[Adam We might be going but before we go we must our things All I wanna see you do is the sizzle, the sizzle, sizzle,
People living their for you on TV They say better than you and you agree He says "Hold my calls from behind those brick walls" "Come here boys, there ain't nothing for free" Another bill, a lawyer's bill Another cheap thrill You know you him if you put in your will We try to hustle them, try to bustle them, try to cuss The cops want someone to bust down on Avenue Another day, another dollar, war, Another tower went up, where the homeless had their So we to as many different Gods as there are flowers But we call our friend We're so about saving our souls Afraid that God will take His That we to begin Some are walking, some are talking, some are stalking their You got social security, but that pay your bills There are to feed and there are mouths to pay So you bargain with the Devil, say OK for today, You say you love them, take their money and run Say it's been swell, sweetheart, but it was one of those things Those flings, those strings got to cut, So get out on the streets, girls, and you butts You your coat off and stood in the rain, You're always crazy that. And I from my window, Always felt I was looking in on you. always the mysterious one with Dark eyes and hair, You were fashionably But too to care. You stood in my doorway, with to say some comment on the weather. You're brilliant in the morning, Smoking your cigarettes and talking coffee. Your philosophies on art, moved you. You loved Mozart and speak of your loved ones As I strummed my guitar. teach me of honest things, Things that daring, things that were clean. Things that knew what an honest did mean. I hid my hands behind my back. Somewhere along the line, I got Off with you.
We might be somewhere but before we go we must make our All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,
[Adam Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the porch the clouds roll by They remind her of her lover, how he her, and of times long ago. When she used to color painted his portrait A thousand times-or just his smile- And she and her canvas would follow him wherever he go Oil streaked daisies the living room wall He put roses in her hair He said, "Love, I love you, I want to give you mountains, the sunshine, the too I just want to give you a as beautiful as you are to me So they sat down and made a drawing of their love, they made it an art to by They painted every, passion home, created every beautiful child in the winter they weavers of warmth, in summer they were carpenters of love thought blue prints were too sad so they made them yellow Until one day the fell as thick as black oil And in her heart she knew something was She went through the orchard screaming, 'No God, don't take him me!,' But buy the time she got there, she feared he had gone She got to where he lay, roses in his hands for her She threw them down screaming, 'Damn you man, don't me with nothing behind but these cold paintings, these cold portraits to remind me! He said, 'Love I leave, but only a little, try to I put my soul in this life we created these four hands Love, I leave, but only a little world holds me still My body may die now, but these are real.' So many seasons came and seasons went and many times she saw her loves face the flowers, to the trees and singing to his children And when the blew, she knew he was listening, and how he seamed to laugh along, and how he to hold her she was crying
[Adam Let the phone ring, go back to sleep Let the world spin outside out door, you're the one that I wanna see your boss you're sick, hurry, get back in I'm getting cold Get over here and my hands up, boy, it's you they love to hold And stop thinking about what your sister Stop worrying it, the cat's already been fed We might be going but before we go we must make our All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,
I the clock, it's six a.m. I feel so far from where I've I got my eggs I got my too I got my maple syrup, but you. I break the yolks, a smiley face I kinda like it in my brand new I wipe the spots off the Don't leave the in the door Never put wet towels on the floor anymore' I my momma, she was out for a walk Consoled a cup of coffee but it didn't talk So I up a paper, it was more bad news More being broken or people being used Put on my coat in the rain I saw a movie it wasn't the same 'Cause it was or I was sad It made me you oh so bad 'cause I go my business, I'm doing fine Besides would I say if I had you on the line Same old story, not to say are broken, everyday. I brush my teeth and put the cap on I know you hate it when I the light on I pick a book up. Turn the down. And I take a deep breath and a good look around Put on my pjs and hop bed I'm half but I feel mostly dead I try and tell myself it'll be all I just shouldn't think anymore 'cause
Let the phone ring, let's go back to Let the spin outside out door, you're the only one that I wanna see Tell boss you're sick, hurry, get back in I'm getting cold Get over here and warm my hands up, boy, it's you love to hold And stop thinking about your sister said Stop worrying about it, the cat's already fed We might be going but we go we must make our things All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,
[Adam You find falling down Your in the sky But you heart like gum on the ground And you try to yourself In the abstractions of And the cruelty of everyone And you wake up to Your of living somehow got stuck on survive you're standing in deep water And you're bailing yourself out with a And when drowning in deep water And you up making love to a wall Well it's these little times that help to It's without love You wake up to realize only friend Has never yourself or anybody who cared in the end That's when suddenly everything fades or falls the chains which once held us are only the chains which we've made Turn to me with lips hands are icy cold Your eyes burn against the frost-bit sky You never seemed more lovely than you do right Pale on the Like leaves frozen in the Our two shadows merge Will time still if it's pierced with cold The I live The I know
[Adam Let the phone ring, let's go to sleep Let the world spin out door, you're the only one that I wanna see Tell your you're sick, hurry, get back in I'm getting cold Get over here and warm my hands up, boy, it's you they to hold And stop thinking about your sister said Stop worrying it, the cat's already been fed We might be going but before we go we must our things All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,