In the valley I've been living Got no friends here I've been feeling low There's nothing to do and there's no women Just church folk so there's no winning here What am I to do? It's been eight long months now I've been missing you   City's calling, city's calling me Back to the places that we used to meet I wish you hadn't moved so far away I'd give anything to go back to those days Downtown's calling, downtown's calling me What am I to do?... What am I to do?   In the valley I've b...

Stand out in the wind at night With a black cat A few bats And the moon Experience the feeling Of cool air moving over your skin Let your hair blow into an eccentric mess And embrace the sensation of it all over your face Hold your arms outstreached And let the dewy air wrap itself around you It will likely be The most sincere hug you will ever receive Take in a deep breath Exhale slowly Blowing the bats a kiss goodnight Don't even try to touch the cat

oh love you're a four letter word to me I only wish this were a little more easy well too bad, too bad love there's nothing left to take from me I can not give you more so take it easy well too bad, too bad how many times can we try to work it out? I think I've figured it out and we're both to blame how many times will it take to make you hate me? I can feel you trying But you're trying to escape me and we're both to blame we’re both too, too bad, too bad too bad how many times can we, try? h...

Sometimes, in order to sleep, we must do the things that keep us up at night.

Sometimes, in order to sleep, we have to do the things that keep us up at night.

I want to say No Don’t go Don’t leave Stay here With us here But I am a person Like you Of you In every facet Every bit as cruel and intentional Like you Of you Sometimes my cruelty is so intentional That it overrides my self indulgent nature Or perhaps It is my self indulgent nature That causes me to let you go Because I want to be the one That tells you to leave

It is easy to tell why we like, love however, is a trickier subject; haven't we all felt love for a person we truely didn't like?

“Do we have any more blackberry jam?” It was all I could think to say While trying to stop from crying My eyes burning, blurring Pushing the pressure of tears So far back into my head I was sure to have a headache For at least a few hours At least the throbbing pain Was a bit of a distraction From the throbbing pain that caused it We both just stood there for awhile Arms crossed Mirror images of one another A generation between Didn’t seem like much time at all anymore She paused To try and r...

A time tested list of messes This is feeling insincere For the sake of my creation I am writing something here I guess I’ll say I love you And I bet you will believe So have a happy birthday Mom Just three dollars to deceive

Society feeds us Such sweet spoonfuls of answers I guess that my pallet Is unrefined as their banter Why can’t we all speak, With true freedom and candor? Because our mouths are all stuffed With sweet spoonfuls of answers Why can’t we all say, The things we are thinking? Cause they’ve put aspartame In the water for drinking