Out Like a Light 2 - The Honeysticks, Ricky Montgomery

Dumb, wicked, and white

Love me in spite

And if I betrayed our lonely nights

Spent out like a light

With no kiss goodnight

Would we never fight when I’m away?

(Ricky's aunt, Mary Lou)

A very beautiful dignified lady

I was small, y’know, so old

And I always admired her fingernails they were blood-red

She always had them painted beautifully

And she was- and her hair was coal black and beautiful

She was graceful

And she, she had anything a woman could want

A good husband and money and a nice home

But she met this jailbird and they married

And so she gave all that up and found out that she wasn’t happy

She was packing to leave and he got out of jail and came home and found her and

hacked her to death

(Ricky's uncle, Dennis)

Oh honey, that’s awful!

Did your mother always seem to hate me?

I’m sicker every day and now I’m terrified of talking to my friends only to

stay stuck

Dreaming of our first born and your hair covered in popcorn

You never leave, you never leave, you never leave

You leave me uptight

Strung up like a kite

Dumb, wicked, and white

Love me in spite

And if I betrayed our lonely nights

Spent out like a light

With no kiss goodnight

Would we never fight when I’m away?