Wednesday, July 5, 2017

UNTITLED (c) 2017

WILL WENT OFF TO
VITENAM
IN THE FALL OF 72
IT WAS A SCARY TIME
OF UNKNOWNS
FOR THE HICKORY HIGH CLASS
OF 72
NOW FIVE YEARS LATER YOU CAME HOME A
CHANGE MAN
I TRIED TO OFFER YOU COMFORT
BUT YOU'D BEEN THROUGH MORE THAN
ANYONE
CAN EVER  UNDERSTAND

A HILLBILLY SATURDAY NIGHT (c) 2017










WHEN YOU CAN DANCE AWAY YOUR TROUBLES



AND GEORGE STRAIT ON THE JUKEBOX MAKES
EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT

ITS ALL RIGHT
DONTCHA KNOW ITS JUST ANOTHER
HILLBILLY SATURDAY NIGHT

YOU KNOW YOU'RE O UT IN THE COUNTRY
ON A HILLBILLY SATURDAY NIGHT

YOU TRY WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WEEK

FOR THOSE THREE HOURS ON THE WEEKEND WHEN
YOU'RE NOT FLOATIN' UP A CREEK

WHEN YOU DONT HAVE TO HEAR YOUR PHONE
RING WITH YOUR BOSS ON THE LINE



UNTITLED (c) 2017 (possibly Just believe)

THEY'LL TRY TO TEAR YOU DOWN
RUN YOU RIGHT OUT OF THIS
LITTLE ONE HORSE TOWN
BUT YOU STICK TO YOUR GUNS
AND YOU STAND YOUR GROUND
YOU STAND TALL AND PROUD
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GIVE IN
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR
DREAM RIGHT THROUGH
TILL THE VERY END
NO NEVER GIVBE UP YOUR DREAM
WHEN IT SEEMS THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN
WHEN YOU'VE GOT TO LET OFF
STEAM
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
YOUR ONLY FRIEND
WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE YOU JUST CANT WHEN
JUST WHEN IT SEEMS ALL HOPE IS LOST
LOOK TO THE STARS
AND BELIEVE IN HIM
AND
JUST BELIEVE



UNFINISHEd

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THAT
TIME I
MET THE DIXIE CHICKS
WAY OUT IN THE BOONDOCKS
SOME MIGHT CALL IT THE
STICKS

NOW YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE
SOME OR NONE OF THIS
BUT TRUST ME SON I LIVE OUT
IN THE STICKS

DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THAT TIME I MET GARTH BROOKS
SITTIN' OIN THE LOCAL LIBRARY
READIN A STEPHEN KING BOOK

DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME I MET
JOHNNY CASH

THE STICKS (c) 2017

IT WAS
1963
AND LIKE MARTIN LUTHER
KING
I TOO
HAD A DREAM
AND THATS WHEN YOU FELL IN LOVE
WITH ME


YOU WERE A COLORED GIRL
FROM SELMA ALABAMA
I WAS A WHITE COUNTRY HICK
BOY FROM THE HILLS
OF TENNESSEE
WE WENT TO SCHOOL UP
IN STATE COLLEGE
PENNSYLVANIA





NOW MY FATHER WAS A RACIST AND
YOUR DADDY DIDNT WANT YOU
TO BE WITH A WHIT EBOY
FROM THE STICKS
WE NEVER SAW EYE TO EYE
BUT THAT NEVER STOPPED
ME ONE BIT

I WROTE YOU ONE LETTER
EACH WEEK FOR AN ENTIRE
YEAR
I OFFERED TO BUY YOUR DADDY
A CASE OF HOME GROWN
ALABAMA BEER

















EVERYTHINGS BIGGER IN TEXAS (c) 2017


JUST LIKE MY EX'S  AND MY TAXES
EVERYTHING'S BIGGER
OUT HEREIN TEXAS

THERE'S NASA
AND BIG BEN
A COWBOY HAT
WITH A BIG OLE BRIM'

A TEXAS SIXED BIG BLUE
COWBOY SUNDAY WIN
THERE"S THE HEY HOW Y'ALL DOIN
MY GOOD OLE LONG HORN FRIEND
ITS WHERE YOU TURN UP THE COUNTRY
MUSIC
AND THE SQUARE DANCIN' NEVER ENDS

MISSISSIPPI MEMORIES ( c) 2017

V1

I WAS A COUNTRY GIRL FROM BI-LO-XI
WENT TO SCHOOL
DOWN IN BATON ROUGE
I'd ROOT
ROOT
ROOT
FOR THOSE PURPLE TIGERS
AS A CHEERLEADER FOR
L.S.U.

I'D LAY OUT ON THE BEACH BY THE
GULF OF MEXICO
THOSE DAYS WE SPENT UP IN
NATCHEZ
THOSE NIGHTS
UNDER THE
SOUTHERN STARS
IN TUPELO

WE ARE RUNNIN REBELS TRYIN'
TO FIND OUR WAY
TO SOME REDNECK
RODEO
AND NOW THAT I'M LIVING
HERE IN NEW YORK CITY
EARNING SIX FIGURES
RAISING A FAMILY
AS I LOOK TO THE FUTURE
I THINK OF THE PAST
AND
THOSE
MISSISSIPPI
MEMORIES

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CHORUS:

THE SOUTHERN COMFORTS OF HOME
A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE NEVER A LONE
WHERE WE STILL SAY HOW Y'ALL DOIN
TO STRANGERS
AND SPEND LESS TIME ON OUR PHONES