She Is The Music

She is the music

I am the words

She is the melody that gets you hooked

And I am the verse

She is the wing

And I am the bird

I could not fly 

Without her

She is the melody

And she is the meter

She is the rhyme and the reason

And I swear to god I believe her

She is the music

I am the words

She is the melody that gets you hooked

And I am the verse

She is the wing

And I am the bird

I could not fly 

Without her

She is the dream

That allows me to sleep

She is the voice and she is the rhythm

Every word that I speak

It's all her

Because She is the music

I am the words

She is the melody that gets you hooked

And I am the verse

She is the wing

And I am the bird

I could not fly 

Without her

Because she is the music

Peaches and Honey

I've been chasing this world

Not knowing

Where the sunshine is going

When it's going down

I've been chasing these dreams

Not knowing 

Always going around

A cinnamon smile 

On a rainbow 

near a dry western road

A peach tree near the garden of fables

A honey stained kiss

And a dream laid away and stowed

And the cloud sings a song

For the Angel wings she tries on

She flies on

When the picture is flawed to perfection

And no more saints to air moral objections

And his soul grows unfazed in the face of rejection 

And the rising and setting sun find connection

We will know

The cinnamon kiss

That we missed 

Peaches and honey smiles

At the end of a rainbow

And the clouds sing a song

For the wings she tries on

She flies on...

One More

There is a piece of me

That burns inside

A different face

I'd like to hide

I know can't

Because I've tried

So come along

Enjoy the ride

Gather around

Watch the show

I will explain

But you won't know

Still the same

About to blow

Mourn the flame

Where the ashes go

I will explain

You still won't know

Sidewalk narcotics

And a liquor store

You know it seems 

I've wrote this song before

For one more smile

That's still adored

A shooting smile doesn't mean

It don't hurt no more

There's a piece of me

That burns inside

A different face

I'd like to hide

I know I can't 

Because I've tried

So come along

And enjoy the ride

Me And Waylon

Flying down a highway

It's just me and Waylon

Hanging on every line

Every rhyme has me swaying

I know he's a long time gone

But I still believe every word he's saying

Riding down a highway

Just me and ol' Waylon 

Every now and then my mind slips away

Looking back to remember

My favorite two bit whore

I can't believe I ever loved her

Guess, because I don't anymore

That old lines getting longer

My bedroom's a revolving door

Still every now and then I remember

My favorite two bit whore

Big Bertha back in Beaumont

She still turns me on

Like a shotgun whiskey chaser

And a Billy Joe Shaver song

Freight trains and cocaine

And blue eyes crying in the rain

Aching with a freedom

That borders on insane

But nothing does a damn thing for me

Like Kris Kristofferson

That old phones a ringing

Everybody wants to play

I don't mind'em coming 

But everybody wanna stay

If you ain't got no cash

Then you can't afford to pay

Still I don't mind you coming

But you can't afford to stay

Flying down a highway

It's just me and Waylon

Hanging on every line

Every rhyme has me swaying

I know he's a long time gone

But I still believe every word he's saying

Riding down a highway

Just me and ol' Waylon

Hey Sadie

Sadie Baby

Sadie baby

Sadie, babe you've been gone too long

Hey Sadie,

Hey baby,

Please come back home

She said"

In all your natural life

You wanted me for your wife

When you got what you wanted

You went and messed around"

I said "Sadie baby,Sadie baby

Sadie, babe, I didn't mean to let you down. 

I can't help it I've got the soul of a clown

She said

"In all your born days

You couldn't get out of your way

Now just stay out of mine

You'll sit on your front porch

Together with a bottle all alone

You'll beg and you'll cry

You'll try and you'll try

It's just a waste of time

Because Sadie baby is gone"

I cried and I cried

Said "give me one chance

I'll keep you satisfied"

She said "if you was an honest man

You wouldn't have to apologize for the times you lied

You can't right

Because you prefer to do wrong

Do wrong all alone 

Because Sadie baby is gone"

And I cried:

Sadie Baby

Sadie baby

Sadie, babe you've been gone too long

Hey Sadie,

Hey baby,

Please come back home

Teardrops In The Rain

Lately my life

Is fast cars motorcycles 

And Jim beam whiskey

And another young girl 

Only learning to play the game

Tomorrow she better learn fast

How to miss me

Because I'll be gone

Like Teardrops in the rain

A long time ago

Maybe there was one who could've held me

But she is gone

I guess it's for the best

She found something to replace me

And I found that freedom

Means more than a word in a song

Since then I've taken

Everything I took

Living hard running out the show

You can't see, so you can't know

It's all smoke and mirrors

Just a carnival game

I will show you but you can't look

Because I'll be gone

Like Teardrops in the rain

I'll shoot you straight

And you'll find surprise

Take my truth

And turn bourbon into lies

Another driven snowflake

Fallen with a Scarlett stain

I will show you but you can't look

And I'll be gone

Like teardrops in the rain

The Dreams Of A Nightmare

She called his name last night

For the first time he did not care

She knows that she's lost him

To the dreams of a nightmare

He's somewhere fighting

His fragile self esteem 

Mending his broken ego

In the arms of a living lying dream

And she cries for the chancing

Of the petty war she fought

Out chanced the chances

Of a heart she sold and bought

As the moonlight dances on her skin

Like the fingers of a stranger

Reminiscent of thunder stars

And that old holy song of mystery and danger 

He's out there somewhere

Fighting his fragile self esteem 

Mending his broken ego

In the arms of a living lying dream

She paints a story back in time

Of a careless burning at the stake

Dancing with the embers

She used to scorch her own fate

And he's out there somewhere 

Fighting his fragile self esteem 

Mending his broken ego 

In the arms of a living lying dream 

She called his name last night

For the first time he did not care

She knows she finally lost him

To the dreams of a nightmare 

Crash and Burn

Mama was a gambling gal

Put a nickel in the slot and I come out

100 miles per hour down a red mud road

Life's a highway

I gotta see where it goes

They say flying too high

Will burn you down

But I never learned

The low way around

They say moving too fast 

Your bound to crash

But I was born without brakes

So I can't slow down

Lighting a fire

Around every turn

Life's a party

I'm gonna crash and burn

They said I looked like angel

On the day I was born

They never thought to check

For my horns

A hell raising man

Eating pussy and pills

Never worried what it costs

Cause I don't pay bills

Lighting a fire

Around every turn

Life's a party

I came to crash and burn

From Himself

With one last "wish you well"

The Angels went out to play

Innocent without knowing

They spread their wings and flew away

And they left

Him with no one to save him from himself

Cigarettes on the counter

Jim beam on the floor

Looking in the mirror

Not recognizing the face he has seen

One hundred million times before

And the darkness

Hits so cold

When he thinks of the angel harem 

That he sold

For one hundred million dollars worth of worthless gold

And the smile on his face

Hides the place

On the dark side where he dwells

With no one around

To save him from himself

He is riddled with stories

And illusions of a smile

Of a long ago dream

That used to seem worthwhile

No one says

Because no one knows

Just when it will come

Terrorized by the demons

He was born with dying from

He is haunted by the traces

Of the pretty life he left

Terrorized by the places

Touching him but no one else

An easy masquerade

Marching a 40 year parade

Until no one was left

To save him from himself

And he tried to leave some laughter

And some honest make believe

A little more pretty to the pretty world

That will be sadder when he leaves

An empty notebook

In a rocking world of poetry

And his burden rested with the cause

Of making love and being free

He gave them one last "wish you well"

As the Angels went out to play

Smiling as they innocently spread their wings and flew away

The burden left

With no more reason to save him from himself

Tijuana To Birmingham

She was born in Tijuana 

Wild as that old western town

Somehow the years found her

Out here in Birmingham 

We met in a restaurant 

Swapping stories of the west

As the nighttime rolled along

She touched away the misery that was beating in my chest

And I shared with her the stories

Of a wild man who roams

She laughed with understanding 

Sharing stories of her own

She was born in Tijuana 

Wild as that old western town

Then landed in El Paso 

And made her way to Birmingham 

In the morning she told me

How she would hold me until I moved on

I knew from the night we spent without sleeping

I found a dream I thought was gone

And I shared with her the stories

Of a drunk man singing a lonesome song

She smiled with understanding

And shared a lonesome dream of her own

She was born in Tijuana 

Wild as that old western town

The good lord sent her

To save a wild man from dying alone in Birmingham 

She was born in Tijuana 

Wild as that old western town 

The Gypsy Queen

When his dear mother died

He did not grieve

He didn't bat an eye

When his pretty wife told him to leave

He spent a lifetime 

Just letting things go

Like he'd never have to feel

What he would not show

And he headed east

Towards New Orleans

Dreaming in the arms 

Of a gypsy queen 

She charmed his eyes

And his riddled mind

With illusions of a future

He would never find

She could see

He was a desperate man

So she picked his pocket

As she held his hand

He so easily placed

His misplaced dreams

In the hands

Of a gypsy queen

But as his pockets

Were relieved of there gold

Like a crushing stone

That gypsy rolled

Then one night

That life would end

Popping dollar beer with Vicodin 

In a $50 room at the chateau inn

Looking out a window

Over magazine

He saw a sad lost man

Being conned by a gypsy queen 

One life over 

A new began

He paid $50 

And he left the chateau inn

He cried for his mother

And he cried for his wife

And he smiled down the road

At a brand new life 

He thought of the horror

And the pleasures seen

Everything has a purpose 

He just paid for the service of a gypsy queen

He thought of the horrors

And the pleasures seen

Everything has a reason

Even that gypsy queen