Author Archives: The Smoke

Well it’s a petrol station nightmare and I’m pumping gasoline The heat is so oppressive that it makes me feel unclean The flies take brief siestas in my half-filled coffee cup Someone comes, I say “Hello”. They say, “Fill ‘er up.” I’m just out past Yagoona, out ’round Bass Hill way Petrol fumes and countryContinue reading “Petrol Station Nightmare”

This is a song about spring, when all the snows are melting And the east wind falls gently on your skin. Snakes slither from their earthy womb, from the season when the soul’s entombed And lowering clouds have set the mood, now’s the time to seek the good. And time, time stretches out like anContinue reading “Spring Revolution”

Hey dragonfly, where have all the dragons gone? Like mist before the coming dawn, gone and left you all alone. When summer baked their ruby hides, you’d zap and flit and twist beside An emerald jewel with azure eyes, shimmering in the wake as a dragon flies. Gone, never to return The sun continues toContinue reading “Dragonfly”

Who’s that, whispering in the courtyard? Who’s that, singing on the breeze? Who’s that, sliding down the rooftops? The Devil’s gonna come. The Devil’s gonna come. When I was young I was taught to be good Or I’d come across the Devil in the darkening wood The Devil would tempt me from the path that’sContinue reading “Karma Devil”

You can hear your mama crying as you’re running through the trees Summer is exploding ’round you, there’s jasmine on the breeze But the season’s kinda twisted, you don’t know what she needs It’s like she thinks it’s autumn and she’s sowing tears like seeds. This world is just so obvious, all the leaves areContinue reading “The Autumn Stones”

I have always been a soldier for family and company A veteran of a thousand fights that often had the best of me I could’ve made a fortune, I could’ve just died young With blood and sweat, and lies and fear, I could’ve been someone But a soldier I’ve become. I could have been aContinue reading “Always Been A Soldier”

The lights in all the houses have turned on The television sings a muted song And the cars down on the street Roll to a slower beat Soon the darkness will be complete. You take off all the faces of the day One by one you strip them all away And the purpose that theyContinue reading “Soon The Darkness”

Summer is gone Winter seeps into the sky I can’t go on Without you by my side. I think of home Curled beside the fire Sheltered from storms Wrapped up in our desire. Winter paints my days in greys and whites Fills my nights with lonely stars and a pale moonlight Wraps my clouded heartContinue reading “Winter”

I saw you on the street today I could’ve stopped but I turned away And maybe it wasn’t even you. The sun was bright, the air was clear And suddenly, you were there But maybe it wasn’t even you. All the things locked in my head They clatter and they clang to wake the deadContinue reading “Ghosts”