re: Lyrics that hit you

I'll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears
You can go swimming when you're here
And I'll be the rainbow after the tears are gone
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm

otis, that's how strong my love is


I cut my teeth on the stone of a teenage romance
I was the salt of the earth, I was hard, and the last of the independents
And in the breath from my chest I was blowing kerosene
My lips and fingertips were stone, I wore my heart on my jeans
I sang the blues like the dogs left too long in the street
I still sing the blues with the dogs
gaslight, wherefore art thou, elvis