Me debunk an American myth?And take my life in my hands?Where the great plains begin,at the hundredth meridian.At the hundredth meridian,where the great plains begin Driving down a corduroy road,weeds standing shoulder highFerris wheel is rusting off in the distanceAt the hundredth meridian where the great plains begin Left alone to get gigantic;hard, huge and […]
I had this dream where I relished the fray and the screaming filled my head all day.It was as though I had been spit here,settled in,into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket,off the coast of France, dear. One afternoon,four thousand men died in the water here and five hundred more were thrashing […]
I left your house this morning about a quarter after nine Coulda been the Willie Nelson, coulda been the wine When I left your house this morning It was a little after nine It was in Bobcaygeon I saw the constellations Reveal themselves one star at a time Drove back to town this morning with […]
Instructions from the manualcould not have been much more plainthe blues are still requiredthe blues are still required againpast territorial piss-postspast whispers in the closetspast screamin’ from the rooftopswe live to survive our paradoxes Men here of the secretthey pass in upholstered silencethey only exist in crisisthey only exist in silencepast territorial piss-postspast whispers in […]
he was a coal miner in the springblinded with its dusty resolutionsbroke his back for higher contributionsnow he’d take anythingwell she was 1970burning like a cigarette long seasonheir to her family’s old treasonsshe makes love hard like an enemyoh ma he’s dying and the river don’t sleepwhen the water runs coldand the calendar burnsas the […]
I’m going down to see my highway girlshe just back from around the worldI’m gonna get me a gun, I’m gonna stand on guardin a little white booth in her front yard throwing rocks at her window what could she doif I throw enough rocks one might break throughwell she looked out her window when […]
Your imagination’s having puppies It could be a video for new recruits Just stare into the camera And pretend that you got the flu Or dream of impossible vacations And get all teary from the wind Look as though you’re standing at the station Long after the train came in And see how the space […]
Greasy jungle metropolis noirEasy tangles the easiest so farAhI drove down your roadto Hazeldean where I tastedyour funeral home’s sandwiches and coffeeI saw your hands melt into one anotherI saw you grieve and growcare a lot about one anotherI stood at your sinkand I felt your warm waterI washed your dishesand I looked out your […]
orn a queen up on her side, and she felt it too.there’s a lot you can see when there’s nothing to doshe got down on her knees and she dug herself outslipping to the east side and prancing about. learn a language baby, it’s that kind of placelow card is hunger and high card is […]
Well there’s a rockin’ little spotNext to the Regent TheatreAnd if you wanna make the sceneYou’ll make it sooner or laterYou’re really hanging with the crowd You know the ins and the outs hereAll Canadian Surf ClubDenim jackets and long hair Well we’re rocking to the beachWatch the waves as they roll thereI meant I […]