Sometimes I lie awake at night...
Listening to TFM
East of the Sunrise: A Tall Stand of Pines
I know all about those big city women
I know what goes on in those back rooms at night
A handsome young man with his wallet in his hand
Can get by on a wink and a smile
I can prey on the urban romantics
Weeping haiku over café au lait
I can load up the truck when things start to heat up
And if the waitresses beg me to stay I’ll say
Look for my tail lights. East of the sunrise
You don’t understand, ma’am, I’m way too
much man for such a civilized life
Listen for bloodhounds
West of the sundown
Don’t get me wrong but there’s things
going on out there you and I know nothing about
There’s way too much money in Dallas
I feel obliged to set some of it free
I might leave part of my heart down in Texas
But I’ll take a shitload of Texas with me
Maybe I’ll marry a billionaire’s daughter
And become an embarrassment out at the club
I’ll start in on the gin by eleven a.m.
And when my in-laws start getting fed up I’ll say
Look for my tail lights, East of the sunrise
I don’t give a damn, ma’am, I’m way too
much man for your brand of sanitized life
Listen for bloodhounds
West of the sundown
Don’t get me wrong but there’s things
going on out there you and I know nothing about
I can knock over banks out in the Badlands
And start my own band of thieves on the run
Disappearing into the desert at night
Building campfires and polishing guns
Living off biscuits and jerky
Whisky and twisted cigars
Falling in love with my hostage
And being glamorized by fools with guitars singing
Look for my tail lights. East of the sunrise
No thank you, ma’am, I got some awful
big living to cram into such a small life
Listen for bloodhounds
West of the sundown
Don’t get me wrong but there’s things
going on out there you and I know nothing about
If I ever do make it back home again
It probably won’t be alive
Tell my mother and father I missed them
And kiss all my sisters and brothers good-bye
Bury me out on the Trinity Plain
Where the clay is carnation red
Plant a muscadine vine
Where my foot stone should lie
And a halo of pines at my head
And look for my tail lights. East of the sunrise
You never did understand, I was way too
much man for such a tiny little life
Look for the dust cloud
West of the sundown
Don’t get me wrong but there’s things
going on out there
you might want to find out about
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| Yeah, I'm still the king of the titty writers. |
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