Take a walk
through the neighborhood
houses whittled
by years of wind and rain
find the remnants
of Canaan wood
it stood as a Hitchcock chair
in it's day
once sat a man with a smile
like a grill off a '49 Buick
he earned this all
with an honest wage
lived his days like a
dying slave
the lord giveth
he taketh away
when I was a little boy
I'd take a penny
place it on the rails
of a West Texas track
oh, I know you
couldn't spend it
but I always thought money
looked better like that
always was a daydreamer
thought that everybody was
maybe I'll get civilized
stick around settle down
always was a daydreamer
walk these streets
a thousand times over
walk these streets
over a thousand times
each shuffle of my feet
the day grows older
and another piece of life
gets sacrificed
I take one
in a chain of footsteps
both feet stand
for different things
the left one knows
the way back home
to you baby
but tonight the right one's
gonna take that lead
walk into a bar
there's a mirror
reflecting all the
toasts and the tears
my conscious and unconscious
start to bicker
behind the liquor
my conscious hasn't won
that kind of fight in years
always was a daydreamer
thought that everybody was
maybe I'll get civilized
simmer down stick around
settle down
have you seen her lately?
hear she's been running around
town
asking too many questions
giving every guitar in town
the old what for
peeping through too many
doors
going too far
in the wrong direction
she cried all the way to San Antonio
and she cried all the damn way back
well if ya happen to see her
don't say you seen me man
she's always had some purely
dysfunctional intentions
and I just can't deal with that
the sinners are always quiet
in this town
it's kind of lonely
but I prefer it this way
it's hard to take all the
loose wires among strangers
sometimes it's nice
when they stay away
always was a daydreamer
thought that everybody was
maybe I'll get civilized
simmer down stick around
settle down
always was a daydreamer
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Jalapeno Cornbread (BMI)
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