Nathan Moore

Nathan Moore

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.…

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…

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.…

Like His Daddy

He left Saint Louis with a hatter and a hare, thirty five cents and a lighter and the dirt in his hair. He went down to the crossroads and his momma was there. She said, “Man, I can’t believe you’re…

The Letter

I just noticed, I’m losing that feeling. You’re fading from my arms. I’ve quit talking a little like you and I can’t find that charm -CHORUS you gave me time girl you gave me love girl then had to go,…

Passing By

I’ve thought a lot about the passing of the son. All the little things that could’ve come to save the day. One by one, I hear them now, words that will never live. But there’s one bit of wisdom with…