Riches and Wonders Lyrics

She came in on the red eye to Dallas-Ft. Worth All the way from sunny Taipei Skin the color of a walnut shell And a baseball cap holding down her black hair And she came here afte...Read Full Lyrics

once a week i make the drive to the Austen post office box I take the detour through our old neighborhood see all the Chevy Impalas in their frontyards up on blocks and I park in a...Read Full Lyrics

I found an old rock in the dry dirt outside the door of my hotel room it was a triangle with soft rounded edges and a split down the middle of one corner it was darker than english...Read Full Lyrics

Wind out of Oklahoma this morning smelled like blood and smoke And the crows discussed their future in the branches of their Louisiana live oak The limbs are strong and heavy and i...Read Full Lyrics

Two tall glasses of sweet iced tea, underneath the sweet gum tree And the love we once nurtured, you and me Disintegrating violently Stick your tongue out Catch the pieces as they ...Read Full Lyrics

after three nights in jail, I head north from Toyaville switch to 285 in Pecos, head up to Red Bluff my walk's real steady and my eyes are real cold when I feel like I'm only sixt...Read Full Lyrics

Maybe I didn't get enough milk when I was a babyMaybe I never learned the value of a pennyMaybe I listened to that first Black Sabbath album, the one with the witch on the front, o...Read Full Lyrics

Come and stay with me as long as you likeI live outside of town where the straight highway curvesFor three years I lived next door to the airportSo nothing you can say to me can ge...Read Full Lyrics

The daylily withersThe heat kills off all the grainJust when you think It's never gonna rainThe rain comes, the rain comesIt floods the town, kills everybody in itThe dog runs in c...Read Full Lyrics

The summer came in carrying spring in its mouth, Held it up for everyone to seeThis is the time when all of our plans and schemes melt down into listless anarchy, historically anyw...Read Full Lyrics