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 

These Lies I Tell

Since you've been gone

I've been pretending to be strong

I've been pretending to be strong 

Since you've been gone

Trying to play it cool

No one knows I'm a fool

I'm the coolest fool you'll ever see

Because these lies I tell

I tell them so well

No one knows I'm lying but me 

My lying smile

Says I'm happy on my own

With no one here to raise hell

And carry on

My lying smile 

Says I'm happy you're gone

And if I really miss you

No one could ever know

When I want to kiss you

There's no way to let it show

Because I've learned to play it cool

No one knows I'm a fool

Hey, I'm the coolest fool you'll ever see

And these lies I tell

I tell them so well

No one knows I'm lying but me

I've learned to play it cool

No one knows I'm a fool

Hey, I'm the coolest fool you'll ever see

And these lies I tell

I tell them so well

No one knows I'm lying but me