Welcome Me Back

i am emotion on a railroad track

i am a victim who is under attack

the night is coming and i'm fading to black

will i burn brightly in the land of the dead

will i understand whatever is said

welcome me home

welcome me home

welcome me back

i found my girl on the outskirts of town

she is a mirror and i am a clown

if i could hold her i would lay her down

i could vanish in the land of the dead

i am a ghost in her bed

i am a ghost in her bed

welcome me home

welcome me home

welcome me back

(chorus)

listen to the prophets drinking down at the bar

listen to the diva and throw tips in her jar

listen to the poets who fall down on their knees

listen, listen, listen please

listen, listen, listen please

i am the grifter who is working too hard

i am the business man, here is my card

i am the prisoner and you are my guard

i am a ghost in the crime

i am doing my time

welcome me home

welcome me home

welcome me back

(repeat chorus)

i am the moment when the sun goes down

i am the fracture when you hit the ground

i am the silence that surrounds the sound

i am a lover in the land of the dead

i am a ghost in your bed

i am a ghost in your bed

welcome me home

welcome me home

welcome me back

welcome me home

welcome me home

welcome me back

***

Happy Earth Mother Day

 

she was already in the rocks

in the tusks of the great mammoths

and in the labyrinth, in the caves

from her blood flowed

and her womb was god

and the children were born of her

her song came from her skin, from her hair

from eyes and lips and breasts

and bird-like cries, and tears

the men saw this magic, this power

meetings were held, pledges made, oaths sworn

they would organize and vanquish, and gain the world

the men spoke of sin and father in heaven

and laid dirt on the graves of venus

she slept in the earthen tombs, perfect

she waited for thousands of years

and is found silent, mute, still

your father is dead, she purrs

your father is gone

***

Apartment Matrix #219

while you were puzzling

guzzling

nuzzling

while you were in cogitation's thrall

the trees were in a symphony

happily

naturally

manifestly dancing down the hall

 

***

Walk Right Out

i said goodbye to the monuments of madness

i waved adieu to the shrines of the insane

i tipped my hat to the monitors of mischief

that sit on the porch inside my brain

i wait for dusk to wipe away the hunger

i wait for night to silence all the pain

i hope to meet all the paupers at the banquet

i've been told they will be dining on sugar cane

(chorus)

walk right out

walk into the mystery

walk right out

stomp into the night

walk right out

and do a little tap dance

rake your toes

into the shifting sands

i drive to the top of crumbling tectonics

i go to the edge of the estranging plates

i sing songs at the end of the continent

i play along for the established rates

i lift my trowel and plant the last garden

i place the seeds in the furrows of our fortunate fate

i break my vows and copulate with sirens

when these grow they will lock up all the gates

(repeat chorus)

mad dances, sad trances

take your chances

take your fate

***

 

 

End of the Line

***

Love.this.song.

Facebook Jesus

i was friends with jesus

jesus was my friend

i could go right to his page

for there my soul to tend

i never ever mentioned

the mystery of his fate

or why he never posted

his status to update

jesus was my friend

for him i did click "like"

i had a friend in jesus

until he cried out "psych!"

(angelic chorus)

facebook jesus

don't unfriend me

facebook jesus

set me free

i will see you in heaven

i will laugh at those in hell

don't unfriend me, dear sweet jesus

please keep me in your spell

facebook jesus

amen

facebook jesus

amen

i tried to go his page today

it asked if i was a friend

i always just assumed

we would be until the end

but alas, dear jesus blocked me

i can't drop by anymore

if i do, i just see nothing

on the wrong side of his door

(angelic chorus)

facebook jesus

don't unfriend me

facebook jesus

set me free

i will see you in heaven

i will laugh at those in hell

don't unfriend me, dear sweet jesus

please keep me in your spell

facebook jesus

amen

facebook jesus

amen

satan is an asshole

but he posts some real cool stuff

he could never be a friend like jesus

he tends to play a little rough

i'm still friends with the buddha

he is always really kind

the secret to his mystery?

do your thinking with no mind

(angelic chorus)

facebook jesus

don't unfriend me

facebook jesus

set me free

i will see you in heaven

i will laugh at those in hell

don't unfriend me, dear sweet jesus

please keep me in your spell

facebook jesus

amen

facebook jesus

amen

(acapella)

sweetest jesus, former friend on the fb

dearest, sweetest jesus, who said he once loved me

i miss your page and youtubes, i miss your holy nation

i miss clicking "like" for spiritual salvation

dearest, sweetest jesus

facebook jesus

amen

dearest, sweetest jesus

facebook jesus

amen

i never ever mentioned

the mystery of his fate

or why he never posted

his status to update

***

Mormons! Mormons!

I wrote this song a few years ago--maybe six or seven...

JEWISH INJUN MIDGETS RIDING TAPIRS

Jewish injun midgets riding tapirs
Nephi and Moroni riding trains
Nightly we enjoy their mighty efforts
Come on down and see them on the plains

Kolob shines in distant golden showers
Underwear adjusted--ah--that's nice
When we get to Heaven pass the butter
Don't let God the Adam take your rice

(chorus)
Mormons! Mormons!
Sons of Perdition beware!
Mormons! Mormons!
Mormon, Mormons, Mormons everywhere!

Some say Joseph Smith he was a stoner
His visions caused by mushrooms that he ate
Abundant were the spores in fertile forests
Listen, it's just a thought, alright? Okay?

I would like to tell my Handmaid something
How the Word of God instructs me thus:
I am sorely needing younger wives now
We'll trade the Volvo in for a new bus

(chorus)
Mormons! Mormons!
Sons of Perdition beware!
Mormons! Mormons!
Mormon, Mormons, Mormons everywhere!

Some say Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Never manifested here at all
All I need are Jewish Injun midgets
Riding tapirs forth to save us all!

One should never joke about religion
Or buried treasure found with a peepstone
Maybe Joseph Smith was spinning stories
He spun himself a Kingdom and a Throne

(chorus)
Mormons! Mormons!
Sons of Perdition beware!
Mormons! Mormons!
Mormon, Mormons, Mormons everywhere!

Jewish Injun midgets riding tapirs
Nephi and Moroni riding trains
Nightly we enjoy their mighty efforts
Come on down and see them on the plains

Kolob shines in distant golden showers
Underwear adjusted--ah--that's nice
When we get to Heaven pass the butter
Don't let God the Adam take your rice

(chorus)
Mormons! Mormons!
Sons of Perdition beware!
Mormons! Mormons!
Mormon, Mormons, Mormons everywhere!

***

Bartender at the End of the World

i'm the bartender

at the end of the world

i will sell you a drink

you can pay with your pearls

i will listen to you

when no one else will

i'll be here until two

when you pay your bill

(chorus)

sing high

sing low

stagger off to eternity

sing high

stumble on

it's just you and me

it's just you and me

at a quarter 'till three

better go before your old man complains

nothing is ventured, and nothing is gained

this one gal

always ordered a shot

with a short glass of beer

she paid right on the spot

she would drink

until her madness delayed

then her ghosts kicked her ass

now she lies in her grave

(repeat chorus)

this one guy

drank his drinks like a horse

he swallowed them fast

and vowed he would stay the course

he would show

the world what he could do

but when the day dawned

he didn't have the first clue

(repeat chorus)

time to close

time to lock it on up

count up the money

and pour one in my cup

i will smoke

just one more cigarette

then it's off to the place

where it's as good as it gets

i'm the bartender

at the end of the world

i will sell you a drink

you can pay with your pearls

i will listen to you

when no one else will

i'll be here until two

when you pay your bill

(repeat chorus)

Sleep well this precious night, dear Boston

***

Take it away!

they took away my carbine
they took away my car
they stole all my white lightning
i had stored inside a jar

they took away my memory
i forget the reason why
they took away my dignity
now all i do is cry

(chorus)
cry, cry, cry
my country's gone away
cry, cry, cry
it's been buried in a grave
if i can't have a magazine
or better yet a drum
i might have a conniption fit
and cry until i'm numb

they took away my bible
i had hoped to read someday
they took away dear santa claus
when i got to the 8th grade

they took away my equity
when the market had a fit
they took away my favorite steer
and left me with his shit

(repeat chorus)

they took away my pappy
after the old man died
to be fair he began to smell
a truth i won't deny

they took away my country
that was mine by divine right
sometimes i hear the natives
crying in the night

(repeat chorus)