Lifers
He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun He’s got mouths to feed and cattle to run Same as his daddy and his daddy done It’s all he’s ever known In this modern world movin’ break-neck fast He’s a dyin’ breed, a thing of the past He’ll be damned if he don’t hit back […]
The Raven And The Dove
I have prayed for wisdom, now I pray for peace It seems the more I know now, the less that I can sleep Stay imprisoned in my conscience, trying to figure what it means To be caught between a nightmare and the sweetest of dreams Some days a raven, some days a dove Some days […]
Where Even Angels Fear To Fly
Bastrop you don’t grow up, you just get raised On Hellfire and Brimstone and Amazing Grace The smell of stills and paper mills, you never quite escape But I got away I swore that I’d be done by 21 Staring down the wrong end of a gun I’ve drank myself ungrateful and I found myself […]
The Wanting
From the mornin’ Through the day And on through the night Like the stinging Or the burning of a slowly turning knife I ache now just to hold you Make you feel my love If only the wanting was enough I may never live this feeling down That’s the one sure thing I’ve found Better […]
Lifers
He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun He’s got mouths to feed and cattle to run Same as his daddy and his daddy done It’s all he’s ever known In this modern world movin’ break-neck fast He’s a dyin’ breed, a thing of the past He’ll be damned if he don’t hit back […]
Someone To You
I used to dream of fame and fortune I used to wanna be a star It was the greatest aspiration In my naïve stubborn heart But with the years I have grown wiser Learned without love there’s no use Now I’d rather be a no one If I ain’t someone to you I used to […]
One Good Decision
I’ve got one good decision to make tonight And I’ll have every chance to keep it right I’ve got a good woman at home So I’ll be leaving here alone Well I’ve got one good decision to make tonight I can smoke and I can drink Till I can hardly speak or think I can […]
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