Chance, chance, chance, chance Friday bank card yours got stuckI loaned you a phone quarter, said "Good luck"Where are you now? Me and glasses Saturday slumpYou and your shopping, I looked upOur eyes met, mine are greenYou’d had a peroxide thingCall now, look me up Sunday walk, Weaver’s Park,I was […]
Laocoon and her two sons Pressured storm, tried to move No other more, emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued Lighted in a room, lanky room Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune Lighted, lighted, laughing Laocoon and her two sons Run the gamut, sated view Know them more, emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued Lighted in […]
They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off A handshake is worthy if it’s all that you’ve got Metal shoes on wood push through our back There’s a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT" They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts Reddened their necks, collared their […]
I know you I know you’ve seen her She’s a sad tomato She’s three miles of bad road Walking down the street Will I never meet her? She’s a real woman child Oh my kiss breath turpentine I am smitten I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing) Have you […]
It’s been pretty simple so far, vacation in Athens is calling me And knock, knock, knock on wood, I thought I’d left you behind Heaven is yours, heaven is yours, heaven’s yours where I live The thought of the catacombs left my soul at home This letter never sent And […]
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago, Turned around backwards so the windshield shows. Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse. Still, it’s so much clearer. I forgot my shirt at the water’s edge. The moon is low tonight. Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. […]
Sleep delays my life (get up, get up) Where does time go? (get up, get up, get up) I don’t know Sleep, sleep, sleepy head (get up, get up, get up) Wake it up…up (get up, get up) You’ve got all your life (way up ahead) (get up, get up, […]
He’s not to be reached, he’s to be reached. He’s not to be reached, he’s to be reached. Called the fool and the company, On his own where he’d rather be. Where he ought to be, he sees what you can’t see, can’t you see that? Maybe he’s caught in […]
Readying to bury your father and your mother, What did you think when you lost another? I used to wonder why did you bother, Distanced from one, blind to the other? Listen here my sister and my brother What would you care if you lost the other? I always wonder […]
Put your hair back, we get to leave Eleven gallows on your sleeve Shallow figure, winner’s paid Eleven shadows way out of place Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room Pull your dress […]
It happened fast, it’s over quick. A little dust and the engine kicks. Did your hands drift down off the wheel? Roll out, hit your windshield An eyelash or a little bit of sleep? Time stands still. Just call it now and you’re on your way (hey, hey, hey) All […]
Dusk is dawn is dayWhere did it go?I’ve been laughingFast and slowMoving in a still frameHowling at the moonMorning found me laughingUp and down, downLow low lowNight suits me fineand morning suits me fineI’ve been so happyWay up high, highIn betweenDown belowLow low low I skipped the part about loveIt […]
Hello, I saw you, I know you, I knew you I think I can remember your name…name Hello I’m sorry, I lost myself I think I thought you were someone else Should we talk about the weather? (Hi…hi, hi) Should we talk about the government? (Hi…hi, hi, hi) Hello, how […]
When I was young and full of grace and spirited–a rattlesnake. When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You’re on your honor not to tell I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract Explain the change, the difference between What you want and […]
I’ve latched on I’ve been wrong no one told me what to wear no one sent me home space age party, fascinating I just don’t fit in someone throw me anything the oxygen is thin if you just could speak to me just throw me a line give me just […]
