When I was livin' high and light,
I lived with passion, lived with might,
but I'd find a love, not pick a fight,
when I was young and free!
I'd travel round and shoot men straight,
I'd see each pub, and drink my weight,
My heart didn't have an ounce of hate,
for I was young and free!
But there was loss and there was war,
it beat me down, it beat me sore,
but I was strong right through my core,
for I was young and free!
As time went on it beat me down,
It turned this smile into a frown,
I felt like I began to drown.
I knew I wasn't free.
to live so free was a gift to me,
a gift I shunned, but now I see!
I lived a life so young and free,
but that's no longer me.
My work's a chain,
My life's a chain
I think I'm starting to go insane!
I liked to be so young and free,
and that's the life for me!
So I'll leave my work, I'll leave my store!
I'll leave my woman, I know's a whore!
For I won't settle to be a bore,
As I am young and free!
I am livin' high and light,
I live with passion, live with might,
and I'll find a love, not pick a fight,
for I am young and free!
Monday, November 21, 2016
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Still Don't Know
I came with eyes wide open, as bright eyed as could be.
I came to see all that I could, but mostly came to see.
It's easy here to lose yourself off the stuff that is all wrong,
and It's easy here to lose yourself in a stupid, simple, song.
Life won't stop for you and not stop for me even if we die today,
Life won't give a damn for what you think, and sure not what you say.
We sit and wonder what we are, as puppets in a show.
Truth be told the smartest folks just say we still don't know.
They say when you are dead and gone, will it matter who you were?
Did you live life's every second, or run through it like a blur?
If there's nothing after life, what would it matter what we all do?
We ignore the simple questions, and pretend like we all knew.
We're discontinuous and oblivious and most of all ridiculous.
and in us all we try to hide that most of all we're hideous.
I hate to sound so mean, as the villain in the show.
I just hate that we all stumble around and say we still don't know.
There's truth outside, but it's oh so true you have to look inside
There's a truth that's all around us, but we tend to make it hide.
We'll go our lives afraid of saying what we want to say,
but why wouldn't you just say it, if this was your darkest day.
There's a woman in the Nevada that is crying in the sand,
and her life would be much better is someone would hold her hand.
And there's a man that's in the arctic that is sitting in the snow,
he's alone, but he is happy, because he knows what we don't know.
We're bad to one another, and sometimes we show some good.
but when you're gone, another'll stand exactly where you stood.
and your life won't mean a damn, except for what it meant to you,
So why don't you just live your life, won't you finally get a clue.
In every love, in every war, you'll find a time where you find a door.
and if you choose to open up you might just want to find some more.
The answers you are looking for might be from long ago,
They might be round the corner, but we know we still don't know,
We still don't know.
I came to see all that I could, but mostly came to see.
It's easy here to lose yourself off the stuff that is all wrong,
and It's easy here to lose yourself in a stupid, simple, song.
Life won't stop for you and not stop for me even if we die today,
Life won't give a damn for what you think, and sure not what you say.
We sit and wonder what we are, as puppets in a show.
Truth be told the smartest folks just say we still don't know.
They say when you are dead and gone, will it matter who you were?
Did you live life's every second, or run through it like a blur?
If there's nothing after life, what would it matter what we all do?
We ignore the simple questions, and pretend like we all knew.
We're discontinuous and oblivious and most of all ridiculous.
and in us all we try to hide that most of all we're hideous.
I hate to sound so mean, as the villain in the show.
I just hate that we all stumble around and say we still don't know.
There's truth outside, but it's oh so true you have to look inside
There's a truth that's all around us, but we tend to make it hide.
We'll go our lives afraid of saying what we want to say,
but why wouldn't you just say it, if this was your darkest day.
There's a woman in the Nevada that is crying in the sand,
and her life would be much better is someone would hold her hand.
And there's a man that's in the arctic that is sitting in the snow,
he's alone, but he is happy, because he knows what we don't know.
We're bad to one another, and sometimes we show some good.
but when you're gone, another'll stand exactly where you stood.
and your life won't mean a damn, except for what it meant to you,
So why don't you just live your life, won't you finally get a clue.
In every love, in every war, you'll find a time where you find a door.
and if you choose to open up you might just want to find some more.
The answers you are looking for might be from long ago,
They might be round the corner, but we know we still don't know,
We still don't know.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
The Fired Trail
There's kindling inside that just won't burn.
Though love never dies I just won't learn.
This town is a shell of the times I had,
with you or the others and the good and bad.
On every corner is a memory stamped
each thought is a push in head so cramped.
They've loved me so and I push away,
It's easier alone, or so I say.
But with each girl that comes and goes,
Do I feel each less? Have I lost my glow?
Did my job take me from who I am?
Do I still live free, or stuck in a scam?
I've lost a piece, and this I know.
But I'm trying hard to make it grow.
and this town is a shell of the times I had,
with you or the others and it makes me sad.
To know I've lost without a care.
and given so many so much to bear.
To finally stop and turn around,
to see my trail of fired ground.
I think it's time to begin anew.
To start a new path, that ends with 'you'.
I'm sorry, I know what y'all will say.
That you regret me so from our first day.
I promise the next, I'll do it right,
I'll be a man, that walks the light.
I'm so very tired of feeling alone,
but there's no one to blame for my empty home.
This town is a shell of the times I had,
and I hope the next one just isn't as bad.
That on each corner is happy thought
of me and 'you', and love that's caught.
It's time I think to leave this town,
to leave this shell, to leave my frown.
and where I go the memory stays.
Of the fired trail and the hell raised.
but when we get to judgment day,
I pray there's a woman with some good to say.
Though love never dies I just won't learn.
This town is a shell of the times I had,
with you or the others and the good and bad.
On every corner is a memory stamped
each thought is a push in head so cramped.
They've loved me so and I push away,
It's easier alone, or so I say.
But with each girl that comes and goes,
Do I feel each less? Have I lost my glow?
Did my job take me from who I am?
Do I still live free, or stuck in a scam?
I've lost a piece, and this I know.
But I'm trying hard to make it grow.
and this town is a shell of the times I had,
with you or the others and it makes me sad.
To know I've lost without a care.
and given so many so much to bear.
To finally stop and turn around,
to see my trail of fired ground.
I think it's time to begin anew.
To start a new path, that ends with 'you'.
I'm sorry, I know what y'all will say.
That you regret me so from our first day.
I promise the next, I'll do it right,
I'll be a man, that walks the light.
I'm so very tired of feeling alone,
but there's no one to blame for my empty home.
This town is a shell of the times I had,
and I hope the next one just isn't as bad.
That on each corner is happy thought
of me and 'you', and love that's caught.
It's time I think to leave this town,
to leave this shell, to leave my frown.
and where I go the memory stays.
Of the fired trail and the hell raised.
but when we get to judgment day,
I pray there's a woman with some good to say.
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