I was walkin’ down the street when I Saw a man standin’ eight feet tall With eyes that stood out like thumbs His coat was full of lifeless things He walked like Treebeard from Lord of the Rings And he had no use for weapons of any kind [Says he a-mumblin’...] Don’t be a fool and forget your name Don’t be a tool and forget your money Leave your...Learn More

Don’t know how many hours I’ve spent in this room The walls close in like an old stony tomb Watch snowflakes dance out in the streetlights Like we used to do on Tuesday nights Each memory of you is like a broken toy train It clacks and sputters all ‘round my brain I feel like an old doll left out in the rain Like diamond earrings lost down a...Learn More

The Red Onion hides the sun behind it this Thursday afternoon As I lie across this park bench and stare deeply through the creases in my hands A gypsy woman starts to tear apart her soapbox Leaving me completely stranded. As the world darkens around me, I’m all alone She said it’s nothing against you, It’s just a personal quest… The veil came...Learn More

There was a time when I used to go out On that road without looking back Pack up the trailer and run into night Watch the street disappear into black But somethin’ ain’t right cuz the dark of the night Don’t feel much like home anymore You’re down and you’re up, but mostly you’re down And before long it’s your ass out the door Man, I was on top of...Learn More

[Chorus: All] Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet down soft and low Lord, I'm broke and I've got nowhere to go [Verse 1: Emma Kirby] I'm going up the country through the cold sleet and snow I'm going up the country through the cold sleet and snow I'm going up the country through the cold sleet...Learn More

This nine pound hammer Is getting a little too heavy For my size Honey, for my size I'm going up on the mountain Gonna see my baby And I ain't coming back Lord, I ain't coming back So roll on buddy Don't you roll so slow How can I roll When the wheels won't go So roll on buddy Pull a load of coal How can I pull When the wheels won't go It's a...Learn More

Christmas in Tacoma in a bar outside the city Good a place as any to go searching for the bottom The lights are all but blinding and the talk is overwhelming But I’m okay so long as I don’t feel to suddenly alone I see you standing at the ready You know I don’t deserve a friend like you The reason I drink Boilermakers is so that I don’t have to...Learn More

I wanna sleep in your temple Crawl on your golden floors I’ll be your Bellerophon Take a ride on your winged horse Snakes and birds crawled up on me Slythering the way down I fell for Venus de Milo Cracked my skull when I hit the ground She stood up on the crack and she stood back behind the trees She said, “Won’t you chase me please?” Knock down...Learn More

I guess the snow this morning clogged up traffic ‘Cuz dad’s not home from work Although the weatherman on T.V Said that the snow would melt when it touched the dirt And sleds with sleigh bells tread through Damp dirty mudslides like a hearse I hope that something big is planned this year If it is, I haven’t heard This year, I don’t give a hoot If...Learn More

Oh, all the money that ‘ere I’ve spent I spent it in good company And all the harm that ‘ere I’ve done Alas, it was to none but me And all I’ve done for want of wit To memory now, I can’t recall So fill to me the parting glass Goodnight and joy be with you all Oh, all the comrades that ‘ere I’ve had Are sorry for my going away And all the...Learn More

I've got a woman She threw her basket into the sea She threw her basket into the sea No one knows what's in it but her and me And I've got a gun At the bottom of the stairs I've got a gun at the bottom of the stairs My finger wraps around it when I'm scared Now, I've got a gun At the bottom of the sea I've got a gun at the bottom of the sea The...Learn More

He took the 5:15 to Jacksonville All the papers said he grew up there Left when a hurricane took down the family home Hadn’t been back for thirty-two years His father played drums in a jazz band His mother painted nails by the pier And his brother was swallowed into the ocean But that was a long time ago At twenty years old, he came to the city He...Learn More