I heard a train calling Through the middle of the night I heard the whistle And the mercy of the wheels It's a hand to mouth existence In a mouth to nothing world I was longing For the way I used to feel I'd like to.. Read »

It's half price off on last year's models There's a geeseful sky and roads of potholes The town is lean and getting leaner There is a rank and file demeanor Countless souls in unkind places Wearing fixed and angry faces .. Read »

I grew up beneath the trees Not far from the refineries Aimed at the sky like smoking guns I learned to walk, I learned to run away In tracing back our history It's a wonder how we came to be A love driven through a doz.. Read »

Francis called me Joe But that is not my name I told him what it really was But he lost it just the same When they made the Francis plan They took too much off the top The sentinel of Seneca, the 800 block He would s.. Read »

It's tough before the aftermath Waiting for the sky to rain I'm almost through this thorny patch That I will not go through again... That I will not go through again... That I will not go through again Standing on a b.. Read »

I went off in the cruel word like a gun in a crowded room I went off in the cruel word like a gun in a crowded room It was through all these crude soldiers I learned to howl at the moon I spread my seed like a farm boy, .. Read »

Love is never easy It's almost always out of your way It's not the path of least resistance It's not some words you get to say It's a stream running up the mountain It's a wave rolling out from the shore I wish I coul.. Read »

I once said I knew But I don't know no more What once was strong and true Is now just stiff and sore Maybe it's a phase I'm going through Still I'd like to face this phase with you Chorus If there's love in your he.. Read »

They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot Who was looking for a man of steel Who would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots And a dream no one else could reveal Her new man said to meet him at eight She came i.. Read »

There's a party down at Kale's Vinnie Charles is out of jail again His ex's will be there And his daughter Nida has bought him an easy chair He kicked the cocaine in the can An eightball a day is not cheap for any man .. Read »