Because I Wanted To

🎵 “Because I Wanted To” 🎵 (Angora / black & tan café tune) ⸻ (Verse 1) Up at the Yot (Yacht) Café, mornin’ crowd, Coffee thick and voices loud, Von and Cork, Jack, Bob Jay and Glenn, Same old talk like it’s always been. Cattle down and rain won’t fall, Dust just hangin’ over it all, Boot heels drag, chairs scoot— Hill Country rhythm, worn-out truth. ⸻ (Verse 2) Ken A.Kins come in, Black DPS car out front, long whip waving , Poured him coffee, joined the ring, Didn’t miss a single thing. Glenn got quiet, stood up slow, Didn’t say where he’d go, Slid on out that café door— Left ’em talkin’ just like before. ⸻ (Verse 3) Not long after, fella came through, Said, “Ken… you better step outside a minute or two…” Ken walked out, stopped dead still— Something there didn’t seem real. Whip antenna—cut off clean, Layin’ cross the hood, plain as seen, No storm done it, no wear with time— That was cut by hand, straight-line. ⸻ (Verse 4) Back inside, he took his seat, Didn’t say much, just stirred his heat, Nobody pointed, nobody named They didn’t need to — Glenn’s direction… eyes all aimed. (Verse 5) Next day out by the trucks and dust, Ken ask Glenn like he figured he must, Said, “You cut my antenna, tell me straight?” Glenn said, “Yeah… I did it.” “Well why in the hell would you go do that?” Ken just stood there, brim pulled flat… Glenn looked up, didn’t even blink— Didn’t pause long enough to think— ⸻ (Final Chorus – hit it hard) Because I wanted to……. Because I wanted to… ain’t no disguise, No long-wind story, no alibis, Some men bend… some men bow— Some just stand and tell you how. Because I wanted to… black and white, Same as that cruiser sittin’ out there in the light, No regret, no changin’ view— “I did it… ’cause I wanted to.” ⸻ (Outro) Back in the café, cups still warm, Talk rolled on like nothin’ was torn, But every time that story grew— Somebody’d grin… …‘cause they all knew.