If only, if only I could catch the cooties from you, please, give me the cooties, I heard, they can cure the blues, sometimes
Give them to me, so they'll be mines
The cooties aren't so scary, when they're coming from you
The cooties are the only thing that can stop me from feeling blue??
I don't get to see you, anymore
This is hard for me
You impressed me to my very core
If you used a breathalyzer wand, to see
If I were drunk, it wouldn't be from wine
But from the way I feel, thinking of you
Wishing that you were mine
Or that I could simply lock lips with yours
Then, maybe I would no longer feel so blue
For now, though, in my imagination- we're walking hand in hand, on many shores
Through flowers, past ponds and valleys, too
Past the limits of infatuation
If only, if only I could catch the cooties from you, please, give me the cooties, I heard, they can cure the blues, sometimes
Give them to me, so they'll be mines
The cooties aren't so scary, when they're coming from you
The cooties are the only thing that can stop me from feeling blue??
He played guitar in a Texas tavern -
Could have been famous but for her brown eyes.
He loved her more than his music could tell.
He smiled and played while he swallowed her lies.
There came a time when her brown eyes wandered -
Settled on a drifter from San Antone.
Now he plays guitar in Huntsville prison -
His brown eyed lover is sleeping alone.
He used to play in a Texas tavern -
Just a lowdown honky tonk so they say.
He had great talent 'til he did murder -
He let brown eyes and lies get in his way.
6-8-18
I brought her back to Texas, she's too young to marry
I brought her back to Texas, clear from Tucumcari
The sheriff said,"John Henry, you know you broke the law."
The sheriff said,"John Henry, beats all I ever saw."
She said,"Oh, mister sheriff, please don't take John away."
She said,"Oh, mister sheriff, I love him anyway."
He took me off to Huntsville put me behind barbed wire
Said,"You can stay in Texas, but no kids will you sire."
They say she left Texas, went back to Tucumcari
Friend,don't bring her to Texas, if she's too young to marry
8/10/2017
So far away from home, but it feels like Birmingham
Capturing pictures of it all to post on Instagram
Now thinking if I should relocate for better perspicacity
Alluding that something different will not be bad for me
Nick still by my side, no telling what we're getting into
He's chosen to drive, and I'll assist on what I can do
And I say, "the bomb gals always live near the lakes"
He says, "we're almost in Huntsville, and I'm not trying to wait".
There we chill, but it's far from frigid outside today
Conversation drifts into, "what if we decide to stay?"
The Idea is gold, as we hope some day it will happen
Soon we wrap it up. And tomorrow? Another Sunday in Gadsden.
I don’t know where you are,
Even though you have GPS,
On your Jaguar.
She knows your every step.
You give her your best.
I don’t know if you’ll come back,
Even if I agree to be friends.
She has you wrapped around your finger,
Thoughts of you constantly linger,
Day in, day out, every minute, every second,
You’re with her I reckon.
You could be in Monroe,
But I don’t know for sure.
You could be in Chicago,
Chillin’ with her and your family.
I certainly wish I was her.
You could be in Huntsville,
Giving her all of the thrills.
You could be in Baton Rouge,
Putting her in the mood.
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know else to say
But I that I love you
I don’t know where you are
Even though you have GPS
On your Jaguar.
I wish I knew your every step
I wish you gave me your best.
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