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

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

Dodge Vic Chesnutt

There's so many ghosts out there on these streets I always hate to ponder who's under those sheets Every little thing is temporary If I stay here any longer I'll end up very very scary It's just a general

Nathan Vic Chesnutt

The great 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

West Of Rome Vic Chesnutt

West of Rome, just east of the border In a static-y Ramada inn Polishing his boots and pummeling his liver Steeped in the dark isolation Just what business does he have around here Credentials are wearing

Thumbtack Vic Chesnutt

Take a light 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

Styrofoam Vic Chesnutt

Emotion drains Like the contents of a cooler My thorax is Styrofoam I'm a cheap spent shell And a bio hazard Grind me up then mail me away Maybe transmogrified I'll be satisfied That finally at long last

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

Danny Carlisle Vic Chesnutt

He wanted a tree fort more than anything Yes, he wanted to build and defend one on his own But the neighbor boys BB siege was overwhelming So he won't be building his dream tree fort anymore He received

Speed Racer Vic Chesnutt

have I learned anything from all of these lectures? 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?

Stay Inside Vic Chesnutt

My bedclothes have gone all funky I've got to get out of this cave Stay inside!

Onion Soup Vic Chesnutt

Thin and unshaved, drunk and mysterious ooh, I must say lifestyle is curious with A little touch of the sniffles and filthy socks gnawed, Crumbled fingernails never doing tomahawk chops A flaky head

Vesuvius Vic Chesnutt

, faulty planning Logic squeezed out like mustard at a corndog Hypertension is not wisdom, chewing the leather straps Trying to hold the sun still with a bobby pin Burned fingers. excellent conductor of

Wren's Nest Vic Chesnutt

rock eagle Ironies swirl and hearts are twisted taut Around their pivot points The stag scrapes his felt on a scrubby dogwood tree Like at the warm springs Like at key club Residuals are what get to one

In My Way, Yes Vic Chesnutt

I say yes in my life yes Cuddling up Declarations of love Squeeze and a hug A kiss and a rub Faces opposed Eyelids closed Nuzzling nose Like eskimos Don't'cha' feel silly?

Gluefoot Vic Chesnutt

Cross my heart and cross my eyes Stick a needle in my thigh Drop kick my unscrewed lid And fiddle fiddle fiddle fiddle fiddle with what's inside A rusty mass of machinations Still I'm vying for the right

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

Stevie Smith Vic Chesnutt

and not waving but drowning poor chap he always loved larking and now he's dead it must have been too cold for him, his heart gave way they said. oh, no, no, no, it was always too cold still the dead one

Assist Vic Chesnutt

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.

Gravity Of The Situation Vic Chesnutt

Well we blew past the army motorcade-and It's abnormal load haulage the gravity of the situation Came on us like a bit of new knowledge the bubbliest bubble bath Broke down on the bank the gravity of

Bernadette Vic Chesnutt

Bernadette, where are you" "Bernadette, where are you" she gets much acclamation for such a self ordained Faustian Bernadette doesn't like doubters she wants to fight in the Coliseum what can you tell me of

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

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

Panic Pure Vic Chesnutt

My earliest memory is of holding up a sparkler High up to the darkest sky Some 4th of July spectacular I shook it with an urgency I'll never ever be able to repeat At times I might could be accused of

Dying Young Vic Chesnutt

Holes in his sweater, fluid in his lungs The experts say there's things He should've done better But instead he is just dying young And tired of disbelieving, sick of struggling The experts busy Their

Bug Vic Chesnutt

"Michelle loves Willie" "Our little Sarah" "Daughters of the American Revolution" "Stryper loves Jesus" and I love a girl Against my better judgment 'Cause I feel like a squirrel My roommates got married

Fa-La-La Vic Chesnutt

Fa-la-la is running around All over the grounds of the hospital I was watching for her Like some people watch birds From the window of my hospital room I was trapped and tired She was as free as I'd ever

Kick My Ass Vic Chesnutt

The jam I was in When things weren't working out Led me to the brunt Of your swinging bout I'm so sorry I regret everything But what can I do To have you take back that swing?

Confusion Vic Chesnutt

m lost in confusion again Well, the broom straw is a dying Various shades of brown And over the hill I can see the skyline Of the most famous Georgia college town Still those November winds keep a blowing

Supernatural Vic Chesnutt

Built a king on compliments Charisma and advertisements Still they see him shimmer ephemeral It ain't supernatural Or maybe Out of body experience I flew around the little room once On intravenous Demerol

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

Zippy Morocco Vic Chesnutt

Zippy morocco with a hat on his head Set sail for the seven seas When his mother took to dead Barely out of teenagedom When his mental map was unfurled The next thing that he knew He found himself halfway

Rabbit Box Vic Chesnutt

while I 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

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?

Forthright Vic Chesnutt

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 the flue Photograph on the rolltop desk Is it of

Lucinda Williams Vic Chesnutt

a dastardly villain, doing belly dives I before E except after me I'm dowsing my vitals at break-neck speed You and your little entourage Playing amazing little parlor games in the garage Like a jury of

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

Virginia Vic Chesnutt

It's a whole different degree of homicide, nigga... You ready? Chorus: Pusha T & (Pharrell)I'm from Virginia, where ain't shit to do but cook (Talk about, what?)

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

Betty Lonely Vic Chesnutt

Betty Lonely lives in a duplex of stuccoon the north bank of a brackish river Her ears omit the noise from a nearby air stripher mind floats beyond the snapper boats Betty Lonely, her green eyes are roughly

Flirted With You All My Life Vic Chesnutt

When you touched a friend of mine, I thought I would loose my mind. But I found out with time, That really, i was not ready. No, No Oh death, oh death, oh death. Really, I'm not ready.

Soggy Tongues Vic Chesnutt

Well the big huge valley is a ribbon of light The aqueducts are snakes tonight The stars are homesteaders, staking claims My head is hopping with historical names Transfer trucks are buffalo's Chewing

Sponge Vic Chesnutt

is melting like chocolate My blue ribbon gumption is gone All my gravy must have soaked into something And the world The filthy steps, the cold concrete The phony earth below my feet The ancient odor of

Big Huge Valley Vic Chesnutt

Well the big huge valley is a ribbon of light The aqueducts are snakes tonight The stars are homesteaders, staking claims My head is hopping with historical names Transfer trucks are buffalo's Chewing

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

I'm Through Vic Chesnutt

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 I'm puzzled by the policies 'cause after everything else you draw out of

Where Were You Vic Chesnutt

charm We could've been chatting heart to heart on that front porch with 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

Sad Peter Pan Vic Chesnutt

It's the plan of most to discover that magnificent ghost When did I get perverted and my innocent eyes diverted From a view so grand imbued with distractions I'm greedy like Senior Babbitt I'm just

Wrong Piano Vic Chesnutt

to me about mistakes yes We all simply have got to take precautions I must have played the wrong piano 'cause now I just feel nauseous Some sexual turned into some biblical and then Became a game of

Ignorant People Vic Chesnutt

Scream 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