A song is living and breathing.

When I record it, its like taking a snaphot.  A picture.  Once the picture is taken the song moves and breathes and lives on.  It is like me, moving and breathing and changing and walking and living.   The picture is not the song.  If your song is not moving and breathing and living, then it is probably dead.

The street was freezing last night.

My feet froze through my canvas shoes on my way to the gig.

Good show though.

Love playing at The Abbey.

Good crowd.  We played good.  I fealt good.

I left saying to my friend Mike, "Its cold tonight, shitty night to be homeless."

"Yes" he agreed.

Fried food IHOP Cheesburgers and grease

bedtime

sleeping.

waking.

drinking Tea

Barry's Irish

2 bags

3 sugar cubes

milk

movie.

Roomate says something muffled through the door.

What?

"Theres a dead guy in the backyard" he says

WHAT?

"There's a dead guy in the backyard" he says

And There he is

hanging from a rope, on his knee's underneath a  porch 2 buildings down

past the dumpsters

Nobody knows who he is.

The cops say they think he's one of the homeless guys that hangs on the benches by Columbia road. Drinking.  Stemming at the red lights and intersections of other peoples lives.

And there he is

And I really don't know what to say

Its getting late and I got nothing tonight

Just a song and it ain't my own

I thank you for the music

on these lonley nights

with this lonley heart.

A voice and melody swim like lovers in the dark

and they warm my soul

and suddenly

I'm not so alone

the blues come uninvited

and they overstay their welcome

they have their feet up on my favorite book and they keep spilling their drink on the floor making everything sticky.

they  overstay their welcome and ask too many questions

they never shut up and they don't listen to me

they leave a fantastic mess

it all overwhelms me and i'm too tired

so i sit back and admire the disaster

before slipping into some dream

and into a day

and today I hope that Happy beats Lonley to the doorbell.