Michael Henchman - Hunger

Hunger
© Michael Henchman

Hot August night
Steamy blanket on this town
Dogs run by the river
Hear an old man shout
Top rolled back
Radio is playin'
Watching you drive this car
Like you drive me crazy

Bouncing off the rails
Barely make the corner
Wheels throwin’ sparks
Gonna take us to the border
Runnin’ hot all night
Like a glowin’ cinder
Tearin’ through your life
In a run-on bender

[chorus]
Hunger only knows what it wants today
Haunting like spell, takes your breath away
Not a feelin’ in your belly
It’s something in your soul
Hunger’s always at the edge
Of everything you know

Eyes like burnin’ coals
Black and smoky
Stickin’ to the shadows
Sly as a coyote
Sweat on your temples
Dress thrown on a chair
Skin like a prairie fire
Your hunger laid bare

[chorus]

Can’t tame the wind
Can’t gather up the ocean
You can climb all the mountains
But you’ll never be broken
It’s been drivin’ you further
Than you ever knew
Swear it's just some bad days
But you know it’s true

[chorus]