Recorded by Walt Wilkins – Pedernales (2021)
Music and Lyrics by Walt Wilkins and Owen Temple
Damn this news, another hole blown through
everything we hoped we’d be
More blood across the page, and it goes on age to age
I still want to believe
Give me one true beautiful thing
Something to hold on to, to get me through
Tell me it isn’t just a dream, that we’re closer than we seem
To a better place, and better days
“Yeah it’s always been this way,” so the wise men say
they’ll say- it’s the way of the world- sit down and drink your half full cup
that don’t mean it doesn’t hurt, breaks your heart I need a word
I need a touch, I need a song
I need something to lift me up
Give me one true beautiful thing
Something to hold on to, to get me through
Tell me it isn’t just a dream, that we’re closer than we seem
To a better place, and better days