Love, why did you run And call my body poison I wanted a love that would keep It was all or nothing In a poplar tree my hopes got caught And then you
Autumn's coming in through the yard, Marching like a grandfather clock The badges he wears are tattered and old Like shredded ribbons of bright read
the material world He started speaking to the sixth dimension through public urinals Oh, her got curious and started wearing some of Helen?s clothes He quit the firm and set up
You?ve moved off to Seattle You go down yo the bar every day This morning you woke up in the park Wearing only a tiny straw hat You?ve got a mad dog
Since I was a child I could read the tides by the colours of the clouds When I grew I left in the spring and took only my piano and some gin But when
first lover was real sweet, he made a woman out of me But he left as quick as he came, my baby James Mama said I was naive 'Said one day he'd pick up
Since I was a girl, I?ve been good at embroidery I finished up my finishing school in Switzerland Then I escaped to Evian, wound my car down the alps
know you up with a little baby And we'll name him Martinez They got caught by the cops when they got to Columbus "Kids, who is it that put you up to
The Toyota became a baked Alaska And if we took out our spoons The windshield wipers scraping beneath A little work for dessert If every course would put up
Knowing you makes all the difference Don't it darling Knowing all your if's and why's Your when's and how's December comes in as a short procession
I called in sick to the bathtub today Somebody pulled the plug on me So I gathered up my skirts half way to the sink Made a bubble bath towel I bought
You want me but you won't take me home. I can't shake you off No matter how hard I try I can't just pick up my pen And write about something else I
