My Inspiration

I'm five years old It's getting cold I've got my big coat on I hear your laugh And look up smiling at you I run and run Past the pumpkin patch And the tractor rides Look now -- the sky is gold I hug your legs and fall asleep On the way home I don't know why all the trees change in the fall I know you're not scared of anything at all Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away But I know I had the best day With you today I'm thirteen now And don't know how my friends Could be so mean I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys And we drive and drive Until we've found a town Far enough away And we talk and window-shop Until I've forgotten all their names I don't know who I'm gonna talk to Now at school I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel okay But I know I had the best day With you today I have an e...

IN MEMORIAM MY GRANDMOTHER: 14 November 1926 - 20 September 2012 

Tire swings, summer dreams, honeysuckle on the breeze Whistle County creek Laying in the green grass, I was watching clouds pass Baby, you were watching me Cold barn struck bed, everything you said Slowly educating me I never had a lesson so sweet You can get high on a first kiss You can get by with sweet tea and God's graces You can love like a sinner and lose like a winner Nothing's shatterproof You can crash and burn and come back someone new And that's what I learned from you Autumn rain, window pane, looking how the leaves change Just like the two of us Still got your laugh, your ghost, your jacket Guess I loved you way too much But I'm a little smarter, my heart's a little harder But it's still soft enough to cry Cause I remember those times I remember......... You can get high on a first kiss You can get by with sweet tea and God's graces You can love like a sinner and lose like a winner Nothing's shatterproof Y...