Nothing At All

She walked up and said “Cowboy, where’s the funeral?”

Wry smile on her face thrift store beautiful

She said “My name is life, can i have a couple dances?”

Wearing a Grateful Dead T-shirt and i thought what are the chances

My head said no but i said sure

Felt like i had concrete in my feet as we walked out on the floor

She said the way ya drag them boots, you must have a heavy heart

you act like a stolen chevy that’s been stripped for parts

So You got your heart broke, didn’t you know

What takes you high leaves you low

You get the broken hearted lovers with no second chance

Chinatown summers and the streetlight dance

The blessing and the curse the triumph the tragedy

The limousine and the hearse and the 3 days in between

We polished off our beers and she said let’s get going

It’s an hour to the ocean

Let’s talk while the wheels are rolling

With a name like life I said your parents must have been hippies

She just winked said Father God and Mother Earth sure were trippy

And as we ran out of sand

And The beach turned rocky

She just squeezed my hand

And said don’t give up on me

You get to swim on sinking ships and chase the mountaintops

You get the bones in the valley below wAshing up on the rocks

The shade trees and the storms and the bitter rains

The Virgin Mary mornings and the walks of shame

You get the ride of your life and the crash into the wall

You get everything and you get nothing at all

she kissed me on the cheek to the sound of the morning

said tell me country boy are you disappointed

truth is most folks go to bed in their head with the dream of me

then wake up with no room for the reality

cause life takes work and you’ll get hurt

but I’m worth it baby I’m worth it baby

I’m worth the

The joy of misbehaving,

the burn of the brimstone

The grace of the saints

Glass houses throwing stones

The shade trees and the storms

The window and the wall

You’re gonna get everything baby

or you get nothing at all?

You get the crown and the thorns

You get to die and be reborn

You get the faith and the fear

The rise and the fall

You get everything or you get nothing at all