All You Love Is Need

I met you when my worth was at an all time low

Nothing going right

You took me on, brushed me off, propped me up

You were a guiding light

But now that I can take some steps out of the nest

And follow where you lead

You shut me down, you can't be found, you're outta here

Cuz all you love is need

Years in that apartment with a broken oven

Cardboard covered glass

You took me on like a philanthropic project 

You really kicked my ass

But once the baby bird could open his own wings

No open mouth to feed

You moved along, you shut me out, you hit the road

Cuz all you love is need

When you said I could do anything

Did you mean with you?

When you said I could go anywhere 

Were you coming too?

I used to flinch from every kindness like a beaten dog

I went my own way

You taught me how to stand up on my own two feet

But you didn't stay

Now things are looking up, I see a light up ahead

I found my running speed

I would have shared my best life with you

But all you love is need

When you said I could do anything

Did you mean with you?

When you said I could go anywhere 

Were you coming to?

Set to music by Abe Savas, video hopefully forthcoming

Steubenville

I went down to the diner with nothing else to do

The muck of the refinery all over my shoes

The waitress was new, someone I had not met

Her face looked like a smoked cigarette

I wanted to eat a heart attack on a plate

Let the cholesterol chase my blues away

This is a town of Chinese made American flags

This is a town half buried in plastic bags

This is a town so down the Family Dollar died

This is a one horse town with no source of pride

The waitress said that'll be twelve dollars please 

For a slab of sad pork with mac and cheese

I peeled off my last twenty, put it in her hand

And ventured off into the promised land

You can drive and drive for miles ahead 

It don't matter cuz the dinosaurs are already dead

This is a town where churches outnumber bars 

This is a town without no foreign cars

This is a town where eyes watch you walk on by

This is a town where dreams all go to die

I cashed my last paycheck at the corner store

I dropped a lottery ticket on the filthy floor

I gassed up the Impala, cranked the radio loud

Hit the gas, bit the dust as I raised a cloud

Gonna drive till the sunshine burns a hole in my face

Gonna drive far away from this forsaken place

This is a town that won't let you change your fate

This is a town where you stay till it's far too late

This is a town built on a corporate lie

This is a town where all dreams go to die

Set to music by Mike List, hopefully video forthcoming