Almost Worth the Pain

Ain't it almost worth the sorrow?

Ain't it almost worth the shame?

If the sun don't rise tomorrow

Ain't it almost worth the pain?

She comes tearin' out that old screen door

As he sits there on the couch

He don't think she's been this mad before

And he don't know what it's about

She jumps in the front of his new Ford

Slams that bitch in drive

She ain't dyin', she's been dead before

And she's leaving here alive

Ain't it almost worth the sorrow?

Ain't it almost worth the shame?

If the sun don't rise tomorrow

Ain't it almost worth the pain?

He could chase her if he had her keys;

Would it matter if he did?

She just left him, pretty as you please

With the dog and cat and kid

He calls his mama, 'cause she won't judge

And every other woman lies

She says, “Honey, thank the lord above that you made it out alive."

Ain't it almost worth the sorrow?

Ain't it almost worth the shame?

If the sun don't rise tomorrow

Ain't it almost worth the pain?

He believes she'll turn that truck around

Before she hits the county line

It isn't that she doesn't love him now

She just needs to feel alive

Ain't it almost worth the sorrow?

Ain't it almost worth the shame?

If the sun don't rise tomorrow

Ain't it almost worth the pain?



Instinctively Reactive

This mountain seems a little higher than it used to

This fountain seems a little dryer as well

You might not dream as much as you used to

You wanna scream, but you're tired as hell

Just because they said good night doesn't mean they meant it

Just because they said sweet dreams doesn't mean they wanted them to come true

Time moves slow when you're at the bottom

You wanna go any where else

You think you know, but they say thinking's the problem

Thinking don't put food on your shelves

Just because they said good night doesn't mean they meant it

Just because they said sweet dreams doesn't mean they wanted them to come true

I woke up somewhere in the middle

Of right and wrong and everything else

It seems like life is just some sort of riddle

But each answer leads me back to myself

Just because they said good night doesn't mean they meant it

Just because they said sweet dreams doesn't mean they wanted them to come true

Low Country

Carolina, where you been?

On a Sunday afternoon with the rain pooring down

I can remember, but I couldn't hear a word

This old tin roof drowns out the sound

Stay here with me

and let's begin

Lay here with me

And play pretend

This could all be real...

Love, if the stars shine bright and the moon is above

Or we could both fall

And shatter into a million peices

or nothing at all

Stay here with me
and let's begin
Lay here with me
And play pretend

This could all be real...

Not just some lullaby or fairy tale

You know I feel a little more and more each time

Each time you lay with me

Lay here with me

and let's begin

Stay here with me (stay with me)

And play pretend

This could all be real...

On a Sunday Morning in Valdosta Long Ago

I woke up this morning...

I stepped outside

I woke up this morning...

I'm still alive

I woke up this morning...

I feel alright

Oh, you should have seen me Saturday night.

I drank a long, tall, cold one...

We tossed a bottle of wine

We smoked a big, old, fat one...

Just to pass the time

And when I woke up this morning...

Everything was alright

But oh, you should have see me Saturday night...

It's Saturday night

Everything ought to turn out alright

It's Saturday night

And the world ought to get by just fine just like me...I'm fine

I woke up this morning...

At half past nine

I woke up this morning...

And then I changed my mind

I woke up this morning...

I guess I'll be alright

But oh, you should have been there Saturday

Oh, we had a good time Saturday

Yeah, you missed a good one Saturday night...

A July Kind of Love

You waited for a week or so

To walk in to the fire, back into the show

This July air is thick enough to suffocate

You broke down on the side of the road

Your car was fine. Your heart, who knows?

These July nights are hot enough to incinerate

Maybe in Autumn?

Maybe you'll fall?

Maybe he's hoping you're hoping he'll call?

It's a little different tonight

It doesn't feel the same

You're a little distant this time

Darling, it's a shame

This is a July kind of love,

hotter than hell. Dear Lord above,

Why do summer flings last long enough to hurt?

Maybe in Winter?

Maybe next Spring?

Maybe he hopes you hope your phone rings?

Atlantis

On an island in the sea

Full of hope for you and me

I once imagined I should be

With you in Atlantis

Hearts filled with love and song

You make me feel like I belong

And I knew I'd not go wrong

With my heart in Atlantis

As light fades some love does too

With you and I it seemed untrue

I knew that I would stay with you

Forever in Atlantis

But as tides rose and our hearts sank

From an empty cup of life we drank

And all my thoughts of you are blank

Gone down with Atlantis

Into These Dark Places...

If I poured my soul into a cup

Would it even fill it up?

Sometimes I feel like life

Is just a little less than not enough

So I bleed these words on this page

jotting little bits of rage

If that's not good enough

I'll set myself on fire up on stage

And burn this whole world to the ground

Waiting on you to make a sound

I search for something good,

But nothing is all I've found

While I watch my shadow on the wall

Hoping I never get that call

1:38 a.m.

Wonder if I'll sleep at all

Right now I'm even scared of dreams

Wound tight and bursting at the seems

I close my eyes but in the silence

I can almost hear the screams...