Vic chesnutt

It ain't over til it's over Just like some joker said When it's over it is done And when it's done it's as good as dead When it's good it sure is good Yes and when it's good it's great When it's great...

I am a stranger Lurking alone in my own vicious wilderness While the meat in my chest Squeezes and teases a hulking hunger Groping in motion Balance is but a shimmering notion And lurching compelled...

Warm, the body is warm The muscles twitch The posture compensates And cold, the arrow is cold The friction warms nothing But the point is pure The wound it is secure Trial by error Follow a sun And...

The barn fell down Since i saw it last It's rubble now Well so much for the past Everything that i say Does me this'a way Everything, Every little thing i say Does me this'a way Some call her a thief...

Looking in the hourglass Ants in the sand Reflected in the oil lamp I can see the wrinkles in your hand You can be forthright with me You can be forthright with me Next to the pot-bellied stove Hand...

I saw a blackbird Thirteen ways Then strew a fist many Mountains away My evangelism felled Brutally taken By breezes that rubbed me And lifted light raven I stretched to borrow Fine antebelleum To...

Well the first time i ever laid eyes on you Was my first year at marching band camp You never played the part as it was written You would always vamp You was always cracking me up Messing with the...

Do you think it makes a difference? I say yes Taking my time Working on lines Fingers in clay Everyday Head in the clouds Moving my mouth Spreading the grout That's holding it down Do you think it...

Pus on your finger, mud on your mind The tiller is broken, your garden is crying There's been too much rain, tomatoes they split Spring was a beauty but she turned into a beast Your boy is rebellious,...

Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Bewildered We heard you laughing What do you mean? We heard...