For Cale and Riley -- Summer 2012

      Yesterday's Wind

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, FL

September 2012

Yesterday's wind, yesterday's wind

  It can never be used again

You can't sail your boat

  On yesterday's wind

You can only sail on the winds of today

  Yesterday's wind pushed us smooth and fast

Today's winds are slow

  And make us think of the past

Yesterday's wind, yesterday's wind

  You can't sail on yesterday's wind

Today's wind will take you far away

  Yesterday's winds were another day

Yesterday's winds were for fun and play

  But yesterday's winds have gone away

And today's winds are not here to stay

  Tomorrow's winds will blow another way

Yesterday's winds, yesterday's winds

  Have all gone away

Sometimes it will be a lonesome wind

  And the sailboat will go adrift

You will wish you had yesterday's wind

  But you can't sail on yesterday's wind

Only the wind you have here today

  Will take you on your way

Blow, wind, blow -- blow, wind, blow

  Take me far away to another day

I don't need any of that lonesome wind

  Don't need that lonesome wind to blow

Today's wind will soon be yesterday's wind

  And tomorrow's wind will blow

One day it will be a cold wind

  The cold north wind will blow

You would think it's going to snow

Yesterday's wind, yesterday's wind

  Oh how I wish I could sail on yesterday's wind

Maybe tomorrow the Caribbean wind will blow

  Then we won't think of yesterday's wind no more

Yesterday's wind, yesterday's wind

  When you see the sand and plam trees

You will say 'This sailing is for me'

  But remember you can't sail on yesterday's wind

Yesterday's wind, yesterday's wind

                   HAPPY SAILING!

              Rock to the End

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach

undated

You can knock me to the ground

  Get your daddy's car and run me down

Or have the cops make me leave town

You can lie to me some more

  Or you can beg me for more

But I've been down the road before

I will not bend

  Let me under your skin

You gotta rock to the end

Gonna run up town

  Have a look around

'Cause I know that's where you can be found

Come on baby, just say yes

  Don't give up, don't try to guess

 Let's loosen that pretty dress

I will not bend

  Gonna get under your skin

Keep rockin' to the end

Under the starlight

  Baby, we'll be rockin' tonight

And the music's just right

Come on girl, tonight's the night

  Under a pale moonlight

If you're nice I just might

I will not bend

  I'm under your skin

We'll rock to the end

       R2

                    True Stories of The Yukon Territory

                                                (Circa 1900)

Loneliness-Wikipedia - - Loneliness is an unpleasant feeling in which a person feels a strong sense of emptiness and solitude resulting from inadequate levels of social relationships.

                       Loneliness in The Yukon

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, Fla

February 2012

In the darkness of a cold Yukon night

  With the moon only half bright

Your body shaking with the cold and fright

  All you can see is the snow

And the Northern Lights all aglow

  The brightness of the Northern Lights

Make the mountains look liker

  They are dancing in delight

You really believe there is gold

  But the lonliness you feel

Makes you wonder why

  Your soul you have sold

Is the loneliness from a half-bright moon

  Really worth nuggets of gold

If only a wolf would howl

  Into the cold, cold night

Maybe it would help maker things right

  The loneliness has a grip on my soul

It's making me forget my real goal

  I'm packed in the snow

The wind is starting to blow

  Temperature's more than twenty below

The only warmth I have left is in my heart

  Is for the lady I love so much

Down in Plumtree in the state of Tennessee......

If only my dad, Sam McGee

  Hadn't left that map

Laying around for me to see...

I knew the map I should not read

  Then I discovered my father had taken the lead

Now the map and thoughts of gold

  Are burned into my brain

When I think of it

  I feel I'm going insane

When I go to sleep at night

  And when the north wind blows just right

I hear the Yukon calling me

  I left my girl and went to see

To find my gold and bring it back to Tennessee.

This is where the big wind blows

  Colder than man knows

This is where the big gold grows

  Through over a thousand miles of mountains and snow

Pine trees and woe

  

Now the great white silence 

  Is getting to me

I don't think I have the will in my soul

  To go anymore

Now here I am buried in the snow

  As lonely and cold as a man can be

Instead of being warm with my woman

  In Plumtree, down in the state of Tennessee

The curse of this terrible, beautiful place

  The illusion of gold

Laying around on te ground

  It may have just been a dream

Maybe it was just to break men's will

  Break it 'til it could not

Be broke no more

  I'll never get back to Plumtree

With my loved one to be

  

My time has come, Dad, I'm through

  I will try to find the barge on Lake LaMarge

So I can be warm with you

Note: Thank You Robert W. Service

              1874-1958

    for your fine writing of

"The Cremation of Sam McGee"

           Your Friend, Riley

                 Our Love

Riley Lincoln 

WPB FL

(undated)

We can build a bridge and burn it down

  We can grow a garden and eat from the ground

We can pick up shells and listen to the sound

Just want to take our time

  When we drink the midnight wine

Forever you'll be mine

Hold me right now, never let go

  Together through this life we'll take it slow

It doesn't get better than this, I know

We can walk love's path by a pale moonlight

  We can search the horizon for a songbird in flight

Close my eyes and think of our love, soft as a clear night

Please slow down time and make it last

  So we can make every day better than the last

When we love time goes by much too fast

When the midnight train in whining low

  It's you I dream of when the cars go by so slow

And when you're away I feel your love-light glow

And when my life is near the end

  I'll think of you as my closest friend

And wish this day would never end

I'll look deep into your eyes

  And know your love made me wise

We shared so much love there could be no lies

          R2

                Hurricane Muff

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, FL

Nov 2012

There will be no stars tonight

  "Hurricane Muff" is on its flight

It's gonna come and get here around midnight

  "Hurricane "uff" is coming tonight

"Hurricane Muff" is real mean

  Meaner than any hurricane we've ever seen

"Hurricane Muff" is a "Cat B" or more

  So you better lock your door

The palm trees better pack up and run

  Because for a ferw days there will be no sun

The pretty flowers better go back in the ground

  The big bad winds will swirl all around

You better get some rope and stakes

  And tie your house down

You better get lots of long nails

  Nail your roof down all around

Because "Hurricane Muff" is coming to town

  When it gets done your town won't be found

And the full moon will bring areal surprise

  The tide and the water will really rise

                   OFFICIAL END

(Bonus)

She just broke down the door

  She is more beautiful than before

Six foot four, blond hair, blue eyes

  Wanted to know if I wanted more

I said "Hurricane Muff,

  I'll take all I can score!"

                        Farewell Sail

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, FL

July 2012

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna build me a sailboat

  When the sun comes up I'll be afloat

Will sail down the river to Mobile Bay

  Gonna sail to the little island far away

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the River tonight

Gonna sail down around the "Keys"

  Gonna feel that warm Caribbean breeze

I'll wave at Cuber on the right

  Heading east in the beautiful moonlight

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna go where the ghosts of pirates roam

  Where the secrets of the Triangle are known

Where the falling stars fall

  And the stairway of moonbeams is open to all

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna go where the rainbows always end

  Where the moon shines bright every night

Where fireflies are forever bright

  And snow on the mountaintops is a beautiful sight

Gonna go down to the river tonight

  Gonna build me a sailboat in the moonlight

Gonna say "farewell" and sail out of sight

  Gonna go down to the river tonight

Gonna sail in the stars' light

  Heading to that little island in the night

Gonna get to the little island about midnight

  Sail up the little river out of sight

Gonna take my sailboat apart under the moonlight

  I won't need it any more

I have truly seen the light

  I'm in the promised land tonight

True Stories of the Great Northwest

                            Best Friend

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach

December 2011

I was holding a pair of eights

  And a pair of Aces, "Dead Man's Hand"

The man across laid down three jacks

  He raked the pot into a big sack

I never will forget the grin on his face

  He laughed at my disgrace

I was left with not

  A cent in my poke

All I had left was "Old Rounder"

  My best and only friend, a horse

Me and Rounder have been 

  Together over many of year

Having a horse as your

  Best friend is very dear

We go caught in the

  "Great Winter of The North"

I had no money to feed my horse

  "Old Rounder", my only friend

There was no one to get a lend

  Times looked bad for

Old Rounder and me

  It was snowing so hard we couldn't see

I ran into a stranger

  Who said take your horse

To the auction man, sell him

  And they will feed him

Catch the train over the mountains

  And down to the valley

And there will be lots of green

  It's hard tto sell your best friend

But I didn't want to see him dead

  I handed a man the reins

Turned and walked away in shame

  Then another man hollered t me

He said the man who bought your horse

  Was the worst

Of any man around

  He won't feed your horse

He will let him freeze on the ground

  The train whistle blew

The conductor said "Last Call"

  "Last train out. Come all"

I got on board

  My tears froze as they

Slid down my face

  Through the snowflakes

I thought I saw Old Rounder

  Jump the fence

With my eyes half frozen

  I didn't know

So I just wished

  Wind and snow began to harder blow

I stood on the back of the train

  Looking back

Down the track

  Not a thing did I see

It seemed like a delerious dream to me

  It took three days and three nights

With the wind blurring our sight

  We finally reached the top

Of the frozen mountain

  The old train shuddered and shook

Started down the other side

  The speed was too great

I knew our fate

  It was too late

The train jumped the track

  It tumbled down the mountainside

Landed in the deep snow

  By the frozen river bank

I thought I had died

  I landed on my back

My legs I could not move

  I was getting ready to say

My "sinner's prayer"

  I couldn't believe what I seen

It was Old Rounder looking down at me

  He looked like a skeleton

He had hurt his knee

  He grabbed the sleeve of my coat

Started dragging me

  Down the frozen slope

Old Rounder slipped and fell

  But got up and ignored the hell

The icy wind kept blowing

  And it kept on snowing

I couldn't take any more

  I couldn't take it anymore

I passed out while being dragged

  Through the ice and snow

When I awoke I was

  In a field of flowers and grass

There were apple trees

  With the biggest apples

I ever did see

  And next to me was Old Rounder

He was eating a big apple

  And Old Rounder was plump

As he could be

  Most beautiful thing

I ever did see

  And he wanted to play

We ran through the flowers

  We ran through the valley of green

And played, ate big apples

  Ran through the stream

We stayed in the valley of green

  Ate apples, took dips in the stream

Me and Old Rounder

  Are living our dream

I hope you read all my words

  But most of all read between the lines

"Never leave a friend behind"

Note:  Read more true stories of the "Great Northwest" by Riley Lincoln.

                        To My Wife of 53 Years                           From Your Man

Riley Lincoln Sr.

West Palm Beach

Dec 12th, 2012

Darling, the afternoon sun is getting low in the sky

  The darkness is coming into our life

And soon we will have to say goodbye

  It's time for us to go back

To where our love began

  And not think about the end

Our love will be waiting for us

  As our new journey begins

The closer we get

  The happier we will be

The more family and friends we will see

  And of course our pets there will be

We will be happy with glee

  We will be together again, you will see

          The Great Big Arctic Snow Butterfly

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach FL

October 2012

Hi, I'm the great big arctic snow butterfly

  I'm flying down from Arctic Town

There's lots of snow falling all around

  I'm heading down to Okeechobee

Going down to see Chyna Marie

  Chyna Marie and me gonna sing some song

And pound on the big Chinese gong

  I'm going to give Chyna Marie

And Levon a ride in the sky

  Because I'm the great big giant arctic snow butterfly

We are going to soar real high

  Then we will go home and eat a cherry pie

Because I'm the great big giant arctic snow butterfly

We will fly to Grandfather's great jungle in West Palm Beach

  There's no place we can't reach

Because I'm the great big giant arctic snow butterfly

  And I can fly real high

We will hide in Grandfather's jungle

  And look at the stars in the sky

Then we will say goodbye

  And go home and eat another cherry pie

And pound the Chinese gong

  And dance all day long

THE GREAT BIG GIANT ARCTIC SNOW BUTTERFLY

                     Jake the Snake

Chyna Marie saw a little snake

  A bad man tried to hit the snake with a rake

Chyna Marie saved the snake

  Now it's her pet, his name is "Jake"

Sometimes she takes Jake the snake

  Down the lane to the lake

Jake the snake is a good snake

  They play in the lake

Then they go home and Chyna Marie starts to bake

  She bakes him a little cake

Chyna Marie loves Jake the snake

JAKE THE SNAKE

To:  CHYNA MARIE

From:  GRANDFATHER

 

         By the Book

Riley Lincoln

WPB FL

Sept 2012

Yo can't go anywhere

  If you go by the book

I'm not saying you gotta be a crook

  You just can't go anywhere

If you go by the book

Lying, cheating, and thieving

  Gotta be part of you life

You can't go anywhere

  If you go by the book

I'm not saying you gotta be a crook

  You just can't go anywhere

If you go by the book

Lying, cheating, and thieving

  Gotta be part of your life

You gotta know when to heist them

  Know when to drop them

And know how to treat them just right

  Know how to step away into the dark night

A hustler has got to be a little bright

  Gotta know when to avoid the fight

And when she's ready to take flight

  Then disappears into the nighyt

Remember, the score isn't the money

  It's the afterwards delight

When you tell her to put another log on the fire

  And tell her to raise her legs a little higher

This is what it's all about

You have the treasure for which many men have fought

  Because you learned

That you never win

  If you play by the book

I'm not saying don't be a crook

  I'm only saying you can win

If you go by  the book

    Shake Spear

    By the Book

                   Girl In the Tide

Riley Lincoln

WPB FL

August 2010

I was sitting, having a drink in the Oceanside bar

  Listening to the waves coming in from afar

The man behind the bar said high tide will be coming in soon

  Right on time--with a full moon

Then as the ocean's waves splashed at our feet

  The door opened, a beautiful woman walked in looking for a seat

It was almost as if she came in with the tide

  And I asked her to sit down by my side

Her eyes were as blue as the ocean

  And her hair was blond just like the ocean's sand

After a few drinksw I reached over, I touched her hand

  The feeling I got scared me to death...

It was like I could feel her every breath

She moved closer to me

  And it was plain to see

That she cared for me

  I never felt like this in all my life

Way back in my mind I thought "this is it,

  Maybe someday...my wife"

I ordered more drinks and we laughed

  As th night slipped away

My heart was beating so fast

  I did not know what to say

Then the man behind the bar said

  "the tide will be going out soon"

I looked out over the ocean and I saw no moon

  For some reason I felt she would be leaving soon

Suddenly she got up and ran out of the room

  She wasn't sitting next to me any more

She had run out of the door

  She was runningh toward ther ocean with the tide going out

Then I began to understand and I started to shout

  She ran into the ocean blue

The last words I was able to say were "I love you"

So my friends, if you are ever in the Oceanside bar

  And high tide comes in from afar

Look over in the corner of the bar

  You will see me sitting there looking at the door

Maybe she will come in one time more

                  Fate Explained

Part I  LIFE

  Many of man has believed in fate since man has come on this planet.  Fate stamps your date of death on you when you are born. For some it's  a short date, some longer, and some real long. However long you live, your way of life makes no difference.  It's Fate that decides your death when you are born.

Part II   LOVE

  Fate also stamps your love of someone else.  Your love affairs will be stamped with an end date when you first meet.  Some will be stamped a short time, some a long time, and some will be stamped forever.

Part III  BLUES

  Along with life and love comes the blues.  When you get the blues they are stamped with a date also.  Sometimes blues will last for a long time, sometimes a short time.  Blues are marked when they begin.  Fate will  decide when they end.

Part IV  SUMMARY

  Go ahead and enjoy life.  Have fun.  Fate has already taken care of your deathy.  Go ahead...fall in love again, and again, and again. Fate knows when to end.  When you get thr blues, don't worry. Fate is there...when it's time to end.

  So go ahead, enjoy life and have fun.  Fate will take care of you, it truly has your back.  So if you get somewhere and don't know how you got there...IT WAS FATE.

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, FL

October 2012

                        The Ride (2012)

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach

Oct 2012

No headlights to be seen in front

  No headlights to be seen in back

Just you and me driving

  This old convertible

Down this dark road tonight

  Got the top down

And the stars are shining bright

  Got Dylan on the radio

Singing just so right

  Sneakin' out to see Chyna Marie

Will get our breakfast for free

  Then we w ill go out under  the tree

Watch the sun come up over the levee

  See beautiful Lake Okeechobee

Feel what it's like to be free

  See the sunbeams shine through the tree

And decide they are for just you and me

  Feel the breeze blow in off the lake

And feel why love is so great...

  ...our midnight ride

                 The Ride (1960)

No headlights to be seen in front

  No headlights to be seen in back

Just you and me driving

  This old convertible

Down the dark road tonight

  Got the top down

And the stars are shioning real bright

  Got Elvis on the radio

Singing songs just so right

  Going to see your Mom and Dad tonight

Killarney Lake under the moon is a pretty sight

  The sunrise we will see

Feel what it is like to be free

  See the sunbeams shine through the tree

And decide they are for just you and me

  Feel the breeze blow in off the lake

And feel why love is so great...

  ...our midnight ride

 

                    Dance Across Texas

Riley Lincoln

WPB FL

Jan. 2011

She whirled around

  Did four cartwheels

Danced across the floor

  Everyone said

Dance some more

I couldn't believe what I had seen

  She wheeled again

Jumped high in the air

  Touched her toes

Then reached high

  For the sky

My heart beat faster

  Then I understood why

I realized that I

  Just seen Texas right there

All covered with hair

  I saw Texas

It was a beautiful

  Sight to see

Right there in front of me

I couldn't believe

  What I had seen

As she flipped hand-

  stands across the floor

Everyone wantede more

  Some sang "T for Texas"

Others just tried to see

  I thought the dance

Was meant for me

As I looked at this great event

  It lookede like Texas 

Was a little wet

  Some would say it was sweat

But for me

  It's piss I bet

She back flipped

  Across the floor

And landed in front of me

  I wanted more

I said, Is that really Texas

 All covered with hair?

She whirled again

  Jumped one of

Those real highs

  And replied

No...it's flies

  

             Tell Me Some More

Riley Lincoln

WPB FL

Sept 2012

Look down into my eyes

  And tell me more of those sweet little lies

Make me feel real good

  Tell me the things you should

Look down into my eyes

  And tell me some more of those sweet little lies

Then look down the barrel of this big shiny gun

  And tell me how you had so much fun

And then tell me how I was the only one

  How do you like this big shiny gun?

Look down into my teary eyes

  Tell me how last night you were with Nellie Bly

And tell me how Nellie was such fun

  Now look down the barrel of this beautiful gun

And wish you could just run

  You ain't never gonna have a son

Look down into my eyes

  And tell me some more sweet lies

How I was the only one

  That you called "Hon"

Look down into my eyes

  See the tears

Then show a little fear

Hurry, Look down into my eyes

  And tell me some more sweet lies

Before the bullet flies

  Tell me how I'm the only one

How much you really care

  Look down in my eyes

Tell me how you loved me true

  I hope the bullet goes straight thru

Darling, look down into my eyes

  Tell me more lies...

        ...BANG

  

                 Rollercoaster of Love

Riley Lincoln

WPB FL

August 2010

On the rollercoaster of love

  Do you look above

Or do you look below

  Where you know it will go?

The hope of love

  Is greater than one

You must h ave two

  But not everyone will do

One has to be perfect

  Because the other can't be true

Is that you

  That can't be true?

Sometimes love is so great

  That it's near hate

What is fate?

  Only time will tell

And it may be too late

But fate always decides

  Your life

So what will it be?

  We will see

The hope is always there

  On both sides

But no one really knows

  Which way it goes

So hold on to life's ride

  On the rollercoaster of love

It's up and down

  And around

Some times it's on your side

  And other times it's just a ride

So we will see on

  The rollercoaster of love

If it's you or me...

  We will see

          The Last Night

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach 

Dec. 12. 2012

Darling, the moon is not very bright

  I think this may be our last night

I hear thunder across the plain

  And it feels like a cold rain

I think our trip is coming to an end

  But we found out what was around the bend

Sometimes we slipped

  Sometimes we tripped

We had fun and did a lot on the run

  We didn't listen to anyone

Now it's time for the big storm

  To take us away

The moon will blink

  The stars will flash

Thunder will fall down

  The lightning will be bright

See you in the Promised Land tonight

                      Your Man 

                 Under the Tree What We Will See

Let's go out and sit under the tree

  And see what we can see

We will see the cat chase the dog

Over in the weeds we will see a big frog

Up in the sky we will see birds fly by

We will watch the clouds up real high

Also up in the sky we will see butterflies

And over by the lake we can see a big snake

Now it's time to leave the tree

And go home and see

       Mommy

To: Chyna Marie

From: Grandfather

               Mary Had a Little Lamb

Riley Lincoln 

WPB FL
July 2012

I caught the wind

  I let her go

Never will I try

  To catch her anymore

The wind is meant

  To be free and wild

She is God's child

  She's free to go wherever

She can't be caught...never

If you listen close

  You will hear

That God is close

  He's always near

The wind will always be clear

  Never have any fear

It blows through the big mountains

  And down in the valley there is a breeze

The sound you hear

  Is the wind in the trees

So make sure to keep the wind free

  And listen close because sometimes

You will hear me

             HAPPINESS

Happiness is when a little girl wakes up in the

morning.  She should be happy, because there are a 

lot of little girls throughout the world who are not

allowed to wake up.

So, little girl, if you are allowed to wake up, be

happy.  Try to make someone else happy because

the only way for a person to be happy is by making

someone else happy.

It's the best happiness in the world.  Make

someone else happy and you will be happy

Someday you will understand

            Don't Drool in School

Don't drool in school

  When you get big and go to school

You don't drool

  You can't drool in school

          Mary had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb

  It's fleece was white as snow

It followed her to school one day

  ...and Levon ate it

          

                   Grandfather

                   Mexican Mouthwash Blues Band

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach FL

August 2012

It was a stormy Austin Saturday night

  When I decided to hang my life

On an old Fender guitar, life looked bright

  I was gonna start pickin' at the

Evil Monkey saloon, a blues club down on Fifth

  I was going to do my blues riff

I was gonna put rock and roll

  Back into the blues

With my old Fender

  There was nothing I couldn't do

That old guitar knew the blues

Say, give me and the band double shots

  Of that "Mexican Mouthwash" booze

After all, I'm wearing Carl's old blue suede shoes

The blues singer...she was real good

  She wasn't a good looker

She was a broken down hooker

  She was down in jail

And I just went her bail

  This band really knows the blues

One of them wasn't wearing any shoes

Set up me and the band with doubles

  Of that "Mexican Mouthwash" booze

I'm still wearing Carl's old blue suede shoes

  Oh, that band could play the blues

Hey, set me and the band up a few more

  Of that "Mexican Mouthwash" booze

                 I have the blues

The drummer had a wooden pirate's leg

  At times he would rear back

And beat the drums with his wooden leg

  It was better than a Lone Star keg

The crowd would go wild

  He was a blues child

I love those blues

Set me and the band up a few more

  Of that "Mexican Mouthwash" booze

'Cause I love the blues

The piano player pounded the keys so hard

  That they flew up in the air

And would land in the lard

  The lard was for makin' Mexican refried beans

A big blue haze hung over the scene

            I love those blues

Set me and the band up a few more

  Of that"Mexican Mouthwash" booze

I want me and the band to play the blues

The horn player didn't have any lips

  He would gum that horn

He was a natural-born

  Blues won't ne blues without his horn

They called him "Lips"

         Oh how I  love the blues

Say barkeep, set me and the band up with more

  Of that "Mexican Mouthwash" booze

            I love the blues

I got ready to take the stafge with my Fender

  I was on a real bender

I put my gloves on, knew the Fender

  Was gonna get hot and turn to cinder

We played every blues song in life's folder

  At exactly 3:00 we all tipped over

THE GREAT "MEXICAN MOUTHWASH" BLUES BAND

                                    AUSTIN, TEXAS

                                              2012

Note:  Thank you, Kinky, for your fine choice of "Mexican Mouthwash"

         Your Friend,

            Riley

For bookings and open dates, contact Riley Lincoln, Jr.

                                            Rileylincoln3160@yahoo.com

  

                      Train of Loneliness

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, Fla

July 2012

The snow, it was snowin'

  The wind,  it was blowin'

I walked ten miles

  Down the old muddy trail

To get to the old railroad track

  To see the Train of Lonliness comin' back

It's a long train all draped in black

  It's carrying broken hearts, broken dreams

And love that's gone bad

There...Look, I see a real dim light

  I think it's the Train of Loneliness

Coming through the night

  I'm gonna jump back and hide behind a tree

Wait and see whatever I can see

I peered from behind the tree

  Through the wind and snow

The first cars were cars of broken hearts

  And tears were all aflow

The demons that caused the broken hearts

  Were all in the possum belly down below

Lies, broken promises, cheaters, and whiskey

  ...all the demons of sin

To the broken hearts it was coming to an end

  The Train of Loneliness

Was taking them

  To the golden meadow of happiness

The next train cars were carrying

  A load of broken dreams

Dreams that faded and

  Drifted down the stream

Dreams that never would come true

  Maybe dreams about me and you

Dreams are as important as life itself

  But a broken dream can never come true

The broken dreams are going to the land

  Of sky blue waters and fluffy white clouds

And lots of golden sands

  Down in happiness land

The last cars were carrying a load

  Of love that's gone bad

It was caused by cheaters

  And the bright neon lights

It makes everyone sad

  When love goes bad

They will go to the beautiful

  Forest of green

Where happiness is the only thing

  That's ever seen

As the train went by

  I began to wonder why

Why broken hearts and broken dreams

  and love gone bad

Destroys so many lives...

So I better hurry back to you

  And show my love for you is true

I don't wanna ride

  The Train of Loneliness

I'm on my way home

  To be with you

                      Northern Star

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach FL

July 2011

The big iron beast

  Is coming down the track

I guess it's time for me

  To start heading back

The sun is high in the sky

  I guess it's time to say goodbye

Darkness will be coming soon

  Then, in a while, a full moon

The snow will shine real bright

  All the stars will shine tonight

Look for the Northern Star

  It's a long way afar

I don't know why it's called me

  But I gotta go and see

Will put my life in a paper sack

  Catch a moonbeam and head on back

The Northern Star is where I'm going

  For some reason I gotta make a showing

As I stand here looking high up above

  I know I gotta leave my love

But a man can't miss his callin'

  And for sure you can't be late

When it's your turn

  To step up to the plate

Now as the darkness creeps over the mountains

  I will get ready for one last trip

The venture of my life

  Has a very high price

But only a few are willing

  To make the sacrifice

But as I was looking up at the Northern Star

  I realize tis is where my loving pets are

My dogs, my cats, my pig

  My birds, my turtle, and my lizard

They want me to come and party

  And be together

    The Northern Star

       Railroad Knowledge Everyone Should Know

                                 Just a Time In the Past

Riley Lincoln

WPB FL

Nov 2011

When I'm gone will you

  Still hear Hank on a late

Moonlit night.  Will you

  Hear that old train

Whistle blow

  If you do, you will know

Somewhere I'm down the line

  And I'm doing fine

Just me and Waylon

  Sitting by the water tank

Singing "Your long gone Daddy

  Ain't a-coming back"

When you hear the cold wind blow

  Will you know me and Dylan is laid back

In the snow

  Our noses all aglow

Listen close, you can

  Hear the whiskey flow

Johnny Cash has been everywhere

  But he ain't been here

But he's on his way

  I can see that "Orange Blossom Special"

Plowing through the snow

   At about ten below

It's just a time in the past

  And it will always last

But don't go too fast

  The great trains will always be here

You can see them every night

  Around about midnight

When the stars shine really bright

  They are all here...

The Wabash Cannonball

   Night Train to Memphis

Old 97

  Tennessee #9

They are parked all around

  They are quiet with no sound

This is the graveyard

  Of old trains

The crews still live in the cab

  Gentle rain falls from the heavens

To keep them sparkling clean

  Most beautiful sight I ever seen

When I'm gone will you still hear Hank

  On a late moonlit night

Just a time in the past

  

          My Daddy's the Sheriff

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, Fla

October 2010

I knew she was young

  I met her at the county fair

She was carrying a little teddy bear

Spent the night under the stars

  Dreaming and thinking we were on Mars

Then out of the night

  Came a great fright

She said ""My Daddy's the sheriff

  Please don't run

I want to have some more fun"

Oh no.  What have I done?

  Except have a lot of fun?

I said "I don't know

  About any more fun"

She said "Yes I know

  My daddy's got a big gun"

What time did your daddy

  Expect you home?"

She said "nine o'clock"

  I let out a moan

I asked "AM or PM?"

  She smiled, looked at me and said

"PM...and that means in bed"

I said "What day?"

  She looked up and said "Yesterday"

I thought maybe I better run

  The sheriff has lots of guns

But it was so much fun

 

She looked at me and said

  "I won't tell"

I thought to myself "Oh, well"

I was never one

  To let death get in way of fun

I said "Let's do it one more time"

  She said "Fine, baby, fine"