re all hoping for justice
Looking for the next break
How important us is
The only big mistake
We can makeCome fly over the moon with me
Come lie under the stars and you’ll be
Amazed to face this grace set free
Look how small we all are
In this endless sea
EndlesslyAin’t a question of what we take
But what we’re giving
Gotta make our peace with this world
This world we live in -
Come At It
Come At It
Where do we find the courage
How do we come up with a plan
We ain’t the first and we ain’t the worst
We’re just like every woman and every manWhy do we play
What we know is a losing game
I’m just thinking of
Life and love
They’re both the sameDon’t wait a minute come at it
There’s no hiding out
Or going half the way
You know you’re in it come at it
Gotta give all we got to give
That’s all I wanna say
Don’t waste a minute come at it
TodayWhere do we look for answers
How do we live up to a dream
We ain’t the only that are lost and lonely
So tell me what does it all meanWhy do we stay
When we know a better way
I’m just thinking of
Life and love
They’re both the sameDon’t wait a minute come at it
There’s no hiding out
Or going half the way
You know that you’re in it come at it
Gotta give all we got to give
That’s all I wanna say
Don’t waste a minute come at it
TodayDon’t wait a minute come at it
There’s no hiding out
Or going half the way
You know that you’re in it come at it
Gotta give all we got to give
That’s all I wanna say
Don’t wait a minute come at it
Face the world and feel the pain
Don’t waste a minute come at it
Today -
Under The Sun
Under The Sun
Being so close can cloud the view
And girl we’ve been so blind
Don’t know what we were thinking
What we thought we’d findWhy do we go and turn our world
Inside out and upside down
Just crash and burn the past
When it’s gold we foundWe’ve seen it before
Still the hunt for love goes on
How do we make it stronger
Before it’s up and goneWe’ve been searching everywhere
Under the sun
Couldn’t see that we
Might be our own salvation
We had all the answers all along
Thought our luck ran dry
But you and I guessed wrongWe’re all looking looking for the one
That’s Heaven on earth the one
Under the sun
We’ve come too far to give up now
The future’s ours to take
Find a new way of thinking
Playing it smart for old times sakeI know we can save it girl
If we could come around
To the fact that a big comeback
Means driving it home not in the groundWe’ve seen it before
Still the hunt for love goes on
How do we make it stronger
Before it’s up and goneWe’ve been searching everywhere
Under the sun
Couldn’t see that we
Might be our own salvation
We had all the answers all along
Thought our luck ran dry
but you and I guessed wrongNo more looking looking for the one
You’re heaven on earth the one
Under the sun -
Back to Abilene
Back to Abilene
Started with a heart the size of Texas
Got beat down along the way
Been feeling like I’m under it
On the other side and over it
That is until todayIt all weighs on you
Ain’t that so trueIn my dreams
I’m back in Abilene
Back before life got so complicated
And you’re there with me
We’re back in Abilene
Asking why we waited so crazy long
To follow the path
That will lead us home
Back to AbileneWanted to forget the way the world is
Just hide inside your arms
Follow bliss straight back to this
All we need is all we miss
Where we can be safe from harmIt all weighs on you
Ain’t that so trueIf we drive all night
We’re back in Abilene
I for one will sure appreciate it
And you‘ll be there with me
Back in Abilene
Asking why we waited so crazy long
To follow the path
That will lead us home
This road we’ve always known
The yearning has grown
Let’s get back
Back to Abilene -
Leave a Light On
Leave a Light On
I know by heart
The beacon that leads me home
In the back of my mind
I guess I’ve always knownAll roads lead straight to
Heading back to you
Somewhere out there
I’m thinking of you
Hope you’re thinking it tooLeave a light on
Don’t think of me as gone
Was out all night well alright
But I’ll be back before dawn
Baby leave a light on
Leave a light onI know by now
Ain’t worth it to always roam
In the back of my car
Some nights that’s been my home
All thoughts lead straight to
You and all you do
Out there somewhere
I’m hoping that you
Have forgiven me tooLeave a light on
Don’t think of me as gone
Was out all night well alright
But that don’t make me all wrong
Baby leave a light on
Leave a light onLeave a light on
Don’t think of me as gone
A candle burning bright what a beautiful sight
Told you I’d be back before long
Always leave a light on
Leave a light on
Times Two
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Rollin’ the Dice
Rollin’ the Dice
Where do we stand
And how do we get by
How much can we withstand
We still have to keep on trying anyway
Rewrite our history every dayNow we’re rolling the dice
And we just might see what fortune brings
That’s the way with this life
Suffice it to say just like all things
It’s mostly out of our hands
And sometimes we don’t understand
We’ll take our chances we’ll find paradise
Keep on rolling the diceThere’s the big rub
I can’t win in the end
Everything we love
We still have to lose and make amends any way
And remake the mystery every dayNow we’re rolling the dice
And we just might see what fortune brings
That’s the way with this life
Suffice it to say just like all things
It’s mostly out of our hands
And sometimes we don’t understand
We’ll take our chances we’ll find paradise
Keep on rolling the diceIt’s mostly out of our hands
And sometimes we can’t understand
We’ll take our chances we’ll find paradise
Rollin’ the diceWe might just find
You get what you giveWe’re rolling the dice
Think twice
Take flight
Just one shot to liveKeep on rolling the dice
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Desert Drive
Desert Drive
I could tell when I met you
One thing was true
That I could never forget you
I was struck
And we were stuck like glueFrom first light through every trial
We picked up speed
Then we started to pile up the miles
Unleashed a stampedeOn that desert drive
When we came together
Just two hearts melting in the sun
It’s been years
And we’re still counting
We know it’s hard
But we know that we ain’t through
Let’s take that desert drive again just me and youWe could live like we want to
Make our own mistakes
Each knew the other would come through
Take the time
Read the signs and renewAt first sight it started to glow
We stoked that fire
No second guessing off to the show
Full of desireOn that desert drive
When we came together
Just two hearts melting in the sun
It’s been years
And we’re still counting
We know it’s hard
But we know that we ain’t through
Let’s take that desert drive again just me and youOur first night open and bright
Made us feel so alive
We’ve lost sight let’s make it right
C’mon let’s go for a rideTake that desert drive
And come back together
Spark two hearts melting in the sun
It’s been years
And we’re still counting
We know it’s hard
But we know that we ain’t through
Let’s take that desert drive again just me and you
Just me and you -
Stick Around
Stick Around
In calm or in tempest
In the glare of noon
Or black of night
You are my temptress
Could lead me to doom
Or my highest heightJust out of curiosity
What am I to you
You’re everything to meWill it be sun or shadows
Living free or bound
Just can’t walk away
From the battleground
Think I’ll stick around
Check it out
Stick aroundIn storm or in stillness
Any color you choose
You still shine through
There’s always that brilliance
I would hate to lose
What keeps me loving youDon’t need no high velocity
Let’s take it slow
Seize the moment and we will seeWill it be sun or shadows
Living free or bound
Just can’t walk away
From the battleground
Think I’ll stick around
Check it out
Stick aroundWanna stick around to see
How it might work out with you and me
Nothing could have kept me from it
All we want
We won itBack and forth with these battles
Swim across or drown
We gotta get this love
On solid ground
Think I’ll stick around
Check it out
Stick around -
No Day Goes By
No Day Goes By
It’s been such a long while
And I’m really alright with that
Things can’t always go your way I know
And though it’s so that opposites attractSometimes the tangling is just too much
And we lose our grip and sense of touch
But you’re still stuck with me
At least in my fantasiesNo day goes by
That I don’t think of you
I wish time would fly like it used to oh
No matter how hard I try
Makes no difference what I do
No day goes by I don’t think of youNo day goes by
No day goes byI’m seeing your sweet smile
And really so much more than that
If lady luck could come my way you’d see
I’d be back in the ring and baby that’s a factSometimes the hoping just ain’t enough
We lose our way when the breaks get tough
The way it is with me
It’s pretty plain to seeNo day goes by
That I don’t think of you
I wish time would fly like it used to oh
No matter how hard I try
Makes no difference what I do
No day goes by I don’t think of youNo day goes by
Your shadow I can’t seem to shake
And in my dreams we’re lost in love
Makes me wanna break right through that wall
You’re still all I ever wanted
All I’m dreaming ofNo day goes by
That I don’t think of you
I wish time would fly like it used to oh
No matter how hard I try
Makes no difference what I do
No day goes by
No day goes by
No day goes by I don’t think of youNo day goes by
No day goes by
No day goes by -
Times Two
Times Two
Everything in life is timing
And everything in love needs to feel real
Can’t fake your way into Heaven
And love just ain’t something
A lonely heart can stealIt’s gotta be given to you
And if you want you can give it backLove times two
Helps when devotion is returned
One day it’s ringing so true
Then that night you might get burned
Be careful who
You’re giving it to
Loves times two
Love ties twoWhat if all the strife was silver lining
And we’re all born to push and pull through
We know it can go from good to wicked
But love sure is something
Has the power to renewIt can be the greatest thing
Let’s keep trying til we get the knackLove times two
Helps when devotion is returned
Just when dreams are coming true
Then like a spike you’re getting spurned
Now careful who
You’re giving it to
Loves times two
Love ties two
Loves times two -
Not Forgotten
Not Forgotten
If you’re anywhere
Anywhere at all
Or maybe not and now you’ve got
Your back against the wallWe all still know
Can’t make it through alone
Just think what we owe
To all the unknown
Gone but not forgottenIt’s all built on the shoulders of brothers
And friends we never met
And now getting older it’s getting easier
To deny it or just plain forget
Without the power of mothers
It ends and we all know that
Just keep on looking back with no regret
And in your heart start paying back the greatest debt
Gone but not forgotten
Not forgottenHere’s to the pioneers
Who got us here today
Gotta be grateful for those who came before
The ones who paved the wayTheir words still echo
Most deeds would make you proud
Their voice is so silent
So I’ll say it out loud
Gone but not forgottenIt’s all built on the shoulders of brothers
And friends we never met
And now getting older it’s getting easier
To deny it or just plain forget
Without the power of mothers
It ends and we all know that
Just keep on looking back with no regret
And in your heart start paying back the greatest debt
Gone but not forgotten
Not forgotten -
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
Just wondering why
It needs to be tonight
You know it’s nothing new
It’s just what we doBut I keep holding on
Won’t be too long
Until we find our way again
Our feet of clay will catch some windOh if we could fly and be seeing down over it
We’ll ride through the skies surveying everything
We’d realize that the size well it just don’t fit
Our kind of trouble is just the littlest bit
And we gotta get over it
We’re chasing shooting stars
Shooting starsIt starts when we see
Ain’t all about you and me
You know it’s nothing bad
The heartaches we’ve hadSo keep holding tight
Gotta get this part right
We’ll find our way to land
Get our feet of clay out of quicksandOh if we could fly and be seeing down over it
We’ll ride through the skies surveying everything
We’d realize that the size well it just don’t fit
Our kind of trouble is just the littlest bit
And we gotta get over it
We’re chasing shooting stars
Shooting stars -
Undivided
Undivided
In the winter
Guess things tend to look their bleakest
That was in our weakest moment
We went and broke it
In twoJust a trial so we’d see
If we could be apartSometimes it might feel one-sided
But love’s better when we’re undivided
Undivided
Reunited being split we tried it
Baby it feels like it’s been decided
Undivided
UndividedJust a splinter
Starts us off and now the latest
It’s true not our greatest moment
But we better own it
Us twoIn denial so we’d hide
Too much pride inside we knowWe’ll never be satisfied if
We can’t go back to being undivided
Undivided
Might have been more than a bit misguided
I don’t see how we can fight it
Undivided
UndividedTakes faith to wait and not to run
Let’s make believe that we’ve just begun
Reset and forget and once again we can be as oneEvery story has got two sides and
As long as love can stay undivided
Undivided
If it’s flagging we got to revive it
Baby please tell me you’ve decided
UndividedSometimes it might feel one-sided
But love’s better when we’re undivided
Undivided
Reunited being split we tried it
Tell me you’ve decided
Undivided
Undivided -
Daylight
Daylight
Why do we trip ourselves
I can hear warning bells
Looking through a different lens
Try to remember when
It was more blissful than it’s been
Baby I’m asking youWhat can the eyes see
That the heart can’t see better
Gotta cut through the fog of love
All that’s obscured by storming weather
You make it all alright
You’re my daylightHow can we change the atmosphere
Now to a place that’s clear
Something’s in the air
We’re flying blind beware
Love is great but it ain’t fair
Baby it’s nothing newWhat can the eyes see
That the heart can’t see better
Gotta cut through the fog of love
Hanging on to keep it together
You’re holding back the night
You’re my daylight -
Nothin’
Nothin’
You took me to your dark side
And I was looking for a safer place to hide
Once we found each other we could not part
And we could not be stopped once it startedStill
Nothin’ could ever make me stop loving you
The world turns but nothing
Could make turn away from youYou thought I might shine a light
Showing us both a way to finally get it right
Create the space we need to take another chance
It’s hard to hold the reigns while we’re in this tranceNo
Nothin’ could ever make me stop loving you
The world turns but nothing
Could make turn away from you
Steppin' Through
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With the Wind
With the Wind
With the wind
We will blow
With more time to see
Baby we will know
If it comes from the ground
It will growBy the sea
We were one
By the look in your eyes
Heaven had begun
A blinding light
Like the sunAnd when this world
Knocks you down
You need somebody
To be around
When the waves
Crash all around
You get lost
Then you get foundWith the wind
With the wind -
New Pages
New Pages
One season
Was not enough with you
You’re the one reason
I come alive
Now what do we do
So hard
The times that we fell
So far
From Heaven to HellA new season
Lets you see what is true
The real reason
I came by
Is I came for you
So hard
The times that we fell
So far
From Heaven we know wellOur love is
For the ages
We’ll write
All new pagesFree doves
Open cages
Baby our love is
For the ages
We’ll write new pages -
Waitin’ for the Rain
Waitin’ for the Rain
I’ve been sinking lately
Started thinking maybe
This one won’t be flyingYou’ve been drifting from me
We’re all missing something
We can just keep tryingTo breathe again
Push back the endWe’re all waitin’ waitin’ or the rain
We’re all wanting pretty much the same thing
Our own wings
Our own wingsWhere your love keeps going
There’s no way of knowing
Can’t catch horses runningLiving in this desert
What’s it all gonna be worth
Hope the flood is comingAround the bend
Begin and never end -
Steppin’ Through
Steppin’ Through
Every time I try
Understanding why
It don’t make no sense
I can’t make a dentBut it don’t matter anymore
With you in my life there’s an open doorAnd now I’m steppin’ through
Straight on into
Your sanctuary
So real
So true
And I’m steppin’ through
To youNo more time to cry
We’re down to do or die
I finally see the light
I was wrong and you were rightBut that don’t matter anymore
With you in my life there’s an open door -
Hall of Flames
Hall of Flames
If we gotta face the music
Then baby let’s do it
Worst thing in this life
Is sleeping through it
We’re waking up from a dream
Coming down from the clouds
And just like lightning
We’re losing steamHere we go again
Down the hall of flames
Can’t see what’s in front of us
Through the rings of smoke
We can’t find the way
But just think of what we’d be throwing
We know we got a good thing going
Going down the drain
Down the hall of flamesDo we wanna keep it going
‘cause this might be chronic
Best thing in this life
Is sleeping on it
We’re breaking up all the time
Then coming back for still more
It’s getting frightening
Love can lead to warHere we go again
Down the hall of flames
Can’t see what’s in front of us
Through the rings of smoke
We can’t find the way
But just think of what we’d be throwing
We know we got a good thing going
Going down the drain
Down the hall of flamesWho can put the fire out
Guess that’s what this is all about
When will our hall of flames
Be quenched by the falling rain -
Gratitude
Gratitude
Trying to reach the top
Can’t imagine second best
Why don’t we ever stop
Struggling to beat the rest‘Cause we’ve lost it all
Our sense of place
Now we have to heed the call
It’s time we faceLove with humility
And more than a bit of gratitude
Gratitude
There ain’t no guarantees
We need a wait and see attitude
GratitudeWhat‘s the giant rush
Climbing mountains needs to wait
What’s been wrong with us
Let’s create a different fate‘Cause we’ve lost it all
If we’ve lost grace
Baby we’re bound to fall
It ain’t no raceAnd love ain’t no fantasy
A ton of hard work you’ll see all attitude
Gratitude
There ain’t no guarantees
We gotta give it up gratitude
Gratitude
Face love with humility
And more than a bit of gratitude
Gratitude
There ain’t no guarantees
We need a wait and see attitude
Gratitude -
Gotta Say
Gotta Say
I’m bringing my pen to paper
It must finally be that time
Better soon than later
Just gotta get it off my mindIt’s not just for me it’s for you too
Baby look into these eyes
You gotta trust I know it’s long overdue
But you gotta realizeI’m looking inside and though
I’ve tried to do good
Still hurt some people that I love along my way
Gotta make it up and then make it right
It’s understood
True confessions
I learned my lessons
I gotta say
I gotta say
Gotta sayI’m singing my friend I’m braver
It’s a little easier in rhyme
You’ve been a real life saver
And I’m so lucky that you’re mine
It’s not just for show I’ll do it too
Though it’s been a thousand tries
Now I’m ready to really be with you
And I’ll take off my disguiseI’m looking inside and though
I tried to spread love
I let down some people that
I need to light my way
Don’t let’s break it up
‘cause when breaks go right
Then that’s enough
With this letter
I promise better
I gotta say
I gotta say
Gotta sayI’m liking the way you let me
Be what I needed to be
I gotta say
I just gotta make it to
And then try to make it
Through another day
Another day
What I’m asking is
For forgiveness
Baby lead the way -
Tomorrow’s Borrowed
Tomorrow’s Borrowed
Serve the purpose
Toe the line
Sometimes I sit and wonder
When’s gonna be our time
All the traveling
Nights of fear
One thing I keep on pondering
How’d we wind up here againAlways chasing dollars
And letting love life go
Trying to keep in touch with kids
And being brother’s keeper
Oh I know all that I owe
But it’s hard enough
Just paying for that truck
Tomorrow is borrowed and today is all used up
I said
Tomorrow is borrowed and today is all used upAll day I’ve been working
Dead tired when it’s dark
Feeling every morning
So fallen down and stark
Gotta get off this road
Lord knows I’ve had my fill
We need a place we can call home
Wanna hear the whip-poor-will again -
If Only
If Only
One thing’s sure
Life’s a one way trip
Just what you prefer
Ain’t always what you getBaby nature wins
And the clock don’t stop
Once it begins
Gotta look alive have the right mindsetDwelling on the past
It’s just gonna get you nowhere fastIf only we could go back knowing all that we know now
If only we could change up drifting love save it somehow
But the truth is
Can’t do none of that
Fate can be ruthless
Those forks in the road you don’t get them back
Choose wisely
Don’t worry what might be
Don’t be thinking
If onlyTwo steps more
Takes you to the edge
Better think twice before
You start stumbling down the pathBaby destiny
It’s never up to you
As you search constantly
For what surely must be greener grassNow maybe moving on
Is the very thing that’s keeping us strongIf only we could go back knowing all that we know now
If only we could change up drifting love save it somehow
But the truth is
Can’t do none of that
Fate can be ruthless
Those forks in the road you don’t get them back
Choose wisely
Don’t worry what might be
Don’t be thinking
If onlyWould’a could’a should’a done it different
Ain’t gonna help at all
Don’t be dreaming of other ways n’ better days
Otherwise we’re gonna fall -
Let It Go By
Let It Go By
We been trying to get wiser
While time keeps marching on
Thought the way was all-in
Never settle for small wins
We were getting burned
Until we learned the truthWe were buying into legends
Believing all the hype
But now we know how to lay-off
Found the secret that pays off
You and me we’re the living proofLet it go by you might find that you hold the key
To set yourself free
Let it go by all the things you won’t miss you’ll see
You will be
Kissed by bliss and you’ll know why
You let it go by
Let it go byMaybe crying out for justice
Can’t set the world straight
You just set up a showdown
Better look for the lowdown
Fight the fight alone
On your own ain’t enoughWhen you’re dying to make it your way
You know it takes a toll
So we’re starting to drop back
Letting loose all the slack
Breathing deep when times get tough