NITES IN THE SHALLOWS

witherspoon was a crazy fool
He talked his way around the golden rule
Jacked up his landlord’s car and headed south
He had a wad of dough and
a tank of gas
the radio
some snow
some grass
He stole a smile and put it in his mouth
Blew all his money on a two bit whore
out behind a liquor store
Went back to his car and smoked a stale cigar

It’s nites in the shallows…nites in the shallows
It’s nites in the shallows that cut deep in your soul

Daisy Jane was a southern babe
She fed the cat when she ran away
Her mother woke up drunk and found her gone
She made her way to the city streets
The ghosts were rainin down in sheets
She thought about the clothes she left at home
Last quarter to her name rolled into a sewer drain

She was chewin on her shirt out in the rain
It’s nites in the shallows…nites in the shallows
It’s nites in the shallows that cut deep in your soul

davey joe was a local star
Yea man he played a mean guitar
Well…close enough for rock-n-roll
Covered up his baby flesh
with tattooed girls in fishnet mesh
Gotta deal gotta deal gotta deal gotta deal gotta deal
…so what!

One nite on his fifth balloon
his soul got swallowed by the room
He just curled up on the floor like a spoon

It’s nites in the shallows…nites in the shallows
It’s nites in the shallows that cut deep in your soul