The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear My friends and I have had a tough time Bruising our brains hard up against change All the old dogs and the
Fare thee well my bright star I watched your taillights blaze into nothingness But you were long gone before I ever got to you Before you blazed past
I'm harboring a fugitive defector of a kind And she lives in my soul, drinks of my wine And I'd give my last breath to keep us alive Are they coming
Now it's not worth it if you don't Then are you hiding? I am hiding Cypress moon, bald in June Like the granite in a stream Swamp Ophelia, I'm torn down
We were down at Dead Man's Hill Smoking vines like cigarettes Looking through the trashy mags Trying to feel what's coming next You told me of crashing
Fare thee well my bright star I watched your tailights blaze into nothingness But you were long gone before I ever got to you Before you blazed past
I'm harboring a fugitive a defector of a kind And she lives in my soul and drinks of my wine And I'd give my last breath to keep us alive Are they coming
I don't know if it was real or in a dream Lately waking up I'm not sure where I've been There was a table set for six and five were there I stood outside
die for I can hardly think of two But not everything is better spoken aloud Not when I'm talking to you Oh the pirate gets the ship and the girl tonight
It's a fish white belly A lump in the throat Razor on the wire Skin and bone Piss and blood In a railroad car One hundred people Gypsies, queers, and
with me now It's not worth it if you don't Are you hiding I am hiding Cypress moon I'm bald in June Like granite in a stream Swamp Ophelia I'm torn down
I had guards like watchdogs, dogs in a manger I could feel the protection, possession and anger I drove out of there with no one behind me Feeling funny
sit up in the house and resist And not be seen until I cease to exist A kind of conscientious objection a kind of dodging the draft Boy and girl are
Now the parking lot is empty Everyone's gone someplace I pick you up and in the trunk I've packed A cooler and a two-day suitcase Cause there's a place
