Western Slinger Walking Backwards
I'm gonna be hittin' the dusty trail Shirley.
Your hospitality's sures been nice.
The scones and the fresh bread
and the sedentary life you gave me
in fields I tilled is now over.
I've gotten you through the hard times
much like you gotten through this hard heart.
Name him V if he's a boy
and name her Shirley after you
as she'll surely have your eyes.
I have to be on my way now
to a destination I still don't know.
I keep thinking it's here
and in my hard heart I know it is
but your hard heart won't have me.
So I'm hittin' the dusty trail Shirley.
Gonna reach out there
and become a man in this old age.
I'll saunter back if your letters find me.
I hope they'll find me.
I'll leave notes on each passage I trek.
The post will know me by name
so you can find me when your hearts gone soft.
So to my horse I'll climb
and mosey off.
Looking back at every junction
and saying goodnight to you every night.
-Matthew Koutzun
To the man I walk forwards backwards for.
I'm gonna be hittin' the dusty trail Shirley.
Your hospitality's sures been nice.
The scones and the fresh bread
and the sedentary life you gave me
in fields I tilled is now over.
I've gotten you through the hard times
much like you gotten through this hard heart.
Name him V if he's a boy
and name her Shirley after you
as she'll surely have your eyes.
I have to be on my way now
to a destination I still don't know.
I keep thinking it's here
and in my hard heart I know it is
but your hard heart won't have me.
So I'm hittin' the dusty trail Shirley.
Gonna reach out there
and become a man in this old age.
I'll saunter back if your letters find me.
I hope they'll find me.
I'll leave notes on each passage I trek.
The post will know me by name
so you can find me when your hearts gone soft.
So to my horse I'll climb
and mosey off.
Looking back at every junction
and saying goodnight to you every night.
-Matthew Koutzun
To the man I walk forwards backwards for.
1 comment:
I'll saunter back if your letters find me.
I hope they'll find me.
I'll leave notes on each passage I trek.
The post will know me by name
so you can find me when your hearts gone soft.
This bit was particularly wonderful. I fell in love with the idea of leaving notes along the way of a journey, just hoping they'd be picked up someday.
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