I was only nineteen the morning you were born With your hair fine and red and your eyes like my own Barely a woman with only a song I sang to keep you
My dirty little secret?s not a secret anymore I can?t even keep it from myself Everybody?s secret looks the same behind closed doors If I had only known
It?s been cold here So many days without sunshine it?s hanging on tight This dark winter light In like a lion Out like a hunter preying on what little
Get the laundry off the line Tape the cracks in the windows Lock the doors shut the lights Stamp out all the mirrors This is gonna hurt This is gonna
Someone better?s gonna treat me better baby Someone better?s gonna scratch this itch Can?t wait forever, I could go crazy There?s got to be something
The man in the moon is a woman in disguise Behind the mask she has summer in her eyes The night air hangs thick the crickets fade From east to west the
Kick down the walls Turn back the clock Put down the keys Change the locks Cause looks like there?s something more than rain coming down tonight Unplug
If I die before my mother does then I would fly beyond the blue and paint the moon the color of her eyes and give my shoes away Or if I die the way of
I still see my brother, Michael Pressed and polished, shaking hands down at the store Everyone had come to see The all star hop the greyhound bus and
Sometimes love is not enough Sometimes time is all you need Sometimes a little too much makes you a little too sad Brings you right to your knees Sometimes
This year my father?s heros have all passed Reagan, Waylon, June & Johny Cash I have felt the earth deep in my bones Are these growing pains or shifting
I have failed and I have fallen, cried till I was bawling Been down so low my face was on the tiles Where the cold against my lips, hollow like your kiss
It's a quiet drive home, there's less and less to say Pleasant nods and smiles are weighted Behind us to the west, you see it in reverse The sun is fire
What if I stacked the cards, hid the ace next to my heart Playing out the game with a steady-handed art What if I left the closet open, skeletons and
I don't like men who tell me how to talk and how to dress I don't like girls who gossip when their own life is a mess I don't like winter in New York '
You wake in a cloud every morning Ready to find somewhere to hide Turn on the news to thunderstorm warnings Prepare for the worst you might find You
All the stars in the sky on this clear mid-May night Far beyond the dark clay of the walls They remind me of you and when our love was new Everything'
I found love in a double wide trailer Never thought I'd feel so at home in the mud Fell into the arms of a man from Carolina Traded in my trust fund for
