Story Behind The Song

I wrote this one fall in the Sierra Mountains. I happened to bring an acoustic with me and it just kinda spilled out one night. My family has a piece of property by the Walker River in Walker, Ca. about 45 min south of Lake Tahoe. Very peaceful and serene; love it up there. I brought it back to a band practice with Muzzy Luctin....it was done in about 5 or 10 minutes....

Song Description

Relationship woes. Deteriorating while you're still present, yet unaccounted for.

Lyrics

You used to come over
long, black betty heal my soul
What do we do know to solve it
when you're getting warm
you cool me so
And throw out your suicides
and say hey, anybody lookin'
here I go
Throw me up in my face
how you make a poor men
get so low

And you're so bad
that I'm a river

You say you don't like me none
fool around with people I saw
turning the chain, back of my neck
gettin ready til somebody's home
if you don't know what to say
please before I kiss my ghost
pull me down, it;s a shame
when it's something you'll never know

chorus

you're supposed to be good to me
lay me down now in my lungs
well. it's over now...you say
you bet it is
I said, I'm better now..

chorus

don't say you love me:
when the sun is something you want-
let the sun just burn you up..