An Arkies Musings

  Driving in the Fog by Richard Lawry The alarm goes off Shattering the silence Of the night At three A. M Seems I just laid down On my comfy bed Now, I'm on My feet again Pull on my clothes Wash my face And I stumble Out the door The fog glows thick In the porch light glow It's time for work Once more I know this road Like the back Of my hand This morning It's not the same There's an empty road And miles to go But it's the fog That is to blame The night sky is As black as coal My headlights Shining bright They just don't seem To show the way Fog keeps Swallowing the light The high beams flicker And blind my eyes Low beams show Only the glow Of fog hiding The countryside In a surreal Shadowy tableau Driving slow Hands gripping the wheel You can't see far It seems unreal Foot by foot The road appears Faith is driving Through your fears The fog will lift And skies will clear You were never alone Grace was here Mile by mile Along the way All you had to do Was p...

Links to the lyrics of every song on the album, Bob Lawry Auto Museum, by Faded Chrome  SIDE A Temple of Steel Bring Her Back Driving Arkansas Roads Whitewalls and Fenderskirts Frazer in the Snow Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh SIDE B Chrome and Velvet Dreams Little Red and White Nash Respect the Rust Hubcaps and Memories The Road Rolls On

My OCD Won't Let Me Be by Kenny Van Orden and Richard Lawry My OCD Won't let me be Sheldon ain't got Nothing on me Everything In the number three My OCD Won't let me be I've got a vision A vision in my mind Oh yeah, oh yeah Let's shine I've got a vision A dream I won't deny Oh no no Oh no Oh no My OCD Won't let me be Sheldon ain't got Nothing on me Everything In the number three My OCD Won't let me be Can't you see it It's lighting up the night Oh yeah Feeling alright I've got a vision A vision in my mind Oh yeah, oh yeah Let's shine I've got a vision A dream I won't deny Oh no no Oh no Oh no I'm a lighting designer On the cheap I knew that was the trick Can't you see it It's lighting up the night Oh yeah Feeling alright My OCD Won't let me be Sheldon ain't got Nothing on me Everything In the number three My OCD Won't let me be My OCD Won't let me be My OCD Won't let me be You can listen...

  Never Said Much by Richard Lawry Quiet in the hallway Head down low Too shy for the girls They didn't know New school, old nerves I couldn't start Then you walked in And stole my heart Never said much But I felt it all Love was knocking In the school hall I never said much Until I knew That my whole life Was waiting on you History class Harris Pine indoors Me making dressers You making drawers Lost my job Standing up for right Found a flower In a soda can To my delight Never said much But I felt it all Love was knocking In the school hall I never said much Until I knew That my whole life Was waiting on you First date ride Made me spin around Got sick in the sky Kept nothing down You took me home Washed my clothes clean Said, Let's ride the train Soft and sweet Five hundred miles Tried to pull us apart Couldn't break the promise Of a devoted heart Never said much But I felt it all Love was knocking In the school hall I never said much Until I knew That my whole life Wa...

  Being Her Back by Richard Lawry Hiding behind an old barn door I saw a project I couldn't ignore Dust on her paint, her tires were worn But I knew that she could be reborn Gonna bring her back Bring her back to life Bring her back Bring her back to life A Forty Buick Limited With sidemount spares Jet black paint Faded by years Dirty old seats Her engine worn But I hear her whisper She'll be reborn Bring her back to life Straight-eight running true She's been waiting on me Like old dreams do Gonna bring her back Bring her back to life Bring her back Bring her back to life Wrenches and rags, late-night light Bringing her engine back to life Grease on my hands, knuckles torn Every bolt says she'll be reborn She's more than steel and an old design She's a bygone era frozen in time Stately and proud, the things she's seen She's going to drive the roads again Gonna bring her back Bring her back to life Bring her back Bring her back to life Gonna bring her ba...

Frazer in the Snow by Richard Lawry Frazer in the snow Roll on, roll on Frazer in the snow Roll on Cold December, fifty four Heading north from Tennessee Blue Frazer rolling through the snow Just Bob and Pat and what might be Frazer in the snow Roll on, roll on Frazer in the snow Roll on Oh, Frazer in the snow keep rolling on We don't have much but we got love Thirty dollars and not yet twenty-one But it feels like more than enough Frazer in the snow Roll on, roll on Frazer in the snow Roll on Engine ticking near Michigan Snow falling thick and slow Said"I do" while the roads were closed But two hearts said, "let's go" Frazer in the snow Roll on, roll on Frazer in the snow Roll on Oh, Frazer in the snow keep rolling on We don't have much but we got love Thirty dollars and not yet twenty-one But it feels like more than enough Frazer in the snow Roll on, roll on Frazer in the snow Roll on Knocking hard on the Kansas line Pulled one plug, limped back home G...