The Only Thing I'm Missing Is You

This is a demo of a country song I wrote and recorded while working on the music for the documentary "Where Did The Horny Toad Go? in the summer of 2011.   It needs a better singer, but other than that, I am pretty pleased with it.

“The Only Thing I’m Missing Is You”

by Steven Stark

Working thirty acres of Texas soil,

my hands are blistered from this toil.

The mesquite and the cedar must go.

Got to make some room for the live oak to grow.

Heaven is here under the West Texas sun,

but hell lives on through things I have done.

I’m shooting up cactus with an old .22.

The only thing I’m missing is you

The scrub looks small, but the roots run deep.

For years of neglect, this is what I reap.

I’m thinking of the day you had to go.

It’s taken me while, but I’ve come to know that

Heaven is here under the West Texas sun,

but hell lives on through things I have done.

I’m ankle deep in brass from my old .22.

The only thing I’m missing is you.

Heaven is here under the West Texas sun,

but hell lives on through things I have done.

Running out of ammo for my old .22 

The only thing I’m missing is you.

Heaven is here under the West Texas sun,

but hell lives on through things I have done.

I’m running out of cactus for my old .22.

The only thing I’m missing is you.