Ain't So Deep

Ain’t  So Deep

I’m gonna take me a passenger train upstate,

take along a sandwich or two

I’m gonna sleep real deep while the rails run straight

Otherwise I’ll think about you -

And I hope you think about me too

You say that your encyclopedia is much too old –

The information’s all out of date

I tell ya most of the stories have yet to be told –

You oughta read ‘em while you still see straight – 

Later might be too late

I dreamed about an alphabet I could not read

It put me in a thoughtful mood

It did not burn and I did not bleed

When I noticed that I’d been tattooed
my reaction was not subdued

Some days it takes me a miracle to get out of bed –

I feel like I was beaten to sleep

But it’ll be OK ‘cause it’s all in my head,

This hill can’t be that steep

And this water just ain’t that deep

April, 2007