Here are some lyrics I have thought of over the past year or so.  I had this draft sitting there so I figured I may as well publish it.

You will be there when my last tree falls
Down on these broken leaning walls

All my deeds are grains of sand
Blown across some deserted land

All my thoughts are like an oil spill
On top your vast deep ocean

But I can't go back

You were there when my grandfather was rolled out in his carriage
You will be there when my posterity is gone

You keep pulling me
And I can't go back

I try to forget you; I just do what I want when I want to
You keep coming back

What do you want from me?
What have I got for you?

Cobwebs hang on the stuff I started
The spark in my mind has long departed
blah blah blah



Give you my ghost
Fill his frame
Unroll the map
Light the flame
Of life that was dead
Of light that was darkness
I'll have no more

Death by a single blow
Life living in your shadow

I recently bought a new toy.  I've been thinking lately that I want to simplify my pedal board setup.  Enter the Line 6 M9.  I love the fact that I can just throw it into my "gig bag" - a euphemism for a free green duffle bag with the Menards logo emblazoned on the side (Thanks to my Mother in law, Beate).  And I no longer have to carry around the cumbersome home-made pedalboard that I used to have.  I'm now down to just the M9 and my Boss TU2 tuner.  The M9 has a tuner built in, but I prefer the nice bright sparkly tuner lights that the TU2 has.  Much more readable.

Now that I've used it for a few months, I'm finding that I really like the tones it has.  And I'm also finding that it requires time spent to really unlock the full potential.  I have yet to take the time to really sit down with it, but I've been pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to find good sounding patches.  I've been able to just shoot from the hip during practice on Sunday mornings and get it to sound good.