Blues Sky

Well I saw strangers the other day
I expect they were looking for our hard earned pay
I called my brother just to let him know
He said warn the neighbors they got to go

Then I saw danger in a black sedan
Knew it wasn’t Mormon’s or Father Dan
I called my brother just to let him know
He said grab the children, it’s time to go

Sometime I lost my mind

No need to tell Momma not to pay those bills
They just shut down old Baker’s mill
I called my brother just to let him know
He said to meet our brothers down at Crooked Bow

Daddy said this country has gone to hell
He ain’t buying all that horseshit they try to sell
I called my brother just to let him know
He said they were surrounded by a flock of crows

Sometime I lost my mind
Sometime I lost my mind

They had a van full of bullets and a dozen guns
A drone and a chopper just for fun
All my brothers are gonna show
We gonna make them suffer for the seeds they sow
I’m a man of conviction, our Country’s son
We’ll fight for each other until it’s done
We’re out in the woods all dug in
They gonna meet their maker for all their sins

Sometime I lost my mind
Sometime I lost my mind

© 2023 Randy Lee Riviere and Kevin McKendree

It was said
I’d turn up dead
Well, of course I will

But I’m doing fine thanks
And you’re so kind to ask

I gone astray they said
Lost my way and head
Well, of course I did

But I’m doing fine thanks
And you’re so kind to ask

What I get to do here
Is not to be you, that’s right
Just do what I do, oh yeah

I’m doing fine thanks
And you’re so kind to ask

Here winter cuts deep
No crops to reap
Just my soul

I’m doing fine thanks
And you’re so kind to ask

Well I’m doing fine thanks
And you’re so kind to ask

You either do or you don’t
You either will or you won’t
I can’t say that I will
I can’t say that I won’t

We can’t see ‘cause we’re blind
But we’ll get there on time

Move on over Maestro
Boy it’s past time to go
These wheels are round don’t you know
Made to get up and go

We can’t see ‘cause we’re blind
But we’ll be there on time

You don’t get your love right
You have to turn out that light
Put some wind in your hair
Meet someone there
We can’t see ‘cause we’re blind
But we’ll be there on time

We can’t see ‘cause we’re blind
But we’ll be there on time

I’m standing on top of the world
Standing on top of the world

I work all day and scheme all night
I got to get the ground just to get it all right
I’ve got an ocean of cars waiting here for you
I’d have a notion for Mars if it would pencil out too

I’m standing on top of the world
Standing on top of the world

And headed out through Needles
To light the desert night

I’m standing on top of the world
Standing on top of the world

Concrete is what I see
And great God’s holy water rolling out here to me
We’ll get our swimming pools damn near free
My American dream is red, white, blue and green

I’m headed out through Needles
To light the desert night
I’m standing on top of the world
Standing on top of the world

A river runs wild if you let it go free
But if you take it all there’s none for me
Now your grass is green and the blades are long
But you’re living out here … where you don’t belong

I’m headed out through Needles … to light the desert night

I’m headed out through Needles … to light the desert night

Don’t want no spit shine
Don’t need no fancy wine
Don’t want no fast car
Don’t need to go far

You bring me down
Like a bad dream

I Got imagination
No explanation

You got me down
But I’ll be around

Don’t need no T Bone
In a big home
Don’t want the best clothes
Don’t need no big show

But I’ll be around

I got imagination
No explanation

I’m back in town
If you can come down

Don’t want no spit shine
Don’t need no fancy wine
Don’t want no fast car
Don’t need to go far

You bring me down
Like a bad dream

I got imagination
No explanation

I’ll be around

Tell me why
This river’s so wide
Should I try again
To get to the other side?
Just one more time
Push fate aside

There’s been a big rain up ahead
The current is strong
These legs have gone weak
My old horse is gone
And I never took a hand line
Not one time

Can I see you
One more time?
Can I see you
Another time?
Oh my love
To ease this tired mind

Well I could build a boat
With these rough hands
And those dead trees there
I think I can
Cast right off
Get back to my native land
Can I see you
One more time?
Can I see you
One more time?
Oh my love
To ease this troubled mind

Oh my love
To ease this tired mind

They thought that you wouldn’t
Now they know that you will
They didn’t read your book
No, you’ll never get you fill

Hey your back in the news
It’s been a long time
But those lines that you use
Are yours but are not mine
Ooo … ooo … Ooo … ooo

On the ground and in the water
On the stars in the sky
You come to give no quarter
Ain’t no use to sit and cry
We just talk and talk
Tell you how to walk

But it doesn’t really matter
Your boys are here to rock

Ooo … ooo … Ooo … ooo
Ooo … ooo … Ooo … ooo

You can’t hear him
But he’s coming
You can’t see him
But he’ll be here soon
Can you feel him?
Are you running yet?

Ooo … ooo … Ooo … ooo
Ooo … ooo … Ooo … ooo

Yeah boys are boys
Loving all their toys
They like them good and loud
To take them out and make some noise

Ooo … ooo … Ooo … ooo
Ooo … ooo … Ooo … ooo

All you do is shout
Is that what it is you all about?
All you do is shout
But I’m not listening to a word you’re saying.

What you know about pain?
Old man went to hell
Babies spun down in balls of flame
My brother did as well
They cried for their mothers
When they fell.

What you know about pain?
All you do is shout
Is that what it is you all about?
All you do is shout
But I’m not listening to a word you’re saying

What you know about pain?

What you know about pain?

You say you won’t
But I know you will
You say you don’t
But I know you well

But bye, bye
Hey, hey

You carry that load
Out in the cold

Down … down
Rocky’s Road

You say you changed
But I know you don’t
You’re done with that cage
All that rage

But bye, bye
Hey, hey

You carry that load
Out in the cold

Down … down
Rocky’s Road

You swear you done good
Like you should
You a new man
You a new man

But bye, bye
Hey, hey

You carry that load
Out in the cold

Down … down
Rocky’s Road

Bye, bye
Hey, hey

You carry that load
Out in the cold

Down, down
Rocky’s Road

Down … down
Rocky’s Road

Met you way out west
You were smiling with the best
I said I’m headed south
That’s what I’m all about

She jumped right on the bus
Five steps ahead of us
But only held my hand
Saying baby you’re my man

Oh Joseline
Tell me what you mean?
Oh Joseline
Tell me what you mean?

Back in Baton Rouge
You came down with the blues
And said you’d find your way
You were sorry you couldn’t stay

Oh Joseline
Tell me what you mean?
Oh Joseline
Tell me what you mean?
Up north it was so damn cold
I felt this arm reach out and hold
My body far and wide
Saying baby you’ll never hide

Woke up and you was gone
But my heart had grown so strong
You were crazy in your way
I knew I needed you that day

Oh Joseline
Tell me what you mean?
Oh Joseline
Tell me what you mean?

I know I got you now
I wrote your song, that is how
Was no need to say
We finally found our way
Oh Joseline
Now I Know what it is you need
Oh Joseline
Now I know what it you mean

Oh Joseline
Now I know what it is you need
Oh Joseline
Now I know what it is you mean

I knew sunshine
Quite well
I knew sunshine
So very well
Then I got this cold heart
And darkness fell

I held love
In my arms
I held love
In my arms
Now I got these cold hands
That do nothin but harm
Cold cold river
Roll on your way
Cold cold river
Roll on your away
Lord I need your warm waters
To wash this heartache away

I need back the sunshine
To light this dark
I want back that sunshine
To light all this dark
And warm these tired hands Lord
With love in my heart

Cold cold river
Roll on your way
Cold cold river
Roll away
Lord I need your warm waters
To wash this heartache away
I been a hard hard sinner
All that weight inside
I been a hard hard sinner
That big weight inside
Lord cast all that pain and hurt I do aside

Cold cold river
Roll on your way
Cold cold river
Roll away
Lord I need your warm waters
To wash this heartache away

Cold cold river
Roll on your way
Cold cold river
Roll away
Lord I need your warm waters
To wash this heartache away

Lord I need your warm waters
To wash this heartache away

Lord I need your warm waters
To wash this heartache away