This Time...
“ There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm
where all the money goes”.........
Sometimes late in evenings song
where the train runs through tomorrow
He rides the pain of circumstance
looking out old windows of sorrow
He fights the same old dream
on a treadmill in his soul
losing his mind in a golden rush
When the heroin gains control
Broken needles and stitched up mind
Silver spoons over heated flame
Bringing to home the memories
In a place that knows his name
This time the war is over
this time he buries the dead
This time he roll’s like thunder
from the feelings that flow through his head...
Old soldiers sometimes mend
others just lose their will
‘cause midnight takes no prisoners
and I guess it never will..
“Come on Baby...spend the night with me”
Quotations are from John Prines' songs: “Sam Stone” and “Six o’clock News”
By Bubby
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