he said I’m fabulously richC’mon just let’s goShe kinda bit her lipGeez, I don’t knowBut I can guaranteeThere’ll be no knock on the doorI’m total pro that’s what I’m here forI come from downtownBorn ready for youArmed with will and determinationand grace, too The secret rules of engagementAre hard to endorseWhen the appearance of conflictMeets […]
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Lets Stay Engaged
It might be latebut it won’t be earlyyou got me to the gatewith time for a coffeeit’s getting latesounds like a departureit’s getting closesounds to me like a departureUntil we meet againlets stay engageduntil thenlets stay engaged Lies over timefloat to the surfacelies over timethey equal surfacelies over timethough the reasons desert uslies over timewith […]
As I Wind Down The Pines
As I wind down the pinesit’s the lines on your faceplaying on your face. Without thinking so muchas abandoning thoughtI went through open countryover water meadow streamslakes and wires and roosts in reedsto a nest in the hole ofthis deadtree. To play without stopping or pausenot for silence not for applausenot without thinkingand thinking’s abandoning […]
Cemetery Sideroad
I had heart, but I used to be olderI’m not like I used to behad you, but I guess its all overyou talk, but you’re not like me. you talk and you talk like some weird saintwhat do you think that we could taint?when you’re nothing I am and I’m something you ain’t hold me, […]
Small Town Bringdown
een to Renodrives an El Caminocan you dig that style? hip canteenyou always make the sceneyou’re a crazy child it’s a sad thingbourbons all aroundto stop that feeling when you’re livingin a small town you’re long and leanbut things don’t get you downyou’re a top ten kingpin in the bordersof you’re hometown you can’t get […]
Sharks
Sharks don’t attack the Irish,it’s mostly Australians.There’s nothing accomplishedby these splashing citizens.from the Moon down to the surfaceof the Mariana’s Trench.I won’t send you in a cab whenI can take you there myself and steal a lookover your shoulder atthe distant lights of your firmament. When the sharks finished the Irishand those people from Berlin.We […]
Put It Off
I wrote unfriendly things,truly cruel,on the day that you were bornto prove that wordscannot touch beautybut I was tornI put it off, I put it off,I put it off again I made degenerate artfor the religious righton the day that you were bornI had passion to experimentbut I was tornI put it off, I put […]
Fire In The Hole
You triumphed over willYou had immunity to killYou had your dreams fulfilledAnd I love you stillBut there’s a power beyond controlThere’s a fire in the holeAh the nights are getting coldAll your secrets will be toldTurn your lanterns low As long as you can dig up proofAs cold as water through the roofBrutal as depicted […]