Where Were You Vic Chesnutt

a view Where were you girl when I needed you Where were you two weeks ago, a week again after your promise I was in your place of employment crying in my humus Somebody in there said "boy you're looking

The Garden Vic Chesnutt

There's a dark fading light In the garden where you Lay your head tonight Through the darkened hours Were you thinking of me?

Kick My Ass Vic Chesnutt

I'm so sorry You had to kick my ass You said I ruined your life I didn't mean to do that I had to untangle Where we was entwined It was strangling me Were you breathing so fine?

Withering Vic Chesnutt

What are you doing withering away Yes I've heard you've lost the will to play Whatever happened to those fluid movements You were so proud of in the intimate moments What about the girl you left at the

Onion Soup Vic Chesnutt

gnawed, Crumbled fingernails never doing tomahawk chops A flaky head dandruff is distinguished lacquer is red vain Is the varnish what is at the root of this, she'll say, Whatcha got what participle do you

Assist Vic Chesnutt

Where are you Mr. Mustache noveliers, I'm in need of such a little assist I'm in need of some of your little wisdom Where are you Mr.

Bernadette Vic Chesnutt

I was shivering, I'll admit it I had nothing better to do except to wheeze my lazy wheeze "Bernadette, where are you" "Bernadette, where are you" she gets much acclamation for such a self ordained Faustian

Ignorant People Vic Chesnutt

with hatefound as I was fixing a flat tire He'd run 'em bald The schemer looked down upon the screamer Like buried treasure He nursed me and cherished me And trained me to be What is here in front of you

Virginia Vic Chesnutt

You ready to come down here? It's Virginia, nigga... We do this in broad daylight... It's a whole different degree of homicide, nigga... You ready?

2nd Floor Vic Chesnutt

If you want to see two circling swans On the surface of the sewer pond Don't crane your neck where you are You've got to climb to the second floor And I wouldn't've even mentioned it If you didn't seem

Nathan Vic Chesnutt

grandfather, with his pious beard Bathed in the river, all his years Many books, that lined his walls Jews and gentiles, held him in awe Nathan stepped through the broken window And looked to the river where

Independence Day Vic Chesnutt

Well future stepped into my field and turned it into an empire Forefathers where are you now? Your dust is settling on my furniture Oh independence day, I never knew it would be so symbolic.

Thumbtack Vic Chesnutt

bulb from the closet And replace the one above the faucet scrape The whisker from my face nick my lip in pointless haste Take a magic marker black darken a spot on the map of a county on the coast Where

Rabbit Box Vic Chesnutt

was still in elementary school I discovered Daddy's tools and amassed a small pile, of scrap lumber and I built a rabbit box and i set it facing north but i caught a possum and a kitten both of which were

Isadora Duncan Vic Chesnutt

own this attitude", But with some ballet moves, I removed her shoes And I painted my lips to hers And still she sang "I can't believe you own this attitude" She sang "I can't believe you own this, this

Strange Language Vic Chesnutt

Up on the bluff, where I wish I was Twisting up the pages of history My cold feet dangling, my bony arms gesturing To summon up a little chunk of that history In the corridor the shadows are long And it

Confusion Vic Chesnutt

m forgetting just where to begin And then I?m lost in confusion again Yes, I?

Gnats Vic Chesnutt

i know why the cagey fella won't sing sticks and stones and broken bones i know why my words are wrong humps and stumps and green tattoos i know why your crutches bruise biscuit dough and oleo i know where

Steve Willoughby Vic Chesnutt

simply I'm simply terrified I'm terrified Someday I'm gonna be bright Someday I'm gonna be smarter smarter than smart Someday I'll know something Just like Larry King But today I simply I don't know where

Florida Vic Chesnutt

Florida, the water table is fucked Florida, Florida, there's no more perfect place to give it all up A man must take his life in his own hands Hit those nails on the head And I respect a man who goes to where

Aunt Avis Vic Chesnutt

Help me mama, for I have grinned Save me daddy from where I'm goin' Call out to me from the ages beyond Help me remember how to be good How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't How to remember how

Soft Picasso Vic Chesnutt

It was a modern love affair Completely cool and casual They hardly knew each other was there I mean Both of them had their own getting off to do And they had to dream about their own self When they were

What Do You Mean? Vic Chesnutt

Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Bewildered We heard you laughing What do you mean?

Forthright Vic Chesnutt

Looking in the hourglass Ants in the sand Reflected in the oil lamp I can see the wrinkles in your hand You can be forthright with me You can be forthright with me Next to the pot-bellied stove Hand on

I'm Through Vic Chesnutt

Forget everything I ever told you I'm sure I lied way more than twice But understand I am not Emily post You know I'm nowhere near that precise And I struggle with these etiquette's Like you wouldn't believe

To Be With You Vic Chesnutt

Thoughts of your flutter are flooding my mind Not constant like a buzz but strobe thumping like a heart beat Drowning any other notion Now I am sure, now I am sure, now I am sure When I met you everything

Band Camp Vic Chesnutt

Well the first time I ever laid eyes on you Was my first year at marching band camp You never played the part as it was written You would always vamp You was always cracking me up Messing with the band

Girl's Say Vic Chesnutt

Girls say "why do you want to do that?" And boys say, "well I gotta leave". And girls say "watch out for your head" And boys say, "why you wanna be a bitch?" Girls say "can I get you anything?"

Sleeping Man Vic Chesnutt

You're a freak of nature You are a siamese You are in a pickle jar For all the world to see Watching the sleeping man Watching the sleeping man Watching the sleeping man Watching the sleeping man You are

Flirted With You All My Life Vic Chesnutt

I flirted with you all my life Even kissed you once or twice To this day I swear it was nice. But clearly, I was not ready. When you touched a friend of mine, I thought I would loose my mind.

Arthur Murray Vic Chesnutt

She's so musical Look at her dance in a flurry Who gets to lead Do know it's not Arthur Murray Emasculate me with your biology Bend me, break me, I'm worthless One wicked brand from your torturous hand You

Doubting Woman Vic Chesnutt

I was supposed to tell you about the point of departure With the aim of a drunken archer I will probably stray But you can see in her bold eyebrow You can see in that fancy cup That even her freakish nipples

In My Way, Yes Vic Chesnutt

Do you think it makes a difference?

Stupid Preoccupations Vic Chesnutt

I am sick of you Expecting me to do All those puny ingratiations You know I am a terrible patient I am barely alive Ever since my daddy died And I've been searching for my own little babies To misbehave

Sad Peter Pan Vic Chesnutt

electric rabbit I'm a reluctant rebel I just want to be Aaron Neville With a crown on my head and my denim shirt all dark with sweat I'm just pushing the paint around on advice from your lying mouth You

Thailand Vic Chesnutt

It's a battle of the culinary arts in that boiling land you Met your mate over across that river and some good old heroin In Thailand Into our lovely story, who do we insert but the mighty, Mighty Steve

One Of Many Vic Chesnutt

you're only one of many of small account if any you think about yourself too much this touch the child with the quick touch and worked his mind to such a pitch, he threw his fellows in a ditch this little

Panic Pure Vic Chesnutt

accused of being Painfully nostalgic But as of late I'm looking forward to the future Though I've never been much of a planner Throwing caution into the fan Catch as catch as those catchers can And so all you

Stevie Smith Vic Chesnutt

nobody heard him the dead man, but still he lay moaning: i was much further out than you thought and not waving but drowning poor chap he always loved larking and now he's dead it must have been too cold

Styrofoam Vic Chesnutt

satisfied That finally at long last I'm harmless It is simply so It's my chemical makeup I slough it off every 28 days So raise your hand And ask yourself a question But make it the powerful one And if you

Mr. Reilly Vic Chesnutt

everything is the same well we stared into the cup, but we could not see the bottom he was drinking muddy water as a river deep a cup a day to curb visibility all those nasty notions go away well had you

Speed Racer Vic Chesnutt

I think it's my attention span clipped by TV at an early age well who heard the radio when you are five years old?

Lucinda Williams Vic Chesnutt

big as Robert Mitchum And listen to Lucinda Williams Oh, convenient lies, rubber knives I'm a dastardly villain, doing belly dives I before E except after me I'm dowsing my vitals at break-neck speed You

Zippy Morocco Vic Chesnutt

the earth He knew the value of the swirling sun He never overestimated his own worth It was the grief that whetted his appetite It was the grief that whetted his appetite And the waves they do not tell you

Got To Me Vic Chesnutt

I couldn't get away from itI was in over my headI guess it really got to meI guess it really got to me, yes I fought it hard and heavyBut I could not shake it offI guess it really got to meI guess ...

Vesuvius Vic Chesnutt

Trying to clip the creek to the bank with a clothes pinWaterlogged system, rusty spring, faulty planningLogic squeezed out like mustard at a corndogHypertension is not wisdom, chewing the leather s...

Rambunctious Cloud Vic Chesnutt

Here comes the rain, the bottom fell outThunder hit, shook the houseSunday, church is letting outThe rain comes from rambunctious cloudHere comes the rain, the bottom fell outI knew it was comingBu...

Stay Inside Vic Chesnutt

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Sultan, So Mighty Vic Chesnutt

trouble pleasing Certain ladies And what he don't know Won't hurt him What we know Would never hurt him But he would hurt us If he knew what we know ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Wren's Nest Vic Chesnutt

illuminated by a moonbeam As he swoops silently before us Toward a fateful meeting in the forest Oh, so horribly intensely I prayed Let me evaporate ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC