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The halfwit in me:

I kept your word

In place of mind

Divine rights

Of the godless implied

And the halfwit in me couldn't keep time

A tuneless trumpet

Breaks down the stone

Weight of the keep and take

Contracted by loan

And the halfwit in me stayed out all night

Go on ahead

Build another home

For lean mean eaters

Everything but the bone

Call yourself lucky, we never use the phone

Borrow headspace

From tomorrow and on

Everybody has papers

If they're in on the con

And the halfwit in me kept on keeping on

A Sunday sit down

We still end up short

A life to confess

We still pay less

And the halfwit in me will have one more

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A choir apart:

Heads up for this joker

Hand on the heart

Pledge to a false flag

Shout from the Sundays

Hallelujahs condescending

The joy was showing

Praise in one ear

And out the other

You'd curse your own name

You'd curse your brother

How can a man sing

With the choir apart

My lips were moving

No soul or heart

Gifts of wine for me

A pass of hands for thee

Late on arrival

I wrote your name in a book

Traded in papers

I asked them all

Longing for someone to add my own name

Pens of fountain ink, written in feather

Acrylic on leather, birds claw untethered

My word is divine, I control the weather

Forget the long season

My path transcribed

The long handshake

Whisper from the midday

Perspective hushed

Tasking just for tips

Golden sings that have been sung

Wise ass wisdom, wasted on the young

Spend your mornings thinking about the night

Don't carry fire, you can use my light

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Funny thing she said:

Funny thing she said to me

I could see you giving me a child

But your roaming eye

You're going to give them what is mine

How you come with the day

And you leave with the night

Your lips taste like honey

But I know you're drinking wine

And I'm no easy meadow

There is no water to drink

And hey why the long face boy

Have you even thought of me

Funny thing she said to me

Why'd you even come over last night

You're chiming in the wrong shade of blue

Saturday night meant nothing, but I know that Sunday was true

How you come with the day

And you leave with the night

Your lips taste like honey

But I know you're drinking wine

And I'm no easy meadow

There is no water to drink

And hey why the long face boy

Have you even thought of me

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Sullen mind:

I'm cast in a corner bar and you'd tell me

Naked ladies in the sunlight, they adore me

And I can only turn to walk away, because I only have a Christian education

And with a sullen mind, I carry you

And with a sullen mind, I'm fair

And with a sullen mind, I laid down

And with a sullen mind, I'm out of here

I'm cast in a corner bar and you'd tell me

I can take any motherfucker home who loves me

And I can only turn to walk away, because I only have a Christian education

And with a sullen mind, I carry you

And with a sullen mind, I'm there

And with a sullen mind, I laid down

And with a sullen mind, I'm out of here

I’m cast in a corner bar and you’d tell me

That I can go out any night with no money

And I can only turn to walk away, because I only have a Christian education

And with a sullen mind, I carry you

And with a sullen mind, I'm fair

And with a sullen mind, I laid down

And with a sullen mind, I'm out of here

Seventeen past three, and I’m waiting on a friend

he owes me cigarrettes, and I owe him gasoline

Half past four, and the speed is kicking in

Honey, come on over and I’ll show you where I begin

And with a sullen mind, I carry you

And with a sullen mind, I'm there

And with a sullen mind, I laid down

And with a sullen mind, I'm out of here

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I Will Ask You Twice

I'm playing footsie with Jesus

man what a weak touch

I don't read the Bible, baby

I think it says don't ask much

With good posture for peace

a celebration would be nice

would you marry me baby?

I will ask you twice

Leather boots for justice

ones that fit just right

what size are you when wet?

Do you wear those things out at night?

With good posture for peace

a celebration would be nice

will you marry me baby?

I will ask you twice

I will ask you twice

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The Roundabout

There's no instance 

in conscience or convenience

even though you stand on heavy shoulders

I take the roundabout 

cause I like to see St. Jude

again and again

Hands folded in prayer

God, do you write prescriptions?

God damn my signature is fake

I take the roundabout 

because I like to see my house

number four, number five, number six, number seven

and number eight

And I'd buy you a drink

but my credit is quite shit

so we can all laugh and have tap water

my friend laughs cause he thinks he’s having a daughter

you can find me at the roundabout

and you try the passenger door

oh shit man, it doesn’t even work

and you’d cry like you’ve never seen water

come to think of it

I think my dad wanted a daughter

you can find me at the roundabout

where every lotto ticket wins you ten dollars

inside the city limits, that doesn’t even buy cigarettes 

so you hit the back road, and you grab a carton

lean into my shoulder, wearing an old man’s coat

with a couple war badges and a two cent stamp

will you love me at the roundabout?

you can find me at the roundabout

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The Great And Undecided

My friend was a midnight writer

and I was a temporary hire

with no mandolin to hold to my chest

I guess it worked out for the best

And I heard ever since you crossed state lines

you found your dream job

My friend Joy wrote a song for me

she was singing it my room

she said you can play it anytime you’d like

if you tell the neighbors it’s my tune

And I heard ever since you crossed state lines

your old man was sending you money

And I heard ever since you crossed state lines

everybody was getting postcards

And you moved away to keep a distance

that’s kind of nice cause I like it here

I was the great and undecided

holding a candle where the light is

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Age Old Tale

“Set me up”, says the man with a tall order

and age old tale, undersigned

post script- "I ran out of space"

and “I can still smile with the taste of zig-zag”

Whats a mile a minute to somebody walking backwards in daylight savings time?

Not very fast I guess

Go on, take my advice brother

Skip out on the bill, and piss on the rest

Sitting in my beater

Dead of winter, busted heater

and it always feels like quitting time

I wanna pull you from my mind

Hold you in my hands, and let you unwind

In a harvest of sepia, you came as ox blood

Wednesday was a ruby, and Thursday was a flood

and I’m beloved by the loved, who love to love

and I can still cut loose on a weekday night