Catfish Road
Gonna use my final hour to see if I can reconcile Searching for a higher power I might start looking for a holy sign or praying to god Saving my soul saying lord I been…
Author: Eric Michael Jones
Take Your Life Seriously
The thing about the Great Wall Once you’ve seen a piece of it you’ve seen it all. Seriously! You can build a big stone boat Cover it with the sex organs of plants and call…
The Painful End
Everybody has a painful end Everybody has a painful end It doesn’t matter how you go, Quick by the guillotine or bleeding Everybody has a painful end In my life I’ve crunched cockroaches In my…
We’ve Got A Beautiful Love
You could be a sinner, you keep getting thinner Went swimming after dinner and sank like a beginner Don’t care what the neighbor saw, didn’t have to call the law We were playing quick draw,…
Weeping Dry
You and I had a love for the ages I can’t believe we let it slip away in stages Another argument A few more words to resent Dramatic scenes and all your phony shrieking passion…
Dissolve In The Rain
Sat on a bee when I sat on the swing Gave me a big sting right on my little ding-a-ling Oh man I screamed and I cried Mama said “you’ll live” but the bee died I’m…
Crushed Velvet Man
The Motor City rocks like a head full of granite We were diggin’ heavy metal before the whole planet Got the Iggy Pop punk rock crash boom rattle Too much grunge, we had to ship…
I’m Not Country
I was born in New England Lived here all my life Got a three bedroom house in the suburbs With my two kids and my first wife Went to USC, got a degree I must…
Fight War
I’m not mad and I’m not mean But look at all these human beings Splattered on my TV screen I got to fight war I’ve got a girl who understands We made a lot of…
Personality Skips A Generation
I saw a square cloud It was a perfect square I never mentioned it out loud Maybe I wasn’t even really there Everybody is so annoyed Walking around in their peculiar days Either schizophrenic or…
I Never Cheated On You
I went out dancing with my wife One of the great joys of my life We did the Jitterbug Swing to the saxophone Stopped for a snack on our way home Miniskirt waitress brought my…
Teens In The Suburbs
I’m growing old before my eyes But young enough to be surprised That you would take away my rights For getting in a couple of fist fights It’s hot downtown tonight Cool in the North…
No Gasoline
Who needs this continental overkill? We got trains that are rusting on the tracks Who cares if you build a better oil drill It’s too late the knife is hanging in our backs We got…
Teardrops Waiting
There are rainbows and antennas that whisper in the night With silence in my heart I recognize The morning is not far I see the fading of the stars Memory of the day precedes the…
Stripmine
Three a.m. we were sitting in my daddy’s car Me and Lucy McGee decided to go too far So we went down to the stripmine We weren’t looking for love Just a piece of happiness…
Helicopter Mutant Men
Green, the finest color I have ever seen With my blue eyes I’ve seen the rainbows flash across the sky It’s filled with ice and sparkles in the frozen night Searching for the light I…
Hot Personality
I know a girl with a hot personality Her sister got the looks One of them is hitting all the hot spots While the other one’s home reading a book If I gotta choose between…
Sugar and Oil
I saw her standing on the corner Suitcase in her hand She wasn’t living a lie anymore She was leaving a man Got a schedule from Greyhound I heard her talking on the phone Does…