Whiskey Chasin’ Fever
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
Got a funny feeling that I don’t think I could ever explain
They say we got the fever and I think it’s gonna drive me insane
Got me seeing double, and chasing down whatever I see
Something’s taking over now and I don’t wanna ever be free
Chorus
Might not wanna come too close
This is something you’ve never seen
I think I could give you a dose
Of baby wait and see what I mean
Well no one is immune
You know I’ve seen it spreading all over town
Well there’s a bad case of fine tasting
Whiskey chasin’ fever going round
Verse 2
That whiskey fever’s setting in and I don’t wanna fight the disease
My antidote’s a round and a daily dose of nights like these
Running down the night in search of something nice that catches my eye
While up above that old fool moon is shooting stars all over the sky
Verse 3
These flames are raging hotter and I’m not sure how much more I can take
So dance with me to secret songs and help me get this fever to break
There’s no turning back now cuz it’s coming strong and hits like a train
I’m pretty sure I love you now if I could just remember your name
Devil Make Your Move
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
All my life I’ve flirted with the Devil
Never really more than just a tease
I’d look away before he caught me looking
Right before he brought me to my knees
So, Devil, consider this your warning
I’m telling you before the game begins
I’m not one for atoning or for mourning
And I will not be paying for my sins
Chorus
Now I’ve got my cards out on the table
And I’m not gonna cast away my gaze
Because I know this time I will be able
To stand behind the things my heart conveys
So come on Devil, make your move, I’m calling in your bluff
Now I think I’ve watched you play this game just long enough
All my hope is riding on this hand that I’ve concealed
Playing on the weakness that you have just revealed
Verse 2
They say the hardest lesson’s in the knowing
I wonder if there’s nothing left to gain
My bleeding heart is quickly overflowing
With hate disguised as love disguised as pain
The stakes that I am playing for are weighted
And Devil now you know that there’s a catch
You panic as you realize you underestimated
Because in me you may have met your match
Makin’ Time
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
Well I work all day, work all night
Don’t wanna stay, sit around and do right
Gonna leave this place
Gonna burn down the road
Yeah me and the boy gonna head out
Make time around the world
Verse 2
Got a good thing going got a traveling bone
Shaking hands, a shade of grey
We’re running down the tracks
Lord that sun is setting fast
And we ain’t turning back
Ain’t no map to help me find
My way back from your eyes
My hands are on the wheel
And your hands are on my thighs
Chorus
Got that engine growling when I throw that pedal down
Thinking I could love you right and make you make that sound
So come on, babe, the time has come to lighten up your load
And ride that Devil’s Backbone down to Blackjack Road
Verse 3
Your heart said ‘No Trespassing’
On a rusty, faded sign
But I said I ain’t asking
And I’m gonna make you mine
Permission is implicit by
That baggage on the ground
Ain’t no muddy road that’s ever
Gonna slow me down
Verse 4
Some say blues is crying
Some say blues is sad
Some would say I’m lying
But the blues I got ain’t bad
This broken heart is whole again
When we’re out driving ’round
I know this time that there ain’t nothing
Gonna hold me down
As the Crow Flies
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
The winter’s silent air propels
The black crow’s lonely song
My laughter’s just as empty as my arms
When you have gone
The breaking in your voice betrays
The longing in your eyes
Another night is laid to waste
And tangled up in lies
Chorus
Point by point, between two lines
This tangled string of heart unwinds
Seeking peace and finding none
My black and white has come undone
A greying thunder crashes from the sky
As the crow flies
Verse 2
A crossroad step you have to take
A trigger tightly wound
It’s funny how a heart can break
And never make a sound
Watch the trees go flying by
Together we’re alone
Lost within the greying sky
Where the sun has never shone
Bridge
And you’re black against the sun
Blink before the colors start to run
Slipping from my hand but holding on
You’re still here but you’re already gone
Verse 3
Holding fast and letting go
Forgetting yesterday
My love if you will run with me
I promise you I’ll stay
The Gypsy woman tells the tale
Of what this future brings
So tell me where the shadows hide
And where the black crow sings
This Time
©2010 Westbound
Chorus
And I want you to come home to me
And I want you to be mine
And I want you to come home to me
And I promise things are gonna work this time
Verse 1
I don’t know where to go
On this long and winding road
I’m making turns I never thought I’d see
But it seems that I’ll know
If I only take it slow
I’ll end up in the place I need to be
Verse 2
There are times when I think
That I am all I need
And times when I know that it’s untrue
Other times it’s clear
That you’re a part of me
And I could be a part of you
Delta River Line
©2010 Westbound
Chorus
Going down to that Mississippi water
Feel that muddy water running at my feet
Gonna take my time down that Delta River Line
Till I find a way to make my heart complete
Verse 1
Feeling tired as the train leaves the station
Got a whole lot of worry on my mind
Gonna head away, work it out another day
Got a song to sing that doesn’t cost a dime
Verse 2
I can’t say how far this train will take me
The whistle cries out but in my heart I know
You’d count all the grains of sand before you’d ever understand
All the reasons why I say I have to go
Verse 3
Counting stars as the moon starts rising
Shadows grow as the sun begins to fade
But everything feels fine I could go if it’s my time
All my wrongs are right and all my debts are paid
Somethin’ in the Water
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
Catch our eyes meeting
Somewhere way down at the bar
Tomorrow I’ll regret me letting
Your hands get that far
But right now there’s a fading haze
That’s setting over me
That shows you in a light that only
Blinded eyes can see
Chorus
I think there’s something in the water
It might be the tequila
Or the bourbon or the whiskey or the gin
Whatever bothered me before about you
Doesn’t seem to matter
I’m thinking I might take you home again
Yes, I’m thinking I might take you home again
Verse 2
Everything is aching
Like I woke up from a fight
Gonna be a morning
That reminds me of last night
I kinda just remember thinking
You might be the one
Now I’m looking at you wondering
What the hell I’ve done
Verse 3
Tomorrow night I’m heading out
This time I’m gonna lead
Cuz there ain’t nothing that you’ve got
That’s nothing that I need
You won’t even stand a chance
No you ain’t gonna win
I’ll forget about you
Unless I catch those eyes again
The Peppermint Song
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
I saw you walk in, I caught your smile
The air had something, I watched it float awhile
Well it ain’t easy babe, lord knows I’m tryin’ but I’m
Caught up in thinking ‘bout how we might pass the time
Every time I’m near you babe, it’s all that I can do
Think I’ve decided what I’m gonna do with you
Chorus
Your neck is salty and your lips are peppermint sweet
I’m waiting for you sweating out in the summer heat
You name the time, the place, we’ll take off down the street, cuz
Your neck is salty and your lips are peppermint sweet
Verse 2
My heart gets going when you’re by my side
We’re taking off for one hell of a ride
The night is dark but the sun will shine and
The river’s long but the water’s feeling fine
So take my hand you know that I’ll go anywhere with you
Got me doing crazy things I never thought I’d do
Embers
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
Soft curls of smoke
Rising from a fire
Dancing on the air before they fade
Everything that’s broken
Takes my soul a little higher
And we won’t have to face the night afraid
Verse 2
The persistence of a heart
It always finds a way
So tear it out and toss it in the flames
Secrets fall apart
But the colors never fade
Burned a thousand times and yet it stays
Chorus
Torch the field and watch that smoke rising
Here that thunder rolling on the wind
I feel it this time
The phoenix is flying
The embers fade I’m feeling whole again
Verse 3
Darkness lies behind me
Buried in the past
Waking from asleep into alive
These phoenix flames remind me
That sunsets never last
Shield my eyes as day breaks on my life
Verse 4
An unforgiving tide
You’re caught up in the surge
But the thought of giving up just makes you fight
Where others may have died inside
You will reemerge
Shaking off the ashes in your flight
The Closest Friends of Mine
©2010 Westbound
Verse 1
Like the cold man clings to the fire
Like the haze after days of drinking wine
Like the rage that follows close behind desire
Broken hearted are the closest friends of mine
Verse 2
Looking down at what all’s left around me
Feeling like the well is running dry
Reaching down into the truths that somehow found me
Coming back with a cold hand full of why
Chorus
And I feel the greatest sorrow
For every living soul that I’ve let down
I know today will be just like tomorrow
Edging closer toward the hell for which I’m bound
Verse 3
Where no one takes another soul for granted
Where love is blind and everyone can see
Where the trees of hope are fast and firmly planted
There’s little chance that I will ever be
Verse 4
Resting after lifetimes lost to running
Nothing’s come that I did not deserve
Knowing that the longer days are coming
That I still have my sentence left to serve