Song For Shannan
Lassoed a dream that wouldn’t float
Fought back the tears and chased its coat
Past the No’s, and the screams to stop
If I followed it deep, it’d surely pop
But it never did and here I am
Just a simple man without a plan
Paint brush and a boy to feed
Gave up the pills, gave up the weed
A picture here, a picture there
Mixing paint while saying prayers
Just enough to pay the bills
where will we land when it starts to spill?
(Chorus)
Oh Shannan Shannan my little man
I do the best, the best I can
Oh Shannan Shannan my little man
I do the best, the best I can
The hardest tears I ever drank
Were the ones that fell as I sank
I never thought it would be like this
Just ½ the week, the rest I’d miss
We laugh, we play, we break the same,
4 days a week you are my plane
The pills, this city, this broken heart,
Those friends who left, your mother’s part
Where it starts and where it ends,
The truths not here so I’ll pretend
You’re the only one who has a face,
The rest just blurs I rearrange,
(Chorus)
Oh Shannan Shannan my little man,
I do the best, the best I can
I do the best, the best I can
By: Bryan Matthew Boutwell / LiveFiction.net
