‘Til I Die     

Copyright © 2007, words and music by Dean Batstone

Beneath my feet these rails of steel

Front row grin with missing teeth

Tequila Rose in faded jeans

Washed in dirty blues and greens

Steal I time or Steel-eye Jane

Steal I kisses on this train

I can’t steel you, though I’ve tried

So I’ll dream you ‘til I die

Hold the bottle, hold the blade

Hold one promise I have made

I can’t hold you, still I’ve tried

So I’ll dream you ‘til I die

Through the window, speeding glass

You’re a freeze frame from my past

Lines on faces born from pain

Leather cracked from sun and rain

All you young James Dean’s who crashed

Live forever in these cracks

I can’t live you, though I’ve tried

So I’ll dream you ‘til I die

Through the broken timberline

Comes the sun, son, let it shine….

Hear the distant church bell toll

Trying to call back one lost soul

I can’t pray you to my side

So I’ll dream you ‘til I die

Love the falling, love the rise

Love the shadows, love that shine

Love this beauty, love you mine

I will love you ‘til I die.