go little arrow

shoot like a wave through the tongue of the taro

bloom every morning

the water, the pepper, 

the egg warming

still play that old reel

from every angle

pushing the baby 

the blood, the tangle

old light leaking 

is it, could it, was it dreaming?

still play that old reel

still play that old reel

years, days, makes no difference to me babe

you look exactly the same to me

ain't no time, crossing your legs inside the diner

raising the coffee to your lips, the steam

you saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you

wrapping her left arm around your right

ready to walk you through the night

you whispered to a restless ear, "can you get me out of here?

this place smells like piss and beer, can you get me out?"

you were asking me, how to get you free

i only know the recipe to roam

you saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you

wrapping her left arm around your right

ready to walk you through the night

old stars, filling up my throat

you gave them to me when i was born, now they're coming out

laying there on the hospital bed your eyes were narrow, blue and red

you took a draw of breath and said to me

you saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like me

wrapping my left arm around your right

ready to walk you through the night

old friends, old mothers, dogs and brothers

there's only so much letting go you can ask someone to do

so i'll keep you by my side, i will not give you to the tide

i'll even walk you in my stride, marie 

cause i saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you

wrapping your left arm around my right

ready to walk me through the night

holed up in vegas for only one week

and I caught you tongue and cheek by the side of the road

of an automobile expo

turned up the volume and you started to weep

and I thought you a lamb

even in the sigh of a headlight sea

your tears were salty ocean

you opened up the engine and listened to it sing

and I called you a lamb

you knew your daddy until you were thirteen 

and then he took his leave for the likes of the land

and the far off salty ocean 

we shook our bodies and we started to scream 

and I asked you again

tell me when we grow up do we ever go home?

you said home becomes the highway

we ordered movies on a motel screen until you needed me warm inside of your mouth 

and my skin was salty ocean 

and then you recommended I'm a woman to keep

having a bad week?

let me touch your cheek

i will always love you

having your face hit

having your lip split 

by the one who loves you

real love, real love

real love makes your lungs black 

real love is a heart attack 

showing your mother

to any other, letting them touch her

looking up to her, watching her do her makeup and hair 

real love, real love

real love makes your lungs black

real love is a heart attack

cry like a bird, fly like a baby

mamma got drunk and daddy went crazy

if your speech slurs, if you feel shaky, meet me out back

i'll be there waiting 

riding in the back seat

watching the spit fly and the hummingbird cry

o mamma, o papa

o mamma, o papa

how much blood is worth the draw?

real love, real love

real love makes your lungs black

real love is a heart attack

hummingbird watching

watching her young thing 

grow up so fast 

looking up to her

watching her do her makeup and hair

though you let her down

you don't need to carry

what's far from here is not so scary

though you cannot see her

you don't have to worry

she needs your hand though your eyes are blurry

she is getting thin

you are growing gray and white

and you don't know how to tell her as you say goodnight 

interstate, poison freeway

takes you down the line

you could go back in time 

you could hold her close 

at night in your slumber 

dream her as a child when you loved her mother 

now you're in her house

she is smiling in a dress

she is now a woman

you are just a guest 

interstate, poison freeway

takes you down the line

you could go back in time

when I saw the first time, the thunder came crashing 

your new blue eyeliner caught my distraction 

and like we were two lovers forming from friction

your mouth caught my ear with such perfect diction

and there I let you tie my hands back and take me

o lorraine on a saturday morning 

o lorraine with your soft, burning hands

we fell asleep in the back of the warehouse

i woke to you kneading and covering my mouth

and like we were hummingbirds screaming at ravens

you started to move me from fact into fable

and there I let you take me under the table

o lorraine on a saturday morning 

o lorraine with your soft, burning hands

oh the last time I saw paul 

i was horrible and almost let him in

but I stopped and caught the wall 

and my mouth got dry so all I did was take him for a spin

yeah we hopped inside my car 

and I drove in circles 'round the freight train yard 

and he turned the headlights off 

then he pulled the bottle out 

then he showed me what was love

i'll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine

i'll be your record player baby if you know what i mean 

i'll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey breath

i'll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death

in the blossom of the months 

i was sure that i'd get driven off with thought

so I swallowed all of it, 

as I realized there was no one who could kiss away my shit 

i'll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine

i'll be your record player baby if you know what i mean 

i'll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey breath

i'll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death

paul, i know you said that you'd take me any way i came or went

but i'll push you from my brain

see, you're gentle baby 

i couldn't stay, i'd only bring you pain

i was your starry-eyed lover and the one that you saw

i was your hurricane rider and the woman you'd call 

we were just two moonshiners on the cusp of a breath

and i've been burning for you baby since the minute I left

humans in the honest light

love is a cold infection alright

why in the morn of one bad night

do i fight your touch like a fever

human man you loosen my mind

loosen my hand from the beckoning knife 

how in the fortress of your eye 

do you lay me down a believer?

i can't see me i can't see you

i can't see me i can't see you

i can't see me i can't see you

i can't see me i can't see you

i’m fooling my heart

fooling my heart

i’m fooling my heart

fooling my heart

shoved in the kitchen of a city tomb

the light would flicker like a violent womb

the night was thicker than a smokey fume

liza waited in the room

benny loved her like he loved no one

the way she’d laugh and hold a smoking gun

the way she always said what’s done is done

and he was not the only one

love is a gentle thing

yours is thicker than a velvet ring 

yours is thicker than a velvet ring

a victim healer with a sharp sharp blade

benny knew how she was getting paid

her water broke and they would have to wade

when he knew that she was fooling

he faced the mirror to avoid the thing said

we’re outta money and we sold the bling

and i just wanna take you home, i just wanna take you home

love is a gentle thing

yours is thicker than a velvet ring 

yours its thicker than a velvet ring

and i am wandering

i am wandering

the animals are wonderful

such a vision in the sun, how they lay low

i catch my breath and count my dough

and i only live to run and i need to go

you and i were born with the same design 

nothing in the world will make you make your mind up oh me

she always knew, she’ll always know

that i loved her oh so well, but i need to go

oh randy leave it up to me

i'll pour the water if you bring the tree

nothing looks that real to me

i only see two or three colors

what's it like to breathe in

find a friend and gather with him?

i'm a wolf in a city of women

you only know the light is on

will you plant that sycamore baby?

i'll watch it grow from the second floor 

i haven't left the house much lately

and you don't come around here anymore

and all those lovers in their velvet gowns

i wanna take that trip uptown

will you tell them to let me out

when you can see the light is on?

found a horse hair in my food

there's a raccoon in my room

there are bluejays all in bloom

all along the cement floor

randy, they say i've gone insane

so could you take me dancing in the pouring rain?

you don't know me but you know my name

will you say it till the light is gone?

don't i make you feel alive?

don't i give you a good home?

in a way i know you're always by my side

but today i think i've always been a long way

one hand to keep me warm

one hand to hold my chin

to be inside your arms,

it's all i'm asking

caterpillar on the floor

can you teach me to transform

i'll step right in and cocoon 'til i’m born 

and I can't say that i'll miss my human form much 

one hand to keep me warm

one hand to hold my chin

to be inside your arms

it's all i'm asking

i see all parallels

i see all parallels 

i see all parallels 

i see all parallels