Sometimes, procrastination has it's benefits.
Less than 48 hours before making the all-day drive to New Orleans for a ( Read more... )

Whatcha gonna do with the restlessness inside your worried mind?
How you think you're ever gonna get ahead when you feel so far behind?
Step inside this endless moment for a subtle touch of grace
I've always found my strength inside the act of faith
I believe in the spirit of rock and roll
In the eternal strength of the immortal soul ( Read more... )

It's a cool, warm morning on a January day
And for the first time, I've got nothing to say
So I slowly eat my breakfast as they talk about the game
And I pray you might have spoken my name

And everybody wants to go on laughing
when everything says it might be time to cry
But I feel alive, see it in my eyes -- the saddest eyes you've ever seen
And ( Read more... )

Back in March of 2006, Jessie & I planned a mid-week trip into Memphis to see Cowboy Mouth. A couple of years before, we'd seen them at the New Daisy Theatre on Beale with a little-known opening act called Maroon Five. There's something about seeing a soulful southern rock band in a soulful southern rock town... so a return trip was in order.

Before ( Read more... )

How many times did you threaten to leave me
How many ways would you make me crawl
I showed you I cared but you wouldn't believe me
So unprepared to destroy it all

You left so often before ( Read more... )

Casa de Fletch is located some 400 miles as the crow flies from Houma, Louisiana. So pardon me as it boggles my mind that it can be raining in Houma and at my house and it's all rain from the same storm. It's easy to lose perspective of the world around you. Mother Nature is an awesome thing and she's good at reminding you of your place in the ( Read more... )

Prologue or no prolouge... these fit this week perfectly for so many reasons. They even mention a trip to California. Heh. I broke another heart in Texas
The midnight sky was closing in
Stars all point to California
I don't know where I am
And I don't really care
Louisiana gave me no direction
So I pointed to the sun and drove away ( Read more... )

I didn't expect to be throwing Cowboy Mouth at you again so soon. But we have gone a month without any and when you consider the things that have been on my brain lately, now seemed like a good time to feature this song. Don't worry. I have no intention of this becoming Wednesday Night Cowboy Mouth.

Off their 1998 album Mercylandthis week's lyrics ( Read more... )

If I maintain this series of Wednesday night lyrics as I want to, you'll ( Read more... )

For the last three weeks, my weekends have grown more interesting. However, this last weekend has been the best so far. I took a trip back to Oakdale for a couple of days with old friends. It was exactly what I needed. My mind was off anything related to Lakeland or Franklin... And it felt good to be among old friends again. I think I hang out with ( Read more... )