Gulf Coast Blues

Moved down here a year ago

Sunshine dreams and a half-light glow

Thought I'd dip my heart back in the game

Signed up online, Lord, it ain't the same

She looked like heaven in that profile pic

But showed up wild with a nose ring stick

Said her name was Carrie, but it came out Lou

I paid for dinner and a therapy session too

Now I'm singin' these Gulf Coast blues

Swipe-left heartbreak in a beachfront view

Too many filters, not enough truth

And I'm out here wonderin' what a real man's s'posed to do

Got a dog that don't lie and a porch with a breeze

She don't talk back and she don't ever leave

So I'll just rock slow in my flip-flops too

Rubbin' Pixie's belly, hummin' Gulf Coast blues

Met a woman said she loved the Lord

Had a Baphomet pendant in her dashboard Ford

One said Montana, one said Rome

One offered tickets just to bring me home

Got a spreadsheet trackin' who's who's kid

Who had tattoos, and what each one did

But love's not a column you can autofill

And the more you swipe, the less you feel

So I'm singin' these Gulf Coast blues

High-def heartache in a sun-kissed loop

Tired of mermaids that just tease the shore

And conversations that don't mean nothin' no more

Got a dog that don't ghost, and a porch with peace

She don't fake a thing and she don't ever leave

So I'll just rock slow in my flip-flops too

Watchin' stars blink slow through these Gulf Coast blues

Maybe love's gone digital

But I'm analog and bruised

I don't need another match

Just someone who don't confuse

Faith for fake

And heart for flash

Hell, just bring me someone

Who don't crash when I ask

Now Pixie's curled up where my heartbreak used to sit

She don't need nothin' but a belly rub hit

And I don't check my phone when the sunsets burn

Might still believe in love

But I ain't in a rush to learn