Category: Lyrics

If I make it out of this desert sand, I tell you right where I’ll beOn a mountain side with the leaves a’ changing, in the hills of TennesseeI want to smell rich dark earth, and soak my feet in the creekThat dream seems so far away, I might die by the end of the…

Home is home When you grow up in a trailer, then go out into the worldSeems like you are running forever, from what you once wereThe place of your roots has a long deep holdBut who you wanna be keeps pulling you along Many times alone, and misunderstoodYou find solace in the trees as they…

Love in the moment Momma called me last winterBut I didn’t pick up the phoneI regret that decisionCause the Lord’s called her home I took her for grantedLike she’d…always be thereNow I’m looking for comfortIn memories and prayer You gotta love in the momentCause time’ll run outYou’re left feeling emptyWith a lingering doubt Did they…

I wanna go Well I know God is good, but this world is so badAin’t no wonder so many people, are de-pressed and sadDistracting themselves with strong drink and smokeKnowing all along, that ain’t the way they should go Round and round, up and back downSame routine, in this dead end townI wanna go….I wanna…

Yarns and chords I got all these stories swimming in my headI toss and turn for hours then get on out of bedI grab a pen and paper, and this old six string gunIt pours out like a fountain, as I scribble and I strum I don’t know if it sounds goodI don’t know if…

Come on Home to You I was young and strong and full of dreamsI went off to fight as a U.S. Marine‘bout bit off more than I could chew But I buckled down and I dug inMade myself some lifelong friendsWe were ready, when we finally got the call But what am I doing in…

Fightin’ for I’m getting homesickFor a place I’ve never seenIf I ever make it out of this warI’m gonna find a place that’s green Where the bird’s sing in the morningAnd the crickets sing at nightWhere the air smells sweet and the water’s coldFar away from this fight CHORUSBut tonight I grab my rifleAnd head…

The Pain And Love That I Feel (written for a friend who lost his ten month old son) When you came to us, your little smile just stole my heartAnd your bright eyes, said daddy when can we startTo play outside, to feel the sun and smell the rainBut your few days, were filled with…

Tell Their Story Tell a story about a man who struggled, just like his old manOne had nightmares from Iraq, the other from ‘NamOne jumped in a bottle of whiskey, the other in pillsBut they never talked to each other, or shared their ordeal CHORUSI put pen to paper, I gotta make it a songI…

Give It Away I spent some time outside my mind, in a drunken hazeOnly God knows how I made it, through those dark stormy daysA good friend came and picked me up, and gave me a handHe said you can’t do this alone, and we made a stand CHORUSHe saidIf you wanna keep it, you…

Unhinged Blood on the streetTears in my eyesSounds in my headBroken lives Brothers goneDemons stayWandering lostCan’t find my way CHORUSI’m coming unhinged, losing my mindKnotted inside, no way to unwindSeen too much hate, got blood on my handsLost part of my soul, in that desert land One more drinkConstant painMemories churnClose to insane Women cryWalking…

Self-Induced Penance He’s got kids, and he’s got a wifeHe’s got everything a man could ask for, in this lifeBut he’s got guilt, and he’s got painSince he came home, he’s not the same He don’t say much about it, but once a yearHe cries a lot, and smells like beerHe talks about a man,…

Why Am I Still Here I answered the call, and I went awayAnd oh, how the battle raged on that dayI took my place, one Marine, in the CorpsBut what a scar it left inside me Lord CHORUSAnd I don’t know, don’t know, don’t know whySo many young men had to dieAnd after the smoke…

This Mess I’ve Made He washed his life down the drain, with a bottle of whiskey, he lost it allUntil he came to his senses, he told everybody, it wasn’t his faultOne morning, with splittin’ head, looking at pictures hangin on the wallHe thought about his wife and his kids and his life, before his…

That Great Big Blue I was working like a dog and drinking like a fishFind some balance in life? Man, I wishSeems like everything I did, was to excessTrying to outrun them things rentin’ space in my mindTelling my family that I was fineWhen everybody could see that I was a mess CHORUSI’d work and…

Renting Space In My Mind I’ve got things renting space in my mindThings I just can’t seem to, leave behindSome are regrets, and some are things I’ve seenMostly they’re memories, and violent dreams How long will these things, hold me backHow long ‘til I am, back on trackI lie everyday and say that I’m fineWith…

Why My Daddy Cries When Daddy gets that quiet, and faraway look in his eyesI wonder back in that war, maybe part of him diedI’m glad he came home, but I wish that he was hereHe don’t play anymore, and he always has a beer CHORUSHe puts on a smile, but I can read his…