From the recording Road Tripping
Lyrics
Long time, no see.
Your brother, your sister and me—
The child you might recognize—
And this guest in your head,
Who showed up uninvited,
We fade in and out like fireflies.
Whatever I said, can I say this instead,
Whatever I meant, can I take it back?
I’m just about to climb out on a ledge if you don’t mind,
Translate for angels,
Leave all my little ones behind
Man, you wandered off again.
Write it down, or spit it out,
And let the wind blow it away.
Now, now, honey. There, there.
You said “Je suis sérieux,
Cette fois, je le faire”
So I got the last word, but you kept the quiet.
All these dead ends and dumb ideas, I think I’ll try it:
Something about rum, Percocet, and Kingdom Come,
Thorazine, a match and a can of kerosene
Was that a knock at the door
You’ve heard a thousand times before
Or was it God, right where you left him on The Avenues?
Stop it stop it now,
If you know what’s good for you,
Which I don’t. But I do.
Too cold, too young to be so old
But spot me twenty bucks and I’m good as gold
On the phone out in the hall, there’s a code when you call
Don’t hang up—just a minute more, just a minute more—
Something stalled.
Then the chained dogs growled
You woke up screaming aloud about
How the wheels just spin and you can’t unturn them
Then you left this world
Where the canyon river curled
You piled it up and let it burn:
Half a board game, a picture frame,
A shopping cart, some mattress springs,
A worn out “Cheap Thrills”, a fistful of pills,
And the hope you could be healed
Like a fisher king