American Ghost

Travelin' from coast to coast
I'm just your newest American Ghost.
I miss you so much,
it's hard to keep in touch
I'm just your newest American Ghost.

Left Pennsylvania in the dust
My mind was screaming, "California or Bust!"
It was time to run the risk-
jump the gun-
make a fuss-
if you sit too long you might start to rust.

Now the lady who stands beside me,
blue-green eyes: deep, dark, and lovely.
With a laugh that could shake the value out of money,
and lips...sweeter than barrel of honey.

Cut straight through to West Virginia.
Zig-Zagged our way to Old Kentucky.
We raised some hell in the hotel,
drinkin' Wild Turkey and Gettin' Lucky.

On and On to Illinois...
Wrestled with pain and danced for joy.
Most of the time I didn't know just how to feel,
Is this a dream or is it real?

You might not believe how much there is to see...

Now the Great Plains are as flat as pancakes...
blue-berry skys and clouds of whip cream.
With an old guitar and a never-ending cup of coffee,
I think I might survive Eternity.

But lets not jump to far ahead,
and lets not fall to far behind.
Lets stay right here in these Big Rock Candy Mountains
with the best friends you could ever find.

You might not believe how much there is to see...

*from the record American Ghost released in 2011

-crashed giraffe

The Great Work

Like the Wind, the Root, the Dream
-there's strength in the Unseen.
we're high and then we're low.
we're hidden -then exposed.

I'm gonna take it   nice          and                   s l o w.

Like an echo off the walls,
reverberate the call.
                      Distinctive as the Crow
perched upon the Archer's bow...

I'm gonna take it   nice           and                  s l o w.
gonna recognize the Soul.

On and up
toward the Absolute.
Better brace my self
for the naked Truth.
There's a pilgrim in my heart
dying to be set free.
There's a lover in your eyes
and I know it's desire I see.
They say there's truth in wine
so have another drink with me.

So many things to know,
many places you could go,
but how far will you run
with words that weigh a ton.

I'm gonna take it   nice             and                  s l o w.
gonna recognize the Soul.


-Crashed Giraffe
*From the record American Ghost released in 2011.               

Universe Uterus

I call this thing Defending the Wild-Life because I find that I spend so much time doing exactly that.  Defending my love for Totally Untamed Creative Expression. I have many wanderings through melody and rhyme, but not often do I sit and separate the words from the music.  So I guess I'm sort of doing this for posterity.  Maybe just as another experiment.  Maybe just to share them with whoever falls down the rabbit hole and ends up here to read.  Anyway--take it slow and if you are curious what kind of music would accompany these words let me know and I would be glad to get you some.  So now I start putting little messages in a bottle and throwing them into one very big river.

Crashed Giraffe

2011