I spent a whole lot of years
In an imaginary race
Learning to ignore
What was in front of my face
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Tell yourself a story
Every time you don't win
I lived a sprawling dream
I signed above the line
Took a spin around the world
With my head in my behind
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Like I never even saw
All the places I've been
Like a good little soldier
I had a happy little life
While every nephew and his uncle
Took a turn with my wife
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
I wonder if my son
Is my next of kin
Built myself a mansion
Then I tore it all down
When your whole life tumbles
It barely makes a sound
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Tell yourself a story
Every time you don't win
Forty-seven lies
And a bottle of gin
Tell yourself a story
Every time you don't win
by Richard W. Bray
living the heartache
in all those country songs
i broke a lot of rules
i did a lot of wrong
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
being this stupid
should hurt a lot more
lying don't work
the body keeps score
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
i turned love into dog shit
turned heaven into hell
left a mountain full of sunshine
at the bottom of a well
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
ran through a brick wall
crawled over broken glass
there ain't no redemption
for my sorry old ass
My daddy used to say you get what you give
There's a price to pay for the way that you live
by Richard W. Bray
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
You're a legendary genius of hurt
It feels like I crashed into a wall
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
I was such a silly stupid mindless fool
Prancing like a puppy with a ball
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
The world was a wonder and a dream
Then suddenly everything was small
You acted like
You liked me a lot
Then you said
You didn't like me at all
One moment I was standing on a cloud
I never knew I had so far to fall
by Richard W. Bray
The dirty rotten lowdown
Things you do
Leave a trail
Of misery and blue
Pleeeeeeeeeease
Don't treat me
Like dog shit
I ain't dog shit
I'm a man
Sabotaging
Other people's lives
With treachery and slander
Sharp as knives
Can't you seeeee
All the hope
And the sunshine?
Like a big red ruby
Like a grape on a vine
You cheated on
A dozen different guys
Your dog won't even
Look you in the eye
You could beeeee
Like an angel
Of mercy
But you just hurt me
And I don't know why
I finally found
The nerve to walk away
I’ll always think
About you every day
I'll be freeeee
But I'll always
Be lonely
Dreaming about the woman
You're never gonna be
by Richard W. Bray
Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
–Hank Williams, Cold Cold Heart
Don’t blame yourself
For your broken heart
It might feel heroic
But it isn’t very smart
There’s something you know
But you’ll never understand
She made you so happy
But she didn’t give a damn
You could spend some time with a real live girl
But you’d rather keep bleeding in Imaginary World
You’re a really sweet guy
But you gotta let it go
It wasn’t your fault
When she stomped on your soul
I really wanna love you
But I can’t compete
With a sad sad song
That you wanna repeat
You could spend some time with a real live girl
But you’d rather keep bleeding in Imaginary World
By Richard W. Bray
paint a picture
sing a song
tell yourself
you’re never wrong
swallow anger
exhale fear
stomp on hope
and plug your ears
busting kindness
crushing faith
feasting on
an empty plate
live your hatred
love your lies
empty hearts
and cold goodbyes
by Richard W. Bray
it's easy to hurt
another human being
if you're careless
if you're stupid
or just plain mean
you can't take back
the hurt you give
you're gonna
have to face it
as long as you live
it doesn't matter
how bad you feel
it ain't gonna help
the other person heal
you can't take back
the hurt you give
you're gonna
have to face it
as long as you live
by Richard W. Bray
Telling more lies
To prove you aren't a liar
Committing arson
To cover up a fire
Pretending away
Facts that burn your soul
Pretending away
Truth that takes a toll
Festering lilies
Troubles grow like weeds
Caress and fondle
The monsters that you feed
Pretending away
The pain and the smell
Pretending away
The things you never tell
Cardboard illusions
Menageries of glass
Forsaken future
Imaginary past
Pretending away
What everybody sees
Pretending away
Your own reality
by Richard W. Bray
Tell me on a Friday
If it isn't working out
Give me two days
To cry my eyeballs out
I'll arise on Monday morning
With a pile of work to do
Before I can remember
There's no more me and you
The paradise where roses bloom
Is just another lonely room
Tell me on a Friday
When my day is done
And all my happy hopes
Can set with the sun
I'll have 48 hours
To completely fall apart
Then I'll pull myself together
And resuscitate my heart
The paradise where roses bloom
Is just another lonely room
by Richard W. Bray
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