Why would you keep looking once you found it I tried that once and my whole life it took Like a flash of light by love’s first sight I was blinded That could have been the last place that I looked But the whip of youth and myth it said get Kracken There were no…
Category: Nathan Moore
Safe to Say
something happens to my words between my brain and my throat. i can see them in there riding in a little paper boat. trying so hard just to stay afloat but it’s rough whether it’s a long letter or just a little note. i got so much i want to say. i don’t want to…
A Little Crazy
it’s true the talking heads in the news want to scare you everything is parsed in “yeah, but it could get worse” to keep us tuning in forever. somewhere a soldier’s sitting in the dead of summer in the ocean on a platform in the eye of a hurricane we came but we just can’t…
Like a Cartoon
i’m like a cartoon. i’m drawn to where i go. these clouds i’m below look like a painting. some times i wonder in slow mo like a child being flattened by a fat man fainting. may sound silly but it’s true. actually, most things do. lord, lord, i prayed to you. now here i am….
Just Like My Dad
i’ve danced a lot of dances. i’ve sung a lot of tunes. i’ve known a lot of people. i’ve howled a many moon. i’ve worn a lot of faces. i’ve worn a lot of rags. i’ve worn a suit too just like my dad. i’ve cooked a lot of meals. i’ve read a lot of…
Invisible Guy
i’m trying to catch your eye wearing my finest coast and tie but every time you’re around put me in the lost and found i’m the invisible guy i’m trying to turn your head dancing with someone else instead but when i give her a twirl do you just see the girl am i the…
In the Basement
sitting here naked, sitting here hooked gonna get swallowed by an ancient book i’m sitting here starving, sitting here stuffed looking for my diamond, feeling rough like a scarecrow in love with a crow i can’t remember if i just don’t know my hands they tremble like a wind blown rose every day is an…
I’m Good Company
i’m trying to get drunk enough to cry got these tears lodged inside and sober they just cloud behind my eyes i’m trying to get drunk enough to cry i’m trying to get high enough to fly leave this cold cold ground behind soaring sure be sore in the morning i’m trying to get high…
I Can Make You Smile
i don’t know what you’re thinking. i just know what i’m hoping. wouldn’t it be something if they were the same. i just want to be closer but you’re holding me so far away. it doesn’t have to be a lie just say you love me for a while. try it on for size and…
High Sierra Heartbreak
it’s a heaven that doesn’t stay open it’s the tug of war it’s the hysterical beauty with me i can’t take it’s like lovin’ more than one woman it’s the High Sierra heartbreak. it’s the smoke that hangs in the trees, the fallen lumber the restless slumber that tickles and smiles me to wake. it’s…
Hard Times
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song. Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song. No Hard Times, they still going on. thanks to the cheap walls of some of these motels i hear these conversations some of which i will never retell but it doesn’t feel that far away when you hear somebody…
The Garden
while on my way to walk through the garden while on my way i stopped in the city….. i still want to walk in that garden some day i hope that garden will wait for me. i met a man who looking at my hand said he could tell i didn’t work just by my…