ALONG THE MUGGY COAST OF NEW ORLEANS DOWN A RUTTED HORSE AND BUGGY TRAIL THROUGH THE HANGING MOSS AND GNARLED CYPRESS TREES LIES THE RUBLE OF BRICKS AND WOOD THEY CAME LONG AGO ACROSS THE SE TO SETTLE ON BRIARWOOD FARM TO SHED SOME SKIN AND A CONVICTS NAME AND THE CHANCE TO MAKE A NEW START CHORUS UNDER A RUM SOAKED MOON ON A MARDI GRAS NIGHT I SPIN GRANDFATHERS TALE THE BACKS WERE BURNT AND THE HANDS THEY BLED AS THE LAND GAVE IN TO THE PLOW FROM THE STICKY WET HEAT AROSE A DREAM AND THE JOHNSON FAMILY NAME THEY CALLED HER HOPE AND SHE WAS GRAND HER CRIES SCREECHING UP TOWARDS THE SKY TO BE THE FIRST BORN IN THE PROMISED LAND HER MAMA WAS THE FIRST TO DIE IF YOU CAN DREAM IT THE BEAUTIFUL DAY WILL COME WHEN WE ALL UNDERSTAND ONE NIGHT CAME THE SOUND OF POUNDING HOOVES THEN A DEAFENING CRACK IN THE BARN FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH THE RAFTERS AS THE COWARDS SPED AWAY THE TOWN WOULD RING NO ALARM PEARL HANDLED PISTOLS AND SHINY SILVER STARS THE EVER -WATCHING EYES OF THE LAW MUD CAKED BOOTS AND A PRETTY WHITE SMILE NEVER A WHISPER ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW FROM THE SMOKE AND THE ASHES DEFIANCE CAME AND THEY WALKED OUT WITH ALL THEY HAD TAKE THE TRAIN HEADED WEST, YOU'LL BE SAFE YOUNG MAN CHASING THE BLOODY RED SUN CHASING THE BLOODY RED SUN

SHE WORE HER LIPSTICK A FIERY RED SHE WAS A BACKROADS QUEEN 27 AND ROOTED LIKE AN OLD OAK TREE HIS CAR CAME RUMBLING INTO TOWN SINGING A SWEET AND SINFUL SONG HOP ON IN SIT BESIDE ME ON THE SHOTGUN SEAT CHERRY RED 34 FORD COUPE RACING FAST ACROSS A BLACKTOP MIRAGE HER TANNED LEGS EXSPOSED TO THE SUMMER HEAT THUNDER HEADS SURROUND SALVATION ROAD BLACK CROWES CIRCLING A ROADKILL TREAT BLASTING THROUGH THE PASS AT ONE HUNDRED AND TEN CHORUS SHE SAID TAKE ME WHERE THE COOL BREEZES BLOW AND RESTLESS SOULS CAN GROW WINGS WHERE PAIN AND DISAPPOINTMENT NEVER STING SOME COOL RELIEF AT THE LEMONADE STAND AND A SWEET AND SLOPPY KISS FROM A MAN WHO ONLY TAKES HIS WHISKEY NEAT MY FATHER NAMED MY JESSE I GUESS THE LEGEND SORT OF FITS BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT ONE GOOD MAN CAN DO SO I GIVE THEM WHAT THEY ARE DYING FOR AND THEY'LL PAY FOR THE DEVILS KISS JUST A LITTLE TASTE, GO ON, THIS ONE'S ON ME THE TRUNK LID PINNING ALL THE DEMONS DOWN THE FORBIDDEN CONTRABAND HIS SECRET HOPE IS SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND IN THE WORLD OF PAY TO PLAY HE'S THE CANDY MAN AND THE LAW ALL KNOW HIS NAME A THIRD GENERATION DREAMER WITH A BRAND NEW PLAN CHECKPOINT AHEAD PREPARE TO STOP HOT BLOOD BOILS IN HIS VEINS HE SWORE IM NEVER GOING BACK IN AGAIN ALL WEAPONS DRAWN THEY MATCHED HIS SPEED WITH OVERWHELMING FORCE THE BULLETS SINGING OUT HIS SWAN SONG

The bear sharpens his claws reeking havoc down main street The cute little cub not just a nuisance no more Under shards of plate glass a final clearance sign lays A welcome matt gets pulled off a dusty floor chorus The hour glass is full but only for a moment Then the whole world gets turned upside down To passively sit and watch the sand go down? Not me, I'm going out shootin Rosetta's drinking alone The lieutenant ropes off the scene " The quiet ones " rise up in a rage Expanding bubbles, and then the fall greed was the cause of it all The joker's caught playing the sage bridge Sun rises in the east rays of light pierce the sky Daily life still goes on down below The toddler tugs on a red skirt Knees are bandaged and then cleaned Graduation caps fly into the air The dinner party awaits Your on time to take your place And the bastards pull out the chair

MID-MORNING SUN, THE BLINDING LIGHT HURTS MY EYES ON MY TOUNGE THE BITTER TASTES OF THE NIGHT BEFORE IT'S WAY TO EARLY FOR MY FLIGHT HOME , I STILL GOT SOME TIME TO KILL THE LIBRARY'S OPEN SO I PUSH ON THE REVOLVING DOOR I SETTLE DOWN INTO A WELL WORN LEATHER BACK EASY CHAIR FLIP THROUGH THE NEWSPRINT, A FORGOTTEN STORY COMES TO LIFE DID SHE ROW OUT ALONE? OR THE DEPTHS PULL HER DOWN FOR AN ICY DANCE? FALL ASLEEP AND I BEGIN TO DREAM LUSH AND TERRACED GARDENS ONCE SURROUNDED THE HOUSE ON THE SHORE A DIMLY LIT AND OVERGROWN GRAVEL TRAIL A CREAKY DOOR FULL OF COBWEBS, A VENETIAN MARBLE FLOOR A SPIRAL STAIRCASE THAT LEADS TO AN OPEN BEDROOM DOOR SUN RAYS REFLECT OFF THE GOLD MIRROR ON THE WALL CHANDELIERS DANGLE TAUNTINGLY JUST OUT OF REACH AN ANTIQUE TRUNK, OLD MEMORIES CONTAINED BY A RUSTED LATCH WITH A SNAP I RELEASE THEM ALL A KISS IGNITES THEIR LONG PENT UP LOVE THEY BEGIN TO SWAY DANCE ARM AND ARM WITHIN THE DRIFTING SNOW THE RINGS, THE LETTERS, THE CHAMPAGNE, A LOCK OF HER RAVEN HAIR HANDS JOINED AGAIN, LOVE ETERNAL AFTER-ALL BEHIND THE FRENCH DOORS, SHE SUDDENLY APPEARS EXTENDS TO ME A THANKFUL AND TEAR SOAKED SMILE THRU FEAR OR INTUITION, I SEND THE TRUNK LID CRASHING DOWN RE-INTOMBED, THEIR ASTRAL FORMS BEGIN TO FADE I AWAKE TO THE SOUND OF DOOR SLAMS, THE LIBRARY'S CLOSING DOWN NOW IM TOO LATE! ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT IN THIS TOWN JACKET OVER MY HEAD, HAIL A CAB, I STAND IN THE BUCKETS OF POURING RAIN WHAT A DAY! WHAT A FANTASTIC DREAM !

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INTENSE MONSOONAL SUMMER RAIN PELTS THE SURFACE ON AN AZURE SEA DUELING RAINBOWS DANCE ATOP GREEN HILLS WAVES CRASH ACROSS A DESERTED SHORE LIKE A SERPENT THRUSTING OUT HIS TOUNGE I TAKE A WHIFF OF THE SALTY AIR AN AMULET FOR STRENGTH I ADJUST MY PACK AND ASCEND THE OCRE TRAIL CHORUS TELL ME, WHY IS IT WRITTEN THAT ONLY BIRDS CAN FLY? TOES PERCHED ON THE EDGE OF A CRUMBLING MIGHTY CLIFF THE UPDRAFT STINGS MY FACE AND FORCES ME TO SMILE MY BEATING HEART EXPLODES, AND I CLOSE MY EYES BEYOND THE RUSTED SHOT UP KAPU SIGN I SLASH THE TANGLED JUNGLE VINES THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE ( THE OLD ONES WAYS ) IGNORING THE NEW ZIP LINE THEY WERE THROWN FROM THE PEAK, THEIR SPIRITS TIED FOR THE ANGRY GODS TO SEE NOW I SAIL THRU THE AIR OF MY OWN FREE WILL THE SACRED WATERS CLEANSING ME BRIDGE HELD DOWN LONG ENOUGH A FEAR BUILDS IN THE BRAIN THE POUNDING IN YOUR EARS BEGINS TO ROAR WHICH WAY IS UP INSIDE THE GLOOMY OCEANS' WOMB BURST THRU THE SURFACE FEAR ABANDONED DOWN BELOW WITH A LONG SHOT ZOOM TOURISTS FILM MY FLIGHT YOU TUBE POSTED FOR ALL TO SEE BUT THEY CANT STEAL THE ESSENCE OF MY SOUL OR EVER REALLY UNDERSTAND ME IF YOUR WERE TO ASK A PEARL DIVER HOW DO YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH SO LONG? SHE'D SLOWLY UNFOLD A PROTECTING HAND TO REVEAL A PERFECT SPHERE.

THE OLD LIONS' MANE WAS NOW MATTED AND GREY WAITING FOR THE TRAIN ON A HOTEL KITCHEN CORRIDOR OUR NEXT HOPE WAS SLAIN WAITING FOR THE TRAIN WITH A BRILLIANT SMILE AND WAVE, THE MOTORCADE PASSES BY WAITING FOR THE TRAIN WITH THE FAITH OF A SOLDIER A SECRET MISSION, HE DID FLY WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO THE ACCOLADES OF HIS COLLEAGUES,CHEERS RULE THE DAY LOADING ON THE TRAIN TO THE SHOCK OF NOT AGAIN! THIS CANT HAPPEN HERE! LOADING ON THE TRAIN TO THE SOUNDS OF A CRUMBLING CASTLE, CANDLES THEIR GLOW IS GONE LOADING ON THE TRAIN TO THE HOPES OF THE FATHER FOR THE FIRST BORN SON LOADING ON THE TRAIN FOLDING UP THE FLAG EVENING SUN GOES DOWN , ALL ABOARD NOW LEAVING ON THE TRAIN SMALL WHITE CROSSES AND THE ETERNAL FLAME,ALL ABOARD NOW LEAVING ON THE TRAIN THE QUARTET NOW UNITED, SAILING AWAY , ALL ABOARD NOW LEAVING ON THE TRAIN NO ONE LEFT AT THE STATION, THE HEAVENS CRY, ALL ABOARD AND AWAY GOES THE TRAIN

THE OLD LIONS' MANE WAS NOW MATTED AND GREY WAITING FOR THE TRAIN ON A HOTEL KITCHEN CORRIDOR OUR NEXT HOPE WAS SLAIN WAITING FOR THE TRAIN WITH A BRILLIANT SMILE AND WAVE, THE MOTORCADE PASSES BY WAITING FOR THE TRAIN WITH THE FAITH OF A SOLDIER A SECRET MISSION, HE DID FLY WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO THE ACCOLADES OF HIS COLLEAGUES,CHEERS RULE THE DAY LOADING ON THE TRAIN TO THE SHOCK OF NOT AGAIN! THIS CANT HAPPEN HERE! LOADING ON THE TRAIN TO THE SOUNDS OF A CRUMBLING CASTLE, CANDLES THEIR GLOW IS GONE LOADING ON THE TRAIN TO THE HOPES OF THE FATHER FOR THE FIRST BORN SON LOADING ON THE TRAIN FOLDING UP THE FLAG EVENING SUN GOES DOWN , ALL ABOARD NOW LEAVING ON THE TRAIN SMALL WHITE CROSSES AND THE ETERNAL FLAME,ALL ABOARD NOW LEAVING ON THE TRAIN THE QUARTET NOW UNITED, SAILING AWAY , ALL ABOARD NOW LEAVING ON THE TRAIN NO ONE LEFT AT THE STATION, THE HEAVENS CRY, ALL ABOARD AND AWAY GOES THE TRAIN