Driftline Project
Perched on the edge of the new morning sky
First it’s pink then you blink and the world goes by
Blackwater backwater days just begun
Can’t tell the time from a slow rising sun
Heat of the sun is advancing toward noon
Sand slips from hands as the time passes soon
Shells in the swell as the surf drifts away
Saltwater fool settles in for the day
Light on the water it shivers and bends
Drifting in circles that seem not to end
Something is turning you don’t understand
Slipping away like the sand in your hand
See how it runs, see how it shines
Over and over in saltwater brine
See how it breaks, see how it moves
Nothing to hold and nothing to lose
Driftwood recalling its roots in the ground
Tide keeps the time but it won’t make a sound
Footprints are thinking of where they have gone
Washed into shadows and never return
Light on the water in ribbons that spin
Sun giving light as the morning begins
You in the middle you’re under the gun
Caught in the crossfire with nowhere to run
Breath of a moment you almost can’t hold
Warmth in the air yet you shiver with cold
Time is a tide that keeps pulling you through
Daybreak is dawning as day starts anew
Drift in the distance of where you have been
Thoughts keep returning like tide rolling in
Nothing to grasp but the pull of the day
Caught in a lie as you’re drifting away
See how it runs, see how it shines
Over the water and into your mind
See how it breaks, see how it flows
Carried by currents to where no one knows
DAYBREAKER
ALREADY GONE
Well the sun shines down
Warms the ground below
And my hands still shake
As I turn around slow
Then before my eyes
She comes into view
Fair complexion there
Changed what I once knew
In the space between
What I say and do
She don’t look away
Like she knows it too
Oh and I don’t know
Where this feeling goes
But it pulls me close
Like the tide that flows
And I try to let it show
But the words move slow
In her starry eyes
I’m already gone
With those starry eyes
And her raven hair
Words that linger on
Hangin’ in the air
Like a summer wind
Moving through my bones
I was holding on
Now I’m letting go
There’s a shift I feel
That I can’t undo
She don’t say a word
Still it cuts me through
Oh and I don’t know
Where this feeling goes
But it pulls me close
Like the tide that flows
And I try to let it show
But the words move slow
In her starry eyes
I’m already gone
Maybe I was lost in the undertow
Holding on to what I couldn’t let go
Every thought pulled me back again
Every road led nowhere in the end
If it breaks, let it break in time
If it bends, let it realign
I was only waiting on a sign
She just smiled and I was fine
Now I know where it goes
When the current flows
I don’t fight it now
I just let it go
And her hand in mine
Says what I can’t show
In her starry eyes
I’m already gone
And the sun dips low
Still the feeling grows
In the turn around
I was already gone
I Don't Mind
I wore the life vest and passed the big test
I drank the Orange Crush and drove the big bus
I wrote the sales pitch and threw the brake switch
I wrote the book now You ask me how?
I don’t mind
No, I don’t mind
Why? I don’t mind
Now you ask me how
I don’t mind
No, I don’t mind
Why? I don’t mind
Now you ask me how
I cracked the cold case and shaved to save face
I took a nose dive and poked the beehive
I walked the fine line and played the back nine
I stole the show now You ask me how?
I don’t mind
No, I don’t mind
Why? I don’t mind
Now you ask me how
I don’t mind
No, I don’t mind
Why? I don’t mind
Now you ask me how
I spun the globe twice and tried to play nice
I paid the toll late, chose to cut bait
I lit the fuse slow, then had to eat crow
I kept it highbrow
You ask me how?
I don’t mind
No, I don’t mind
Was it luck or simply timing?
Was it all just merely rhyming?
Was I barely even trying— or just getting by?
Did I miss the early warning?
Sleep right through a quiet morning?
Did I just wake up mid-story with no reply?
I don’t mind…
No, I don’t mind…
Why… I don’t mind…
I don’t mind
No, I don’t mind
Why? I don’t mind
Now you ask me how!
I wrote the ending before the start
Played every role but forgot the part
Took every road but I missed the turn
So now you ask me— what did I learn?
I don’t mind…
No, I don’t mind…
Why… I don’t mind…
I don’t mind
No, I don’t mind
Why? I don’t mind
Now you ask me how!
Currents Diverge
Waiting like a candle in the rain
Burning low against the pouring gray
Letting go of thoughts I can’t forget
So I light another cigarette
Regret
Waiting for the smoke to clear the air
Wondering if anybody cares
Shadows moving slowly through my mind
Fading like a signal lost in time
Decline
Night tide pulling at my feet
Cold wind whispering through the trees
Everything I tried to hold
Slips away so easily
Currents diverge along the shoreline
Moonlight shivers on the sea
Every wave keeps pulling farther
Further from what used to be
Drifting slowly through the silence
Fleeting like a summer breeze
All the things I tried to carry
Scatter out beyond my reach
Casting off a gently weathered pier
Water rolling black beneath my feet
Circling schools of fish and thought tonight
Manifesting somewhere in between
Unseen
Far away the warning lights all fade
Silver outlines shifting with the tide
Every distant memory returns
Then dissolves beneath the midnight sky
Goodbye
Old ghosts floating through the dark
Broken bottles drifting sparks
Every memory comes undone
Before the waking of the sun
Currents diverge along the shoreline
Moonlight shivers on the sea
Every wave keeps pulling farther
Further from what used to be
Drifting slowly through the silence
Fleeting like a summer breeze
All the things I tried to carry
Scatter out beyond my reach
And the tide rolls in...
And the tide rolls out...
Everything returns
Everything falls down
Hear the distant foghorn cry
Like a hymn beneath the sky
I was never meant to stay
Only drift and drift away
Currents diverge along the shoreline
Cold blue shadows over me
Every wave keeps pulling farther
Toward some lost eternity
Drifting slowly through the silence
Weightless now and finally free
All the things I tried to carry
Washing out to sea
Waiting like a candle in the rain
Morning breaking through the endless gray...
Drift...
Far...
Away...
Decay