"Working Man"

Oh, I’m a working man

And a baseball fan,

I love the USA

And all the games we play.

I hate to watch the news

Cause all the lefty views

I like a real good fight

And a romantic night,

On Friday’s in the fall

I’ll watch some High School ball

But I’m a working man

And a baseball fan.

I’m working overtime

And squeezing every dime,

I pay too much for gas

It really chaps my ass,

And all the suits in blue

That think that I’m a fool

Cause I’m a working man

And a baseball fan.

I thank the God above

For the wife I love

Yeah, I’ve got some guns

And they’re a lot of fun

I love the USA

Before I eat I pray

Cause I’m a working man

And a baseball fan.

I’ve got a big soft heart

I want to do my part

I’ll go and volunteer

To bring some people cheer

That’s when I really know

How luck can come and go

Cause I’m a working man

And a baseball fan

Oh, I’m a working man

And a baseball fan

I love the USA

And all the games we play

Oh, I’m a working man

And a baseball fan

I love the USA

And all the games we play

© 2012 Paul Mize

"I Got an Email From an Old Girlfriend"

I got an email from an old girlfriend

What was she thinking when she pushed the send

Attached to it was a cute photo

A little girl who was two years old

You used to say that you would marry me

When we rode the highways in our SUV’s

We talked about the world that made no sense

We’d move to Texas and a white picket fence

Three years ago It was just a text

She said the two of us had nothing left

It was a day that I almost cried

She said a baby rabbit died

I got an email from an old girlfriend

What was she thinking when she pushed the send

Attached to it was a cute photo

A little girl who was two years old

You always called me when you lost your luck

You’d say Hey Babe can you lend a buck

And even now I still dream of you

You know I wanted a baby too

Today I drive an old pickup truck

The seat next to me is filled with junk

My bed is covered by a big ol’ tent

It’s surrounded by a white picket fence

I got an email from an old girlfriend

What was she thinking when she pushed the send

Attached to it was a cute photo

A little girl who was two years old

I got an email from an old girlfriend

What was she thinking when she pushed the send

© 2012 Paul Mize

"Benghazi"

Eleven years to the day

They built a bomb and blew a wall away

We saw the pictures in the night

Streamed to earth by a satellite

They blamed it all on a video

You know this isn’t my first rodeo

We know you watched it in real time

Spending money it’s the people’s dime

Have you been to Benghazi

It’s a bump in the road from Tripoli

It’s a fact four Americans died

Can you tell me why the government lied

Oh, can you tell me why the government lied

It used to be a War on Terror

But empty chairs can’t make an error

They took the coffins off the plane

Will you shoulder any blame

Yeah you owe us the truth

Not that stuff from Mister Plouffe

They blamed it all on a video

Why won’t you tell us what you really know

Have you been to Benghazi

It’s a bump in the road from Tripoli

It’s a fact four Americans died

Can you tell me why the government lied

Oh, can you tell me why the government lied

You know it’s all about security

And hoping you won’t lie to me

The truth’s not in a crystal ball

It’s hiding in a government hall

And then we watched a President hide

Behind the words that Candy cried

Have you been to Benghazi

It’s a bump in the road from Tripoli

It’s a fact four Americans died

Can you tell me why the government lied

Oh, can you tell me why the government lied

© 2012 Paul Mize