Faith

(album: Red Brick City - 2021)

We'll catch a train to the other side of town
I gotta get away, faith ain't
Ain't got a second to hang around
Feeling low so I go and see my girl only a mile away, faith ain't
Nothing can stop me now

But as I'm walking
A leather-booted man in his green coat approaches my direction
Yeah, he's come to ask a question, he said
"Listen up, boy, you look stressed
Tell me what's on your mind"
Yeah, I said, "Sorry, man
I'm gonna see my girl and I gotta be on time"
Yeah, I gotta be on time

Made my way to the local liquor store
There's old man Jack with his one-eyed dog
Smoking his pipe by the door
I move left, uh, I move right
But that dog, he won't let me in
He's supernatural, he sees all of my sin, so I

Keep on walking
I hear some people talking 'bout the way I look and how I dress
It's ten o'clock, I look a mess, but
I don't mind
Yeah, I got sunshine on my mind
Oh, I'm gonna see my girl and I gotta be on time
Lord, oh no, yeah