She Said

Today I was told a funny thing.
By a beauty there
that I had already seen,
but never did I ever really see this part about her.
She said to me in a hearty tone,
"let go of that evil,
The devil's got you all wrapped up
and tied around her finger,
but she's out doing her own thing.
She don't care about you a damned bit,
and you're here, there,
moping, crying everywhere,
sobbing up a poor ole story,
as if you didn't have the guts in you
to go outside your zone,
find love and conjure another.
You've got a good thing right in front of you,
and all you do is stare at her,
I've been sitting here, and there,
and dying to kiss you since we met,
and all you do is tell stories about her.
Quit your whining, boy, and get to kissin' me.
I know right now you're hurtin',
but that pain won't last forever.
If that girlie stole your heart,
then I'm gonna go out there and find her
so I can steal it back.
She mishandled what you gave her,
and broke your heart into a million pieces...
but that's ok, because I've got you...
I've got all the time and patience
to put you back together."

Sweet Night

Sweet night
sleep tight
sweet dreams of Shiner Bock.
Hold tight
this might
change the course of our lives.
And as long as
your eyes shine
as bright as the day we met,
I promise
we'll grow up
and make something great of this.

So sweet night, sleep tight
there is no reason to fear the dark
I know you'll follow my lead
I know you'll hold my hand
and I know as long as I'm near you
there is no reason to fear the dark

Cheers, Cowgirl

Cheers, cowgirl…
you're my favorite thing ‘bout Texas.
And although there's plenty of beauty to be seen
in this breathtaking, red state…
none compares to you,
and you remain my favorite part.

In this neck of the woods there were many first things in my life.
The first time I went to a house party,
the first time I bongged a beer.
The first time I tried many other things,
some I'd rather never say,
but my favorite thing...
my absolutely, positively, no doubt grittin',
you darn-tootin' it’s my favorite thing ‘bout Texas...
is all my firsts I share with you.

You and your smile, and those eyes,
and those lips, and that way you say those things,
and the way you hold my hand...
and place it gently near your hip,
and, although it stings just a bit,
I even love the way you push me away.

So, cheers, cowgirl,
drink another one for me.
Raise your glass then place your lips to it
And as the poison of the whiskey
Makes its way into your system,
Remember how passionately I kissed you
And made you a sucker for my wisdom.

So, cheers, cowgirl,
You’re my favorite thing ‘bout Texas.
You make me wanna sing,
You make me wanna dance,
You make me wanna put a ring…
of fire and jumping through it,
to leave them all behind
and trust our hearts to face it.

Those Sweet Days of Lion Memories

“Fly away, sweet dragon, dear,
fly away to your happy place now.”
The lion sees the dragon go,
And As he remembers all about,
That sweet dragon he once kissed,
And in some way helped her wounds.
He stands there alone, but smiling
Saying verses to the moon,
“I’ll remember you, sweet dragon,
always ‘til I die.
Those beautiful nights we shared when we
Played so lovingly and ignored the tide.”
None will be day that passes,
That he won’t remember when.
Those sweet days the lion and dragon shared.
In his heart they will remain.

I Had You Wrong All Along

I had you wrong all along, dear,
You are just not what I thought you were.
There once was a dark time for me
When I felt I was down and out,
Then you came back into my life and
Gave me stuff to smile about.
You put a pep back in my step
and made me long to step the frets.
Fell for you pretty hard, this time.
This time harder than the first,
But I was oh, so very wrong about you,
You were actually heaven sent.
I could’ve died without you or
Maybe ended up in the pen.
But instead of the life I was headed in,
I chose life led by a pen.
You’re the only gun I need now, dear,
 And your bullets are my words.
I’ll hold you tight and we’ll rain war on everybody
We’ll rain on them all our pain.
You bring out in me a power, dear,
that can never be ignored.
And just the right kind of inspiration
Brings a nuclear holocaust to them.
Filled with passion, love and romance,
And the occasional letter to Pent.
We will give everyone we ever come across,
A good reason not to forget
The one time when they once met
This sweet poet and his sweet pen.

Rhythm

Here's the rhythm
for the verses
and I know you're
wondering why
I don't just commit
to the flow
but believe me
when I tell you
that the tension
that I control
is much more
that I can show
with my words alone
which is why I
gotta deliver the words then
and the verses
that I'm writin'
with a beath in the back of me.

Google Your Own Site

One of the greatest advice I have been given regarding web and online marketing is, "Google your own site." Since you know your own domain name, it may sound counter-intuitive to do a Google search for your own website, but trust me, the results are magnificent. I started doing this with the website I developed for my fraternity's local chapter, thephikapsofthexas.org, in January of this year and since then I have noticed better results when I do a search. Now, as a web developer by profession, I am doing this for every one of my clients so I'm helping their traffic every time I work on their website.

It may sound like we're cheating Google here, but the truth is we are probably helping them. Google's main goal is to provide its users with the best content for their search so they are constantly updating their databases and if you continue searching your own site, you are showing Google your website is alive and providing useful information.

One think that peeves me about working with a few clients is when they want a website to act as an "online brochure." You mean you have the opportunity and ability to reach the world and all you want to show them is the same basic information about your business over and over? See, Google also cares about keeping its users current, so naturally, they will look for the most up-to-date content to deliver to their user, but if you're not going to update your site regularly then I guess the next best thing to do is Google your own site to let them know your live and providing relevant information.