I met a friend of spirit He drank and womanized And i sat before his sanity I was holding back from crying He saw my complications And he mirrored me back simplified And we laughed how our perfection Would always be denied "heart and humor and humility" He said "will lighten up your heavy load" […]
I’ve got a blue motel room With a blue bedspread I’ve got the blues inside and outside my head Will you still love me When i call you up when i’m down Here in savannah it’s pouring rain Palm trees in the porch light like slick black cellophane Will you still love me When i […]
There’s a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He’s black as the highway that’s leading me Now he’s diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took a ferry to the highway Then i drove to a pontoon plane I took […]
I went to staten island. To buy myself a mandolin And i saw the long white dress of love On a storefront mannequin Big boat chuggin’ back with a belly full of cars… All for something lacy Some girl’s going to see that dress And crave that day like crazy Little indian kids on a […]
I’m traveling in some vehicle I’m sitting in some cafe A defector from the petty wars That shell shock love away There’s comfort in melancholy When there’s no need to explain It’s just as natural as the weather In this moody sky today In our possessive coupling So much could not be expressed So now […]
A strange boy is weaving A course of grace and havoc On a yellow skateboard Thru midday sidewalk traffic Just when i think he’s foolish and childish And i want him to be manly I catch my fool and my child Needing love and understanding What a strange, strange boy He still lives with his […]
Old beale street is coming down Sweeties’ snack bar, boarded up now And egles the tailor and the shine boy’s gone Faded out with ragtime blues Handy’s cast in bronze And he’s standing in a little park With a trumpet in his hand Like he’s listening back to the good old bands And the click […]
I was driving across the burning desert When i spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain It was the hexagram of the heavens It was the strings of my guitar Amelia, it was just a false alarm The drone of flying engines Is a song so wild and blue […]
No regrets coyote We just come from such different sets of circumstance I’m up all night in the studios And you’re up early on your ranch You’ll be brushing out a brood mare’s tail While the sun is ascending And i’ll just be getting home with my reel to reel… There’s no comprehending Just how […]
