Brent Bennett

15

The first Friday afternoon of spring
The snow is gone and the birds all sing
In the sunshine
I've got a ways to go from here
I've got my girl and a case of beer
And they're both mine

Feet in the water
Singing to the rich man's daughter
Just my friends and an old guitar
We'll be down by the river
Down by the river

I've been worked to death these days
I'm bustin' ass for minimum wage
Yeah, that's been me
But now it's time I was out of here
To a place where no one's near
I can be free

3

A blind date gone bad

Annie where are you
I've been waiting all night
You called me up to say
The timing was right
Waiting and watching
For some kind of sign
I'm just another fool
Standing in line

Trying to touch you but you won't let me near
Trying to read you but your lines aren't so clear
Lost somewhere between your smile and your eyes
Annie where are you tonight

Annie where are you
I had such big plans
I sit alone now
With my head in my hands

21

In love with an angel

You must be an angel, I swear it
By the life and the love you've been sharing
You're in disguise
But I see it in your eyes.

There ain't no halo shining above you
But your kindness compels me to love you
Can't understand
How a mortal fool like me could be your man.

Don't really know how you love me but I know that you do
And I feel heaven in your arms so I know it must be true.

But baby where'd you hide your wings
Where'd you hide your wings
You healed my dead of winter with a breath of spring
Tell me where'd you hide your wings.

There's an air of magic around you
And you charmed me the day that I found you
I stand amazed
At your constant state of grace.

Now I just don't understand how you know me so well
You came right out of the blue and pulled me straight out of hell.

23

Back home in Mississippi
Fall's hanging heavy on the trees
There's a woman with a gleam in her eye
Hanging onto hope she waits for me
Moonlit night we'd walk the river
Watch those paddle boats go by
The memory is miles behind me now
Searching for a dream I have to find

And my heart's in Mississippi
With a woman who waits for me
Well I can't come home just yet
And I'm as lonely as a man can get
I'm gonna make it wait and see
If you will only wait for me

Back home in Mississippi
She reads a letter from her man
He sends his love and he asks her to wait
But she's not sure if she can
And when a handsome man comes calling
It's almost too much to resist
She reads my letter one last time
And she seals it with a kiss

'Cause I can't get by without you
Wait for me
I don't even know if I'm doing the right thing
Wait for me
This old road just keeps on losing me
But I know right where my heart is
I know right where my heart is

20

It doesn't matter what you do
I'm gonna love you
No matter what you say
I'm gonna love you
The only thing a man like me
Could ever want to do
I'm gonna love you
I'm gonna love you

You can try to discourage me
Saying you're just not my type
But I know most assuredly
You're the woman for my life
It doesn't matter what you say
Soon I'm sure you'll see my way
I'm gonna love you
I'm gonna love you

I'm gonna love you
I'm gonna love you

If you tell me that you'll stay
I'm gonna love you
And when we're old and gray
I'm gonna love you
I'll take all your rainy days and turn your skies to blue
It doesn't matter what you say I promise I'll be true
And the only thing a man like me could ever want to do
I'm gonna love you
I'm gonna love you
I'm gonna love you

4

Well there's a reason for everything
And there's a reason for love
Standing at the bottom
Being held down from above
Searching for a dream
Just to find you're living in a nightmare
Conditioned to care for yourself
Or not even to care
Not at all

We dangle our existence on a few nights' words
Your needs were ignored but your promises were heard
In the end it all gets dumped in your lap
Love is a trap
Sometimes you don't know where you're at
Love is a trap
Yeah, it is
Goes like this

Now there's a purpose for everyone
And you're no exception
You search your whole life for the truth
All you find is deception, oh yeah
Waiting for that perfect woman
To come knocking at your door
In the end she just takes and she leaves
She's just another whore
Yeah, that's all

Love is a prison, a true ball and chain
Say never again but it comes just the same
Love is a trap, you can never be free
Well I've seen it girl and it won't happen to me

In the end it's a smile and a slap
Love is a trap

1

Your lawyer calls mine
And love is judged by the size of a dollar sign
They tell me this is what happens when it all falls apart
One bed becomes two
I try to deal with the feeling that we're finally through
What am I gonna do now with this broken-down heart.

Love's supposed to burn eternal
But fan the flames and it's hell's inferno
Friends say try, try again but I think I'll pass.

She's a pain in my past
I have to leave her memory behind
I can't believe that I was so blind
I took it slow but it happened so fast
She's a pain in my past
Never again will I play the fool
I play by my own new set of rules
I built a wall around the things that she trashed
The girl's a pain in my past.

One drink turns into four
I go out driving but I don't know what I'm looking for
Nothing here has much meaning for this drunk lonely soul
My house is now yours
You threw my stuff out and you changed the locks on all the doors
Boxes fill this apartment where I'm sleeping alone.

Love's supposed to be so strong
It's 4 a.m. and the night's too long
I drove my car around town till I ran out of gas.

10

I work the graveyard shift in this sleepy little town
Just me and my machines when all the shops are shutting down
I'm here to take up slack, production times are tight
They love me down at the factory 'cause they know I'll work all night.

I am the midnight man working under my own power
I do it for the solitude and the extra 40 cents an hour
Midnight man
I am the midnight man

It's quiet here all by myself, no one messing with my mind
It's here I dream of greater things, it helps to pass the time
When all the folks are getting up I'm crawling into bed
I pull the shades against the dawn and wait for dark again.

6

About an alluring blonde who uses men

Good love
She needs it
She lets you know what she wants when she's coming on strong
She's tough
She knows it
Made her fair share of mistakes but she's never wrong
She's a lady
She's a whore
All she wants is just one night
And nothing more

She's a lioness
Out for the kill
And if her long blonde hair don't get you
Then her blue eyes will

Good times
She gives them
She give a good time to just about every man in town
Tough to find
You better believe it
Waiting in a bar for some stranger to come around
(Come around yeah)
She's a woman
She's a little girl
She's all wrapped up behind
The bars around her world

She's an angel, oh,
She's a sinner
You may get to love her young man
But you know you'll never win her

4

I like a woman
Who doesn't need to do her face
Who'll lay with me all morning
Who will walk with me in the rain
I like a woman
Who will make the first move
Love me like no tomorrow
With a body tight and smooth

And when I find her
I'll give her all that I've got
Any time at her convenience
With a passion burning hot
Yeah, that's just the way
I like a woman
That's my kind of woman

I like a woman
Who can land on her feet
Who'll steam all my windows
Who excites me when she sleeps
I like a woman
Who won't make no demands
Who'll melt me like lead
With the touch of her hands

I know she's out there
I hope she finds me
Takes away my bitter world
With a love that'll blind me

8

I met a girl down in New Orleans
A blue-eyed version of a Cajun queen
How she found me was a mystery
But I remember what she did to me
Warm days in the bayou heat
And wild nights down on Bourbon Street
She taught me everything that a boy should know
She made me love her then she let me go

Louisiana's calling my name
She's in my dreams driving me insane
All the lies that we told, the love that we made
Louisiana is calling my name

The dance of seven veils at the Mardi Gras
One by one she let the veils fall
Love beads fly through the air
Confetti drifting falling in her hair
All the days on the delta sand
She threw a spell and said I was her man
She made a man out of a lanky kid
I'm going back again

I jumped the first southbound I saw
New Orleans wants me I can hear her call
I'm gonna get there if I have to crawl
I find my woman gonna love her, love her, love her all night long