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Kerosine

Scared the Jesus from himself
Scared the demons out of hell
You blame the world
Every time you failed
Just ignore me
sweep the ash under the rug
After you burn me
You blame everyone else so well
As far as I can tell
You put the kerosine on yourself

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2012



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Tree of Knowledge

Some would ask are you there?
Does it end like this?
Do you have a **** to spare?
Some would say it's ironic
that you hung yourself
from the tree of knowledge 
and no one knew you were there

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2014

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This Truck Is All I Got

Now I know I aint got much
Not a Bible to believe In
Now my only cars a truck
That I also use to sleep in
Cause' this truck is all I got
My backyard is a parking lot

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2012

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Walking With God

Some of us are in the chapel
Hearing the preacher from the pew
Some of us are flipping channels
memes on social media and listen on You Tube
Some don't even take time to wonder
Some don't even think it's true
If you asked me, "Do I trust my father?"
"I'm doing the best that I can do"
"Was the miracle when He walked on water?
Or was the miracle not falling through?"
I answered, "For first time in my life
You know I haven't got a clue"

And do you remember when he said
"In 3 days I'll rise up from the dead"
It was all a little hard to believe for me
until the day he did

I asked him, "Lord, how can I follow you?"
He said, "All you need is faith
But before you go, just let me say
It's not an easy road to take
Every sign you see will point the other way
So, walk not by sight but by faith
And it's not without it's pain
You may find your heart is broken
Your reality bust wide open
And your doubts are overflowin'
But remember this is the road you've chosen


I asked. 'Why's it have to be that way?
And it almost hurt to hear him say
"Because in order appreciate the son
You're gonna need a little rain
It's you're choice to make"
I said, "What will I need to bring?"
My son, you won't need a thing
"No shoes?"
I'll give you wings
"First aid?"
Today by grace you have been saved

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2012

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Tonight That Ain'T Us

Sittin' on top of a champagne night
The city is lit up for the fourth of July
Her kisses already taste like Whiskey
She's tipsy in record time
Threw all of our worries
With all our clothes outside

Tonight, girl. I don't have a worry
Let's lose our manners in a hurry
This aint a good time to be shy
Don't be afraid to tell me what you like
Raise our glass for all the lonely
'Cause that sure ain't us tonight

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2012



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I Can Hear Him Playin'

He walks downtown
Staring at the pavement
He's got something he needs to say
But he don't know just how to say it
He say's it's not that 
I can't get words to flow
There's a message like a letter
My fingers write with every note
These aren't words you put on paper
It's a scripture deep inside my soul
That I pull out with Rock n Roll

No one gets what he is sayin'
They just hear complaining
Through his shitty old guitar
Oh Man, But I can hear him playin'
I know just what he's sayin'
He'll never stop believing
Somewhere his names written on a star

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2012

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I Am

I'm the blade that cut off your wings
I'm the reason you lost your faith
I'm the demon where the pope lives
I'm the place that your afraid is safe
I'm the hell that you never went through
I'm the threads to a mouth sowed shut
I'm the hope that you rely on
I'm the legs that run out your luck
I'm every stitch and every staple
From the broken heart you won't pick up

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2012

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If Love Was In a Box

If love was in a box and you threw it in the ocean
Are you saying it's lost it's cause, and you're living with no one? 
Or are you saying that you're praying 
That somebody someday 
Will show you that they
Will jump into your waters
Previously unchartered 
Find the box that's loose
and bring it back to you
Because at the end of the box
There was a string you attached
That leads to your heart
If you were to find a way back
and I hope when it's over
You will finally see
At the other end of that rope
it was always just me.

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2010

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Being Texans

You see the thing about us is
There's a common misconception
We're all "howdy do"
Glued to boots
Havin' shotgun weddins
A hillybily buncha brutes
Friday nights are meant for wrestlin'
If that's what you heard, partner
You got the wrong message

When ya'll are takin pills
for the pain as you get older
We're polishing our pistols
Countin' ammo in our holster
It's just another day
We call it going soldier
Some might say we're reckless
Like we're wearing a noose 
Around our neck with a death wish
We call it putting on our shoes
While we beat the sun up before breakfast
And you gotta admit, that's impressive
We don't think of it that much
We just call it being Texans

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2012

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You Taste Like Sunshine

Your groovness seemed a little low
So darling let me help you, so
I'll be stuck in your quicksand
I want to please you but I can't 

And a sour teaboat
Just set off to sail
A tidle wave of sweetness
and You can tell
You can taste the sour there

There's no sunshine
it's not a commin thing
There's no blood line
At least I pray there aint
God have mearcy on our selves
'cause I'm sure it's going to hell
 tried to save you
But um..I fell?

Lets taste that sunshine
I like the way you
taste of it
It taste like a person on flaims
That ****ty kind with the screams

Copyright © Stephen James | Year Posted 2014

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