Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
There's a red house road
And lies beyond it
Something like a chicken coup
Not sure though
I go overdose
And the ghost of my brain
Goes to yours
And something comes quite clear
Smoke is her name but she'll grow
Can't stop the rain nor the snow, no
Am I talking 'bout
The medicine, the legal thing
You eat when you are sick
Am I falling out
Of sight design beyond the red house road
I move too quick
She's got real big bones
And a gorgeous home
And between her, um
And me there's something quite good I love
Smoke is her name but she'll grow
Can't stop the rain nor the snow
I dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Look, look, look, no I
Dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Love, love, love
She's a buzzing bee
She's a person see
Between you and me
Someone I want bad
But can't have
I'm an overgrown
Little wanting boy
She's my only joy
And covers come between us to clear
Smoke is her name but she'll grow
Can't stop the rain nor the snow
I dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Look, look, look, no I
Dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Look, look, look, no I
Mmm... don't grow
And lies beyond it
Something like a chicken coup
Not sure though
I go overdose
And the ghost of my brain
Goes to yours
And something comes quite clear
Smoke is her name but she'll grow
Can't stop the rain nor the snow, no
Am I talking 'bout
The medicine, the legal thing
You eat when you are sick
Am I falling out
Of sight design beyond the red house road
I move too quick
She's got real big bones
And a gorgeous home
And between her, um
And me there's something quite good I love
Smoke is her name but she'll grow
Can't stop the rain nor the snow
I dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Look, look, look, no I
Dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Love, love, love
She's a buzzing bee
She's a person see
Between you and me
Someone I want bad
But can't have
I'm an overgrown
Little wanting boy
She's my only joy
And covers come between us to clear
Smoke is her name but she'll grow
Can't stop the rain nor the snow
I dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Look, look, look, no I
Dream, dream, dream
But don't look
Look, look, look, no I
Mmm... don't grow
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Jesse with the long hair....
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Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
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Doors, The
Doors, The
Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
when rules change
Life in Your Way
Life in Your Way
High life
Battle Royale
Word Alive, The
Word Alive, The
This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Beautiful song. As for what it's about, I get the idea from lines like "she's a person see, between you and me, someone I want bad but can't have" and "I dream, dream, dream, but don't look" that it's either about being tempted to cheat on someone or just about unrequited love. "Between you and me" could be someone coming between two people, or just asking someone else to keep his feelings a secret (i.e. "this is just between you and me, but..."). Come to think of it, that last verse seems like the it's most straightforward part of the lyrics, but is still pretty damn cryptic. I kind of like that.
Also, it's "chicken coop", not "chicken coup". The latter actually sort of seems like the kind of obtuse wordplay Craig Wedren would throw into a song though (see "fools gold rush in").
I always heard this song was about a hallucinogenic drug trip.