Long Dark Night

My soul grows
Like a lonesome pine
Down in the cold damp dirt
Up in gold sunshine

Through hard red clay
I look to find
A place to rest
These tired eyes

I wear my skin
Like bark on old oak trees
Aint no storm
That can shake it free

My Bones n roots
Reach like the vine
Keepin my piece
Holdin’ that line

I don’t know much
But I know these things
What we got
Aint what we keep
The dead lay still
But they don’t sleep 
Dont let a woman
Pull your teeth

My blood runs
Like the rivers flow
Carry the weight
Of what I know

Color my eyes
Like fall and spring
Pour out the well
N’ wash me clean

Thoughts like birds
Nest in me
Some stay quiet
Some won’t sleep

Some take flight
Some just sing
Some don’t know
Just what they mean

I don’t know much
But I know these things
What we got
Aint what we keep
The dead lay still
But they don’t sleep
Dont let a woman
Pull your teeth

Some dont live
But we all die
When love leaves me
I’ll close my eyes

When love leaves me
I’ll close my eyes
Find my rest
In the long dark night

Outlaw country, bluesy, acoustic, punchy harmonica, make voice