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Dogs, Pirates, and a Storm

Updated: Oct 25, 2022

Cats vs Dog

I want a dog and you want a cat,

I want some of this if you want a lot of that,

You want to go to sleep, and I want to chat,

You want to quiet books and I want games to cheer and clap at,

You like being in the front and I'm all for bringing up the back,

I like it glistening and shiny and you like it somber and matte,

I want to cook dinner and you can’t even decide on a snack,

I want a dog you want a cat.


I have a dog and you have a cat,

Yes, it's true someone else taught me this, but don’t get stuck on that,

I still have feelings for her and they’ll always last,

But I love you the most, and I’ll never leave you, that’s a matter of fact,

I see the whole picture even the shades of gray not just the white and black,

I want this to weather through the tough times, I’m in it to last,

It’s a hard mountainous climb but the top is flat,

That’s why I have a dog, and you have a cat.


I had a dog and you had a cat,

This isn’t a movie you don’t have to act,

I know the time has come and has yet to pass,

But what if one day we want more than that,

I know if you stick around one day I’ll ask,

It may seem like a long way out, but we know it comes fast,

So lets lay it down and make ourselves a pact,

You get a dog and I’ll get a cat.

Stoned from the weather

Wandered till I was lost and I still can't be found.

I sit here in the rain as I watch the water drip down.

I don't know where you're going or if I should follow.

I just know, either way, I’ll regret it tomorrow.


Run in the mud trying to catch up with you.

But I'm stuck in the clay and there's nothing I can do.

Shot myself in the boot with a bullet that was hollow.

The pain is a lot but the truth is harder to swallow.


I was astray in time and stoned by the weather.

Soaked to the bone in my cotton, wool, and leather.

I've accepted the daylight and cursed down the moon.

All because the neon doesn’t light up like it used to.


They say get out of the storm and don’t shift the blame.

That's the equivalent of lighting a fire and trying to catch the flame.

I'm swimming through this desert of bad ideas, wet, and dry spells.

Coloring the canvas of my mind with old paint and pastels.


Where the grass rolls in the wind, like waves on the shoreline.

I imagine you that night I barely remember, you know that one time.

Looking for a solution to my problem while I’m out in the wild.

Looking for a good memory of when I was a child.


But I wandered till I was lost and I still can't be found.

Now I sit here in the rain and watch the water drip down.

I went astray in time and got stoned by the weather.

Soaked to the bone in my cotton, wool, and leather.


So tell me,

If our star burns out how’s is love supposed to last forever?


No-one could hold me down, and I can't hold it together.


I wandered till I was lost and got stoned by the weather.

Two Cents

My life is full of crashes like waves on a shoreline.

Yet every time I ride one back to the sand I think of those eyes.

Remember the days I had it all and you were mine.


Givin' my two cents, I feel like I paid my dues, but that's in due time

I can't lose another woman or I'm going to lose my mind


It’ll be gone one day I’m sure,

But that’s in due time


I’d give you my two cents baby but you're worth the dime

I got two cents worth of excuses

I got two cents and no idea how to use it

I got two cents worth of troubles

I got two cents I gave away so I didn't lose it

I got two cents worth of pain

I got two bodies and no shovels

I got two trophies and didn’t play a game


I'll give you my two cents for that guitar,


Need to play some love songs to combat all this hating.

There’s no interest in common sense so take it out of the savings

These days nothing gets you very far

But I got two cents and I’m gonna be a star

My life isn’t all about money

Here just take this two cents from me

Pirate

She was dressed like a pirate.

Looking for the treasure she found my map,

Set sail until she came across the beach where it was at,

But under the X she didn’t find treasure in my chest,

Only a broken heart and an old love put to rest.


She shook that bottle in her hand,

Said she can take me back to the promise land,

I’ve sailed a lot, and never that far in a one night stand,


Now I’m counting flowers on the wall while throwing knives at the ceiling.


Trying to catch them as they fall,

you know,

before I catch feelings.


I just have holes in my hands where she slips through. Those are all that need healing.


She was swimming in the lightning,

Sails in the wind took as the ropes began tightening,

She asked to see my writing, painting, all my art

So I opened the door and lead her into dark

She left scared grabbing at her broken heart


The Pirate didn’t believe this was where the wild things are.

Late-night drives and tear-filled eyes

It’s what I want and doesn’t want me at the same time.

A picture of you and a smoke-filled mind


Late-night drives and tear-filled eyes


If I ever love again I won’t take it for granted

If only I could understand what went wrong and how it happened

If only It took it’s time and wasn’t so quick and rapid

If only we could have taken the moment and had it captured


We both know I made my fair share of mistakes and you weren’t one

But regret slips away every day with the rising sun

It’s what I want and doesn’t want me at the same time.

A picture of you and a smoke-filled mind


Late-night drives and tear-filled eyes


She took the bread and didn’t leave any crumbs

She saw the war paint and heard the beat of the drums

She followed the trail of blood back to what you could have become


We both know I’ve fucked up a lot and it was never you

But I still feel like there was nothing I could have changed or I could do

It’s what I want and doesn’t want me at the same time.

A picture of you and a smoke-filled mind


Late-night drives and tear-filled eyes

Loud music in the rain

I'm driving 99 miles a fuckin’ hour

The road next to the river in a southern Oregon shower

My shit old car is dying and starting to lose power

But I still turn it up, cuz the music still gets louder


Today’s decisions are never set in stone

You’re outside the law and you know

Nobody calls cuz you don’t have a phone

You’re going somewhere and you’re not going slow


Pull the trigger to the pen aimed in your head

with the ink that bleeds from the end of the pen

written down so imagination can bring them to life again

Pull the trigger in the pen so you don't end up dead


I'm driving 99 miles a fuckin’ hour

The road next to the river in a southern Oregon shower

My shit old car is dying and starting to lose power

But I still turn it up, cuz the music still gets louder


Follow the rules, or end up alone.

It doesn’t break it grows

Don’t let it get away if it has a home

It’s not what you’re thinking, It’s what shows

Follow the rules, or end up alone.


Hear raindrops on the windshield, the high-hat, and the treble

The music comes together with the speed and you start to settle

As you hear the bass in the back and you begin to tremble


I'm driving 99 miles a fuckin’ hour

The road next to the river in a southern Oregon shower

My shit old car is dying and starting to lose power

But I still turn it up, cuz the music still gets louder

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