Submissions by buddydog
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
State of Emergency
She wasn't in my forecast
Not even on my radar
I didn't know that girl could have takin' it so far
Time with her was all blue skies
Until her landslide made me realize
I'll never be free
I'm living in a state of emergency
She's like the San Andreas fault, she shook me to the floor
She blew me away like a hurricane on a south Florida shore
Left me all twisted inside like a tornado out on a Kansas plain
Swept me away like flood in a Louisiana rain.
Don't need no storm shelter
No evacuation or disaster plan
I...
Not even on my radar
I didn't know that girl could have takin' it so far
Time with her was all blue skies
Until her landslide made me realize
I'll never be free
I'm living in a state of emergency
She's like the San Andreas fault, she shook me to the floor
She blew me away like a hurricane on a south Florida shore
Left me all twisted inside like a tornado out on a Kansas plain
Swept me away like flood in a Louisiana rain.
Don't need no storm shelter
No evacuation or disaster plan
I...
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Wanna New Memory
Wake up with the rooster's crow
Start my day with some coffee black
Tell myself I'm not gonna to look back...
As the day comes crashing in
So does your memory of way back when
I play them in my mind time after time
Like an old slide show that always rewinds
I wanna new memory
of you and just me
A new sunrise, a new sunet
Some good times with no regrets
Like a paycheck, it's all good until it's gone
Like the ending to your favorite country song
Just something new so I can hold on...
You and me......
Start my day with some coffee black
Tell myself I'm not gonna to look back...
As the day comes crashing in
So does your memory of way back when
I play them in my mind time after time
Like an old slide show that always rewinds
I wanna new memory
of you and just me
A new sunrise, a new sunet
Some good times with no regrets
Like a paycheck, it's all good until it's gone
Like the ending to your favorite country song
Just something new so I can hold on...
You and me......
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You without Me
Time and memories are so strange
Like horses running wild on an open range
When you break the silence you'll find the blame
Only the thunder from the hoofs remain
I drive this war ship into the sunset
The light blinds the things I couldn't see
Like wheels that turn on the road of regret
I wished I'd never known you without me
I feel like I'll never hear your voice or touch face
I feel like sometimes I can't remember what I've erased.
I feel those times are gone... when we were alone.
I wonder if it was real and don't like...
Like horses running wild on an open range
When you break the silence you'll find the blame
Only the thunder from the hoofs remain
I drive this war ship into the sunset
The light blinds the things I couldn't see
Like wheels that turn on the road of regret
I wished I'd never known you without me
I feel like I'll never hear your voice or touch face
I feel like sometimes I can't remember what I've erased.
I feel those times are gone... when we were alone.
I wonder if it was real and don't like...
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We're Not Ready
You're settin' on the edge of our bed
There's a tear in your eye
You're questioning if it's time
Time to say goodbye
I'm drivin' this car
Did I take it to far
I just needed some fresh air
I'm swearin' I just don't care
We're not ready
We're not ready to let go
Of each other or the reasons that we fight
So we'll hold on for another night
Cause we both know
We're not ready, We're not ready, We're not ready
To let go
You say it's the alcohol and the lack of a plan
I say you must have feelings for another man
So we...
There's a tear in your eye
You're questioning if it's time
Time to say goodbye
I'm drivin' this car
Did I take it to far
I just needed some fresh air
I'm swearin' I just don't care
We're not ready
We're not ready to let go
Of each other or the reasons that we fight
So we'll hold on for another night
Cause we both know
We're not ready, We're not ready, We're not ready
To let go
You say it's the alcohol and the lack of a plan
I say you must have feelings for another man
So we...
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Georgia
It's a rainy night on midnight train
Her voice is calling my name
It's been a while since I saw her smile
Without her I'm living in exile
I'm back on the road, just me and boo
Tonight the lights went out, I hope to make through
I miss her southern charm and the comfort in her arms
When I'm in Rome, it my home away from home
She's my Georgia
She's always on my mind
I like it when I cross her state line
She's sweet as a peach in the summertime
She's a rose...
Her voice is calling my name
It's been a while since I saw her smile
Without her I'm living in exile
I'm back on the road, just me and boo
Tonight the lights went out, I hope to make through
I miss her southern charm and the comfort in her arms
When I'm in Rome, it my home away from home
She's my Georgia
She's always on my mind
I like it when I cross her state line
She's sweet as a peach in the summertime
She's a rose...
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Takin' It
I was wearing a pair Dingo boots sitting in the back of math class with nothing to do
Counting the days to graduation and wondering how soft the leg was in Cindy’s high heel shoe
Takin’ it as far as I could
Takin’ it as far as I could
I’d meet my buddies in town on Friday night
We’d ride that strip going nowhere
All we knew, we were there
A pony pack with some smoke in the air
Takin’ it as far as I could
Takin’ it as far as I could
My daddy said my hair was too long ...
Counting the days to graduation and wondering how soft the leg was in Cindy’s high heel shoe
Takin’ it as far as I could
Takin’ it as far as I could
I’d meet my buddies in town on Friday night
We’d ride that strip going nowhere
All we knew, we were there
A pony pack with some smoke in the air
Takin’ it as far as I could
Takin’ it as far as I could
My daddy said my hair was too long ...
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Red Wine and Whiskey
Got my girl in the front seat of this Country Cadillac
A bottle in a brown paper sack
Uncle Kracker on the radio
We're creepin' hard, cause she likes to take it slow
She's an uptown lady, just a backwoods girl
Has a french manicure while skinnin' a squirrel
Victoria's Secret under a pair of faded jeans
Make a Pope kick out stained glass window
If you know what I mean
She's sweet, straight from the vine
Has the spirt of Tennessee moonshine
Her eyes are as bright as those big city lights
Her smile is...
A bottle in a brown paper sack
Uncle Kracker on the radio
We're creepin' hard, cause she likes to take it slow
She's an uptown lady, just a backwoods girl
Has a french manicure while skinnin' a squirrel
Victoria's Secret under a pair of faded jeans
Make a Pope kick out stained glass window
If you know what I mean
She's sweet, straight from the vine
Has the spirt of Tennessee moonshine
Her eyes are as bright as those big city lights
Her smile is...
645 reads
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I Wanna Be
She pulled up in a corvette
LATRAIL on the license plate
She had a smile with no regrets
She said get in I don’t wanna be late
A bottle of Jack, bag of cash on the floor
A memory in the makin'
We headed for that Georgia shore
Cause it’s there for the takin'
Her hair was like Farrah, while blowing in the wind
She sang like Janis Joplin, missing a word every
now and then
She had a style of her own
Like the "Outlaw Lady" played by Sharon Stone
We walked along the beach ...
LATRAIL on the license plate
She had a smile with no regrets
She said get in I don’t wanna be late
A bottle of Jack, bag of cash on the floor
A memory in the makin'
We headed for that Georgia shore
Cause it’s there for the takin'
Her hair was like Farrah, while blowing in the wind
She sang like Janis Joplin, missing a word every
now and then
She had a style of her own
Like the "Outlaw Lady" played by Sharon Stone
We walked along the beach ...
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Fence Post
I'm really unclear why I'm here
Has it been a year
Since I held my Becky near
My little girl says it is for the best
And I deserve the rest
Haven't seen her in a while
Some days I can't remember her smile
Just like fence posts
We're lined up in row
We're weathered and tethered
Rusty wire are memories, stapled to our hearts
Nothing but grass and weeds keep us apart
You never notice as you drive by
Like fence posts
Like fence posts just left here to die
I think about my life,...
Has it been a year
Since I held my Becky near
My little girl says it is for the best
And I deserve the rest
Haven't seen her in a while
Some days I can't remember her smile
Just like fence posts
We're lined up in row
We're weathered and tethered
Rusty wire are memories, stapled to our hearts
Nothing but grass and weeds keep us apart
You never notice as you drive by
Like fence posts
Like fence posts just left here to die
I think about my life,...
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Alabama Sunshine Georgia Pines
I remember how good it was from the start
All the love we had with wings on our hearts
I can still feel that Alabama sunshine
Setting here under these Georgia pines
Like a summer's day that faded into the dark
Somehow we drifted apart
Like the winds of change
A gentle breeze with no one to blame
Like a roller coaster ride
Hands are in the air
Hearts on the fall
You know... we had it all
Like a princess at the party
With time running out
Just to find a pumpkin I recall
We had it all... We...
All the love we had with wings on our hearts
I can still feel that Alabama sunshine
Setting here under these Georgia pines
Like a summer's day that faded into the dark
Somehow we drifted apart
Like the winds of change
A gentle breeze with no one to blame
Like a roller coaster ride
Hands are in the air
Hearts on the fall
You know... we had it all
Like a princess at the party
With time running out
Just to find a pumpkin I recall
We had it all... We...
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Like a Alabama Song
Sitting here under the tree
Dreaming of a girl that's right for me
Something more than just a pretty face
Like faded jeans with a little lace
Someone I can take up town
Or out in the country where the crickets are the only sound
A "Roll On" tee shirt and a bottle of wine
Sippn' on Tennessee whiskey just for a good time
Give me girl like a 69 super sport Chevelle
Style of her own and can raise a little hell
Like a jacked-up mud truck that's turning it on
"take me down and love me all night long"
I want a girl like a...
Dreaming of a girl that's right for me
Something more than just a pretty face
Like faded jeans with a little lace
Someone I can take up town
Or out in the country where the crickets are the only sound
A "Roll On" tee shirt and a bottle of wine
Sippn' on Tennessee whiskey just for a good time
Give me girl like a 69 super sport Chevelle
Style of her own and can raise a little hell
Like a jacked-up mud truck that's turning it on
"take me down and love me all night long"
I want a girl like a...
977 reads
3 Comments
Broken Seal
I find myself not understanding what I feel
Somehow something has broken the seal
All these memories I thought I put away
Buried deep in my mind until today
They've taken on a life all their own
Like facing reality while being stoned
Treasures you can't hold, counting them one by one
It's an addiction that just can't be undone
I'm trying to let go
I want back the world I know
(The world I know)
Did I sell my soul for a ghost from the past
Still trapped in your aftermath
How...
Somehow something has broken the seal
All these memories I thought I put away
Buried deep in my mind until today
They've taken on a life all their own
Like facing reality while being stoned
Treasures you can't hold, counting them one by one
It's an addiction that just can't be undone
I'm trying to let go
I want back the world I know
(The world I know)
Did I sell my soul for a ghost from the past
Still trapped in your aftermath
How...
906 reads
2 Comments
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