Nathan Moore

Nathan Moore

Nothin’ Like Lovin’

Taking it light is the only way to go. Taking it easy is better than some of the things I’ve known. I tried living the hard times underneath the wicked moonshine. For a while I was so blind, but now…

My Death Comes a Callin’

My death comes a callin’. She’ll be my bride. The prettiest one I’ve seen in my lifetime. From the sky she’ll come a fallin’. She’ll be wearing white. She’s gonna be all mine. My death comes a callin’. My head’s…

Money Money Money

I can write one hell of a sad song but I can’t get paid to sing it. It’s gotta be diquised like a suicide and have a beat that’s really swingin’. They say, Don’t say so much and could you…

Mr. Clean

Mr. Clean, on his high horse, trots into town a little before noon. Two empty guns flapping on his hips. A hush falls over the saloon. The bear trapper puts his hands in his pockets. The poet throws darts at…

Mardis Gras

Confiding in strangers. Torn at the stem. There’s a mardi gras in my head. I wish I wasn’t born again. If wishes were horses, there’d be some in my soup. Time until tuesday. Dames on the stoop. But wishes aren’t…

Mad A Gas Car

I wake up when I wake up. I sleep when I lie down. I eat when I find food. I drink when there’s drink around. I lie in the arms of any lady who’s willing to hold me through. I’m…

Lord Lord Lord

I can call her on the phone and she’s out there on her own but I can’t think of the right words to say. There’s no woman anywhere next to her could compare and I never will believe she slipped…