Wanna Be A Flower

Harmonica and A Hardhat

A man with a harmonica and a hardhat
walked off the job today
A man with a harmonica and a hardhat
said there's got to be a better way

Picking up steel is a might hard deal
especially when you see a friend fall
and the red sun comin' up
looks like blood in your coffee cup
and then you walk

A man with a harmonica and a hardhat
walked off the job today
A man with a harmonica and a hardhat
said there's got to be a better way

A man with a harmonica and a hardhat
walked off the job today
A man with a harmonica and a hardhat
said there's got to be a better way

Thursday at Friday Harbor

Let's go walkin' around this town
with the sea wind and the sun goin' down
and all the sunburned fishermen
are preparing their nets to go out again

Taste the salt from the sea
those islands callin' you and me

In a corner bar we hear a mighty tale
how the fixer can pull you from a killer whale
Say your prayers and eat fresh fish
say a pretty starlight wish

Taste the salt from the sea
those islands callin' you and me
Let's go walkin' around this town
with the sea wind and the sun goin' down

Buffalo Blanket Girl

She's out there running with the deer
she's been living out in the woods for years
in a teepee she stretched on her own
she tends her campfire all alone
she lives like her people lived
one hundred years ago
buffalo blanket to keep her warm
from the North wind and snow

Coyotes listen as she prays
she fishes in the river on most days
rabbit fur moccasins on her feet
there's berries and greens she can eat

She lives like her people lived
one hundred years ago
buffalo blanket to keep her warm
from the North wind and the snow

Six Weeks

It took six weeks to get her outta my bed
It'll take forever to get her outta my head
I keep livin' like this I'm gonna wind up dead
with no one to cry at my grave

Six weeks can be a long, long time
livin' on tequila worms and lime
I'm gonna die South of the Mexican line
with no one to cry at my grave

Six weeks she rode me like a rented mule
took the skin right off my tool
I'm gonna die skinny down broken fool
with no one to cry at my grave

Six weeks she went through a million bucks
we had a lotta laughs and a lotta yucks
I'm gonna die a broke down schmuck
with no one to cry at my grave

For the next six weeks I'll be in the tank
with only my dick to yank
I'll get shot tryin' to rob a bank
with no one to cry at my grave

It took six weeks to get her outta my bed
it'll take forever to get her outta my head
I keep livin' like this I'm gonna wind up dead
with no one to cry at my grave

It took six weeks to get her outta my bed
it'll take forever to get her outta my head
I keep livin' like this I'm gonna wind up dead
with no one to cry at my grave

Big Ball Spins

Blood red eyes starin' at the sun
trying to figure out what needs to be done
it's a funny feelin'
eatin' at my bones
my hair is itching
like I need to feed my Jones

This big ball spinnin' our souls off into space
don't you think that defines Amazing Grace

Greedy sons of bitches trying to screw all they can screw
Lord maybe you forgive 'em but they know the things they do
for Caesar's gold they'll rape and burn the earth
and kill their brothers and sisters
to enhance their net worth

This big ball is spinnin' our souls off into space
don't you think that defines Amazing Grace

There's great philosophers with every jailhouse vice
trying not to get crushed like crazy scared mice
you've gotta stand up and argue with the man
even if you go down in flames
you've gotta try to make your stand

This big ball spins us all off into space
don't you think that defines Amazing Grace
This big ball spins us all off into space
don't you think that defines Amazing Grace

Hoot Owl

A hoot owl snuck up on me yesterday
Lakota legend says someone's going away
sunshine brings us shadows
before the North wind brings the snow
she dances in the shadows
pretends I don't know
she ignores the angels
she pretends I don't know

A hoot owl knows some secrets
from hangin' in the trees
tries to send a warning
he sees her on her knees
sunshine brings us shadows
before the North wind brings the snow
she dances in the shadows
pretends I don't know
she ignores the angels
she pretends I don't know
she ignores the angels
she pretends I don't know

Fifty Questions

Where'd you come from yesterday
is that all you've got left to say
Where'd you come from yesterday
is that all you've got left to say
there's a light on at the tower
but it don't seem like that's the right way home

Where's the money you had in your sock
did you open the kitchen lock
Where's the money you had in your sock
did you open the kitchen lock
there's a light on at the tower
but it don't seem like that's the right way home

Have you been drinkin' with old Bruce
Are you walkin' just a little loose
Have you been drinkin' with old Bruce
Are you walkin' just a little loose
there's a light on at the tower
but it don't seem like that's the right way home

Where'd you come from yesterday
is that all you've got left to say
Where'd you come from yesterday
is that all you've got left to say
there's a light on at the tower
but it don't seem like that's the right way home

I'm The Buffalo

Weak sunlight filters down today
my bootsteps puff the light snowflakes away
I'm nursing back a vision I can't change
I squint my eyes to get new colors into range
pink explodes in front of my tired eyes
the wind is winter blue and it cries
cowboy I'm the buffalo
cowboy I'm the buffalo

I sleep inside the willows down the bank
the river's low and the Army is to thank
the ice won't hold me up very long
I squint my eyes and hear and see my song
pink explodes in front of my tired eyes
the wind is winter cold and it cries
cowboy I'm the buffalo
cowboy I'm the buffalo