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Rocking on the Rail

Hear the clackity clack clack
of a train rollin` west
I lay me on the boxcar floor
just to take my rest
And the tunnel of night
Shuts out all but starlight
I clackity clack clack
rockin` on the rail

Rockin` on the rail

As I`m laying here awake
with my bottle and a restless heart
Thinkin` on the lovely towns
to visit and soon depart
If you see me on your street
Have some mercy when we meet
Or it`s clackity clack clack
rockin` on the rail

Rockin` on the rail

Don`t say we`re outlaws
who live beyond the law
I never want to be unkind
or hurt anyone at all
I got no points to prove
I`m just born to move
I clackity clack clack
rockin` on the rail

Rockin` on the rail

Next Book - A Sci-Fi Story

I have settled on a new project. After several false starts, my next will be science fiction. More fantasy than science, since I have no expertise in any scientific fields. Plot lines are in flux. I have a foreword and a description of my aliens, at this point. I can confide that they will come in contact with earthlings.

Book available on line

I have not been informed if copies of my book are in any physical book stores, yet, but I found it on Amazon. It must be on other such sites also. I received my advance copies yesterday and they are beautiful.

To clarify, Beyond the Dark Water qualifies as a novelette. I did not know how to peddle it. I submitted it at authors.me, where a large number of publishers and agents are invited to examine an author's work. It was picked up, after about one, maybe two, months.

San Luis

This is perhaps my most unpopular song lyric. Personally, I love it. It tells the true tale of a time I hitch hiked out of California, headed home to Texas.

Lost in San Luis

lost almost drunk in old san luis 
somehow i just can`t find the border 
i hitched i got stranded in the land of ease 
im walking and asking in english for the border 

one day i was leaving san diego 
with my thumb he drove with lightning speed 
we almost died in the high sierra 
that car lost its will and stalled in the heat near san luis 

he said i`ll pay we`ll play in mexico 
a stranger set us on the dusty street 
it was cerveza for me and my amigo 
he vanished in a manner not altogether discreet 

lost almost drunk in old san luis 
somehow i just can`t find the border 
i hitched i got stranded in the land of ease 
im walking and asking in english for the border 

men sit at ease on the wooden walk-way 
and one will point his finger to the north 
should i load the lettuce trucks or merely segue 
because i need to see my momma back home in fort worth 


lost almost drunk in old san luis 
somehow i just can`t find the border 
i hitched i got stranded in the land of ease 
im walking and asking in english for the border

I've submitted my book

to two publishers, as of this morning. I am looking for more. Self publishers are everywhere. Some try to fool you into submitting work, but I am getting pretty good at spotting them.

My LIfe on the Moon

Life on the moon 
Ain`t really bad 
When you`re in love 
And feelin` sad 

Nowhere on Earth 
To run from the blues 
No one in space 
Bringin` bad news 

My life on the moon
Goes on like a dream
I stay there and pretty soon
Trouble lifts like a moonbeam

Life on the moon
Away from it all
Then like a tune
My lover's call

As down to Earth
I hurry on home
For what it's worth
Our happy home

My life on the moon
Goes on like a dream
I stay there and pretty soon
Trouble lifts like a moonbeam

Advance Orders

Beyond the Dark Water can be preordered by visiting here:
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