When The Stars Were Aligned

When the stars were aligned

And I was her friend and she was mine

When the stars were aligned

I was as reckless as she was wild

She held my heart in her hand

And I trusted her just like a child

When the stars were aligned

I was her friend and she was mine

When the stars were aligned

The colors all came together then

That old riddle would not break

The story means more than the end

We choose every chance we take

And there were moonlit butterflies 

Flying across the whiskey skies

Forever did not matter then

Chancing laughter for the next sunrise

There was always magic burning with surprise 

When the stars were aligned

Regret does not write poetry

Nothing but the moment

Is ever really meant to be

And those moments are still smiling somewhere

Where the stars were aligned

When the stars were aligned

I was her friend and she was mine

When the stars were aligned

I was as reckless as she was wild

And I trusted her just like a child

Johnny Cash Is Dead And I Still Tell Too Many Lies

We used to sit out by the bar

And listen to "Cry Cry Cry"

I would tell her that I love her

Then I would give it my best try 

But that was a long time ago

Johnny Cash is dead

And I still tell too many lies

Johnny Cash is dead and I still tell too many lies

I wake up in the morning

That old sun screams at me

I wake up in the morning 

The sunlight screaming at me

Smelling like cigarette perfume

And a bath of last night's whiskey 

That woman I sing about is gone

She disappeared right before my eyes

That woman I sing about is a long time gone

She disappeared right before my eyes

God knows I don't think about her anymore

Because Ol' Waylon is dead and I still tell too many lies

Reckon I was born

In a time not my own

Reckon I was born

In a time not my own

Listen to the radio

And WZZK won't play 

One goddamned country song

Maybe I was born

100 years too late

A damn sad joke 

By a simple twist of fate

Running out of reasons

Running out of excuses and alibis

But Old Hank is dead

And I still tell too many lies

The Last Goodbye Song

I guess I ain't the man I wanted to be

Or even the one I thought I was

You saw me about to drown

And you held me down

I don't know if it was just for fun

Or just because

Or just because

But something funny happened

When I was laying there in the gutter all alone

I found out I've been living without

You since you've been gone

And though I know

There is nothing left that I owe

I thought I would write you one last goodbye song

One last goodbye song

Long overdue as long as you've been gone

Get drunk and crack a smile

It's been a long long while

But raise your glass and sing this last

Goodbye song

Baby when you found me

I was already low, thought I was low as I could be

Ain't it funny passing time

How love and a rhyme 

Put a hold on and made a fool of me

Yesterday I shed one last tear

And lost the last thing I had to lose

I replayed the last few years and thought if I had a choice just what I would choose

I wouldn't change a thing as the truth that rings moaning these hillbilly blues

You left me for a cowboy

And you left me for your friends

You left to live the same old life

You were always living in

One last time 

I'll let you cross my mind

But the illusion is gone

You never wore my ring

So we don't owe each other a goddamn thing

But still, I'll give you one last goodbye song

One last goodbye song

Long overdue as long as you've been gone

Get drunk and crack a smile

It's been a long long while

But raise your glass and sing this last

Goodbye song

Everyone needs a cause

Even if it seems lost

Mine are love and freedom

Maybe I am excessive in my plight

But liberty is a light

Where heroes shine when you need them

Success, to me, is a garden.  It is creation  it is love. I don't need society or her rules or expectations.  Success to me is a dream to pursue as opposed to one coming true. A crazy dreamer driven by the bounds of his own combine or a far away highway sign.  It is in words that I can be proud of and a kiss I would never take back.  

Somewhere along the way I will probably grow up and then I will die.  Until then I will just dream to create and love.  I will call that successful

100 Notches And The Badman

I have 100 notches on my gun

Don't get too close or you will be 101

Heed my call or you will fall to my gun

With the damage done

I hope you understand 

I'm a bad bad man

Please listen close and believe the words I say

You will fall and I will smile and ride away

I won't stay

It's not who I am

I'm a bad bad man

You think that you know me

Because once you could hold me

And call me friend

I am not the same

I have changed

A lot since then

You made me what I am 

I'm a bad bad man

And I have 100 notches on my gun

Don't get too close or you will be 101