"Outsider Looking Out"

OUTSIDER LOOKING OUT written by Ric Hickey & Paul Horton

Do I belong here? Is this my home? Back where I come from I could not wait to get gone In a blinded neon world I work by candle light Too much plastic, not enough wood Bark bark bark bark, but no bite Outsider looking out, needs no reminding Where you ain’t got no clouds, you got no silver lining Whatever it takes, the breaks, the shakes It’s a bumpy ride Stay outside the law, the lines, anything that might define Night train, bad brain, Tulsa time I’m still rollin’, movin’ down the line Where’d I come from? Where’d I go? The mirror don’t work no more Outsider looking out, you can probably guess What that’s all about: it’s a blessing and it’s a mess How things change. It’s one long day. Good thing go. Bad thing stay. This feeling I’d not foreseen: Homesick for a place I’ve never been I’ve flown, I swam, I climb, I drive. It was fun. There ain’t much I ain’t done I had a pretty good run

But I’d trade it all, for just one… Outsider looking out to call my own Put me right don’t put me out Call me papa and call me home *

The title track from my 2020 CD release, this song was written and recorded while I was living in San Diego. Free download on Bandcamp here: https://richickeyarchive.bandcamp.com/track/outsider-looking-out

If you'd like a CD copy just send me your address and I'll drop one in the mail for you at no charge. ~rh