Work-a-man's Song

 
 
“  driving down that long lonesome highway......”

…...asphalt ribbon winding
tossing blackened spatters
upon new paint,
the sound of your own wheels turning
exorcising haints,
the “Shining” raised before your weary eyes

“......day after day, I'm more confused
as I look for the light through the pouring rain”


peacefulness
and solace found
in the sounds of beautiful,
melancholy days gone by
but my soul lift
ancient melodies up
to the cool clear skies
this lonely place is
not my earthly home......

“.....give me the beat boys
to free my soul
I wanna' get lost in your rock and roll
and drift away”

to die away easy,
in death, life reappears
a founding of my love ones
no longer here

but there in mind,
time after time
sweet memories erase away the  fears
of living in this
“brave new world”

.......i drift as i drive

untested,
constantly molested
contentious,
tarnished , untamed
spoken, nonchalantly
do you not see or feel the peoples pain ?

….love careth not

a cauldron, boiling of insane
dreams dare not abound
nor hope resurrected
the elevator going
down......

…..seems that's all that's left of this “better mousetrap now”

“.....when my mind is free
you know a melody can move me
and when I'm feeling blue
the guitar's coming through to soothe me “

I drive the main road
tired, jaded
my mind sorely faded...
overload

The lineman's gentle lullaby
I close my eyes
staring off into the skies
for an answer......

…...but it just won't burn

looking for a solution
in the midst
of life's perilous storms

“......give me the beat boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
and drift away
give me the beat boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away “


"Drift Away"  by the late, great Dobie Gray, r.i.p.  and just a hint of "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb