Communication is where it breaks down. Humiliation is all that's left now. Apologetic you say you're sorry. You're so pathetic you won't be bothering me.
She's got a ticket. But you need more than a ticket to get you there. You need a string of good intentions. And an easy burn. . Maybe some good luck. With the cash tucked in the back of your pocket.
There's a mark on my back. From my last heart attack. A whiskey mouth bottleneck card stack. . There's a source, of course. She says, "It's whispering at night.
Im going back to Virginia. If its not too late to make my break. Maybe Carolina. Near the company of grace. . If I find New Orleans. You know my will just fades.
"Don't go there" I heard her say. "You can't stomach what you're gonna see". It's down there by the water's edge. Wasted and bloated and waiting for someone else.
A young girl give me a good luck charm.. Put a snake on my neck and a bird on my arm. Got one good little leg 'cause the other went south. Got a brand new crutch and a brand new mouth.
Super-related. And I think it's bigger than books when. Reality steps in. She's a gun with a gun. . Super-related. And I can feel you pull through me.
Been draggin' this mask. All over town. With my face still in it. No one saw that I did it. . Things they've done to me. You would never believe. Believe me they're true.
Play me like a player piano. Roll me from the corners. Of your dark and dusty shadows. Like a player piano I sit useless. Most of the time. . The bar gets darker.
Im going back to Virginia. If its not too late to make my break. Maybe Carolina. Near the company of grace. . If I find New Orleans. You know my will just fades.
There's a mark on my back. From my last heart attack. A whiskey mouth bottleneck card stack. . There's a source, of course. She says, "It's whispering at night.
Get down and pray to the oven. She thinks that God is there, in there. Do you see Sylvia in the oven?. Colossal fact, Daddy's ex don't let you read. Here's what she sees.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life. Starin' at a man, Looking down a line. What's he say? "Not my style". Just a stylized version of an obsolete file.
Mean Mr. Mustard says, "He's bored of life in The District. Can't afford the French Quarter high". Says, "It gets old real quick". And he pales up next to me.
"Joliet," she says, "Is the darkest part of a man". It's angry and slick into her letters writes. Through herself each time, she thinks of him. Trips her way down south into mystery's mouth.
My good looks won't save my kids. From their dad's predicament. They won't see my face like this. See my face as a shadow. . I could be wrong. Or I could be strong.
Do you think that people get tired of themselves?. Is that why the T.V.s on all the time?. It dont take much to get it right back on track. But it wont fall from the sky right into your lap.
Yeah you in your mother's new shoes. Bet you like them as much as her blues. Don't tell anyone but I plan to move. The first time you look away. . Tell me the new apron strings.
So you're sticky and you're young. And your head is like a sponge. You go to keep yourself. Keep you from becoming one. . Get up off of your knees. . You feel a tick in your stomach.
She's got a ticket. But you need more than a ticket to get you there. You need a string of good intentions. And an easy burn. . Maybe some good luck. With the cash tucked in the back of your pocket.