tester's blog: "wyoming and me"

Well I am just a vagabond A drifter on the run An eloquent profanity It rolls right off my tongue I have dined in palaces Drunk wine with kings and queens And darling on darling You're the best thing I ever seen Won't you roll me easy So slow and easy Take my independence With no apprehension no tension Walk in, talk in paradise Sweet paradise Well I been around this country From Denver to the oceans And I never met girls that could sing so sweet Like the angels that live in Houston Singing roll me easy So slow and easy Play your concertina be a temptress Darling I'm defenseless Sing in harmony, in unison Sweet harmony Gotta hoist the flag and I'll beat your drum Sing in harmony, in unison Sweet harmony Gotta hoist the flag and I'll beat your drum Woah roll me easy So slow and easy Take my independence With no apprehension no tension Walk in, talk in paradise Sweet paradise

You're not promised a hot meal It's just another raw deal Just another rainy day, everyday yeah So you say that you cannot relate No, no its not up for debate You know your bills they cannot wait But you still have time You'll find Peace Anyway You'll find Peace Anyway Just got to look baby, alright Listen So your bright eyes, they don't shine And your watch, it don't keep time Well guess what, neither does mine Neither does mine It just makes you want to cry Just drink it all and say goodnight But giving up don't make it right alright, alright You'll find Peace Anyway You'll find Peace Anyway And well I know that you might get so scared Well, about what you find What it means to you baby when you get there You'll find Peace Anyway You'll find Peace Anyway You'll find Peace Anyway

Off the tracks lost the rail Trying to squeeze a little blood out a rusty nail When you’re thirsty, thirsty Behind your eyes you feel the burn As your down hill ride takes a solid turn from the lonely, lonely Now don’t look back My wounded bird There’s nothing for you’re here Need no wing just set your mind to fly It’s like it been a long time in an empty bed In an empty room with an empty head full of nothing And all you got left is your skin and your teeth And the red in your eye your six feet deep to get ready yeah Now don’t look back My wounded bird There’s nothing for you’re here Need no wing just set your mind to fly The waiting is over So lets roll in the clover Time for a head full of stars Lets pull back the curtain I know one thing for certain Well we don’t have very long Now don’t look back My wounded bird There’s nothing for you’re here Need no wing just set your mind to fly

Whoa mule, whoa mule, We're dirty but were dreaming Whoa mule, whoa mule, We'll both get there someday All you ramblers, You silk tongue gamblers Listen to my tale It won't take long, To sing you my song Full of trouble and despair So fair thee well, You troubadours Whose pockets have no lining I can tell you that all pastures stay green But you know that I'd be lying Whoa mule, whoa mule, We're dirty but were dreaming Whoa mule, whoa mule, We'll both get there someday My own true love is a raven haired girl Whose lives way back down the hollow I take her by her lily white hand And into the woods we wonder Her daddy was a river man As mad as a hatter Her mama she's as soft as snow But that don't really matter Whoa mule, whoa mule, We're dirty but were dreaming Whoa mule, whoa mule, We'll both get there someday Sometimes a road is rocky and hard Full of dangers unrelenting Just take great care to follow your stars Let the good times come a plenty Whoa mule, whoa mule, We're dirty but were dreaming Whoa mule, whoa mule, We'll both get there someday

Sit down by the window and watch the tornado We'll wait for the sheriff to bring some dirty water by Help yourself out to some of my disaster Its movin' faster Than the last time I was on speed Don't you know what I mean Cause it's ways and means and your ways are mean By definition I could fill this page up with this boys ambitions But I don't audition Oh yes that's true I could never act for you Heard you saw some friends of mine last winter Then again, I heard you disappeared into ether I don't laugh and you smile because I'm tired I'm feelin wired oh so weary And oh so old Am I being too bold Bold enough to ask you if you really love me In my shadows and in my breeze And just one last thing Please let me say And that is please, Oh please, please stay away, from me

somebody save me... from your silly shallow hell if it wasn't for me you'd have no stories to tell save me...... keep ye from my sight if you had a clue you'd stay away from me.. don't tell me that you need me don't come 'round my door like a snake pressed to the ground you lies decieve me no more save me... doctors tellin me false truths if you cant see the clues physician heal thyself someone save me.. left standin here alone a ringin in my ear your words betray me don't tell me that you need me don't come knockin on my door sayin that you feel my pain your lies decieve me no more

You could be so energy Electricity You could be lightening You could be anything A masterpiece A revolutionary You can see what, you want to see Can you let it be? Learn or teach Im only halfway to everywhere Im thinking positively Positively This is possible They can say right or wrong Never hear this song Or look you in the eye Im getting rid of negativity Lose the loss in me Call it equality Good luck is a frame of mind Call it humankind And say its destiny

Come on down crooked man Step on up broken man Its okay to cry troubled man Just ease your worried mind and rest awhile Do you remember when it started You had a dream Now you never talk about it Your fame & riches were everything No matter what the cost Now you wish you hadnt blown it Well lay it all on me Lay it all on me Come on down crooked man Step on up broken man Its okay to cry troubled man Just ease your worried mind and rest awhile I came to see how you were doing Its been awhile Lookin back over your shoulder You were restless and you were wild Always running away Once was young now is older Lay it all on me, lay it all on me Come on down crooked man Step on up broken man Its okay to cry troubled man Just ease your worried mind and rest a while

Think of me I'll think of you We better think This whole thing through Sometimes I'm so clumsy You talk to me I'll talk to you You cut the fat And we'll both chew You know we're both hungry I feel so alive today That's all that I wanted to say I hope that it stays this way If not I will be okay Say another prayer Save another life Kiss me on my head And tell me Everything's alright 'Cause I can say it one Or I can shout it twice All there really is Is virtue and vice Virtue and vice Cry to me I'll cry to you Sometimes the pain will only do You know I'm not kidding You laugh with me I'll laugh with you At all the stupid things we do Tomorrow we'll be happy

Let me tell you 'bout the book That I've been reading It's got all my favorite words Let me tell you 'bout who I saw scheming Ya better know it's not my girl Let me tell ya 'bout what I've been seeing It's the window to the world Let me tell you 'bout the secret I've been keeping Said the oyster to the pearl Are you sorry? No not me And tell me why should I be Cause I've been knocked right off of my feet And no I didn't even miss a beat I never thought a love could be like this Then she said my name Now I'm wrapped around her finger I'll never be the same So let me tell ya 'bout the joke That you've been living Said the clown to the fool Let me tell you 'bout The wheel that keeps on spinning Said the teacher to the school Are you worried? Well could be, cause I'll tell you what I've seen I've weathered storms that would sink most ships Yes I know when to button my lip Offer me a melody Pour a cup of wine Spill your deepest memory And someday you'll be fine