i decised to write
tonight'
about my favirite
song singers
songs that linger
so this ain;t poetic
it just be what it be

geroge jones
hank williams
gene watson
my favorRightt
john prine
greg brown
love his sound
hank III
merle
melbet magomdry
james taylor too
yeah that'll do


'course there's
other's 2
willlie
& waylin"
and i guy that goes sailin'
you never heard a him
but that's ok
he just past my way

then i got
the "be BOB"
detroit true
sumpmin' else to
listen' to

.............
rock-n-roll
take a stroll
down memory lane

the platters
& smokey
& what's there name
it ain't the same
"sittin' n the dock of the bay"
ok

but i'm from TEXAS
and all my ex's
wear blue jeans
George Straight
ace's & *8's

more music
than you can accuse it
of
comes from TEXAS
the land of the EX's
what did you expected's?


i know i ramble
i gamble
with every word

today i beat my son
that son of a gun
in spade's
(you never want to play that game with me)
but i tought him a thing or 3
bought the game
but it was all the same

just me & he
toghether
that was how it be

imagine this
imagine that
he never knew where poker was at

so i sat

imagine that

i sat
& taught him
where to begin
in poker
with or without the joker

5-card draw
5-card stud
or is it 7 coma' 11

bbbbbblllllack-jack
ain't goin' back

what's wild
you been my child

you wanta' play spades agin'
lose or win?
yeah i know how to win.

oh"...gin
or gin rummy
thought that was a drink for my tummy.

don't play cards or pools
we me
you just be a fools
i be
playin' it too long
i know the song

gin or gin rummy
rub my tummy
i win more than i lose
but i've lost more than i won
hell. ain't that a son of a gun?

anyway
you don't want to play
with me

see
i be good at games
it's not the sames
as reality
as the way
IT SHOULD BE

don't play no games with me
but don't make me face REALITY
'cause that's when
it is then
has been
and ain't no more
that's for sure

it is what it is
what it 'tis
is what it is

REALITY
the way it be