Quinn Reay 'vern' Jessen

Seven Days Away

My job's on a drilling rig, but my heart's at home

The life of a roughneck's all I've ever known

My wife took me on 'bout five years ago

Now the wife of a roughneck is all she'll ever know

We live our lives seven days at a time

She sits at home kinda like a dollar wait'n on a dime

She meets me with open arms and an angel's smile

That's what makes the seven days away worth while

Understanding honest and true, just a few words

That describe my Emma Lou

Seven days away, sleepless nights hard work and pain

I love the life so I don't complain

I worry about her and if she has everything she will need

A woman like her is a rare breed

She tries to understand the life I've chosen

Work'n in the boil'n heat

Or so cold you swear your frozen

Just knowing what I've got at home pulls me through

I guess she's the reason I do what I do

I often think of being born rich, but I probably

would have ended up with a store bought bitch

Seven days away not being hugged or kissed

and thinking of the good things I've missed

She's in my thoughts all seven days away

And in my arms at home for the seven day stay

Love, Quinn

written 8-16-08