chores

before the sun can see our light, I've given hay to all
before the birds put sleep the night, the grain already falls
before the frost can love the fields, the water's on its way
the chores are done before I yield to the start of everyday
my ears ripe red from a bitter wind as breath becomes billows
the morning after a long nights fight where we lost two of the foals
and the mothers beg with front hoof raised for another chance to birth
labor bare the broodmare's care for nothing left on earth
and dam she'll never be this year no young one for to raise
the fields will only see the mare lonely as she graze
the waters that will fill this farm come spring floods will they gain
the stillborn's broken broodmare as she breathes away the pain

dog knows that it's paddock time the last horse been turned out
stalls mucked and hay in place the long lines leather's cut
last nights woes are soon erased as the geldings loose the fence
and coyotes craze have carcassed left just bones and subtleness
the day turns on in afternoon and the clouds they shower down
fields will wait another day before they feel the plow

Here together

well i hop into my vehicle and I drive between the cities that like to keep me up at night and feed my bad behaviours, and when I run into the people who always try to teach me the better way to be myself I remind them I never asked for their opinions, but they do settle upon me and I try to drink them downward as I force my inhibitions back beneath the rocks they crawled from as my hat tips in her direction I know she is the reason for the mistakes I like to make when nothing seems to please me anymore

and I once made an effort to feel what I believe in but the acting left me broken with two unbalanced wings, and as I made my way in circles through the days that fall upon me I now know I have control of what doesn't seem to matter anymore

with one left foot in casting and a ball around me ankles I hobble chained to promises that never find their fill, for everydays majestic if you learn to tell the teacher that all that she endeavors can never change the world, so why go on fighting with the thoughts that dull the daggers of the evil that possesses our young and idle tongues, for when we pass these cities with our anger in our pockets we do not justify the past that's brought us here, so let us be believers in each others dreams for all that we have wanted now that we've lost it all

Eyes upon the monster

I was watching the morning sun, it was rising up over the bay,
The water was peaceful and the birds were soon at play,
I looked to the clouds son, and I wondered what they might say,
But the wind should be coming soon and blow those clouds away.

Oh the storm is coming, you best lock your goods up tight,
I’ve never seen it this peaceful out, there will surely be hell tonight.

I spent my morning walking up and down the streets,
Past by a market square and found something to eat,
Said hello to this flower girl, oh man she was such a treat,
Didn’t understand a word she said, but it sure sounded great to me.

Oh the storm is coming, you best lock your goods up tight,
I’ve never seen it this peaceful out, there will surely be hell tonight.

Stood strong in the afternoon as the sun was firing down,
It didn’t waste and ounce of day just burning up this whole town,
The city was bustling, but then there wasn’t even a sound,
Everyone just gasped at once and took a look around.

Oh the storm is coming, you best lock your goods up tight,
I’ve never seen it this peaceful out, there will surely be hell tonight.

All eyes to the heavens as that sun died out so cold,
The clouds were rolling in and the sky was black as coal,
And the thunder cracked buildings as the lighting burned all the poles,
No nothing can save us now , no nothing can save our souls.

Oh the storm is coming, you best lock your goods up tight,
I’ve never seen it this peaceful out, there will surely be hell tonight.

After the wreckage there was nothing left here for me,
I saw the flower girl and her eyes were as red as the sea,
She screamed and she cried for help, but I just ignored her pleas,
After all I was the hell that came and brought this town to its knees.

Oh the storm is coming, you best lock your goods up tight,
I’ve never seen it this peaceful out, there will surely be hell tonight.

Seeds you've sown

well the life you have in you is more than you should
I've never seen someone so bright
you cheer up my days just like I knew you would
you're the lady behind my delight

the smile you brandish is infectious and loud
and your swagger could kill anyone
to see you grow stronger makes me so damn proud
I'm the moon when you are the sun, and


live this life of yours by my side
I know dove some day this is so
and every favour that's been granted to me
was planted from seeds that you've sown


tall tell tale stories speak of some dreams
that never could quite come to life
but in our growing fable these eyes hope to see
the smile of yours as my wife

this beast needs a beauty you know how it goes
if you can love me as I am
love needs a reason and in us it does
a shining example we stand, so


live this life of yours by my side
I know dove some day this is so
and every favour that's been granted to me
was planted from seeds that you've sown

I know there is something in your pale eyes
that sees inside me the sun
living in you breathes the soul that I prize
we will take on this world as one


live this life of yours by my side
I know dove some day this is so
and every favour that's been granted to me
was planted from seeds that you've sown

every favour that's been granted to me
was planted from seeds that you've sown

Porchlight

The sweetest labor that my heart has known
is the farm on which I stand.
‘Cause every single seed that’s been sown
was put in the ground by my hand and

sometimes the sun goes down a little too soon
before the day’s work is through
and I keep on going by the light of the moon when
I’d rather be home with you

Would you leave the porch light on for me?
Would you leave the porch light on for me?
I come home from the field when it’s too dark to see.
Would you leave the porch light on for me?

I can barely stand up, there’s more to be done. Oh, the bottom field needs to be plowed.
I never asked help from anyone, but Lord I can use some now.
Just give me the strength to make it back home when I can’t work no more,
and Lord let her be the first thing I see when I crawl through that front door.

Would you leave the porch light on for me?
Would you leave the porch light on for me?
To light my way back from the night so black
would you leave the porch light on for me?

Well I’m sick as a dog and no one can help. Oh, the pain’s more than I can bear,
but still my thoughts drift to the one sweet gift: the love that we share,
and I hate for you to see me like this. Oh, remember when I was strong.
If I didn’t have these IVs in my wrist well, I’d hold you in my arms.

Would you leave the porch light on for me?
Would you leave the porch light on for me?
This hospital bed is where I’ve got to be.
Would you leave the porch light on for me?

They say that I ain’t got long for this life Oh, they say that it’s my time to go.
Darling, you’ve been the most wonderful wife that any man could know.
Well you stuck by me through thick and through thin since the day you became my bride,
and someday I’ll hope to see you again when we meet on the other side.

Would you leave the porch light on for me?
Would you leave the porch light on for me?
Even though just a memory is all that I’ll be.
Would you leave the porch light on for me?

Even though just a memory is all that I'll be....
Would you leave the porch light on for me?

W.E.W.

lazy days

The lazy day is pushing onward
as the clouds dance in the sky,
every moment a moment backward
lying here in a broken back pile,

the bell always rings and children always scamper
days don't stop just cause you're hurt,
the lazy man with none no courage of his own
lies helpless head in the dirt,

and the hours hour on
no longer a part of the mix
an untimely sneeze brought you to your knees
and landed you in this fix

Maizy and Beast during the day

What a wonderful day that we have on our way, I'm just so certain you'll see
and we'll jump in the car, yes it's better by far then this house where we sleep
we shall find that it's nice in this new paradise that we're on our way
we will lay on the ground and feel every sound and sleep everyday

hey, hey we will be somewhere where cats can't jump higher,
where leashes are all on fire
ticks and flees they all bow at our knees
life is our every desire
hey, hey

It is sunny outside we should both run and hide as the man there he looks for his sneaker
and she found the poo that i left near her shoe, our chances of going are bleaker
we must both try to stay just out of the way and take our chance as the doors open
it's worked for us once if we both wait and pounce, we just may make it again

hey, hey we will be somewhere where cats can't jump higher,
where leashes are all on fire
we can play with our mates and eat off their plates
life is our every desire
hey, hey