sometimes I’m down

sometimes I’m down / sometimes I’m not / dat’s dat rdg
ex-wife in town / I pour another whiskey pdm
slide guitar / feeling lonely / under the strawberry moon bp
transit of Venus / only this time she has arms rdg

[B]

the street lights dim / but not / her lip gloss pdm
moaning at midnight / for his lost love bp
storm runoff / a barbie doll / in the ravine rdg
the mince meat factory / converted to condos pdm
good morning blues / Leadbelly's strong tenor / pierces the conversation bp
a gardenia in her hair / Lady Day rdg
smouldering / another cigarette butt / in the tip jar pdm
notes from an old song / rise through the smoke bp

[2F]

                                              
roadhouse / Jelly Roll / dancing on the keys rdg
what’s that racket / fuckin’ cicadas pdm
mournful harmonica / blues radio / on a late night drive bp
Reagan dead / the stock market falls rdg
the midnight special / passes by / the bedpost shakes pdm
a solo horn / from behind the closed door bp
riff after riff / a train whistle widens / in the cool air rdg
cobwebs ripple / in the shadows pdm

[2B]

ice man come on up / Memphis Minnie / supporting the working man bp
A WOMAN’S PLACE / IS IN HER UNION rdg
is that the wind / rattling my shutters / or is it the draft? pdm
dark clouds gathering / a far off rumble of thunder bp