Back to the River
Sprinting through the airport I am sure that we are home
No more land lock, feel the ice drops Rain is music to my soul It's been a while since we drove on through The Valley of Secrets Let's stay awhile No boyfriends, just lovers, now bring your best friends We're gonna go back to the river to wash our sins So won't you sing with us the new way as we make our way out? We are Thai food carts and cherry tarts The Middle Path is what we're all about Sadie said that change is dead "The Path is bulldozed and burning" She doesn't know the Cascade snow runs deep To fountains, wells, and toes Sure we freeze when we go out Only books could bring us in Pumpkin, I'll carve out some meaning in this world No boyfriends, just lovers, now bring your best friends We're gonna go back to the river to wash our sins So won't you sing with us the new way as we make our way out? We are box elder bugs and drama clubs The Middle Path is what we're all about Stay awhile, stay awhile The good girls and boys are coming back home Babyface
Have you seen the fireworks?
I've been watching They're lighting up your Disneyland sky Have you looked into my truth and known me? Have you seen the way I like to lie through my smiles? Sure, I'm a wreck, but I've been trying to catch Some meaning in this world Boy, since you came nothing's feeling the same I know I'll need to change my ways It's gonna take faith and a loss of faith but I'm there You can count me in I'm there I need to take a break from sin I swear I'll be good Lord, I've changed my ways Just give me that boy with the babyface Sure, I've been around the block with tattoos You are so clean I wouldn't want you to lose your purity Or maybe then I do, I'll take it I'll show you what you've been missing out on If I need to, I'll fake it Sure, I'm a wreck, but I've been trying to catch Some meaning in this world Boy, since you came nothing's feeling the same I know I'll need to change my ways It's gonna take faith and a loss of faith but I'm there You can count me in I'm there I need to take a break from sin I swear I'll be good Lord, I've changed my ways Just give me that boy with the babyface I've gone too long giving my heart away To boys with Coronas and nothing but pocket change I need you, Babyface Sure, I'm a wreck, but I've been trying to catch Some meaning in this world Boy, since you came nothing's feeling the same I know I'll need to change my ways It's gonna take faith and a loss of faith but I'm there You can count me in I'm there I need to take a break from sin I swear I'll be good Lord, I've changed my ways Just give me that boy with the babyface I finally told you just how I feel It took a shitload of guts but that feeling was real I looked you dead in the heart and told you my thoughts You stood there and asked if I believe in God Babyface, I've got no faith Princess
Oh pretty pretty princess, your blonde hair is a curse
You're trading in your novels for a name brand purse There is nothing to be purchased, just unanswered questions You're going to ask me in five years. Life lessons are there You have to trust me, just give hope a chance We all know Obama's lying through his teeth in this dance We're a nation of sheeple, our shields are getting thin I love you too much darling to just stand by and watch you Cave in and go down so fast - I felt it Listen to me bleeding Every time we talk I feel it The murder of genius Where do we go in the rat race? Where do we go in the rat race? Where can we find some space? I tried to take a walk but there were so many fences I asked you for some passion but all you've got left is A spare supply of tickets to a joke without a punchline I want to be alive for more than standing in a line that's no fun I am a plant killer; it's part of who I am but If I get a chance for life I'm going to give it all I have I'll water my children and send them on their way Middle finger to the law, that's what I call being Someone someday. Now feel this And listen to me bleeding Because every time we talk I swear I can feel it The murder of a genius Where do we go in the rat race? Where do we go in the rat race? Where can we find some space? Orwell shot my Xbox, Dickens shot my Xbox Rand shot my Xbox, Sedaris shot my Xbox There is nowhere we can purchase the answers to our questions Or cash in on what we gave for life's lessons |
Sun Cat
Suncat, my sunny girl
We're lost in the tidepools Talking about fools we never could catch The ones we couldn't get a grip on I never get a grip on you Suncat, we're two little dreamers Two little readers We both like it rough I never get enough of all those little wise things you have to say I warned you if you ever should leave me I'd be punning out of puntrol Until you punned right back into my soul I'll love you, little Suncat Do you remember? We were so happy, candymouthed We were so sad when you were shooting up on the couch We were so thrilled when we kissed in the foyer It was cool when you introduced me to your employer At that work party thing on the other side of town Moment by moment, you led me down I warned you if you ever should leave me I'd be punning out of puntrol Until you punned right back into my soul I'll love you, little Suncat When you need chapstick or all our friends are dicks or I've got a letter from another collector or If there's a libertarian speaker and I've been dying to meet her I know you'll be there So I warned you if you ever should leave me I'd be punning out of puntrol Until you punned right back into my soul I'll love you, little Suncat Suncat, my sunny girl We're lost in the tidepools Talking about fools we never could catch The ones we couldn't get a grip on I know I'll never get a grip on you If You're Gonna Call
In the middle of each year you call
I tell you, "Yes...I'm still here. I haven't traveled much since you left." Go ahead and ask it -- still single. I just haven't found The One. He's there at the bar in the back of my show In my dreams he is black. In real life, I don't know what I want because You were complicated... I lie to my friends that you've faded, but you haven't. So don't pick up that phone 'till you tell me you're coming back home. My only regret was getting the best so early on So when you were gone I could spend a lifetime Chasing shades of what we had. I hate when I see brown eyes I fucking hate that and motorcycles, and fireflies; They're like poison you've FedExed You keep sending a gun For the life and the love I've kept pending. You were thoughtful, and that's rare. You spoke and I handled a whole mouthful Of everything you had to share So don't pick up that phone 'till you tell me you're coming back home. Let me ask you: How is your shower without all my singing? How is our restaurant? When did it sink in that pancakes and Seinfeld and everything we loved Was horrid, morbid shit to get rid of? We all move on, but you've made this quite tricky: You superglued your sex on me It's sticky to see someone new I try to pretend that I'm running but I still see your face every night when I'm coming Don't you see? You were disgustingly handsome You hijacked my heart and put my faith up for ransom. Don't torture me now. If you've stated a family, I don't care I don't want to know I don't want you on my phone until You say you're coming back home Robots Who Are Escaping: Conversations Between Rigid Lovers
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