Days Without Names - 2026
Hit Me Like a Memory
Daddy was a billboard attorney
Til mama drove drunk and never woke up on the gurney
By the time the boy left
There wasn’t much left to leave.
He got a scholarship to go fight overseas
Majored in liquor with a minor in amphetamines
When they brung him back, there wasn’t much left to bring.
CHORUS
Can you hear the crack of the wishbone, honey?
It’s hope, the kind that drags you out to sea.
So kiss me like a tombstone, honey
Hit me like a memory, like a memory
One morning there she was in his bed
He asked if she was real and she just grinned and said
“Honey if you have to ask
You won’t never know.”
Soon they were saving for a mortgage and colleges
But he’d shut his mouth and dive into the bottle again
He drove her away, until one day, she just drove away.
Now he got a studio apartment out by the interstate
With a television and a hot plate
But to tell you the truth, he don’t eat much these days
He spends his nights watchin cars drive by
Tryin to see the drivers in case ones got her eyes
Says I’m hoping to see her, looking for me too
But I never do. At least I haven’t yet.
Jessie Lee
Ain’t no sky between the rain
Ain’t no sugar on the cane
Ain’t no salt in the sea
Cuz you ain’t with me.
CHORUS
Jessie Lee, Jessie Lee come away with me
Jessie Lee, Jessie Lee come away with me
Get up outta your rocking chair
Shake the curlers outta your hair
And come away with me
I got a needle but I ain’t got no thread
I got a mind but I lost my head
I got a body and I got a bed
Yea, but you ain’t with me.
You got a job for to pay your bills
You got a man up on the company hill
You got dead flowers on your windowsill
Yea, cuz you ain’t with me
Skeletone Machine - 2022
Kingdom Come With Me
Shake down Chicago // Break down Tennessee
I got the fire, sweet baby // C’mon and play with me
Come on down to kingdom come with me
Daddy momma don’t know // What they can’t see
Slide down to the street sweet baby // C’mon and dance with me
You stole the soul // Right outta my eyes
Storms comin baby // Let’s ride it out all night
Rain Catch Flame
You gotta kiss that tastes like a pistol // Let my fingers braid round your shoulder blades
Strap your leather coat close to your throat // Gonna smoke so hot, you just might choke
You make the rain catch flame
You’re the pearl under my tongue
Gonna dance til the storm is done
You make the rain catch flame
I’m wearing dimes on my eyes // The city’s on stage but has forgotten its lines
The buildings are all holding their breath // Storm’s coming in wearing a leather dress
You got the moon in the palm of your hand // Your the leader of the skeleton band
Pearl handled, an iron rose // You’re the queen of forever road
Riding On Into the Light
I drag my body up off your floor // That’s where I poured it the night before
Morning comes, like it always does // Ain’t nothing been the same since the war
Oh, but this old train keeps riding Riding on into the night
Riding on up into the light
Now the train don’t come to the station // The windows ain’t got no glass
The boys are all hiding from the fire in the sky // Well, they’re hiding under the grass
There’s men who talk about freedom // To the boys tied to the chairs
Ain’t no freedom in this here Garden of Eden // Just the jackboots coming up the back stairs
Skeletone Machine
I’m seein my picture flicker on a telephone pole // Sky’s crackin it’s eyes the color of coal
Seein everywhere with an electric stare // Weaving wires up into your hair
Every day is like a fist fight with a lightning strike
Bleedin gasoline, skeletone machine
Cross my heart, oh don’t tell me no lies // Stick a needle up into the digital sky
Is the devil in my pocket or in my mind? // Is the devil in my wallet or in my eyes?
Where does the machine end and where do I begin again?