Book on the Shelf

Well, I hope you have fun splashin' in the slack tide Unchaperoned over on the flip side I write what I know about, made up or true These songs aren't for me, they're for you Memories like meteors fly through my head The sand was pearl white, her bikini bright red Retracing song lines gives me goose pimples, still Like the trail boards upon Boo Boo Hill I know these stories were all lived before me Still I've got a couple that I'll keep to myself I'm so damn lucky to have an all-star cast Some lovely, some crazy, who ever thought this would last? You know if I hadn't lived it, I'd read it myself Tellin' tall tales is still good for my health Keep movin', and listenin', and amusin' myself I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf We all live some days vicariously Blinded by all the light we cannot see Handed down stories, cave walls to pens Worth tellin' again and again I call these modalities great power tubes Placed in the hands of dreamers and fools We're descended from court jesters, quite sure of that Could you kindly pass around the hat? And I know these stories were sailed way before me Toss a note in a bottle and hope that it helps I'm so damn lucky to have an all-star crew Some stoic, some crazy, some just passin' through I guess music and lyrics are what I do best I'm all done explaining or passin' some test So pour me another, it's good for my health I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf I'll keep scribblin' on pages, not jumpin' off stages Not ready to put the book on the shelf