Gene Eric Mann's listening history
Lyrics and music by Hank Williams Sr., but my cover is in Dm/D, with guitar and bass tuned to Drop D.
KAW-LIJA
Kaw-Lija was a wooden Indian standing by the door
He fell in love with an Indian maid over in the antique store
Kaw-Lija-A…
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LOCOMOTIVE BREATH
In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath
Runs the all time loser
Headlong to his death
Oh, he feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train, it won't stop going…
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SOLANA (Sunshine)
Sunshine, you are the morning.
Solana, you bring the light.
I am the evening. I am the darkness.
Whoa, you know, I bring the night.
But in the dusk and in the dawn, we make it right. We make it right.
Sunshine…
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Pitchforks glow reflecting torches held in hand by the town’s folk
Eyeballs gleam beneath the balls of flame puffing out the stream of smoke
Rumors grow, they’re telling of the child who was flung in the lake
Gnashing teeth, they scream…
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MY SPIRIT LONGS
My eyes, they thirst to drink you in
I reach to hold your hand in mine
In dreams of memories with your soul
To write within my Book of Time
My arms, they beg to hold you close
I need to keep you by my side
If only…
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Most Times
Every now and then I think that I should eat.
Every now and then I think that I should sleep.
Every now and then I ponder what to do.
Most times I just think of you.
Most times I just think of you.
Sometimes I will call…
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JUMPSUIT BLUES
As I slept this morning,
I dreamed of what you said
How you said you loved me,
And from my toes to head
Then I woke to Chow Call,
Prison walls around my bed
‘Morning to you, Jesus!
How did you sleep last night…
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IN THIS CELL
Yes, I have my problems
Lord knows I’m not quite right
For I was a tortured child
I seek eternal night
Yes, I have my hang-ups
I have my cause to weep
For I face a future grim
I seek eternal sleep
But what they say…
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GONNA SIT AND ROT
Gonna sit and breathe and try to understand
How everything I suffer I’m clutching in my hand
Got to let them go at least I hope I can
Gonna sit and breathe and try to let them go
That’s everything I’m clutching I’m dropping…
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