For a Friend

You never can say all you want to say. Again, I’m left unable to say all the things I want to say publicly, but in this case, it’s not matters that directly affect me. It’s just because I hold an unpopular position. If Kasey Kasem ever played stuff from obscure artists like Over The Rhine, well, I’d send this request out to a friend out west … in a rocky place right now, geographically and literally.

“Happy to Be So”
Words and music by Linford Detweiler

Anything I say will be held against me,
so I won’t say much or I’ll spill it all.
By the light of day it’s an elusive feeling,
but every single night that’s immaterial.

I know a love that will not let me go.
My heart is bound and happy to be so.
It’s so happy to be so,
happy to be so,
happy, happy, happy to be so.

If I try to pray, it’s like a game of red rover.
I take a real good run at it, but I can’t break through.
Don’t matter anyway. I’m so redhanded.
The game is over. I’ll just tell the truth.

I know a love that will not let me go.
My heart is bound and gagged and on death row.
It’s so happy to be so,
happy to be so,
happy, happy, happy to be so. Ooh.