Dedicated to my brothers, Russell Gray & Jeff Gray Just to ride down that trail again To see the whole Monterey Bay And to feel that strong breeze Against my golden brown face Just to walk in that neighborhood To Westlake with my schoolmates And not have too worry about What was on our dinnerContinue reading “Santa Cruz Young”
Category Archives: About Family
Maui
Mom and Dad took a trip to Maui I was all alone for a few days Gary said we’d throw a party And for it, I’d get high praise Don’t know how many were invited But it got out of hand pretty fast Word of mouth was how it got out Everyone but me hadContinue reading “Maui”
Went Against Their Wishes
They thought something was off with him The moment he walked in and he met them His cold hands, the calculated stares, They were all Republicans, he was a Dem They didn’t like his condescending tone And his liberal freethinking ways He was a Black Lives Matter supporter And he believed in civil rights forContinue reading “Went Against Their Wishes”
Memory
Three thirty in the morning Woke up to go take a piss Then went to the front room Sat on the couch and wrote this Rain comes down hard outside I hear wind slamming the windows I decided to start up some coffee I should wash some dirty clothes And my dog is snoring likeContinue reading “Memory”
Nashville, Tennessee
He was out on a Tuesday In his Chevy getting drunk off a twenty four pack of bottled Budweiser Lite Thinkin’ ‘bout the girl he fell in love with When they were sixteen And everythin’ was alright He was wonderin’ what she was up to as he hadn’t seen her since they parked out byContinue reading “Nashville, Tennessee”
Miss You, Babe
The girls won’t leave me alone They wanna know when you’ll be home I said I’d ask cause I didn’t know We miss you, babe We miss you, babe They wish I could cook like you And I really don’t know what to do You should know the truth We miss you, babe We missContinue reading “Miss You, Babe”
Don’t Forget Your Key
You’re heading off to college this morningI got up early so we could talk before you goI’ve made pancakes with chocolate chipsAnd wrapped something up with a bowI know I haven’t been the greatest fatherI missed some softball games you’ve playedThat whole year I spent away in CaliforniaWasn’t the smartest decision that I made AndContinue reading “Don’t Forget Your Key”
The Rebel
Everything went right but I still went leftBack home to live my life & do my thingThen I took a journey I wasn’t planningMet people who said I couldn’t sing Took odd jobs like Front Desk at a hotelWhere I gave notice to selling ties & suitsMeanwhile friends who I was hanging on toGave meContinue reading “The Rebel”
That Kind of Wrong That’s Right
We met in high school She was trouble for me She lived across town In a broken family I was really lucky I had some stability That attracted her To her I was somebody We split at least twice The fights weren’t nice We’d make up very fast I didn’t think we would last NowContinue reading “That Kind of Wrong That’s Right”