Sold my soul inside a handbasket Been misled had a question forgot to ask it Floating down this river of heartache and missed dreams They all see me struggling but seem to ignore my screams I want to become a billionaire and drive a rust bucket You may say I'm cheap I'll just sigh and say fuck it 8 bedrooms and 15 baths My children don't come to visit but I think they'd have a blast And I had to send my gold ring back Wak...

Today is the day I put off my future Into its hours my fear nurtured Pain and risk are too much to carry Hiding from this shame is all mine to bury The gray now so profound to my hair So many moments lost, now fully bared My youth is all gone I tried to hold it in sorrow What I did not know then Today is tomorrow

It's bedtime for Bonzo and Hector Alonzo, Ronald Reagan didn't make it out of bed So we stayed there all day watching pretty women with that rug on top of Hector Alonzo's head Dancing in circles listening to the Go-Go's, waiting for that moment we'ed all be dead Raging and screaming while we did nothing, raging and screaming until the end Dismayed by this ending and there is always an ending Step to the side their story i...

Here we are banning books about Rosa Parks While the Pastor dresses in drag on Sunday Spewing a sermon of love that sounds more like hate Then goes home to berate his wife and children But that's o.k. he asked for forgiveness So next Sunday he'll expose the evils of bourbon White Jesus with his flowing locks and blue eyes Carrying all his divine interventions Can't seem to rise above it all WOW! He gives us a choice of a...

Spring has sprung you can feel it in the air Birds chirping Squirrels throw acorns from the tree tops Breakfast in their bellies, backpacks on First day back from Easter vacation Get in line, drop them at the curbside Hugs and kisses before I go Off to the office, paperwork and meetings Then, an emergency message on the radio Shots fired! My children's school! I drive back in terror Are they hiding under tables Or in a cl...

Breaking through the clouds Illuminating the fields of wheat Warming them with pleasure Maple spreading out for the winged Nesting high up into her leaves Then underneath

All my addictions Wrapped up inside my brain You want to take a run at this disaster You'll only have yourself to blame The door it's locked The windows wide open That closet is full of pain Take it to heart Run for your life It's a hard falling rain Where these figments take me Far, far away All my dreams can be your nightmares No different they are all the same Come on! Won't your drown with me Inside this bottle of sha...

I like gas station cheeseburgers Those red hot burritos too The sun coming to shine on my backyard Got a woodpecker and squirrel, they think they own the place I suppose they probably do I like getting high in my basement Listening to Davis Byrne and John Prine I like the things that just pop in Yah I think that works just fine Got an old house and two old dogs We are all rotting together I like this person I've become I...

That old man with the walker Took one to the knee another to the thigh on his trip to Vietnam Comes to every one of his grandkids' games If he doesn't get a move on He'll miss the whole thing Hold the door Here comes that kid with the fingernail polish Nothing but trouble look at his face all black and blue Came up to get away for a bit Maybe tonight someone will glance him kindness And he'll carry it with him on his long...

I see you You see me We see nothing at all Hand in hand we walk into our willing blindness I speak You speak We don't understand any of the words Tongue on tongue tied into a tight knot You listen I listen The noise is so loud we can't hear The lights have gone dim on Main street Avenue empty and cold We keep waiting for just a flicker But its dark and the storefronts are closed I hurt you You hurt me For the gold in our...

Used to be a farmer Used to till the ground Now my tractor's silent I can faintly hear the sound That memory of my father As I sat on his knee While he taught me the value Of the planted seed Used to be a milkman I used to be your friend I used to be something I'll never be again Used to be a teacher Used to mentor kids Used to think it mattered Then it all came to this Had to buy the pencils, paper and the chalk Now we h...

The flowers are wilted There's a sting in the air Leaves are all mourning As they drop in despair We held on so tight Still our hands slipped free All seemed lost as we broke our decree Tried for salvation Some kind of redemption for me Those flowers stayed dead I lost all belief Carrying the weight Of all the dead leaves The rose not bloomed Lily yet cast My beautiful bouquet I loved you till the end And a little bit pas...

Traveling through a desert of my own making Vast and wide leaving me unquenched An oasis through waves of reflection There the fruited waters of relief Skin pummeled weathered by sun Soul hardened cracked from the ocean of sand How long shall I wander? So too deny my forgiveness Through the eye of a needle Will it take my hand?

Sunflower seeds and heavy weight champions Bombs dropping down on hospitals and schools Land is all that ever really matters Open a refinery memorialize them with crude Turns out the rain of armageddon looks like missiles Greed and power from a ferrel eyed dog Fight from the streets and rooftops They need ammo not a ride Death and destruction a bloodied women cries Now gas is so high I can’t afford tickets To see my favor...

The wind blows down Western Avenue As I follow your memory home Waves crashing upon the shore of Lake Michigan Creating ice bulbs that make no sense All the heartache gone I feel you in the breeze I'll never let it go Holding your hand As we stroll through the Empire Inside of our memory What was done Can never be undone Every heart is going to bleed So here we are in Glen Arbor You and I Glen Arbor on the shores of an in...