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You Can’t Kill A Man, When He’s Already Dead

Penueta’s a village in a Mexican Valley

Across the river from the Fedrales

Where the rain does not fall and that land it is dry

 And the crops do not grow and the farmers they cry

The Gringos they come with their money and cars

and bargain with peasants while they smoke their cigars

Acedro says someday I’ll swim that big river

And send back the money to my mother and sisters

His father he died when he was still small

The smell of Tequila is all he recalls

When he asked his mother all she said

Is you can’t kill a man when he’s already dead

AAAAAA HHHHH EEEEEEEE

Well, all he took was the shirt on his back

The river was swift and the night it was black

The search lights they turned the land to a stage

Where the actors are strong and the performance is brave

Acedro was caught and put behind bars

The nights they pass slow when you can’t see the stars

Something it broke, deep down inside

The shame he felt he could not hide

When the news found his mother all she said

Is you can’t kill a man when he’s already dead

AAAAAA HHHHH EEEEE

Your Memories I Borrowed—A Freak Like Me

I was always hanging and trying to fit it. Trying to belong to something or be pert of something. I was awkward and weird and a lonely outsider…….. Kinda like today, if ya know what I mean.

Before Someone Shot Lennon (You can’t make new old friends)

I Grew up
In a simpler time
In a small town
Back when the world was still kind

Didn’t have much money
Road trips in rusty cars
Played the hell out of 3 chords
On our beat up old guitars

Thought we were cool
We were gonna change the world
We sang “All ya need is love”
Back before someone shot Lennon

Listened to vinyl records
Music set us free
People over thirty
We couldn’t trust or believe

I’m going back
To all those good times
Kodachrome memories
With all my old friends

No matter where we go
No matter where we’ve been
One thing for certain
You can’t make, “New old friends”

Smashed my cell phone
Threw a brick at my Big Screen
Lets sit down in the backyard
Where we once shared all our dreams

Lets look at old photo albums
When our hair was long
And we wore yesterday smiles
Life’s a vapor, and then it’s gone

Campouts and keggers
Cut offs and ball caps
bonfires down at the river
Cold beers and cheap grass

Exaggerated our victories
Minimizing our loses
Where did the time go
Summers use to last forever

I’m going back
So many good times
Kodachrome memories
You’re a lifelong friend of mine

No matter where we go
No matter where we’ve been
One thing for certain
We can’t make, “New old friends”

I’m Gonna Treat Ya Like You’re Not My Wife

If you were my lover

I’d hold ya tight

But you ain’t my lover

You’re just my wife 

If you were my lover

I’d make ya moan and scream

But you’re not my lover

Who gets naked in my dreams

If you were my lover

I wouldn’t holler you wouldn’t bitch

But you’re not my lover

You no longer scratch my itch

If you were my lover

I’d take ya home

But you’re not my lover

So I’m sleeping alone

I’m gonna take ya on a date

I’m gonna treat ya right

I’m gonna treat like a girlfriend

I’m gonna treat ya like you’re not my wife

If you were my lover

I’d give ya hugs and kisses

But I’m not your lover

You’re not my mistress

If you were my lover

You’d be my fantasy

But you’re not my lover

What ya get is what ya see

If you were my lover

I’d take you to bed

But I’m not my lover

That’s what you said

If you were my lover

I’d ask you to marry me

But you’r not my lover

You’re already my wife ya see

I’m gonna take ya on a date

I’m gonna treat ya right

I’m gonna treat like a girlfriend

I’m gonna treat ya like you’re not my wife

We All Need A Home

Home

Everybody needs a home

Family

Everybody needs a family 

Dreams

Everybody needs a dream

A dream to awake too

Friends

Someone to pull you thru

Hope

Something to hang on too

Take a seat

There’s plenty of room at the table

For me and you 

Time

There’s never enough

Kindness

Should never go unnoticed 

Love

Is to be shared

Shared between me and you

Forgiveness

Everybody needs forgiveness

Laughter

Everyone should have their share

Smiles

They’re always free

Free to you, free to me

Home

Everybody needs a family

Family

Everybody needs a home

Dreams

Everybody needs a dream

A dream to come true