These days Lyrics

I wanted to tell you:Your legs remind me ofclappers in a bell.Green knit socksclimb like vines from yourblack buckle shoes.Bells ease wordless yearning,vines climb outside my mind....Read Full Lyrics

A young girl promisednever to wear flowers,never to drink wine,never to kiss boys.Yesterday she promised,today she repents:"If I wore flowers,I’d be much prettier,if I drank wine...Read Full Lyrics

War of hearts and mindsWho will pay the price?Does anybody care?It's not make believeYou've seen it on your TV screenI'm glad you're not hereChorus:Take my wife pleaseIf you think ...Read Full Lyrics

We found my cousinin my uncle Trevor’s barn,he slit his arm fromwrist to elbow andback again.Hey lay there twitching,a goldfish in broken glass,they shook him, begged, pleaded,I ...Read Full Lyrics

I have a taste for true crime,slashed nipples and all the rest,I confess I like true crime.Three men pick up a boy at Taco Loco,and say: "You’re gonna be our leading man."They dr...Read Full Lyrics

Outside of BaltimoreI stopped at a liquor store,to use the telephone,to see if my wife was home.I inhaled the rainy spring,chewed on the raw wind,dialed my numberand counted the ri...Read Full Lyrics

Down the stairs,in the basement,all the lights were out.Hide and seekin the dark,you're never too old to play.Sundayafternoon,we were in the basement.I couldn't see a thing-I hit m...Read Full Lyrics

Staked out on Pennslyvania Avenue,I have seen the powerful onesin open car motorcades, they wave to me.I have walked the halls of the State Department,Archives; I know the high-wat...Read Full Lyrics

Painleads to freedomit's everybody's opinion not my ownFamecrystal kingdomit's everybody's mission not my ownnot to youngnot that oldneither bitterneither coldjust an optimistwho's...Read Full Lyrics

Much has been said Said you never leave Why'd it have to be Harder than it had to be Don't you throw blame You were part of this Wasn't suppose to end With us just walking away So ...Read Full Lyrics