There’s a young man in the corner playing ‘crazy’ all night long Quarters piled high upon the table He orders wild turkey and with a quick wit and a smile He says, ‘my darling, you’re the one i’ll drape in sable’ But his baseball cap and this bar-room rap Tell me a different story That […]
Witches - The Caution Horses
There are witches in the hills calling my name saying come join us sister, come kiss the flame Come dance in the moonbeams, ride the night wind make love to the darkness and laugh at man’s sins I shiver with delight, I shiver with fear my heart wants to go but my soul’s filled with […]
She captured both Rock and Bird tied one to the leg of the other kept them as prisoners until they knew who was master then she threw them to the sky Bird with unbarred wings disappeared Rock with weighted heart returned and Rock became her anchor and Bird became her dream Now she stands on […]
How could he take you in his arms and help you to be free then leave you forgotten and is it enough to cry? When you’re so broken… Her cold eyes tell you you’re not welcome she tells lies but you’ll take her back again and is it enough to die? When you’re so taken […]
Caught in the vice of heaven and earth he turned his life into a cell imprisoned by the doubts which hound us all and those desires which we all know so well His days he lost to promises, his nights he purged of dreams and he would wake in the hours before sunrise and dread […]
The way you kissed me this morning it told me that you soon would be going You didn’t even look in my eyes when you said goodbye And last night in your sleep you broke all the promises that I knew you would never keep Now I’m reading the letter which you placed on the […]
It’s the kind of night that’s so cold, when you spit it freezes before it hits the ground And when a bum asks you for a quarter, you give a dollar if he’s out tonight he must be truly down And I’m searching all the windows for a last minute present to prove to you […]
Look out, Mama, there’s a white boat coming up the river, with a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail I think you’d better call John ’cause it don’t look like they’re here to deliver the mail And it’s less than a mile away I hope they didn’t come to […]
There’s a young man in the corner playing ‘Crazy’ all night long quarters piled high upon the table He orders Wild Turkey and with a quick wit and a smile he says, ‘My darling, you’re the one I’ll drape in sable’ But his baseball cap and this bar-room rap tell me a different story that […]
The last of man’s great unchained beasts lies lapping at my door The last of man’s great unchained beasts lies lapping at my door I would give it what it wants, but I do know, it would just ask for more I search for you with every crest I ride in every trough I travel […]
