THE STRAW THIEF’S WAY
There’s a little house
It’s down by the freeway
I listen to your bootheels
Cross the paver stones
The chimney’s down
And the windows rotten
It don’t matter anyhow
No one calls it home
My hollow words
Just couldn’t reach you
They hung out on the morning air
Turned to lonesome sighs
Reckless hearts
Will try and break you
Wake you when the evening comes
Leave you in the light
You’re like a fire that loved the rain
And I put you out
I know this ain’t no kind of life
I know you can’t be satisfied
I wanna lay with you in the Straw Thief’s way
And tell you I’m not angry girl, I understand
It ain’t no one could be your man
Wasted time
Will you ever return?
All your added minutes would
Give another life
I see the dark
At the edge of daylight
Just tryin’ to hold on
His little patch of sky
You’re like a fire that loved the rain
And I put you out
I know this ain’t no kind of life
I know you can’t be satisfied
I wanna lay with you in the Straw Thief’s way
And tell you I’m not angry girl, I understand
It ain’t no one could be your man
Comin’ down tonight
Under a million stars that die
Drowning in the light
Still a-dancin’ in your eyes
You’re like a fire that loved the rain
And I put you out
I know this ain’t no kind of life
I know you can’t be satisfied
I wanna lay with you in the Straw Thief’s way
And tell you I’m not angry girl, I understand
It ain’t no one could be your man
all lyrics written by Lou Poster c & p 2018 Fairmont Music, LLC