He is Me
I said, “Tell me, Old Man, on the level, what would you say to you as a child? Would you still make that deal with the Devil if you could go back in time?” He said, “If I was Adam…
Nathan Moore
Fool Proof Poof
I was breaking bread with Jesus and dancing with his ma, wound up without a change of clothing and running from the law. Wound up down on Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. I whipped out little boy lost and she…
Sentenced to Rooftops
I tried singing my song, but I woke the missus. Went out in the yard, but the neighbors rose. Walked down the street then come the police. So that’s the way the song goes. -CHORUS Let me out of this…
Help Wanted
Filled out another application trying to resume. Filled with hesitation, feel the pull of the moon to fly away that’s what I do. Now I’m walking around my hometown looking for my girl. Daydream settling down on the spinning world.…
My Work is Never Over
Oh my work is never over even when the day is done I toss and turn when I’m sleepin’ Come the morning, my work is just begun My work is just begun My work is just begun My work is…
Over Last Sunday
All week long I’ve been writing down the wall. Writing and writing and writing, erasing it all. Never set my watch just couldn’t take the time. But I was over last Sunday and she didn’t seem to mind. Everyone outside…
Rain or Shine
i like coffee in the morning made for my love rain or shine summertime or the middle of the winter cold i like the way she dances round to the radio rain or shine summertime or the middle of the…
Iowa
When will I ever learn I am not like a dog. I care where I lay in my head. I am not high on the hog. I hate to admit it but I’ve been looking up and strange things are…
Leaving Young
The woman I love is in a glass box. We sit and talk for hours. When I’m not out kicking around in my handcuffs, I’m a songbird. The songs are ours. One night long ago, we picked a flower. We…
God Damn Ya Nawlin’s
Thought I had everything. God, I’d believe anything. But I wasn’t even thinking about the rain. I pack for the sunshine, prepared for a good time but the sky changed its mind and down at came. Now tears are falling.…