Road Song/Love Song

©1981 Andrew Calhoun, unreleased

I played a school where they ate lots of lentil soup
And they like to get off with their minds in a group
They thought my songs were funny so
I felt like the straight man at a freak show
That's okay
I got paid and stayed with friends
Got a wife back in Chicago gonna make amends

We have to borrow when times get lean
Eat peanut butter, charge gasoline
Sometime I am able to carpool
Sometimes drive all night like a fool
That's okay
Make half a living when I get through
Got a wife back in Chicago makes money too

These songs are meant to lend a hand
Sometimes folks don't understand
They are looking for something to salute
It's hard to be free, sometimes it hurts to boot
But when my heart begins to drag
I got a wife back in Chicago I love more than the flag

Well I wore a pair of tights, flowers in my hair
And I played an event called a Renaissance Faire
T'was an ill-grown seed, Renaissance of greed
I left hoping they won't remember by name
I got a wife back in Chicago and I love her more than shame

Floating through space on a one-way track
I like to watch women watch me back
Sometimes I feel so hot and bad
Sometimes I feel so low and sad
That's okay
I don't need much
I got a wife back in Chicago and I love her more than touch