Drag the river with a that you just bought For a dollar at the drugstore on the If you catch a body falling star, falling Is it anybody 'cause has-beens don't fall far Not like a comet shard, not a bullet shot at a passing car Planned from the beginning from the very An arrow the middle of the truest of hearts
The night you beat me up, you said it wouldn't And you it would sink into the past But it never and it never will I drag the river and I it still
That trick sent us into triple overtime and into sudden Certain inconsistencies us at the net Like gentle retardation that I never will forget I won't forget, not like the you let, pass you by Like a in the night with its tail shining bright A poker in the face of a pursuing sight
The you beat me up, you said it wouldn't last And you thought it would sink the past But it never and it never will I drag the river and I it still
Salt, sugar, water and Run through the veins of the police Wide of the and short of the mark Like bears in the of a national park They don't bark like dogs or at the moon like a wolf in the fog They move too fast, too far or too soon
The you beat me up, you said it wouldn't last And you thought it would sink the past But it never could and it never I drag the river and I it still A candy on the bitterest pill but I taste it