Last Night I Dreamed
Bob Palindrome ©2020
Last night I dreamed that you broke my heart again
Yeah, you acted like you loved me then you shifted like the wind
I guess I should have known what was comin’ ‘round the bend
When last night I dreamed that you broke my heart again
We were in some familiar place where I have never been
And people who were strangers in this dream were all our friends
You acted like you loved me and there had been no end
And it was so wonderful to be with you again
Then there appeared another, I felt like a mule’s hind end
When you made it clear to everyone he was more than just a friend
I should have known you’d act the same in different circumstance
I just wish that I had woken up before you got the chance
Pretty Mean
Bob Palindrome ©2020
Pretty mean, pretty mean
Pretty gets you everything
How will you get on
When all the pretty’s gone
And all you got left is mean
I thought you were oh so pretty
Full of sweetness and charm
What I didn’t know
Cause it didn’t show
Was a mean streak as long as your arm
You just could not be happy
I worked my fingers to the bone
What can I do
There’s no pleasin’ you
And now all hope is gone
Neglected my dog, kicked my cat
And you thought I didn’t see
You gave it no rest
While I did my best
Always down on me
Now I’m stuck in your web forever
For mistakes made long ago
I try to be free
It just can’t be
But it comforts me to know
You’ll be old someday
And this is what folks will say
Her smile is a fake
She’s mean as a snake
So you best just stay away
Hand Me That Piano
Bob Palindrome ©2020
I don’t know why you don’t love me like you used to
I’m still the same guy that you’ve grown so used to
But I’ve lost my luster and I’ve lost my shine
Still, you can’t say it’s been from my lack of tryin’
For you I’d do anything, I’d give up my life
I’d dig up the Great Pyramids and I’d kiss the pharoah’s wife
But that’s not enough so I guess I should go
So would you hand me that piano
Of all the things I’ve known and loved
You’re the best thing to have turned out wrong
Good things come and they go
I guess forever is just too long
I’m hurt and I’m lost, and if I can’t have you
There’s only one thing that might see me through
So if you don’t mind I’ll take my blues to go
So would you hand me that piano
So that’s it, it’s all over but the cryin’
I gave it my best pitch but you ain’t buyin’
So, for your last act as I turn to go
Would you hand me that piano
Back To The Shack
Bob Palindrome ©2020
I got a place way back up in the holler
That my deed says I bought for a dollar
A perfect place to abscond
Where you can bathe in the pond
And live a life of splendid squalor
Back among the poison ivy and the jewel weed
You can live like a hill jack, it’s got all that you need
But I’m stuck in the city and I’m tryin’ to get out
What the heck am I doin’ when I gotta gotta gotta
Get back to the shack, back to the shack, back to the shack in the woods
It’s a place for a primal vacation
And a survivalist education
It's got all that you need
If you’re taking the lead
For the fall of western civilization
Where you can pee off the stoop
While you let out a whoop
It's even got an outhouse with a view
Where you can lay around and nobody knows
Or even cares if you’re wearing clothes
Well, it had to happen on my watch
It got squatted by a family of Sasquatch
They ate all my groceries and they burned all my wood
They even drank all my booze
They hocked all my tools and they peed in the pond
Worst of all, they overflowed the outhouse
So I called ‘em all together and I gave ‘em the news
I said you gotta go and please… don’t… come…
If I Could Do It All Over
Bob Palindrome ©2020
If I could do it all over
What would I do instead
Would I still fall for those green eyes
Would I find my way to your bed
You know, it’s such a dumb question
Gets dumber as each day goes by
But time is all that I have now
So I will give it a try
If I could do it all over
What would I do instead
If I could do it all over again
I’d quit while I was ahead
No one knows you better than me
And you can’t say it ain’t so
Your new love would run away screaming
If he knew what I know
And after the good times were over
That’s when I would head for the door
Cause you only wanted the good times
Then you wanted no more
Blue River Blues
Bob Palindrome ©2020
Streets are kissed
By the river mist
A bat flits around the street light
With me stuck in the mud
Waiting for the next flood
And tryin’ to get through the night
I was young
And I was dumb
Now troubles, well, I’ve got a boatload
You see, I bought in
Now I’m caught up in
A system more crooked than the Valeene Road
And someone got shot in Milltown tonight
I heard the sirens, saw the flashing lights
When trouble comes to town
It always finds me
But this time I won’t let it
Yeah, I will stay free
Of those deep, dark, muddy
Blue River blues
Rob broke his back
On the railroad track
What some people won’t do for love
Jim did himself in
He let the sheriff in
When it wasn’t supper cookin’ on the stove
And someone got shot in Milltown tonight
I heard the sirens, saw the flashing lights
This time they won’t get me
Cause I won’t be had
You know I’ve had ‘em
And I’ve had ‘em bad
Just leave me alone
You Blue River blues
You feel like you’re sinkin’
You wanna be drinkin’
That’s how you know you got ‘em
So get with the rhythm
And learn to live with ‘em
Cause you ain’t even hit bottom
Good News
Bob Palindrome ©2020
Seems I’ve got a lot to talk about
But no friends to call
They all seemed to fade in a fog of blues
And I need some good news
Another day has come and gone
Life’s clock ticks away
It ends with a sigh and a shot of booze
And I need some good news
Once bad news came and bad news went
But it never made itself at home
Life may be hard but you can bet
That maybe this world is killing me
But it ain’t killed me yet
I never dream of days gone by
I only dream of days to come
Get up in the morning, jump out of bed and say
Today, I’ll get some good news
…I need all the good news that I can get
Cause this old world is killing me
But it ain’t killed me yet
Little House
Bob Palindrome ©2020
Each day along the way of my travels
I pass by a place that I know well
As if I could forget it reminds me
That little house where we used to dwell
I know every nook and every corner
And every squeaking board that’s in the floor
Like ghosts, the memories still linger
In every room and every creaking door
When we lived there I loved you
And I thought that you loved me as well
Now it stands as a painful reminder
That little house where we used to dwell
I hope those who live there now are happy
Sometimes I see them in the yard
Once that was us but no longer
And seeing that house makes forgetting hard
Maybe Next Monday
Bob Palindrome ©2020
You said that you loved me
Then you lost that thrill
If you don’t want me
Somebody else will
I know that someday
Maybe next Monday
I’ll be loved again
You made a mountain
Of my small hill of flaws
When you’ve got your own
I don’t care because
I know that someday
Maybe next Monday
I’ll be loved again
Right now my heart is breakin’
My whole world’s been shakin’
But there’s one thing that keeps me hangin’ on
That’s after the goodbyes
Sure as the sunrise
That white horse of love will
Ride over that hill
Maybe next Monday
Might even be Sunday
You know it might even be sooner than that
So don’t you look back
Or have any regret
Cause I’ll be okay
On that you can bet
Cause I know that someday, maybe next Monday
I know that someday, might even be Sunday
I know that someday, maybe next Monday
I’ll be loved again
I know that someday, maybe next Monday
I’ll be loved again
Losers and Lawyers
Bob Palindrome ©2020
It felt right and it made sense
And it all started with a kiss
And how could we know of the bad days to come
How did we get from that point to this
And so we swore and we signed
What’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine
Now
There are no winners
Just losers and lawyers
Why can’t we all just get along
I never look at old photographs
It only serves to make me mad
And what of the fate of the innocent
We let ‘em down and that’s what’s really sad
They say all is fair in love and war
And you know this ain’t love anymore