An Arkies Musings

  Colorado Girl by Richard Lawry A little house on Benton Street Filled with happy sounds where A young girl plays in the yard Sunlight in her blond hair Tangled like the wind Drifting through the trees Sweet reflections of the past Flow like a summer breeze She's a Colorado girl Loves aspens in the starlight And sweet Palisade peaches She's a Colorado girl Loves snowy peaks Frosted white Violet blue columbines And mountain sunset twilight She's a Colorado Girl Mama's pot roast on the stove Sweet aroma in the air Family gathered around Love was always there Grace before the meal Then laughter filled the room Simple days have gone too fast Like a sweet and gentle tune She's a Colorado girl Loves aspens in the starlight And sweet Palisade peaches She's a Colorado girl Loves snowy peaks Frosted white Violet blue columbines And mountain sunset twilight She's a Colorado Girl Camping in the Rockies Under stars that burn so bright Campfire songs and stories Carried...

  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...

Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh by Richard Lawry I was walking past the trailers At the edge of the fair When a funny little sound Came through the air Puhht whoosh whoosh Whoosh whoosh Puhht A sound not well known No steady beat just a mind of its own Putt whoosh whoosh Whoosh whoosh putt An engine spinning slow But just fast enough It hits when it needs It misses by design Old iron heartbeat Keeping perfect time Flywheels heavy As a farmer's hands Spinning out the work Across the land Governor swinging Like a metronome Tells that piston When it's time to come home Putt whoosh whoosh Whoosh whoosh putt Fire and coast Till the load gets tough Under strain It talks a little more At idle it'll rest Six strokes or more Hits when it wants Misses by design World's laziest engine keeping perfect time Missing on purpose Loud and proud Corn got shelled And the water got pumped Wood got sawed And the butter got clumped Wash got done And the cream got spun All from a hit and miss gitting er...

  Hubcaps and Memories by Richard Lawry Years of collecting It's all hanging there Hubcaps line the rafters With a fifties flair Car parts rusting But they've got a place Each one a story Each a showcase The rafters creak The memories call A lifetime of treasures Lining the wall Hubcaps and memories They're gleaming tonight Pieces of the past In the museum light A Ford Model A And a toy car parade Humble reminders Of the life you made Antique toy trucks On a high wooden shelf I see your smile in each One of them myself They called it junk But you called it gold A museum of autos And stories they told Through grease and grit Through laughter and tears You built this life Over all these years The way you worked Long hours each day Things collected Never thrown away Now they hang Like reflections of you The world calls it clutter But they don't see Every part Every scratch Is a memory It's more than the metal The chrome or the rust It's the vision The dream And the...

Twisted Metal by Richard Lawry Pulled in slow that Wednesday morning Thinking of work and the day begun Thoughts of orders and of scheduling Didn't know my world had come undone Then I saw the terrible scene The twisted metal of a roof collapsed Building torn in the aftermath Under the weight of ice The trusses snapped Twisted metal in the morning Frozen rafters split and torn All our quiet little stories Sleeping under shattered forms I'm just standing in the silence Breathe a cloud against the air Twisted metal in the morning And my hearts still frozen there Standing here in the ice and snow While cars are under the mangled tin How can I recover from this day Where safety and security once had been Twisted metal in the morning Frozen rafters split and torn All our quiet little stories Sleeping under shattered forms I'm just standing in the silence Breathe a cloud against the air Twisted metal in the morning And my hearts still frozen there I felt small as the broken beams...

Respect the Rust by Richard Lawry Ford Model A sitting out behind the barn Paint's long gone but it still holds charm Bench seat torn, springs poking through But that's where I learned dreams still come true Every dent's a lesson Every mark is a tale Every rusty bolt Taught me how not to fail Daddy said, Son the shine don't mean much If you wanna know the truth You gotta respect the rust So respect the rust Every scar and every stain Yeah respect the rust The stories in the frame All the busted knuckles All the miles in the cold All the hours of work Every rusty car sold Those old cars taught me more Than a book ever could Hard work turns rusty metal Into something good What time tries to take We keep with Respect for the rust Yeah, respect the rust Rust shows all the years The tears and the tries Rust is always true It never shows lies Daddy said, Son the shine don't mean much If you wanna know the truth You gotta respect the rust So respect the rust Every scar and...