Austin - Matthew Logan Vasquez

You wound me in

In my earlier years

I was too young to fear

The danger was near

Not born, but raised

In the mid-90s rage

In my suburban cage

Just south of the lake

We snuck out so late

And we ran from the cops

We hid in the church

My father was mad

We climbed the roof

Watched the morning appear

This hill country view

Can hold on to you

They fell out of love

Then ran out of cash

They were trying their best

Their children went west

Through the valley of death

Not knowing a thing

We’re Chuck and Irene

They arrived at the coast

My brother and I

Too Texas to hide

Still cuts in our eyes

Well, it was sink or swim

And I sank like a stone

Back to Austin I went

To my grandmother’s home

It was just out of reach

One high school away

I felt so alone

I felt so alone

I made that red-headed girl cry

I told her God was dead

That it was all in her head

I felt so alone

The next day was black

From the drugs that I ate

The whole trip finally peaked

The devil in me

I crawled so far inside

There we were eye to eye

The demons and me

We were thinking the same thing

My dad he arranged

Me, put on a plane

«Our son’s lost his way

Heal in Jesus' name»

I fell into Grace

My demons and me

Will stand in the light

I’ll promise to keep

Then I grew to a man

This light had fallen dim

I roam through the Earth

Not giving a shit

Like a ghost from the past

Somehow she saw me

And everyone that I’ve been

She put them back into reach

I met her by chance

In a Fresno bar

She pulled me right out of the pit

With lovin' right in her heart

With my cup overflowin'

Back to Austin we go

The city has changed

And so have I

But it’s never left my mind

The holiest of Commanche hills

The cedar smell, the midnight thrills

Austin, don’t let me go

Austin, don’t let me go

Austin, don’t let me go

Austin, don’t let me go