Following Every Finger

i remember one day you
said you'd leave for a while
i thought some people should never smile
i thought what a spot you put her in
but the realness of each answer
was put in question by each grin

and it was a goodbye off a television
you talked full and fast with no seams of indecision
full and fast your defense against her grief
if your mind was on a mission
it was a mission of relief

and oh you're out following every finger
oh to still a doubt but still it linger
you just have to be an animal
to hear her overtones
through the letters and through the phones
you been on that trail like a cause of birth
not to have what you track down
but to find out what it's worth

and oh even big girls cry
you kept everything so clean
all that soap hurts her eyes
you kept everything so clean
it might have slipped your mind
the knot was small but
the knot was tight

and oh you're out
following every finger
oh to still a doubt but still it linger
you just have to be an animal
to feel her overtones
through the letters and through the phones
you been on that trail like a cause of birth
not to have what you track down
but to find out what it's worth

and it's so tough keeping
every time fair
just to love once
without having to care
just to love once without
cracking the spell
of relaxing into a pleasure
that you know so well

and oh you're out
following every finger
oh to still a doubt but still it linger

you just have to be an animal
to hear her overtones
through the letters
and through the phones

you been on that trail
oh you been on that trail
you been on that trail
since you were born
not to have what you track down
but to find out how it's worn
landing only when your wings hurt
you're out following every finger