Take me now, baby, here as I am Hold me close, n' try n' understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed C'mon now
Don't talk, I will listen Don't talk, you keep your distance I'd rather hear some truth tonight Than entertain your lies So take you poison silently
Follow the typical signs, the hand-painted lines Down prairie roads, pass the lone church spire Pass the talking wire from where to who knows? There'
Hey Jack Kerouac I think of your mother And the tears she cried They would cry for none other Than her little boy lost in a little world that hated And
that night like his hand He knows every move he made Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card won't fade 10:05 his truck pulled home 10:05 he climbed
To think of my task is chilling To know I was carefully Building the mask I was wearing For two years, swearing I'd tear it off I've sat in the dark
The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal gray I lift my head from the pillow and then fall again I get a shiver in my bones just thinking about
Oh, baby blankets and baby shoes Baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby blue Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed Now I know
You must be leaving You win a prize for that For telling lies like that So well that I believed it And never felt cheated You were the chosen one The
These are the days, ohh These are days, you'll remember Never before and never since, I promise Will the whole world be warm as this and as you feel
That young boy without a name Anywhere I'd know his face In this city the kid's my favorite I've seen him, I've seen a I see him every day Seen him run
Trouble, trouble me Disturb me with all your cares and your worries Trouble me On the days when you feel spent Why let your shoulders bend underneath
That summer fields grew high with foxglove stalks and ivy Wild apple blossoms everywhere emerald green like none I have seen Apart from dreams that escape
night like his hand. He knows every move he made. Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card won't fade. 10:05 his truck pulled home. 10:05 he climbed
: Don't talk, I will listen. Don't talk, you keep your distance for I'd rather hear some truth tonight than entertain your lies, so take you poison
: That young boy without a name I'd know his face. In this city the kid's my favorite. I've seen him. I see him every day. Seen him run outside looking
: The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal grey. Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again. With a shiver in my bones just thinking
: Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and you worries. Trouble me on the days when you feel spent. Why let your shoulders bend underneath this
