Like Egypt Was Lyrics - Michael Penn

I shook upon a bridge 

On a fault on the north ridge 

Where I placed a picture of you on my Etch-A-Sketch 

I give you now the river 

And it is too a river though 

You may not know 

That it is so 

And I do not suspect 

It's the kind that you'd expect 

In this respect 

It's concrete and cats 

Like Egypt was 

I'm on a three day binge 

On the lunatic fringe 

Palm Desert to the Valley of the Antelope 

Where you wore colognes 

Made of human pheromones 

And I only want to stay inside your envelope 

I'll take you to the river 

And it is too a river though 

You may not know 

That it is so 

I give you now the river 

Not the kind that you'd expect 

In this respect 

It's concrete and cats 

Like Egypt was 

I'm on a three day binge 

On the lunatic fringe 

From Riverside all the way to Livermore 

Where the scent she makes 

Will now emanate 

Until everyone in range 

Collapses to the floor 

And men will toil 

In suits of foil 

As they explain that this girl 

Was anointed with an oil 

I give you now the river 

And it is too a river though 

You may not know 

That it is so 

And I do not suspect 

It's the kind that you'd expect 

In this respect 

It's concrete and cats 

Like Egypt was 

Like Egypt was 

Like Egypt was