Skeeter
from Shelf Life by Richie Reinholdt
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words and music by Richie Reinholdt
lyrics
Skeeter left one broken night in 1989
He tossed a Jim Beam bottle at the city limits sign
In a stolen car, with a wad of cash heading towards the dawn
Fortified by holy pills the road goes on and on
(chorus)
Skeeter’s going home tonight one way or another
He’s calling up all of his imaginary lovers
Dialing wrong numbers bending strangers ears
Pleading amnesty for all his wasted years
Dad awoke to the slamming of the rusty screen door
Mama found her empty jewerly box on the floor
Too late to try and stop him he’s no time for regret
The only thing he’s looking for is how to forget
Those Dallas nights keep creeping back in waves of tragedy
Was it Jane or Marylou the face he always sees
The dampness of her tears yank his memory chain
Another stolen heart along with all her pocket change
Skeeter’s taking refuge where the dirty laundry hides
Serenaded on the couch to the buzzing of the flies
While moon beams dance through broken windows
something calls him home
The sleeping vagabond takes his final ride alone
He tossed a Jim Beam bottle at the city limits sign
In a stolen car, with a wad of cash heading towards the dawn
Fortified by holy pills the road goes on and on
(chorus)
Skeeter’s going home tonight one way or another
He’s calling up all of his imaginary lovers
Dialing wrong numbers bending strangers ears
Pleading amnesty for all his wasted years
Dad awoke to the slamming of the rusty screen door
Mama found her empty jewerly box on the floor
Too late to try and stop him he’s no time for regret
The only thing he’s looking for is how to forget
Those Dallas nights keep creeping back in waves of tragedy
Was it Jane or Marylou the face he always sees
The dampness of her tears yank his memory chain
Another stolen heart along with all her pocket change
Skeeter’s taking refuge where the dirty laundry hides
Serenaded on the couch to the buzzing of the flies
While moon beams dance through broken windows
something calls him home
The sleeping vagabond takes his final ride alone
credits
from Shelf Life,
released December 9, 2009
guitars, bass and lead vocals - Richie Reinholdt
drums - Ryan Vetos
pedal steel guitar - David Horgan
fiddle - Al Cantrell
guitars, bass and lead vocals - Richie Reinholdt
drums - Ryan Vetos
pedal steel guitar - David Horgan
fiddle - Al Cantrell
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Richie Reinholdt Missoula, montana
BIO: "I played with a buncha bands.....I recorded a buncha albums..."
RichieReinholdt.com
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