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undefined Aug 2015
steel train running at the end of a long night
dew on the grass, waiting for morning light
you're in your bed fast asleep
didn't wanna wake you, i had to leave

wish that i could tell you how much you mean
to this broken hearted traveler you're everything
wanted to write a little, sorry it took so long
my feelings all get jumbled and i knew i was wrong

it hurts me too much to see you in pain
and i don't really wanna make you feel that way
when i'm gone, i think you'll be better in a day
i'll still hurt a little , but i'll be okay
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(CH)
wan­na say i'm

sorry for the pain
sorry for the way
there's only me to blame
so, i'm gonna leave today

i'm sorry for the way
i let you hurt me
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you were like a moonbeam, guiding my way
flowers in spring, rainbow after the rain
a wish in a fountain, all i want to say
is believe it or not, i fell in love right away
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..­.but i'm gone    and things
are back the way they should be

for you    and me
so why do i still feel like i'm falling   down
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undefined Aug 2015
her arms told a story i was dying to know
undefined Aug 2015
Headed north up 65 , watching trees change color
Miles just fly on by, I'm heading back towards Colorado
And I'll breath that west coast air, no tellin' where I'll sleep again
This spirit takes me farther, down this road that never ends
  
     And my shadow sometimes leaves me, and I can't see too clear
      But this yellow line I'm riding,  it always gets me there.

Keep on pushing every mile , this road is my home
Make my living just running , like I was born to roam
With guitar in my hand , and breath in my chest
I hit the ground running , like there's no tomorrows left
i wrote most of this last year.... was inspired to try and finish it this morning :)
undefined Aug 2015
im getting good at "good byes"
do 'em all the time
can look you straight in the eyes
and hardly even cry

im gettin better at telling lies
say one or two everytime
i'll kiss you soft and say
we'll meet again someday

so darling, before you and I
get much closer together tonight
before you've swept my heart away
there's something i should say

we can be together tonight
and i'll sure hold you tight
but honey you should know
i'm gettin' good at letting go

it might feel like we could stay
and i'll love you for always
but when the road calls me on down the line...
I'm gettin' good at "good byes"
capo 1
barred
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a/e/b/e
undefined Jul 2015
walking up the east coast
I studied history for a time
and in Charleston one evening
I wrote a poem .

played "original" songs in Charlotte
drank and danced with new friends every night
but after the 4th I packed it up and again
heard the call of the road .

making my way straight north
following the highway signs
I stopped just up the river in West Virginia
to rest traveled and weary bones .

laid out beside the Ohio
soaking up the sunshine
with my guitar, ruck sack and a dollar for the hat
totaling everything I own .
don't really like this much , for reasons , but I dig the way it ends .. so, i'll probably come back and cut all but that if I can use it somewhere :)
undefined Jul 2015
singing for the tree lines, not far in from shore
along dusty roads with pack on back, and guitar

cool downtown, city-weekend nights, with street-lamp, store window light
wandering nomadic gypsy soul with adopted name
entertaining for angels and saints

warm country summer days, sidewalk strumming
streaming sweat, marking time, keeping time
forgetting time, and making it
watching it , seizing or taking it

breathing , discovering , smiling , shrugging
and sharing with friends whatever's left
(signed)      - All The Best,
a postcard to jon
undefined Jul 2015
when i'm ready to leave , there's no stopping me
let the wind howl and blow , i'm still gonna go
let thunder crash , let heaven scream
i'll be on the road just watch me leave

when there's no more words to write , no more fences to climb
no more trains to hop , no more roads to walk
then you can lay me down somewhere on the way out of town
and set my spirit free in a place in a place where stars are just out of reach

....

'cause when i'm ready to leave , there won't be no stopping me
let the winds howl and blow , you know i'm still gonna go
let thunder crash and Heaven scream , i'll be on the road , nothin' bothering me

when I've no more words to write , trails to hike or mountains to climb...
then lay me down on your way out of town and remember me
but set my spirit free
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