well i talked to him at the corner today
he said what about her
i asked what about her?
she sells tobacco down in cottondale now
cottondale tobacco
said she was too weak willed to work again with him
said this one has got her under his grips
her and their kids
says he's afraid of her around all these guys
i smiled thinking her boyfriend's worried about me
because i know i aint no worry to tara
old boy can keep his kids and his funny little motorcycle
we seen each other at the grocery store and he aint say shit
im gonna crank up my goddamn lightnin
pay her a visit
tell her im bout tired
of this business
come on home with me girl
i'll just love you
and every little fucking bit of that
smile that hung underneath
those cheap eyeglasses
dont care if you aint got
no boobies or no asses
i'll just love you
that's all i'll do

its somewhere between
the swagger of those in the alley
and the swoon of them underneath the porch
oh such an intriguing thing
sending volts to the bolts
in my rubberneck
i watch and i watch
and i guess and you guess
and the answers lay somewhere between
my head and her dress
my eyes and her legs
my words and her breath
i know you've been chewed up
but i'll eat all that that's left

and when it hits 50 i look at you like i just hit an ace anda face card but i hit an 18 and you hit it in 5 cards and i swear you're kickin him under the table and i hate it i hate it but whatever i play dj with hawaii music and you play the best reader and i play nothin and youre not blushin

wish youd woke up with me to help find the left over snow clearin off bumpers pretendin trailer hitches were mistletoe but oh i know oh i heard that you keep smellin that bird the one that clipped my wings it brought me somethin wish youd bring somethin so i could just stop these poles from touchin hurt myself but o its nothin im still appreciatin cans that are taller than others and girls that are bigger than brothers

and when those moments come into my head and im all damn i havent thought about that in years i think about that red truck with the better gas mileage and the better driver i miss those rear view mirrors more than you do fried okry in cullman sent us on our way we drove back with funniest looking smiles i wish we had worn them forever but this'll just get better

and its watching the whiskey melt the ice and watchin women fight their way out of saturday nights and its jacks in the mornin with motorcycle war vets some shake cause theyre crazy some shake cause theyre old and we eye each other while we eat biscuits that remind us of mama and we watch the news like daddy we're always gettin old and its haulin ass to dead ends and drinkin to make friends

a prayer


"god bless this wine
god bless these tracks
and god bless things
that never come back"

i am that turd floatin down the water park im makin all those innocents sick a cancer if you will i'll float on and kiss you i'll float on and kiss you i'll float on and kiss you