he missed the days when he could sit down and relax a paradox a parallax the stories of youth and tales of old the nights of flame and soot and coals colors blurred and faces too he needs a way to get him through the night is his home but the day is too long so he spreads his worth till the yawn of dawn and he gets by because he needs to he's gotta prove them wrong a soul who has been flushed but the drain is clogged they would have let him go but hearts are softer now then ever before travis was a wise man who got caught up in the feel now *** and mary j replace his every meal