CRACKERS
The little girl with the broken leg
Cast in a mystery
What coulda happened when they turned their head with
No one there to see
Well listen here to me …
Maybe mom was in the other room
Maybe Riggy had to pee
It coulda happened when they on the phone but
Crackers works til three
Crackers works til three …
Maybe grandma turned the other way
Maybe GUA smoked some weed
Maybe Dilly sat upon that leg, but
Crackers works til three
Crackers works til three
Nobody ever found the evidence
Nobody even heard her scream
But as for me well, I'm still on the fence 'cause
Crackers works til three
Crackers works til three
Possibly a dream
YELLOW JACK BITE (WHY, JB?)
Got a little story ‘bout a fellow back west
Had a little run-in with a yellow jack nest
Found it with his tractor
Well it caused him some distress
And this was just the starting of his yellow jack mess
This was just the starting of a yellow jack mess
I’m here to tell the story
and I’ll try to do my best
But this was just the starting
of his yellow jack test
This was just the starting
of his yellow jack test
Started in the morning and it ended in the night
Tractored up a nest and caused
the yellow jack flight
An orange moon was rising
He was running out of light
Could never have expected
this here yellow jack fight
Could never have expected
this here yellow Jack fight
Jacks was in his helmet now
and so he couldn’t see
Pedal to the metal and his tractor hit a tree
They swarmed up on the tractor
and they swarmed around his head
Never been this buzzed before
is what I heard he said
“Never been this buzzed before”
is what I heard he said
They was swarming from the left
And they was swarming from the right
Each one gettin’ angry now
and ready for a fight
I don’t know how he did it
But he must’ve done it right
Got off pretty easy with a yellow jack bite
Got off pretty easy with a yellow jack bite
(MOVE TO) CALIFORNIA
she hated the job there and
it was too cold
was this really the place to grow old
friends never thought she would leave there
again
but she couldn't take one more winter
darkness set sooner and time had to pass
each breath, closer, could this be the last
friends from at home wouldn't see her again
but she couldn't take one more winter
q new lonely york only winter
move to california
move to california
move to california
she could just go - run away …
strangers were told he was leaving the rain
what makes a man put his foot on the train
new friends would find him a warm set of ears
and he could re-write his whole story
he could re-write his whole story
move to california
move to california
move to california
he could just go - run away
this story ends in Mendocino
nobody thought it that we'd go
everything's better right now
oh so much better and how
everything's better by now
we could just go - run away …
(A) QUARANTUNE
Well this is how it's bound to be
when the world ends
I wouldn't blame you for feeling down
I'm ringing up my loved ones and my best friends
Tried to say I need you, but I don't know how
Tried to say I need you ...
I'm reaching out to precious ones and to lost
friends
You're all such comfort to me now
Finding out from how low down can the heart mend
Tried to say I am sorry, but I don't know how
Tried to say I'm sorry ...
All alone with all these thoughts and my pen
I tried to put this feeling down
This shall pass and we'll breathe free again
my friend
Tried to say I love you, and I'm learning how
Tried to say I love you ...
RAINBOW PONY (BUZZ)
it’s like skipping through the state fair
with cotton candy in your one hand ...
You got a strawberry Creamsicle in the other
hand, and you’re chewing on some bubblegum
it’s like lying on a bed of rose petals being
smothered in a warm dark chocolate mouse,
wearing nothing but your birthday suit and
drinking fresh blueberry juice
it’s like you’re leaning back and sitting on some
cushions with your lover in an old Moroccan
spice market, while you’re eating dried fruits that
are sprinkled with fresh cardamom seed
it’s like bathing in a vat of warm chocolate
covered cherries
while you're sucking on italian ice
sounds like another fun day tasting wine
with Dougie at the Vine of Spice
it’s like you’re wrapped in velvet curtains while
someone sprinkles flowers on your incense waterbed, or eatin’ oatmeal raisin cookies freshly baked by someone's grandma topped with hazelnut spread
it’s like sucking on tangerine skins, while being
slapped in the face with some old peach fuzz,
just another few glasses you’ll be getting your
rainbow pony buzz
it’s like lying on a bed of rose petals being
smothered in a warm dark chocolate mouse
wearing nothing but your birthday suit and
drinking fresh blueberry juice
THESE MOMENTS (WITH YOU)
Let’s take this moment nothing left to do
I feel like someone when I’m here with you
I’m split wide open - you took my broken
And showed me love like I never knew
I’m warm forever by the sparks that flew
There’s nothing better when it’s just us two
I’m only saying - there’s no more waiting
Now we finally found the truth
I want to hold ... on to these moments with you
Another late night and we’re on the phone
It’s always raining and you’re home alone
but then I come ‘round,
We turn the lights down
And I write you another poem
The day moves slowly but you’re next to me
The sweetest Valentine beside the sea
And in the nighttime - we see those
stars shine
I feel you close as close can be
I want to hold ... on to these moments with you
I want to hold ... on to these moments with you
(ANOTHER) GOLDEN MOON
no chance to fail
none at all
no chance to fail
with this golden moon
Warmer breezes on the island
That timeless afternoon
A warm breeze blowin’ from him to her
As someone hummed a tune
Someone hummed a tune
He'd left the lights of the city
For stars above the isle
For gravel roads and for darker nights
The spirit of a child (with)
The spirit of a child
She traveled down for the sunshine
Future plans they/there were few
But she found home on that island sand
(And led him towards the two)
(She led him towards the two)
They weren’t young when they first met
But they grew younger with the years
'Cause love is like dancing backwards
Dancing backwards through the years
Dancing backwards through the years
no chance to fail
none at all
no chance to fail
another breath of wind
TEN AND TWO (2020)
GONE
Ninety-Five at eight a.m.
Broke another glass
Still getting used to moving this slow
Turn around and I'm startled
Turn around and she's gone
Five p.m. yet not quite there
Sun is going down
Needless to say I'm late for the game
Friends will call meeting downtown
I'll decline then I'll show
Finally home it's one a.m.
Mind is racing wild
Nothing makes sense now my head's in the clouds
Broken thoughts leading nowhere
Try to sleep, to calm down
Now she's gone don't need a name
Would do it all again
Nothing to show but these scars on my heart
Turn around but I'm troubled
Turn around and you're gone
Turn around then you're gone
AS A SONG
Clean as a whistle / Sharp as a tack
Straight as an arrow but Blind as a bat
Light as a feather / Sly as a fox
Slow as molasses but Strong as an ox
As a song - As a song
Fresh as a daisy / Hard as a rock
Dumb as a fencepost - Now back to the top
Cute as a button / Smart as a whip
Fit as a fiddle but she's Cold as a fish
As a song - As a song
Dead as a door-nail / White as a ghost
Drunk as a Sailor and burnt up like toast
Flat as a pancake / Thin as a rail
Pay close attention as that boy starts to wail
As a song - As a song ...
ETERNAL DECISIONS
Eternal Decisions - Like a tattoo
Could take down the best of us
Is it just for the few?
Even better than smoking
If you must know the truth
Baby Judy's gonna need a friend
And she's counting on you
Just below the rooster
You wake up fresh and new
Hunting down the wild border line And crossing it too
Or trading in your best friend Just will never will do
What somehow ended up as ten, started as two
Tumbleweed and Family
Rolling on Eternally
Family and Tumbleweed
Someone tend to Grandma's needs
Eternal Decisions - Like a tattoo
It isn't for the faint of heart Nor the Golden Two
Even better than smoking What you're burning to do
There are better ways to pass the time When there's nothing to do
RENO
Somewhere over Ireland it all sunk in
I drank the Kool-Aid
It all came clear
It all sunk in
He's never been more tender
And she's become oh so dear
And they just both can't get over the summer
Somewhere over Ireland it all sunk in
I passed an angel her face was clear
It all sunk in
He's always somewhere sounding
And she's the one who can hear
And they just both can't/won't get over each other
But she don't wanna wait til Reno
Cause waitin' just brings her down
He can be more pollyanna
But they both know what they found
Somewhere over Ireland...
LONG BEACH
Well the first time I saw her she was out in front of Gino's in Long Beach
I knew right away that she was something special to me
She was older than me yeah
but she was so beautiful
I got her number
I got her number ...
And she moved in
I guess that in the end it was grandma
that brought us together
And all those summer Sundays when we would take those long drives together
I got her number
I got her number ...
She did a number when she moved in
And 'We' became 'Us'
We became one
We became us
When she moved in
