Stupid Preoccupations Vic Chesnutt

I've been searching for my own little babies To misbehave and betray me I tie one onto all the others And say a soggy toast to all my drunken brothers They've got organizations of a people Like me with stupid

Flirted With You All My Life Vic Chesnutt

I am a man. I am self aware. Everywhere I go, you're always right there with me. I flirted with you all my life Even kissed you once or twice To this day I swear it was nice. But clearly, I was no...

Virginia Vic Chesnutt

PharrellYou ready to do this, nigga?You ready to come down here?It's Virginia, nigga...We do this in broad daylight...It's a whole different degree of homicide, nigga...You ready?Chorus: Pusha T & ...

What Do You Mean? Vic Chesnutt

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Got To Me Vic Chesnutt

I couldn't get away from itI was in over my headI guess it really got to meI guess it really got to me, yes I fought it hard and heavyBut I could not shake it offI guess it really got to meI guess ...

Ignorant People Vic Chesnutt

Born as I was to ignorant peopleToo traumatized to take me homeCame in a car and left on an embankmentCovered with pine strawBut instinct saved meSomething innateMade my wet lungs scream with hateS...

Forthright Vic Chesnutt

Looking in the hourglassAnts in the sandReflected in the oil lampI can see the wrinkles in your handYou can be forthright with meYou can be forthright with meNext to the pot-bellied stoveHand on th...

To Be With You Vic Chesnutt

Thoughts of your flutter are flooding my mindNot constant like a buzzbut strobe thumping like a heart beatDrowning any other notionNow I am sure, now I am sure, now I am sureWhen I met you everythi...

Vesuvius Vic Chesnutt

Trying to clip the creek to the bank with a clothes pinWaterlogged system, rusty spring, faulty planningLogic squeezed out like mustard at a corndogHypertension is not wisdom, chewing the leather s...

Rambunctious Cloud Vic Chesnutt

Here comes the rain, the bottom fell outThunder hit, shook the houseSunday, church is letting outThe rain comes from rambunctious cloudHere comes the rain, the bottom fell outI knew it was comingBu...

The Garden Vic Chesnutt

There's a dark fading lightIn the garden where youLay your head tonightThrough the darkened hoursWere you thinking of me?A state of sleepIs what you'd rather beThere's a palePurple moonlightIn the ...

Gnats Vic Chesnutt

Gnats and bats and things with wingsi know why the cagey fella won't singsticks and stones and broken bonesi know why my words are wronghumps and stumps and green tattoosi know why your crutches br...

I'm Through Vic Chesnutt

through, through, through Hiding And I'm through, through, through Living my life for you Yes I hope for both our sakes I'm through, through, through ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Stay Inside Vic Chesnutt

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Band Camp Vic Chesnutt

Well the first time I ever laid eyes on youWas my first year at marching band campYou never played the part as it was writtenYou would always vampYou was always cracking me upMessing with the band ...

Girl's Say Vic Chesnutt

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2nd Floor Vic Chesnutt

If you want to see two circling swansOn the surface of the sewer pondDon't crane your neck where you areYou've got to climb to the second floorAnd I wouldn't've even mentioned itIf you didn't seem ...

Styrofoam Vic Chesnutt

And all those yellowed clippings Do them up then stash them for good Then raise your hand And ask yourself a question But make it the powerful one ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Zippy Morocco Vic Chesnutt

Zippy morocco with a hat on his headSet sail for the seven seasWhen his mother took to deadBarely out of teenagedomWhen his mental map was unfurledThe next thing that he knew He found himself halfw...

Sultan, So Mighty Vic Chesnutt

trouble pleasing Certain ladies And what he don't know Won't hurt him What we know Would never hurt him But he would hurt us If he knew what we know ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Wren's Nest Vic Chesnutt

illuminated by a moonbeam As he swoops silently before us Toward a fateful meeting in the forest Oh, so horribly intensely I prayed Let me evaporate ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Fa-La-La Vic Chesnutt

this cold institution For a warm and loving home But I feel like I'm drying up Deep down in my bones Yes, I don't want to go No I don't want to go ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

In My Way, Yes Vic Chesnutt

into song at first light Sharing breakfast from one plate Holding hands over loved ones graves Do you think you deserve it I say yes in my way yes ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Isadora Duncan Vic Chesnutt

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Danny Carlisle Vic Chesnutt

He wanted a tree fort more than anythingYes, he wanted to build and defend one on his ownBut the neighbor boys BB siege was overwhelmingSo he won't be building his dream tree fort anymoreHe receive...

Bakersfield Vic Chesnutt

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Mr. Reilly Vic Chesnutt

well there's a Mr. Reilly who swearsthat in Baton Rouge Louisiana,they don't care about, his philosophyhe swears that any time in Baton Rougeeverything is the samewell we stared into the cup,but we...

Rabbit Box Vic Chesnutt

and so I aimed with an eagle's eye and fired but it was two pigeons that fell like bean bags into the weeds well they sure looked like doves to me ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By CHESNUTT

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 agewell who heard the radio when you are five years old?I used to watch Speed Racer with ...

Soft Picasso Vic Chesnutt

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Independence Day Vic Chesnutt

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Stevie Smith Vic Chesnutt

nobody heard him the dead man,but still he lay moaning:i was much further out than you thoughtand not waving but drowningpoor chap he always loved larkingand now he's deadit must have been too cold...

Bernadette Vic Chesnutt

I was shivering, I'll admit itI had nothing better to doexcept to wheeze my lazy wheeze"Bernadette, where are you""Bernadette, where are you"she gets much acclamationfor such a self ordained Fausti...

Miss Mary Vic Chesnutt

la vie, whatever that means, la di da And a Doris Day, que sera sera C'est la vie, whatever that means, la di da And a Doris Day, que sera sera ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Bug Vic Chesnutt

scratch it When the bug hits that's the time to scratch When the bug hits that's the time to scratch it When the bug hits that's the time to scratch ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Withering Vic Chesnutt

What are you doing withering awayYes I've heard you've lost the will to playWhatever happened to those fluid movementsYou were so proud of in the intimate momentsWhat about the girl you left at the...

Sponge Vic Chesnutt

'cause the world, world it is a sponge The world, world, world, world, world it is a sponge The world, world, world, world, world it is a sponge ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Where Were You Vic Chesnutt

Where were you two years ago when I was locked out there at the barnWhen some certain Athens sacred monster was doing me in the charmWe could've been chatting heart to heart on that front porch wit...

Lucinda Williams Vic Chesnutt

Imports and altercationsMy faculties on a shoe-string vacationI settled down on a hurt as big as Robert MitchumAnd listen to Lucinda WilliamsOh, convenient lies, rubber knivesI'm a dastardly villai...

Florida Vic Chesnutt

Florida, Florida, the redneck rivieraFlorida, Florida, there's no more pathetic place in AmericaYes a man must make unpopular decisions, surely from time to timeAnd a man can only stand what a man ...

Panic Pure Vic Chesnutt

My earliest memory is of holding up a sparklerHigh up to the darkest skySome 4th of July spectacularI shook it with an urgencyI'll never ever be able to repeatAt times I might could be accused of b...

Steve Willoughby Vic Chesnutt

gonna stop wasting all my time Some day I'll gain a skill Just like Deborah Norville But today I simply I ain't worth a dime I ain't worth a dime ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

West Of Rome Vic Chesnutt

West of Rome, just east of the borderIn a static-y Ramada innPolishing his boots and pummeling his liverSteeped in the dark isolationJust what business does he have around hereCredentials are weari...

Big Huge Valley Vic Chesnutt

own disease The hay is jaundiced and the raisins wheeze Cattle march under the knife I do believe the big doctor is sweating up a storm tonight ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By VIC

Soggy Tongues Vic Chesnutt

Well the big huge valley is a ribbon of lightThe aqueducts are snakes tonightThe stars are homesteaders, staking claimsMy head is hopping with historical namesTransfer trucks are buffalo'sChewing u...

Nathan Vic Chesnutt

The great grandfather, with his pious beardBathed in the river, all his yearsMany books, that lined his wallsJews and gentiles, held him in aweNathan stepped through the broken windowAnd looked to ...

Dying Young Vic Chesnutt

Holes in his sweater, fluid in his lungsThe experts say there's thingsHe should've done betterBut instead he is just dying youngAnd tired of disbelieving, sick of strugglingThe experts busyTheir gl...

Confusion Vic Chesnutt

Well, when I woke up this morningThe sky was so brightIt?d been a raining for daysNow it seemed like everything was a gonna be alrightBut still those November winds keep a blowingAnd I?m forgetting...

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 ...

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...