Corazón y Cabeza

Bri Bagwell

Honey we belong on a beach
Drowning in sun and mezcal drinks
Falling asleep to the sound of the sea
And you reading Hemingway to me
But

Here we are down here in the trenches
Dirt on our faces digging out ditches
Dodging all the bullets boy I know it’s
War out there
There’s us somewhere in the rubble
Making our way boy hand me a shovel
If it’s just you and me, waiting out the enemy
I ain’t scared
When I wanna surrender, I just remember

Tulum in a hammock for two
The skies were pink and your eyes were blue
They both turn a little gray when the bills are due
But fight for me and I’ll die for you

Cause

Here we are down here in the trenches
Dirt on our faces digging out ditches
Dodging all the bullets boy I know it’s
War out there
There’s us somewhere in the rubble
Making our way boy hand me a shovel
If it’s just you and me, waiting out the enemy
I ain’t scared
When I wanna surrender, I just remember

This kitchen may be real small
But we fell in love in these four walls
We’ll find a way out boy I know
Or we can dig all the way to Mexico

I see him mending fences
I wish he worked that hard on what’s broken at home
I see his love for horses
They light a fire in his eyes that for me is long gone

And I’m sitting here
Drinking a lukewarm beer

They’re both cowboy cold
Just something to hold
They say it takes a woman
Who’s pretty damn tough
To drink ‘em like the boys or deal with that kind of love
But it gets old
When they’re cowboy cold

That old refrigerator
Sure don’t do the trick but I drink ‘em anyway
This ring on my finger
It ain’t big but it’s enough to get me to stay

I wish the beer was colder
And he was warmer

They’re both cowboy cold
Just something to hold
They say it takes a woman
Who’s pretty damn tough
To drink ‘em like the boys or deal with that kind of love
But it gets old
When they’re cowboy cold

I know I shouldn’t think twice
I could run to the store for a small bag of ice
Or keep on driving right out of this town
But I grit my teeth for one more round

They’re both cowboy cold
Just something to hold
They say it takes a woman
Who’s pretty damn tough
To drink ‘em like the boys or deal with that kind of love
But it gets old
When they’re cowboy cold

They’re just cowboy cold

You don’t get a court room you don’t get a case file
Unbiased jury followed by a fair trial
You don’t get a judge who might give a damn
About a sentence, justice, witness protection plan
You Got the evidence
but it’s stacked against a

Free man a free man
You could never walk away without a price to pay but he can
Some of the rules of the Bible
Ain’t against the law
Funny how it don’t cost anything at all to be a
Free man

You don’t get money for emotional damage
Apology for years of carrying the baggage
Humiliation separation reparation package
Reimbursed for promises he just took back it’s
Not a crime to sin
Its just the way it is for a

Free man a free man
You could never walk away without a price to pay but he can
Some of the rules of the Bible
Ain’t against the law
Funny how it don’t cost anything at all to be a
Free man

Instead you pay a premium to talk to a stranger
Crying on a couch sorting out all the anger
Expensive medication for occasional depression
Asking all the while what the hell is the lesson
You don’t get no sleep
And there is no PTSD for a

Free man a free man
You could never walk away without a price to pay but he can
Some of the rules of the Bible
Ain’t against the law
Funny how it don’t cost anything
Anything at all
Some of the rules of the Bible
Ain’t against the law
Funny how it don’t cost anything at all to be a
Free man
Oh a free man
Oh

I want wine on a Mesa
Corazón y cabeza
Wrapped up in you
Wherever we go
Baila conmigo
Desert dive bar ’til two

You whisper in my ear
We finally got here
Life before this starts to rust
We don’t have much
But it’s more than enough
And we’ll settle down just like the dust

Like the dust that a West Texas windstorm blows in
That covers every inch of your skin
You’ll sweep me away like a leaf on the wind
Cause you make me feel all those feelings again

The sun out our window
Esta saliendo
In your arms I’m waking up slow
Once two esperados
Locos enamorados
Who dreamed up the life that we know

‘Cause you’re on the pipeline
And I’m serving cheap wine
We’re run down but both saving up
Someday we’ll make it
And finally escape it
Leave that old life in the dust

Like the dust that a West Texas windstorm blows in
That covers every inch of your skin
You’ll sweep me away like a leaf on the wind
Cause you make me feel all those feelings again

Whisper in my ear
We finally got here
Life before this starts to rust

We’ll find us some ground
On the outskirts of town
Not perfect but perfect for us
And we’ll settle down just like the dust

For if we believe it
Can’t you just see it
Us settling down like the dust

At night we’re both dreaming
Awaking believing
In settling like the dust

As much as we hate it
Someday we’ll escape it

All that you have to do
is tell her that you’re through
And I’ll tell him all about us

And watch the past turn to rust
And the life that we left starts/turns to rust

Everyone knows Josefina
The most beautiful bar maid in town
But you never get a shot of tequila
Without her husband staring you down

He drinks and he waits in the corner
For the woman only he can touch
When he fixes his hat it's to warn her
She's talking or smiling too much

Poor mi amor Josefina
Slip this in his drink and let's go
Meet me at Rosa's cantina
We'll leave Texas for Mexico

She belonged to that nasty old gringo
Who was never suspecting of me
A woman who knew border lingo
Who was willing to smuggle for free

‘Cause drugs aren't a challenge to come by
I had a napkin a pen and a plan
I wrote ’I see the bruise on your left eye
And tengo dinero, I know a ranchero
Right across the Rio Grande’

Poor mi amor Josefina
Slip this in his drink and let's go
Meet me at Rosa's cantina
We'll leave Texas for Mexico

Many a man has found death in a vice
So serve your revenge over ice

And pour him some more Josefina
Slip this in his drink and let's go
Meet me at Rosa's cantina
We'll leave Texas
Oh we’ll leave Texas
Oh we will leave Texas for Mexico

To the one who takes the grapes off of the vine
And turns them into my go-to red wine
I’m counting on you and the healing hands of time
To get me through

To the glass with the long stem next to the sink
You’re the only one who knows how much I drink
I need you to help me like always to not think
That’s why I come home to you

To the boy who broke my heart I can’t erase you
But I’m stronger than I was a month ago
I found that somehow I can just replace you
With a bottom shelf merlot
Just a bottle a day
Keeps you away
’Til I can let you go

To the girl who pops a cork and drinks all of it
Who can’t stand moving on or even the thought of it
Just sit back, pour a glass and watch the magic trick
He’ll just disappear

To the boy who broke my heart I can’t erase you
But I’m stronger than I was a month ago
I found that somehow I can just replace you
With a bottom shelf merlot
Just a bottle a day
Keeps you away
’Til I can let you go

To the boy who broke my heart I can’t erase you
But I’m stronger than I was a month ago
found that somehow I can just replace you
With a bottom shelf merlot
Just a bottle a day
Keeps you away
’Til I can let you go

’Til I can let you go

’Til I can let you go

He puts you through hell
You don’t ask for help
I know it all too well
‘Cause I’ve been there myself
He’ll apologize again
And you’ll wipe your tired eyes with “I give in”

Sarah
It’s hard to let him treat you like he does
Sarah
I wish goodbye was as easy as it was
When you said it to your freedom
But you won’t leave him
’Til you can see yourself the way I do
Sarah
You deserve a man as good as you

Not someone messing with your mind
‘Cause sometimes everything is fine
Until he sees you shine
And that’s just crossing the line
It’s hard to hold my tongue, my dear
You can’t change a man who chains you up with fear.

Sarah
It’s hard to let him treat you like he does
Sarah
I wish goodbye was as easy as it was
When you said it to your freedom
But you won’t leave him
’Til you can see yourself just like I do
Sarah
You deserve a man as good as you

Behind every good man
Is a woman just like you
Why don’t we believe
We deserve that too

Sarah, Sarah
Sarah
I wish goodbye was as easy as it was
When you said it to your freedom
But you won’t leave him
’Til you can see yourself just like I do
Sarah
You deserve a man
Oh you deserve a man
As good as you

I wonder why I wander ’til I’m back home again
I’m restless and tested ’til I’m climbing in
That front seat it gets me I’m wrapped around the wheel
It’s not something you explain
It’s something you just feel deep inside
A never-ending ride

Hello highway
You’re going my way
I’m free because I’m bound to the road
Goodbye driveway
You know these tires they are just like me
Only built to roam
When I’m gone I’m home

They’ve called me a gypsy said I’ll never settle down
Like something’s wrong inside me to not settle on a town
But I wanna see ‘em all you see it’s written in my heart
A million miles behind me and I think it’s just a start
And oh the mountains
Something about ‘em

Hello highway
You’re going my way
I’m free because I’m bound to the road
Goodbye driveway
You know these tires they are just like me
Only built to roam
When I’m gone I’m home

Hello highway
You’re going my way
I’m free because I’m bound to the road
Goodbye driveway
You know these tires they are just like me
Only built to roam

Hello highway
You’re going my way
I’m free because I’m bound to the road
Goodbye driveway
You know these tires they are just like me
Only built to roam
When I’m gone I’m home

My welcome mat is dusty must be covered up by now
With fallen leaves as all the trees are turning golden brown
But I’m passing through El Paso where I’ll get some gasoline
And the sunset out my window
I wouldn’t change a thing

You were much too old to have bad table manners
I was much too young to know it really mattered
So here we are playing real life chutes and ladders ain’t we baby

You left so fast you left your cigarettes
The first time that I cried that we couldn’t get ahead
What I meant is you spend money, that we don’t have yet don’t you baby

I would’ve ran if I knew I’d be the queen of aprons
You played me like a game of poker
I said I do, and I one day I awakened
Flat broke and a smoker

I can’t earn any money in this kitchen
But the smokin’ helps to ease a little tension
After you slam the door every time you say I start my bitchin' don’t you baby

I get all your bad habits as your wife
And calls from the bank, and a few years off my life
And that’s exactly why I steal your Marborol Lights ain’t it baby

I would’ve ran if I knew I’d be the queen of aprons
You played me like a game of poker
I said I do, and I one day I awakened
Flat broke and a smoker

I would’ve ran if I knew I’d be the queen of aprons
You played me like a game of poker
I said I do, and I one day I awakened
Flat broke and a smoker

I left a dang good meatloaf on the stove
Took my jar full of change and a cigarette to go
You can smack your lips and pick your teeth
Without all my bitchin’ can’t ya baby

Should’ve run, should’ve run
Would’ve ran if I knew I’d be the queen of aprons
You played me like a game of poker
And I said I do, and I one day I awakened
Flat broke and a smoker

Flat broke and a smoker

Happy New Year Baby
I’ll try to not be crazy this year
Happy New Year maybe
I’ll try not to waste a single tear
Is it a resolution, or a revolution

Happy New Year honey
I’m gonna kiss you right at the bell
Ring in the luck and money
This is our year, I can just tell
Is it a resolution, or a delusion

That New Year rang like a starting gun
It’s 2 am January one
Spilling my fears through cheap champagne tears
That this is gonna be just like the past few years
Where we barely get by
So why do I buy
Into changing my life with a cheers

Happy New Year handsome
Don’t forget that the rent check is due
Look at everybody dancing
I’m all dread and stress in high heeled shoes
Is it a resolution, or an illusion

‘Cause that New Year rang like a starting gun
It’s 2 am January one
Spilling my fears through cheap champagne tears
This is gonna be just like the past few years
Trying to get to you through a faceless crowd
But the ball has dropped and it’s too late now
It’s not just a kiss that we just missed
It’s thinking that another year will be like this
Where we barely get by
So why do I buy
Into changing my life with a cheers
It’s 3 2 1 too many beers
My hope for a change disappears

Happy New Year Baby
I’ll try to not be crazy this year

If I’m not there for the rocking chair
For the gray hair
For the honey we’ve been everywhere
Damn we’ve shared
80 years as the perfect pair

If I’m not there for the slowing down
For the sitting ‘round
For the house with the porch outside of town
The sunset phase the last few days
Your wrinkled face

I wanna grow old with you
But just in case I don’t get to
I’ll think of us as a living love letter
If time is never guaranteed
The only thing I’ll ever need
Before I go is for you to know
You could not have been better
In case we don’t get old together

I know I shouldn’t think this way
You laugh and say, probably it’ll be okay
We’ll spend our days in this perfect place
But just in case

Somehow I don’t make it through
‘til the end with you
Goodness knows I wanted to
If there are other plans
Out of our hands
Do you understand

I wanna grow old with you
But just in case I don’t get to
I’ll think of us as a living love letter
If time is never guaranteed
The only thing I’ll ever need
Before I go is for you to know
You could not have been better
In case we don’t get old together

Oh and I can’t keep worrying
Every second we’re apart
But it seems these days there’s a million ways
Life can break my heart

I wanna grow old with you
But just in case I don’t get to
I’ll think of us as a living love letter
If time is never guaranteed
The only thing I’ll ever need
Before I go is for you to know
You could not have been better
In case we don’t get old together