Rolling Thunder

she said you're going to get it right away or you aren't going to
I said cool shoot
and she shot

I won't bore you with the details
I couldn't even if I wanted to
I wasn't really listening

I said I think I get it
she said you're not even close
I asked what do you want from me
she said your total concentration
I said that's kind of unreasonable

she laughed and tossed a book at me read this she said
I caught it looked at the cover and title and said what's it about
she said you'll tell me when you're ready
I don't want to read this fucking book I thought and set it on a table and said I may never
she said I know but you have to remember the end is just the beginning and not as important as the journey
I said oh it's like a quest
she said not exactly and picked up a violin

I turned on a tape recorder
she said I'm more of a magician then a musician
I lit a cigarette
are you ready she asked
as I'll ever be I thought but I wasn't and she knew it
I said yeah

Loserville

when I became the biggest loser
in Loserville
I didn't whine or complain
much
I just accepted the fact

you only get what you deserve when you deserve something bad

Loserville is a pretty big city
it kind of reminds me of Louisville
a place I never need to end up in again
I spent an afternoon night and morning there once
while I was in basic training

I'm not saying all soldiers are losers
but do the math
it isn't algebra or chemistry

spend a little time in Louisville
and tell me I'm wrong
and do not enlist in the Army
no matter how fucked up your life gets
it can and will get worse

I became the biggest loser in Loserville
the night I spent smoking meth in a cheap motel
with an old whore

when we ran out of dope
she dumped me
for a guy walking around the parking lot

he had fifty nine dollars
and I three and some change

I headed down the road
to no town and back
it's a long way around

I thought I was in love

Loserville is a state of mind

a great big small town
without exits

when you run out of dope
everything gets a little worse

do the math
and don't join the army
or end up in Louisville
smoking meth