Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
THAT DARK CALLING CATATAMOUNT RECORDS 2004 LYRICS & OTHER INFORMATION
Old Man.
Old man old man your wooden cane
In the spotlight on the stage
Is it true your fears are from your youth
Is your wisdom from your age
Old man old man say the word
Could you please enlighten me
It’s all these hungry people you see
The way they frighten me
The balloons they burst the clowns they collapse
The calliope it screams
Who cares about your position now
Who cares about your dreams
Wipe the colors from across your face
Pull the ribbons from your hair
I met my lady at a carnival
And I loved her on a dare
You can hate me if you have to
I could love you if you’d go
I know how long I’ve waited
It’s the only thing I know
I’ve come to invite you to the wedding
Of an old man to his soul
He’s exchanged his rings his vows he sings
But now he’s feeling cold old man…
All Fall Down.
Everybody wanting more Can’t nobody do with less
Can’t nobody do with less Let it all fall down
Everybody taking out Ain’t nobody putting back
Ain’t nobody putting back Let it all fall down
Ain’t no stinking wonder That this world is going under
How much more can it take The camel’s back got to break
It’s that compromise of little lies Indignities you down to size
You get this straight You ain’t the prize That supersonic eagle flies
Ain’t nobody big enough Can’t nobody live up to it
Can’t nobody live up to it Let it all fall down
Was a time but now it’s gone Nothing mattered but the song
Soul and spirit you could hear it Celebrate and sing along
But now it’s all about stars and hits and who sold most and who’s got tits
And none of it means two shakes of shit Let it all fall down
Ain’t no stinking wonder That this world is going under
How much more can it take The camel’s back got to break
It’s that compromise of little lies Indignities you down to size
You get this straight you ain’t the prize That supersonic eagle flies
Everybody taking out Ain’t nobody putting back
Ain’t nobody putting back Gonna all fall down
Hey Tom Where You Walking.
The sky’s as gray as gray can be
There surely must be something wrong with me
Cause here I go like I don’t care
And my destination ain’t nowhere
Hey Tom where you walking?
Hey Tom where you walking?
Bless my soul I just don’t know
But I can’t sit still I got to go
This place is too crowded I can’t feel free
This small talk don’t do nothing for me
And feeling restless ain’t no crime
I’ll be back here some other time
Hey tom where you walking…?
I hung around the house all day
Picking this guitar just trying to play it
I drank everything in the refrigerator
I’m leaving now I’ll come back later
Hey Tom where you walking…?
Time I catch up to my brain
I’m standing downtown in a driving rain
Bus driver say “man you ready to go?”
got to look him in the eye and tell him “no”
Hey Tom where you walking…?
Got to go Got to get out of here
(One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the other and go..
One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the other and go..)
Now when my walking days are through
I tell you what I’m gonna do
Gonna walk me out where there’s no one around
And lay my body in the ground
Hey Tom where you walking…?
Jimmy Teal.
Jimmy Teal pointed a gun
At his wife his daughter and son
Said I’m sorry but there’s no other way
I’m a man and a killer today
Now drinking ain’t no way to go
Drinking’s just dying real slow
No money for the working you know
So it’s off to the devil I go
It’s happy in heaven they say
Hold hands meet your maker today
The angels will sing soft and low
But it’s off to the devil I go
No time to bury his dead
Jimmy Teal he turned tail and fled
He said I’ve done wrong but I was always no good
And I turned out like they all said I would
Now hanging ain’t no way to go
Twisting and turning real slow
And he’d run as long as he could
And they caught up with him back in them woods
No fight was left in him they said
For he was still mourning his dead
They beat him and cuffed him and took him to jail
He ain’t talking there ain’t nothing to tell
Now hanging ain’t no way to go
Twisting and turning real slow
But for Jimmy there’s no other way
He’s dying a killer today
It’s happy in heaven they say
Tie my hands I’ll meet my maker today
The angels will sing soft and low
But it’s off to the devil I go
(written by Tomi Lunsford & Warren Denney)
Bake My Beans.
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Gonna butter them buns taste so sweet sop a little gravy gonna cut a little meat
Gonna pop it in the pan gonna fry it in the heat ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Now sister coming home from the midnight shift lawd lawd lawd
Sister coming home caught herself a lift say lawd lawd lawd
Now she ain’t all that swift but she do got the gift
And she had that sucker sitting up there stiff
She was singing his song if you’re getting my drift say lawd lawd lawd
Now mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Gonna butter them buns taste so sweet gonna sop a little gravy cut a little meat
Pop it in the pan fry it in the heat say ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Now papa he ain’t much to talk about but they do do do
Papa he ain’t much to talk about but they do do do
They talk about this they talk about that they sat there talking til their jaws got fat
At least my papa know better than that yes he do do do
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Gonna butter them buns taste so sweet sop a little gravy gonna cut a little meat
Gonna pop it in the pan gonna fry it in the heat ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
I Am An Exile.
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of that place where I come from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
Now I was 18 in love with the whole world
One girl in particular but you know how that goes
Her daddy never cared much for me
And he blocked me at her door
I took a knife to that man’s throat
He won’t talk to me that way no more
And of course I had to run and of course she wouldn’t come
And the cops they caught up to me down in Lexington
And I killed a man or two that day I was determined to myself
I would not go down that way was a high wind and a hot fire
Someone started I can’t say
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of that place where I come from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
Now I was up and down Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio
I was headed north to Canada but I just can’t take that snow
So I turned myself around my life became what it became
How I found myself in Texas one town’s just about like the last
To me they’re all pretty much the same
And there were women simple pleasures private moments celebrations
There were dark nights here and there torments tearing at my heart
How much others might know or care maybe mostly in my mind
That don’t mean it won’t real to me sometimes all I could feel or find
Fighting fears some dark corners I drank myself dumb and blind
Come a reckless disregard most others of my kind
And the years blew through my bones
And the sun bleached my hair white
And my eyes dried and wrinkled
People came to look right through me
I’m some ghost I never hear my name called or see a face
Familiar to me now as I move from place to place
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of the place where I came from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
Now I stand out there on the shoulder maybe a mile or two the border
And the semi’s sit lined up idling ain’t much moving here today
And I can’t really speak the language no one hears a word I say
But it don’t matter much what I got on my mind anyway
And there’s a man stands there staring hard draws his gun and taking aim
Reflections who or where I am everything I ever done
All reason my heart pounding the logic and the luck
Led me here and I can’t fathom was I blessed or was I cursed
Sure I always been alone but some have had it a lot worse
I look around my final chance to see or celebrate this world
So long nothing’s more than nowhere and this highway’s where I’ve waited
And I watched it all unwind someone say a prayer my soul
You got nothing else to do there was no faith I could find
Even felt remotely true I could lay half a claim as mine
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of that place where I came from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
He Got Too Close To God.
Brother Michael was found stumbling around
Leaves in his hair dirt caked he was naked
And mumbling and shivering some tried to make sense
His quivering lips “it’s providence”
Sister Rachel intoned as he twisted and moaned
“Oh Father oh Father” and they all stood aback
His congregation they’d come looking they’d seen him walk out
Some thought he’d gone crazy others had their doubts
Some saw him as holy wanted some of that fire
“What do you believe brother ? Do you believe it in your heart?
What do you believe sister? Do you believe it in your heart?
Well maybe that’s a start”
And he got too close to God and his eyes were touched with light
And he could not hide his nakedness not in the darkest night
And his troubles had touched him deep he said “My whole life I’ve been asleep
These situations are so superficial I can’t live my life this way”
And he walked off into the woods and he laid down in the grass
And he let the wind flow over him and he watched the seasons pass
(They go round and round and they go round and round so fast)
And he stared into the sun ‘til his mind dissolved it all starts to run
One thought into another and he can’t get a grip
Gone before he got like a gear start to slip
And he don’t get to feel it and he don’t get to touch
Like a wash or a tide and it’s all too much
Like a bird that’s flown or a wind that’s blown
Since the dawn of time over sand and stone
This world ain’t mine and it’s all there is
In all its grandeur and it’s emptiness
It was all so perfect it was all so clear
Just that half a second then it disappeared
All the lies and the lust desires and trust
A world that was returns to dust
All the pettiness the prejudice the hate and fear
Rolling down his cheek one final tear
And he got too close to God and his eyes were touched with light
And he could not hide his nakedness not in the darkest night
Hankering For You.
I got a hankering for you
I got a feeling for you
And aching down here in my soul
Now we could run for the sun
It might even be fun
Just to love it on out of control
Love it on out of control
Now I don’t promise no peace
I don’t promise no plan
I don’t promise anything I ain’t got
I don’t care if you’re pure
Immature insecure
I been thinking about you a lot
Thinking about you a lot
I got a hankering for you
Got a feeling for you
Got an aching down here in my soul
Now we could run for the sun
It might even be fun
Just to love it on out of control
Love it on out of control
Now am I making this all clear
Take my heart to your ear
I don’t echo just to light on no lie
I ain’t got it down pat
But I know where I’m at
I’m standing right here
And I’m willing to give it a try
Standing here willing
To give it a try
I’ve got a hankering for you
Got a feeling for you
Way down here in my soul
Now we could run for the sun
Hell it might even be fun
Just to love it on out of control
Love it on out of control
Love it love it
Love it on out of control
Little Shot Of Something Blue.
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
How it started where it went what it all turned into
Finally coming down hard late last night right between me and you
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
Laying in the dark there ain’t nothing left to be said
I can feel you tense every breath I take and dread
Anything I say you clinch your teeth
Like I’m long ago so far beneath
Anything worth going through
Putting up with it’s all it is to you
And just what does that say
‘bout what we’ve sunken to
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
How it started where it went what it all turned into
Finally coming down hard late last night right between me and you
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
And you’re home from Missouri in the middle of the night
Got your clothes in the washer don’t turn on the light
I come in there upon you on the sofa in the dark
Ain’t no stink or smell gonna wash away
Make right where we stand right here right now
I done my wondering where you been all weekend
And that bottle of Evan been my last good friend
I bought me this here gun and I don’t know why
I never been the kind of man who thought he owned
His woman or told her how she had to do
But I been less than you been needing for awhile I guess
Draining down to empty what I feel inside
I pull my hand from my pocket and my mind’s in such a wind
And I know it’s never gonna be right again
I can’t hear I can’t breathe and I can’t think
And your eyes so cold and hard don’t blink
And my knees are trembling and my hand shaking too
Right here right now what remains
How it’s supposed to go what I got to do
Don’t you think that I’ve been hurting too
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
How it started where it went what it all turned into
Finally coming down hard late last night right between me and you
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
Susan"s Song.
And if you see her before I can
Auburn hair shining in the sun
You can tell her for me there were things left unsaid
You can tell her there were things we left undone
You can tell her that I’m on my way home now
The sun in the south shines so bright
That I’m weary now and I’m thinking of her
And I never sleep in the night
Now I been down to Golgotha where he hung from the cross
And I looked to the ground where he’d bled
They were rolling for his robe in the shadow of the cross
In the shadow of the words that he’d said
And I waited for the thunder and the lightning to storm
To drive strong men to the ground
And I had that lonesome forsaken feeling
Like I been staring out to sea
No one else miles around
Now I believed in her magic I believed in her God
Now mostly I believe what I see
If you can’t hold it near if you can’t see it clear
Then you can’t prove a thing by me
And if you should see her before I can
Auburn hair shining in the sun
You can tell her for me there were things left unsaid
You can tell her there were things we left undone
You can tell her that I’m standing with the moon in my eyes
I’m raving like a man gone insane
But I can’t get these feelings from out of my heart
Or these thoughts from out of my brain
That Dark Calling.
In dire need and desperation my poor imagination
Inadequate and stunted stood there at the desert’s edge
As the sun turned its blank eye to the horizon slowly blinked
All reason to that rage I never took the time to think
Was a story needed telling no need embellishing or dwelling
On the details served no design beyond shock and titillation
As the wind howled and my skin peeled something vital to the nerve
Stripped to the bone and I’m revealed something brittle like some riddle
I can’t solve it I must serve
And that wind blows so hot and that wind blows so hard and dry
My face become like me all beaten mean and scarred
And I been studying my life some reason ain’t been there
I was damned somehow the start I’m so angry and don’t care
It’s that dark calling in my blood that dark calling in my bone
That dark calling’s all I hear standing out there all alone
I don’t know what I don’t know why but it’s all I’ve ever known
That dark calling me down that dark calling me home
I signed my name I swore an oath to God or Satan maybe both
I sucked the blood of many men I’d visit ruin where I’d ride
And there were women I can’t name them or remember or much blame them
I was someone else each morning they searched for something wasn’t there
I smeared the sunrise ‘cross the sky I breathed the slow stench in the air
When there’s nothing left that matters come that deep well of despair
Let the pilgrim name his passion he ain’t got that long left to go
Let him scream it from the bowels his soul sing it soft and low
And that wind blows so hot and that wind blows so hard and dry
My face become like me all beaten mean and scarred
And I’ve been studying my life some reason ain’t been there
I was damned somehow the start I’m so angry and don’t care
It’s that dark calling in my blood that dark calling in my bone
That dark calling’s all I hear standing out there all alone
I don’t know what I don’t know why but it’s all I’ve ever known
That dark calling me down that dark calling me home
That dark calling me down that dark calling me home
All I Know.
This is no gala this is no show
No entertainment extravaganza
I’ll sing my song it won’t take long
There’ll be no encore when the curtain falls
The show is over that is all I know
All I know
Now the room’s nigh empty it’s the final set
The stage is dark the shadows stand so stark in silhouette
And I can’t see beyond the footlights
And long ago I came to feel
This weariness and rage is real and right
And all I know
Oh some nights it seems a thousand miles
And back ain’t where I been
And some night’s seems like tomorrow’s
Just a dream that slips away
A final tantalizing glimpse
A world that never was attempts
To pull me back into make me believe
This is how it is and has to be
It always was eternity’s
A world we worship on our knees
And the darkness builds ‘til it fills my head
Like the road disappearing behind me that’s led
Me to this moment I stand poised
This precipice of peace and bliss
All the panic and the noise and this
Is all I know
There’s some sadness locked me deep inside
An emptiness I can’t abide
I can’t deny now nor control
In its absence or its hold
I stare across that great expanse
That leap of faith and final chance
To bow my head recant repent
But that would somehow mean it all just meant
Nothing and I can not make myself believe
That it’s nothing open up my soul receive
What would be nothing nothing to me
This is no gala this is no show
No entertainment extravaganza
I’ll sing my song it won’t take long
There’ll be no encore when the curtain falls
The show is over that is all I know
All I know
Old man old man your wooden cane
In the spotlight on the stage
Is it true your fears are from your youth
Is your wisdom from your age
Old man old man say the word
Could you please enlighten me
It’s all these hungry people you see
The way they frighten me
The balloons they burst the clowns they collapse
The calliope it screams
Who cares about your position now
Who cares about your dreams
Wipe the colors from across your face
Pull the ribbons from your hair
I met my lady at a carnival
And I loved her on a dare
You can hate me if you have to
I could love you if you’d go
I know how long I’ve waited
It’s the only thing I know
I’ve come to invite you to the wedding
Of an old man to his soul
He’s exchanged his rings his vows he sings
But now he’s feeling cold old man…
All Fall Down.
Everybody wanting more Can’t nobody do with less
Can’t nobody do with less Let it all fall down
Everybody taking out Ain’t nobody putting back
Ain’t nobody putting back Let it all fall down
Ain’t no stinking wonder That this world is going under
How much more can it take The camel’s back got to break
It’s that compromise of little lies Indignities you down to size
You get this straight You ain’t the prize That supersonic eagle flies
Ain’t nobody big enough Can’t nobody live up to it
Can’t nobody live up to it Let it all fall down
Was a time but now it’s gone Nothing mattered but the song
Soul and spirit you could hear it Celebrate and sing along
But now it’s all about stars and hits and who sold most and who’s got tits
And none of it means two shakes of shit Let it all fall down
Ain’t no stinking wonder That this world is going under
How much more can it take The camel’s back got to break
It’s that compromise of little lies Indignities you down to size
You get this straight you ain’t the prize That supersonic eagle flies
Everybody taking out Ain’t nobody putting back
Ain’t nobody putting back Gonna all fall down
Hey Tom Where You Walking.
The sky’s as gray as gray can be
There surely must be something wrong with me
Cause here I go like I don’t care
And my destination ain’t nowhere
Hey Tom where you walking?
Hey Tom where you walking?
Bless my soul I just don’t know
But I can’t sit still I got to go
This place is too crowded I can’t feel free
This small talk don’t do nothing for me
And feeling restless ain’t no crime
I’ll be back here some other time
Hey tom where you walking…?
I hung around the house all day
Picking this guitar just trying to play it
I drank everything in the refrigerator
I’m leaving now I’ll come back later
Hey Tom where you walking…?
Time I catch up to my brain
I’m standing downtown in a driving rain
Bus driver say “man you ready to go?”
got to look him in the eye and tell him “no”
Hey Tom where you walking…?
Got to go Got to get out of here
(One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the other and go..
One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the
One foot in the front of the other and go..)
Now when my walking days are through
I tell you what I’m gonna do
Gonna walk me out where there’s no one around
And lay my body in the ground
Hey Tom where you walking…?
Jimmy Teal.
Jimmy Teal pointed a gun
At his wife his daughter and son
Said I’m sorry but there’s no other way
I’m a man and a killer today
Now drinking ain’t no way to go
Drinking’s just dying real slow
No money for the working you know
So it’s off to the devil I go
It’s happy in heaven they say
Hold hands meet your maker today
The angels will sing soft and low
But it’s off to the devil I go
No time to bury his dead
Jimmy Teal he turned tail and fled
He said I’ve done wrong but I was always no good
And I turned out like they all said I would
Now hanging ain’t no way to go
Twisting and turning real slow
And he’d run as long as he could
And they caught up with him back in them woods
No fight was left in him they said
For he was still mourning his dead
They beat him and cuffed him and took him to jail
He ain’t talking there ain’t nothing to tell
Now hanging ain’t no way to go
Twisting and turning real slow
But for Jimmy there’s no other way
He’s dying a killer today
It’s happy in heaven they say
Tie my hands I’ll meet my maker today
The angels will sing soft and low
But it’s off to the devil I go
(written by Tomi Lunsford & Warren Denney)
Bake My Beans.
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Gonna butter them buns taste so sweet sop a little gravy gonna cut a little meat
Gonna pop it in the pan gonna fry it in the heat ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Now sister coming home from the midnight shift lawd lawd lawd
Sister coming home caught herself a lift say lawd lawd lawd
Now she ain’t all that swift but she do got the gift
And she had that sucker sitting up there stiff
She was singing his song if you’re getting my drift say lawd lawd lawd
Now mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Gonna butter them buns taste so sweet gonna sop a little gravy cut a little meat
Pop it in the pan fry it in the heat say ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Now papa he ain’t much to talk about but they do do do
Papa he ain’t much to talk about but they do do do
They talk about this they talk about that they sat there talking til their jaws got fat
At least my papa know better than that yes he do do do
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Mama gonna bake my beans in the morning ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
Gonna butter them buns taste so sweet sop a little gravy gonna cut a little meat
Gonna pop it in the pan gonna fry it in the heat ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll
I Am An Exile.
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of that place where I come from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
Now I was 18 in love with the whole world
One girl in particular but you know how that goes
Her daddy never cared much for me
And he blocked me at her door
I took a knife to that man’s throat
He won’t talk to me that way no more
And of course I had to run and of course she wouldn’t come
And the cops they caught up to me down in Lexington
And I killed a man or two that day I was determined to myself
I would not go down that way was a high wind and a hot fire
Someone started I can’t say
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of that place where I come from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
Now I was up and down Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio
I was headed north to Canada but I just can’t take that snow
So I turned myself around my life became what it became
How I found myself in Texas one town’s just about like the last
To me they’re all pretty much the same
And there were women simple pleasures private moments celebrations
There were dark nights here and there torments tearing at my heart
How much others might know or care maybe mostly in my mind
That don’t mean it won’t real to me sometimes all I could feel or find
Fighting fears some dark corners I drank myself dumb and blind
Come a reckless disregard most others of my kind
And the years blew through my bones
And the sun bleached my hair white
And my eyes dried and wrinkled
People came to look right through me
I’m some ghost I never hear my name called or see a face
Familiar to me now as I move from place to place
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of the place where I came from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
Now I stand out there on the shoulder maybe a mile or two the border
And the semi’s sit lined up idling ain’t much moving here today
And I can’t really speak the language no one hears a word I say
But it don’t matter much what I got on my mind anyway
And there’s a man stands there staring hard draws his gun and taking aim
Reflections who or where I am everything I ever done
All reason my heart pounding the logic and the luck
Led me here and I can’t fathom was I blessed or was I cursed
Sure I always been alone but some have had it a lot worse
I look around my final chance to see or celebrate this world
So long nothing’s more than nowhere and this highway’s where I’ve waited
And I watched it all unwind someone say a prayer my soul
You got nothing else to do there was no faith I could find
Even felt remotely true I could lay half a claim as mine
I am an exile and I can not deny
Been awhile since I even had one thought at all
Of that place where I came from so long ago
Them that loved me then and all I used to know
He Got Too Close To God.
Brother Michael was found stumbling around
Leaves in his hair dirt caked he was naked
And mumbling and shivering some tried to make sense
His quivering lips “it’s providence”
Sister Rachel intoned as he twisted and moaned
“Oh Father oh Father” and they all stood aback
His congregation they’d come looking they’d seen him walk out
Some thought he’d gone crazy others had their doubts
Some saw him as holy wanted some of that fire
“What do you believe brother ? Do you believe it in your heart?
What do you believe sister? Do you believe it in your heart?
Well maybe that’s a start”
And he got too close to God and his eyes were touched with light
And he could not hide his nakedness not in the darkest night
And his troubles had touched him deep he said “My whole life I’ve been asleep
These situations are so superficial I can’t live my life this way”
And he walked off into the woods and he laid down in the grass
And he let the wind flow over him and he watched the seasons pass
(They go round and round and they go round and round so fast)
And he stared into the sun ‘til his mind dissolved it all starts to run
One thought into another and he can’t get a grip
Gone before he got like a gear start to slip
And he don’t get to feel it and he don’t get to touch
Like a wash or a tide and it’s all too much
Like a bird that’s flown or a wind that’s blown
Since the dawn of time over sand and stone
This world ain’t mine and it’s all there is
In all its grandeur and it’s emptiness
It was all so perfect it was all so clear
Just that half a second then it disappeared
All the lies and the lust desires and trust
A world that was returns to dust
All the pettiness the prejudice the hate and fear
Rolling down his cheek one final tear
And he got too close to God and his eyes were touched with light
And he could not hide his nakedness not in the darkest night
Hankering For You.
I got a hankering for you
I got a feeling for you
And aching down here in my soul
Now we could run for the sun
It might even be fun
Just to love it on out of control
Love it on out of control
Now I don’t promise no peace
I don’t promise no plan
I don’t promise anything I ain’t got
I don’t care if you’re pure
Immature insecure
I been thinking about you a lot
Thinking about you a lot
I got a hankering for you
Got a feeling for you
Got an aching down here in my soul
Now we could run for the sun
It might even be fun
Just to love it on out of control
Love it on out of control
Now am I making this all clear
Take my heart to your ear
I don’t echo just to light on no lie
I ain’t got it down pat
But I know where I’m at
I’m standing right here
And I’m willing to give it a try
Standing here willing
To give it a try
I’ve got a hankering for you
Got a feeling for you
Way down here in my soul
Now we could run for the sun
Hell it might even be fun
Just to love it on out of control
Love it on out of control
Love it love it
Love it on out of control
Little Shot Of Something Blue.
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
How it started where it went what it all turned into
Finally coming down hard late last night right between me and you
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
Laying in the dark there ain’t nothing left to be said
I can feel you tense every breath I take and dread
Anything I say you clinch your teeth
Like I’m long ago so far beneath
Anything worth going through
Putting up with it’s all it is to you
And just what does that say
‘bout what we’ve sunken to
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
How it started where it went what it all turned into
Finally coming down hard late last night right between me and you
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
And you’re home from Missouri in the middle of the night
Got your clothes in the washer don’t turn on the light
I come in there upon you on the sofa in the dark
Ain’t no stink or smell gonna wash away
Make right where we stand right here right now
I done my wondering where you been all weekend
And that bottle of Evan been my last good friend
I bought me this here gun and I don’t know why
I never been the kind of man who thought he owned
His woman or told her how she had to do
But I been less than you been needing for awhile I guess
Draining down to empty what I feel inside
I pull my hand from my pocket and my mind’s in such a wind
And I know it’s never gonna be right again
I can’t hear I can’t breathe and I can’t think
And your eyes so cold and hard don’t blink
And my knees are trembling and my hand shaking too
Right here right now what remains
How it’s supposed to go what I got to do
Don’t you think that I’ve been hurting too
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
How it started where it went what it all turned into
Finally coming down hard late last night right between me and you
This ain’t nothing but a little shot of something blue
Susan"s Song.
And if you see her before I can
Auburn hair shining in the sun
You can tell her for me there were things left unsaid
You can tell her there were things we left undone
You can tell her that I’m on my way home now
The sun in the south shines so bright
That I’m weary now and I’m thinking of her
And I never sleep in the night
Now I been down to Golgotha where he hung from the cross
And I looked to the ground where he’d bled
They were rolling for his robe in the shadow of the cross
In the shadow of the words that he’d said
And I waited for the thunder and the lightning to storm
To drive strong men to the ground
And I had that lonesome forsaken feeling
Like I been staring out to sea
No one else miles around
Now I believed in her magic I believed in her God
Now mostly I believe what I see
If you can’t hold it near if you can’t see it clear
Then you can’t prove a thing by me
And if you should see her before I can
Auburn hair shining in the sun
You can tell her for me there were things left unsaid
You can tell her there were things we left undone
You can tell her that I’m standing with the moon in my eyes
I’m raving like a man gone insane
But I can’t get these feelings from out of my heart
Or these thoughts from out of my brain
That Dark Calling.
In dire need and desperation my poor imagination
Inadequate and stunted stood there at the desert’s edge
As the sun turned its blank eye to the horizon slowly blinked
All reason to that rage I never took the time to think
Was a story needed telling no need embellishing or dwelling
On the details served no design beyond shock and titillation
As the wind howled and my skin peeled something vital to the nerve
Stripped to the bone and I’m revealed something brittle like some riddle
I can’t solve it I must serve
And that wind blows so hot and that wind blows so hard and dry
My face become like me all beaten mean and scarred
And I been studying my life some reason ain’t been there
I was damned somehow the start I’m so angry and don’t care
It’s that dark calling in my blood that dark calling in my bone
That dark calling’s all I hear standing out there all alone
I don’t know what I don’t know why but it’s all I’ve ever known
That dark calling me down that dark calling me home
I signed my name I swore an oath to God or Satan maybe both
I sucked the blood of many men I’d visit ruin where I’d ride
And there were women I can’t name them or remember or much blame them
I was someone else each morning they searched for something wasn’t there
I smeared the sunrise ‘cross the sky I breathed the slow stench in the air
When there’s nothing left that matters come that deep well of despair
Let the pilgrim name his passion he ain’t got that long left to go
Let him scream it from the bowels his soul sing it soft and low
And that wind blows so hot and that wind blows so hard and dry
My face become like me all beaten mean and scarred
And I’ve been studying my life some reason ain’t been there
I was damned somehow the start I’m so angry and don’t care
It’s that dark calling in my blood that dark calling in my bone
That dark calling’s all I hear standing out there all alone
I don’t know what I don’t know why but it’s all I’ve ever known
That dark calling me down that dark calling me home
That dark calling me down that dark calling me home
All I Know.
This is no gala this is no show
No entertainment extravaganza
I’ll sing my song it won’t take long
There’ll be no encore when the curtain falls
The show is over that is all I know
All I know
Now the room’s nigh empty it’s the final set
The stage is dark the shadows stand so stark in silhouette
And I can’t see beyond the footlights
And long ago I came to feel
This weariness and rage is real and right
And all I know
Oh some nights it seems a thousand miles
And back ain’t where I been
And some night’s seems like tomorrow’s
Just a dream that slips away
A final tantalizing glimpse
A world that never was attempts
To pull me back into make me believe
This is how it is and has to be
It always was eternity’s
A world we worship on our knees
And the darkness builds ‘til it fills my head
Like the road disappearing behind me that’s led
Me to this moment I stand poised
This precipice of peace and bliss
All the panic and the noise and this
Is all I know
There’s some sadness locked me deep inside
An emptiness I can’t abide
I can’t deny now nor control
In its absence or its hold
I stare across that great expanse
That leap of faith and final chance
To bow my head recant repent
But that would somehow mean it all just meant
Nothing and I can not make myself believe
That it’s nothing open up my soul receive
What would be nothing nothing to me
This is no gala this is no show
No entertainment extravaganza
I’ll sing my song it won’t take long
There’ll be no encore when the curtain falls
The show is over that is all I know
All I know
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