Broken Butterflies - Essence

You wear your anger well and stand For all the world to see A heavy cloak and one gloved hand And no humility You stand inside the garden And feast on black cherries And swallow the manna from heaven And spit out the seeds You spread your anger on sharp-edged knives Cut my skin and […]

Bus To Baton Rouge - Essence

I had to go back to that house one more time To see if Camellias were in bloom For so many reasons it’s been on my mind The house on Belmont Avenue Built up on cinderblocks off of the ground What with the rain and the soft swampy land By the sweet honeysuckle that grew […]

Get Right With God - Essence

I would risk the serpent’s bite I would dance around with seven I would kiss the diamond back If I knew it would get me to heaven Chorus: ‘Cause I want to get right with God Yes, you know you got to get right with God I would burn the soles of my feet Burn […]

Reason To Cry - Essence

Just to sit and talk, The way we used to do. It just breaks my heart, That I can’t get close to you. If our eyes shall meet, Somewhere down the road, Will you stop and be sweet, Or will you just walk on? I thought things would stay the same. I thought things were […]

Essence - Essence

Baby, sweet baby, you’re my drug Come on and let me taste your stuff Baby, sweet baby, bring me your gift What surprise you gonna hit me with Refrain: I am waiting here for more I am waiting by your door I am waiting on your back steps I am waiting in my car I […]

Are You Down? - Essence

Can’t put the rain back in the sky Once it falls down Please don’t cry Rain turns the dirt into mud Warm and messy Like your love Can’t force the river upstream When it goes south Know what I mean? Nothin’ will make me take you back Are you down babe Down with that?

Out Of Touch - Essence

Once in awhile we might pass on the street We nod we smile and we shuffle our feet Making small talk standing face to face Hands in our pockets cause we feel so out of place Our paths may cross again in some crowded bar We feel a little lost cause we’ve drifted away so […]

Blue - Essence

Go find a jukebox and see what a quarter will do I don’t wanna talk I just wanna go back to blue Feed’s me when I’m hungry and quenches my thirst Loves me when I’m lonely and thinks of me first Blue is the color of night When the red sun Disappears from the sky […]

I Envy The Wind - Essence

I envy the wind That whispers in your ear That howls through the winter That freezes your fingers That moves through your hair And cracks your lips And chills you to the bone I envy the wind I envy the rain That falls on your face That wets your eyelashes And dampens your skin And […]

Steal Your Love - Essence

Do they lay down the law and lock up your heart? Gonna have to steal your love. Some laws should be broken from the start, Gonna have to steal your love. You ain’t about to give it up for no one. Gonna have to steal your love. I don’t need a knife, I don’t need […]