Monday, May 4, 2015

Holdin'



Holdin'
Sittin' in your very own chair
Theres probably a very nice moon up there
But right now, Lord, I really
Need that roof

I've takin my share of
The good and the bad
Still got the scars
From some awful blows
I'm still sittin, but
Sometimes it's time to go

Sitiin' near somebody
That needs my ear
They been watching my
Disaster, now, for years
But they're closer than the blood
In the veins of the folks 
Who left me

Reachin' for the simple things
That any man might need
Driftin' from the fact that 
My heart's controlled by greed
I guess a losers got to do
The very thing he wishes
He doesn't need

Cookin' for this crowd of folks
Who'd rather be alone
Asking after every broken
Soul I've ever known
Praying while some smiling
Fool spins some cherries 
Into Gold... Baby that's a fortune, sure
One I've never known

Holdin' in the middle of the night
The hand of  you, honey,
Cus' you crossed my mind
Why'd you whisper in my ear
The sort of thing some folks never hear
Why'd you whisper in my ear
The sort of thing some folks never hear
You'd be surprised the non-sense I'll endure
Just to have my baby near
You'd be surprised how much I don't 
Deserve you dear

Holdin'
Holdin'
Holdin'
Holdin'



Near the Graveyard Where Chestnuts are Gone

River valley farm fields
Early spring time
Cus' you can't help but stare

You drown the engine 
To the soft purr of barely goin'
Hardly anyone wants to get somewhere
In this place nobody knows

You broke my heart when we were
Barely grown
But baby somehow I could see
So I begged you not to leave 
One day, honey, could we lay
Beneath the stones?

Hand in hand, down the street 
Once again, around the bend
Sometimes these days you simply 
Turn to me and grin
We're too damn old to need to 
Pay someone to watch a babe
So our joints can creak us all the way
To our same old place for a date

I know I'll never be as good
As you were dreamin'
One day you could be in love 
But the stars are stuck in 
The same damn constellation
As when we fought in Paris
As when we kissed in Louisville
I'm sorry you're on the ground here 
With me... instead of far above

You broke my heart, love
When we were barely grown
But baby, somehow I could see
So I begged you not to leave
One day, love, could we lay
Beneath the stones

Your Mamma used to look
At me and sigh
She knew that she had nothin' much
To worry with this guy
I guess she asked you why you were
Willing to waste your beauty 
On a fool
Man it took a long long time
To prove the cruel
Way I begged you home

You broke my heart, love
When we were barely grown
But baby, somehow I could see
So I begged you not to leave
One day, love, could we lay
Beneath the stones

Guess I'll finish my water
Honey, you done with your wine?
We'll take the long way home
Near the graveyard where Chestnuts are gone
You know I love it when you scream
Big ole kiss... from the same
Son of a Bitch,
Who couldn't fool you in his dreams

The woods is reachin'
Straight over the road
Through the winter trees
We can see the fog on the gravestones
Somehow I got to spend a little time in this life
With a stranger who one day was called my wife
We'll be there soon, but hon, not alone

You broke my heart, love
When we were barely grown
But baby, somehow I could see
So I begged you not to leave
One day, love, we will lay
Beneath the stones

You broke my heart, love
When we were barely grown
But baby, somehow I could see
So I begged you not to leave
One day, love, we will lay
Beneath the stones