Who's To Say

Day After Saint Patrick's

Kill Two Birds by Joshua Skaja. Copyright 2011. But it's ok with me if you share it with everyone you know. Really. Also, big hat tip to author Kinky Friedman for his novel of the same name. Good stuff.

Kill Two Birds

Dave Sarkis & I wrote this tune on Christmas Day, 2012 in New Orleans. We were hung over. New Orleans will do that to you. The photo is of the cathedral we mention in the lyrics. 

i met you in the morning
down on magazine
it was christmas in the quarter
down in new orleans
it was the first time we were here
long before the storm came
long before you took my name
i think of you and this city as one and the same

outside the cathedral
down on jackson square
you were dressed all in white
with flowers in your hair
it was the last time we were here
it was the day the storm came
it was the day you took my name
we fled this city just as it began to rain

i think about the way you looked that night
before the storm came
and turned to grey
all that once was white

now it's christmas morning
here in new orleans
but none of it feels right
without you here with me
this is the first time i've been back here
ever since the storm came
it came and it took you away
i think of you and this city as one the same
ever since the storm came
it came and it took you away
i think of you and this city as one and the same
i think of you and this city as one and the same


Before the Storm

Just a little ditty I wrote when I should have been practicing.

Six Days

this song borrows its title from a story (and book of stories) by the great david benioff. check him out. start with city of thieves. you'll thank me later.

when the nines roll over 
(c)2013 joshua skaja

there was a time
there was a place
when you would drive all night just to get away
remember that night
your friends in the moonlight talking
oh and the air was just as thick as a stone
but when the nines rolled over
you were alone
over the line
knuckles white as the cliffs of dover
you were just seed left on the vine
when the nines rolled over

you woke with a start
with no one around
a carpet of diamonds spread like dew on the ground
sparkling lights
bodiless voices talking
oh and the sirens filled the night with song
and when the nines rolled over
they took you along
one helluva ride
the roar of gas in an eager motor
didn't you have the time of your life
til the nines rolled over

the race is on
can you beat it down the line
the stakes are high
will you be defeated this time?

carried away
homeward bound
not even gravity could weigh you down
come to the light
this is your captain talking
you had a good run but it's all over now
'cause when the nines roll over
god speeds the plow
you lived for the high
only angels could take you lower
oh my sweet child say good night
as the nines roll over
say goodnight
as the nines roll over

JoshuaSkaja