Flash Cards Lyrics - Singles - Kelly Joe Phelps

Bouncin' across the lake of ten years 

Like a stone tossed from the burglar's hand 

Holdin' my breath, then I'm sinkin' 

Waves in circle like a memory slowly fade away, slowly fade 

Remember me, when you look across the lake 

When a fish caught hard on the line 

Fights for his own life 

When a boat breaks free of the tether and floats away in the wind 

The throw was aimed at a distant pine 

Winnin' the war by landin' down on the other side 

So, another playin' boy might find it there 

Skip it back not knowin' his part 

In this messed up game, in this messed up game 

Juggled in the hands of ten long years 

Like colorful wands of fire in the arms of a red-eyed wino 

Life held tight in purple lips and tongue 

That mumble and spit out curses 

And the young boy's line was 'I'll show you' 

And the twenties was 'Watch me burn this fire' 

And the thirties was 'Jesus, God, where did I go wrong?' 

The forties was 'Good Lord, how much more?' 

I'm halfway into the end of the chapter 

And no ink left in the well 

And no happy ending to tell, though 

Bandages cover my body 

Have no desire to swing the bell 

No, I got no desire now to swing the bell 

No, I got no desire now to swing the bell 

No, I got no, no, no desire to swing the bell 

To swing the bell 

To swing the bell 

To swing the bell, bell, bell 

Desire, no desire 

No desire to swing