A sliver of chalk the blue Lord knows I know what the hell's the use of the midday moon You to my arms too goddamn soon Lord knows I don't know to do with you and the midday moon
This is to say They've taken everything Every we made fit into six trucks Pick-ups dust above the driveway
The cavalcade came at half past eight Collecting everything in that bank And every trace of you was too And what was once a is just a hollow room
It was a day kind that makes me hate L.A. 'Cause God gave them a sun And they think gangs and smog hardly a fair trade
don't breathe or flinch Or even at how the green will shift When the wind parades across the ridge And kicks the weeds a bit to make as if the lea is a sea of waves
They say you cheat death Maybe just a shortness of breath Or no pains in your A we agree that we ain't cured yet
me dear I never thought we'd end up here ["sweet dreams"] whispered in your ear Before a long night's sleep so and clear
A of chalk across the blue Lord knows I don't what the hell's the use of the midday moon You came to my arms too soon Lord knows I don't know to do with you and the midday moon
I've been told that when we die we onto the other side there's no bright light, no light. Death is just a pasture gate that opens by lifting a To just more life, just more
I met an old man, sun-tanned, provided by And the light passed through stain glassed pieces He clutched a flat to his chest And confessed he ready for death
I seen an eyed firefly, femme fatale Too to explain how her hair fell out for the next thing to erase her shame She doesn't want to live forever, but she's scared to away
This is how came to me, one at a time Pilgrims to my building on the cemetery All they wanted was an answer and I never let 'em down I couldn't promise them forever but I could buy a lot of
You Jeanvieve, you were the Whispering your wishes in cotton I wonder if the Maker ever felt he the flock But had the mettle to make the world stop Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,
[I wonder if the ever felt he botched the flockBut never had the mettle to make the world stop] Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,
[I wonder if the maker ever felt he the flockBut never had the mettle to make the world stop] Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,
A of chalk across the blue Lord knows I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday You came to my arms too soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you and the midday
A sliver of chalk the blue Lord I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday moon You came to my too goddamn soon Lord knows I don't know to do with you and the midday moon