Lavender Lyrics

They try to trace her in the townAppeal for information on the local newsSomeone must have missed her by nowA mother or a father or a friendly face to talk her downShe's heading fo...Read Full Lyrics

When I hit the streets back in '81Found a heart in the gutter and a poet's crownI felt barbed wire kisses and icicle tearsWhere have I been for all these years?I saw political intr...Read Full Lyrics

Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wallDo you remember dawn escapes from moon washed college hallsDo you remember the cherry blossom in the market squareDo you re...Read Full Lyrics

I was walking in the park dreaming of a sparkWhen I heard the sprinklers whisperShimmer in the haze of summer lawnsThen I heard the children singingThey were running through the ra...Read Full Lyrics

Hotel hobbies padding dawns hollow corridorsA typewriter cackles out a stream of memoriesDryin' out a conscience, evictin' a nightmareOpenin' the doors for the dreams to come homeW...Read Full Lyrics

IDid anyone see my last marbleAs it rolled out and over the floor?It fell through a hole in the cornerOf a room in a town on a tour It's lonely without your last marbleI miss it no...Read Full Lyrics

I was flickin' through the channels on the TVOn a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rainTryin' to piece together conversationsTryin' to find out where to lay the blameBut when it comes ri...Read Full Lyrics

On promenades where drunks proposeTo lonely arcade mannequinsWhere ceremonies pauseAt the jewelers shop displayFeigning casual silenceIn strained romantic interludesTill they commi...Read Full Lyrics

See those people there? They look after meThis is a photograph of who I might beMan in a uniform, bride on his armMum always was a fool for money and charmHe's been talkin' in his ...Read Full Lyrics

(Let's meet up and get beat up)Well she tied me to the headboard with a surf leashAnd her wet hair hugged her body like a long-lost friendAnd I really tried my best to get across t...Read Full Lyrics