Stopped by your house just the other day
Found your tooth on the stoop in a jar of clay
A backyard swing with a lock of your hair
Your barking dog said stay away from there
And I growled right back at him
Some are black and some are green
Your mailbox whistled for me to come and see
I found your letter stuffed deep inside
And when I read it out loud hey man I almost died
I died out laughing
At the top of the bridge a copper penny shone
Saying "Take me please sir, don't leave me alone!"
I leaned over the side, estimated the drop
3.7 seconds later I heard the plop
And kept on walking
Salamandar seas and the Pope of Rome
Bishops on their knees under piles of stone
A little girl laughing deep inside my breast
Think I'll take a pill and have an hour's rest
On this side of tomorrow
You know man I feel your sorrow
So might you have a dollar that I could borrow?
The bubble was rising up from the deep
I stared over the edge and felt I had to weep
A tiny glint of light from well inside
Made me run for cover, turn my back and hide
From the head up on your shoulders
From the dirty rank patchouli-loving deadhead on your shoulders
Oh yeah
And when the rain came down people said "beware"
You might just have to find an easy chair
The weatherman was looking fit and trim
Still I threw a fit and I berated him
For his choice of hairstyle
My pocket gameboy fisherman
Casts his hood about like it was all a sin
A firm massage and a piece of cheese
Saying "Howdy ma'am, I'm only here to please you"
"And no, I don't take plastic"
Eighty odd years in this den of thieves
Makes me cross myself, question my beliefs
How many fingers am I holding up?
Take a few minutes to piss here in this cup
We're just checking your status
'Cause we noticed you looking at us
Don't do that boy
The silent sun it crests on the ridge
There's cold beer and chips nestled in my fridge
The dying rays warn me to forget
What I said to you on the day that you left me
"Adios mi amiga"
You came rolling down in full luxury
With your corncob pipe full of fairy weed
Your eyes they stretched across today's front page
Where the millenium was all the rage
And I said "How goes it?"
You said "How goes it?"
The cat you keep in your friend's backyard
Plays strip poker with a deck of old trump cards
He rubs his skull with his brain is thick
And begs for you to hold him when he's sick
He's got kitty-asthsma
Time is full of bees and bouncing checks
From the suburb of Prague with its minarets
Then again I don't think they have those there
I must be mixing it up with some other-where
That I found in the Bible
When I went on down to the revival
I saw it dead there on the table
Beneath an autographed poster of Betty Grable
Betty Grable, oh yeah, Betty Grable
Now let's bring it down and end this thing
My brain's all fried, call me a ding-a-ling
The world is silent and your moon is white
So snuggle up to me as we say goodnight
Snuggle up to me as we say goodnight
Struggle up to me as we say goodnight
As we drift further from Athens
As we drift further from Athens, G.A.
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