Give me moonlight gravel and a pickle jar
I never go away too far from a post oak tree
Played like boxcar children in the wilderness
But in real life I’m all defense
Heart born deportee
In hindsight, I guess I was for sale
For a compliment and a cocktail
Thirty coins and I’d exhale my light
Scratching your back like I never broke a nail
And I’m on kitchen detail for the rest of my life
Like a bolt from the blue
No reason, no rhyme
Your guess is as good as mine
Wipe it off and go inside
Batten down the hatches
Ridin’ out the storm
Wintergreen, I’m a bet, let’s make a scene
You’re Lenny Bruce, I’m kerosene, knee-deep in a midnight star
Mini Ha ha bingo on the service road
The caller, she’s a Seminole from where the water barks
I broke all seven seals back in ‘86 just to get it over with
Now I gotta walk all my days in a knot
Assuredly, I sure love a full tank of gas, right on red, the smell of sweetgrass
It’s not all bad, my little heart’s gleam
Like a bolt from the blue
No reason, no rhyme
Your guess is as good as mine
Wipe it off and go inside
Batten down the hatches
Ridin’ out the storm
X marks the spot with an xxx and dot dot dot, you know I never thought thought thought
I’d go and get the chills
That memory, ‘bout as useful as a pay phone, ‘bout as free as a metronome
But I guess it led me here
And here’s as good a place to be as anywhere
Daycare for your nightmares, I hear that I’m dreaming it all
So I buckle up but not too tight, and I call home on the by and by
It’s a tight squeeze and cool breeze and it’s like
A bolt from the blue
No reason, no rhyme
Your guess is as good as mine
Wipe it off and go inside
Batten down the hatches
Ridin’ out the storm
Other lyrics by Samantha Crain:
B-Attitudes
There are fields out by the municipal airport, owned by the college here Most days I go out with my dog as night is coming nearer And I pretend it’s all mine, the …
Boilermaker
Boilermaker, God’s icebreaker, heart of splintered wood An august boozer, contract roofer, had that Elvis look Past the greenbelt, Days Inn motel, he wanted company …
Dart
With your crooked tooth and a messed up joke Your wandering knees and a green rain coat Moved to this town of fantasy Where I know you so little, I know everything And is …
Dragonfly
I only wanna be free at last Live to see where I arrive at I skim across the water tops Depending on how the light falls The angles and the aerosols All hues are seen …
Fool's Paradise
Seems I’m always waiting to fall down Before I’ll tie the lace I sob at the park, when I cry they build arks And I hope you understand I-40 forever glistening, Delilah in …