2021
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Leave Me Lonely.
Here I go again, waiting for you to come find meHere I go again, always some little thing to remind me. I don’t even know if you’re living in the same placeif the number I have will get to your voiceif the letter I send would be read by strangerslaughing and crying at all of…
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Landline.
Unpaid bills are mountingoh Hell that’s so clichebut the fountain of my youthseems to be giving all of it’s youth awaytoday and I don’t need a showertoday’s a day to be wasted in the basementwith nothing here but me and the Muzaklike i had nothing better to do today my ear’s begun to achehow much…
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It’s Time To Go Home.
I Love how the birds go tweet tweet tweetthe air is so sweet hereup at Walter ReedI got wi-fi bedsideand my remdesiviran iPhone Twitter and my TV screen Cause if you got cash and some time to burnand the best docs in the house when it’s your turnyou’ll get the dexamethasoneand mayberegeneron’s monoclonal antibody therapy…
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In the Water.
It’s cold down here, but I am used to the chill,And the fish are more friendly now than when at first I fell,And the weeds are quicker to dance than when my eyes first closed.It is my secret hiding place – nobody else knows. It’s dark down here, but I am used to the dim,And…
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Illinois is Overflowing.
I’m so tired of water.Three inches of rain in the passenger side.The intestines of cassette tapesare shining at the curb,begging just one more play,begging just one more ride,but I just keep driving.I just keep driving. You close your eyes,three inches away in the passenger side.James is on the radio singing,“Don’t let me be lonely,”as I…
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I’ll Make You Sorry You Said It.
I’ll make you sorry you said itwipe the pride off your stunted face I’ll make you sorry you said itwipe the grin off your stupid face I’ll make you sorry you did itand see how this soap tastes I’ll make you sorry I did itI want to show you how real failure tastes You know…
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I Didn’t Take It Down.
Promised you would love me more than any other manthe time you said it first, and we made love in your bedyou’re gonna have to trust me on it, sometimes you forget’cause I didn’t take it downno, I didn’t take it down. Years now, I’m agonizing over the paintingyou made to keep me company in my…
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I Am The Wreckingball
I am not mortar, I am mortal,A force of destructionabout as cordial as a wreckingball.A kiss like breaking brick,that sickening feeling in your stomach.Came seeking shelter and founda splintered white picket. A product of my raising,build it and they will come prayingfor restoration,but I am no cathedral.just broken and stained glass,They say, have faith, and refuse…
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Hum.
If I had our song in my handsWon’t find its way to a strumWould you think that I loved you lessWonder if I’d gone numb If I had our song in my mouthWon’t find its way to a wordWould you think I had nothing to sayJust ‘cause it couldn’t be heard ‘Cause you make me…
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HARM.
you know I’ll Live to be 19 foreverthe careless harmless flirtingfretting for an uncaring world19 I may be too youngbut then again I’ve always been too young you say I’ve got so much growing up to dowell I say neverYou know I never wanted toand you say maybe just an inch or twoand I say…