Black birds with bullet holes, bullet holes Scattered across the sky I wander* These steep hills Unto the great light My fingers collapse around my pen Like soldiers** tryin’ to hold up the flag I’m callin’ out, once again In this letter to you my friend In this letter to you my friend In this […]
What do u wanna be I don’t know And what do u wanna feel I cant tell you And what do u wanna see I don’t know Just take me down to the watering hole What do u wanna be I don’t know And what do u wanna feel I can’t tell you And what […]
There was a decorated General with a heart of gold That likened him to all the stories he told Of past battles won and lost And legends of old A seasoned veteran in his own time. On the battlefield he gained respectful fame With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name He grew […]
a whirlwind cam into my life and it tried to rescue me will you come, will you go will you tell me seriously twisti’, burnin’, my thoughts turnin’ back to you again sweet thing take me to the end You better dig and take a look inside yourself so the story goes or so I’ve […]
when you dove, drunk with sleep in your eyes you stole what was left of the sky, I remember how you freed your hair, hung your head in a forgotten stare and I thought… and I thought when will the water stop, will it pour all day? when will the water stop? I know that […]
and I will walk with you using the stars as guides on a homeward path we go knowing our time is nigh I, I will walk… to be with you so put your hand in mine and lay your head to rest we’ll light the candles now they won’t be lit for long we’ll know […]
I stick loneliness, you lips and the two coins of your eyes into my pickets well the train skates into Port Henry late sunday sometimes when I’m riding high feeling fine you know there’s something troubling my mind so I reach into my pocket for some small change I reach into my pocket for some […]
hold up the firing line hold steady on the trigger’s time walk away counting backwards from nine holdin’ his breath so to start his own dying [CHORUS:] time served to the ones that left you here no people here, only names soon to be put to numbers so it’s one and the same it’s anyone’s […]
I heard a story about a boy, who was swept off the deck the sweeping tide swept the sea over his neck but it did not end there, the boy began to swim and dared to the sea that dared to invade him [CHROUS:] did you ever want to know me did you ever feel […]
so all of a sudden I’m facing a raging river that passed me by do I turn around, do I turn my eye to the sun in the apex of the high noon I’m on a flatbed yellow pick up underneath a half moon so cut me some slack jack and jump in the back […]
