We knew it all then,. Back when men were men;. When every page turned. Was another lesson learned.. . But time has marched through. With its steel-toed boots;.
You're a cool con man,. Fingers oh so light.. You take what you can;. Can't take back the night.. . Cheat on your taxes;. You cheat on your wife.. Say it relaxes.
Satan dressed himself in black. And sauntered into Sandy Hook.. Teachers died to stop the attack;. Couldnt save the lives that he took.. . The devil made them go through Hell,.
Silence surrounds me,. Violence hounds me,. My fear astounds me,. Finds me standing here,. Stranded behind this. Blind, black line veneer.. I lack any clear.
The believers' last stand begins;. They're stacking Bible upon Bible,. Using that old reliable. As they try to sandbag sin.. . The floodwaters are rising;.
Sadness casts its shadow. Clear across my day.. That's all you need to know -. What more can I say?. . You want the dark details,. Every blank filled in..
Pull on your boots, button your bib,. While we spin some tales from the crib.. We freestyle and we ad lib,. Sippin' on rum and Mr. Pibb.. . Yeah, we spit - because we chew..
A bright young lad, smart as they come,. Played with big-boy toys, nothing dumb.. Blazed through grade school with high praise;. Left friends and teachers all amazed..
Big black man looking ominous,. Pale white boy getting off the bus,. Time and place for a gun or drug;. These two run together - and hug!. "I missed you, Dad!" "I missed you, Son!".
Driving down the freeway,. Your favorite song comes on,. Phone starts ringing away,. And your freedom is gone.. Yeah,. No matter where you roam,. You hear that old ring tone..
Swimming with the sharks;. Long sleeves buttoned tight. Hide the needle marks. From the other players' sight.. He sees the brass ring;. He's gonna grab it..
What makes a woman trade her whole world. For one of bonnets and bows?. What makes her take the time. To count her newborn's fingers and toes?. Only a mother knows,.
If there is no God above us,. Then there is no one to love us.. If God never sent down His Son,. Then we can't turn to anyone.. . If this cold life is all there is,.
There's nowhere to turn,. No place left to hide.. It's burn, baby, burn. 'Cross the countryside.. Too much way too fast. To think it could last.. Too little, too late.
There's a world out there I've never seen,. A world where nothing is obscene,. A place where the living is clean,. A place where men say what they mean,.
I was sittin' in a diner. Down in Tennessee,. When this waitress spilled hot coffee. All over me.. She said, "Sorry, Honey! Let me get a. Towel for you.".
Never gonna drive a Mercedes,. Never be a star with the ladies.. Standing with one foot in the Abyss;. The other is on the precipice.. . Every lottery;.
Centuries of sin. Have done this planet in;. Have left us all. Shaken and afraid.. Too late to begin. To turn to the truth again;. We must sleep in. The narrow bed.
While playing Captain Ahab, blacktop whaler,. I met Moby Dick in a tractor trailer.. He drifted across the double yellow line;. I swerved and managed to miss him just in time..
When you peel back the thin layers. Between spectators and players,. The seekers and the soothsayers,. Reality is revealed.. . When you crawl into that gray zone.